1 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory. I'm channel 3 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 2: the room with Tyler Stafford and a happy belated Mother's 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: Day to everyone listening. Our audience on YouTube is about 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 2: ninety percent male, So for the ten percent of the female, 6 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,680 Speaker 2: Happy Mother's Day. For the ninety percent mail. I hope 7 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 2: you did something nice for the mother figure in your life. 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,320 Speaker 1: Tyler. What did your children do for Alicia? 9 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 3: So my oldest last night was very excited and she 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 3: put together a couple of presents for her, just running 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,440 Speaker 3: all over the I mean it was like vapor rub 12 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 3: that we just had laying around the house. But she's 13 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 3: really into drawing her pictures, and she drew one that 14 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 3: I didn't realize that she had put in the I 15 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:47,879 Speaker 3: mean I was watching her do all this, but I 16 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: didn't realize she drawn this. And so my wife is 17 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 3: very pregnant. We're gonna have a baby like this week probably, 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,960 Speaker 3: And she drew a picture of her, our our youngest daughter, 19 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 3: and then my wife, but with a big belly on 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 3: the picture. So that was very cute. And then I 21 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 3: assisted in. We recorded several times. I got like the 22 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 3: karaoke version of Let It go the Frozen song, but 23 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 3: then i'd put the vocals in so she could put 24 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 3: my headphones on and sing into it. And then I 25 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,920 Speaker 3: just took the the vocals out, so I have this 26 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 3: really cute recording of our almost five year old just 27 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 3: screaming let it go. So it was good. We did 28 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 3: Mother's Day at my parents' house yesterday. But yeah, what 29 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 3: about you. I hope you called your mom. It's it's 30 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 3: nine o'clock on my Mother's day as we're recording this. 31 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 3: I'm assuming you took care of that. 32 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:46,400 Speaker 1: I did. 33 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 2: I called my mom on the way back from the 34 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 2: ballpark today. She's she's great, she said, she spent a 35 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: nice day relaxing. 36 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 4: It was. 37 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 2: It was very nice outside in bad Rouge today. I'm 38 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: from bat Rouge. She sat outside by the pool, she read. 39 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 2: I got her a nice coffee cup that she was 40 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 2: very very happy to receive, and she said she's going 41 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 2: to use that very soon. So she listens to this podcast. 42 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 2: So I'm mom, I'm glad you had a good Mother's day. 43 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 2: It was good to talk to you. On my way 44 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: back from the ballpark today, where the Astros completed a 45 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: series victory over the Cincinnati Reds. 46 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:20,480 Speaker 1: With a sixth to nothing win. 47 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 2: A lot of stuff happened this weekend, some off the field, 48 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 2: some on the field. Let's start with today because I 49 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 2: think it's important what Renel Blanco did today. Struck out 50 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: a career high eleven guys, went eight innings of shutout ball. 51 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 2: What happened on Saturday, both on and off the field, 52 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: was a complete disaster for the Astros for their pitching staff. 53 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: Everything Reneald Blanco today, if they win that series against 54 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 2: the Royals coming up like, Ronel Blanco should get some kudos. 55 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 2: Fed he not only saved their pitching staff today, he 56 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 2: probably saved them for the next couple of games, just 57 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 2: given everything that happened and what he was tasked with 58 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 2: doing today. 59 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that was That was big boy pitching today. 60 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,520 Speaker 3: And I mean he never he never even looked like 61 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 3: he broke a sweat. I mean, he was just mo 62 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:17,400 Speaker 3: And it's impressive too to strike out that many guys 63 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 3: and go as long as he did, because a lot 64 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 3: of times if you strike out ten, you know you're 65 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 3: only going six innings because you're having to spend a 66 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,079 Speaker 3: bunch of pitches to get those. But I mean, he 67 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:32,760 Speaker 3: was just annihilating out there today, and honestly, I'm I'm 68 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 3: kind of glad that he gave up that, just like 69 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 3: line drive in the seventh or eighth anyone ever was 70 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 3: that was the second hit of the game, because I 71 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:48,040 Speaker 3: was starting to get nervous for Zach Dezenzo, who gave 72 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 3: up a quote unquote hit on a ball that he 73 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: started sliding for when it was still about forty feet 74 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 3: in the air and missed that. I don't know what 75 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 3: the catch probability on it was, but I would imagine 76 00:04:01,320 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 3: it was pretty high. Uh So I was getting real 77 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 3: nervous that that was going to be the only hit 78 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 3: and we were gonna have to talk about that. So 79 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:12,560 Speaker 3: I'm almost glad that Blanco gave up a clean, a 80 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,320 Speaker 3: clean hit later on in the game. But yeah, he was. 81 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 3: He was incredible today. 82 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: That Spencer Steer double had a point one to zero 83 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 2: expected batting average according to statcat. 84 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 3: That tracks because, yeah, Renel was. 85 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: He was really good. 86 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,720 Speaker 2: Through forty sliders today, he got twenty four swings and 87 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: nine whiffs, got seven called strikes. That's a forty called 88 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 2: strike with percentage, which is very very good. Blanco had 89 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 2: not had the easiest season to slarready been very up 90 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 2: and down, and I think something that Dana Brown has 91 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 2: talked about a couple of times, and I'll give credence 92 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 2: to this. I think this has something to do with it. 93 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: Renel Blanco, if you don't know, is called like the 94 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: king of Dominican winter Ball. He just at like he 95 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 2: played winter ball every year. For this one, he played 96 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: winter ball and just went over there and dominated like 97 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,920 Speaker 2: was is probably one of the greatest pitchers to ever 98 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 2: pitch in Ledome in Dominican winter Ball. Because he threw 99 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 2: so much last year, the Astros politely asked him not 100 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 2: to play winter ball this past winter. Blanco did not, 101 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: and Dana Brown has said that that may have contributed 102 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 2: to some of this slow start, because Blanco is a 103 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: guy that's conditioned to throw in a bunch that he 104 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 2: throws in the winner comes to spring training and he's 105 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: already got a little bit of wear and tear on him. 