1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: As somebody who enjoys watching baseball cratzy. I hope they 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,560 Speaker 1: don't push for it, because if they do push for it, 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: we're not going to see baseball. All right. 4 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: We've got ESPN's Jeff passing with us right now, and 5 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: you're seeing him here. You can also see him on 6 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 2: I look this up Sunday Night Baseball coming up, the 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 2: first Sunday Night baseball of the year. Beyond the pregame show, 8 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: Kevin Connors, Tim Kirkchen, our buddy, So make sure you 9 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: check him out there. 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: I believe that's Braves Dodgers. Do I have that right, 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 1: Jeff Padres, Braves Padris, Yeah, a j thank you for 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: saving me. 13 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:43,680 Speaker 3: We're at that point in spring training now, guys, where 14 00:00:43,840 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 3: I don't know what day it is anymore. So all 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 3: I know is I'm gonna be at Yankee Stadium on 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: Opening Day and the Yankees and Brewers are playing. 17 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: That's like laser focus on that right now. I don't 18 00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: even know, like, is it tuesday? It is Tuesday. 19 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: You're totally giving us the one game out of time action, 20 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,119 Speaker 2: which I actually respect and understand. 21 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:08,400 Speaker 1: Thank you. 22 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 2: That is fair, but great to have you on, Jeff, 23 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 2: so I actually want to start here. Then, So if 24 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: you look back at the past month, obviously you've visited camps, 25 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: you've talked to teams. Has anything in your brain changed 26 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 2: about a team, a player, et cetera. Is there something 27 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,559 Speaker 2: that you actually, you know, came back from the road 28 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 2: with and said, I think I'm misjudging this team or 29 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 2: this player and they're going to be much better or 30 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: worse than I expected. 31 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: It's hard when you go and talk to guys because 32 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: this time of year, everyone is so optimistic and they 33 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: want to believe the best versions of themselves are going 34 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 1: to be out there. They want to believe that they're 35 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: going to stay healthy all season. But I think a 36 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 1: good example of that is, like you see the Kansas 37 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: City on my shirt right here, and for the majority 38 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 1: of spring training, I was thinking, you know what, I'm 39 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 1: going to pick the Royals to win the American League Central. 40 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 1: And the last I made on my spring training tour 41 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: was in Lakeland, Florida, earlier this week, and just seeing 42 00:02:05,680 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: the amount of pitching that the Detroit Tigers have, guys 43 00:02:09,480 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: like it's overwhelming. It is exceptional that Cater Montero, guy 44 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:18,799 Speaker 1: who started a playoff game for them and was integral 45 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: in their run last year, going thirty one and eleven 46 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 1: down the stretch and making the postseason. He's not even 47 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,200 Speaker 1: making the team, and that they can add a guy 48 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: like Jackson Job who has frontline potential to a rotation 49 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: that already includes the American League scim Winner and Derek 50 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: Scobell Jack Flaherty. On top of that, Casey Miz has 51 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: looked fantastic this spring. We're not even talking about Alex 52 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: Codyet who they signed this offseason. And the biggest part 53 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: of it with the Tigers to me is that with 54 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: Chris Fetter and Robin lund Is their pitching coaches and 55 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 1: aj Hinch pulling the string as his manager, like they 56 00:02:55,440 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 1: deploy their pitchers maybe better than any other organization out there. 57 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: And so I wound up picking the Tigers to win 58 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: the Central and people in Kansas City are not very 59 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: happy with me right now. 60 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:07,959 Speaker 4: Jeff. 61 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 5: First of all, we're doing power rankings today. I don't 62 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 5: have the Tigers in my top ten. So now I'm 63 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 5: gonna have to change them real quick because I hate 64 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 5: to doing power rankings. I think I think they're kind 65 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 5: of dumb, but that's. 66 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 3: My the worst Like this is where ballplayers and reporters 67 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 3: find common ground. 68 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: You know, sometimes there are things that we're going to 69 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:29,679 Speaker 1: argue about. We both agree power rankings suck. So thank 70 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: you for that, agent, I appreciate You're welcome. 71 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:32,799 Speaker 5: And by the way, the Dodgers are going to be 72 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 5: number one until they lose somewhere in the playoffs. Okay, 73 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 5: so let's just I'm just gonna say Dodgers won every 74 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 5: the field is. There's a giant step down to the 75 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 5: field with just because but we don't need to talk 76 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:46,600 Speaker 5: about By the way, I know it's Atlanta and San 77 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 5: Diego because you get to follow my game on Saturday night, 78 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 5: so you can do the game on Sunday to follow up, 79 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 5: you know, the Fox coverage. That's why I knew what 80 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,080 Speaker 5: what game you're doing. But I want to know this, 81 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 5: besides the Tigers and the Dodgers, obviously, is there another 82 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 5: team that no one's talking about that just jumped out 83 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 5: there and you're like, Wow, this team could be good, 84 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 5: because I think the A's can be better than what 85 