1 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory. 2 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm Chandler Rome, wishing you a very happy Father's Day 3 00:00:13,039 --> 00:00:14,880 Speaker 1: to all the fathers out there that listen to us. 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: Happy Father's Day to Josh Reddick and Tyler Stafford, my 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: esteemed co hosts, who I decided to give the ultimate 6 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 1: Father's Day present too. They do not have to deal 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,159 Speaker 1: with me today, So you're flying solo with me on 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: this Father's Day to discuss the Astros sweeping the Twins 9 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: in one of the more remarkable series. I think you'll 10 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 1: see this. You will have seen this team play in 11 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 1: the last couple of years, just given all the circumstances 12 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: around it. Who didn't play the way in which they 13 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: won these games. I don't want to come here and 14 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: say that a sweep on June, you know, thirteenth through 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: the fifteenth was some season changing thing. But but something 16 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:58,080 Speaker 1: about this weekend and the way the Astros did this 17 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: starts to give you the feat feeling that there's something 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: here that there that there's something special with this club. 19 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: And you certainly don't want to overreact to, Like I said, 20 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: what this let's let's call this what this is they 21 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: swept a team that is about their level. The Twins 22 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: are right about the middle of the American League, challenging 23 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 1: for the couple of those wild card spots in the Central, 24 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: among those kind of mid teams in the Central. And 25 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:26,040 Speaker 1: they had right at the same record as the Astros 26 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: when they came into Dike and Park, and the Astros 27 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: just with a skeleton crew of guys that you know, 28 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 1: I wrote this earlier after the game today. In spring training, 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:40,399 Speaker 1: you know, it's a team's job to think about every 30 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: possible way a season could go, every possible way a 31 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: lineup could be configured, or every possible guy in Triple 32 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: A that they could need to play. And as part 33 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: of this, you have to consider everything and eliminate nothing 34 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 1: like the good front offices do that. Like they they 35 00:01:57,120 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: consider every contingency, every possibility, every awful thing that could happen, 36 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: or every good player development success story that could happen 37 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: that could force their hand. They have to consider that 38 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 1: all in spring training when thinking about the season, I 39 00:02:12,160 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: think you'd be hard pressed to find anyone in the 40 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 1: Astros infrastructure that would have told you about the lineup 41 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 1: that they ran out today or about the situation they're 42 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:26,119 Speaker 1: in and the fact that they'd be thriving. This team 43 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 1: has won five in a row, they've won eleven of 44 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: their last fourteen, and they are playing. It's not they're 45 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 1: not hitting the ball out of the ballpark. They haven't 46 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: had an extra base hit since Friday. They went two 47 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: games without getting an extra base hit and somehow managed 48 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 1: to still win. This is a team that's doing it 49 00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: in a lot of different ways. First and foremost is 50 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: they are pitching incredibly well. They continue the bullpen continues 51 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: to be perhaps the strength of this team that no 52 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 1: one talks about a ton. Brandon Walter made his third 53 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 1: start as an astro today against the Twins. Struck out nine, 54 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: gave a one run across six and two thirds innings. 55 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 1: And then they bring in the quote unquote lower leverage 56 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: guys and Sean Dubin Bennett SUSA. They keep the game 57 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,720 Speaker 1: at one to nothing. They put the ball in play 58 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: in the ninth inning. Jeremy Panna draws a walk Jose 59 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: al Tuve. All he does is put the ball in 60 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: play against Duran. The Twins closer puts the ball in 61 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:24,239 Speaker 1: play infield single add in there, the Jeremy Panna stole 62 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 1: second base with some aggressive base running sacrifice fly from 63 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 1: Victor Karattini, the cleanup man, who was three in a 64 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: three for thirty two Funk entering today. So again, it 65 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: should not be happening like this, Like you shouldn't run 66 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: out a lineup like the Ashers ran out today hitting 67 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: your backup catcher, cleanup who is in a three for 68 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: thirty two funk, having Cooper Hummel and lewiski Orme hitting 69 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: seventh and ninth in this batting order and still managed 70 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: to eke out a win like that. It is. It 71 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,240 Speaker 1: is a testament to a lot of different things. It 72 