106 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: I think now. 107 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 2: That we see it, like if this is gonna be 108 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: the norm going for I don't think he's gonna punch 109 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,040 Speaker 2: out eleven every time, but if he's gonna give starts 110 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:39,720 Speaker 2: like this going forward, I think we can lend credence 111 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: to the fact that sometimes you know, when you take 112 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:44,599 Speaker 2: a guy out of their routine, when you take a 113 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 2: guy out of something he's done every winter for his 114 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: whole career, it can they can mess him a little bit. 115 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: And maybe Reno Blanco needed those first couple starts to 116 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 2: kind of get the to. 117 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: Get get going a little bit. 118 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 2: And uh and you know, if the Ashers can get 119 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:00,719 Speaker 2: this from him, especially in a six manth rotation, they'll 120 00:06:00,720 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 2: take it every day of the week. 121 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 3: Yeah. I just love that guy loves baseball so much. 122 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 3: He's like, yeah, I know the season's over, but there's 123 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 3: more baseball somewhere else. I'll just keep doing that, which 124 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 3: is great. So, yes, he definitely needed needed the break. 125 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 3: But uh man, he came back with a vengeance today. 126 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, got some run support from Yinor Diaz, who had 127 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: a very very good series against the Reds, got two 128 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,640 Speaker 2: hits in each of the first two games, then just 129 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:33,799 Speaker 2: annihilated a three run homer today off of Red's rookie 130 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: starter Chase Petty and Tyler. I think we're starting to 131 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 2: see Yinor Diaz, you know, really break out. And look 132 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,839 Speaker 2: that the numbers were so bad to start that the 133 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 2: surface level numbers don't look great at the moment. He's 134 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: still only got two thirty eight batting average of the 135 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 2: six fifty two OPS, but his OPS was in the 136 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 2: four hundreds about two weeks ago. And the fact that 137 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 2: he has gotten it up this quick, he's he's starting 138 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 2: to hit his stride, and I think we're starting to 139 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:01,279 Speaker 2: see the irdeas that we've thought we would see all season. 140 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, so fourteen games end of the year April sixteenth, 141 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:10,480 Speaker 3: Yiner was batting one thirty with a three to ninety 142 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 3: eight OPS, which is not ideal. But in the nineteen 143 00:07:15,880 --> 00:07:20,280 Speaker 3: games since, not including even the one today, so the 144 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 3: numbers are actually even a little bit higher than what 145 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 3: I'm about to say. But in the nineteen games, which 146 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: is more than the fourteen that he started with, he's 147 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 3: hitting three twenty four with an eight twenty one OPS. So, 148 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,800 Speaker 3: I mean, for more than half of the season now, 149 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 3: he's been a really, really good hitter. And yeah, things 150 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 3: are you know, the numbers are starting to climb back 151 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 3: up to where we kind of use to seeing him. 152 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 3: But I mean he's been that hitter for the better 153 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 3: part of a month now, and so yeah, I mean, 154 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 3: just keep that going. Man, there's a rough start to 155 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 3: the year, but everybody's allowed two weeks where they can't hit. 156 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:01,800 Speaker 3: Just happened to be at the beginning of the season. 157 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:06,600 Speaker 3: But he's looked a ton better since that that opening. 158 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:09,000 Speaker 2: And should be noted he's doing this with Jordan Alvarez 159 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: sl on the IL with with the hand muscle string 160 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,160 Speaker 2: and Josel Tuve did not play Sunday, and I doubt 161 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: he's gonna play Monday either. He's got some tightness in 162 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 2: his hamstring that cropped up in Saturday's game with Joe 163 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 2: Spott has said before the for Sunday's game today that 164 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 2: they hope he can get back on the field in 165 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:28,640 Speaker 2: the next couple of days. Doesn't sound like it's an 166 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 2: IL situation, but Joseel two is thirty five years old. 167 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 2: You're not going to take any chances with him in May, 168 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 2: so Jeiner Diaz keeping this going is going to be 169 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 2: pretty important if Jordan Alvarez and Josel Tuover out of 170 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 2: this lineup for any length of time. Also, you know, 171 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: we had another injury situation. Got a little bit more 172 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 2: information on Hayden was Nesky. We hadn't been on the 173 00:08:53,200 --> 00:08:57,959 Speaker 2: pod since he went on the IL with right elbow discomfort. 174 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:02,840 Speaker 2: I all loved that word when comfort is mentioned. Tyler, 175 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 2: you couldn't have been surprised, right, given given how the 176 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 2: past twelve or thirteen days had gone for Hayden was 177 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:13,679 Speaker 2: n escy, it was not a surprise that he ended 178 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:14,840 Speaker 2: up on the IL right. 179 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, Vlo is down. You know, results weren't there either. 180 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 3: I mean we kind of talked about it after. I 181 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: think it was that that Royal start where he was 182 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:29,040 Speaker 3: down two miles an hour or so on his fastball. 183 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 3: So not surprised by that, but yeah, right, right, arm discomfort, right, 184 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 3: Elbow discomfort is never never a positive sign. I don't 185 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 3: know that I've ever heard somebody say, like, my pitching 186 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:48,439 Speaker 3: elbow hurts and then they're back looking good in two weeks. 187 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,079 Speaker 3: So kind of brace yourself for whatever is going to 188 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: be discovered here in the next little bit. 189 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, what's even worse is that they did do an 190 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 2: MRI and Hayden was nesky and basically reading between the lines, 191 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 2: everything in his elbow was too inflamed and too aggravated 192 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 2: for them to even see what was going on. 193 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 1: Cool, so they are. 194 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:11,800 Speaker 2: Going to need to Basically, he's gonna sit and rest 195 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 2: for the next three or four days, they're going to 196 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 2: do another MRI, see what they can see in there, 197 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 2: and make a plan from there. It should be noted 198 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 2: that Hayden was Nesky missed about two and a half 199 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 2: months last season with a forearm strain with the Chicago Cubs. 200 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 2: Forearm strains are normally precursors to elbow problems, so this 201 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 2: is something he has been dealing with very recently. I 202 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 2: don't want to play a doctor on a podcast, but 203 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 2: I would tell you do not expect Hayden was Nesky 204 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 2: back anytime in the near future. Even if the MRI 205 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,120 Speaker 2: is all clean. I cannot imagine he's going to pick 206 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: up a baseball and start throwing the minute he comes 207 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 2: out of the tube, So he's gonna be down for 208 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 2: a while, which, again Tyler, will heighten the importance of 209 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 2: Ryan Gusto. It'll hire heighten perhaps the importance of Colton Gordon, 210 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 2: who all signs indicate is going to make his major 211 00:11:00,679 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 2: league debut on Wednesday against the Royals, and it will 212 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,040 Speaker 2: heighten the importance of Lance mccullor's junior, who we will 213 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 2: talk about very in depth. 