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 5: people are saying. I know they have a different division, 86 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 5: but I feel like the A's for some reason, we 87 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 5: were at their camp. I know Kats very well. Just 88 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 5: talking to their guys. There's a different feeling that I've 89 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 5: ever gotten from the ye for a long time. 90 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think the A's are going to take 91 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: a step forward, for sure. I don't know if you've 92 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: gotten to see Nick Kurtz at all. He's not breaking 93 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: with the club, but I think the second he gets there, 94 00:04:28,040 --> 00:04:30,799 Speaker 1: he's going to be like an all Star caliber first 95 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: base bat, Like he's really really good. So the A's 96 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,480 Speaker 1: are on the upswing teams that didn't make the playoffs 97 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: last year. I had the Rangers winning the American League Pennant. 98 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: Now I understand they won the World Series a couple 99 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: of years ago, so this isn't exactly going out on 100 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: a limb. But there was just so much regression last 101 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 1: year from guys, and I think the regression is going 102 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,839 Speaker 1: to be in the positive forum this season. And Jacob 103 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: de Gram coming back. We're not going to get two 104 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: hundred innings out of him, necessarily, but I still think 105 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: that the stuff is there in the mindset. Now it's 106 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: a little bit different. I think he recognizes like pushing 107 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: your body to the absolute extreme to try and get 108 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:13,039 Speaker 1: everything you can out of your arm is not necessarily 109 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 1: a path to good health. And at this point in 110 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 1: his career, he's in his mid thirties, and I think 111 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:23,240 Speaker 1: he understands that you got to take care of the 112 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: arm before everything else, Like arm health needs to be 113 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:29,359 Speaker 1: the priority because the stuff, even if it's not what 114 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 1: it was at his peak, it's still going to be 115 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: plenty good to get outs. And rather than be like 116 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: the dominant guy who's striking out the world, I think 117 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:41,920 Speaker 1: Jacob de Graham understands like getting outs is the name 118 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: of the game. That's the most important thing, and if 119 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: I can do it efficiently while still having that same 120 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: mentality that I had in the past, finding the best 121 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: of both worlds is going to make him, I think, 122 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: a better pitcher. And you compound that with Corey Seeger 123 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: and with Marcus Simmi. In a full year of Josh 124 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 1: Young step forward from Wyatt Langford, I think there's a 125 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 1: lot of ceiling there that the Rangers, compared to last year, 126 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 1: can go reach. 127 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 4: That'd be weird to see Jacob de grum like throwing 128 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 4: balls not at one hundred miles an hour, but hey, 129 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,200 Speaker 4: I'm here for if it keeps him on the mound 130 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:16,719 Speaker 4: for sure. 131 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:23,440 Speaker 1: Is what's that I was just gonna say, let's remember 132 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: back in Jacob de Gram's best seasons when he won 133 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: his Cyon Awards, he wasn't throwing one hundred regularly like 134 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: he was. 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If a 162 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: team like Arizona is in the Big Bad Dodgers Division 163 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 4: and they have a twenty two point five million dollar 164 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,480 Speaker 4: relief arm in Jordan Montgomery in the bullpen, aren't they 165 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:11,840 Speaker 4: in a good spot? But also, isn't baseball in a 166 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 4: good spot If a team like that can spend like that, I. 167 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 1: Think that's as much, you know, a boon to Ken Kendrick, 168 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: their owner, as anything. There are plenty of teams in 169 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: that sort of middle band of revenues, and the Diamondbacks 170 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: just happened to have an owner who's willing to go 171 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: out and spend, and I appreciate that very much. I 172 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: appreciate the fact that the Diamondbacks could have brought back 173 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 1: more or less guys the same team that they had 174 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: last year when they had the best offense in Major 175 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 1: League Baseball, and you know, some bad relief pitching earlier 176 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: in the year and down the stretch, just some bad 177 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: luck ended up keeping them out of the postseason. Because 178 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: we saw it the year before when they made the 179 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: World Series run. Not only did they beat the Dodgers 180 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: in the playoffs, they swept the Dodgers. They I mean, 181 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,880 Speaker 1: it was the greatest domination of this incarnation of the 182 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Dodgers that I think we have seen. And 183 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 1: so we know that the Diamondbacks have the ability to 184 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: go out there and win a championship. And when you 185 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: have an owner who's willing to support that, when you 186 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,520 Speaker 1: have a general manager and Mike Haysen who's done a 187 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:22,440 Speaker 1: fantastic job of both putting together a homegrown corp but 188 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 1: supplementing it with free agents and via trades, you end 189 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 1: up with a good team. And listen, I suppose having 190 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 1: a twenty two and a half million dollar relief arm 191 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: who didn't make the rotation is a good problem to have, 192 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:40,280 Speaker 1: but it also gives them potential chip. I understand that 193 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,080 Speaker 1: they're going to want teams to eat some of the 194 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: money in Jordan Montgomery's contract. That's a reasonable thing to ask, 195 00:09:48,840 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: but I anticipate him getting moved at some point. I 196 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: think the Diamondbacks are going to be strategic about it, though, 197 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: and they're going to wait until the team is desperate, 198 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: and that desperation is going to wind up with whoever 199 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: it is trading for him taking the most money. 