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: seems like every year we kind of ask ourselves, how 73 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: are the Astros doing this? Like how do they keep 74 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: doing this? And it's a question. I've covered this team 75 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: for eight years and it's a question that I even 76 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: struggle to answer. Is someone that watches it on a 77 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 1: daily basis, Because as we have talked about, superstars have 78 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: come and gone very frequently in this era. You saw 79 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:23,679 Speaker 1: one of them this weekend with Carlos Correa. They seem 80 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: to shed names, they seem to shed faces. Guys get injured, 81 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: and Alvarez is on the injured list. Isak Paratus continues 82 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: to be unavailable with his hamstring injury. They've got three 83 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: fifths of their season opening rotation on the injured list. 84 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: Two of those guys are out for the year, and 85 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: they're playing their best stretch of baseball that we have 86 00:04:43,040 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: seen them play all year. They are four games behind 87 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: the Detroit Tigers for the American League's best record, which 88 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:53,039 Speaker 1: is something that I don't think even the Astros fan 89 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 1: that sees everything through the most orange and blue glasses 90 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: could have fathomed at this point, given everything they have 91 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 1: been through with injuries, given the stuff they did in 92 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: the winter, with trading Kyle Tucker away, with letting Alex 93 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 1: Bregman sign with the Boston Red Sox, I think people 94 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 1: thought this team would would remain relevant obviously and would 95 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: contend for a playoff spot. I don't and contend for 96 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,320 Speaker 1: a division title in the American League West, which is 97 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,479 Speaker 1: proving itself to be a pretty mediocre division. But I 98 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 1: think if you'd have told anyone that this team had 99 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 1: a legitimate shot at at chasing down the best record 100 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: in the American League, I don't think anyone would have 101 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: believed you, to be quite honest with you, But that's 102 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:35,239 Speaker 1: where the Astros sit. They head on a road trip 103 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 1: now to Sacramento for four games to play a very 104 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: not good Oakland A's team, and then they go to 105 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 1: they go to Anaheim and play the play the Angels 106 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:47,599 Speaker 1: who have been playing better lately. But again this shows 107 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,159 Speaker 1: you they have a stretch now, or they can even 108 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:52,920 Speaker 1: extend this a little further. They can extend their their 109 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: division lead, they can keep You know, if you're going 110 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: into a road trip with such a beaten up roster, 111 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: these are probably the two teams you want to see 112 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: on this road trip with a beaten up roster, two 113 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: teams that certainly have not had the starts to their 114 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: years that they want. But it is a testament I think, 115 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: and talking to players after the game in the Astros clubhouse, 116 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: it's a testament to the culture. And it's one of 117 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 1: these things that is unquantifiable, like I can't point to 118 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: a number on a spreadsheet, I can't point to one 119 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 1: single thing as to what makes it that way. But 120 00:06:26,279 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: they just they just have a culture. That Josh Hater 121 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 1: said after the game, it's become a turnkey operation that 122 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: the Astros can It doesn't matter who comes up. It 123 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 1: doesn't matter who is pitching, who is in the lineup, 124 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: who's hitting where. It just seems that they find ways 125 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: to make it work. And I know that's not the 126 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 1: answer that is going to you know, and it's not 127 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,640 Speaker 1: like maybe the answer that is going to be the 128 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: most like analytical or something that is the most And 129 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:57,720 Speaker 1: I it's hard for me to even explain it, to 130 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: be honest with you, because it is hard to it's 131 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: hard to look at the roster, the active roster that 132 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: this team has and think, man, this team is uh, 133 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: this team is close to having the best record in 134 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:11,280 Speaker 1: the American League. It's really stunning. And and this weekend 135 00:07:11,280 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: against Minnesota, I don't know why, this weekend kind of 136 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: stood out to me as the one that really really 137 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: made me think that that maybe maybe something uh maybe 138 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: there's something brewing with this club that is a little 139 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: more special than maybe we thought. And you know, they've 140 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: always had the talent they've had, you know, they've they've 141 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 1: still got Jose Al Tuve, They've got Jeremy Pania playing 142 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: at a superstar level Estcoc Paradis before he left, before 143 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: he strained his hamstring, was pitching at an all star 144 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: level they've excuse me, it was hitting at an all 145 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: star level. If Estoc Paradis was pitching, that would have 146 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: been Ah, that would have been quite the quite the 147 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 1: story that I missed. But on the pitching staff, they've 148 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,560 Speaker 1: got perhaps the best one two combo atop the rotation 149 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: in baseball and Hunter Brown and fromer Veldez, they've got 150 00:07:54,560 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: a back end of the bullpen and Brian abrad you 151 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: and Josh Hater that is as locked down as any bullpen. 