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Speaker 4: Welcome to the Just Baseball Show. I'm Peter Applebatt's arm late.

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Speaker 4: It is Wednesday, September seventh, and we.

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Speaker 1: Have the mail bag.

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Speaker 4: But first, Dallas Kichel is not in the major leagues anymore.

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Speaker 4: He was just defaded by the Texas Rangers. Him and

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Speaker 4: his nine E r A. He bounced around from three

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Speaker 4: separate teams this year, but now he's again looking for

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Speaker 4: a team. I gotta be honest, I'm not sure why

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Speaker 4: teams are still picking him up. But what do you

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Speaker 4: think why?

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Speaker 1: It's amazing? It's amazing. I keep rooting for him to

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Speaker 1: just like kind of pull a rabbit out of the

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Speaker 1: hat when he gets another chance with another team, but

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Speaker 1: it's just progressively gotten worse. He got a chance with

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Speaker 1: the Rangers, and I don't know if he's going to

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Speaker 1: get another crack. I haven't seen a pitcher make three

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Speaker 1: up here for three different teams in like the span

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Speaker 1: that's happened. If he makes it a fourth, I'd be

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Speaker 4: Only time I can ever remember it. And this might

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Speaker 4: just be wrong. I just feel as if Edwin Jackson

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Speaker 4: has been on every team in Major League Baseball. Is

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Speaker 4: there a possibility that Edwin Jackson played for four different teams?

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Speaker 4: But however bad Edwin Jackson was, he was never as

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Speaker 4: bad as what Dallas Kichel has been giving his three

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Speaker 1: It's crazy because he's only thirty four, but he's just

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Speaker 1: really hit a wall. He's sitting like eighty six and

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Speaker 1: it looks like it's the end of what was a

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Speaker 1: good career though. Want to cy young, you know, had

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Speaker 1: some really nice season, won some Gold Gloves, but I

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Speaker 4: The gambling community is up in arms because they don't

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Speaker 4: get to fade him. Yes, that was the easiest bet

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Speaker 4: ever ever. Let's get into the mailbag questions. Thank you

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Speaker 4: all for giving us them. We do this every two weeks,

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Speaker 4: Arm and I. We answer your questions on Instagram at

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Speaker 4: We have eight questions. All awesome. Let's get straight into it, Arm,

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Speaker 4: because we have plenty to talk about. And the first

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Speaker 4: one is an absolute banger. Yeah, who will have the

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Speaker 4: best in field three years from now? That was asked

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Speaker 4: by David for Cy Young on Twitter. I'm gonna go

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Speaker 4: over the first easy ones. Actually, you know what, I'm

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Speaker 4: not gonna go over the easy ones first. Let's do

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Speaker 4: some honorable mentions because I think that we both have

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Speaker 4: the answers at the end. But let's go over some

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Speaker 4: teams that if their prospects work out, they will have

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Speaker 4: premiere infields in three years.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I like starting with that because it's a big

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Speaker 1: assumption to bank on all of these prospects panning out,

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Speaker 1: but there's something to dream on three years from now.

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Speaker 1: And I think, you know, you look at the Cincinnati Reds.

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Speaker 1: have one of the best infields in baseball in three years.

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Speaker 1: But obviously that's a lot of hope to pan out.

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Speaker 1: But they have so many different guys with so much upside.

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Speaker 1: You'll get Elie de la Cruz, who's a top ten

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Speaker 4: then you got the polar bear Peede Alonzo at first base.

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Speaker 4: Let's get into the second one, because I know you

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Speaker 4: have one, and honestly, we should include a third. This

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Speaker 1: So I look at the Atlanta Braves Division rival right

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Speaker 1: About Drew Rasmussen, Oh.

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Speaker 4: He's been awesome too. I mean, just they pieced together

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Speaker 4: Let's move on to the Toronto Blue Jays, And similar

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Speaker 4: to the Yankees, this team relies on offense. Their second

431
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Speaker 4: and average fourth and on base percentage in fourth in

432
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Speaker 4: ops in baseball, eighth in home runs. They're led by

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Speaker 4: a trio. Well, I mean it's it's everyone in the lineup.

434
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Speaker 4: There's no rest here. Lordiscuriela has had a phenomenal second half.

435
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Speaker 4: He has started in their lineup because he's that type

436
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Speaker 4: of hitter. Boba Schett is really starting to heat up.

437
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Speaker 4: Of course he got Vladimberger road or of course you

438
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Speaker 4: got George Springer. Of course you got Alejandro kirk Tioscar

439
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Speaker 4: Hernandez Rakes and Matt Chapman is one of the top

440
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Speaker 4: ten and hard hit rate this year. Every single player

441
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Speaker 4: in their lineup Rakes and then you have Santiago Espinal

442
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Speaker 4: at the bottom of the lineup. You also can mix

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Speaker 4: in with Merrifield, Kevin Bigio, Jackie Bradley Junior doesn't really hit,

444
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Speaker 4: but he just relied on defense because they don't really

445
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Speaker 4: need his bat, and that's kind of the reason that

446
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Speaker 4: they got him. The Blue Jays are one of the

447
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Speaker 4: best offensive teams in baseball, even though they kind of

448
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Speaker 4: go through ups and downs when they're on. When they're

449
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Speaker 4: on the up, there might not be a better offensive.

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Speaker 4: They're scared, that's how loaded they are.

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Speaker 1: Oh they're scary. And even the one last team that's

452
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Speaker 1: fading out of the playoff on a little bit right now,

453
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Speaker 1: but I think they can get back into it with

454
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Speaker 1: a nice little stretch. The Baltimore Orioles, what they have

455
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Speaker 1: going for them in terms of like actual roster structure.

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Speaker 1: The bullpen has been just amazing, but the offense has

457
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Speaker 1: been really good as well. I think they're a balanced

458
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Speaker 1: team with a ton of youth and youth energy, youthful,

459
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Speaker 1: just energy might be my favorite thing about them. It

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Speaker 1: might be a big reason why they're doing what they're

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Speaker 1: doing right. They're almost with nothing to lose. They're going

462
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Speaker 1: all out, they're playing hard, they're getting me extra base,

463
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Speaker 1: They're doing all the little things. On paper, bullpen has

464
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Speaker 1: been phenomenal, but I think in terms of winning ball games,

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Speaker 1: it's the youth and the energy and that fearlessness that

466
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Speaker 1: they're playing with that has kept them afloat for this

467
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Speaker 1: entire season.

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Speaker 4: Then you had Gunner Henderson too.

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Speaker 1: The vote.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's pretty the fold, pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're pretty good baseball team.

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Speaker 4: Let's move on to the AL Central and that's the

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Speaker 4: Cleveland Guardians. Again, similar to the Orioles, this is a

474
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Speaker 4: pretty well balanced team. But I think the money is

475
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Speaker 4: made in the back end of the bullpen. The money

476
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Speaker 4: is made in the back end of the bullpen. They're

477
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Speaker 4: fourth in Era's staff, their third in Whip, and you

478
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Speaker 4: have Emmanuel Class who's probably the second best reliever in

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Speaker 4: all of baseball. You have James Karenchak, who's came back

480
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Speaker 4: and is now probably, if not the best setup man

481
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Speaker 4: in baseball, at least one of them. You have Trevor

482
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Speaker 4: Stephen as well. You have Nick Sandlin. You have even

483
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Speaker 4: guys who kind of pieced together what you need if

484
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Speaker 4: you have a bad start from a starter, and a

485
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Speaker 4: guy like Eli Morgan. You have Sam Henches, you have

486
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Speaker 4: Brian Shaw. There are so many good bullpen arms back there,

487
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Speaker 4: like De Los Santos. I could continue. Obviously, the rotation

488
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Speaker 4: is solid with Bieber, Quantrell and McKenzie and even Aaron

489
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Speaker 4: Sevali has been really good lately. But I think when

490
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Speaker 4: you have one of the best bullpens in all of baseball,

491
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Speaker 4: that's your strength one.

492
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Speaker 1: Because even even the fourth and fifth guys in their rotation,

493
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Speaker 1: Savali and whoever makes the spot start, then we need

494
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Speaker 1: to go five innings, give them five quality innings, the

495
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Speaker 1: bullpen will take over. And that's exactly what we've seen

496
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Speaker 1: in Minnesota Twins. It's that offense. I mean, their top

497
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Speaker 1: ten in baseball in almost every single offensive category you

498
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Speaker 1: want to look at. And I think they've been streaky,

499
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Speaker 1: but when they're going right. You talk about the Blue

500
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Speaker 1: Jays not quite on that level, but when when the

501
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Speaker 1: Twins are going right, that offense can really knock you around.