200 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 5: Desperation sounds like the Yankees to me, I'm just saying 201 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 5: they've lost Garrett Cole, Jordan Montgomery's been there. 202 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: Ah. 203 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 5: I'm not saying it's gonna happen, but it would be 204 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:13,319 Speaker 5: interesting the Diamondbacks division. You mentioned the Diamonbacks are the 205 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 5: last team to beat the Dodgers in the postseason and 206 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 5: they and they handed it to them. Are the Dodgers 207 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 5: bad for baseball with what they've done? And everyone's complaining, 208 00:10:21,920 --> 00:10:24,560 Speaker 5: oh the Dodgers, this including how Steinberg or the Yankees. 209 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 5: Yankees are worth still way more than what the Dodgers 210 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 5: are worth. And he's just like boohoo, I need you know, 211 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 5: he's out panhandling for money. Oh, I need money to 212 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 5: do this and do that. But are the Dodgers bad? 213 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:35,680 Speaker 5: Because I love what the Dodgers do, because you know 214 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 5: what they're doing. They're reinvesting in what they got. The 215 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 5: amount of money they made was show hey. The amount 216 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:41,800 Speaker 5: of money they spend on show hey right now, and 217 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 5: people like, oh, it's deferred. 218 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: Great. 219 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:45,319 Speaker 5: I mean, the fact that they were able to get 220 00:10:45,320 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 5: that done is even great. Is unbelievable to me that they, hey, great, 221 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 5: you guys did it. So are the Dodgers bad or 222 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 5: good for baseball? I think they're good for baseball. 223 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: But I tend with good or bad questions to wind 224 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,200 Speaker 1: up somewhere in the middle. And part of that is 225 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: because I feel like those words can get twisted a 226 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 1: little bit. Here's my perspective on the Dodgers. I think 227 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: they're exceptional at just about everything they do. And that's 228 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:19,560 Speaker 1: the lens through which I view that organization. Shoho tani 229 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: Aj was in Los Angeles, or at least the Los 230 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 1: Angeles sort of metropolitan area for six years, and the 231 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Angels had no idea how to leverage him 232 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 1: into something bigger, right business wise, on the field, they 233 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 1: never surrounded him with the winning team and he was 234 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: always just sort of on his own island there. What 235 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: the Dodgers did was they saw this business opportunity and 236 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: they went and they maximized it. And the Dodgers are 237 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: really good at maximizing things. They have maximized their international pool, 238 00:11:55,800 --> 00:12:00,640 Speaker 1: they maximized their scouting apparatus, they maximized their health and 239 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: player development departments. They maximize just about everything. And that's 240 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:10,080 Speaker 1: where when people complain about, like the disparity that the 241 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,240 Speaker 1: Dodgers have with everybody else, Yeah, the money thing is 242 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: really true. And as somebody who lives in Kansas City 243 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: is somebody who grew up in Cleveland, somebody who's rooted 244 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: in the Midwest, I get it. I understand it. When 245 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 1: you see what the Dodgers are spending and all of 246 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: the Central Division teams, all ten of them, pale in 247 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:33,839 Speaker 1: comparison to that, you're like, how is this a fair sport? 248 00:12:33,640 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: But the rejoinder to that is because everyone agreed to 249 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: this system. Everybody agreed in a collective bargaining agreement that 250 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,640 Speaker 1: this was going to be the rules of engagement in 251 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 1: figuring out who is a champion every year, and until 252 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,840 Speaker 1: the Dodgers are operating outside the parameters of those rules, 253 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: I have a difficult time sitting here and saying that 254 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,439 Speaker 1: they're bad or that they're evil, or that they're problematic, 255 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: because everybody was on board with this system, that they 256 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: simply are better at leveraging than the rest of the 257 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: teams out there, and they have help with the money. 258 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:16,839 Speaker 1: Like you cannot discount that, guys. It matters, and it 259 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: plays and it works. But we have seen organizations that 260 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: have lots of money that spend on payroll that do 261 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,880 Speaker 1: these things and don't have the success of the Dodgers. 262 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:31,199 Speaker 1: So I think simultaneously we should acknowledge that the Dodgers 263 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: do have an advantage because of money, but not discount 264 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,880 Speaker 1: the fact that they are better at just about everything 265 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:40,400 Speaker 1: than everyone else. And that's where you end up with 266 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: this super team, when you have a team that has 267 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: those advantages and knows how to use them better. 268 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 4: With all that being said, how hard owner is going 269 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 4: to push for this salary cap. We already technically have 270 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 4: a soft salary cap, but how hard are they going 271 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,319 Speaker 4: to push this time around. 