152 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: And so it's not as if this is a ragtag 153 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 1: team of nobody's that's overperforming and has a bunch of 154 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 1: pluck and grit. I mean, this is a large payroll, 155 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 1: this is a team that has a lot of recognizable names. 156 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,040 Speaker 1: But they're getting contributions from guys that maybe he didn't 157 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: expect before the season. And it's certainly something to behold 158 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: and it's something that the Ashers have to hope continue 159 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 1: because jord And Alvarez still is not swinging a bat yet. 160 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: Essak paratus I would be stunned if they fast play him. 161 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,320 Speaker 1: He's not on the injured list, but there's no reason 162 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: to rush him back where they're at right now. You know, 163 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: the two of the five starters that are on the 164 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,679 Speaker 1: injured list aren't coming back this season. Spencer Araghetti probably 165 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: won't be back until maybe right at the All Star break, 166 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: maybe even after the All Star breaks. So they're at 167 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: a situation now where this is going to be the 168 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: roster that they're going with for a little while. And look, 169 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:57,319 Speaker 1: some of this is luck, some of it is fortune baseball. 170 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,840 Speaker 1: Fortune always does seem to turn. There's going to be 171 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,199 Speaker 1: times where it's not going to look and feel as 172 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: rosy as this, where every breaks seemed to have been 173 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,200 Speaker 1: going their way every time they put a ball in play. 174 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: It seems to have some eyes. Cam Smith's walk off 175 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: single against Duran on Saturday just a four hop ground 176 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: ball that he hit in the right place. But you 177 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: know what, he went up there ready to swing, which 178 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,800 Speaker 1: is something that we haven't seen from Cam Smith. He's 179 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: been very passive. They've encouraged him to be more aggressive 180 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,199 Speaker 1: early in counts. He was got a pitch he could handle, 181 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 1: put it in play. Jose Al twov today against Duran 182 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: as well in the tent, in the in the night 183 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: and the tenth theenning, excuse me earn the ninth then 184 00:09:35,640 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: and tie the game up. You know, all he does 185 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 1: puts a ball in play, it's a four hopper to 186 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: Carlo's Korea. Jose al Twove at thirty five can still 187 00:09:43,840 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: gun it down the line. Carlos Korea has a great arm. 188 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: Threw the heck out of that ball, but Altove beat 189 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: it by a couple of steps. Things work when you 190 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: put the ball in play, and that's one thing that 191 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: this lineup has shown that it is capable of doing. 192 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,200 Speaker 1: It's one thing that's been a hallmark of the Astros 193 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: their entire golden air, is they do put the ball 194 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: in play. They swing early incounts, They swing early incounts. 195 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,600 Speaker 1: Today they don't see a ton of pitches, they haven't 196 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 1: seen a ton of pitches recently. 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He was having perhaps his best 227 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,199 Speaker 1: game as a major leaguer on Friday, hit his first 228 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:39,560 Speaker 1: extra base hit, a ringing triple off of the Astros 229 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: bullpen in right center field, had another two run single, 230 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: had a nice couple catches in the outfield, and then 231 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: on of all things, a Willie Cashtrow home run that 232 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: Jacob Melton could not catch. Jacob Melton turned around to 233 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: see where the ball was going in flight. Once he 234 00:11:58,800 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: realized he could not catch the baseball, he tried to 235 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: position himself near the Crawford boxes to play the krem 236 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: that he thought was going to come and took a 237 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: step to position himself, stepped on his ankle the wrong 238 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: way and has a sprain that general manager that general 239 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: manager Dana Brown said on Sunday will keep him out 240 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 1: at least four weeks, which there were some people on 241 