1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,760 Speaker 1: I have a problem with the way the Marlins have operated. 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: The Marlins are, in Tony Clark's famous phrase, racing to 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: the bottom again. Welcome everyone to this week's edition of 4 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: Fair Territory, the Monday edition, and we have a fun 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: show for you plan today, a lot of cool stuff 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: to talk about. First of all, I did not realize 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: trade season this year would begin before Cinco de Mayo, 8 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,559 Speaker 1: but evidently it did. We also had an exciting major. 9 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:35,040 Speaker 2: League debut over the weekend, Christian Scott, and. 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to go through my favorite debuts that I've 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,919 Speaker 1: covered for Fox, just for Fox, and I've had some 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: really good ones that'll be in the second segment, and 13 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: of course we will get to your questions as well. 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: But first, the big story of the weekend, by far 15 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: the biggest, would be the trade that the San Diego 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: Padres made with the Miami Marlins. Padres getting Luis Ariaz, 17 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: the Marlins getting the reliever, the new one from Korea, Usoko, 18 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: and three prospects Dylan Head, Jacob Marcy, and Nathan Martorella. 19 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:11,679 Speaker 1: This trade was surprising for its timing, first of all, 20 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: and for the fact that the Marlins before Singo Demayo 21 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: essentially have quit on their season. So I'm going to 22 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: pose three questions here, try to answer those questions in 23 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: explaining this deal, giving context to this deal, and hopefully 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: enlightening people as to what the heck happened. Also wrote 25 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,720 Speaker 1: about it today on the Athletic and a lot of 26 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 1: what I'm going to say is similar and in the 27 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: same kind of vein as what I wrote. So let's 28 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: start with why the Marlins did this? Why are they 29 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 1: going in this direction? Well, it all started back in 30 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: the offseason when the owner, Bruce Sherman, ran off Kim 31 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: ng the general manager. Sherman then hired Peter Bendix from 32 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Rays to run the team. Peter Bendix 33 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: had never run a team before. This is going to 34 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:04,640 Speaker 1: be his first chance. But what is Sherman's goal. Sherman's 35 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: goal is the same goal every low revenue team has 36 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: to be the Tampa Bay Rays. Every team wants to 37 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: be the Rays win on the cheap. And the Marlins 38 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: justified the way they went about their offseason, signing only 39 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 1: one free agent, Tim Anderson, five million dollars. He now 40 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: is the fourth lowest ops in the majors. One free agent, 41 00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: and they did this because they felt, well, last year, 42 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: we were lucky. We made the playoffs. Yeah, first time 43 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,560 Speaker 1: in twenty years. They made the playoffs, first time since 44 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 1: they won the World Series in two thousand and three. 45 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: But their Pythagorean one loss record, which is based on 46 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 1: run differential, was nine wins worse than their actual record, 47 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: so by that measure, they were the luckiest team in 48 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 1: the majors. Now, when you have a season like that, 49 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: you can go in one of two directions. You can say, 50 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: all right, we were fortunate last year. We were not 51 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: the best team, but we can build on that and 52 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: let's address our deficiencies. 53 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: And go forward. 54 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 1: Or you can do what the Marlins did, which essentially, 55 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: even though they have the Manager of the Year the 56 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: reigning one in Skip Schumacher, is to say, you know what, 57 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: we were lucky. We're not that good. We've got to 58 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: rebuild our infrastructure. We've got to go backwards again, as 59 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: they've done numerous times in their history. Now they do 60 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: need to rebuild their infrastructure. Even critics of the organization 61 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,840 Speaker 1: say they need better farm system, a better international scouting, 62 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:36,680 Speaker 1: better everything with regard to player development and scouting. Okay, 63 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: it is possible, ladies, and gentlemen for a major league 64 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: team to chew them and walk all at once, to 65 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: rebuild the infrastructure and to field a competitive major league team. Well, 66 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: the Marlins aren't doing that. They want to be the Raise. Well, 67 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: guess what. The Rays don't do this. They don't retreat 68 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: in this fashion. The Rays since two thousand and eight 69 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: have had only two seasons, two in which they won 70 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: fewer than eighty games. All right, that's question one. Why 71 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:08,440 Speaker 1: the Marlins did this? 72 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 2: Question two? 73 00:04:10,200 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 1: Why now for this trade? This is really interesting. We 74 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 1: rarely see trades of this magnitude in May. It's not 75 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: unheard of, it just doesn't happen that often. So the 76 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: deadline is almost three months away. Okay, so this is 77 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:30,080 Speaker 1: obviously early. But the Padres have been pursuing a Rise 78 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: since really the off season. They have kind of focused 79 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: on him. They wanted a left handed hitter, they wanted 80 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 1: a contact guy in front of their power hitters. They 81 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: wanted a rise. 82 00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 2: They were hell. 83 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,799 Speaker 1: Bent on getting him, I would say, and Aj Peller, 84 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 1: or their general manager, when he's hell bent on getting 85 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:49,760 Speaker 1: a guy, he usually gets that guy for better or 86 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: for worse. Now, obviously, the Marlins had some say in 87 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: this as well. And you heard what Bendick said after 88 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,880 Speaker 1: they announced the trade. He said, well, it was on 89 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: unlikely we were going to make the playoffs. Well, no kidding, 90 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: it was kind of a self fulfilling prophecy. 91 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 2: That you weren't going to make the playoffs. 92 00:05:07,760 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: But in Bendix's mind, he felt that this deal, the 93 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: one that they got for the four players, would not 94 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: have been available to them if they had waited. And 95 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: in aj Preller's mind, hey, I wanted Luisa Rias for 96 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: one hundred and forty days of this season instead of sixty. 97 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: Makes a lot of sense. There's another year of control 98 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:31,839 Speaker 1: as well. So Bendick said, Okay, I couldn't walk past this. 99 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,120 Speaker 1: That's what he said on the record. I'm not so 100 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: sure that's true. And I'm not so sure that if 101 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: he was going to include the money that he did 102 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: in this trade, if he was going to pay virtually 103 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,640 Speaker 1: all of Aria's salary for twenty twenty four, and if 104 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,559 Speaker 1: he was going to take on usuk goes virtually entire 105 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,680 Speaker 1: contract four point five million over two years as well, 106 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:59,159 Speaker 1: maybe he could have waited allowed Arias to go back 107 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: up to three fifty, which is what he's going to 108 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,520 Speaker 1: hit maybe and broadcast to all twenty nine teams. 109 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,599 Speaker 2: We're willing to take on some money. 110 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:11,160 Speaker 1: We're willing to pay almost all Ariah salary. We're willing 111 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: to do all these things. Make us your best offers. 112 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: It didn't seem to me he did that. It seemed 113 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: to me he locked in on the padres, and again, 114 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: maybe that is the best he could have done. There 115 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: are mixed reviews on this trade, and we'll get to 116 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:27,240 Speaker 1: this third question right now, why this particular package. Why 117 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: did this happen the way it did. If you read 118 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: a lot and if you went through some things over 119 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,279 Speaker 1: the weekend, you saw the mixed reviews. JJ Cooper of 120 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: Baseball America was not high on this package. He had 121 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 1: the same criticism that a lot of people have had 122 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 1: that there's no big piece. 123 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 2: Now. 124 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 1: Dylanhead was the twenty fifth pick overall in the twenty 125 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: twenty three draft. Jacob Marcy was the MVP of the 126 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: Arizona Fall League. But Head is a guy who is 127 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: boom or bust. Marcy is perhaps a fourth outfielder unless 128 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: he develops. 