1 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: What is Up? 2 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 2: Mets fans, Welcome back to another episode of the Mets 3 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 2: Up Podcast. Today we're gonna be talking about just how 4 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: good and how important Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez have 5 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 2: been to this team, will be to this team, what 6 00:00:22,079 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 2: to expect in the future. I know this isn't the 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: most current episode. We just simply need a third episode 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 2: for the week. And I know this is the most 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 2: important weekend of the entire season against Miami Marlins. But 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 2: me and James are just we're gonna be busy, guys, 11 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 2: So this gonna be a third episode. 12 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:38,000 Speaker 1: You get. 13 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 2: We're gonna be talking about Baty, We're gonna be talking 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 2: about Alvarez. If you're looking for stuff that's up to date, 15 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 2: you can check back on Monday morning for the episode 16 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: live reacting to whatever the hell happens in Miami. Because 17 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 2: at the time of recording this, we still haven't even 18 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 2: stepped on the field in Miami yet. 19 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: So it's gonna be a fun one. 20 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: Our reactions might look a little bit different. As always, 21 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 2: we appreciate you guys. Make sure you're subscribe to the 22 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 2: Mets Up Pop YouTube channel if you're listening to us, 23 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 2: Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google drops the rating, drops the review, 24 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 2: download and subscribe. 25 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 1: James, who do you want to start with? Who do? Who? 26 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: Do you want to glaze? 27 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 3: First? 28 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 4: I'm down for Alvarez. 29 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 5: I think we want to talk about both of these 30 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 5: guys just because no matter what the regular season will 31 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 5: be over on Sundays, we have the full season where 32 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 5: there's been a lot of ups and downs for both 33 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 5: of these players. Two players that we've always had a 34 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 5: lot of confidence and two players that our confidence has 35 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 5: relatively waiver that times even this single season that we're 36 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 5: still playing right now, and they both just had huge 37 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 5: moments and huge series against the Cubs, and it's kind 38 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 5: of just been undeniable how important they've been to steadying 39 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 5: this team and even giving us a chance to reach 40 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 5: the playoffs as everything is kind of crumbled around them. 41 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 5: And I think Alvarez is the one where it's as 42 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 5: more of a sigh of relief than kind of the 43 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 5: shock of what Brett Bady's done, still considering how young 44 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 5: he is, but also what he's been able to battle 45 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 5: through this season just become a true dude. 46 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, think about it. 47 00:01:57,120 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 2: At the beginning of the season, the conversation was about, 48 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: for instance, with Alvarez getting a new batting stance, working 49 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: with JD. Martinez, trying to hit the ball the other way, 50 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: the Eric Chavez way didn't work. 51 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: It was bad. 52 00:02:07,520 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 2: It was probably the worst thing that could have ever 53 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 2: happened to Francisco Alvarez as a hitter. 54 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,800 Speaker 1: They tried to change who he was. That's not the 55 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:14,320 Speaker 1: guy he is. 56 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 2: Francisco Alvarez takes Daddy hacks, has natural power to right field, 57 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 2: is not someone who should be seeking the ball to 58 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 2: hit there, but when he does, still has the ability 59 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: to hit the ball over the fence to all fields. 60 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: That's what made Francisco Alvarez a special player. 61 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: When we saw him down in Brooklyn, when we interviewed 62 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 2: him when he was what nineteen years old, back in 63 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:34,919 Speaker 2: like twenty twenty one, still grinding this podcast very hard. 64 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: From the start, Francisco. 