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 1: social media that wondered why why an ankle sprain was 242 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: going to keep Jacob Melton out for four weeks. If 243 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: you watch the NFL at any point, running backs get 244 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: ankle sprains all the time and it's a two to 245 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,719 Speaker 1: three week recovery process. I'm not sure if this is 246 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 1: a high ankle sprain or a low ankle sprain, knowing 247 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: the Astros medical staff will probably never know that, but 248 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: high ankle sprains are generally more difficult to overcome the 249 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:53,319 Speaker 1: low ankle sprains if consuming enough. NFL has taught me 250 00:12:53,360 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: anything that that seems to be the case, So in 251 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: any regard, it's a it's a terrible break for Jacob Melton, 252 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 1: who and I wrote this on Friday night, kind of 253 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: personified the Astros season to this point. They had won 254 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,960 Speaker 1: that they won that game ten to three, just completely 255 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:13,880 Speaker 1: demolished the Twins. Jacob Melton had, as we said, had 256 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 1: the best game of his major league career, and he's 257 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 1: in the clubhouse after the game and he can barely 258 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,480 Speaker 1: walk like he is. It was a struggle for him 259 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: to walk the fifteen feet he had to get to 260 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: his locker where he did a postgame interview with us 261 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: and was very gracious with his time, and when the 262 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: question should have been about, hey, that's the best contact 263 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 1: you've made all in your major league career with that triple, 264 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:38,199 Speaker 1: Like how do you think you're breaking through? It should 265 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: have been a very positive interview, right, It should have 266 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,880 Speaker 1: been one to celebrate, and instead all of the questions 267 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: were about his ankle, which is gonna It's gonna keep 268 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 1: him sidelined for the foreseeable future. And it's a tough 269 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: break for Melton, who came into big league camp and 270 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 1: could have won a spot on this roster in big 271 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: league camp had he shown out and had he performed, 272 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: but had came to camp with the back injury, didn't 273 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: play a ton in grape Fruit League play, got sent 274 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 1: out to minor league camp very early because of that injury, 275 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: because they wanted to rehab him and make sure he 276 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 1: was right. Then he gets to Triple A to start 277 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 1: his season. Has a growing issue. Pops up has to 278 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: kind of be monitored in how much he plays, and 279 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: even when the Astros called him up out of nothing 280 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,000 Speaker 1: but sheer necessity, because Jordan Alvarez was hurt, Zach Desenzo 281 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: got hurt, Chas McCormick got hurt, they had to call 282 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 1: Jacob Melton up probably before they wanted to, and they 283 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 1: were still going to progress him as if he was 284 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: only playing on a gradual build up, right, They only 285 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: wanted him to play three or four games, and even 286 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: trying to do that, they still can't avoid a freak 287 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: injury with Jacob Melton, who, if Dana Brown's timeline is 288 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: to be believed in taking at face value, doesn't sound 289 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,480 Speaker 1: like we'll see him until maybe right before the All 290 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: Star break. And with the way these things go and 291 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: having to run and really rehab this thing could be 292 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 1: till after the All Star or break for Jacob Melton, 293 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: who was making a really good impression. I know we 294 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: talked about Tyler and I had talked about Melton on 295 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 1: the pod a little bit before when he came up 296 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: that the bats didn't look like someone that was three 297 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: for twenty with eight punchouts when we were talking about him. 298 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: Since then, he's gonna sit seven for twenty nine twelve strikeouts. 299 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 1: But again, you looked at the athleticism, You looked at 300 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: how he played the outfield. You looked at some of 301 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: the contacts he was making after his first kind of 302 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 1: round in the first few days, after the whirlwinds settled 303 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 1: down and he was able to settle in and adjust 304 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: a little bit, he was impressing some people. He was 305 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 1: turning some heads, and it was making people wonder, did 306 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 1: the Ashers really need to go get a left handed 307 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,880 Speaker 1: bat at the deadline, because maybe Jacob Melton can be 308 00:15:47,040 --> 00:15:50,160 Speaker 1: that guy, whether it is in a regular role or 309 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: in a platoon situation in the outfield with Cam Smith 310 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: or Jake Myers or whoever's going to play left field. 