129 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 2: Power, then he could be a really bonifid regular. 130 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: So this package was maybe not what some people thought 131 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 1: it could have been. Keith Law, on the other hand, 132 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 1: had an opposite. 133 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 2: View to JJ Cooper. 134 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 1: He loved it for the Marlins, thought they did extremely well. 135 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 1: You see the headline there, Marlins make out like sharks 136 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: in the Luis Aarriaz trade with the Padres. I don't 137 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: know that I would say they made out like sharks. 138 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: But these things you never know exactly in real time 139 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: how these things are going to turn out. You never know. 140 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: I can point to, and I did in my column today, 141 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: a number of instances in which people rip trades that 142 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: later turned out to be quite the opposite of what 143 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: fans and media anticipated. So part of the equation here 144 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: as well is Arise. And as I said on the 145 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: Fox broadcast Saturday, and as I repeated in the column today, 146 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: and I'll say it once more, he's a tricky player 147 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: to evaluate. Assessing this deal is difficult because it's difficult 148 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: to assess Arise. He's a guy who, yes, is a 149 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: two time batting champion, someone who in the baseball parlance, 150 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: is famous. But he's a two time batting champion who 151 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: really doesn't play good defense at second base, and he 152 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: isn't the profile you would want at first base. Why 153 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 1: because he has no power, so he has to hit 154 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,000 Speaker 1: basically three point fifty to be well, let me be not 155 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: three to fifty. He can hit three twenty five his 156 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: career average to have value. And there is some thought 157 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 1: that a guy like that was not going to command 158 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: as much as perhaps some in the media and some 159 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,400 Speaker 1: fans might think. Okay, I get it, And if he's 160 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 1: a singles hitter who plays poor defense, maybe he's not 161 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:44,319 Speaker 1: that valuable a guy. But it remains to be seen, obviously, 162 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 1: as with all trades, how this is all going to 163 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: play out. But the Marlins. I have a problem with 164 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:53,079 Speaker 1: the way the Marlins have operated. And you can see 165 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: now that the CBA, while it did some good things 166 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 1: to address tanking, certainly the draft lottery has helped, in 167 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 1: my opinion, some of the other things as well, it 168 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,199 Speaker 1: hasn't addressed it completely. The Marlins are, in Tony Clark's 169 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: famous phrase, racing to the bottom again. And maybe it 170 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 1: all works out. Maybe Peter Bendix's vision and Bruce Sherman's 171 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: vision is going to in three or four years, prove 172 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:22,080 Speaker 1: to be a quite good vision, one that turned this 173 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: franchise around. We've heard it all before from this organization, 174 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: and we've seen it all before. We've seen this kind 175 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: of conduct before, and maybe it'll work, maybe it won't. 176 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: But I'm not going to bet on the Miami Marlins. 177 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: I think their track record indicates you should not. 178 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 2: Bet on the Miami Marlins. 179 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:42,400 Speaker 1: All right, moving on, We've got an exciting week ahead 180 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: in the sport, as we always do, starting with tonight, 181 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: Monday Night, Walker Buehler's season debut. Walker Buhler has not 182 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: pitched coming off his second Tommy John surgery since June 183 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:58,560 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty two, almost two years. We haven't seen 184 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: a guy who was went healthy one of the best 185 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: pitchers in the sport. So this is an exciting night 186 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,600 Speaker 1: for the Dodgers. Bueller has had a long recovery from 187 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: his second TJ. It included six rehabilitation starts. He joked 188 00:10:12,120 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: that that might have been a record. But yes, I'm 189 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: excited to see Walker Buhler back again. Certainly he can 190 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: help the Dodgers a great deal if indeed he proves 191 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: to be the guy that or something close to the 