65 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 2: Alvarez took some of the most impressive batting practice we 66 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: ever saw. They sent him down because he was struggling, 67 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 2: went back to the old stands, went back to the 68 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: old Francisco Alvarez and has completely popped off since that 69 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 2: call up. 70 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, and at the same time, while he's popped off. 71 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 5: Since that call up, he's, like you said, back to 72 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 5: doing the things that made him good, not only taking 73 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 5: the big hacks, using the big bats, be getting to 74 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,359 Speaker 5: the Gude power, just seemingly being a little bit more 75 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 5: in control of his at bats and the strike zone. 76 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 5: We saw him do a little bit more free swinging 77 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 5: early in the year. He wasn't drawing the walks like 78 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 5: he had through the minor leagues. Had that incredible mastery 79 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:10,640 Speaker 5: of the zone, especially as a catcher, that was able 80 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 5: to be one of the first adopters of the ABS 81 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 5: system in single A low w A when he began 82 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 5: to use it. Understanding how where where pitches were, how 83 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 5: pitches of a pitcher and what strikes we called them, 84 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 5: which words, and then using all of this together, which 85 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 5: is now being someone that simply attacks the ball in 86 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 5: the zone and is able to take pitches that are 87 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 5: outside of it. Like it's something that he's finally back 88 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 5: to swinging more often in the zone. 89 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 4: He's chasing less often pitches outside. 90 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 5: I like, he's it's just it's more contact, it's better contact, 91 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 5: it's swings, it's smarter contact. And then with all of that, 92 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 5: having still the absolute like lockdown power that we know 93 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 5: he has near top of the league bats be especially 94 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 5: for a catcher. 95 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,480 Speaker 4: Our hit rate, the battle rate, how are they it's 96 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 4: the ball. 97 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 5: It's all been the player that we kind of always expected, 98 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,200 Speaker 5: which is funny that we got it finally here and 99 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,760 Speaker 5: he's still playing with two fucked up hands and after 100 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,480 Speaker 5: its emotion and a fucked up hand from early in 101 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 5: the season. But it's it's changed the entire complexion line up, 102 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:04,440 Speaker 5: especially when we talked to how so much of the 103 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 5: first half season thirteen fourteen problems ago with this team, 104 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,280 Speaker 5: about how the bottom of the order was the one 105 00:04:10,280 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 5: thing that cold was holding us back. 106 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 4: There was no consistency there. 107 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 5: The combination of Valvarez and Baby finding themselves through the 108 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 5: season is what changed that whole part of the lineup. 109 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: Oh one hundred percent. 110 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 2: It allows for Francisco ind Or to drive in more runs, 111 00:04:23,839 --> 00:04:26,600 Speaker 2: It allows for one and so to have guys on base. 112 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,320 Speaker 2: Being able to turn that lineup over is so incredibly 113 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 2: important to every team, but especially the Mets. When you 114 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 2: have one of the best one to two threes in 115 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 2: the entire league, getting runners on base for those big 116 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 2: three is incredibly important and it's one of the reasons 117 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,359 Speaker 2: why in the month of August the Mets had the 118 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: best offense in baseball. I know it's struggled in September, 119 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:47,840 Speaker 2: but they still show these games where they do pop off. 120 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 2: And it's because if those bottom of the order guys 121 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 2: get on, lind Or Soda and Alonso are just simply 122 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 2: way too good at driving in runs. 123 00:04:54,760 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, and we're also getting to a point. 124 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 5: We alluded to it during the episode of dropped right 125 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 5: after the series, but Francisco Alvarez not only has been 126 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,840 Speaker 5: like really great in terms of like what we want 127 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:06,359 Speaker 5: out of him and what we hope he could be 128 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 5: in terms of every hitter in baseball, like he is 129 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:11,240 Speaker 5: in the upperchelon since he came back to the minor 130 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 5: leagues on July twenty first. Since then, he has the 131 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 5: eighth highest WRC plus and all of baseball. 132 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:17,719 Speaker 1: That's crazy. 133 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,119 Speaker 5: Don Solo is seventh. They're one point apart since that happened. 134 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 5: Alparez again is heading at to Freday Night against the 135 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 5: Marlins a two eighty six average, three seventy on base 136 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 5: five ninety eight slug with eight home runs. That is, 137 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,159 Speaker 5: and that's only in thirty eight games because he missed 138 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 5: a week and a half when he sprained the laguam 139 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,960 Speaker 5: in his hand and then also broke his pinky Like 140 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 5: he's been absolutely just rocking, not again, not only one 141 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 5: of the best players on our team, but in the league. 