502
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Speaker 1: When Bustin's in the lineup, Correy is heating up. Ariahs

503
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Speaker 1: has slowed down as a late but still is one

504
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Speaker 1: of the best contact hitters in baseball. He's been in

505
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Speaker 1: a slump and he's got a three seventy seven ops

506
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Speaker 1: or sorry, three seventy seven on base percentage. Polanco has

507
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Speaker 1: shown some flashes, Miranda has been wonderful this year, and

508
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Speaker 1: Nick Gordon has been a really nice development there. I

509
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Speaker 1: think the offense, when it's clicking, is up there with

510
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Speaker 1: just about any and that's what's kind of kept them

511
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Speaker 1: afloat this year.

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Speaker 4: The White Socks are a tough one because they're not

513
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Speaker 4: that good at anything. I would lean towards the offense

514
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Speaker 4: because when I go to face Chicago on the South Side,

515
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Speaker 4: my number one thing is are they gonna hit me today?

516
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Speaker 4: Outside of Dylan Cees. When you have Lucas gi Alito

517
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Speaker 4: not performing, you have Lancelin who has been performing better

518
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Speaker 4: but has still been up and down this season. Johnny

519
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Speaker 4: Quato has been their second best pitch all seasons. It's

520
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Speaker 4: actually been awesome for them. But when I look at

521
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Speaker 4: the offense, I still look at one of the best

522
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Speaker 4: teams in baseball gets left handed pitching. Elvis Andrews has

523
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Speaker 4: been a good addition for them at shortstop. He's really

524
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Speaker 4: filled the need. But then they're obviously going to get

525
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Speaker 4: Tim Anderson back, and Dravon's been good. Jose Brady has

526
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Speaker 4: been great, eloyman and As when he plays, he's been good.

527
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Speaker 4: Even Gavin Sheets, while he can't play in the field,

528
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Speaker 4: has been good for them. Luis Robert is hitting three

529
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Speaker 4: hundred again this year. Juan Moncotta has been really really

530
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Speaker 4: struggling this year, but even at his worst, he's still

531
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Speaker 4: a fine hitter at times. I think it's the offense

532
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Speaker 4: for the White Sox, but they're even lucky they're getting

533
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Speaker 4: talked about it. YEA, yeah, but they could just walk

534
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Speaker 4: into an al central crowd. If the Guardians and Twins

535
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Speaker 4: don't take hold of this.

536
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Speaker 1: They're just gonna back into it. Potentially, it's got to

537
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Speaker 1: be the offense ending. One thing they do is they

538
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Speaker 1: put that on ball right like, they make a ton

539
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Speaker 1: of contact. They're one of the best in baseball and

540
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Speaker 1: batting average for whatever further, But they don't walk. They're

541
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Speaker 1: the worst in walk right six percent, which really hurts

542
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Speaker 1: their offensive production. But they will grind you out and

543
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Speaker 1: they'll put the ball in play, and that's part of

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Speaker 1: the reason why I think they've been able to stay

545
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Speaker 1: around five hundred despite everything that's happened this year. How

546
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Speaker 1: about the Ashros. The Houston Astros can do just about

547
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Speaker 1: every thing right. I mean, you could pick so many

548
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: different things that the Astros are good at, but I

549
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Speaker 1: would honestly say their biggest strength at this point is

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Speaker 1: probably the pitching because they have just a lights out arm.

551
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Speaker 1: It feels like that can go for them almost every

552
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Speaker 1: single day. They're one of the best in baseball, if

553
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Speaker 1: not the best, and runs allowed per game ERA sub

554
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Speaker 1: three this season, are you kidding me? A sub three

555
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,920
Speaker 1: team ERA? They're striking out twenty five percent of batters

556
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Speaker 1: as a team. That's the best in the American League.

557
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Speaker 1: Almost every single pitching category, they are one of the

558
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Speaker 1: best or the best in the American League, and they

559
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Speaker 1: just call it up Hunter Brown, who carves in his

560
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Speaker 1: first outing. They're gonna get Verlander back, Javier has been great,

561
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Speaker 1: Garcia has been solid, mccohors is back. The bullpen's been

562
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Speaker 1: really good. The pitching is insane. Don't get me wrong.

563
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Speaker 1: The offense is awesome, but the pitching's got to be

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Speaker 1: the astro's biggest strength.

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Speaker 4: The Mariners could break a two decade long playoff drought,

566
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Speaker 4: according to Fangraft's ninety nine point two percent chance to

567
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Speaker 4: make the playoffs. But I know Mariners fans hear that

568
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Speaker 4: and they say it's not one hundred and it's not over,

569
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Speaker 4: So I'm not jinxing it. But the strength of the

570
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Speaker 4: Mariners is the bullpen. But I'm not gonna discount the

571
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Speaker 4: starting pitching. So I'm just gonna say pitching in general. First,

572
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Speaker 4: let's talk about the bullpen, because the bullpen is second

573
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Speaker 4: in whips, seventh in era. It's been one of the

574
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Speaker 4: best bullpens in the entire sport. You got Paul Seawold

575
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Speaker 4: as the closer, who's got a funky arm angle and

576
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 4: he's been really good, got a really good slider Andres

577
00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 4: Munoz looks like a younger version of Edwin Diaz. At times,

578
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,600
Speaker 4: you got Eric Swanson, Dio Castillo, Matt Brash, who's kind

579
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Speaker 4: of moved from the starting rotation into the bullpen's. I

580
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,200
Speaker 4: think it's a better role for him, but I still

581
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Speaker 4: I'm not I'm not saying that he can never be

582
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Speaker 4: a starter, because I still do believe that's still in

583
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 4: that But Penn Murphy has been another guy, Matthew Festa,

584
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 4: and now they've used kind of Chris Flexen more in

585
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Speaker 4: the back end because they have so many starting pitchers.

586
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Speaker 4: When you have Logan Gilbert, Luis Castillo, Robbie Ray, George Kirby,

587
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 4: that's enough. Marco Gonzalez is the guy that I would

588
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Speaker 4: be nervous about if you see him starting postseason games.

589
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:19,639
Speaker 1: Did you know that.

590
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 4: Right now, Marco Gonzalez has the worst FIP and ex

591
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Speaker 4: FIP for all pitchers that qualify, including Patrick Corbyn.

592
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Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, Now, I didn't know that.

593
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 4: The advanced stats hate Marco Gonzalez. But Marco Gonzalez is

594
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Speaker 4: also a guy that just faced the White Sox was

595
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Speaker 4: due to get crushed. The White Sex have been one

596
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Speaker 4: of the best teams against lefties. Seven innings, four hits.

597
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Speaker 1: He gets out.

598
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Speaker 4: He's a weird he gets soft contact is his best friend.

599
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,960
Speaker 4: So he's always going to be a guy who outperforms

600
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Speaker 4: the expected stats and the FIP and the x FIP.

601
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Speaker 4: But I think it should go notice that maybe you

602
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Speaker 4: face a team like the Astros or the Yankees, or

603
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Speaker 4: the Blue Jays, or even the Orioles or the Rays

604
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Speaker 4: or the like. These teams can beat up on a

605
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 4: guy like Mark Coknzalz, but I don't think he'll They'll

606
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Speaker 4: be needed when we see the Mariners in the playoffs,

607
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Speaker 4: when you have Gilbert Castio, Ray and Kirby, which is

608
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Speaker 4: plenty plenty.

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Speaker 1: So the Mets, there's two directions you can go. Because

610
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Speaker 1: the number one strength is obviously having two Hall of

611
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Speaker 1: Famers at the top of your rotation. Right of course,

612
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Speaker 1: no team can can really say that, But if you

613
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Speaker 1: look at what their best strength is as a team,

614
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Speaker 1: and especially as Max Schurzers hurt. Right now, I talk

615
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Speaker 1: about grinding out a pitcher, there might not be a

616
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Speaker 1: team that grinds out a pitcher better than the New

617
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Speaker 1: York Mets. They don't strike out. I think they strike

618
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Speaker 1: out the second least in all of baseball. The only

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Speaker 1: team that's better in that department is Cleveland, and that's

620
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Speaker 1: because they have Stephen Kwan and a couple other guys

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Speaker 1: who refuse to strike out. The Mets strike out in

622
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Speaker 1: nineteen point eight percent of the time is ridiculous because

623
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Speaker 1: they also hit for power and they can spray the

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Speaker 1: ball all over the field. I think the offense in

625
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Speaker 1: the way that they can grind you out advanced hitters

626
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Speaker 1: with great approaches is a strength. But then again, also

627
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Speaker 1: having two Hall of Fame starters at the top of

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Speaker 1: your rotation is quite the strength as well.

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Speaker 4: There's no wrong answer for these four teams, the Braves,

630
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Speaker 4: the Mets, the Dodgers, and the Astros, because there are

631
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Speaker 4: four of the most well balanced teams in Major League Baseball.

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Speaker 4: When we move over to the Atlanta Braves, they are

633
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Speaker 4: second in ops as an offense in all of baseball.

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Speaker 4: They're sixth in starter era, They're first in case per

635
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Speaker 4: nine as a staff, So which one are you gonna choose?