192 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: guy he was before. A season debut for Walker Buehler, 193 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: a major league debut tonight for Kyle Monzarto, of the 194 00:10:32,880 --> 00:10:37,239 Speaker 1: Cleveland Guardians. This is the guy they acquired last deadline 195 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:41,440 Speaker 1: for Aaron Savalli, and at the time most analysts perceived 196 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: it to be a big price to pay. Kyle Manzarto 197 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: has proven to be one of the best hitters in 198 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 1: the minor leagues. He's a left handed hitter. He's going 199 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: to join the Guardians. Why he hasn't he been up 200 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: sooner when he's been dominating Triple A, Well, they really 201 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 1: didn't have a place for him. But now with Stephen 202 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: Kwan's injury one of the more unfortunate injuries of the weekend, 203 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,400 Speaker 1: Trey Turner's being another one, there is an opening for Manzarto. 204 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: He's a first baseman DH he'll probably alternate with Josh Naylor. 205 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 1: They've got to figure out their outfield, but they're off 206 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: to a great start. They're gonna miss Kwan, but it's 207 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,840 Speaker 1: gonna be fun to see Manzarto and what he does. 208 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: Also this week, a series between the Astros and Yankees 209 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,120 Speaker 1: at Yankee Stadium. Always interesting when the Astros come to 210 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:26,959 Speaker 1: the Yankee Stadium because of the history between these two teams, 211 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:30,200 Speaker 1: the history in the Alcs. Of course, the Astros have 212 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: dominated the Yankees in that round, and Justin Verlander is 213 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: going to start for the Astros in this first game 214 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,440 Speaker 1: of the series. And keep in mind the Astros are 215 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: still struggling, still scrambling to find their footing. Josh Hater 216 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: another Rocky outing on Sunday, And you look at the 217 00:11:47,800 --> 00:11:51,439 Speaker 1: AL West standings, not looking too good for the Astros 218 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 1: right now. They are ten hunder five hundred, tied with 219 00:11:55,720 --> 00:12:00,760 Speaker 1: the Angels in last place, seven games behind thist Mariners. 220 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:04,320 Speaker 1: The Rangers were half game out the Oakland Athletics, the 221 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: Oakland Sacramento Vegas Athletics two and a half games back. 222 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: So a lot of fun stuff in store for the week. 223 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 1: But we're talking about that trade, the Luisa Riah trade 224 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 1: for a long time time now for the inside dish, 225 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 1: and I've got a cool one this week. 226 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 2: I talked about it in the open. 227 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: My favorite part of my TV job, the one I 228 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 1: do for Fox, is covering major league debuts. 229 00:12:28,160 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 2: Now I'm excluding the. 230 00:12:29,040 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: Postseason, that's of course my favorite part, but during the 231 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 1: regular season, my favorite thing is when we get a 232 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 1: major league debut. The excitement of a kid fulfilling his 233 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:42,439 Speaker 1: lifelong dream, the excitement of an organization seeing its drafting 234 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 1: and development efforts come to fruition and the excitement of 235 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: the parents who usually are in attendance. Now we had 236 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 1: another one on Saturday, Christian Scott's debut for the Mets, 237 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 1: and it was quite successful. Christian Scott was brilliant in 238 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 1: his performance, and I got to interview the on camera Doug. 239 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:02,480 Speaker 2: He was great. 240 00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,800 Speaker 1: It was a lot of fun. These things are always fun. 241 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 1: So it got me thinking, all right, which one of 242 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: these are my favorites? Because I covered quite a number. Now, 243 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: this is my nineteenth year at Fox, and this happens 244 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,720 Speaker 1: from time to time where we get a kid in 245 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: his debut and we get a successful debut. So I figured, okay, 246 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,880 Speaker 1: I'll go back in time. I'll rank my four favorites 247 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: from bottom to top. Now, my first one is actually 248 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: going to be Christian Scott. He's going to be number 249 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 1: four on my list. And before met fans start yelling 250 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 1: at me, Ken, what are you talking about man? Christian Scott? Hey, 251 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 1: he was awesome. Yeah, I know, he was awesome, And 252 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: maybe that I've lost my New York accent a little bit. 253 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: And by the way, for people who don't know, I 