1 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to episode twelve of the Hammer 2 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: Territory podcast. I am your host Brad Roland, coming to 3 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,440 Speaker 1: you deep into the night here on a Wednesday evening 4 00:00:29,560 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: in late May and a more upbeat podcast this evening. 5 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: We are part of the Foul Territory network and you 6 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: will hear more about ag one by the way later 7 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 1: on from Fould Territory Scott Braun and Eric Kratz. My 8 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: usual colleague and co host Scott Coleman is still gallivanting 9 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: around the continent of Europe right now to take you 10 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: behind his soups a little bit here. I had another 11 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,160 Speaker 1: plan that kind of fell through this evening, so in short, 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: you are stuck with me on this Wednesday night for 13 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 1: a kind of a mini pod of sorts, a little 14 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: bit shorter than usual probably on this podcast, but playing 15 00:00:57,680 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: to discuss that I could not skip this evening because 16 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: there is a lot to get to. So the Braves 17 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: had lost five of the last six games entering Wednesday night, 18 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: including a pretty brutal ten defeat on Tuesday. You should 19 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 1: definitely catch up and listen to our previous episodes on 20 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:13,800 Speaker 1: this podcast that were by the way. In addition to 21 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,759 Speaker 1: subscribing to the show anywhere you might find podcasts, Apple, Spotify, 22 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 1: et cetera. That includes sort of a rant session from 23 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 1: last night on Tuesday from Steven Tolbert and Sean Coleman. 24 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:26,160 Speaker 1: Before that, I had a minor league check in with 25 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:29,399 Speaker 1: my guy Garrett Spain of Battery Power on Sunday, and 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: then earlier over the weekend we had a visit from 27 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 1: ESPN's Buster Only. That was really a lot of fun, 28 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: a lot of great insight from that conversation. But again, 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: Brigs and struggling right now, we kind of all acknowledge that, 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: we all know that. But Wednesday's game ended up being 31 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 1: a nine to two victory for the Braves, a pretty 32 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: badly needed bounce back for all parties involved. That sets 33 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: up a chance to win the series in Chicago over 34 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 1: the Cubs on Thursday at the Resk one on Thursday afternoon. 35 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: We'll get to the offense because that's obviously very important. 36 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: It's been probably the biggest focus around the team in 37 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: recent days. All the struggles there and a good reason 38 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: to be sure, but we have to start with Max 39 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: Free on this one tonight. Free was brilliant on this 40 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: evening from his second complete game of the season, and 41 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: he really just was tremendous across the board. He was 42 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 1: perfect through five innings and we started to have a 43 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: little bit some of those aggressive visions of what could 44 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: be necessarily if he were to keep it going. He 45 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:19,880 Speaker 1: didn't allow a leadoff hit in the sixth inning to 46 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: kind of remove some of the tantilization on that. It 47 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 1: wasn't quite as close as the Brads being went out 48 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:28,239 Speaker 1: away from a combino hitter earlier this month, but once 49 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: he settled back in, it was poosed outing from there. 50 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: Obviously complete game. All in innings, he had nine strikeouts, 51 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,959 Speaker 1: zero walks, three hits, two runs. Only one of those 52 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: runs was earned. There was probably some debate whether he 53 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: would actually come back for the ninth inning. He had 54 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 1: eighty sorry, he had ninety four pitches through eight innings, 55 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: and they probably would have taken him out that there 56 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 1: was any kind of trouble in the ninth inning. But 57 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: there wasn't any trouble because he was really good in 58 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: this game. He finished with one hundred and five pitches 59 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: on the night, He got fifteen whiffs, like he was 60 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: just brilliant from the outset. There were a little bit 61 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,400 Speaker 1: of a hiccup along the way, but like basically you 62 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 1: couldn't ask for much more Max Freed in this game 63 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: he looked like his actual peak self for the majority 64 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 1: of the evening. It's been a little bit hit and 65 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: miss for Max this season, but more hit than miss 66 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 1: lately to be sure. He now has five starts this 67 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: year which has basically been dominant to the point where 68 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: he finished with at least six innings of work while 69 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: allowing one earn run or fewer in five different starts. 