636
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Speaker 4: But then when you go to the relief pitchers, there's

637
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Speaker 4: sixth in ERA and also first in strikeouts per nine.

638
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Speaker 4: So what is it?

639
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Speaker 3: Uh?

640
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Speaker 4: Everything? Their strength is that they're good at everything. They're

641
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Speaker 4: good at everything. That's what the Braves are. But that's

642
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Speaker 4: a cop out.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say the offense, yeah, just because I think

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Speaker 3: that there's a chance that Charlie Morton doesn't have a

645
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Speaker 3: great post season and that cow Wright doesn't have an

646
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 3: amazing postseason.

647
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Speaker 4: But the bullpen is incredible, so will matter that much.

648
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,040
Speaker 4: So I'm just gonna go with what I know is elite.

649
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:11,120
Speaker 4: I know the other things are elite, but I know

650
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 4: the Braves offense is elite. When you have Brown and

651
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,000
Speaker 4: Cooney Junior at the top, and then you have Dansby Swanson,

652
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 4: who has established himself as one of the best showers

653
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 4: ups in baseball this year. You have Austin Riley who's

654
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 4: an MVP candidate. You have Matt Olsen, who even had

655
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,200
Speaker 4: his worst is one of the better first basemen in baseball.

656
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:28,800
Speaker 4: You have Michael Harris who has come on to the

657
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 4: scene and has become one of the better center fielders

658
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:31,880
Speaker 4: in the National League.

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Speaker 1: You have you're gonna bring Albi's back.

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00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,239
Speaker 4: Yeah, they're gonna bring Alby's back.

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00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 1: Yeah.

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00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 4: I got William Tres, you got Travis Darnaut. I don't

663
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 4: want to talk about Ozuna. You got Eddie Rosario, you

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00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 4: got Robbie Grossman, who's my boy too. Like, they are

665
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 4: so loaded, not just in the nine, but their bench.

666
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Speaker 4: So I'm gonna say the bench combined with their starting

667
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 4: nine is the plus. But if you said bullpen, you're right.

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00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 4: If you said starting pitching, you're also right. They're so

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Speaker 4: well balanced.

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Speaker 1: It's crazy going to Phillies. It's just pure power. I mean,

671
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 1: they are the kind of team that you're down three runs,

672
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: they could hit a three run shot, right. They can

673
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 1: get one swing and get back into a ballgame. They're

674
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Speaker 1: gonna live and die by that. But seventh and Major

675
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: League Baseball in home runs is pretty impressive given that

676
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:19,959
Speaker 1: Bryce Harper, last year's MVP, has been out for you know,

677
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: just returned obviously, but was out for months. You assume

678
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: Harper's healthy, they have one hundred and sixty six home runs.

679
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,920
Speaker 1: The teams ahead of them are the Cardinals, Astros, and Dodgers,

680
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: who each are within twelve home runs of the Phillies.

681
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: A healthy Bryce Harper probably puts them right up there

682
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: in the top five in Major League Baseball. They can

683
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: get into home runs in bunches and That's how the

684
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: Phillies are probably gonna live and die through the rest

685
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Speaker 1: of the season and maybe even the postseason.

686
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Speaker 4: A team that you just mentioned that's in that home

687
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 4: run group is the Saint Louis Cardinals, and that's their

688
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:56,240
Speaker 4: biggest strength. Paul Goldschmant might win the triple crowd. Nolan Aronado,

689
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 4: if Paul Goldtruitt wasn't in the National.

690
00:32:57,920 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: League, might be the MVP.

691
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 4: So you got those two at the top, and then

692
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 4: you look at a guy like Brendan Donovan who's been

693
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 4: awesome this year, and yes I'm talking about him third

694
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 4: because he's been such a good addition for the Cardinals

695
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 4: this year. You got Tommy Edmond, You got Tyler O'Neil,

696
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 4: Corey Dickerson just went on a ten for ten TI rate.

697
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 4: You got Albert Pooholz on the rise for seven hundred

698
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 4: career home runs and is one of the best hitters

699
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 4: against lefties for some reason. And you also got Dylan Carlson,

700
00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 4: who has kind of looked like a platoon bat this year,

701
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 4: kind of been looking like a platoon bat, but he's

702
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 4: been platooning with a guy like Lars new Bar or

703
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:41,040
Speaker 4: Corey Dickerson as well. They just get offense from every

704
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:45,120
Speaker 4: corner of their team on a Cardinals team that's normally

705
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 4: built on pitching, but the offense as a whole has

706
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,040
Speaker 4: been unreal this year, ranking third in OPS as a

707
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 4: team and sixth in home runs and second in on

708
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 4: base percentage. The Cardinals offense is crazy and.

709
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 1: The defense right like that. The the Cardinals are doing

710
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 1: what they do, which is defend number two in outs

711
00:34:03,800 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: above average. All of the guys that you mentioned pick

712
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: it really well. Aeronado is one of the best defensive

713
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:11,719
Speaker 1: third basement of all the time. Tommy Edmund is spectacular.

714
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 1: You know, it's second base. The outfield is all really

715
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: good defensively and Goldie as well at first Like Yadi,

716
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:20,319
Speaker 1: I don't know what the metrics say about him, but

717
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: he's still Yadi or Molina and is a big part

718
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,600
Speaker 1: of the defense behind the dish and Andrew Kaisner Night

719
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 1: whatever I can never say. Kisner is a solid defender

720
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,840
Speaker 1: as well. I mean, defense is what they do and

721
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 1: they do it really damn well. Mm hmm. Brewers. Brewers

722
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:42,359
Speaker 1: are tough man, because we bag on them for their

723
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Speaker 1: defense for their lack of offense. Excuse me, but there's

724
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: what fourth and home runs this year? You know, I know,

725
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 1: like what is the I want to say starting pitching,

726
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 1: but like it's not. They're twelfth in ERA this season.

727
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: They're even worse. I believe in fit. I guess it's power.

728
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 1: Am I saying that about about the Milwaukee Brewers. I know,

729
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: American Family Field is really easy to hit in, and

730
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,760
Speaker 1: I guess they've leaned into that this year. They're third

731
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball, behind the Yankees and the Braves

732
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:21,720
Speaker 1: in home runs. Corbyn Burns is stunk over the last month.

733
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: You know, they just got Freddy Peralta back Woodruff has

734
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: looked good. They traded Josh Hater, who has obviously been horrible.

735
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: The bullpen's still been solid. That's probably their strength, even

736
00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:36,800
Speaker 1: sands Josh Hater. But I gotta say it's power. Willie

737
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: Damas twenty six homers, Hunter Renfro twenty four homers, and

738
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,920
Speaker 1: then everybody else has double digit They kind of remind

739
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: me of the Giants last year with all of the

740
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 1: double digit homer guys. Yelich has double digit homers, Wong does, Tyrone,

741
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:53,080
Speaker 1: Taylor does Kerottini's one homer away from double digit Rias,

742
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 1: Kestonhira Rowdy, Telez is twenty eight. McCutchen has fourteen. Like,

743
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: they've got so many different dudes with at least ten homers.

744
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: That's reminiscent of the Giants last year. And they've kind

745
00:36:02,120 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 1: of found a way to platoon and piece together this season.

746
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 1: I gotta say it's the power, which is bizarre to say.

747
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 4: The Los Angeles Juggernauts are first in batting average as

748
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 4: an offense first, and on base percentage first, and ops first,

749
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 4: and run scored starting pitchers. They are first in the RA.

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00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 4: They are first in WHIP and they are first and

751
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 4: hits for nine relief pitchers they are first and WHIP

752
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:21,880
Speaker 4: they are third.

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00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:22,080
Speaker 1: In e RA.

754
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 4: Should we just move on? I don't know. The answer

755
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 4: is the best at everything in baseball? Are Are you

756
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 4: kidding me?

757
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: Yeah? They're the best. They're the best team I can remember,

758
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 1: like assembled wise, assembly wise, like they they're one of

759
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: the most flawless teams I think we've we've seen in

760
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 1: our lifetime.

761
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:44,360
Speaker 4: I'm gonna pick the offense just because it's ranks first

762
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 4: and more categories. Yeah, but because they're first and average

763
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 4: firston and on base first and OPS first, a run

764
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 4: scored fourth and home runs and six and stolen bases.

765
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 4: They steal a bunch of bases too. We do Mookie Bets,

766
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 4: Freddie Freeman and Trey Turner at the top of the

767
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 4: lineup with Will Smith, Max Monzy, Justin Turner, Gavin Lux,

768
00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,359
Speaker 4: Joey Gallo, Cody Bellager, Trace Thompson, and you got Miguel

769
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:04,400
Speaker 4: Vargus if you need him. And Chris Taylor has been awesome.

770
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 4: I what Hans Hanser Alberto if you need him. Hansel

771
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 4: Hanser Alberto even pitches for you in the bullpen. And

772
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 4: then they just got Blake Trynon back, who gives the

773
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 4: bullpen another added edge. It's funny when you look at

774
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 4: the Dodgers' bullpen. Who's the worst reliever their closer Craig Kimbrel.

