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Speaker 1: Let's hit the inside scoop and let's talk absolutely insane

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Speaker 1: postseason picture with FT senior insider Ken Rosenthal. I'm going

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Speaker 1: to bring this question right to you, Ken, Todd father

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Speaker 1: brought it up. Do you like the way that the

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Speaker 1: American League is lined up right now where all of

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Speaker 1: the divisional battles are going to happen early in the

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Speaker 1: postseason or do you think that there should be some

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Speaker 1: type of levers in place to try and prevent that

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Speaker 1: which can happen. I mean, MLB can do that if

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Speaker 1: they wanted to and say, hey, you got to play

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Speaker 1: a non division or whatever.

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Speaker 2: I'm not really that fervent one way or the other

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Speaker 3: I understand what Todd and Eric are saying in that

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Speaker 3: in the first round in the best two of three.

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Speaker 3: It's not ideal, but at the same time, that's the

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Speaker 3: way the playoff system is set up. I don't mind it.

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Speaker 3: I understand again that the argument would be save those

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Speaker 3: matchups for later and then the division series. The way

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Speaker 3: it lines up right now, you'd also see a divisional matchup,

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Speaker 3: but with the schedule more balanced now not totally balanced,

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Speaker 3: but more balanced than it used to be.

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Speaker 2: This is okay with me?

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Speaker 4: Can you? And we also had this conversation, I feel

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Speaker 4: like the Astros are gonna bump one of these top

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Speaker 4: And maybe the Tigers are maybe even the Red Sox

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Speaker 4: after all the fight they've been through or out of

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Speaker 3: Todd for me or anyone else to predict anything at

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Speaker 3: this point would be sheer folly.

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Speaker 2: We've all spent the season.

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Speaker 3: Trying to figure this thing out, and we've been all

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Speaker 3: wrong every step of the way. Two weeks ago, you

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Speaker 2: There's no way.

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Speaker 3: Now you're asking me which teams I think are in

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Speaker 3: the best position. Cleveland and Detroit are in better positions

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Speaker 3: Houston not having the tiebreakers and being a game back

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Speaker 3: of the Tigers. But that said, while Houston is not

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Speaker 3: playing well, and while Jeremy Panna seemingly is out the

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Speaker 3: if they sweep the Angels. If they somehow find the

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Speaker 3: But it's going to be pretty difficult, it seems to me.

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Speaker 5: Do you see any indication that the trend of home

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Speaker 5: anything that's leading to that, like the drastic change this

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Speaker 5: year and teams winning at home, and then because the

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Speaker 5: other year in the World Series, I think every road

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Speaker 5: team won every game for all game, all seven games.

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Speaker 3: Eric, I haven't looked at it that closely, but if

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Speaker 3: I recall correctly the last time I looked at it,

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Speaker 3: that home field advantage in the best two of three

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Speaker 3: Of course, you would rather play at home, and if

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Speaker 3: Philly is another one, then yeah, you'd rather have that.

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Speaker 3: But I remember Texas going into Baltimore a couple of

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Speaker 3: just doesn't seem to be that big a deal. That

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Speaker 3: was the Division Series I'm referring to, But there have

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Speaker 3: been other cases too where the home field has not

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Speaker 3: always won in this best of three round. And really,

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Speaker 3: what matters to me most, or which should matter most,

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Speaker 2: Don't want to do that.

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Speaker 3: I'd rather save them for the Game one of the

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Speaker 3: Wildcard series if they get there. Same for Cleveland with

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Speaker 5: you have those days off the teams that aren't getting

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Speaker 3: I don't know that it's affecting those teams as much.

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Speaker 3: Certainly the Red Sox are one example. If Roman Anthony

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Speaker 3: At the same time, we have seen over the years,

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Speaker 2: The playoffs, but there is.

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Speaker 3: Once you win that first series, you start getting it rolling,

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Speaker 4: I want to ask this question about Cayl Rowley. I

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Speaker 4: mean you may be hinted on this a little while ago,

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Speaker 4: we not gotten into that as much? I mean, I

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Speaker 4: feel like I've you know, you see it, but it's like,

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Speaker 2: It's funny Todd.

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Speaker 3: A few days ago, I started thinking, we're not talking

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Speaker 3: But because of Raleigh getting to sixty, which is an

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Speaker 1: Ken. Let's cover your latest article, Fifteen MLP teams that

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Speaker 3: I would say pretty much all of these have been

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Speaker 2: Now. There are fifteen teams in there.

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Speaker 3: Aj Hinch or Carlos Mendoza is going to get fired

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Speaker 3: He's a shortstop. They're clearly imbalanced, too much pitching, note

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Speaker 3: Nutting addressed this? I don't know, And it's an interesting

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Speaker 2: Is resolved, I'll figure it out. I don't know that

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Speaker 2: I'll give you three. Atlanta is the most obvious.