254 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 1: grew up a Mets fan. I've heard all about it 255 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: for my whole life. Okay, you lose that stuff when 256 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: you're doing the job. 257 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:53,319 Speaker 2: I'm not a Mets fan anymore. I'm not a fan 258 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 2: of any team. I don't hate any team. 259 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:58,200 Speaker 1: But Christian Scott is number four here. Even though he 260 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:01,480 Speaker 1: pitched six and two thirds innings, had a great presence 261 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: about him, allowed only one run, and you saw the 262 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: scene we had where as he went out to the 263 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 1: field to warm up about an hour before first pitch, 264 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: he hugged his mom. His grandparents were there. 265 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 2: It was a really cool moment. 266 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: His dad was there as well, sat right behind the dugout. 267 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: The whole thing was just spectacular. Unfortunately for the Mets, 268 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,720 Speaker 1: they lost the game, but it didn't detract from the 269 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: impact of Scott's debut and the potential for their rotation 270 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: to be really interesting as the season goes on. Because 271 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,120 Speaker 1: remember they've got Code I Senga coming back, Tyler McGill 272 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: coming back, David Peterson coming back. They're gonna have some depth. 273 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: They're gonna be able to do some things creatively with 274 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: sending guys back and forth to the miners and perhaps 275 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: putting some people in the bullpen. To give them length. 276 00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 2: There. 277 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: So Christian Scott number four on this list, and you're 278 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: gonna see why he's number four, because I've got. 279 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,200 Speaker 2: Some really cool ones and him number three. 280 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 1: This one goes back to April twenty nineteen, and it 281 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: kind of it reminds me, or kind of reminded me 282 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: of the Christian Scott debut. The Mets Tampa Bay matchup 283 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: this weekend wasn't all that exciting without Christian Scott. And 284 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: I remember April twenty nineteen, Fox had a game. It 285 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: was San Francisco at Pittsburgh, and I was decidedly unenthused. 286 00:15:18,520 --> 00:15:19,320 Speaker 2: About this game. 287 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: I was thinking, what are we doing? 288 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 2: Why are we carver on the Pirates? Man? 289 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 1: They weren't that good and the Giants were interesting, but 290 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: not like crazy dominant or anything like that. And yet, 291 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: as so often happens in baseball, you never know what 292 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: is going to happen on an individual day. And that day, 293 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: Cole Tucker and Brian Reynolds both were called up to 294 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: make their major league debuts for the Pirates. Tucker led 295 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: off for the Pirates, played shortstop. He was a big 296 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,880 Speaker 1: prospect at the time. He had a decisive to run 297 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: homer in the fifth inning of a rain shortened game. 298 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:55,840 Speaker 1: The game only lasted five innings. It was a thrilling moment. 299 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: I got the interview his parents in the stands. Brian 300 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: Reynolds that day didn't quite have this same day that 301 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: Cole Tucker did. Obviously he went on to a better 302 00:16:03,920 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: career than Cole Tucker has. Cole is back in the 303 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: majors now at the Angels. But that day at least 304 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: Reynolds was overshadowed. He batted fifth, played center field. I 305 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: believe he had a hit. But the Cole Tucker home 306 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: run in his major league debut, that was really cool, 307 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,720 Speaker 1: But it's still only number three on my list. Number 308 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:26,200 Speaker 1: two is one that happened just last season, and it 309 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: was incredible for what this player did in his major 310 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:33,320 Speaker 1: league debut. Now, we've talked about Christian Scott, who pitched 311 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: really well. We've talked about Cole Tucker, who hit a 312 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: home run, big stuff. South Frielick played one of the 313 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:42,600 Speaker 1: best games I have ever seen any player have in 314 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 1: his debut. This was from Milwaukee last July. Three hits, 315 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 1: the game tying and go ahead RBIs in this game. 316 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: Also had two spectacular catches in right field, it was 317 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:59,160 