775
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 4: Now Blake Trindon is back there. They are just unstoppable.

776
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 4: I don't know, you tell me.

777
00:37:24,040 --> 00:37:27,239
Speaker 1: You assume they get gone on back soon like they're

778
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,240
Speaker 1: they're ridiculous. They might call out Bobby Miller or something

779
00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 1: else for fun. Yeah, they're legitimately a joke in the

780
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 1: best way possible. Padres Padres, this will do it. What

781
00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: what is the Padres strength. It's gotta be the Jekyl

782
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,120
Speaker 1: and Hide offense. It's the superstar power. I think, you know,

783
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 1: it's the star power that has really just kept the

784
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: Padres alive. When I look at what Dave dot, you know,

785
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: I wanted to say pitching, because that was something that

786
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:56,799
Speaker 1: was great for them, but that's really falling apart. I

787
00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 1: think what's really been the strength for the Padres has

788
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 1: been this star power, the Manny Machado's of the world,

789
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,400
Speaker 1: keeping you afloat Juan Soto even I mean going to

790
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: get him. If they didn't get him, where would they

791
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: be right now? I have no clue. It's really just

792
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: the star power keeping them alive. But the team doesn't

793
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: really have a glaring strength right now. They went and

794
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 1: got Josh Hader to help the bullpen, that didn't help.

795
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: The offense has been incredibly inconsistent as a whole. It's

796
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 1: really just the stars that are carrying the Padres team.

797
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: And I think that's really what you have to chalk

798
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 1: it up to them. Is their biggest strength is the

799
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 1: superstars minus Chatis.

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00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 4: We just did a very long question hopefully that answered

801
00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:43,240
Speaker 4: your question of what is every single playoff team's biggest

802
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 4: strength moving into the twenty twenty two playoffs on we

803
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 4: got a really really good one. And you and I

804
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 4: have both been to a lot of ballparks. We haven't

805
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 4: been to all of them. You've actually been to more

806
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 4: ballparks than me. So I'm going to rely on you

807
00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 4: a little bit for this one. Great question, what are

808
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:06,280
Speaker 4: your top five ballparks? Asked by Matt too Frosty from Twitter.

809
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:12,839
Speaker 4: The first two. The first two are Fenway Park and

810
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 4: Wrigley Field. Yeah, I feel like those have to be

811
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 4: the first two on any single list. Third, I want

812
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:24,160
Speaker 4: to put Camden Yards. The problem is I've never been

813
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 4: to Camdon. But the reason I want to put Camden

814
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 4: Yards third is that whenever you ask around, like what

815
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,680
Speaker 4: are the best ballparks? The best ballparks you have to

816
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 4: go to? My dad says, we have to go to

817
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 4: Camden Yards.

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00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:38,240
Speaker 1: That's awesome.

819
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:42,919
Speaker 4: Every single comment I've ever seen is Camden Yards. Would

820
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 4: you agree? Have you been to Camden Yards and would

821
00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 4: that be number three for you? Or how are you

822
00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 4: mixing up there?

823
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: So it's funny people always ask me the question because

824
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 1: you know, my dad and I were trying to do

825
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: the thirty stadiums and we made it to twenty of them,

826
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:56,840
Speaker 1: and I've made it to six more cents And people

827
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,440
Speaker 1: always ask me, like, what are your favorites? And I

828
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:02,320
Speaker 1: always like to kind of separate, right the historic stadiums,

829
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:06,439
Speaker 1: meaning basically Fenway and Wrigley, because those are in their

830
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: own bucket, right, like that is just baseball heaven there

831
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: and comparing that to like AT and T, which you know,

832
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 1: comparing that to San Francisco, it's just apples to oranges.

833
00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,320
Speaker 1: San Francisco is one of my favorite stops I've ever

834
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: been to. I mean, McCovey cove right there. The fans

835
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,239
Speaker 1: get there early, the weather is always perfect, the atmosphere

836
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Speaker 1: is unbelievable. Uh, that is probably one of my favorites.

837
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 1: But Camden. You ask anybody player fan, anybody, they're gonna

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Speaker 1: say Camden, and I agree with that. That's a top one.

839
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:41,400
Speaker 1: So I would say it's Wrigly, Fenway, San Francisco, Camden,

840
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 1: And then I love Petco. San Diego is another one.

841
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:51,960
Speaker 1: Weather awesome, atmosphere, awesome, stadium, awesome, surrounding area awesome, and

842
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: the fans are really into it as well. I just

843
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: that's that's probably right up there for me, and then

844
00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:00,239
Speaker 1: honorable mention Truest. They killed it the break, I just

845
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 1: killed it. I landed it with Truist. That's one of

846
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: my favorite New ballparks and the whole battery area is

847
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 1: so cool. That's an honorable mention. But yeah, that's definitely

848
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: my top five. The reason why I haven't been to

849
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,799
Speaker 1: penc So I'm gonna put that out there. I'm going

850
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,720
Speaker 1: to Saint Louis for Pouhols's last game. Haven't been there yet.

851
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,359
Speaker 1: Those might bump one of the West Coast ones out,

852
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: but I haven't been to those two yet. For those

853
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,320
Speaker 1: who are like up in arms.

854
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:30,359
Speaker 4: Right now, that is a phenomenal tough five. Ye give

855
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 4: me your thoughts on Yankee Stadium in Cityfield, because we've

856
00:41:32,760 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 4: been there the most this year because we live in

857
00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 4: New York. So I've been to Yankee Stadium now fifteen times,

858
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,399
Speaker 4: and I've been to Cityfield. I think more than that.

859
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 4: I've been to so many Mets and I've been to

860
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:46,279
Speaker 4: so many Yankee games. I am biased. I worked for

861
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:50,800
Speaker 4: the Yankees for two years. I was through every single

862
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:52,920
Speaker 4: corner of the New York Yankees. I used to work

863
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 4: in the tours department. I was a nineteen year old intern.

864
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 4: I wasn't giving tours, but I was a tours intern

865
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:00,720
Speaker 4: in that front office where they can try all the tours,

866
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,799
Speaker 4: and I was in the business side of that. So

867
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 4: I've actually been to every single corner. I've been on

868
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:07,840
Speaker 4: the field. I've been in the dugout, I've been the

869
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:10,399
Speaker 4: highest level of Yankee Stadium all the way to the

870
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 4: basement of Yankee Stadium. So I'm biased there. The Yankees

871
00:42:14,200 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 4: makes my top five, even though it probably shouldn't, but

872
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 4: it's just because I'm biased. City Field, on the other side,

873
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 4: is a phenomenal station. On love of the food at

874
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:25,839
Speaker 4: City Field. I love the atmosphere at City Field, so

875
00:42:26,080 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 4: if I take my bias out of it, honestly, City

876
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:30,880
Speaker 4: Field might be better than Yankee Stadium, but my bias

877
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 4: puts the Yankees at number one.

878
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,719
Speaker 1: I appreciate your bias, though, There's dude, one of my

879
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:39,240
Speaker 1: favorite stadiums of all time is Pro Player, the shitty

880
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: football stadium the Marlins played in, because it's just that's

881
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,440
Speaker 1: where my memories are and that's it was a piece

882
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 1: of crap, but like it was my piece of crap

883
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,840
Speaker 1: and I loved going to the games there. The Bermuda

884
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: Triangle in center field, Like I just had all those

885
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: crappy memories that aren't just so awesome that that's why

886
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,359
Speaker 1: I love that ballpark. So I get that side of it.

887
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: My problem with Yankee Stadium is Yankee fans are some

888
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 1: of those pass out there. You sit in the outfield,

889
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: it is so awesome and intense, well until they take

890
00:43:05,520 --> 00:43:07,960
Speaker 1: it too far, but generally speaking, it is really awesome.

891
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,839
Speaker 1: It's just too corporate behind home plate. And I get it.

892
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 1: It's the Yankees, the biggest franchise in sports and like

893
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,879
Speaker 1: in North American sports, and that's why. But like there's

894
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: so many games where you just don't have that atmosphere

895
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: that you quite have at City because Yankee Stadium is

896
00:43:21,960 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: a bit more corporate, especially behind home plate. That's my

897
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:29,359
Speaker 1: only gripe with it. But I again, I with what

898
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 1: you you say, with your your experience, I totally get it.

899
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 4: And I sold season tickets for the Yankees, so I've

900
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,879
Speaker 4: been to every seat in Yankee Stadium. But I will

901
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:43,000
Speaker 4: say the best seat out a baseball game you sit

902
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:47,680
Speaker 4: in the Legends, which is it's like a five star meal.

903
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:52,440
Speaker 4: You go into the Yankee Stadium before the game, there's lobster,

904
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:56,399
Speaker 4: there's states as corporate as you could possibly there. There's

905
00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:00,120
Speaker 4: a full buffet and it's not just buffet sports. I

906
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:03,280
Speaker 4: mean it's it's a really good rush.

