1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:10,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, let's talk Padres right now, and we'll talk Giants too, 2 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: since they're matching up with them at the moment. Darren 3 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: Smith is joining us. You can hear them all over 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: the scene in San Diego and of course part of 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: Friar territory along with Marty Caswell. Darren, great to have 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: you on, man, appreciate the time, and let's just start 7 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: with a nice and simple state of the Padres. 8 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 2: After about a week of baseball, your thoughts not great? 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, not exactly out of the gates firing here like 10 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 3: people had hoped. With a new manager and an emphasis 11 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,519 Speaker 3: on wanting to change the dynamic of how you approached 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 3: hitting the baseball, it's not been good at all. 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 2: It's one and four. 14 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 3: You lose a couple of games where you expect Nick 15 00:00:48,159 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 3: Pavetta and Michael King. Right, if you're gonna have a 16 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: rotation where you have Walker Bueller and Harman Marquees, you 17 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 3: probably want to feel pretty good about the games where 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 3: you're pitching the front of the road. That didn't quite 19 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,479 Speaker 3: work out against the Detroit Tigers. So one and four, 20 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 3: the team has only hit two home runs. They are 21 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,480 Speaker 3: for what this is worth through five games, thirtieth and slugging, 22 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 3: which is kind of reminiscent of twenty twenty five. 23 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: So it's not good. 24 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,400 Speaker 3: And they are staring down the barrel of a sweep 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 3: today this afternoon at Peco Park to the San Francisco 26 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 3: Giants who have woken up in San Diego after a 27 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 3: miserable start in their home ballpark. 28 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: Other than that, everything's great. 29 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 4: It sounds like a blast, sounds like sunny San Diego. 30 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:29,960 Speaker 4: I mean sounds like you know what, Darren. It sounds 31 00:01:29,959 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 4: like you're in Philadelphia right now. It doesn't sound like 32 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:35,280 Speaker 4: you're in Sandy. Everyone's always happy in San Diego. I 33 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 4: thought you're clearly in Philadelphia with Crats, not San Diego. 34 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,199 Speaker 4: My question is, is Vitello's there? He got his first 35 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 4: two wins. Craig Salmon is the manager of the Padres, 36 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 4: and we had Jim Bowden on yesterday saying how he 37 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 4: thinks both of them looked over match. Is that the 38 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 4: feeling you're getting from Padres people. I haven't really I'm 39 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 4: not gonna lie. I haven't watched a ton of the 40 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:57,040 Speaker 4: Padres so far this year because you know, ten pm 41 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 4: is way past my bedtime most of the time. Is 42 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 4: not the case, because I like Craig and I think 43 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 4: he's a good guy and he'll be a good manager. 44 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 4: But you know, jump into this with really no experiences. 45 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 5: Tough. 46 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think everybody likes Craig. I don't 47 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 3: know anybody who would ever say anything bad about Craig Stammon. 48 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 3: But you know, it's not what we're talking about here. 49 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 3: We're talking about him being the manager of a big 50 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,400 Speaker 3: league club, especially when you've interviewed other high profile names 51 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 3: and it's not gone well, and today's you know, it's 52 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 3: an interesting day to talk about it. You know, I 53 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 3: don't know that there was anything that was really obvious 54 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 3: about stamman managing through the first couple of games. Maybe 55 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 3: a question about leaving Jeremiah Estrata in a little bit longer. 56 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 3: In game number two of the series, he ended up 57 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 3: walking three straight batters, and you know, the Tigers, you know, 58 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 3: opened up a can in the eighth inning of the 59 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 3: second game of the season. But you know, the question 60 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 3: is whether or not you use Mason Miller for more 61 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 3: than three outs. He said, that's just not something that 62 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 3: we're going to do. Early on in the season, we 63 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 3: decided that before the game Okay, fine, you can live 64 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 3: with that. But you know, as we're talking today and 65 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 3: I mentioned the potteris and the Giants are playing a 66 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 3: little later on, they had their worst game aesthetically of 67 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: the season. 