142 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 5: No catcher has had a more valuable bat since then, 143 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 5: including cal Rawley, who's possibly going to win the American 144 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 5: League MVP, Shanne Langeleers, who's he's not approaching forty home runs, 145 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 5: he's in between thirty and forty right now. 146 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 4: It is. 147 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 5: It's been remarkable with Alvarez done one as truthfully one 148 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 5: of the best hitlers in baseball. 149 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 2: Since he's been called up back again, like you said 150 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 2: in July twenty first, a ten percent walk rate, a 151 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 2: sub twenty five percent k rate. The numbers are just phenomenal, 152 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: like seeing him next to Juan Soto over that same 153 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,559 Speaker 2: stretch in terms of WRC plus Shoho Tani, Aaron Judge, 154 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 2: like those are the names he's around. I expected that 155 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: Francisco Alvarez would have stretches like this in his career 156 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 2: because again, he hits the ball so hard, and he 157 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 2: was a top prospect. 158 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:28,120 Speaker 1: He was amazing. But now it feels sticky. 159 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:30,440 Speaker 2: This feels like the version of Francisco Alvarez we can 160 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:32,280 Speaker 2: kind of expect moving forward. 161 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 5: I do give him a lot of credit as well 162 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,320 Speaker 5: for maintaining his own confidence, like taking the demotion and 163 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 5: stride and having just the huge, the warrior mentality, the 164 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 5: play through injuries. I'm not saying that this is what 165 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 5: most players would do. There's definitely some players in the 166 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,120 Speaker 5: league that after the demotion, you get a little hot, 167 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 5: you ruin your hands, You're like, all right, I got 168 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 5: hot I had in my season on a high note, 169 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:52,880 Speaker 5: I'll walk out of the season. 170 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 4: I don't think many most players do that. 171 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 5: I think there probably are a hand few, and him 172 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:57,880 Speaker 5: being like, I'm not gonna let my season end in 173 00:06:57,920 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 5: any way, shape or form with based on the way 174 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,279 Speaker 5: of playing. It's really impressive and just again maintaining the 175 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 5: confidence and like the bravado and the gusto he's always had, 176 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 5: like kind of at the same time growing into a 177 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,119 Speaker 5: bit of an emotional leader in this team, big time leader. 178 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 5: He has the personality that we say that the rest 179 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 5: of the roster lacks, and it's hard to kind of 180 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 5: have that personality that he has where you're kind of 181 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 5: at the same time a jokester, but also very intense, 182 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 5: and we saw that fosterone. 183 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: He's got team. 184 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:27,200 Speaker 2: We always say it, like, I mean, he has the 185 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 2: best tattooed on his neck, Like the dude is fucking 186 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 2: confident as shit, And you didn't see that early on 187 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 2: in the year. 188 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 5: It's hard to be outwardly confident when you're not playing well. Also, 189 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:37,960 Speaker 5: do you remember the day that we went to Brooklyn 190 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,920 Speaker 5: and interview him twenty twenty one, where one he just 191 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 5: kind of saw us as like kind of like scorts 192 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 5: with microphones and he was kind of messing with us 193 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,240 Speaker 5: beforehand and he was like practicing his English. And then 194 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 5: during the game he had like a bad ground out 195 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 5: and a hanging curveball on his own in a in 196 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 5: a game with the Brooklyn Cyclones in the middle of July, 197 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 5: late June, fifth inning, fourth inning, and he took his 198 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 5: bat and he fired into the and helmet just went 199 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 5: absolutely ballistic, which I do would love to see at 200 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 5: the major league level, But as a nineteen year old 201 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 5: when we were talking to him like that was that 202 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 5: was something we definitely took note of, like, oh, to him, 203 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 5: like the success is a little different, like he expects success. Yeah, 204 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 5: the failure isn't really an option, and then just as always, 205 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 5: absolutely have to do this by rule. 206 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:22,320 Speaker 1: I was waiting for it. 207 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 5: I was waiting for I talked about Francisco Alvarez again, 208 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 5: he's a twenty three year old catcher still who's in 209 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 5: his third full season. Just to give you guys a 210 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 5: list of all of the twenty three year old catchers 211 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 5: of all time to have at least three hundred games 212 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,839 Speaker 5: played and hit at least forty five home runs, it's 213 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 5: Johnny Bench, Darryl Porter, Pad Rodriguez, Francisco Alparez, and Brian McKinnon. 