907
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:04,160
Speaker 1: Worth of food.

908
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:10,440
Speaker 4: Lobster, sushi, prime rib, every every kind of elegant food

909
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,280
Speaker 4: that you can imagine is down there in the Legends

910
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 4: undred dollars, both hundred dollars, the most expensive seats in baseball,

911
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 4: like by far cushion sea, because the fucking Yak drinks

912
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 4: exactly that the Yankees. That's the point. So I'm saying, like,

913
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 4: I get why they do it, but maybe the best

914
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:32,360
Speaker 4: overall ticket is Yankees, Red Sox and Legends by the

915
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:36,279
Speaker 4: whole plate where you get prime rib, lobster, sushi beforehand,

916
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,400
Speaker 4: with all the beer you could drink, and then the

917
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 4: cushion seat. That might be the best experience. But for

918
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 4: every other fan, because I've only got yeah, you and

919
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:48,360
Speaker 4: I community once, we ain't doing that regular to me

920
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 4: for my dad, like that ain't happening ever again unless

921
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 4: unless this podcast goes crazy. With that said, when you

922
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:56,680
Speaker 4: please give us a five star review on YouTube if

923
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:57,280
Speaker 4: you're watching.

924
00:44:57,080 --> 00:45:00,640
Speaker 1: It, we can get the next baseball game. I want to.

925
00:45:02,640 --> 00:45:06,360
Speaker 4: Please also, But so we're talking about the best experience,

926
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 4: it might be that, but the overall stadium atmosphere for

927
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 4: ninety nine point nine percent of all baseball fans, Yankee

928
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 4: Stadium doesn't make the top five for pretty much every

929
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,480
Speaker 4: other baseball fan except me because I'm biased.

930
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,879
Speaker 1: Yep, yeah, no, totally, totally. In Citi this year, it's

931
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:24,359
Speaker 1: been rocking. City's been awesome. This is another great one.

932
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:28,399
Speaker 1: What are your favorite playoff series of all time? Asked

933
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 1: by Andrew Starter on Instagram. I'm gonna start with my

934
00:45:32,719 --> 00:45:36,760
Speaker 1: favorite playoff series of all time twenty sixteen.

935
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:41,360
Speaker 4: The Cubs verse Indians. Doesn't get better than the Cubs

936
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:46,000
Speaker 4: ending the one hundred and eight year Billy Goat Drought.

937
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:49,719
Speaker 4: The funny thing is there was a three to one

938
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 4: lead by the Cleveland Indians at first, and then the

939
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 4: Cubs battled their way back. It wasn't just one of

940
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,640
Speaker 4: the best Game sevens I've ever seen in my entire life.

941
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:02,879
Speaker 4: First of all, I bet on the Cubs moneyline Game

942
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:05,439
Speaker 4: seven still to this day, the greatest bet I've ever made.

943
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,320
Speaker 4: Not because it hit, you know, I've had other bets

944
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,799
Speaker 4: that hit and other bets that lost. It was just

945
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 4: the best game ever. The Raji Davis tying it up off.

946
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: That was one of the that's one of the coolest

947
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 1: moments of all time, coolest moments, the hitable Chapman with

948
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,759
Speaker 1: Raj Davis choked up like a foot on the bat

949
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: and You're like, no shot, no shot, He's touching this

950
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 1: and boom. That's one of the most unbelievable baseball moments

951
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:33,839
Speaker 1: I've I've had because Davis wasn't a power hitter really

952
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: at all, and doing that to Chapman at like his

953
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:37,399
Speaker 1: peak was was.

954
00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:42,239
Speaker 4: Unbelievable, unbelievable. I have another one, and then I have

955
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 4: one that we never saw, but what seems to be

956
00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 4: historically one of the best playoffs series of all time.

957
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:51,680
Speaker 4: But give me your best playoff series that you've ever seen.

958
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,720
Speaker 1: Man, I mean that that obviously was one of them.

959
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:56,759
Speaker 1: I talked about like one game that we could go

960
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,200
Speaker 1: back in time and watch looking at that that Cardinals,

961
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 1: you know, unbelievable David Freese, you know, home run Game

962
00:47:04,360 --> 00:47:08,120
Speaker 1: six and We Will See You, which is the intro

963
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:15,200
Speaker 1: to this freaking podcast right that that series twenty eleven

964
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: I've probably remember just as vividly as anything, like what

965
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 1: the hell is Nelson crew still doing in the outfield

966
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:24,800
Speaker 1: right and that ball goes right right over his head.

967
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,640
Speaker 1: Just everything about that series to me, Like I obviously

968
00:47:29,680 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 1: we were well into being baseball fans then, but there

969
00:47:32,680 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 1: was just so much like down to the last out,

970
00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 1: down to the last strike, You're expecting it to be over,

971
00:47:38,239 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 1: and it just keeps going and keeps going, and then

972
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,879
Speaker 1: we got that bonus seventh game as well. Yeah, I'm

973
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 1: gonna go twenty eleven World Series for me, I don't

974
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 1: know if I can think of a more enjoyable and

975
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:53,120
Speaker 1: I would say just tense and stressful, even though I

976
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: didn't have a horse in the race. Besides, of course,

977
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: the Cubs World Series with victory will I think forever

978
00:47:58,080 --> 00:47:59,839
Speaker 1: be the most insane thing we've seen.

979
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 4: One of my first memories as a baseball fan. Two

980
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:09,440
Speaker 4: thousand and four, ALCS Yankees Red Sox. Yankees go up

981
00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:15,120
Speaker 4: three nothing. They asked Kevin Malar. Kevin Lar says, don't

982
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:18,880
Speaker 4: count us out. We got Pedro going Game five, we

983
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,040
Speaker 4: got Chilling going Game six, and anything could happen in

984
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 4: Game seven. Don't let us win tonight, and the Yankees

985
00:48:25,760 --> 00:48:29,040
Speaker 4: let them win in Game four. Then they win in

986
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:31,879
Speaker 4: Game five, then they win in Game six, then they

987
00:48:31,920 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 4: win in Game seven and crush the Yankees in Game seven.

988
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:40,799
Speaker 4: I remember, like, that's one of my first memories. I

989
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 4: was born in nineteen ninety seven. I was seven years old.

990
00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:46,359
Speaker 4: I mean you start making memories around when what you're

991
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:47,359
Speaker 4: five years old?

992
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:49,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I remember that three World Series for

993
00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:51,000
Speaker 1: the Marlins that much. I was six.

994
00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 4: I remember the TV. I remember Johnny Damon, I remember

995
00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:02,879
Speaker 4: that how crushing it was. But it's funny watching that documentary.

996
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:04,800
Speaker 4: Four Days in October is one of my favorite movies.

997
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:09,040
Speaker 4: That's pretty Yankees fan. I love that. It's that is

998
00:49:09,360 --> 00:49:14,879
Speaker 4: baseball in how can you not be romantic about baseball? Yeah?

999
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:17,799
Speaker 4: I mean the quote don't let us win tonight, we

1000
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:20,400
Speaker 4: got Pedro Game five, We've got chilling Game six, and

1001
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:24,360
Speaker 4: anything could happen Game seven. That is baseball. That anything

1002
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 4: could happen and you can never count us out. That

1003
00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:29,840
Speaker 4: is in my opinion. Although I wasn't you know, it

1004
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:33,600
Speaker 4: wasn't twenty sixteen where I remember every moment going back

1005
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 4: watching that, that seems like one of the great Playoffs

1006
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 4: series of all time. I have one more, Do you

1007
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 4: have anything else to add?

1008
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:42,080
Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean, I would have said, oh three if

1009
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:45,560
Speaker 1: I could freaking remember it, but I barely barely barely

1010
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: remember that. I was six man, like I fades in

1011
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:51,400
Speaker 1: and out. I probably would have said the cub series

1012
00:49:51,400 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 1: if I remember the Steve Barmin game, but I don't.

1013
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:56,280
Speaker 1: I can't pretend I do. I wish I did, because

1014
00:49:56,320 --> 00:50:01,240
Speaker 1: since then they've been absolutely atrocious. But now that's really

1015
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: the that's it that really comes off the top of

1016
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:06,960
Speaker 1: my head here. I do think that that Astros series

1017
00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: what year was excess respect. They've been in it so many,

1018
00:50:11,239 --> 00:50:14,040
Speaker 1: so many years. The Astros Dodgers where what was that

1019
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:17,879
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen where it was twenty nineteen home run after

1020
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:19,600
Speaker 1: home run after home run. I think the road team

1021
00:50:19,640 --> 00:50:22,840
Speaker 1: won all like seven times in that series. That was

1022
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:26,000
Speaker 1: a really fun postseason. The ratings were unbelievable. There was

1023
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:29,080
Speaker 1: just so much offense. I really enjoyed that. One obviously

1024
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:30,959
Speaker 1: doesn't hold a candle historically to some of the others.

