WEBVTT - Ronald Acuña Jr. Goes Deep in Comeback Win Over Nationals 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.400 Welcome on and all to the hemb A Territory Podcast. 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.520 My name is Sheellan Coleman. Hope, wherever you are and 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:32.040 wherever you are listening, hopefully you're a Bif that or all. 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:33.919 If you're a member of Braves Country, then you were 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.120 a few days ago. The remedy for losing a few 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:38.400 disappointing games in a row is being able to win 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:40.040 a couple of good games in a row, especially in 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:41.959 a twenty four to forty eight hour period, and that's 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.160 what the Braves did tonight. Didn't look like it would 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:46.720 be that way at first, but the Bats came alive, 0:00:46.880 --> 0:00:50.840 a five to four victory just ended with ricell Iglesias 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:54.520 getting Luis Garcia to fly out, and as always here 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:56.960 to break it all down. That plus some trade and 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:58.720 scuttle butt. One of the best when it comes to 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:02.319 breaking down the Braves. Friend your Friend podcast partner one 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.399 and only, Steven Tolberth, Hello, Stephen. 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:08.319 I think your intro gets all right. Your introduction for 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.000 me gets longer. I like to think that you're adding 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:14.440 a single word every time you know that prank where 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.640 like you move somebody's desk like one inch every time 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:18.280 they go to the bathroom, and so by at the 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:21.840 end of the day, it's like ten feet away. I 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:23.520 think that's what you're doing with the intro. I think 0:01:23.520 --> 0:01:25.400 you're adding a word every time. 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.800 I start giving you a new nickname each week. Like 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:29.560 I think I may do that one of the best 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.360 when it comes, and I'm gonna stick with the literation, 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:32.679 right like one of the best when it comes to 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:33.920 bring to the eyes. I think it's one to go 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:35.720 to good. But people don't care for that. They'll pick 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.280 up on it in time. They're here for Tobert's takes. 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.160 And there's plenty to take away from tonight's game, both 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:45.120 before and deering, and why don't we just like the Braves, 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:54.880 let's mix it up. Engineered by Fastena. So before we 0:01:54.920 --> 0:01:58.040 get to game action itself, Steven, the first talking point 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:01.080 is who was not on the field tonight at least 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:04.200 in the starting lineup, and that was one Austin Riley. 0:02:04.520 --> 0:02:07.880 I think that it makes a lot of sense, you know, Riley. 0:02:08.160 --> 0:02:09.720 I'm gonna get your take on it and then and 0:02:09.720 --> 0:02:11.960 then I have my own take as well. But definitely 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.799 a note. While it is a noteworthy development, it certainly 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:18.520 seemed warranted after the past couple of games in New York. 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:23.960 Yeah, you know, Scott and Brad talked about it on 0:02:24.000 --> 0:02:26.320 their show last night. I think Scott even said he 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:30.720 wouldn't be surprised if if Riley sat today tonight's game, 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:34.640 and that's the second what happened. Debon was in at third. 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:39.720 You know, there's levels too bad, and there's there's versions 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:41.359 of bad that you can kind of live with and 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.040 just kind of help a guy, you know, maybe just 0:02:44.240 --> 0:02:47.240 fight his way through. But Riley was so bad in 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:50.399 that New York series. I think he had like ten 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.760 have like ten strikeouts in one three game series, which 0:02:53.840 --> 0:02:58.960 is like damn near impossible, quite honestly, and like very uncompetitive. 