214 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 5: That was a pretty history of baseball. 215 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: All of those guys are pretty good. 216 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 2: I mean, that's ever you have two first ballot Hall 217 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: of Famers on that you have. I think Darryl Porter 218 00:08:54,640 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 2: was like a four time All Star I'm looking at 219 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 2: on Baseball Reference. He put up forty war for his career. 220 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,839 Speaker 2: It's a pretty damn good career. And Brian mccannon one 221 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 2: of the best catchers of the two thousands. So yes, 222 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,440 Speaker 2: sign me up, sign me up all day. 223 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 5: I do suspend, especially like just this isn't responding to 224 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 5: anything we've said. It that most of you guys out 225 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 5: their thought, But there was this odd rhetoric through the 226 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 5: middle of the season about for Cisquelver's being a buzz 227 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:20,839 Speaker 5: for Sisquelivers never living up to the hype again when 228 00:09:20,840 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 5: he was still twenty three years old. For Cisqualvarez not 229 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 5: the team maybe needs to look elsewhere for catcher instead 230 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 5: of for ciscou Alvarez. And in terms of historical context, 231 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:32,719 Speaker 5: that he is a complete and other Unicorn, what he's 232 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 5: done so far and what I think we still expect 233 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,559 Speaker 5: him to do, because while all the steps have taken 234 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 5: I've taken forward with the bat, Like I know that 235 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,240 Speaker 5: he had some defensive woes too, and he's still not 236 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 5: great at blocking the ball. He still is i'd say 237 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,559 Speaker 5: pretty good as a catcher, and especially in one terms 238 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 5: of pitchers like to throw to, He's gotten incredibly good 239 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 5: throwing out based runners over the last few years as well. 240 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 4: He's awesome. 241 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,320 Speaker 5: Like, we're lucky that he's on this roster and he 242 00:09:56,559 --> 00:09:58,960 Speaker 5: is our catcher and profiles to be our catcher for 243 00:09:59,000 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 5: a long time. 244 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 4: Because also when we demoted him. 245 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:04,079 Speaker 5: Early this season, which we manipulated service time got next 246 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 5: year control out of him. 247 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:05,960 Speaker 4: Just keep that in mind that. 248 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 2: We threaded the needle, which sometimes I hate, but in 249 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 2: this scenario, I loved it. 250 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 5: Yeah, so that that also works too, So that's part 251 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 5: of this as well. 252 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, Franciscu Aalvarez is awesome. I think there is no doubt. 253 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:22,000 Speaker 2: I'm so excited, like I'm eventually gonna get a city 254 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 2: connect Jersey. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be getting Alvarez 255 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: on the back. That dude's just he's that guy. 256 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 1: He's so good. 257 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 2: And the fact that it feels like every time there's 258 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 2: a chance for him to hit a big home run, 259 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:32,920 Speaker 2: a big moment, he comes through. 260 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: The guy is clutch as hell. 261 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,679 Speaker 5: It's because he has that kind of I don't know, 262 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 5: he has that kind of factor. 263 00:10:39,280 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 4: He has that that guy. 264 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 5: And again a lot of people will still focus on 265 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 5: that horrible at batic and Joan Duran and that was 266 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 5: the thing that even a week and a half ago, 267 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 5: two weeks ago, people were saying, like, get this guy 268 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,480 Speaker 5: off my team for this that other thing. 269 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:50,760 Speaker 1: Oh my god, I forgot. 270 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 2: I couldn't believe the discourse that people were having after 271 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 2: that at bat. 272 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: Me and you saw it and were like, terrible at bat. 273 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: That doesn't change anyway I feel about franciscou Aalvarez bad. 274 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 4: That bat's happened all the time. 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He's getting closer to that player that 304 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 2: we hoped he would be, but it's in such a 305 00:12:29,160 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 2: different way. The fact that he's able to bring the 306 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,480 Speaker 2: value now both offensively, which we thought he was always 307 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 2: going to do. We thought he was going to be 308 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: a plus hitter in Major League baseball, but now he's 309 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,080 Speaker 2: a plus hitter with a really good glove at two positions. 310 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,960 Speaker 2: I don't think people the masses yet have truly understand 311 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 2: how insanely important Brett Baty is going to be to 312 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 2: this team financially off the field and on the field 313 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 2: moving forward. The fact that he can play second base, 314 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 2: third base, be a capable Major League hitter and a 315 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 2: very good defensive player. 