1025
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 1: But and then obviously it got taken away for a

1026
00:50:33,400 --> 00:50:35,719
Speaker 1: lot of reasons by a lot of people based on

1027
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 1: what happened, and there's a big reason why we saw

1028
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,680
Speaker 1: that offense from the Astros. But there was It was

1029
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:41,799
Speaker 1: just a very fun series if you remove all of

1030
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:45,040
Speaker 1: the other implications as well, to watch at the.

1031
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 4: Time, and it does seem neither of us saw this one,

1032
00:50:48,360 --> 00:50:50,680
Speaker 4: so you know, we don't know every single detail, but

1033
00:50:50,719 --> 00:50:53,839
Speaker 4: one of the biggest details in world series history was

1034
00:50:54,239 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 4: it gets through Buckner the nineteen eighty six World Series

1035
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:01,840
Speaker 4: between the Red Sox and the Mets. I'm sure Mets

1036
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:04,319
Speaker 4: fans enjoy watching replays of.

1037
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:05,640
Speaker 1: Ray Knight play.

1038
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's literally all they do. And we've been hearing

1039
00:51:08,080 --> 00:51:08,800
Speaker 4: about it since.

1040
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:09,160
Speaker 1: You know.

1041
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 4: I saw a funny TikTok today. It was like Mets

1042
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,360
Speaker 4: fans yelling at Yankees, like, you guys haven't won a

1043
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,319
Speaker 4: World Series in two thousand and nine, and then a

1044
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:17,200
Speaker 4: Yankee fan calls back, It's like, you haven't.

1045
00:51:16,960 --> 00:51:20,960
Speaker 1: Won a World Series. It's the Soviet Union dissolved. It's

1046
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:21,760
Speaker 1: pretty crazy.

1047
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:27,600
Speaker 4: Eighty six eighty six next one, not as much of

1048
00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:29,680
Speaker 4: a banger, but still a player that I really do

1049
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 4: want to talk about because he could be a big

1050
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 4: cog for the Dodgers. What do you think about Trace Thompson?

1051
00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:38,640
Speaker 4: Is it sustainable success or more lightning in a bottle?

1052
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:42,360
Speaker 4: And should he start in the postseason over Bellinger asked

1053
00:51:42,360 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 4: by Smith b a ia D on Twitter, Our Guy

1054
00:51:46,200 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 4: Smith Smith by Ad Smith Byad This is a tough

1055
00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:56,439
Speaker 4: one because Trace Thompson came over to the Dodgers Klay

1056
00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:00,280
Speaker 4: Thompson's brother, Yeah, which is from cash consideration, the aren't

1057
00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 4: expecting much from him. But now he's got an eight

1058
00:52:02,600 --> 00:52:05,640
Speaker 4: sixty nine ohps arm. Now he looks like a much

1059
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:09,000
Speaker 4: better option than option than Cody Bellinger. But I still

1060
00:52:09,040 --> 00:52:12,480
Speaker 4: feel like when we go into the playoffs, the Dodgers

1061
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:17,040
Speaker 4: don't really need Thompson's bat. They more need Bellinger's defense.

1062
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:20,120
Speaker 4: I know it's funny to make fun of Cody Bellinger

1063
00:52:20,160 --> 00:52:22,920
Speaker 4: because he's not the MVP candidate anymore. You know, he

1064
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 4: was a slugger first baseman and now he's a field

1065
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:29,840
Speaker 4: first outfielder and a really good center fielder at that.

1066
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,800
Speaker 4: I think that's more important for the Dodgers than getting

1067
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:36,960
Speaker 4: some added offense from Trace Thompson. When you have the

1068
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 4: best offense already, and Trace Thompson can be used off

1069
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:42,919
Speaker 4: the bench in big spots, that's where he's best at.

1070
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:44,920
Speaker 4: I think that's what the Dodgers are going to go for.

1071
00:52:45,040 --> 00:52:47,000
Speaker 4: But that shouldn't take away from what we've seen from

1072
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:48,760
Speaker 4: Trace Thompson, which has been awesome.

1073
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:51,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, I will say, like there's spots where he can

1074
00:52:51,600 --> 00:52:53,200
Speaker 1: pinch hit. I think he's going to be a good

1075
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:57,800
Speaker 1: bench bat for them. I am sold on Trace Thompson

1076
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:00,640
Speaker 1: solidifying himself as a big leaguer in some right. This

1077
00:53:00,680 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 1: was fuddy that was bouncing around quadruple A guy made

1078
00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,759
Speaker 1: some adjustments to his swing, quieted the hands down a

1079
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:08,759
Speaker 1: little bit, and he's hitting the ball as hard as

1080
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:10,759
Speaker 1: he ever has. The power is crazy, He's going to

1081
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 1: strike out a bunch so and the defense is pretty solid.

1082
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:15,480
Speaker 1: He's a good athlete, just like his brother, can play

1083
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,759
Speaker 1: all three outfield spots. I think to answer the question

1084
00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 1: from the Trace Thompson perspective, I think he's solidified himself,

1085
00:53:22,200 --> 00:53:24,239
Speaker 1: whether it's with the Dodgers or somebody else, as a

1086
00:53:24,320 --> 00:53:27,759
Speaker 1: you know, solid bench bat, maybe platoon bat, fourth outfielder

1087
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,360
Speaker 1: with big time power that you know, I think can

1088
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 1: give you a little bit there. But when we're talking

1089
00:53:32,600 --> 00:53:35,320
Speaker 1: about Cody Bellinger, but you talk about the defense, you

1090
00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:36,840
Speaker 1: already hit on that he's one of the better defensive

1091
00:53:36,840 --> 00:53:40,279
Speaker 1: center fielders in baseball. But also, this guy's been there

1092
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 1: even when he's not good, he's clutched. Remember the three

1093
00:53:43,080 --> 00:53:45,640
Speaker 1: run shot last postseason. Remember what he did. He wasn't

1094
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:48,279
Speaker 1: good last regular season either, But guess what he was

1095
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:51,080
Speaker 1: good in the postseason. I mean, he was really solid.

1096
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:53,319
Speaker 1: You go all the way to this NLCS. He was

1097
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: one of their best hitters in that loss against the

1098
00:53:56,600 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 1: the Braves. He can play in the big spots. He's

1099
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:04,400
Speaker 1: comfortable in the big spots. And he earned himself the

1100
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:06,560
Speaker 1: opportunity to be the starter in the postseason after what

1101
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:08,840
Speaker 1: he did last year. I think he had twelve hits

1102
00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,000
Speaker 1: in the postseason last year, including a couple home runs.

1103
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,719
Speaker 1: He deserves an opportunity to give it another go. And

1104
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:16,680
Speaker 1: even if he doesn't hit, like you said, he's gonna

1105
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 1: play great defense and he always has that opportunity to

1106
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,400
Speaker 1: come up clutch, like he has so many times already

1107
00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:22,280
Speaker 1: in his career.

1108
00:54:22,920 --> 00:54:24,799
Speaker 4: In summary, the Dodgers are really good and it doesn't

1109
00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 4: really matter what they do. They're gonna use both of them.

1110
00:54:26,680 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 4: They're probably gonna.

1111
00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:29,400
Speaker 1: Win him ninth. Who cares, Yeah, it doesn't matter.

1112
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:34,560
Speaker 4: Assuming the season ended today, taking the playoff bracket into consideration,

1113
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 4: would you rather be the first or the third wild card?

1114
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:41,680
Speaker 4: Spot in the American League. So would you rather play

1115
00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 4: the AL Central winner on the road for three games

1116
00:54:44,920 --> 00:54:49,960
Speaker 4: and then the Yankees or secure a home playoff series.

1117
00:54:50,800 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 4: This is a fascinating question when it comes to where

1118
00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:58,000
Speaker 4: do you want to finish in the wild card? So

1119
00:54:58,160 --> 00:55:03,560
Speaker 4: Blue Jays fans raise fans, Orioles fans, Mariners fans? Would

1120
00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:08,520
Speaker 4: you rather face the ALE Central winner on the road,

1121
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:10,160
Speaker 4: which is going to be the Guardians of the Twins

1122
00:55:10,239 --> 00:55:14,480
Speaker 4: or somehow the White Sox or and then you would

1123
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:20,120
Speaker 4: probably go play the Yankees? Or would you rather face

1124
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:22,600
Speaker 4: the Astros And we.

1125
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,240
Speaker 1: Don't skip that, right, you got to face the Mariners

1126
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:26,520
Speaker 1: at home? Right exactly? Yeah?

1127
00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:31,080
Speaker 4: Excuse me, Well, it depends whoever's the first wildcard team.

1128
00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 4: That's why it's a little bit of a tricky one.

1129
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 4: But I don't know. Personally, I would rather face the

1130
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:40,840
Speaker 4: winner of the ALE Central to go play the Yankees,

1131
00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:44,239
Speaker 4: right now. That's where I lean. But where do you lean?