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:01.200 It's not even the kind of strikeouts where like you 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:02.840 work the count and like you get it to three 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.680 to two and the guy has to throw seven pitches 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:06.960 and at the very least you're like building up a 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:09.760 pitch count not even know it's like one, two, three, 0:03:09.960 --> 0:03:15.000 go back to the dugout. Very uncompetitive. You know, I 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.840 don't know what they're gonna do. I really don't. I 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.160 would not be surprised, like if you told me right 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.600 now that there's gonna be playoff games where Austin Riley sits, 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:26.480 it wouldn't stun me, Like if they go get another 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:30.840 bat somewhere and they can like live with not getting 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:33.200 a ton of production from third base. I don't think 0:03:33.200 --> 0:03:36.000 they're gonna go get another third baseman because Austin makes 0:03:36.040 --> 0:03:39.080 too much money to go get another like long term answer, 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:43.120 but yeah, that's where we are, Like he's just not 0:03:43.160 --> 0:03:45.560 good enough. And I tweeted it out the other day, 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.520 like I would bat him ninth. If he's gonna be 0:03:47.520 --> 0:03:50.520 in there, he needs to be batting ninth. And I 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.280 wouldn't be surprised in late game situations, especially if there's 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:55.520 a ridy on the mound where Austin gets pitch hint 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:58.800 for with like Dom Smith coming up, you know, with 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:02.320 a better platoonity man. Like, that's just where we are, 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.240 Like we have to start treating Austin like the hitter 0:04:04.280 --> 0:04:06.720 he is and not the hitter he was. And that's 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:08.800 just the reality. And it sucks. I know there's a 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:10.520 lot of fans out there that love Austin, but like, 0:04:10.560 --> 0:04:13.680 that's just where we are right now. He's there are 0:04:13.760 --> 0:04:15.680 very few hitters on the team I would rather see 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:19.719 up there less than Austin. Riley in a big situation. 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:23.479 And that's just you know, I'm just being honest, and 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:26.320 you know I kind of understood what was doing tonight. 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:27.719 Yeah. 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:28.000 No. 0:04:28.160 --> 0:04:30.240 And the other thing that I'll say is this is 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:33.880 that it's it's obviously it's frustrating to see him striking 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:35.600 out like he is. It always just seems like it's 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:38.880 that slider away and he's just not making the adjustment 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:42.479 to be able to put better at bats together. But 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:45.159 what's even more frustrating is is that when he puts 0:04:45.200 --> 0:04:47.279 the ball in the bat right now, he's hitting the 0:04:47.279 --> 0:04:50.599 ball hard, but I think like a ninety six average 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.920 exit velosty over the past seven to ten games. But 0:04:52.960 --> 0:04:55.120 it doesn't matter at the level that he's striking out. 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.159 He's set a new franchise record for the most strikeouts 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:01.080 in a single month of July. And like you said, 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.159 it's great when he puts the ball in play, but 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:06.760 if ninety percent of the time it's uncompetitive at bats, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:09.159 it it doesn't matter when you're putting the ball in play. 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:11.800 And the other way to your point about we need 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.760 to treat Austin Riley for who he is now rather 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.080 than who he was. I think that he's in that 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:19.840 same grouping now when it comes to a Hasan Kim 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:23.960 or a Sean Murphy or you know, Yustremsky tonight hit 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:25.839 a two run homer. That was great to see. But 0:05:25.920 --> 0:05:27.640 the point that I'm getting at is that we could 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:29.719 talk about trades all day, but the Brays aren't going 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:31.080 to be able to go out and get two or 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.560 three offensive players. They just have too much needs on 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.039 the pitching side. If this Braves team is going to 0:05:36.040 --> 0:05:38.240 win the World Series, they're likely going to have to 0:05:38.240 --> 0:05:41.479 get production from an unexpected source that's being paid a 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.920 lot of money. And so when we're talking about, hey, 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.039 Riley may not play playoff games, he may be pinch 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:48.520 hit for if, for instance, has Song Kim. I'm not 0:05:48.560 --> 0:05:51.720 expecting this, But if Hassong Kim comes back and he's 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:55.240 hitting the ball well and Austin continues to struggle, You've 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:58.120 got an alternative there. You could put de Bond at 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.960 short and Hassan Kim at third. Again, I'm not expecting that, 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:03.480 But