316 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 4: Totally. 317 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:04,360 Speaker 5: I don't think this one's as obvious, just because again, 318 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 5: like you're not going to have the same type of 319 00:13:06,520 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 5: gaudy numbers, and like historical comparisons to Brett Bady, Like 320 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 5: what can we confidence say right now he's like the 321 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 5: sixth seventh best third basement in National League. Like again, 322 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 5: like he's basically just right now become an absolutely fine, 323 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 5: solid player. But considering what was Brett Baty heading into 324 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,439 Speaker 5: the season and what great Brett Bady was to begin 325 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,720 Speaker 5: this season, that is in and of itself just so 326 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 5: completely remarkable. Again, just to remind you guys, when Brett 327 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 5: Baty began this season, he was I'm gonna pull up 328 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 5: the exact oh for right now. Through his first twenty 329 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 5: seven played appearances, he was three for twenty seven. He 330 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 5: had not drawn a walk, he had not had a 331 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:43,959 Speaker 5: three ball count. 332 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 2: Remember we were at games and we were like, come on, 333 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 2: get the three balls, let's get ahead. 334 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 5: I think I took a picture of his first three 335 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 5: to one count of the season. It happened in late April, 336 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,480 Speaker 5: and it just kind of felt like the game was 337 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 5: moving too fast for him. Again, it was It felt 338 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 5: like a bit of the last chance heading into the 339 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:02,920 Speaker 5: season because he had the opening for the Jeff McNeil 340 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 5: injury that was a hamstring magical. I think how long 341 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 5: ago these spring training things. Just can't even wrap my 342 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:09,360 Speaker 5: mind right any of this stuff what's happened in the season. 343 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:11,599 Speaker 5: But it did feel like a bit of his last opportunity. 344 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 5: He was working on second base to add a little 345 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 5: bit of versatility to his game, and he had the 346 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 5: opening their roster spot because neil injury, and then he 347 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 5: comes out to start the season and just got bombarded, bombarded. 348 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 5: He got one extra base hit in his first fifteen 349 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 5: games of the year. He still hadn't drawn a walk 350 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 5: until April eighteenth. Like it was a while, it was. 351 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,480 Speaker 5: It was bad to watch this. You were like, this 352 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 5: is this is actually the end, and it was it 353 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 5: felt sad. 354 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 2: I was gonna say it felt sad because we were 355 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 2: such baity believers for years and years and years. You 356 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,440 Speaker 2: guys have been screaming at us. Even this season coming 357 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:46,400 Speaker 2: into it. James is just like, just play good defense 358 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 2: and hit like Alec Bohm, which is below league average, 359 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 2: and we will take that. 360 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 1: It will be huge. And he is way better than that, 361 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: way better than that. 362 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 2: Funny enough, I looked up stats from the day that 363 00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:59,440 Speaker 2: baby got called back up, which was May seventh. Alec 364 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,800 Speaker 2: Bohm does have better WRC plus one twenty two. Shout 365 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: out Alec Bohe, but he can't play third base or 366 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 2: second base, so that's a big issue. But Brett Batty 367 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 2: one eighteen WRC plus since May seventh, in one hundred 368 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 2: and ten games, he has seventeen home runs forty six RBIs. 369 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 2: He's hitting two sixty three to the three seven steals, 370 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 2: so yeah, seven steals, three twenty four on base, four 371 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:23,080 Speaker 2: to fifty slugging. He has been one of the more 372 00:15:23,160 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 2: valuable third basemen in baseball since it has been called up. 373 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 2: The numbers are comparable to that of Carlos Correa, Manny Machado, 374 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 2: Matt Chapman, like those are guys who are getting paid 375 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 2: so much money, so much money, and Brett Baty's got 376 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,920 Speaker 2: comparable numbersome. I'm not saying Brett Baty is like them. 377 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 2: I'm not saying that Brett Baty is better than them. 378 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 2: They are better players and I would take them on 379 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 2: this team every single day. But in a world where 380 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 2: money does matter, for this roster. It's huge to have 381 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 2: Brett Baty because he's free and in a world where 382 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,920 Speaker 2: performance matters too, He's playing just as well as these 383 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,800 Speaker 2: guys this season. That's huge. Brett Batty was a useless 384 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,520 Speaker 2: player up until May seventh. Whatever happened from then on, 385 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 2: he's been incredible. A big reason why the Mets have 386 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 2: even remotely been able to stay afloat. 