68 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:09,799 Speaker 2: Didn't look good. 69 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 3: Guys not throwing to the right bases, balls dropping between outfielders. 70 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 3: There was some really questionable decision making about how long 71 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,799 Speaker 3: they left Kyle Hart, a relief pitcher in the game who. 72 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 2: Ended up getting touched up. 73 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 3: I thought he was asked about that and he had 74 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 3: to answer questions about that in the postgame press conference. 75 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 3: His lineup decision, I think is starting to raise an 76 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 3: eyebrow or two. 77 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 2: Again, it's so early. It sounds sort of stupid to say. 78 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 3: This, But when Ramon Loriano is your hottest hitter and 79 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,520 Speaker 3: you sit him on the bench for some nebulous statistics 80 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 3: so that you can put Castellanos and Andrew Hart in there, 81 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:51,600 Speaker 3: and it doesn't work, I think you're gonna have people 82 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 3: asking you're under a microscope. You know, you are a 83 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 3: guy like Jim Boden said, like you guys have talked about, 84 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 3: like we've talked about here, you are under a microscope 85 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 3: because you know this was not a conventional decision or 86 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 3: somebody who you know had made the rounds interviewing for 87 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 3: these managerial gigs, so you know, there should be a 88 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 3: little bit of a brighter spotlight for him trying to 89 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 3: to prove why he was the choice over some other candidates, 90 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 3: you know. And today's one of those days now where 91 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: you're you're looking again and like Tatisa's back in the 92 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 3: leadoff spot and cronin Worth's drop back down, and he's 93 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:26,400 Speaker 3: done some things differently again and it's you know, just 94 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:30,280 Speaker 3: game six of the season. So I would say he's 95 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 3: he's not really done anything that's been incredibly damning, but 96 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,839 Speaker 3: it's it's certainly not he has not made the case. 97 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 3: You know, he has not exactly shown a ton to 98 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 3: support the decision that was made to hire him in 99 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 3: the first place, which you know, again was like as 100 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,280 Speaker 3: unconventional as it possibly could be. 101 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 5: So when you're looking under a microscope, what are they 102 00:04:55,400 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 5: looking for? Are people looking for, oh, he did that wrong? 103 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 5: Because if that's the case, you're always going to find 104 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 5: something like what has he done right in the sense 105 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 5: of how this team is going to succeed over one 106 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 5: hundred and sixty two games, Because last I checked he 107 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 5: ain't got no slug Craig stan Stamman's slugging in his 108 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 5: career was pretty brutal, and I'm pretty sure as a 109 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,119 Speaker 5: manager he can't do any of it. And unless something 110 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,159 Speaker 5: like that changes, is this team more than just a 111 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 5: five hundred team? 112 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,799 Speaker 3: Hard to make that prediction today, especially when we haven't 113 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 3: seen any evidence that Walker Bueller and you know, Harmon 114 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:42,679 Speaker 3: Marquez or are you know, definitely going to stick around 115 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 3: as the fourth and fifth starters or are they just 116 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,919 Speaker 3: seat fillers until whenever it is that Joe Musgrove returns 117 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 3: and you can get Griffin Channing healthy whenever that might be. 118 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 3: Is that what the situation is there? So yeah, I 119 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 3: mean I think, you know, the thing that I've been 120 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:02,640 Speaker 3: thinking about is you do want to be you know, 121 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 3: you don't want to be ridiculous here and talk about 122 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:08,600 Speaker 3: you know, how this is anything is definitive, right, This 123 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 3: isn't indelible how they've come out of the gates. You know, 124 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 3: Fernando Tatis Junior Manum Chelda, they don't have a home 125 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,239 Speaker 3: run between them, right, So is that going to continue? 126 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 3: Obviously it's not. But they were not a good slugging 127 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 3: team last year. And that was a big point of emphasis. 