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On Saturday, after 242 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 2: Lance mccullor's got one out in his second start of 243 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 2: the season, jo Aspada entered the postgame press conference at 244 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 2: Dyke and Park and was as heated as I think 245 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,839 Speaker 2: I've ever seen him in the seven years I've covered him. 246 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 2: Was hitting the dais and anger after he learned in 247 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 2: his office that there were threats made against Lance mccullor's 248 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 2: junior and Lance mccullor junior's family via social media. After 249 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 2: the start, Lance mccullor spoke to us a little bit 250 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 2: after and detailed a little bit about kind of some 251 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 2: of the threats that he received. I'm not gonna I'm 252 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,480 Speaker 2: not gonna go into it a ton because I don't 253 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 2: want to repeat them here. 254 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: I don't. 255 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 2: I struggle to even talk about this a little bit 256 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 2: because I don't want to give it more attention than 257 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: it deserves. But I mean this goes without saying like, 258 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: don't threaten anyone like I mean, if if you're even 259 00:13:20,080 --> 00:13:23,960 Speaker 2: thinking about like sending a tweet or an Instagram DM 260 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 2: or whatever you do on social media to a player, 261 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 2: to someone famous, to even any like your friend, like, don't, don't, 262 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 2: don't threaten anyone. This isn't hard, guys. 263 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:40,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, man, it's so so frustrating. You know, I know 264 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 3: that it is not obviously indicative of ninety nine point 265 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:49,559 Speaker 3: nine percent of you know, the people who are following 266 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 3: the Astros or following sports in general. I'm aware that 267 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 3: these are outliers, but man, that is that's just so 268 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:02,000 Speaker 3: so frustrating. And uh yeah, I mean, I know we 269 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,280 Speaker 3: don't have to tell you guys to do that. You're 270 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 3: you're not listening to his podcasts and also having thoughts 271 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: of you know, maybe I should tweet it players my 272 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 3: my deepest angriest thoughts. Yeah, I mean that I just 273 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 3: feel for, you know, for for Lance, but I mean 274 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 3: his family like wife and kids like it. You know, 275 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 3: I'm aware that people take things on the internet too 276 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 3: far and say things that they don't mean, but you 277 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 3: don't know that, you know, like the the stress that 278 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 3: you have to live with now of somebody said this 279 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 3: about me and until they're they're found out that there's 280 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:44,320 Speaker 3: there's punishment for it. Like his his whole family has 281 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 3: to live with that over them, and that's just miserable 282 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 3: and I feel awful for him, and I am I'm 283 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 3: hoping that you know, the people or person who said 284 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 3: that is found quickly and is taken care of, because 285 00:15:02,200 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 3: that's just not something can be taken lightly at all. 286 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I want to make it clear too that 287 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 2: that this is not a Lance mccullor's junior specific problem. 288 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 2: I mean, if you were, and we'll ask Josh about 289 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 2: this when Josh gets back on the pod with us, 290 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 2: but I mean he was getting threats in the wake 291 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 2: of the signed ceiling scandal in twenty twenty. I remember 292 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 2: writing about it when I was when I was covering 293 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 2: the team for the Houston Chronicle. I remember Reddick specifically 294 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 2: was getting threats to his twins were young at that point. 295 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 2: He was getting threats kind of around the things that 296 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 2: mccullor's mentioned the other day. If you've been in a 297 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:39,200 Speaker 2: visiting ballpark in the last four years and listen to 298 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 2: some of the stuff people yell at jose L Tuve, 299 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 2: you know, look that this is not just a Lance 300 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 2: specific thing. This is something that and it's not even 301 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 2: an Astros specific thing. 302 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:50,880 Speaker 1: With the rise of. 303 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 2: Gambling, with the rise of sports gambling and the amount 304 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 2: of you know, money that is spent and lost on 305 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 2: how these players performed, that this happens across the leads 306 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 2: and it's not okay. You know, So kudos to Lance 307 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 2: for speaking up and putting making it a little bit 308 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: of a reality check and putting kind of a face 309 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: to a lot of this, because this happens more than 310 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 2: I think anyone realizes, and it's not right. And you know, 311 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,360 Speaker 2: I know, we look at professional athletes as they make 312 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 2: this much money, they they live lives of luxury, a 313 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 2: lot of them. They're still human beings at the end 314 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 2: of the day, Lance mccullor's you know, you were just 315 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,280 Speaker 2: talking about, you know, his wife and kids. They leave 316 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:33,200 Speaker 2: for an eight game road trip starting Thursday. Do you 317 00:16:33,200 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 2: think Lance mccullor is going to be like comfortable leaving 318 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 2: his wife and two young kids for eight nine days 319 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 2: when there were these threats made against them so recently, 320 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 2: Like no, that that's got a really really great on him, 321 00:16:45,360 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 2: and it's got a great on all the guys that 322 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 2: have been through stuff like this, most of which don't 323 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:50,600 Speaker 2: bring it up. 324 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: Most of most of. 325 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 2: These guys don't like to talk about it, and I 326 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 2: completely understand that. So just again, I don't think. I 327 00:16:57,960 --> 00:16:59,800 Speaker 2: don't think the audience that's listening right now. I don't 328 00:16:59,800 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 2: think you guys or you guys and gals are going 329 00:17:02,800 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 2: to be doing this. 330 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: I would hope you're not. 331 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 2: But if you're even thinking about it, please don't like 332 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,239 Speaker 2: be better, Like just be better as a society, be 333 00:17:11,240 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 2: better as humanity. I know that's a hard thing to 334 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 2: ask nowadays, but this is a baseball podcast, so we 335 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 2: have to talk about what happened on the field with 336 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:24,800 Speaker 2: Lance mccullors on Saturday, And I mean, there's no way 337 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 2: to sugarcoat this. 338 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 1: It was awful. 