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Speaker 3: No question, and he's not on the list. I used

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Speaker 2: Now that's partly.

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Speaker 3: They lose that to San Diego, get knocked out for

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Speaker 5: But the expectation isn't there isn't there an expectation for

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Speaker 5: because I don't think there's any general managers I can

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Speaker 3: Well, I mentioned too, and Aaron Moon certainly would be

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Speaker 2: In it would take a lot for it to happen.

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Speaker 3: I would think it would take a first round exit

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Speaker 3: to the Mets. Last year, They've gone backwards each year

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Speaker 3: the question be raised. I'm sure it will be raised.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that it will lead to change. In

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Speaker 3: who it would be. I don't know what logic there

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you look at Philly last year was

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Speaker 1: you're definitely going to see some more drastic changes roster wise,

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Speaker 1: and yeah maybe coaching wise. So good call Ken fifteen

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Speaker 1: We only got to several of them, so check out

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Speaker 1: the article. Can enjoy the weekend covering Cleveland right this weekend.

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Speaker 5: I'll go Yankees.

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Speaker 4: Okay, that was easy.

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Speaker 4: No no, but it was just easy answer for sure.

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Speaker 5: I really, I really think they've gotten a lot of

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Speaker 5: That is a lineup to me that is feared because

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I'll back that up with eight guys with

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Speaker 1: Who in Toronto? You guys aren't scared of Toronto?

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Speaker 2: Scary?

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Speaker 5: You said scary? I think Toronto's a better I think

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Speaker 5: they I think they produce more runs. Clearly, I think

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Speaker 5: they actually do produce more runs. It's not like even opinion,

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Speaker 5: I think they've scored more runs. I just think Toronto

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Speaker 5: scores it in a different way that I still have

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Speaker 5: a few days until I get to pick my playoff predictions.

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Speaker 5: If I have to decide, is the Blue Jays lineup

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Speaker 5: is the Brewers lineup? Two lineups that are going to

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Speaker 5: play in the postseason? Is it going to be based

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Speaker 5: on matchups? Do the Blue Jays get that buy Who

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Speaker 5: do they draw in the first round? Do they draw

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Speaker 5: a pitching staff that's just going for strikeouts? If they

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Speaker 5: do to me. I think the Blue Jays lineup has

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Speaker 5: the advantage if they draw a lineup, if they draw

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Speaker 5: a pitching staff that executes pitches and isn't necessarily big

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Speaker 5: punch out team. I think maybe the Blue Jays have

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Speaker 5: a little bit of a disadvantage. So that's why I

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Speaker 5: don't pick them over it. I think there's just more

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Speaker 5: I think there's more punch that there could be in

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Speaker 5: the Red Sox lineup.

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Speaker 1: Okay, that's interesting. I mean their neck and neck in

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Speaker 1: terms of run score this year, I would still give

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Speaker 1: the advantage to the J's and the Red Sox definitely

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Speaker 1: have more of a hitters park, So if you're going

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Speaker 1: to look at some of the other park adjusted stats,

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Speaker 1: the Jays probably have the advantage. But yeah, what do

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Speaker 1: you think, Todd Father? You see both of those teams

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Speaker 1: pretty frequently scarier offense. If you're a team facing the

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays or the Red Sox, where do you feel

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Speaker 1: like there's a little more intimidation?

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Speaker 3: Man?

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Speaker 4: I don't know, I really don't know. I think read

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Speaker 4: the Blue Jays have had their number this year. I

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Speaker 4: mean they definitely have five and eight.

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Speaker 1: Uh you're saying against the Yanks.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, against the Yanks. I'm not I'm not sure. I

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Speaker 4: you know, I just honestly, I honestly think the Mariners

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Speaker 4: are probably the only other team that can stack up

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Speaker 4: against them in the playoffs. Right now, I don't and

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Speaker 4: you know, they've been hitting pretty well. Their pitching staff

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Speaker 4: is pretty good. I you know, I think it's the

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Speaker 4: Yankees to win the AL. In my opinion, I think

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Speaker 4: the AL is for the Yankees to win. I don't

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Speaker 4: care what happened in the regular season. They have the

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Speaker 4: line up loaded, even with all the injuries they have.

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Speaker 4: Luis heel Is back, you know, Max Freed, Carlos Rodin.

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Speaker 4: It's Theirs to lose.

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Speaker 1: It is crazy when you just look at run scored

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Speaker 1: and again, I know some ballparks are not as easy

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Speaker 1: to score. In the first eleven on runs scored are

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Speaker 1: all either play teams are in the mix. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the only team that you could single out really would

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Speaker 1: be the Diamondbacks. They have the fourth most run scored

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Speaker 1: as of today, and they're on the outside looking in,

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Speaker 1: but barely. Everyone else is a playoff team. Yankees, Dodgers, Brewers,

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Speaker 1: that's your top three, then the Diamondbacks and it's Red Sox,

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays, Phillies, Cubs, Mariners, Mets, Tigers. They're all playoff teams.