311 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: It could have been a platoon thing. It Jacob Elton 312 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 1: was on his way, I believe, to kind of solving 313 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: the Astros left handed hitting issues, their lack of balance. 314 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: Dana Brown said as much on the Ashers pregame show 315 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: today that they really thought that they had found something, 316 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,920 Speaker 1: that he had this runway, and that he was seizing 317 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 1: it and going to run with it and really become 318 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: a guy that they could count on. So that won't 319 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:24,240 Speaker 1: happen for Jacob Melton at least right now, which is 320 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: a tough pill to swallow for a guy that has 321 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: been through a lot. He's been through a lot of 322 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: injuries in his career. He's been through a lot since 323 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: he's gotten into the system. So trust me when I 324 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:36,800 Speaker 1: tell you this is a rough ankle sprain for him. 325 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: He was wearing a walking boot on Sunday in the clubhouse, 326 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: and even in the walking boot, did not look comfortable 327 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: walking at all, could barely put any weight on it. 328 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: On Friday. This is not your run of the mill 329 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 1: ankle sprain that you can maybe like just limp a 330 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,560 Speaker 1: little bit and work through it in a couple days. 331 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: This looks pretty serious, and as evidence by the timeline 332 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,160 Speaker 1: that Dana Brown gave, astros are going to be down 333 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: Jacob Melton, they are still down Zach Dezenzo, who will 334 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 1: get another image on his hand done at the beginning 335 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: of this coming week. So I'm recording this on a 336 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,399 Speaker 1: Sunday night. I believe he'll have the re imaging on 337 00:17:13,440 --> 00:17:16,800 Speaker 1: his hand done on Monday or Tuesday, and depending on 338 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:19,240 Speaker 1: what that image shows, he could begin to pick up 339 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 1: a bat, could begin to swing. Jordan Alvarez still has 340 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 1: not picked up a bat, still has not swung, So 341 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,400 Speaker 1: until he does that, there really isn't much I can 342 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: tell you in terms of you know what's next, or 343 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 1: how do they what a timeline is, or how do 344 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 1: they move forward. He's doing some baseball activities. He's running, 345 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 1: he's doing some calistenics, and right field, he has caught 346 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 1: some flyballs and left field and thrown a little bit. 347 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: But again, he was doing all of this three weeks 348 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,760 Speaker 1: ago when we thought it was just a muscle strain 349 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 1: in his hand. Until he picks up a bat and 350 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,040 Speaker 1: starts to swing and starts to hit. It's not worth, 351 00:17:56,320 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 1: you know, discussing a timeline. So he is. I don't 352 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: I don't believe he's going to go on this road 353 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: trip with the ashes, which means he certainly won't be 354 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: activated on this road trip. And once you get past 355 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: this road trip, there's only a couple weeks left in June. 356 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,840 Speaker 1: You could be looking at another lost month for Jordan Alvarez. 357 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: And you do wonder as the days grow and as 358 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: he's not swinging well, they need to send him on 359 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,800 Speaker 1: a rehab assignment. I know that that's not something they 360 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: wanted to do the first time he got injured, and 361 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: that's why they brought the lot of the minor league 362 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:28,679 Speaker 1: pitchers into dike In Parks so he could throw, he 363 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: could take some live batting practice off of them. They 364 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: may do that again, but he's now gone almost too 365 00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 1: almost a month and a half without seeing any sort 366 00:18:39,160 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: of live pitching, any sort of high velocity. I would 367 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: imagine that they may. It may they may be forced 368 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: into sending him on a minor league rehabit ssignment just 369 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 1: to get some at bats, just to see how the 370 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,199 Speaker 1: hand reacts, because at this point I think they have 371 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:56,520 Speaker 1: to be overcautious as opposed to, you know, doing some things, 372 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: maybe letting things slide, or seeing how things work, or 373 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: doing experiments like no, like this has already reached a 374 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 1: point where they've looked pretty bad in this process. They 375 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: want to be over protective here. They want to be 376 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,320 Speaker 1: pretty pretty sure that he has healed before he comes back. 377 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: The guy that seems the closest to me to coming 378 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 1: back as Chas McCormick, who has swung a couple of times. 