387 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,320 Speaker 5: And another big thing for Beaty is that we just 388 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 5: saw meaningful adjustments happen over the course of the season 389 00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 5: that had propelled him to be this guy like we've 390 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,680 Speaker 5: special You March talked a lot about how much you 391 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 5: love Eric Schabbs this year, about this this mes, this 392 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 5: Mets hitting philosophy, about letting the ball travel, focusing on 393 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 5: the opposite field. 394 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:29,200 Speaker 4: How that might not have worked for every player in 395 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 4: this team. 396 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 5: For a guy like Baty that has plus plus bat 397 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 5: speed and incredible raw power struggles a bit in terms 398 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 5: of pitch selection, that type of style actually helped him 399 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:39,920 Speaker 5: a ton. 400 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: For sure. It's the Wan Soto style. 401 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 2: It's the I can wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, because 402 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 2: I swing the bat faster than most people in baseball, 403 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 2: just that. 404 00:16:47,520 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 5: Extra teeny tiny little split second you can move back 405 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 5: in the box a little bit, but when you begin 406 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,360 Speaker 5: that swing, and he's also he's added to his bat 407 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 5: speed this year, because again, last year he just seems 408 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,920 Speaker 5: so discombobulated, because it seemed like last year he tried 409 00:16:58,960 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 5: to be someone he was and try to become a 410 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 5: pull guy, and him being a poll guy wound up 411 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,280 Speaker 5: making him a guest guy because he just doesn't he 412 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 5: sadn't know what was gonna wind up coming to him, 413 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 5: and he struggled to react to the velocity. 414 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:09,880 Speaker 4: It was a bad situation. 415 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:14,560 Speaker 5: But now that he's put this all together, it's getting inside, 416 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 5: getting to that game, that power in the game, chasing 417 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,199 Speaker 5: far fewer pitches out of the strike zone, still not 418 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:22,360 Speaker 5: exactly attacking all of the right ones in the strike zone, 419 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 5: but just being able to put all the pieces together 420 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 5: enough where the physical tools that he has in the 421 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 5: bad his box can shine through and just again be 422 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 5: a little bit better than average and let that defense 423 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 5: play up, because that is that's been the calling card 424 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 5: this season. That's what has really begun to set him apart. 425 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, and again it's not just that third base, it's 426 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,800 Speaker 2: a second base too. I think for the time being, 427 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 2: moving forward, bred bad, he's gonna be playing third base, 428 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 2: I think the rest of the season. If the Mets 429 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 2: make the playoffs, I think he's gonna be playing third 430 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,119 Speaker 2: base in all the playoff games too, doesn't matter if 431 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 2: there's a left handed pitcher on the mound. His defense 432 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 2: is just that much better than Mark Fientos where you 433 00:17:57,720 --> 00:17:59,919 Speaker 2: have to He's also a better hitter, so you have 434 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:00,439 Speaker 2: that as well. 435 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:01,399 Speaker 1: It's just a better player. 436 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:03,800 Speaker 2: But if you want to get Mark Vientos in the lineup, 437 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,280 Speaker 2: and the only way you can do it is he 438 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,640 Speaker 2: for some reason has to play third base, you can 439 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 2: put Brett Baty at second and he's a plus defender 440 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 2: there and he's a good hitter. Still, like he's just 441 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,719 Speaker 2: a good baseball player. I don't think Brett Baty's ever 442 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 2: gonna hit the ceiling that we once thought when he 443 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 2: was a prospect where it could be an all star 444 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 2: type player, a guy who's gonna hit close thirty home runs, 445 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 2: whatever it's gonna be. But now he might be a 446 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:31,399 Speaker 2: weirdly more complete player, just not elite at any certain skill. 447 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:33,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, I think we did kind of more so see 448 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 5: him as someone that could be just like a bad 449 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 5: first left handed hitting Masher than anything you get on 450 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 5: defense is a bit of a plus, but it's not 451 00:18:42,359 --> 00:18:44,360 Speaker 5: that's not really the case anymore. He is this complete guy, 452 00:18:44,400 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 5: which is again a testament to how hard he's worked, 453 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:48,920 Speaker 5: how much he's been able to block out the noise, 454 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 5: and she looks the pressure and kind of turn himself 455 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,199 Speaker 5: into that guy like that and of itself is one 456 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,240 Speaker 5: of the more impressive things I think we've seen from 457 00:18:55,680 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 5: the Mets any player in this roster this season. 