1132
00:55:44,440 --> 00:55:47,880
Speaker 1: Dude? If you get to face the Mariners and that

1133
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:50,720
Speaker 1: in a three game set and then go to Houston,

1134
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:54,480
Speaker 1: it's a nightmare, as an absolute nightmare because I know

1135
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:57,360
Speaker 1: your home versus away. I would way rather face the

1136
00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:00,320
Speaker 1: Guardians in a three gamer than the Mariners. What the

1137
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:03,360
Speaker 1: Guardians in pitching is their strength. Yes, but the Mariners

1138
00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:06,360
Speaker 1: three headed monster at the top right now is really scary.

1139
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:08,520
Speaker 1: And it might not even include Logan Gilbert. But you

1140
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:12,359
Speaker 1: got to deal with Luis Castillo, who's been phenomenal since

1141
00:56:12,360 --> 00:56:15,280
Speaker 1: the trade. Robbie Ray has looked like cy young Robbie

1142
00:56:15,320 --> 00:56:18,880
Speaker 1: Ray over much of the second half, and George Kirby

1143
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:23,399
Speaker 1: has been spectacular spectacular. Those three are terrifying. You might

1144
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,239
Speaker 1: not even make it to Game three, and we know

1145
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:27,239
Speaker 1: the offense is better than the Guardians, and then you

1146
00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 1: get through that, Okay, great, you got to go play Houston,

1147
00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:32,839
Speaker 1: who obviously looks a lot better than the Yankees right now.

1148
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:35,200
Speaker 1: I don't. I don't want it to be, you know,

1149
00:56:35,520 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 1: portrayed as like, oh, I want the Yankees in the postseason.

1150
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,719
Speaker 1: I don't. The Yankees are really freaking good. They're in

1151
00:56:40,719 --> 00:56:43,120
Speaker 1: a rough patch right now. It's obviously been really, really,

1152
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:45,120
Speaker 1: really bad second half. But I still don't want to

1153
00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:48,040
Speaker 1: face the Yankees in the postseason. But compared to the Astros,

1154
00:56:48,440 --> 00:56:50,680
Speaker 1: give me the Yankees, and then compared to the wild

1155
00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:52,719
Speaker 1: card teams, I don't think it's close I'd way rather

1156
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 1: play the Guardians.

1157
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:56,240
Speaker 4: I'm a Yankees fan, I would rather play the Astros.

1158
00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 4: Or I would rather play the Yankees if I'm an

1159
00:56:58,600 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 4: imposing team rather than play the Ashros. And then when

1160
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:03,399
Speaker 4: you're looking at the Mariners versut whatever winner you're gonna

1161
00:57:03,400 --> 00:57:05,920
Speaker 4: get from the AL Central, I'd rather take the Mariners.

1162
00:57:06,120 --> 00:57:10,080
Speaker 4: So both teams are better. I would rather face the

1163
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:12,200
Speaker 4: Yankees and the winner of the AL Central than the

1164
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:16,680
Speaker 4: Astros and the Mariners. Pretty straightforward there. This one is

1165
00:57:17,080 --> 00:57:22,080
Speaker 4: not as straightforward because any answer is correct if you're

1166
00:57:22,240 --> 00:57:25,840
Speaker 4: the If you're Michael Olias and can only keep Gunner

1167
00:57:25,880 --> 00:57:30,240
Speaker 4: Henderson or Grayson Rodriguez, who would you keep? Asked by

1168
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:35,040
Speaker 4: at Klein Schroeder on Twitter, This is about as good

1169
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:39,600
Speaker 4: as it gets. Gunner Henderson is the number one prospect

1170
00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:43,040
Speaker 4: or at least a top five prospect by every single publication.

1171
00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:45,160
Speaker 4: Watch out for the top one hundred coming here at

1172
00:57:45,200 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 4: just baseball dot com very soon. And then Grace Rodriguez

1173
00:57:48,080 --> 00:57:52,200
Speaker 4: is the number one pitching prospect by almost every single publication,

1174
00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:54,600
Speaker 4: and spoiler alert, I think he's going to be the

1175
00:57:54,720 --> 00:57:56,880
Speaker 4: number one pitching prospect on the Just.

1176
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:58,280
Speaker 1: You can spoil that one.

1177
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,240
Speaker 4: I think that's pretty obvious. Arm obsessed with Grace Rodriguez,

1178
00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:04,920
Speaker 4: and for good reason, we compared him to Walker Buehler.

1179
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:07,440
Speaker 4: When I asked Arm and Jack, who does Grace and

1180
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:10,480
Speaker 4: Rodriguez remind you of, they both thought to themselves, He's

1181
00:58:10,520 --> 00:58:14,440
Speaker 4: like a bigger Bueler, which is incredible. But then Gunner Henderson,

1182
00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 4: already at twenty one years old, looks incredible and can

1183
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:23,560
Speaker 4: play shortstop or third base, very similar to the Michael

1184
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:28,439
Speaker 4: Harris Streyder conversation. But I think there's a very real

1185
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:31,720
Speaker 4: opportunity that Gunner Henderson is better than Michael Harris and

1186
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:34,600
Speaker 4: Grace and Rodriguez could somehow be better than Spencer Streider,

1187
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 4: even though Schreider has been one of the best pitchers,

1188
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:39,919
Speaker 4: not only of the rookies, in all of baseball this year. Yeah, Arm,

1189
00:58:39,960 --> 00:58:43,440
Speaker 4: I'm gonna throw this over to you because I don't

1190
00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:46,960
Speaker 4: really have a good answer here. I would lean Gunner

1191
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:50,640
Speaker 4: Henderson just because Gunner Henderson is doing it already and

1192
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,000
Speaker 4: give me, I guess the position player because I don't

1193
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:55,680
Speaker 4: truly know what I'm gonna get from Grayson yet. But

1194
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,840
Speaker 4: that's the only reason I'm saying Gunner, you could go

1195
00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:00,320
Speaker 4: either way, So who would you rather take?

1196
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:05,680
Speaker 1: So given this the state of the Orioles, you got

1197
00:59:05,720 --> 00:59:07,960
Speaker 1: to clutch on the Grayson Rodriguez for a dear life.

1198
00:59:08,040 --> 00:59:11,080
Speaker 1: I think like if the drop off from Grayson Rodriguez

1199
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:15,000
Speaker 1: to any other young pitcher in their system is so dramatic,

1200
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:20,040
Speaker 1: and Grayson Rodriguez before he went down this year, I

1201
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:23,680
Speaker 1: mean just ridiculous numbers, and at every stop in the

1202
00:59:23,720 --> 00:59:26,880
Speaker 1: minor leagues, ridiculous numbers. I don't think he's ever had

1203
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:30,360
Speaker 1: an ERA over two six or even lower than that,

1204
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:31,800
Speaker 1: over the course of a whole season. I don't think

1205
00:59:31,800 --> 00:59:35,360
Speaker 1: he's never had an the ra what sorry, what is that?

1206
00:59:36,000 --> 00:59:39,120
Speaker 1: Just a freak? You'll see our pitch grades, but I'll

1207
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:42,160
Speaker 1: just talk about Fangrafts real quick. Fangrafts gives his fastball

1208
00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:45,240
Speaker 1: a seventy, his slider is seventy, his curveball is sixty,

1209
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:47,680
Speaker 1: his change up in eighty, and his cutter is sixty

1210
00:59:47,760 --> 00:59:51,760
Speaker 1: and his command to fifty. That sounds like an alien.

1211
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 1: But I love Gunner Henderson, I really do. But you

1212
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:58,600
Speaker 1: look at what they have right now. They have not

1213
00:59:58,640 --> 01:00:00,760
Speaker 1: nearly as good as him. But Jordan Berg's a really

1214
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:03,680
Speaker 1: solid prospect that that can you know anchor the left

1215
01:00:03,680 --> 01:00:06,320
Speaker 1: side of the infield. They've got a bunch of other infielders.

1216
01:00:06,600 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 1: The drop off is not as dramatic as like Grayson

1217
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,040
Speaker 1: Rodriguez to whoever else you want to pick in their system,

1218
01:00:12,280 --> 01:00:15,720
Speaker 1: and they're so desperate for arms. I think Grayson Rodriguez

1219
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:19,120
Speaker 1: instantly becomes their ace next year. Grayson Rodriguez legitimately could

1220
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:20,680
Speaker 1: be the first. I don't know if they'll do it,

1221
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:23,440
Speaker 1: but one of the first rookies I can remember in

1222
01:00:23,480 --> 01:00:25,680
Speaker 1: a while who could make his big league debut on

1223
01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:28,680
Speaker 1: opening Day. Like, he could be their opening day starter

1224
01:00:28,720 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 1: as a rookie if he doesn't get up caught up

1225
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:32,560
Speaker 1: this year, which I don't think he will. H could

1226
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:34,680
Speaker 1: you imagine that, like your opening day starter is making

1227
01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:36,200
Speaker 1: his big league debut. I don't know if they'll do

1228
01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:37,920
Speaker 1: that to him, but like he's that much better than

1229
01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:39,600
Speaker 1: I think everybody else on their staff presently.