128 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,240 Speaker 3: You know, they were twenty second in slugging in twenty 129 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 3: twenty five, and they were twentieth twenty eighth in home 130 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,160 Speaker 3: runs hit. So as much as you say, okay, wipe 131 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,719 Speaker 3: the slate clean and start all over again in twenty 132 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 3: twenty six, you know, it's not up to us just 133 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 3: to say automatically, Okay, we believe that you're going to 134 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 3: be a different team. It's up to them to prove 135 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 3: that they're going to be a different team. And so 136 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 3: they haven't done that. So you know, when you replace 137 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 3: a manager, whether people like Mike Schulter or not, the 138 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 3: fact of the matter is he did win ninety games 139 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 3: last year, and he won ninety three games the previous season, 140 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 3: you know, so he had a way of winning even 141 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 3: with some of these deficiencies that have shown themselves early on. 142 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,160 Speaker 3: And you know, I I don't know what it is 143 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 3: that we expect to see. Maybe Craig Stammon was brought 144 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 3: in here because he's a little less volatile than Mike Schuldt. Well, 145 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,599 Speaker 3: I think a lot of people would take the volatility 146 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 3: of Mike Schildt, which mostly happened behind the scenes, if 147 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 3: it meant that you were in the high eighties or 148 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 3: in the nineties when it came to wins, and you know, 149 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 3: to have one of your worst starts in recent memory 150 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: here with this new manager and seeing some of the 151 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 3: same flaws that people pointed out over the last year 152 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 3: or two, I don't know that it is building any 153 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 3: confidence whatsoever in the decision making the part Craig Stammon there, 154 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 3: so you know, I can't point to anything other than 155 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:39,360 Speaker 3: his personality is not as abrasive, you know, as it 156 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 3: was when Mike Shuilt was here. 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Is that coming from up above as m 188 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,319 Speaker 4: Murphy calls on the Ivory Tower or does stand and 189 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 4: have full, you know, full power over the lineup to 190 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 4: make it how he wants it? 191 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I think that's that's a good question, 192 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 3: and it's probably specific to Craig Stamon. You know what 193 00:09:20,640 --> 00:09:22,599 Speaker 3: I've been told in this era where so many of 194 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,719 Speaker 3: the lineup decisions are coming from front offices, I've been 195 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 3: told that, you know, Aj Preller doesn't do that sort 196 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 3: of stuff. You know that the pottery's front office may 197 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 3: have from their research and development department. They may have 198 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: an optimized lineup that they would present, that they might suggest, 199 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 3: but ultimately they're going to leave autonomy to the manager. Now, 200 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 3: you're not going to tell Mike Schild how to fill 201 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 3: out the lineup card. You're not going to tell Bob 202 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 3: Melvin how to fill the lineup card. Then again, those 203 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 3: guys only lasted two years here, right, so you know 204 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 3: who he really knows what was going on, and whether 205 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 3: that was part of the you know, the perceived friction 206 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 3: between the coaching staff and the front office. 207 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 2: I don't know how it is. With Craig Staman. 208 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 3: It was unusual because he came in the spring training 209 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,679 Speaker 3: and one of the first things that he said, and 210 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 3: one of the first the lick literally the first lineup 211 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,719 Speaker 3: that we saw from Peoria Arizona, Fernando Tatis Junior, who 212 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:11,559 Speaker 3: batted leadoff in one hundred and fifty games in twenty 213 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 3: twenty five, who was an All Star, you know, who 214 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 3: did some things. 215 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:16,800 Speaker 2: Maybe not forty home runs like. 216 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 3: What we saw from twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, twenty twenty one. 217 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:21,560 Speaker 2: But you know, he did some things. 218 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 3: He took a lot of pitches, he walked, He had 219 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 3: a high end base percentage, so you know, he did 220 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,680 Speaker 3: a lot of things really well. And he seemed to 221 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:29,120 Speaker 3: be a really good leadoff hitter for the pod race. 222 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 3: He seemed to be the obvious choice and the first lineup. 