272 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 1: Remains to be seen as somebody who enjoys watching baseball cratzy, 273 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,040 Speaker 1: like watching the game on the field. I hope they 274 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: don't push for it, because if they do push for it, 275 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:14,199 Speaker 1: we're not going to see baseball Like that's that's what 276 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 1: this comes down to, and it's going to be a 277 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: real window, I think, into Major League Baseball and into 278 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: its owners and into the league's priorities and visions for 279 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: the future. Just how hard they lean into the idea 280 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: that a salary cap is they must have this time around. 281 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 1: If they do, that means that they are prepared to 282 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 1: shut down the sport. Because look, unless something miraculous happens, 283 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 1: MLB is going to lock out the players in early 284 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: December of twenty twenty six. Like that's just Rob Manford 285 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: telegraphed it already. It's part of their playbook, it's part 286 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: of what they use. It's trying to get leverage. Like 287 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: I get it, because those months, you know, during the offseason, 288 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: you're not games. But this has a chance to be 289 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 1: a lot darker and a lot worse than four years 290 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 1: ago when we saw this same thing happening, barreling toward 291 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 1: Opening Day and wondering are we going to have baseball 292 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,120 Speaker 1: and I just wonder, and I look forward to asking 293 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,479 Speaker 1: owners this going forward. I feel like there's positive momentum 294 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,080 Speaker 1: in the game right now. I feel like baseball is 295 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: in a pretty good place. The pitch Clock Worked ABS 296 00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 1: Challenge is probably coming next year, and I really liked 297 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,400 Speaker 1: it this spring. You have stars up and down the sport, 298 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: led by the guy who is the most recognizable baseball 299 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,480 Speaker 1: player in at least a quarter century. And if we're 300 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: taking Choho Tani, what do we go back to Ken 301 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:49,040 Speaker 1: Griffy Junior like in his prime? Probably so. And beyond that, 302 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,600 Speaker 1: the amount of young talent in the game is great. 303 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:56,440 Speaker 1: You have all these good things going for you. Is 304 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: it worth it? That's the question that they need to 305 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,920 Speaker 1: ask themselves, and that's the question that fans need to 306 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,720 Speaker 1: ask as well. Is it worth it to take a 307 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: great era of Major League Baseball that we are in 308 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: the midst of right now and absolutely torpedo it in 309 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 1: pursuit of financial gains? There is sanity, guys to be 310 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: found in negotiation in a non capped system. I'm just 311 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: curious if Major League Baseball owners are going to agree 312 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: with that sentiment. 313 00:16:30,280 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 2: If you're looking for premium clothes at an affordable price. 314 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 2: You got to check out True Classic aj You're rocking 315 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,000 Speaker 2: a True Classic shirt right now. 316 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 5: Oh believe it. Look at this thing. 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So I don't know if that's 342 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,679 Speaker 5: a bad thing depending on no, no, no. 343 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:49,400 Speaker 1: No, no, dude, that's the highest compliment imaginable. I need 344 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: my voice to crack a little more. But you know, 345 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 1: aside from. 346 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 5: That, yeah, just the way, just the way you were talking, 347 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:56,720 Speaker 5: it was, it was, It was great. 348 00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 4: So I love what you just said. 349 00:17:58,080 --> 00:18:00,920 Speaker 5: That was a great answer about the salary cap, and 350 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,880 Speaker 5: I agree because it could get really ugly and it's 351 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:04,399 Speaker 5: a bad time for it to happen. It's never a 352 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 5: good time. But also we had Andrew Miller on yesterday 353 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 5: and said, look, all these other leagues have caps, and 354 00:18:08,920 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 5: there's been lockouts and strikes and everything, and all these 355 00:18:11,440 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 5: other league with caps too, So it doesn't really do anything. 356 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 5: But Mike, forget all that. Let's talk about something even 357 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 5: worse than the cap that's coming, because I'm talking about 358 00:18:18,600 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 5: this year. Okay, there's two teams that are playing in 359 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 5: minor league baseball parks. Two two Major League baseball teams 360 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 5: are playing in minor league parks, and the pictures of 361 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:30,719 Speaker 5: the Rays taking Steinberger Field into the Rays the new 362 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 5: Ray's home, and then we haven't even really seen pictures 363 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,880 Speaker 5: of Sacramento yet. And god forbid, if the A's are 364 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 5: called the Sacramento A's because they're playing in Sacramento, what 365 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 5: the heck is happening? How is it feasible or possible 366 00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:44,160 Speaker 5: that Major League Baseball has two teams playing in minor 367 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 5: league parks. 