379 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: He's hit off of a tee again. I think because 380 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:25,360 Speaker 1: he is hitting, because he is swinging, he is progressing 381 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: kind of along. He is on a more accelerated timeline 382 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 1: than those two guys. He could be the first guy 383 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 1: back that that provides some help to this outfield right now. 384 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 1: That started Cooper Hummel out there in left field today, 385 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: which is I don't think what they had on the 386 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 1: BINGO card in spring training, probably because they released Cooper 387 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 1: Humble in spring training. He had been in two other 388 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,000 Speaker 1: organizations and then got back to the Astros on a 389 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: minor league deal a couple of weeks ago. And today 390 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: started in left field in the game that they won 391 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: two to one. So again, how are they doing this? 392 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:59,439 Speaker 1: I'm not really sure. But they need some reinforcements in 393 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,639 Speaker 1: the worst wa they really do. And Chas McCormick seems 394 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 1: like to be that next guy to come up to 395 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:07,280 Speaker 1: be the guy that is going to be the first 396 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,680 Speaker 1: guy to be activated off the injured list. But again 397 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 1: I don't think that's imminent. I like I said in 398 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: the first segment, this is the roster I think that 399 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 1: they are going to carry for a little while. Escock 400 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: Paradis is still active. He had not gone on the 401 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 1: injured list, which is a little bit surprising to me 402 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 1: for no other reason than hamstrings are difficult. Ham Strings 403 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: are a tough injury to gauge as far as when 404 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,679 Speaker 1: you're ready when you're not ready, And they're one of 405 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 1: these injuries. You saw it with Bregmant a lot when 406 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,240 Speaker 1: he was here, and you've seen it with other guys 407 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: like you can reaggravate those things very quickly. And Estcock 408 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: Paradis plays a position where he's moving a lot, like 409 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 1: right third base is a very active position. He's got 410 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:51,480 Speaker 1: to have quick reactions, go east west, things like that 411 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:54,119 Speaker 1: he is running a little bit, but it is surprising 412 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 1: to me that they're going to let this play out 413 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:58,960 Speaker 1: and not put him on the injured list. I think 414 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: part of the reason for that, to be quite frank, 415 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: is they don't have much confidence in what's down there 416 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:08,359 Speaker 1: in Triple A, so they would ostensibly rather play two 417 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 1: men short because Seysar Salazar's on the roster right now 418 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: and not participating like he is an active member of 419 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 1: the twenty six man roster and they could use him 420 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: if they needed to, but they have just chosen not to, 421 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: and Estock paradus Is for all intents and purposes, has 422 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 1: been unavailable the cut last couple of games, so they 423 00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: have essentially been playing with a twenty four man roster, 424 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 1: which is a tough way to go through life. And 425 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,719 Speaker 1: it's why I kind of presume that, given that they 426 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: had gotten out to a four and a half game 427 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,520 Speaker 1: lead in the division, they had enough cushion where they 428 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 1: shouldn't have felt like they had to rush Escock Paradis back. 429 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 1: A hamstring strain is normally like a no brainer IL situation. 430 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,680 Speaker 1: The fact that he was not put on the IL 431 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: was a little bit surprising to me. But I do 432 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,040 Speaker 1: think it has to do with just the lack of options. 433 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 1: They have a triple A that I think they they 434 00:21:57,400 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: believe that getting Escoc Paradus, like giving him a couple 435 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: of days to get healthy and then getting him back, 436 00:22:03,720 --> 00:22:07,639 Speaker 1: is a little more valuable than calling up whomever is 437 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: down there to just come fill a roster spot and 438 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:13,480 Speaker 1: be someone that Joe A. Spottam maybe isn't comfortable using 439 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: in a big league game. I think that's the situation 440 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,280 Speaker 1: they're in. I think it speaks to their lack of depth. 441 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: I think it speaks to their lack of position player 442 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 1: depth at the upper minor leagues, and it's something they're 443 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: going to have to address. I would not be surprised 444 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 1: if you see some college position players taken in the 445 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: upcoming draft, just and that's not to get them to 446 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,800 Speaker 1: plug and play right away. It's just they've got to 447 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 1: do a better job of addressing their upper level minor 448 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:40,360 Speaker 1: league position player death. Because the fact that Esak Paratus 449 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: is selling the active roster due to a left hamstring strain, 450 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: I think that is something to do with it. I 451 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 1: really do. Let's hear one more time from our friends 452 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:49,440 Speaker 1: at Foul Territory and then we'll come back and talk 453 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: a little bit about the upcoming schedule. But right now 454 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,080 Speaker 1: let's hear from our friends at Foul Territory. 