1230
01:00:40,160 --> 01:00:44,640
Speaker 4: That's incredible. That's incredible. All right, let's move on. So

1231
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:50,919
Speaker 4: the answer for the Orioles is Grayson Rodriguez. But let's

1232
01:00:51,040 --> 01:00:53,720
Speaker 4: take that out for a second. Let's just take that

1233
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:56,320
Speaker 4: out because we can't really take it out because it

1234
01:00:56,440 --> 01:01:00,080
Speaker 4: is the Orioles, And the question was, if you're Elias,

1235
01:01:00,160 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 4: who would you rather take for the Oriole's sake? But

1236
01:01:03,560 --> 01:01:06,800
Speaker 4: I guess when you're ranking prospects or should we leave

1237
01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:08,600
Speaker 4: that up for the top one hundred for you to

1238
01:01:08,600 --> 01:01:10,720
Speaker 4: find out, which I'm also okay with. I'm also okay

1239
01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:14,160
Speaker 4: with that.

1240
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 1: It's really tough because depending on Grayson's health, that's going

1241
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:21,200
Speaker 1: to be an impact on how these guys kind of

1242
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:25,560
Speaker 1: stack up. Grayson just made his return recently. Last thing

1243
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:28,160
Speaker 1: I'll say on Grayson Henri guess he spitched already across

1244
01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:30,120
Speaker 1: three like every level he started get up at Triple

1245
01:01:30,160 --> 01:01:33,840
Speaker 1: A twenty two years old. Opponents in their career and

1246
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:35,360
Speaker 1: in his career in the minor leagues are hitting one

1247
01:01:35,480 --> 01:01:38,680
Speaker 1: seventy against him two three three, ERA two four eight five,

1248
01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:42,480
Speaker 1: thirty six percent k rate, eight percent walk rate. He's

1249
01:01:42,520 --> 01:01:45,640
Speaker 1: six foot five, two hundred and twenty pounds, and he

1250
01:01:45,680 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 1: has four technically five pitches.

1251
01:01:48,400 --> 01:01:50,400
Speaker 4: Stay tuned for the top one hundred. Drop in here

1252
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:53,080
Speaker 4: soon on just Baseball dot Com. Last question, and this

1253
01:01:53,160 --> 01:01:55,480
Speaker 4: is another really good one. If you had to give

1254
01:01:55,560 --> 01:02:00,000
Speaker 4: Alec Manoah a contract today, what would it look like?

1255
01:02:00,240 --> 01:02:04,600
Speaker 4: Asked by at Daniel Andy zero five. Well, I can

1256
01:02:04,720 --> 01:02:09,200
Speaker 4: say one thing, the Blue Jays may be slightly scared

1257
01:02:09,240 --> 01:02:12,240
Speaker 4: to give big time pitching pitching deals because they got

1258
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,800
Speaker 4: burned by Jose Burrios. But on the same side, Kevin

1259
01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:17,520
Speaker 4: Gosman has been a really good addition that looks like

1260
01:02:17,560 --> 01:02:20,360
Speaker 4: a very solid contract looking at five years around one

1261
01:02:20,440 --> 01:02:23,680
Speaker 4: hundred million. Kevin Gosman has been one of the best

1262
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:25,320
Speaker 4: pitchers on the Blue Jays this year, but maybe the

1263
01:02:25,360 --> 01:02:28,880
Speaker 4: best pitcher overall on the Blue Jays is Alec Monoa.

1264
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:32,880
Speaker 4: Arm If you are the GM of the Toronto Blue

1265
01:02:32,920 --> 01:02:37,600
Speaker 4: Jays and you have to for some reason extend Alec

1266
01:02:37,720 --> 01:02:41,080
Speaker 4: Manoa today, which you definitely do not have to, and

1267
01:02:41,120 --> 01:02:43,160
Speaker 4: I don't think that the Blue Jays are going to

1268
01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:47,200
Speaker 4: be doing that anytime soon. But what would you give

1269
01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 4: the six six, two and eighty pound twenty four year

1270
01:02:51,040 --> 01:02:55,200
Speaker 4: old who's got a two four to eight ERA this season.

1271
01:02:55,720 --> 01:02:59,280
Speaker 1: Se he's so good. I will start with I would

1272
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:01,400
Speaker 1: definitely wait it out a little bit, you know, like

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Speaker 1: the way the Marlins weighed. I know Sandy Contra wasn't

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Speaker 1: as good when he signed the deal. I think this

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Speaker 1: has been his big breakout year. But also you kind

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Speaker 1: of want to leverage those arbitration years, you know, once

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Speaker 1: you're in like that first year at arbitration, because right

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Speaker 1: now he has five years of control still, so it's

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Speaker 1: team control, team control. He doesn't hit arbitration till twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty five, so theoretically speaking, I would ride it out

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Speaker 1: for another two years. But to answer the question, we

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Speaker 1: have never really seen a long term picture contract this young,

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Speaker 1: so it's really tough. I think something along the lines

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Speaker 1: because you have to also acknowledge that the early early

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Speaker 1: years of team control are going to be really cheap.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Ronald Acunya made a million dollars first year

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Speaker 1: that contract, then five and then like five again. I

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Speaker 1: think Michael Harris is like five and five again. I

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Speaker 1: think something around along the lines of like eight years,

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Speaker 1: one hundred and forty million is what I was thinking.

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Speaker 1: Because it's going to be cheap on the front end,

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Speaker 1: you got three extra years on the back end, and

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Speaker 1: you got to pay him a little bit on the

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Speaker 1: back end, but it'll be affordable for you. That's a

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Speaker 1: big leap if you're the Blue Jays. But now you

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Speaker 1: got one of the best young pitchers in baseball locked

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Speaker 1: up till he's thirty two, and he's big. He looks durable.

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Speaker 1: That's probably what i'd be around his eight years one forty.

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Speaker 4: Eight years one forty sounds good to me. But Blue

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Speaker 4: Jays they're not going to do it anytime too, because

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Speaker 4: they don't need to do it anytime soon. If they

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Speaker 4: want to, they can, because there's not many better young

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Speaker 4: pitchers in baseball that I think we're pretty sold on

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Speaker 4: with Alec Manoa at this point. I mean, it's hard

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Speaker 4: to find a guy that throws as hard as he

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Speaker 4: does but doesn't give up hard contact at all against strike,

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Speaker 4: throws so many strikes, he's in the seventy seventh percentile

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Speaker 4: and walk rate. I just think it's incredible that he's

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Speaker 4: in the ninety third percent tile and hard hit rate

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Speaker 4: and he's got almost a forty percent ground ball rate.

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Speaker 4: Every single one of his pitches when you're looking at

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Speaker 4: a four seam, slider, sinker, change up, all are fantastic.

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Speaker 4: Alec Manoa is one of the better pitchers in the

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Speaker 4: American League at the age of twenty four. Anything else

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Speaker 4: on Alec bno before we say goodbye.

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Speaker 1: I it's one of my favorite pictures. I'm so excited

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Speaker 1: to watch him throw in the postseason, potentially because of

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Speaker 1: the way he is such a competitor, he is going

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Speaker 1: to be a blast to watch on the big stage.

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Speaker 4: And that'll do it for this mail bag episode. Thank

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Speaker 4: you guys all for asking all of these questions.

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Speaker 1: Again.

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Speaker 4: in and then we answer them, of course on this

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Speaker 4: back tomorrow. We'll be back Friday. We're going to be

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Speaker 4: covering all of baseball of course over the last month

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Speaker 4: of September and the postseason, but also Arms covering more

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Speaker 4: in depth prospects on the Call Up podcast. That is

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Speaker 4: what you can find search the Call Up to hear ARM.

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Speaker 4: Also Jack joins to talk more about MLB prospects and

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Speaker 4: for all of our football fans that are listening and

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Speaker 4: all of our gambling fans. We also I'm a host

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Speaker 4: a show called Not Gambling Advice where I just had

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Speaker 4: on any fans who found us on TikTok theo Ash

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Speaker 4: Matthew Spawn hour of the Stay Hot podcast that is

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Speaker 4: also available on Not Gambling Advice in part two as

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Speaker 4: you're listening to this right now, will also be available.

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Speaker 4: That's a full NFL preview, two part episodes. It's over

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Speaker 4: three hours long. And then also those are the daily

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Speaker 4: MLB best bets. Plenty of information on there, and then

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Speaker 4: I will be betting every Thursday, Saturday, Sunday on the

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Speaker 4: podcast as well as using prize picks in order to

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Speaker 4: I think we're done on them.

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Speaker 1: Yep. Brewers Top ten is out on just baseball dot

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Speaker 1: com and that's it for me.

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Speaker 4: With that, thank you everybody,