the main point that I'm getting at is is that, yes, 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:08.520 the Braves should have no reservations at this point in time, 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:11.440 and especially as things get more on the line. To 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.320 if Austin Riley is still struggling, you've got to go 0:06:14.560 --> 0:06:17.280 with the more trustworthy option. And at some point in 0:06:17.279 --> 0:06:19.080 time that may be during a playoff game. 0:06:20.279 --> 0:06:23.800 Yeah, and again I said this during the New York series, Like, 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:26.480 I don't blame WLT, Like I know it probably pisses 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.640 Austin off, but I bet there's a part of Austin 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:33.640 that understands it too. Like it's professional sports, like you 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.599 have to produce or you don't. You're not just just 0:06:36.600 --> 0:06:38.960 because you have the contract doesn't mean you're just guaranteed 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:42.040 to be given the opportunity to fail over and over 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.200 and over. At some point they're gonna try something else. 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.080 And again, Austin's got this long term money. There's no 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:50.400 real long term answer here. The long term answer is 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.440 they gotta hope Austin figures it out at some point, 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.400 but in the short term, they don't have to play 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.040 him right now. Like they could also go grab some 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.200 sort of infield er at the deadline if like an 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.560 outfielder doesn't produce itself, like they could go grab somebody 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.920 who can play the infield a little bit to give 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:09.600 them Austin Riley hasan Kim insurance like they certainly could 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:12.840 do that. So yeah, I mean, it's just a tough situation. 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.320 The Braves really need offense right now. The offense is 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.280 kind of struggling coming into the game. They had a 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:19.960 good game, which we're about to talk about, but yeah, 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.200 I get it. I completely understand what Walt's doing. 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:24.480 Yeah, at the end of the day, you know, we 0:07:24.520 --> 0:07:26.640 talk about allegiances this time of year. You know, teams 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.600 that are looking to sell players, their allegiance is for 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:31.320 them to get the best return, so they don't have 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:33.760 an allegiance of who they prefer to trade to. The 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.560 Braves allegiance right now with this core, with how good 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.840 this season has been record wise, at least so far, 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.840 is to make the best decisions what pushed you in 0:07:41.920 --> 0:07:44.920 the best position to win against quality opponents, and right now, 0:07:44.960 --> 0:07:47.600 in a lot of situations, that's not going with Austin Riley. 0:07:47.640 --> 0:07:50.120 So if tough decisions need to be made, winning is 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:52.920 what should determine what decision is made. But I will 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.080 tell you what's going to help with winning, and that's 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:58.400 Ronald Accuna Junior getting back to form, and we saw 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:03.559 it tonight, stepped back and absolutely loud out I felt 0:08:03.600 --> 0:08:07.160 for I felt for Drake and and Ronald and Matt 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:10.120 in that first inning because they were they went bananas 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:11.960 and didn't have anything to show for it despite the 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:15.400 Nationals hitting home runs. But then Acuna drove the ball 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.920 out to right center field, same way we've discussed with 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.480 Austin Riley, many of the Brave's right handed hitters, when 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:22.400 they're driving the ball like that to write center field, 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.480 it's a good sign. And you can kind of see 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:27.920 glimpses of Ronald acuon you locking in if he gets 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.760 on the heater. That's the difference making aspect of this team. 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:32.520 That really puts him up there with anyone. 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.920 Yeah, I've talked I've talked about this before about with Ronald. 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:38.679 You can a lot of times you can tell by 0:08:38.679 --> 0:08:41.360 the way Ronald takes pitches how locked in he is. 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:43.520 And in that very first of bat he got behind 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.760 O two and then Irvin threw three straight fastballs off 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:50.880 the plate and got to a three to two count. 