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Speaker 1: You know, for a while we'd always look at run prevention.

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Speaker 1: Run scored is the bigger indicator for this year. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if you can score runs, you're going to be a

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Speaker 1: playoff team.

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Speaker 5: M Yeah, I get it. I mean, but I bet

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Speaker 5: the pitching staffs are all right up there too. You're

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Speaker 5: not going to have a twenty fifth ranked pitching staff

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Speaker 5: and oh your lineup. So I mean if I think

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Speaker 5: if you did the same breakdown for the pitching staffs, nope,

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Speaker 5: I think.

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Speaker 1: Wrong, wrong, Okay, And again there are deeper stats, So

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Speaker 1: I'm just doing what is now looked at as the basics.

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Speaker 1: But if we just look at tm ERA, number one

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Speaker 1: in baseball is the Rangers. Then you have the Brewers,

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Speaker 1: but the Rangers aren't in there, they're very much out.

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Speaker 1: Then you have Brewers, Padres, Guardians, Red Sox. Then number

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Speaker 1: six is Kansas City, Number seven Pittsburgh. Then you're at

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Speaker 1: the Phillies, the Cubs, the Mariners. Then you've got the Rays.

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Speaker 1: So it's a little more balanced. In that top eleven.

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Speaker 1: You've got almost half the teams in there that are

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Speaker 1: very much not postseason teams. Just a little thing that

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Speaker 1: I noticed.

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Speaker 5: It's a little got a score differential.

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Speaker 1: One more on the National League side, I just want

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Speaker 1: to spend another minute there. In terms of run scored,

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers are first, the Brewers are second, then, like

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Speaker 1: I mentioned, the Diamondbacks. Then you've got the Cubs, Mariners,

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Speaker 1: and Mets. I asked this to Jim Bowden Yestra, I

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Speaker 1: ass this to you because you're you're fresh with us today,

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Speaker 1: Todd Father. If the Mets do make it in, don't

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Speaker 1: you think that their offense is pretty damn good. I mean,

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Speaker 1: they're pitching is somewhat in shambles, especially starting pitching wise.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that's a good looking lineup. Like I think

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Speaker 1: they're gonna give the Dodgers trouble in the best out

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Speaker 1: of three series if they meet up with them, because

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Speaker 1: I think the lineup can keep up with l A.

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Speaker 4: I do too. I do too. I would agree with

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Speaker 4: you on that. I don't know why that slipped my

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Speaker 4: mind a little bit, but they they have a stack

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Speaker 4: lineup and when they're clicking, I mean, they just went

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Speaker 4: into Chicago and found a way to win games that

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Speaker 4: they needed. I know, they lost a big game, but

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Speaker 4: they took two out of three, and you know, the

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Speaker 4: only thing that's gonna hinder them is the pitching, and

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Speaker 4: we all know that. But I mean, they have a

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Speaker 4: squad that can mash too. I mean, Pete Alonzo, what

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Speaker 4: a year he had. I mean, honestly, good for him

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Speaker 4: coming off of the you know, the Bowl that they

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Speaker 4: were giving him. Not trying to pay the man exactly

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Speaker 4: what he deserves, and you know he has he has

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Speaker 4: something to think about in the offseason. But they do

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Speaker 4: have a team that can go into LA and win

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Speaker 4: three out of five games three what excuse me? Excuse me?

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Speaker 4: Two out of three my fault, Yeah, and go out

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Speaker 4: there and all of a sudden, Bye bye LA. They

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Speaker 4: definitely could.

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Speaker 1: Sodo Star, Lindora Star and clutch. Pete had plenty of

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Speaker 1: clutch moments for them. Neimo very solid, above average offensive performer,

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Speaker 1: clutch moments, hitting left on left homers. Baby, there's some

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Speaker 1: life there.

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Speaker 5: Marte's playing well, Bientos is rolling in the form, He's

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Speaker 5: starting to hit the ball out of the park opposite field,

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Speaker 5: and you know what he did in the playoffs last year.

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Speaker 5: That lineup is awesome. But there is no bigger team

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Speaker 5: that is more counterbalanced in the playoffs right now, maybe

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Speaker 5: the Guardians pitching staff and their lineup would be. Their

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Speaker 5: pitching staff is so awesome and their lineup is poop

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Speaker 5: soup right now. The match are the other way. Their

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Speaker 5: lineup is that could be really devastating and their pitching

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Speaker 5: staff is poop soup.

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Speaker 1: Yep, we just saw it, I mean against the Cubs,

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