458 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 1: It shows he's a dog, and. 459 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 5: In some way he is, and I think also watching 460 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 5: him last year, you could tell he's just not selfish 461 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 5: because the way that he was cheering and supporting Mark 462 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:13,000 Speaker 5: Fientos while Fianto's was doing in a way what Baby 463 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 5: has done this season, I think was kind of remarkable. 464 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 5: And even with that being the case, like this is 465 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 5: I think more sustainable, and I think I also might 466 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,960 Speaker 5: tell you better in a way, like I think Fianto's 467 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,760 Speaker 5: being the masher last year was something that transformed his 468 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 5: whole team with. 469 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,199 Speaker 4: Paul roster, especially not having watched the team yet. He 470 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 4: was the two hitter on during the run two to 471 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 4: three hit. 472 00:19:35,560 --> 00:19:37,719 Speaker 1: And he was incredible in the postseason. 473 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,280 Speaker 5: And he's incredible against lefties. He was clutched like every 474 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 5: I'm not trying to take away Mark Fianas did last year. 475 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 5: But there was always that little take in the back 476 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 5: of both of our minds, and we said it on 477 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 5: this podcast a lot where it's like, I just don't 478 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:47,600 Speaker 5: know if I trust this, like a lot of things 479 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 5: that were happening under the hood. Offensively, I was like, 480 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,960 Speaker 5: I don't know, it's still too many strikeouts, It's still 481 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:54,879 Speaker 5: not great bats. Math wasn't mathon it wasn't And again 482 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 5: it was like, I'm not happy that he didn't play 483 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 5: well this season by regretful that like, I'm not regretful 484 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 5: that we did point that out. 485 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 4: I think that was my one of. 486 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 5: My ball predictions of the seasons, that Rett Bay would be better, 487 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 5: more valuable than Mark Fiento's. Now when you look at 488 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 5: what Baty's done this year while being literally like a 489 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 5: negative performing player for his first month, yeah he's he's 490 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 5: one more good weekend away from almost matching Mark Fientos 491 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 5: his outputing terms of war this season or within the 492 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 5: marginal era of what Fiantos did, of what Baby what 493 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 5: Fiansos did last season, Yeah, which is fucking crazy. 494 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 4: Thinking about everything's happened between the two of them. 495 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: No, I love Brett Batty. 496 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 4: He's a beast. 497 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:31,359 Speaker 1: I don't think he's going anywhere. 498 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 2: I know a lot of people want to have the 499 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 2: offseason talks before the season is even over. The only 500 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 2: thing I'll tell you is that Brett Batty's on this 501 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 2: team in twenty twenty six. I think there's no doubt. 502 00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 5: I think he's on this team in twenty twenty six, 503 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,040 Speaker 5: and I think is almost a guarantee starting at their 504 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 5: base and opening day. 505 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: And I'm happy with it. 506 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 2: I'm really I'm actually I'm smiling eater ear seeing that happen. 507 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, he's one of the guys I think we could 508 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:52,639 Speaker 5: be comfortable and confident. You could write in that lineup 509 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 5: car than Penn. 510 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:53,560 Speaker 1: You can. 511 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 2: What really cool is he could hit like sixth or 512 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 2: seventh or eighth. He doesn't have to be one of 513 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 2: the main guys in this order. 514 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 5: And there probably still is more upside steam on the 515 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 5: hitting profile because while he has the bat speed and 516 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:08,680 Speaker 5: while he's figured out some of the chase like, there's 517 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,000 Speaker 5: still tons of things he can fix in terms of 518 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 5: his pitch selection. And while you just again hit the 519 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 5: ball incredibly hard, incredibly consistently, and are able to walk 520 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:22,200 Speaker 5: like just enough. Like any little incremental improvements he's able 521 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 5: to make with those swing decisions will help a lot 522 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:26,719 Speaker 5: because all the contact he makes is just more valuable 523 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,080 Speaker 5: than other players. Like there still is I think a 524 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 5: twenty eight home or twelve steel guy here? 525 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so, why Notsily? 