368 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago, and 369 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: when we look at the minor league parks AJ, we're 370 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: just taking it as like, yeah, you know, they're either 371 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:01,640 Speaker 1: moving or things are problematic with their STADIUMSUA and they 372 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 1: had to do this. Now, this is something that goes 373 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 1: back for both of them about two decades. And that's 374 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: my whole issue with the thing. It's that they have 375 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: had a long long time to try and solve this problem, 376 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: and because it festered, and because it weighed around unresolved, 377 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: you wound up with these panic moves. Now I think 378 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 1: they're a little bit different. The Rays would not be 379 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 1: playing in stein Bernerfield right now if not for the 380 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 1: hurricanes that came through and damaged Tropicana Field. But at 381 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,280 Speaker 1: the same time, you know, the Raves Stadium situation has 382 00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: a chance to get even uglier than what the A's 383 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: turned into. And you know, it wouldn't surprise anybody if 384 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: the Rays ended up moving now. I know Rob Manford 385 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 1: wants to keep them around there, and the showdown, the 386 00:19:56,440 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: inevitable showdown between Major League Baseball and Stut's dern Berg, 387 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: the owner of the Rays, is brewing right now. But 388 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: you know you guys were talking about earlier, the A's 389 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:10,920 Speaker 1: have a chance to surprise, and I think in the 390 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: American League East, especially now that it looks like Shane 391 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: McClanahan avoided major injury, Like I was tempted to pick 392 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,320 Speaker 1: the Rays not just go to the playoffs, but to 393 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: win the American League East. I think they are a sneaky, 394 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: very very good team, fundamentally sound, they can pitch well. 395 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: Their bullpen is going to be awesome this year, and 396 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: I think they're going to hit enough, and Junior Kamenaro 397 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 1: has a chance to be a real star. So there 398 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:40,159 Speaker 1: is a scenario in which we have playoff games in 399 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: minor league parks, and that, to me is where it's 400 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: really going to stand out and be like this is 401 00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: major League baseball in a minor league park? Is this 402 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: really what the league stands for? Is this really what 403 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: the league wants to look like? Apparently, so it's a reality. 404 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:02,440 Speaker 1: And Rob Manford called it charm and intimate. And as 405 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 1: you know in the story, I had an editor who 406 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: who added this line. I was very appreciative of it. 407 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: Charming and intimate is what realtors say when the house 408 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,640 Speaker 1: is small, like, that's what we have right here. It's 409 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: just it's just a it's just a mediocre version of 410 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:23,320 Speaker 1: what should be, which is the big, beautiful ballparks that 411 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:25,240 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball games are normally played in. 412 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,199 Speaker 2: That is so good, coming from someone who has lived 413 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 2: a lot of life in New York City and gone 414 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,639 Speaker 2: on a lot of those little apartment looks where they're like, 415 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:36,640 Speaker 2: you're really gonna love this. It's really charming. It's a closet, 416 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 2: and it's yours for seven thousand dollars a month. That 417 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 2: is New York City for a lot of areas. Anyway, 418 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 2: all right, I want to ask you about love. The 419 00:21:45,160 --> 00:21:47,400 Speaker 2: answer I want to ask you about Otani. Okay, So 420 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 2: Dodgers won the World Series last year. Otani had a 421 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 2: ridiculous season as a DH What do we expect from 422 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,920 Speaker 2: him this year, especially as far as the pitching situation. 423 00:21:57,040 --> 00:21:59,719 Speaker 2: I know you've written a book about pitching and obviously 424 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,360 Speaker 2: the problem we have in Major League Baseball. I don't 425 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 2: want to forget how much he's actually had to go 426 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 2: under the knife for the arm, still perform with the bat, 427 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 2: and then figure out how the Dodgers are going to 428 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 2: make sure that he can pitch for them but not 429 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 2: sacrifice the bats. So have you learned anything in the 430 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,880 Speaker 2: spring training time period about how do you think they're 431 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 2: going to play this out with him? 432 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 1: I wish I could take the experience that I had 433 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: from reporting the arm and apply it to Otani. But 434 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: he's such a unique scenario. I think the Dodgers are, 435 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: you know, they're just sort of winging it. And that's 436 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: not to suggest they're being flip about how they're approaching 437 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: it with him. I just think there's no playbook. 438 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 6: Like because Otani bats, and because this is his second, 439 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 6: you know, major elbow reconstruction, and because he's been shut 440 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,720 Speaker 6: down for thirty something days in between the last time 441 00:22:56,760 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 6: he pitched and his forthcoming bullpen, he's essentially gonna have 442 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 6: to build back up and it's a weird roller coaster 443 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:06,680 Speaker 6: that he's been on. 444 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: The Dodgers have so much depth, though, guys that there's 445 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 1: there's just no rush to get him back. I think 446 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,119 Speaker 1: Dave Roberts said it, like, what's important is that we 447 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,560 Speaker 1: have him ready for October. And that's the way the 448 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: Dodgers approached just about everything. If you want to say, like, 449 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: what's the advantage that the Dodgers have, part of it 450 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: is that Andrew Friedman, very early on in his career 451 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:35,840 Speaker 1: understood the advantage of depth and roster construction. And what 452 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: he's been able to supercharge with the Dodgers is the 453 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,439 Speaker 1: amount of depth that they have. And part of that 454 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,400 Speaker 1: is because they've done such a great job of building 455 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:47,879 Speaker 1: up arms in their farm system. You know, they the 456 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: number of non first round picks who turn into big 457 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 1: league arms for the Dodgers is exceptional. Like they're just 458 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,439 Speaker 1: really good at pitching