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.520 But Ronald took all of them with ease, like he 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:57.800 he didn't lunge. He wasn't like early. It was very 0:08:57.840 --> 0:09:00.840 comfortable takes. And then the next pitch Irban threw over 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:02.800 the plate he hit like one hundred and nine miles. Now, 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.480 now it was a line out, but he barreled it. 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:08.840 The next time up, he hits one four hundred and 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:11.960 thirty feet to center field for a homer. He takes 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:15.120 a walk, like you can tell the way Ronald takes pitches. 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:18.480 Even that lasted bat where he struck out, it wasn't 0:09:18.480 --> 0:09:20.480 a strike. It was a pitch off the plate that 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:23.120 he took that the umpire called a strike. But like 0:09:23.200 --> 0:09:26.240 by that take, I can tell he's locked in. And 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.960 so that's what they I mean, Baldwin, Ronald, and Olsen 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.120 all being locked in at once is something we really 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:35.400 haven't seen this year. I mean, just all of them 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:37.480 on the field, something we haven't seen a ton of. 0:09:38.160 --> 0:09:40.880 But that's the version of this team that can be 0:09:40.960 --> 0:09:44.439 really scary and really dominant on the offense side of 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:46.200 the ball. And I saw a lot of good at 0:09:46.200 --> 0:09:49.400 bats tonight from all those guys. I know, you know, 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.000 it was frustrating early because everything wasn't out, But you 0:09:53.120 --> 0:09:55.760 hit the ball the way they hit the ball tonight, 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.640 you're gonna score a lot of runs. So I was 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:00.880 encouraged by the offense to night and it's of course 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:02.959 it starts with Acunya. 0:10:03.440 --> 0:10:05.760 Absolutely. Now on the flip side of things, you know, 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:07.480 of course Grant Holmes was on the mound and he 0:10:07.480 --> 0:10:10.560 wouldn't full on anybody tonight, whether it's Dylan Lyle. I 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:13.800 believe you know, Dayalan Lyle. 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:14.840 I don't know. 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:18.320 I think I got Lyle. I'm just going to start 0:10:18.360 --> 0:10:20.760 saying three versions of everybody's name and hoping I'll get 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:22.600 one of them right. The point I'm getting at is 0:10:22.679 --> 0:10:26.040 that he was absolutely on point when Dylan Lee through 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:29.640 that middle middle fastball to Lyle when he was down 0:10:29.679 --> 0:10:30.920 three to one the count. I was like, oh gosh, 0:10:30.960 --> 0:10:32.839 here we go again. But thankfully he popped it up. 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:34.840 But the point that I'm getting at is Grant Holmes 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.400 once again kind of proved the point that that that 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.240 we are to the point that when the Braves go 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:43.600 out and get their starting pitcher. And I'm speaking as 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.800 if this is going to happen, because I'm very confident 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.720 that it is naturally. Grant homes spot in the rotation 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:50.600 is the one that needs to be replaced, and you 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:52.640 just simply need to shift Grant Holmes to the bullpen. 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.080 I know that many and Brave's country realize this, but 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:57.040 I want to make sure that we drive this point home. 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:02.480 Grant Holmes has a value spot on this roster as 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.760 a reliever, especially as a multi eating guy to keep 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:08.000 it maybe a playoff game close, or as a sixth 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:10.600 inning guy. He can get the job done as a reliever. 0:11:10.960 --> 0:11:13.440 But I think that his spot is the most natural spot. 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:15.960 So if we do once we do at a starting pitcher, 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:19.319 that starting pitcher takes over his spot and then Grant 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:20.280 Holmes goes to the bullpen. 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:26.360 Yeah, I mean that that is a sound argument. I 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:29.240 will say this. There are a number of Braves rotation 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.360 spots that I can make the argument need to be 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:34.960 the one that gets replaced after sale. It's a lot 0:11:35.000 --> 0:11:40.280 of question marks. You know, Elder Perez Lopez, you know 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:44.320 Holmes are the four right now, I probably would lean 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.480 to agreeing with you. I think Holmes is the one 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.160 that I would remove, Yeah, because I think he would 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:50.520 be the best weapon of the bullpen. 