339 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 2: I mean, he did not pitch well. He'd be the 340 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 2: first person to tell you that. He admitted as much 341 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 2: after the game. Through thirty six pitches. 342 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 1: And got one out. 343 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,119 Speaker 2: The Reds I believe did not swing at his first 344 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 2: thirteen pitches, and then they swung at the fourteenth and 345 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:44,040 Speaker 2: it was a three run homer into the Crawford boxes. 346 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 2: He was so out of the strike zone, the command 347 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 2: was so scattered that the Reds just didn't need to swing. 348 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:55,560 Speaker 2: He walked three guys, he hit another one Tyler. I 349 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 2: know he hasn't pitched in two and a half years, 350 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 2: and I know we saw it in Chicago that he 351 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 2: was at least able to get you eleven outs. And 352 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 2: the stuff he even said after the game, you know, 353 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 2: wasn't where he wanted it to be. 354 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 1: The slider wasn't great. 355 00:18:08,560 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 2: But still he managed to get them into the fourth 356 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 2: inning and probably should have gotten them out of the 357 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:17,120 Speaker 2: fourth inning. How alarmed were you by what you saw 358 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 2: on Saturday night at Dyking Park? 359 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:27,000 Speaker 3: One game is is one game, you know, I mean 360 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 3: it's his first time pitching at home in a couple 361 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:32,919 Speaker 3: of years. I assume he was amped up. You know, 362 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,520 Speaker 3: Baseball is one of those sports that's weird where you 363 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:42,159 Speaker 3: you almost have to push the adrenaline down, unlike some 364 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,879 Speaker 3: other you know, football, it's all about like, all right, 365 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,359 Speaker 3: can I get can I get amped up to go 366 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,480 Speaker 3: hit somebody or whatever? And baseball you you really want 367 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: to like calm that down so that you can repeat 368 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 3: your motions. And you know, I imagine it came out and 369 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:59,840 Speaker 3: was amped up and you know, couldn't control and again 370 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 3: pitched in two and a half years, So I'm not 371 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 3: concerned over one start. I'm gonna assume that we're not 372 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 3: gonna see like three starts in a row of one 373 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 3: out and seven runs. That's when I would start to 374 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 3: get concerned. But for right now, I think you just 375 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 3: you write it off and you, I mean, what else 376 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,480 Speaker 3: are you gonna do with that? You know, like, you're 377 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 3: not gonna You're not gonna look at those thirty six 378 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:31,679 Speaker 3: pitches as as lancer as the pitching coach or anything 379 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 3: like that and go like, oh, here's the problem. Like 380 00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 3: I think, you just you burn the tapes and you 381 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 3: move on and you make the next start and hope 382 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 3: it goes better, because you know, the stuff wasn't anything 383 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 3: drastically different. All of the VLO movement. Everything looked the same. 384 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 3: It's not like a Weznesky thing where he came out, 385 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 3: who's throwing two or three miles an hour slower than 386 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 3: he had before, and you're concerned that it's an injury 387 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 3: or anything like that. This was really just man, he 388 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 3: couldn't put it where he wanted it to. And Lance's 389 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 3: game relies on batter's being aggressive because his pitch has 390 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 3: moved so much when when hitters can sit back and wait, 391 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 3: it is difficult for him to get out. So you 392 00:20:22,359 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 3: you got to start fast with uh with strikes, and 393 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 3: he just wasn't able to do it in the start. 394 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 1: So here's the thing. 395 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 2: You're right that he is not going if and if 396 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 2: this does happen, they have a huge problem. He's not 397 00:20:36,440 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 2: going to go out there every start and get one 398 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:41,199 Speaker 2: out on thirty six pitches and force the bullpen to 399 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:44,400 Speaker 2: get the next twenty six. Like I doubt that's going 400 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 2: to happen again, but it needs to be said. The 401 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 2: Ashers are in a six man rotation, which means they 402 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 2: are one reliever short in the bullpen. Even if he 403 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 2: does what he did against the White Sox and goes 404 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 2: three in two thirds innings with a short bullpen, that 405 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: is still not ideal. And you add to that, you're 406 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 2: probably going to have a rookie as part of this 407 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 2: six man rotation. 408 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: Colton. We just talked about Colton Gordon. 409 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,240 Speaker 2: All signs point to him, you know, making his debut 410 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 2: on Wednesday against the Royals, and they'll probably keep him 411 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 2: in for at least one turn, so you'll have a 412 00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 2: rookie in there. You'll have mccullors, who you don't know 413 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 2: what you're going to get length wise. This is a 414 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 2: It can be real problematic if you're operating with a 415 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:38,000 Speaker 2: seven man bullpen and in a six man rotation and 416 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 2: you have short starts like this. 417 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: And Joe spot. 418 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:46,760 Speaker 2: Up after the game on Saturday did basically say that 419 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 2: that Lance is going to make his next turn in 420 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 2: the rotation. He did have the caveat unless he doesn't 421 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 2: feel well, So I guess he did leave open the 422 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,639 Speaker 2: possibility that maybe if something crops up, that they change plans. 423 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 2: But I would expect Lance mccullors to make his next start, 424 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:04,160 Speaker 2: which is going to be in Arlington against the Rangers, 425 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 2: and if it lines up, he's gonna pitch against Nativaldi, 426 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 2: who is really really good. And that's a that's a 427 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 2: consequential series for this team, because I mean it's an 428 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,000 Speaker 2: American League West opponent. They haven't played a ton of 429 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 2: AL West opponents yet. They're gonna come up on a 430 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 2: stretch now where they're gonna get the A's a good bit. 431 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 2: They're gonna get the Mariners and they get the Rangers. 