development. They haven't been as good 459 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: at keeping him healthy, but just in terms of developing 460 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 1: like quality big league arms, they've been fantastic. And so 461 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: they have a lot of runway with Otani. They don't 462 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: need to rush anything back. But what people who work 463 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: with Shoeo Tani have learned is that he will tell 464 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: you like he's going to serve as the barometer. The 465 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 1: medical staff is going to help him along the way 466 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,800 Speaker 1: and be there to support him and give him thoughts 467 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 1: and ideas. But in the end, what Otani's body is 468 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 1: telling him is what he follows. And the fact that 469 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 1: he's managed to do this two way thing guys as 470 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: long as he has and be as successful as he 471 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:41,360 Speaker 1: has shows the great relationship that he has with knowing 472 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: how his body is feeling and knowing what it needs. 473 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,080 Speaker 1: There are a lot of guys out there, a lot 474 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,480 Speaker 1: of guys who play who just don't ever understand their 475 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,919 Speaker 1: body well enough to maximize it. I think that's maybe 476 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: sho Hao Tani's superpower, that he gets what he needs 477 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: and can figure out how to get to the place 478 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:01,639 Speaker 1: where he's going to perform the best. 479 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 4: Jeff for me, you go, I got two things for you. 480 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,560 Speaker 5: One, I want to know how Shohey's going to rehab 481 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,639 Speaker 5: because it's impossible because he has to DH So when 482 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,440 Speaker 5: you figure that one out, you can write another book 483 00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 5: on it. Because the Dodgers, I don't even think know 484 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 5: how you can't send him to Oklahoma City to pitch 485 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 5: five innings and then catch the concord to fly back 486 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 5: to LA to DH that night. 487 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 4: So that's gonna be. 488 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 1: Sim sim games, sim games. It's just going to be, 489 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,640 Speaker 1: you know, that's all. That's all you can do. It's 490 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: not like it's not ideal, but you're exactly right. You 491 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 1: can't send him out for minor league rehab start. So 492 00:25:31,119 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: that's that's the the interesting part about Tani. Everything he 493 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: does is different than everybody else because that singular thing 494 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: he's trying to do play both ways is different from 495 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 1: everyone else. 496 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,480 Speaker 5: And then last thing before we let you go, I 497 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,440 Speaker 5: can tell how much you love baseball. I'm super happy 498 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 5: you didn't leave for basketball. So thank you for sticking 499 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,880 Speaker 5: around for baseball because we need more people like you 500 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 5: to talk about the sport the way you talk about it. 501 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 5: So thank you for sticking around and you know, trudging 502 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 5: it out with boring old baseball. 503 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:58,160 Speaker 4: So thanks Joe. 504 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: Uh, that's very kind of you to say, Jay, I 505 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: appreciate it, and Uh, as as I said the day 506 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,640 Speaker 1: that the decision was made, baseball is better anyway. 507 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, thank you, perfect way to end well, Jack, 508 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 2: Thanks for hopping on man. 509 00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 1: Good to see you appreciate the time. Thank you boys, 510 00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: and happy opening Day to you guys and everyone else. 511 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 1: Can't wait to see how. 512 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,080 Speaker 5: Crowds wants to say go Eagles before you leave. I'm 513 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 5: just saying he wants to say fly Eagles for he 514 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 5: won't say it. He's scared. 515 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 1: But just so, I'm just gonna say, am I allowed 516 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,280 Speaker 1: to get the finger on foul Territory? Because if so, 517 00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:34,919 Speaker 1: you're going to bring it right out in me. 518 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:39,439 Speaker 4: It's okay, it's okay, it's just another championship for Philly. 519 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 4: But Casey's got a lot of them. 520 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,200 Speaker 1: Okay, we're doing okay exactly. 521 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, life is good. Thank you Japping. No, Unfortunately we're 522 00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 2: on TV too, so we can't do it. Trust me. 523 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 2: AJ is very frustrated about it. 524 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: Every day. 525 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 2: He gives me the finger right after the show. Thanks chef, 526 00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:58,359 Speaker 2: good to see it. Take it, fellas, let's do it. 527 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,520 Speaker 2: Power rankings. Right before the seas And starts. Eric Kratz 528 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 2: is going to give us his one through ten while 529 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: AJ shakes his head. Here's the order of operations. Krats 530 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 2: one through ten, we make fun of him. AJ one 531 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,160 Speaker 2: through ten, we make fun of him. Scott one through 532 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:16,119 Speaker 2: ten we go to break gokrats. 533 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 4: All right, well, I just popped poppy and pasted my 534 00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 4: last power rankings because nothing's changed. That'll make what do 535 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 4: you mean, No, you can't do that. There's happy I 536 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 4: was like a week ago. 537 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: I'll make it go. 538 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,480 Speaker 5: You have to have different power rankings because it was 539 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:32,080 Speaker 5: a week ago. 540 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 4: Except I bumped the Yankees down. They lost two of 541 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 4: their starters, and since we did the power rankings, the 542 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 4: Red Sox figured out who's playing third base in the turmoil, 543 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 4: so I bumped them in. Okay, the Orioles are now 544 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,360 Speaker 4: very very They're representative of who I think is going 545 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 4: to win the American League East, and so that's where 546 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 4: I have. I have everybody else in the same order. 