Speaker 1: an amazing performance. Interviewed him after the game, interviewed his 318 00:16:59,200 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 1: dad during the game, He got the gatorade action afterward, 319 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:05,919 Speaker 1: and it was just a very memorable day from a 320 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:08,679 Speaker 1: guy who looks like he's going to be a really 321 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:12,080 Speaker 1: good major League player. South Freelick number two on my 322 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: list and number one for this one. We've got to 323 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 1: go back to two thousand and ten. That's right, twenty ten, 324 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 1: fourteen years ago. Red Sox fans will remember this. Daniel Nava. 325 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,719 Speaker 1: Daniel Nova was twenty seven years old when he came up, 326 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 1: and I remember that morning. I was talking to THEO Epstein, 327 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: who was of course then running the Red Sox, and 328 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: I generally always check in with the gms of each 329 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: team before a game just to see what's going on, 330 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 1: get their perspectives on things. These are background conversations. I 331 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,920 Speaker 1: don't necessarily quote them during the game, and THEO told 332 00:17:46,960 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 1: me that morning, Hey, you can't report this, but we've 333 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: got a guy coming up named Daniel Nava. He's twenty seven, 334 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 1: he's got an amazing story. 335 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 2: Look into it. He did have an amazing story. 336 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,240 Speaker 1: He was a guy who was like four foot ten 337 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 1: going into the high school seventy pounds, so I had 338 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: an immediate liking for him. He was a guy who 339 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 1: was cut by his college team his freshman year at 340 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: Santa Clara. He was undrafted, He played independent ball, He 341 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,400 Speaker 1: toiled years in the minors, finally gets to the majors, 342 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:19,560 Speaker 1: hits a grand slam on the first pitch he sees. 343 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: He was only the fourth player in history to hit 344 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: a grand slam in his first at bat. He was 345 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 1: only the second player to do it on the first 346 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: pitch he saw, and Daniel Nava went on to have it. 347 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: He said enough career. He did some good things for 348 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, got to the majors, which is the 349 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,920 Speaker 1: goal of any player. So those are four memorable debuts 350 00:18:39,920 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: that I've had the privilege of covering. And this, frankly, 351 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: this kind of thing is why I love the job 352 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: so much, because it's something that's pretty unique to baseball. 353 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:51,679 Speaker 2: A debut like that, a. 354 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 1: Debut in general, when it happens in the NFL, the NBA, 355 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,880 Speaker 1: it's not necessarily a big story. It's a different kind 356 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:02,719 Speaker 1: of deal. Guys don't toil years in the miners. Guys 357 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: don't come up necessarily as these exciting prospects that you're 358 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 1: waiting for and hearing about. They go generally in the 359 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: NFL and NBA right to the big league, and they're 360 00:19:13,240 --> 00:19:15,680 Speaker 1: guys you know about, and their debuts. 361 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 2: Are not necessarily special. I know there are exceptions, but this. 362 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: Is kind of a baseball thing, and it also speaks 363 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: to the unpredictability of the sport. We often don't know 364 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,920 Speaker 1: when these players are coming up, and we often are 365 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: just kind of surprised when the moment happens and kind 366 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: of intrigued by what's going to be. And you're going 367 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:36,639 Speaker 1: to have another one tonight with Kyle Manzardo and the 368 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: Cleveland Guardians. So pay attention to those debuts. They aren't 369 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:44,400 Speaker 1: always a blast, but often they are. And again I've 370 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,200 Speaker 1: had the privilege for Fox of covering. 371 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 2: Quite a number of them. 372 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 1: I gave you four there. 373 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 2: I'm sure there are others. 374 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure there are some that I've forgotten, but those 375 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:56,359 Speaker 1: four really stood out in my mind. Time now for 376 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:58,679 Speaker 1: Grilling Ken, the segment of the show where I answer 377 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: your question, Let's get right to it. The first one 378 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 1: this week comes from Kyle Davis Gingerbomb twenty five, who asks, 379 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,959 Speaker 1: what do you make of Corey Seeger's noticeably slow start 380 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: to the season. The answer here, to me seems pretty obvious. 