70 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,240 Speaker 1: That also includes four of his last six outings, so 71 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: basically he's been really really good lately. There have been 72 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 1: some ugly outings, of course. The first two starts of 73 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,480 Speaker 1: the season were really rough for Max, and then he 74 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: was not his best at all on Friday against San Diego, 75 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 1: which he failed to make it out of the fifth inning, 76 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: But all the way across the board here since the 77 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: slow start, he's been really way tremendous overall this year. 78 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 1: Max now has a three point three eight ERA for 79 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: the season. His fips in line with that as well. 80 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: His numbers is for a strikeouts for concern are down 81 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: a little bit of previous years, but he's basically been 82 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: normal since he arrived to the season essentially two starts 83 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 1: late after that kind of rough start. You can't just 84 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: remove those starts from his whole season line because that's 85 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: a little bit of cherry picking and arbitration. But if 86 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: you did that, his era is around two since those 87 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: first two starts in about fifty to fifty plus innings. 88 00:04:06,720 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 1: So Max Free has been Max Freed in capital letters 89 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: for a little while now, and it's much needed. Obviously, 90 00:04:12,120 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: the Braves have gotten incredible contributions from Ronaldo Lopez and 91 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: Chris Sale. Charlie Morton has been rock solid so far. 92 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: The fifth spot, and we'll back into a little bit 93 00:04:21,160 --> 00:04:23,279 Speaker 1: later on this podcast, has been a little bit uncertain 94 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: this year, but without Strider having Freed as the ace, 95 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: and he still is the ace. I know Chris Sale 96 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: has probably been pitching like an ace this year along 97 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: with the Lopez as well, but Max Free is still 98 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: the guy on this rotation, and he's looked like Max 99 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: Freed in a lot of different ways. And look, I've 100 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 1: said this before. In fact, Scott and I on our 101 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: old podcast talked about this over the winter about how 102 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:44,040 Speaker 1: Max Freed he look at the numbers, has basically been 103 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 1: a top ten to twelve pitcher in baseball for the 104 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: last four plus seasons, says twenty twenty. 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The Braves not scored nine 153 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: runs in a game until tonight. Since April fourteenth, that 154 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: is almost six weeks since this has actually happened for 155 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: the Braves. In one game. I gave a lot of 156 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:11,000 Speaker 1: stats on Sunday night when when I last recorded on 157 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: this podcast, feed talked about how grim the numbers were 158 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: from April twenty seventh until that point, especially when you 159 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: compared that to the team's bat at ball data. That's 160 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,280 Speaker 1: kind of put to the side for now. The offense 161 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,240 Speaker 1: has been a little bit better than the underlying numbers recently, 162 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: But of course then the real issue the last couple 163 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: of games before today was that the Braves went a 164 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 1: combined four of twenty nine with rounders of scoring position 165 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,440 Speaker 1: in the two losses. In the last three games, Steven 166 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: and Sean talked about this extensively on the show Tuesday, 167 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: which is worth listening to again. The Braves went oh 168 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: fourteen over fourteen with friends scorings Pission on Tuesday and 169 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: Sporting emphasizing again it was the most at bats without 170 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: a hit with winners the score position for the team 171 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: since May twelfth of nineteen hundred and ninety nine. I 172 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: was in seventh grade. That tells you how old I am, 173 00:07:58,520 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 1: and also tells you how long it's been. The brain 174 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,440 Speaker 1: is went that many plate appearances slashed at bats without 175 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: a hit emergic SCRM position in a single game, so 176 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: tonight they were only two of seven in that position. 