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:52.400 He's just a reliever. 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.880 Like he's a reliever. He had the problem with Grant 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.679 like long term, is that his fastball is one of 0:11:57.720 --> 0:12:00.280 the most hit able pitches in baseball, and that's his 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:03.040 problem for like three years now or two years. I guess, 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:05.040 like when he throws that, when he has to throw 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:09.360 that fastball over the plate, it gets annihilated. And when 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:11.160 he gets ahead with a slider and the curveball and 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:15.199 the breaking stuff, the fastball can survive. The problem is 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.040 like if you don't have a good if you don't 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:19.880 have like a pitchable fastball, it's really hard to be 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.360 a starting pitcher. It's really hard to get fifteen outs 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:25.400 in a game or six or you know, eighteen outs 0:12:25.440 --> 0:12:28.960 if you can't throw your fastball like consistently, and Grant 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:32.600 can't because it gets it just gets annihilated. And the 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:34.800 you know, for as many hard hit balls as the 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.959 Braves said, the Nationals had just as many against Grant homes. 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.360 So it's just more it's kind of the perfect game 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.719 for the Braves. They won the game, the offense showed up, 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:45.839 and it was more evidence that they need a starter, 0:12:46.400 --> 0:12:48.080 Like that's kind of how I want to win games 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:51.640 right now, where everything is pointing towards Alex saying, hey, yeah, 0:12:51.640 --> 0:12:54.120 we won this game, but still very clearly need a 0:12:54.120 --> 0:12:57.439 starting pitcher, a really good starting pitcher. So yeah, I mean, 0:12:57.440 --> 0:12:59.960 it was just kind of more evidence the Grand Grant 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:01.840 as a reliever, and he's been a reliever for like 0:13:01.880 --> 0:13:03.840 two years and they just haven't been able to do 0:13:03.840 --> 0:13:06.320 it because they don't have enough starting pitching. Hopefully that 0:13:06.440 --> 0:13:07.720 changes in the next few days. 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:10.760 Yeah, I know that it is a you know, maybe 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.160 the biggest factor in how good the Braves have done 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.319 this year is, like I mentioned at the start of 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:18.280 the year, more often than not, as the game goes along, 0:13:18.440 --> 0:13:20.480 the Braves are going to have the offensive as well 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.839 as the bullpen advantage. And that is, you know, represented 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.520 by the fact that they have the best late game 0:13:25.840 --> 0:13:29.880 run differential in baseball. I don't know how successful that 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:31.920 is in the postseason. I can tell you it's definitely 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.400 not as successful as it is in the regular season. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:36.839 So you can't sit here and go with the same 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:39.600 remedy or the same source of success being you get 0:13:39.640 --> 0:13:41.800 down two or three runs early and then plan to 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:45.520 come back against quality bullpens. That's just not going to happen. 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:47.560 So they need to be able to go get a 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:49.880 few arms to potentially be able to put them in 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:51.880 a better position. More on that in just a moment. 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.640 After we hear about the wonderful folks at fasten. 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:59.600 All, fasten All Industrial Supplies, Innovative Solutions. 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But when it comes 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:33.160 to the Braves, one thing that has developed in my 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:37.000 mind over the past couple of days is, as badly 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:43.720 as I want tark schoobl I can understand and probably 0:15:43.760 --> 0:15:46.640 agree with, it may not be the best usage of 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:51.680 the Braves' assets to just put it into one source. Like, 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:55.640 don't get me wrong, I think that the move that 0:15:55.720 --> 0:15:57.640 moves the needle the most for the Braves to make 0:15:57.680 --> 0:15:59.920 a World Series run would be getting Schooble. And they 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:04.320 absolutely see if they can get it done. But as 0:16:04.400 --> 0:16:10.680 much as his team needs a quality number two starter, 0:16:11.480 --> 0:16:14.120 I think that they definitely needed to add at least 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:17.760 two arms that they feel could get through a playoff 0:16:17.800 --> 0:16:21.440 lineup at least one time. And one of those needs 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:26.000 to be a left hander. With how much the other 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.680 nationally contenders struggle more against left handers than right handers. 