381 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: Corey Seger underwent Sports Tourney's surgery on January thirtieth, and 382 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,680 Speaker 1: if you remember, he had this problem in the postseason. 383 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: They thought it would heal. They didn't really anticipate it 384 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 1: would be a lingering issue and it became one. So 385 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 1: he had the surgery January thirtieth, which is quite late. 386 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: It's only two weeks before spring training. Did not get 387 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 1: on the field for a spring training game until March 388 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:43,520 Speaker 1: twenty third, So it's understandable that Corey Seeger is off 389 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: to a relatively slow start, batting two twenty eight, two homers, 390 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 1: ops below six hundred, and the reason, to me seems 391 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:54,679 Speaker 1: pretty clear. He's struggling to get his legs under him, 392 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:59,239 Speaker 1: struggling to regain his strength after undergoing that surgery. Do 393 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: I expect Corey at some point to be the normal 394 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: Corey Seeger. Yes, I don't know how long it's going 395 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: to take. I'm sure Cory Seger is kind of frustrated 396 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:10,159 Speaker 1: by it all and wants to be back to his 397 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: old self. But when you undergo surgery two weeks before 398 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 1: spring training, is. 399 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:15,680 Speaker 2: Supposed to start. 400 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 1: When you don't start playing games in spring training until 401 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: a week before the season is supposed to start, it's 402 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,920 Speaker 1: not exactly surprising that your first month will be difficult, 403 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:29,600 Speaker 1: all right. Next question, This one comes from Richard Proctor, 404 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: who asks what is the feeling in the Ray's clubhouse? 405 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 1: Given the slow start? The offense hasn't been clicking aside 406 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: from this weekend, and the pitching hasn't been a strong 407 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,280 Speaker 1: point so far. Good points, all, Richard. This team has 408 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: been disappointing, there's no question about it. They did sweep 409 00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: the Mets over the weekend, and perhaps now Yandy Diaz 410 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,640 Speaker 1: will get going, Randy a. Rosarina will get going, their 411 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 1: pitching will start to stabilize. They've had all kinds of 412 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 1: problems in all kinds of areas, defense. 413 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 2: Being another one. 414 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 1: The feeling in the clubhouse is what you might expect 415 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:05,479 Speaker 1: when a team starts to struggle. Teams generally aren't as 416 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:07,879 Speaker 1: happy in those moments as they are when they're winning. 417 00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: It's kind of common, and in talking with some of 418 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 1: the raised players over the weekend, there was a strong 419 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:15,199 Speaker 1: feeling that they were going to come out of this. 420 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 2: That was just one of those things, but. 421 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,560 Speaker 1: It was unfamiliar territory for them. Remember last season they started, 422 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: I believe it was twenty seven and six. Everything went right. 423 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 1: This season a case of the opposite, everything seemingly going wrong, 424 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:32,640 Speaker 1: and because it's a young team, you can see things 425 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: come apart. But I don't expect that to happen. I 426 00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,919 Speaker 1: expect them to get better as the season goes on. 427 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: And I don't know that they've got real chemistry issues 428 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: right now outside of the norm that you would have 429 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: a struggling team, tensions rising, some frustration rising. We saw 430 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: Kevin Cash bench Jose Siri last week. These things do happen. 431 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: They happened in the course of a normal Major league season. 432 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 1: But I'm not sure I would say the clubhouse at 433 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,639 Speaker 1: this point is one that is coming apart. 434 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:02,920 Speaker 2: Quite the opposite. 435 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: Actually, I think they're about to come together. 436 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 2: All right. 