432 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,399 Speaker 2: You know, I wondered Tyler, how how long can the 433 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 2: runway be if they go to Arlington and he's better, 434 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 2: but he can still only get you ten or twelve 435 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:39,239 Speaker 2: outs and the bullpen's got to cover five innings and 436 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 2: you don't have an off day for the next twelve days. 437 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,199 Speaker 2: There's only so many guys you can taxi up and 438 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 2: down from from sugar Land. And I wonder in your mind, 439 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 2: how like they need they need to be patient with him, 440 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,160 Speaker 2: Like they were never going to pull the plug after 441 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 2: two starts, after two and a half years away, that 442 00:22:56,560 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 2: would be that would be dumb. But the priority is 443 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 2: winning like they are in the regular season. They have 444 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 2: to win ball games, They have to win games against 445 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 2: their division. How much patience can they have with him 446 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,880 Speaker 2: if it continues. 447 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:17,439 Speaker 3: This way, I think they have four starts of patients 448 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 3: probably until you have to start really looking at it. 449 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 3: You know, he's also still not even stretched out right. 450 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 3: I mean he threw I. 451 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: Mean he threw. 452 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,919 Speaker 2: I mean he threw eighty seven pitches against I mean, like, 453 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,159 Speaker 2: I'm not saying they're gonna send them out there to 454 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 2: throw one hundred and ten pitches, but eighty seven is 455 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 2: like that's nothing to sneeze at. 456 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean ideally, like you know, if you 457 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 3: were doing this on paper, I would want to break 458 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:49,159 Speaker 3: up Valdezen Brown back to back to regardless of mccolor is. 459 00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,400 Speaker 3: You just have a lot of other guys in the 460 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 3: rotation who you can't count on to get deep into 461 00:23:55,119 --> 00:24:00,399 Speaker 3: games consistently, and so if you're trying to rest people, 462 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:02,880 Speaker 3: you know, ideally you would be able to break up 463 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,879 Speaker 3: those starts at least over a day or two have 464 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:09,600 Speaker 3: somebody pitching between them, and so maybe with the six 465 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,639 Speaker 3: day or six guy rotation, they're able to kind of 466 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 3: shift something around and not have those two guys going 467 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 3: back to back. Because of the regular season, it doesn't 468 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 3: doesn't matter. Obviously in the playoffs you want your best 469 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:25,240 Speaker 3: picture is pitching as often as possible. But in the 470 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 3: regular season there's no difference between the number one starter 471 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 3: and the number four, like they're all pitching every six 472 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 3: days or whatever. So I would imagine that that's got 473 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 3: to be a conversation at some point of you know, 474 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 3: is it smart to kind of break these up? But yeah, 475 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 3: I mean it puts a lot of pressure on the 476 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 3: other pictures. I mean to put a ton of pressure 477 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 3: on Blanco today, like he couldn't blow up. He couldn't 478 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 3: go out and go too and a third today and 479 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 3: hang it on the bullpen. I don't know what they 480 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 3: would have done if that had happened. So he really 481 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 3: saved them today. But yeah, I mean again two starts, 482 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 3: you're not gonna You're not gonna pull the plug. But 483 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 3: I think after another handful of him, if if you're 484 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 3: still not getting to the fifth inning with mccullor's, you 485 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 3: gotta you gotta start having hard conversations and you know, 486 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:25,280 Speaker 3: figuring out what you're gonna do in the long term. 487 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 3: And you know, I know he wants to be out 488 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,879 Speaker 3: there and pitching, he wants to do well. It's you know, 489 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,160 Speaker 3: he agrees that he would like to get more outs 490 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 3: than he has and and I mean that's really been 491 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,720 Speaker 3: the picture that Lance has always been. Even at his best, 492 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,719 Speaker 3: he wasn't going super deep uh into games for the 493 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:47,280 Speaker 3: most part. But uh yeah, certainly certainly can't happen consistently 494 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 3: with with the schedule the way it is, and with 495 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 3: as much as they're gonna have to fight for every 496 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:56,399 Speaker 3: win in this season. You know, this isn't the twenty 497 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:01,120 Speaker 3: seventeen through you know, twenty twenty two teams where it's like, look, 498 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 3: we're gonna we sleepwalk to winning this division by ten 499 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 3: to fifteen games. They're they're not going to do that, 500 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 3: and they do need every win and they need the 501 00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 3: bullpen rested. I mean, poor Taylor Scout's arm is going 502 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 3: to fall off at some point this year. He must 503 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 3: be waking up just nightmares at two am of Joe 504 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,480 Speaker 3: Spota pointing out to the bullpen for him. I feel 505 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 3: like he's he's in there every game. But yeah, I mean, 506 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,960 Speaker 3: they they're gonna have to wait and see and you 507 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:35,040 Speaker 3: just hope that things get better. But it was not 508 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 3: a fun watch. It was. I was over, like I said, 509 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 3: at my parents' house for Mother's Day, and in the 510 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,679 Speaker 3: time it took for me to get my girls into 511 00:26:45,320 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 3: swimsuits and into the pool, the Ashers were down ten 512 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 3: to nothing. Like I left as the game was starting 513 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 3: and I came out, so like what happened? So I 514 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 3: missed the whole thing in those fifteen to twenty minutes 515 00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,160 Speaker 3: or whatever for them to get down in a blink 516 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 3: of an eye. So definitely can't have that happen again. 517 00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,800 Speaker 2: And there were still at least four at bats in 518 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 2: that game where I thought they were gonna win, like legitimately, 519 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 2: Like legitimately, I thought they were gonna win that game. 520 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 3: It was messed up for them to pinch a Altuve 521 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:20,359 Speaker 3: and then turn out to be an injury because I'm like, oh, 522 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 3: the it's twelve to one, take him out, send him home, 523 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:26,840 Speaker 3: you know, let him go take a nap or something. 524 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,399 Speaker 3: He doesn't even need to be in the dugout, and 525 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 3: then to find out after that he's actually hurt. That's 526 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 3: messed up. You shouldn't be allowed to do that in 527 00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 3: a blowout game because I spent the whole game going like, oh, great, 528 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 3: he's getting the rest he needs. Who cares? But it 529 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:44,760 Speaker 3: is interesting that the Astras have scored what fifteen runs 530 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:48,760 Speaker 3: in the last two days without Jordan and Altuve in there. 531 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 3: I'm not saying that's that's their strategy moving forward. I'm 532 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 3: sure they'd like to have those guys in, but you 533 00:27:56,119 --> 00:28:00,520 Speaker 3: know it is it is looking good for the offense 534 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:03,240 Speaker 3: that they're able to at least score some without their 535 00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 3: their two main guys in there. 