177 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: But they didn't actually need to be any better than 178 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 1: that this time because the way they group things together, 179 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 1: and that's been the opposite of what's been the case 180 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: so far this year. The Braves have been objectively unlike unlucky, 181 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,520 Speaker 1: I would say, with how they've pulled their plate appearances 182 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: and pulled their production together this year. And I will 183 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: not do the entire debate on that right now. There's 184 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: always a debate about unluckiness and bad at ball data 185 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: and production all that stuff and approach, et cetera. Save 186 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: it for later, But I think it's been pretty clear 187 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: they've been a little bit unlucky, at least a little 188 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: bit so far this year. And tonight they opened the 189 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: game with six up and six down, and that feeling 190 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: of here we go again was kind of creeping in 191 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 1: a little bit on offense given the way things have 192 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: gone in recent days. But then Adam Duvall homeward in 193 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: the third inning and the Braves never trailed from that 194 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: point forward. Now, it was still pretty close until the 195 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: seventh and they finally had a big crooked number kind 196 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:01,760 Speaker 1: of ending that they badly needed, and that happened in 197 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: the seventh inning. So the first two runs were generated 198 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: without kind of bludgeoning the baseball. It was a walk 199 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,640 Speaker 1: hit by pitch, a sack fly, and then a really 200 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,280 Speaker 1: nice squeeze bunt from Zack Short and stasion kind of 201 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,839 Speaker 1: forgotten now because it was more of a upside of game. 202 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: That was a fun play. I usually don't like bunts, 203 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: but squeezes are better to me, and the sacrifices are 204 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: and it's also reasonable with a guy like Zach Short 205 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: of the plate versus one of your better hitters, more 206 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:25,920 Speaker 1: powerful guys. So plus it worked and there you go. 207 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: But then the real Boppers came to the plate. Marcell 208 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: Ozuna hit a three run home run and that Matt 209 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: Olsen hit one right after him. Those who also went 210 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: back to back on Monday, so a little bit of 211 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: power from that spot always nice to see. Ozuna has 212 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 1: been unbelievable. We kind of know that, but it's worth 213 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 1: just emphasizing again. Fifteen home runs that leads the National 214 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 1: League in home runs this season. He also has a 215 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: fifteen game hitting streak active right now. He has been 216 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,280 Speaker 1: the one guy all year long on offense that's just 217 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: been unequivocally good. In addition to leading the National League 218 00:09:56,880 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: in home runs, Ozuna is second in the National League 219 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 1: and percentage and WRC plus, trailing only some guy named 220 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,840 Speaker 1: Shoheo Tommy who happens to be an alien. So basically, 221 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: Ozuna has been the best human hitter in all of baseball, 222 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: or at least in the National League this year. Olsen 223 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: was of course brutal on Tuesday, along with most of 224 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 1: the roster, and he had a rough start of the season, 225 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 1: but he's been notably better in recent days. By the way, 226 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,439 Speaker 1: Matt Olsen is now twelve of his last thirty six, 227 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 1: has three thirty three, of course, with three home runs 228 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 1: in like a nine game sample size, so max it's 229 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: all small sample size in that direction. But given Matt 230 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 1: Olsen's history, it's probably safe to say he's more this 231 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: guy than the guy he was in the month previously. 232 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: That so some signs there of him breaking out. And 233 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:39,559 Speaker 1: then the Braves did add another run in the eighth 234 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: inning thanks to an air in a wild pitch, but 235 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: most of the damage was done in that seventh inning. 236 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:45,719 Speaker 1: And again I don't want to overstate it. It doesn't mean 237 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: that everything is fixed. They got to do it again 238 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: on Thursday for anybody to be satisfied with what's going on. 239 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:53,119 Speaker 1: But the Braves are at least showing some signs offensively, 240 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: and they had already been before tonight. It's just that 241 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: they were not sequencing very well, and tonight the sequence 242 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: a little bit better at least than that one weren't 243 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: actually matter and that's kind of it. For the game itself. 