455 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:57,359 Speaker 2: Crats, you look different today? Do I see chubby shorts 456 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 2: on your shoulder? Oh? 457 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 4: This sick design? I mean, don't even get it twisted too, 458 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 4: because the lining normally is like an SOS pad. 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If you miss the sale, 469 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,879 Speaker 2: then use the FT code foul in lowercase for twenty 470 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 2: percent off support FT. Let them know we sent you 471 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 2: in the survey asks and get ready to turn some heads. 472 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 2: Summer's here. Dress like it in chubbies. 473 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,280 Speaker 1: Okay, so I lied, I said we were gonna come 474 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,520 Speaker 1: back and talk about the upcoming schedule, like, who cares 475 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,800 Speaker 1: about the a is in the Angels. It'll be fun 476 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: go to a minor league park, though, and see the 477 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 1: Ashers play four games in Sacramento against the A's. I 478 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: think we right before we If you've noticed, I've been flustered, 479 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,160 Speaker 1: like the whole time we've been recording this. It's not 480 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 1: just my skittish personality and my crippling social anxiety. It's 481 00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: the fact that the Rafael Devers trade broke like right 482 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,879 Speaker 1: before I hit record, and I'm still like trying to 483 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 1: compartmentalize and react to it. There's a saying in journalism 484 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 1: in the industry, you localize everything, So how do we 485 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: localize the Raffael Devers trade to the San Francisco Giants. 486 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 1: For those of you that are listening to this and 487 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: did not hear or did not see a what the 488 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: hell are you doing? B the San Francisco Giants acquired 489 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for 490 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 1: a bunch of pitchers and a bunch of prospects. It 491 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 1: is the sort of blockbuster deal that you rarely see. Ever, 492 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: you certainly don't see it on June fifteenth. This is 493 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 1: one that if it would have happened around the deadline, 494 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: like July twenty ninth, thirtieth, sure you could it would 495 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:04,240 Speaker 1: have still been a pretty stunning trade. But you could 496 00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: just be like, Okay, like Blockbuster, those things happened. The 497 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 1: Asher's got Zach Grinky once, like Blockbusters happened. For it 498 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: to happen on June fifteenth, for it to happen right 499 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 1: before the Giants were playing on Sunday Night Baseball and 500 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 1: starting a guy and Kyle Harrison who was in the trade, 501 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: they had to scratch him and start someone else. Just 502 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: a surreal hour and such in the baseball world. From 503 00:25:28,280 --> 00:25:31,240 Speaker 1: that vantage point, So let's try to localize it a 504 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,120 Speaker 1: little bit. I guess you could say that Alex Bregman 505 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:37,480 Speaker 1: played a part in getting Rafael Devers traded. So that's 506 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:41,160 Speaker 1: the first local angle. I guess that Alex Bregman. Look, 507 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: when Alex Bregman got to Boston, they said he was 508 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,240 Speaker 1: going to play third base and Rafael Devers was going 509 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 1: to dh and Rafael Devers obviously did not like that. 510 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:51,960 Speaker 1: He came out and said as much, said that he 511 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,960 Speaker 1: did not like that and then Tristan Cassis, their first baseman, 512 00:25:56,080 --> 00:25:58,919 Speaker 1: blew his knee out, and the Red Sox went and 513 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,440 Speaker 1: very nicely asked Raffael Devers to play first base. He 514 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: very politely told them, hell no, you already told me 515 00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 1: I can't defend, so I'm not gonna pick up a 516 00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 1: glove and defend anywhere else. And without having without being 517 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,920 Speaker 1: in the Red Sox clubhouse, and without knowing a ton 518 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: just inside from their insight, it's hard to think that 519 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:23,080 Speaker 1: that didn't precipitate this. It seemed to be from everything 520 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:26,439 Speaker 1: that was said. Everyone tried to put a happy face 521 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 1: on everything, and everybody was okay and everyone was working 522 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,840 Speaker 1: through it. But it just it never seemed that that 523 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,159 Speaker 1: relationship was tenable, even though Rafael Devers signed an eleven 524 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: year deal worth almost three hundred and fifty million dollars. 525 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 1: It when when the owner so the owner of the 526 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:47,239 Speaker 1: Red Sox, John Henry, flew too, I believe they were 527 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: in Miami, flew on the road. No, they were in 528 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: Kansas City. Excuse me, flew to Kansas City and met 529 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:57,200 Speaker 1: with Rafael Devers one on one after he refused to 530 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: play first base for the team. Look when the owner 531 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 1: is flying on the road to meet with you. That's 532 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 1: never a sign that things are in a great space. 