536 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 2: I will bring up for the very very vocal section 537 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,840 Speaker 2: of people that think the hitting infrastructure and the hitting 538 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,879 Speaker 2: coaches need to be just cast aside. The Ashers are 539 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 2: averaging almost They're averaging five and a half runs a 540 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,680 Speaker 2: game in the thirteen games since they got shut out 541 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 2: on back to back days in Kansas City. 542 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: So the offense is. 543 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 2: Looking they are scoring more runs, Like five and a 544 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 2: half runs a game is enough. They are six and 545 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 2: six in those twelve games, so part of it is, 546 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,159 Speaker 2: I mean, they're scoring enough. You see, things are getting 547 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 2: better offensively, maybe not translating in the win loss column, 548 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 2: but things are gonna make do you know, do you 549 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 2: want to know when I really thought that they were 550 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,239 Speaker 2: gonna win that game? And then you're gonna laugh at 551 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:48,360 Speaker 2: this Brady Singer who is the red Starter Royals legend, 552 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 2: Royals legend, University of Florida legend, actually right, lets you 553 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 2: see him and Alexa were really really good at Florida. 554 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 2: But so his offense just put up a ten spot 555 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,719 Speaker 2: the first inning. I think he got Jeremy Pang had 556 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,240 Speaker 2: to fly out to start the bottom of the first. 557 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:08,400 Speaker 2: He then walked jose L Twovey on four pitches. 558 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:09,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's tough to do. 559 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,480 Speaker 2: Do you know how hard it is to walk hose 560 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 2: L two they on four pitches when you have a 561 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,280 Speaker 2: ten run lead. And literally the only thing that should 562 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 2: be in a pitcher's mind. You have a ten run leads, 563 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 2: throw the ball over the plate, you know, like make 564 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: them get themselves out. 565 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: If they hit it out, great, it's ten to one. 566 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: Like when he walked. 567 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,680 Speaker 2: Jose L Twovey on four pitches with a ten run, 568 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 2: I was like, Oh my god, they're gonna like this 569 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 2: is gonna turn into a circus, And sure enough it did. 570 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,560 Speaker 2: The Astros got the tying run. I don't know if 571 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:39,400 Speaker 2: they ever got the tying run of the plate, but 572 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 2: they got the tying run on deck a couple of times. 573 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:42,120 Speaker 1: It was. 574 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 2: I was in between, you know, writing four different stories, 575 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:46,880 Speaker 2: and I thought, I'm gonna have to write a game 576 00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 2: story for the first time in forever about like one 577 00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: of the greatest comebacks in the history of this franchise, 578 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 2: because you just don't come back when you go down 579 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 2: ten to nothing in twelve to one. Back to the 580 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 2: mccullors conversation, real quick, you mentioned about kind of how 581 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:09,000 Speaker 2: Ronel Blanco saved them today, and he did. Bronel Blanco 582 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,960 Speaker 2: had not gone six innings in five of his first 583 00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,960 Speaker 2: seven starts, like today was an outlaw, today was hit 584 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 2: today was probably the second best big League game he 585 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,719 Speaker 2: has ever pitched behind his no hitter from last season. 586 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 2: Like that ain't gonna happen every time, Like you're not 587 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:27,640 Speaker 2: gonna just be able to look to Ronel Blanco the 588 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:30,280 Speaker 2: next day to reset if Lance mccullor doesn't give you length. 589 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:34,120 Speaker 2: And then Ryan Gusto, who's going to start the series 590 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 2: opener against Kansas City. He has started four games this 591 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 2: year for the Astros. He has gone five and two 592 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,560 Speaker 2: thirds innings, five innings, four and a third innings and 593 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,600 Speaker 2: four innings. This is not a rotation outside of Fromerveldez 594 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 2: and Hunter Brown that is going to get you deep 595 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 2: into games. And it's why there is so much pressure 596 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 2: on these guys. And when you have a short bullpen 597 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 2: to get it at least get into the fifth inning, 598 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 2: like throw hitches in the fifth inning to the point 599 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 2: where you know you can. You're not taxing your bullpen 600 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 2: to an untenable degree, especially when you're down one reliever 601 00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,720 Speaker 2: in that bullpen. So this, this is the peril of 602 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,360 Speaker 2: running a six man rotation, and the Astros have been 603 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 2: dead set on this. They did not waiver in their 604 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 2: plans after Hayden was Nesky went on the IL. They're 605 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 2: going to do this because Dana Brown's a believer in it. 606 00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,440 Speaker 2: Joe Spot is a believer in it. They need to 607 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 2: conserve fromber Valdez and Hunter Brown as much as possible 608 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 2: because giving them an extra day arrest in this rotation 609 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 2: is beneficial for them because they're gonna work them a 610 00:31:35,080 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 2: lot this season. Tyler, do you know what this all means? 611 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:44,000 Speaker 2: You know what it means that Colton Gordon's gonna start Wednesday? 612 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 2: Do you know what that's gonna set up on Thursday 613 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:45,959 Speaker 2: in Arlington? 614 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,960 Speaker 3: Uh? Well, before we get to that, I I obviously 615 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 3: host an Astros podcast, so I definitely know who Colton 616 00:31:54,000 --> 00:32:00,360 Speaker 3: Gordon is. For everyone else, who is Colton Gordon? Uh? 617 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,479 Speaker 2: He is a left handed pitcher. He went in the 618 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 2: eighth round of the twenty twenty one Major League Draft 619 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:08,680 Speaker 2: to the Astros. He pitched at the University of Central 620 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:12,200 Speaker 2: Florida the Fake Football National Champions a couple times over. 621 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 2: Good job, Scott Frost. He you know it's He's pitched 622 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 2: very well in Triple A this year. He's got a 623 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:24,800 Speaker 2: two five ERA and a one to two whip in 624 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 2: forty two and a third innings in a very very 625 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 2: very hitter friendly league. He had a three to nine 626 00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 2: ERA last year in sugar Land. He's an older guy, 627 00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 2: he's twenty six years old. He is he pitching the 628 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,760 Speaker 2: WBC for Team Israel. Uh the last time the WBC 629 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 2: came around. So he has pitched in big environments. He's 630 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 2: pitched against big league hitters. Not in a big league game, 631 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,200 Speaker 2: but he's pitching a big league stadium against big league 632 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 2: hitters with a lot of adrenaline running. So I don't 633 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 2: think the debut part of this is going to face him. 634 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 2: But I mean it's a little different when you're making 635 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 2: your big league debut. So as I'm not gonna sit 636 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 2: here and try to give you his pitch mix because 637 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:06,080 Speaker 2: I quite frankly, I don't know it. I haven't seen 638 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 2: him enough. I have not talked to enough people about him. 639 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,640 Speaker 2: He was in he's been on the forty man roster. 