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:33.680 So that's the takeaway that I have. Instead of maybe 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.040 trying to overpay and go all out for just a 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:39.840 clear quality number two starter, still try to get that, 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:42.680 but I would also see if there is especially a 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.240 left hander out there, even if he's had a bad year, 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:48.000 that maybe you could feel you could improve that could 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:50.600 be a multiple inning guy, maybe a starter to the 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:52.640 rest of the regular season, but a multiple inning guy 0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:55.760 in the playoffs. 0:16:56.160 --> 0:17:00.320 Yeah, So it's all about cost, and that's the thing. 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:02.280 That's the thing we just we're never gonna know. We 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:07.680 have no idea what Detroit is gonna ask for. I mean, well, 0:17:07.760 --> 0:17:10.520 we'll have somewhat of a sense by whatever he eventually 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.040 gets traded for, you can kind of make a one 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:16.399 to one comparison for your system. Doesn't work exactly like 0:17:16.480 --> 0:17:19.959 that because teams view players differently. It's not just you know, 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.199 it's not just a linear you know, comparison like that. 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:26.840 It doesn't work like that. But we don't know what 0:17:26.840 --> 0:17:29.040 the cost is gonna be. So in that, you know, 0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.560 if you look anytime we talk about school on this show, 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.000 if you look in the comments, it's all the Braves 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:36.720 shouldn't give up the farm system for two months of 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.359 you know, Terrek Scoogle. First of all, the Braves are 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:42.320 not going to give up the farm system for two months. 0:17:42.359 --> 0:17:44.160 They're not gonna give the farm sist for two months 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:47.560 of anybody. And Detroit is not going to get somebody's 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:51.400 entire farm system for two months. Like, what you get 0:17:51.440 --> 0:17:52.960 is all based on the value of the player, and 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.679 it doesn't matter how good the player is. If you're 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:58.800 a two month rental, that value is capped and you're 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:02.400 only gonna get so much. Like at some point every 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:05.320 team in baseball will just say no and they'll just 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:08.320 have to keep them. So I'm not worried about the 0:18:08.320 --> 0:18:11.800 Braves giving up the farm. What you can reasonably worried 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:17.160 about is whatever you give Detroit to get schooble, could 0:18:17.200 --> 0:18:22.120 you use that those resources to potentially get multiple things 0:18:22.960 --> 0:18:25.879 on the market and be a better use of those resources, 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:29.400 which I think what you're talking about, so, and that's 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:32.480 perfectly reasonable. The problem is we just don't know those details. 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:37.760 What I would say is the price that Schooble is 0:18:37.800 --> 0:18:40.960 going to demand or the Tigers are going to demand 0:18:40.960 --> 0:18:44.840 for school is commiserate with the level of talent you're 0:18:44.840 --> 0:18:48.040 adding to the team, because like, if you do it, 0:18:48.119 --> 0:18:51.320 let's just say hypothetically, the Braves meet the price, Schooble 0:18:51.359 --> 0:18:55.480 and Sale are now the one two punch for this team. Now, 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:57.800 you probably don't have to go get a second starter 0:18:58.560 --> 0:19:02.960 because those two guys are so good that you could 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:06.920 probably piece together like Game three with Diddy or Fintes 0:19:07.080 --> 0:19:10.280 and Grant Holmes, nobody pitching more than one time through 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:13.399 the order. Ronaldo Lopez, like, you have enough guys who 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.400 could probably get through one time of the order where 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:19.560 you're not having to go get two guys. However, if 0:19:19.600 --> 0:19:22.359 you go get like a Trevor Rodgers instead of a 0:19:22.400 --> 0:19:25.959 schoobl then you probably are gonna won a second pitcher 0:19:26.200 --> 0:19:28.280 along with him. You see what I'm saying, Like, it's 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:33.439 it's it's it's all relative. So and and you know, 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:35.960 the variable we just don't know is cost. And you know, 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:38.520 I was watching the broadcast tonight like everybody else was. 0:19:38.880 --> 0:19:41.400 First of all, Carl Ravach being on ESPN was why 0:19:41.560 --> 0:19:43.680