547 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:07,919 Speaker 4: I just bumped the knock below the Orioles and the 548 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:11,280 Speaker 4: Red Sox slid in there. The Mariners, I thought they 549 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,120 Speaker 4: were gonna make a move at the end. I had 550 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 4: them at ten. They're in oblivion now. 551 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,840 Speaker 2: Okay, I don't really have much hate on here. 552 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:24,360 Speaker 1: I have one thing. 553 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,280 Speaker 5: The Orioles are a little high for me. Other than that, 554 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:31,639 Speaker 5: I think just because Kyle Gibson, I love you, but 555 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,160 Speaker 5: Grayson out Gunner out eh. 556 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: But okay, do we. 557 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 2: Feel like the Reds belong here now, or you're really 558 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 2: projecting yourself forward. 559 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 4: I do believe they belong here now, and maybe I'm 560 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 4: maybe I'm just automatically saying certain certain players in their 561 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 4: lineup are gonna have Matty McLean's going to be one 562 00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:58,880 Speaker 4: hundred percent healthy, Freedom's going to drive in one hundred runs, 563 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 4: you know. I think I think, you know, Candelario is 564 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:07,200 Speaker 4: gonna do more than people expect. I think Noelvi's, you know, 565 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,240 Speaker 4: he's got some juice to be able to add to 566 00:29:09,280 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 4: that lineup. I think, thank you, appreciate their appreciate their 567 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 4: pitching staff not getting enough love for what they did, 568 00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:23,240 Speaker 4: and then they added an innings eater, and I just 569 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:26,160 Speaker 4: think I needed a team from the Central in there, 570 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 4: and I think that's who's gonna win the Central. I 571 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 4: know I don't have the I don't have the al Central, 572 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,240 Speaker 4: but they're just gonna beat each other up. 573 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: Okay. I don't hate the Reds. 574 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 2: I like the Reds a lot this year, and just 575 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,080 Speaker 2: I look at power Inanks a little differently where I 576 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,560 Speaker 2: take things from last year. I factor in the offseason 577 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 2: and then other teams need to prove it for me. 578 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:46,320 Speaker 1: AJ what do you have? 579 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 5: All right, Well, we got similar lists a little bit. 580 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 5: I changed mine, though, since uh uh, how could you 581 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 5: how could you change? You talked to passing. Power rankings 582 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:01,560 Speaker 5: are willing, they're they're they're fluent, right, so I'm changing 583 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 5: since we talked to passing. 584 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 4: So here we go. 585 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 5: This list is wrong, but we're gonna show it anyways. 586 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:07,480 Speaker 1: Sorry. 587 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 5: Producer Lady Dodgers one, Diamondbacks two because Corven Burn's best 588 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,480 Speaker 5: fitt starter, Philly's three, Braves four, Matt's five. Then we're 589 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 5: gonna finally get to a American League team. 590 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 4: Red Sox. 591 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 5: I think what they did this offseason was awesome. I 592 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:22,640 Speaker 5: love the Crochet ad, I love the Bregman ad. I 593 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,800 Speaker 5: love Christian Campbell is gonna be there from the start. 594 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:26,959 Speaker 5: I think what they did was awesome. Dueler, I think 595 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 5: is gonna have a big year. This is where it 596 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,240 Speaker 5: goes wrong. I'm putting the Rangers instead of the Yankees. 597 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 5: So Kop crossed that out. Rangers. Okay, why cause pass 598 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,280 Speaker 5: and talked me into it. 599 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:36,960 Speaker 4: Now, I just like Jeff Passion. It seems like a 600 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:37,480 Speaker 4: n Spello. 601 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:41,760 Speaker 5: Okay, eight, we're going Padres, nine, Orioles and then ten 602 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,120 Speaker 5: or Yankee. So Yankee fans don't come at me. Krats 603 00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,200 Speaker 5: gave all the reasons why they're not that great this year. 604 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 5: Yell at him, not me. I agreed with him, so 605 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 5: he talked me into putting the Yankees down to ten. 606 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,080 Speaker 5: So yell at pass and Yellowcrats, don't yell at me. 607 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:54,440 Speaker 5: Those are my power rankings, Scott. If you don't like them, 608 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 5: I don't care. 609 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: Eric. 610 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 5: They could change by it in the next minute. 611 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: I could change. I don't know. 612 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 2: So the Astros got to eleven for you, Yeah, okay, 613 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 2: that's fine. I like the Padres too, and I'll get 614 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 2: to mine in a moment. Just to go one against 615 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:14,000 Speaker 2: Kratz's list for a sec. Why don't you like san 616 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 2: Diego Kratz too much? Turnover that bull? 617 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 4: That star rotation looks a little shallow after Cecim King 618 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:26,719 Speaker 4: right now just looks like they're gonna need to score 619 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 4: a ton of runs. Last year that offense came around, 620 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:36,880 Speaker 4: they lost Jerkson Profar. I just feel like you're not 621 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 4: gonna have I think Merril and Tatise are two guys 622 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 4: who could really, you know, do better. Guys who are 623 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 4: returning that could do better than they did last year, 624 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:49,240 Speaker 4: but everybody else, I feel like it is gonna either 625 00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 4: regress or kind of stay the same. So that's why 626 00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:54,960 Speaker 4: you needed to add. I feel like they just lost 627 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 4: a little too much to put him in the top ten. 628 00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,120 Speaker 4: I think they're gonna be a playoff contending team the 629 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,040 Speaker 4: whole season, not a top ten. 630 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:03,120 Speaker 1: Okay. 631 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,040 Speaker 2: By the way, we have a show called Friar Territory. 