640 00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 2: He was in camp as a not he was in 641 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 2: big league camp this year. Obviously, he was a member 642 00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 2: of the forty man roster, so he got into some 643 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 2: big league spring training games. I believe he would have 644 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,200 Speaker 2: been the call up over AJ Blue Ball to start 645 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,920 Speaker 2: against the Tigers if it would have lined up calendar wise, 646 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 2: Colton just wasn't on. It wasn't his turn to pitch, 647 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 2: he wasn't on enough rest, so AJ blue Ball got 648 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 2: the call this time. Colton Gordon last pitched on I 649 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 2: believe it was Friday for sugar Land. He struck out 650 00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:41,560 Speaker 2: nine in that game, so he'll be on regular rest 651 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,320 Speaker 2: to pitch on Wednesday again. The Ashers have not made 652 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 2: this official, but all they have said is that it's 653 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 2: TBA for Wednesday. And the reason that they're not going 654 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 2: to pitch Hunter Brown on Wednesday, that's Wednesday is Hunter 655 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 2: Brown's day to pitch that would be the normal rotation, 656 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 2: is because they want him to start on Thursday in 657 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 2: Arlington to start the series against the Rangers opposite Jacob 658 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 2: de Grom. So if you don't have anything to do 659 00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 2: on Thursday, I would highly recommend either driving four hours 660 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:15,800 Speaker 2: to Dallas, buying a ticket to their big Academy Shed, 661 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 2: and watching Jacob de Gram pitch against Hunter Brown, because 662 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,960 Speaker 2: that is going to be the good stuff that I 663 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,680 Speaker 2: don't get excited for much. I don't know if you 664 00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,000 Speaker 2: could tell by my general demeanor and how I how 665 00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 2: I write, how I portray myself publicly but I don't 666 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 2: get excited for much. I'm excited to watch Jacob de 667 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 2: Gram and Hunter Brown go at it. 668 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're scheduled for induction on Thursday, so hopefully my 669 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 3: son comes before seven o'clock so I can introduce them 670 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:46,680 Speaker 3: to the good stuff. We got to start off right. 671 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,799 Speaker 3: You know, I'm sure my wife would love that for 672 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,399 Speaker 3: me to to throw that on in the hospital room. 673 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:58,920 Speaker 3: But boy, what a matchup, Like, let's let's go. I'm excited. 674 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 3: That would be really good. 675 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 2: Well, let's hope Jacob de Grom does not end up 676 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 2: on the aisle between now and then, for his health, obviously, what's. 677 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,960 Speaker 1: Upunter Brown doesn't end up on the aisle? Then? Who knows? 678 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,560 Speaker 1: What are you guys gonna name? Do you guys have 679 00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,040 Speaker 1: a name it? Are you gonna name it? Hunter? 680 00:35:13,960 --> 00:35:16,880 Speaker 3: Uh? I mean, if he throws a no hitter and 681 00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 3: son's still coming, it's it's up. It's up in the air. 682 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,920 Speaker 3: We do have a name in mind, but I we 683 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 3: we have real you know, you get you get cold 684 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 3: feet right before, so we we've thrown in a second 685 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 3: in the mix, so I'll have to wait and see. 686 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 4: Uh. 687 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 3: Once agin jokingly, the name that we've been throwing around. 688 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:42,200 Speaker 3: I said, only if he's blonde. It's just a name 689 00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,200 Speaker 3: that I've decided can only work for a blonde guy. 690 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 3: So we'll have to see if he comes out super blonde, 691 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 3: that may be his name. But yeah, we'll we'll, we'll 692 00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:54,920 Speaker 3: see here in a couple of days. It's it's coming up. 693 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 3: I did look up, uh while while we were talking. 694 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 3: So jose Al Tuba has seven four hundred and forty 695 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 3: plate appearances in his career. Would you like to take 696 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:11,279 Speaker 3: a guess at how many four pitchwalks he has in 697 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 3: seven thousand plate appearances? 698 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: Is it less than one hundred? 699 00:36:17,600 --> 00:36:18,720 Speaker 3: It is less than one hundred. 700 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say. 701 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:29,800 Speaker 3: Fifty three eighty two, So wow, eighty two to four pitchwalks. 702 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 3: I did subtract the It was one hundred and twenty eight. 703 00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:38,040 Speaker 3: I subtracted forty six intentional walks, so eighty two, which 704 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:42,439 Speaker 3: is one percent of plate appearances. So pretty pretty tough 705 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 3: to do. Also a fun fact, shout out my cousin Madison, 706 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:52,640 Speaker 3: who built or engineered or architectured some There's some World 707 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:57,680 Speaker 3: War two museum like next door to the stadium in Arlington. 708 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:01,880 Speaker 3: She built that. So if you're there, go see it. 709 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,480 Speaker 3: Tell them I sent you. But Madison built that, so 710 00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 3: way to go. There you go. 711 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:10,400 Speaker 1: It's a World War two, the only World War my nose. 712 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 3: In New Orleans, and I'm pretty sure. Well now I'm 713 00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,839 Speaker 3: gonna look real dumb, but I believe there. I think 714 00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 3: it's like in the parking. I think it's like next 715 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,360 Speaker 3: to the thing. It's it's some museum that she's spent 716 00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:26,360 Speaker 3: the last like four years, uh, managing this project on. 717 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:30,440 Speaker 3: So she finally got to move back to Houston. She 718 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 3: had to be up there for like four years while 719 00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,920 Speaker 3: she did it. But it's done now, so let me 720 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,680 Speaker 3: know what it looks like so I can judge if 721 00:37:37,680 --> 00:37:39,880 Speaker 3: she's good at her job or not, because I don't know. 722 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,160 Speaker 1: You can have a full day if you so choose. 723 00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:43,240 Speaker 1: You can go to the museum. 724 00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:45,200 Speaker 2: You can go to the baseball game and watch Hunter 725 00:37:45,239 --> 00:37:46,839 Speaker 2: Brown and Jacob de Grom, and then after you can 726 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 2: go to Texas Live and listen to a bunch of 727 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 2: bad honky tonk country music and drink overpriced light beer. 728 00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:59,080 Speaker 3: Speaking of music, you had a trip. I did what 729 00:37:59,280 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 3: you do. 730 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,879 Speaker 2: I went to Red Rocks in Denver on the off 731 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,720 Speaker 2: day on Thursday, and it was incredible. It was incredible, 732 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 2: and thank you Tyler for giving me some some uh 733 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:14,440 Speaker 2: some advice on how to navigate this monstrosity in the 734 00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,080 Speaker 2: Rocks in Morrison, Colorado. It was I saw the Beast, 735 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:22,480 Speaker 2: I saw the Turnpike Troubadours, who are my favorite bands. 