244 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,840 Speaker 1: It was kind of a breezy win. Obviously, the fact 245 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 1: that Free was so good give you another talking point 246 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,319 Speaker 1: induition to the offense, but it was a ho hum win, 247 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: and there haven't been a ton of those in recent days. 248 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: So it's almost like the Braceyple had a lot of 249 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: rocking chair wins in the last few seasons, not a 250 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,440 Speaker 1: ton of those recently, so nice to have that one 251 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: on the Ledger on Wednesday. There's a little bit of 252 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 1: news before we get out of here. Sean Murphy had 253 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: the day off tonight in Gwinett after he caught the 254 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: game on Tuesday in Gwinet. They're playing to dh him 255 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: on Thursday. He could be back as soon as maybe 256 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,679 Speaker 1: this weekend. I don't want to say that on the record, 257 00:11:36,720 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: but it's one of those things where he could be 258 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: back pretty soon. He had a home run on Tuesday, 259 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: looks the part, and obviously that'd be a huge, huge 260 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:45,600 Speaker 1: influx of talent when he can arrive. Austin Riley hit 261 00:11:45,640 --> 00:11:48,320 Speaker 1: off the tee on Wednesday, but the first time since 262 00:11:48,360 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: his comeback bid began. Obviously he has been out for 263 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: ten days now and the Brace were playing a man down. 264 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: It's very wild, but if there was ever a team 265 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,520 Speaker 1: to do it, it's this one. With how they handled 266 00:11:59,520 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: their guys, play everybody basically every day. It'll have a 267 00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: ton of depth. So I think in a vacuum you 268 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: would have obviously gone to the IL if you would 269 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:08,920 Speaker 1: know it was going to be ten plus days, but 270 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 1: they didn't know that at the time. And Riley's getting 271 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: slowly back, and I've said it before, I'll say it again. 272 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: What matters there is that Austin Riley is back in 273 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:18,400 Speaker 1: one hundred percent when he's back, which is hopefully in 274 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: the next week or so. So there you go. A 275 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: quick peek ahead to Thursday, which is the season sorry 276 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: series finale in Chicago, and the Braves have just announced 277 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:27,680 Speaker 1: as I'm recording this podcast, that it's going to be 278 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,400 Speaker 1: a J Smith Shaver on the Mound on Thursday. That 279 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: is not a huge surprise because they optioned Bryce Elder 280 00:12:34,679 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: this week. AJ is someone I've talked about a lot 281 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: on the podcast on Sunday with Garrett Spain. He of 282 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: course made to the Majors last year briefly, and he 283 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: has been around, but he's still very young and he's 284 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: very talented. I know Garrett likes him a lot. I 285 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: think I like what I've seen a lot a lot 286 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: as well. The Braves had to basically fill two spots 287 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: in the rotation once they elected to option Elder, so 288 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: Thursday and Friday were always going to be someone else 289 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,400 Speaker 1: from the minor league system, but it looks like it's 290 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 1: gonna be a jam Thursday. TVD still as far as 291 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 1: what they do on Friday, but again, give it a way. 292 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 1: They sequ with this stuff. Unless there's an injury that 293 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: we don't know about, Elder will be able to come 294 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:10,720 Speaker 1: back and they'll have to pitch somebody else from the 295 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 1: miners on Friday. Could be Darius Fines, could be all 296 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 1: kinds of names out there. It's opposite marriage, who pushed 297 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 1: it one at this week, et cetera, et cetera. I'll 298 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: let Shaw and Steve brig Get set down a little 299 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: bit on Thursday evening, but we know this now. Thursday afternoon, 300 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: it just missed Shauper is going to be on the 301 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,080 Speaker 1: mound a corner rite snicker and his first start of 302 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: the season in the majors, and a lot of attention 303 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,600 Speaker 1: paid to that one. Again, it is a two twenty 304 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: first pitch Eastern time on Thursday, so I'm sure some 305 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: of you are listening to this podcast after the game 306 00:13:37,640 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 1: has already started or has happened. That's the nature of 307 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: an early afternoon game during the week, So my apologies there, 308 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: but keep an eye on that one to twenty start 309 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: and we'll have a full breakdown later on this week 310 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: from Shawn Steven. That's at least the plan, and then 311 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 1: I'll have another show usually at I'm aiming for our 312 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: usual time slot on Sunday evening despite it being a 313 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 1: more all day weekend. So as I signed off here, 314 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 1: please please please subscribe to this podcast anywhere you might 315 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:02,680 Speaker 1: find your podcasts. 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