533 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,679 Speaker 1: Everyone came out and tried to act as if it 534 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: was a good thing and everybody was getting along and 535 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 1: it was harmonious. It clearly was not. If they're trading 536 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:19,760 Speaker 1: him on again June fifteenth to the San Francisco Giants, 537 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: how does this affect the Astros. Well, it's one less, 538 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,480 Speaker 1: very very very good player in the American League, in 539 00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: an American league that is already very wide open, and 540 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: an American league that, as we have mentioned, the Astros 541 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: are only four back of the Tigers for the best records. 542 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: So it weakens for now a team that was going 543 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: to challenge the Astros and was going to threaten the 544 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: Astros for either a wild card spot or a team 545 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: that they were going to have to play a ton 546 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 1: late in the season. Two. They don't see the Red 547 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,880 Speaker 1: Sox until August, and they see that they actually coincidentally, 548 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,480 Speaker 1: the Astros first look at Boston is the day after 549 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 1: the trade deadline. They their their first game after the 550 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: trade deadline is at Fenway Park, and then the Red 551 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: Sox come to Houston about two weeks later, so they 552 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:07,960 Speaker 1: don't see the Red Sox until August, which, again, those 553 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 1: games just inherently mean a little bit more. So I 554 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 1: have no doubts that Craig Breslo and the Red Sox 555 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 1: are going to go reinforce at the deadline, that they're 556 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,840 Speaker 1: going to go do some things at the deadline, and 557 00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 1: their team will look different than it does today. But 558 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,399 Speaker 1: Rafael Devers is one of the better left handed hitters 559 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,400 Speaker 1: in the sport. He is one of those guys. He's 560 00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: in those that group of ten hitters that you don't 561 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,040 Speaker 1: want to see when the games on the line. He's 562 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,479 Speaker 1: one of those guys that every manager on their lineup 563 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: card circles as if like we don't want it to 564 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,320 Speaker 1: get to this guy, Like if this guy's coming up, 565 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 1: we've got a problem. So now he's in the America, 566 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,040 Speaker 1: he's in the National League. Now the Ashers have already 567 00:28:47,040 --> 00:28:49,600 Speaker 1: seen the Giants, so they won't see Rafael Devers anymore. 568 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,600 Speaker 1: I think this portends a pretty wide when you're doing 569 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 1: this on June fifteenth, I think this suggests that it's 570 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: going to be a pretty wild deadline. A lot of people, 571 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,479 Speaker 1: a lot of talk in the industry so far has 572 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: been that it's going to be a pretty tame deadline 573 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,600 Speaker 1: because we don't they're a quote unquote like we don't 574 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 1: know who's going to be sellers, like everybody wants to 575 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,640 Speaker 1: be in it. I mean, these are two contending teams, 576 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,479 Speaker 1: these are two non selling teams that just went after it. 577 00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: And I don't think anyone thought, even with everything I 578 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: just said about Rafael Devers, his discontent and Boston, I 579 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: don't think anyone thought there was a realistic chance he 580 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,120 Speaker 1: would get traded, and sure enough he did. Just like 581 00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, I don't think anyone thought 582 00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: Zach Grienky was going to get traded from the Diamondbacks 583 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,120 Speaker 1: to the point where he started a game at Yankee 584 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 1: Stadium on the day of the trade deadline. Do you 585 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,160 Speaker 1: guys remember that started at Yankee Stadium. There was a 586 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:46,160 Speaker 1: rain delay, so Greenky was out of the game and 587 00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: that's when the Astros finalized their acquisition of him. So 588 00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:53,840 Speaker 1: just a reminder that when trade season rolls around, anything 589 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: can happen. Anything can happen, even Rafael Devers getting traded, 590 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,760 Speaker 1: which I'm still trying to wrap my mind around. I 591 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: think a lot of people in baseball are still trying 592 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:05,360 Speaker 1: to wrap their mind around, So that seems like a 593 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 1: good way to end this. Again, if you survived this 594 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: entire thirty minute rambling spree of mine, I very much 595 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 1: appreciate you tuning in, and I also question what else 596 00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: do you have to do with your life, because you 597 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 1: should have turned this off like maybe eight or nine 598 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: minutes in. 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