223 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:34,880 Speaker 3: You know, now we're seeing him batting forth. Everybody's kind 224 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 3: of scratching their head, saying, wait, wait, what's that all about? 225 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 2: Uh, how do you not only remove him from. 226 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 3: The leadoff spot, but how is it that you have 227 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,080 Speaker 3: him batting clean up here like you're not you're gonna 228 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 3: run the rest that you're not gonna get that guy 229 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,800 Speaker 3: in a bat in the first inning. That kind of 230 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 3: seems bonkers, and Craig Stalmon had to stand up there 231 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: and explain it. 232 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 2: Why it was that he thought that that might be good. 233 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 3: For Fernando, And part of it was that I guess 234 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 3: Fernando said he didn't think he did a good job 235 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 3: in the leadoff spot. 236 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: Whatever I thought he was good. 237 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,079 Speaker 3: I thought he seemed like the obvious choice, but then 238 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 3: he started mixing and matching, and maybe you're going to 239 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 3: see cronin Worth in there against righty's, and then you're 240 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 3: going to see maybe Sander Bogart's in there against lefties. 241 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 3: And then Tatis comes back from the World Baseball Classic 242 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 3: where he batted lead off, and then he goes back 243 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 3: into the leadoff spot, but he did it for a game, 244 00:11:18,520 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 3: and then he was batting second, and now he's in 245 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,680 Speaker 3: there today against the rioty So it's just like, wait, 246 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:26,199 Speaker 3: what's how are we arriving at these decisions. I don't 247 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 3: know if something has changed from from what I came 248 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 3: to understand with the Potters that these decisions were not 249 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 3: mandated by Aj Preller or anybody in his front office. 250 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 3: I don't know if that has changed or not, but 251 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 3: it has been a big subject, literally since the first 252 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 3: game of Cactus League, when people wondered why it was 253 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 3: that Fernando Tatis Junior was batting clean up for the Potters, 254 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,400 Speaker 3: which just doesn't make any sense to anybody. 255 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,680 Speaker 5: Let's also remind fans out there who don't follow the 256 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 5: Padres as much that Craig Stammon was in that front 257 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 5: office and these ideas didn't just like poof out of 258 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,439 Speaker 5: the middle of nowhere. So moving on, that microscope will continue, 259 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 5: and it will continue with is exact quote, Craig Stammonds 260 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 5: exact quote. I'd like to see us finish the game 261 00:12:15,080 --> 00:12:18,360 Speaker 5: with no challenges left, or at least challenge a little 262 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 5: bit more. Do you agree with him? But it does 263 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Speaker 5: also shed light on the fact that maybe this conversation 264 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 5: wasn't necessarily talked enough about, with the fact that they 265 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 5: had a lot of guys gone for the WBC on 266 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 5: this roster. 267 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 3: I think, yeah, I think that that answer is in 268 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 3: response to something that happened the other night with Fernando 269 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 3: Tatis Junior where he came to bat in the ninth 270 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 3: inning and at least, you know, according to the you know, 271 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 3: the television k box that you see out there on 272 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 3: the screen, it was a pitch that that certainly looked 273 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 3: like it should have been challenged, and the potteries had 274 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 3: a challenge and Fernando, who who had challenged to pitch 275 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: the previous day, didn't get it overturned. And we talked 276 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 3: a little bit about this yesterday that that maybe he 277 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:05,080 Speaker 3: had that in the back of his mind, or maybe 278 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 3: because it was at the top of the zone. It 279 00:13:06,880 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 3: seems like there's this idea that that pitches towards the 280 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 3: top of the zone are a little bit harder for 281 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:12,719 Speaker 3: the hitters to identify. 282 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 2: I don't know, you know, if that's one hundred percent accurate. 