526 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 5: And then again, maybe you stretch over to thirty one 527 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 5: or two seasons, you still play good defense at third base, 528 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 5: Like he just showed us he can hit lefties better 529 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 5: than most people thought kind of. I mean still, like, 530 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 5: let's say this split theps against left Yeah, it's. 531 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 2: Still worse, but everyone's gonna be worse against the same 532 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 2: side totally. 533 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 5: And again, if there's if that's a situation where I 534 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 5: don't know, there winds up you wind up having opportunity 535 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 5: for finals to get that playing time. 536 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 4: That's fine. 537 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:58,920 Speaker 5: I do think that when we enter next season, both 538 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 5: of these guys will be on the roster to both 539 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 5: find their way to a bunch of playing time. I 540 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,600 Speaker 5: think Baby will just simply find his way into more. 541 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:06,840 Speaker 5: Do you want to hit a crazy thing about Mark 542 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 5: Fancis this year compared to the last Yeah, hit me, 543 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,080 Speaker 5: it's got more plate appearance this year than last year. 544 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I guess he's been on the team all 545 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 1: year and he missed a month. 546 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,199 Speaker 5: But it's just baby is a coff. You could be 547 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,040 Speaker 5: confident and comfortable with Bret Batty as your third base. 548 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 3: Todd father, you and me grew up in Jersey. We 549 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 3: liked to collect cards, but the way the process got 550 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 3: was ridiculous. You open up a pack, there's a bunch 551 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:35,520 Speaker 3: of cards you don't care about. Then you want to 552 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 3: get certain ones graded takes forever right, then you want 553 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,679 Speaker 3: to maybe sell one. It's such a to do. Arena 554 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,199 Speaker 3: club has been the solution for us. 555 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 6: Arena club has been a solution for everybody. You go online, 556 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,240 Speaker 6: go to Arena club and you check out what they have. 557 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 6: Put a little cash down. You might get one of 558 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 6: the best cards that you've ever seen in your life, 559 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 6: and autograph card. And guess what, if you don't like 560 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 6: the card, easily you could sell it back and make 561 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 6: a little cash. You never know what to expect. It's 562 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 6: a cool way of doing it. You're gonna get a 563 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,479 Speaker 6: surprise every time. And if you're in the cards, this 564 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,200 Speaker 6: is something you really need to get. 565 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,320 Speaker 3: Into Right now, you can get twenty percent off your 566 00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 3: first slap pack or card purchase by going to arenaclub 567 00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:15,480 Speaker 3: dot com, slash foul and use code foul like Todd 568 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,160 Speaker 3: Father is talking about. With those slap packs. Every pack 569 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,919 Speaker 3: is a grail that's at least twenty x the price 570 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 3: of the pack. Check it out. 571 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: It's all I got, James, you got anything else? 572 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 4: I'd say? I mean, hey, let's win these games this weekend? 573 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: Please, yeah, please please. 574 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 2: I really hope by the time that you guys are 575 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 2: watching this we just pieced up Sandy. I hope we don't. 576 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 2: We need we gotta win on Friday. Friday is so important, 577 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:42,560 Speaker 2: so hindsight twenty twenty. This is terrifying to say out loud, 578 00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 2: but God, show me a win on Friday. 579 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: Do you show me one? And I can feel good 580 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: about this video coming out on Saturday. 581 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 5: And yeah, worst case for the other people if you 582 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,520 Speaker 5: guys get to this one on Monday and we're out 583 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 5: of the playoffs. 584 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 4: So you got at least we took something with us. 585 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, at least took something with us. Guys. 586 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,760 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening and watching. Make sure 587 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:00,080 Speaker 2: you subscribe to the Messed Up Podcast YouTube channel. If 588 00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:02,960 Speaker 2: you're listening to US Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google drops a rating, 589 00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 2: drops a review, download and subscribe. You can follow James 590 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 2: on social media at James Ciano. I'm draftneck Mark with 591 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 2: the Seed. Thank you guys for listening, Thank you for watching. 592 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,480 Speaker 2: We'll catch you all on Monday. Let's fucking go Mets. 593 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,480 Speaker 4: Let's fucking go Mets. See you, guys,