736 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,839 Speaker 2: I believe this is the fourth time I've seen them. 737 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 2: I've it's weird. I have seen them better because I 738 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,520 Speaker 2: think just in general and every you know this as 739 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,680 Speaker 2: a music guy, like in general, acts are better and 740 00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 2: more intimate environments. 741 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 3: Just there's something special about that place though. 742 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:44,280 Speaker 2: But I mean everything with the atmosphere, the weather was perfect. 743 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 1: Being in it was it was really one of those. 744 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 2: Just kind of you looked around and there was just 745 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,000 Speaker 2: a smile on my face for you know, three and 746 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,640 Speaker 2: a half hours, which is which is rare to do. 747 00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,279 Speaker 2: It's hard to file for that long, and I mean 748 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:57,959 Speaker 2: it was it was something like, I'm gonna you're not. 749 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 3: Smiling for three and a half hours at every ass game, I. 750 00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 2: Mean only the ones that last two hours. If it's 751 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,480 Speaker 2: a two hour game, I'll smile all through it. The 752 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,920 Speaker 2: Lands M Colors game did not. That was three hours 753 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,560 Speaker 2: and sixteen then it's no one smiled through it. 754 00:39:10,600 --> 00:39:12,759 Speaker 3: That's crazy. There was only that long. That should have 755 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,880 Speaker 3: been like five and a half hours from Imagine if 756 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 3: this were five years ago. 757 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:18,800 Speaker 1: Imagine if we didn't have a pitch clock. 758 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:22,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, but for real, if you're listening to this, go 759 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 3: look up the Red Rock schedule every year and pick 760 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,560 Speaker 3: pick a show to go see. It is worth traveling 761 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:31,759 Speaker 3: to everyone from Texas pretends we're from Colorado anyway, Like 762 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,279 Speaker 3: you're gonna get up to Denver at some point, go 763 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:35,560 Speaker 3: see a show. It's worth it. 764 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:38,960 Speaker 2: I had a couple I posted a picture on Twitter 765 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:41,719 Speaker 2: just of the of the entire sthetic, and a couple 766 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,960 Speaker 2: of people ask me for advice, and and Tyler, you're 767 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,719 Speaker 2: probably more conditioned to give advice because you've been there 768 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,759 Speaker 2: more than I have. But the only the one there's 769 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,600 Speaker 2: not a ton of advice i'd give. The only thing 770 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,520 Speaker 2: I would say is is wear shoes that are it's 771 00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:53,960 Speaker 2: a walk. 772 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're you're in a mountain. It's it's a good 773 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,600 Speaker 3: hike up to uh to the venue. Yes, hit hit 774 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:04,360 Speaker 3: us up. We're now experts on Red Rocks. My college 775 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 3: roommate lives in Denver, so I try to go see 776 00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,440 Speaker 3: him and see your show every once in a while. 777 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,319 Speaker 3: But I'm also very jealous of your life that you 778 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 3: can just pick up on a whatever Thursday and just 779 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:17,440 Speaker 3: go like, all right, I'm gonna pop up the Denver 780 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 3: for the day and go see a show that would 781 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:23,160 Speaker 3: require like an Act of Congress over here for me 782 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 3: to do. But I'm happy. 783 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:29,080 Speaker 2: I mean, I will say I went Milwaukee, Denver, Houston 784 00:40:29,120 --> 00:40:32,759 Speaker 2: in a span of like thirty nine hours, so you 785 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 2: can dream. I mean it was Look, I'm not going 786 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,040 Speaker 2: to complain because the end result was so great and 787 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:40,440 Speaker 2: being at Red Rocks and seeing a band I really like. 788 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,560 Speaker 2: But a lot of early morning flights, a lot of 789 00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,800 Speaker 2: I think. I went straight from the airport on Friday 790 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:48,759 Speaker 2: to Dyke and Park where we learned to rescue on 791 00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 2: the aisle, so I had to work. I wasn't planning 792 00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,000 Speaker 2: on working Friday, but who knows. But that's just part 793 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:54,359 Speaker 2: of the job. 794 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:54,880 Speaker 1: It's part of this. 795 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,319 Speaker 2: It beats working for a living. It does beat It 796 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,520 Speaker 2: beats digging ditches, beats working for a living. I'll take 797 00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:03,120 Speaker 2: it any day the week. The Astros will welcome in 798 00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:05,879 Speaker 2: the Royals for three games this week. They have seen 799 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:10,239 Speaker 2: them already at the time neither team could hit. I 800 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,480 Speaker 2: still don't think really either team can hit. But the 801 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,240 Speaker 2: Royals have been playing very very well that that series 802 00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,680 Speaker 2: against the Astros really kind of kickstarted them. They were 803 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,359 Speaker 2: not playing well leading into that series. They took two 804 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,239 Speaker 2: of three from the Astros and they've been very very 805 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 2: good since. And the Astros are gonna miss Cole Reagan's 806 00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,319 Speaker 2: but I think they're gonna see Chris Bubbick, They're gonna 807 00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:34,000 Speaker 2: see Michael Lorenzen. That one thing that Royal's team can do, 808 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:35,719 Speaker 2: they can pitch. They can pitch it very well. They 809 00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:38,840 Speaker 2: shut out the Astros for about twenty five innings in 810 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:42,719 Speaker 2: the last series, so that'll be a challenge. Bobby Witt 811 00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:44,480 Speaker 2: Juniors on the team. He's gonna be the best player 812 00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:47,360 Speaker 2: on the field all three nights. So if you have 813 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:49,680 Speaker 2: a chance, go watch Bobby wit Junior because he is 814 00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:51,719 Speaker 2: another generational talent. 815 00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:52,640 Speaker 1: That you should want to see. 816 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,080 Speaker 2: If you can't see him, you can always listen to 817 00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:59,320 Speaker 2: this podcast where we will provide analysis, updates, and recaps 818 00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,719 Speaker 2: as to what happened in the Royal series. What the 819 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,640 Speaker 2: Future holds for Hayden was an Esky with the Future 820 00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 2: holds for Lance mccullors. 821 00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:05,800 Speaker 1: What the future could. 822 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:08,600 Speaker 2: Hold for Colton Gordon, who we introduced you to a 823 00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:10,560 Speaker 2: couple of minutes ago. If you want, you can follow 824 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 2: me on X at Chandler Underscore Rome. You can follow 825 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,880 Speaker 2: Tyler at Tyler C. Stafford. Please rate and review us 826 00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:20,480 Speaker 2: on Apple. Please subscribe on YouTube. You can get alerted 827 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,520 Speaker 2: whenever we post a new video. As always, we appreciate 828 00:42:24,560 --> 00:42:27,200 Speaker 2: you guys listening, and. 829 00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,560 Speaker 1: Again a happy Mother's Day to everyone out there. Thank you. 830 00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:55,960 Speaker 3: Bye.