437 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: The final question, this one comes from Breakfast Cat, who asks, 438 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 1: do you also consider it a travesy that Tony Gwynn 439 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 1: was a lifelong Padre or that Ernie Banks was a 440 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,479 Speaker 1: lifelong cub. Also, why is so much criticism of Trout 441 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,440 Speaker 1: of staying loyal and yet zero criticism for the very 442 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 1: man that is responsible for his lack of success. Artie 443 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: moreno breakfast cat. The man who's thus been named, assuming 444 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 1: it's a man not a woman, is asking questions regarding 445 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 1: my column last week about Mike Trout and his injury, 446 00:23:36,480 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 1: and basically the column said, it will now be that 447 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 1: much more difficult for Mike Trout to be traded. He's 448 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 1: got this injury history, etc. 449 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:44,160 Speaker 2: Etc. 450 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 1: In my opinion, the column was respectful of Trout. I 451 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 1: noted that he was loyal. I noted that his earnestness 452 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: is one of his most endearing qualities. And I ended 453 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: the column by saying, as good as his intentions might 454 00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: have been, very sad thing. 455 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 2: To say that he's going to be. 456 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,919 Speaker 1: It looks like an angel for a long time now. 457 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: The people who didn't like the column basically pointed out, 458 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:11,240 Speaker 1: Mike Trout has chosen to be an angel, he wants 459 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: to be an angel. Very true, and I don't necessarily 460 00:24:14,760 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 1: have a problem with that. In fact, I don't have 461 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:16,959 Speaker 1: a problem with that. 462 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 2: Period. 463 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,000 Speaker 1: A player can do whatever he wants to do, and 464 00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: he signed two extensions with the Angels. He has wanted 465 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 1: to be there, and he's been quite clear in interviews 466 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: I've done with him for Fox that. 467 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 2: He wants to win in Anaheim. 468 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: The problem is the owner who signed him to those extensions, 469 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 1: Aridy Moreno, has essentially betrayed Mike Trout's good faith and 470 00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: by running the team the way he has put Trout 471 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 1: in a position where it looks like he's not going 472 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,919 Speaker 1: to get back to the playoffs anytime soon, and he 473 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:48,840 Speaker 1: hasn't been there since twenty fourteen, has never won a 474 00:24:48,840 --> 00:24:52,439 Speaker 1: playoff game. In this notion, well, Mike Trout can he 475 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,880 Speaker 1: decided to stay there, It's his choice, he. 476 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: Can do what he wants. 477 00:24:55,960 --> 00:25:01,200 Speaker 1: All true, but Mike Trout has also said quite clearly. 478 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 2: That he wants to win. 479 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:06,439 Speaker 1: He said in spring training he was pushing, pushing the 480 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: front office and owner Ardie Moreno to sign free agents. 481 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: He is, in my opinion, or was growing impatient because 482 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: Mike Trout, yes, he wants to be in the playoffs. 483 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 1: And the shame of this whole situation is that he 484 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: is in this position with this team because he is injured, 485 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: where it's going to be difficult to trade him. It 486 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: was never going to be easy. We know that once 487 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: the injury is set in, his value changes as a player. 488 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:39,919 Speaker 1: But that column I suggest Breakfast Cat read it again 489 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 1: because he's got some things wrong, and I suggest people 490 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: look at it in the way that I'm saying that. Yeah, 491 00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: if you're an Angels fan, sure you're not gonna. 492 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 2: Like the idea of Mike Trout getting traded. 493 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 1: But I bet there's a certain percentage of Angels fans 494 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:57,400 Speaker 1: who would not mind their guy being freed from that 495 00:25:57,560 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: misery because they have a great affection for Mike Trout. 496 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: And that's kind of where the column came from. We 497 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 1: all have affection for Mike Trout. And by the way, 498 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: Tony Gwinn, Tony Gwinn played in two World Series nineteen 499 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: eighty four and nineteen ninety eight, much different situation than 500 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,919 Speaker 1: Mike Trout. Thanks to everyone for their questions, Thank you 501 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 1: for listening, for watching. You know where to find us YouTube, Apple, Spotify. 502 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:22,920 Speaker 1: We will be back on Thursday, our normal Thursday show 503 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 1: with Alana Rizzo. Get your questions ready for that one 504 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 1: as well. 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