632 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:05,640 Speaker 1: It's really good. 633 00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 2: Kyle Glazer, Mike Cameron, heath Bell knows his padres ball. 634 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: So check it out. 635 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 2: QR code bottom corner of the screen, and here comes 636 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 2: my list. Shocker Dodgers one looked not even great in Tokyo, 637 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 2: and that's the problem that should be the problem for 638 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,440 Speaker 2: everyone else. They outscored the Cubs, what like ten to four. 639 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 2: No Freddy, no MOOKI I got the Phillies two looks 640 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 2: like a really good regular season team for me. Yet 641 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,160 Speaker 2: to be determined how that'll play out in the playoffs, 642 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,280 Speaker 2: but I think that rotation is going to really help 643 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 2: in the regular season. Right now, Wizardo, towards the back 644 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,880 Speaker 2: end of your rotation, that's pretty damn good. 645 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: Diamondbacks. I've been very high on them. 646 00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 2: They won eighty nine games last year, they picked up 647 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,880 Speaker 2: the best pitcher available in free agency, amongst other moves 648 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 2: that they made. Met's picked up the best bat by far. 649 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:53,360 Speaker 2: That should be a really good offense. There's some questions 650 00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,440 Speaker 2: with the pitching staff, that's fair. I have them really 651 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 2: close with the Braves. Strider and Acunya aren't back right now, 652 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 2: so I put them at five and feel good with that. 653 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,000 Speaker 2: Noticed that I have all National League teams one through six, 654 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 2: which is exactly how I felt last season. Looked felt 655 00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 2: like there were many more Nationalague teams better than AL teams. 656 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,600 Speaker 2: Not much changed in the offseason to convince me otherwise. 657 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 2: I think the Padres are still good. I thought they 658 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 2: were one or two last year. Towards the end of 659 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 2: the season, right they were the closest team to beating 660 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,760 Speaker 2: the Dodgers, but they did lose people, so I dropped 661 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,400 Speaker 2: them down. But I still think they're going to be good, 662 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 2: and I think King and Cease at the top will 663 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 2: be a dominant duo Tigers. They did some things this 664 00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,560 Speaker 2: offseason as well, and I just think that you look 665 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 2: at their rotation in spring training and that's a team 666 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,880 Speaker 2: that jumps up a little bit. For me, plus Jackson 667 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 2: job as what you're five starter, and he's the best 668 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:42,240 Speaker 2: prospect in baseball best pitching prospect. Orioles snuck back into 669 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,240 Speaker 2: my list since we last did this at eight. That 670 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 2: partially has to do with the Yankees dropping. I think 671 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,920 Speaker 2: the Earls pick up some wins that they might not 672 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 2: have had because I think the Yankees are little worse. 673 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:53,920 Speaker 2: I'm still going to put the second place team in 674 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,200 Speaker 2: baseball from last year in my top ten. I don't 675 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,880 Speaker 2: feel great about them right now at nine. And then 676 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 2: I like the Royals guys. I think the Royals offense 677 00:34:02,080 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 2: is going to be better, and I think their pitching 678 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 2: is great, and I think they've done a lot over 679 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,560 Speaker 2: the last year and a half to improve themselves. So 680 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 2: I put them in the ten spot right now and 681 00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,799 Speaker 2: think that they'll be a first or second place team 682 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,680 Speaker 2: in the American League Central. You want to make fun 683 00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 2: of me for a moment or should we. 684 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:15,600 Speaker 1: Just stop this? 685 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,560 Speaker 5: Well, you have you have two AL Central teams before 686 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:23,160 Speaker 5: the Rangers. That's where my m the Red Sox and 687 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 5: the Red Locks. That's where my question comes in. 688 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 2: You want to throw Rangers at me? Okay, but let's 689 00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 2: remember they didn't make the playoffs last year. They already 690 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 2: have two starting pitcher injuries that are pretty significant. So 691 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:35,879 Speaker 2: this is power rankings. Things change, They're fluid throughout the year, 692 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:37,879 Speaker 2: and Boston I do like, I just want to see 693 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 2: it on the field. 694 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:38,880 Speaker 1: First. 695 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:41,239 Speaker 2: This was not a good team last year, so I 696 00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,520 Speaker 2: just want to see it. I'm with you, I think 697 00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 2: they can very easily crack my top ten next time. 698 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 2: I just want to see and this is why we 699 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,399 Speaker 2: do it every week or two or month. We'll figure 700 00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 2: that out, but for now, I'm going to go off 701 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 2: some things that I saw last year. 702 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:57,760 Speaker 1: But I see what you guys are saying. I understand. 703 00:34:58,040 --> 00:34:59,800 Speaker 2: Anyway, make fun of us, let us know what we 704 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:01,839 Speaker 2: did right wrong, Who had the best list. If you're 705 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 2: watching this afterward, comment below.