283 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 3: But just a theory that you see out there, and 284 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 3: you know, in a game where where you're you're only 285 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 3: you know, you're struggling to score runs to begin with. 286 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 3: I mean, the Potteries have only scored twelve times. They 287 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 3: haven't scored more than three runs in any game this year, 288 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,640 Speaker 3: and you're you're kind of you know, it becomes a 289 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 3: little bit of a referendum, like, well, what's going on here? 290 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 2: Are they engaged with this? Do they know what's going on? 291 00:13:36,120 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 3: And it's probably unfair to say that Fernando Tatis Junior 292 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 3: is just not paying attention, you know, in the ninth 293 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,319 Speaker 3: inning of a game where you know it's a save situation, 294 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 3: especially then because Jackson Merrill goes on to head a 295 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 3: two run homer and you're starting to now think in 296 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 3: your mind, well, you know, what could this have been? 297 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,479 Speaker 3: But I think that's you know, they've had six overturns. 298 00:13:55,760 --> 00:13:57,840 Speaker 3: I don't know how many actual challenges. Forgive me for 299 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 3: not having that, but I know they've had six overturns 300 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,760 Speaker 3: and their catchers have done a pretty good job. Luise Campusano, 301 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,199 Speaker 3: who you know, was playing here after playing last season 302 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,960 Speaker 3: in Triple A where he was accustomed to the system, Yeah, 303 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 3: he's brought a little bit of knowledge to you know, 304 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:13,280 Speaker 3: how it works and how it operated in Triple A 305 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 3: last year. 306 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 2: So that's been a good thing. But but yeah, like it. 307 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 3: Was just weird because you know, I don't know that 308 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 3: it's fair to say, you know that this is a 309 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 3: mistake or a mental mistake for Fernando because he was 310 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 3: at the World Baseball Classic and maybe he didn't have 311 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 3: a ton of experience with it, or maybe he was 312 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 3: thinking about the previous challenge that didn't get overturned. 313 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 2: But yeah, like you don't get to take them. 314 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 3: With you, you know, like you got kind of use them, 315 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,320 Speaker 3: especially when the game is on the line. So it 316 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 3: felt like it was a missed opportunity, you know, it 317 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 3: felt like it was a missed opportunity two nights ago 318 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 3: for the potteris in Fernando in particular and Yeah, people 319 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 3: were wondering, and so I think that's what Craig Stammond was. 320 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 2: Responding to, is is them. 321 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 3: Trying to feel their way through this, especially when they 322 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 3: have had players who didn't stick around like Fernando and 323 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:00,080 Speaker 3: Many Machado for the WB. 324 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 5: Same seeing it for the last two games. What do 325 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,720 Speaker 5: you feel like you're seeing from the Giants from a 326 00:15:05,760 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 5: standpoint of they're in the same division as the Padres. 327 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 5: Obviously the record isn't that much better than the Padres, 328 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 5: but you know, early on, what is it that you're 329 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 5: seeing from that team lineup or rotation wise. 330 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 3: I'm seeing a team that looks like it's relieved to 331 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 3: be through the first series of the year and all 332 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 3: the nonsense that came with Netflix and an off day 333 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 3: and then the second day and just like hey, sometimes, 334 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:36,920 Speaker 3: as you all know, like sometimes just getting changing atmosphere 335 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 3: is you know, it's a it's a comfortable place to 336 00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 3: be for certain guys. Maybe that's what's going to happen 337 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 3: to the Pottery's they're on the way to Boston and 338 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,600 Speaker 3: Pittsburgh here over their next couple of series. 339 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't. 340 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,840 Speaker 3: I mean, I think Beata's pretty good. I think Chapman's 341 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 3: always really good. A Damas is pretty good. 342 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 2: You know. 343 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 3: I think they have a lineup that that you know, 344 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 3: you look at. They have an ace you know, and 345 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 3: logan web that you you know, you certainly like. Yeah, 346 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 3: I mean I think that they have some guys, especially 347 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 3: at the front of the rotation, that you look and think, yeah, 348 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 3: that could be pretty good. So yeah, I don't you know, 349 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 3: I didn't think they were gonna just completely melt down 350 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 3: to start the season, but they got a little bit 351 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 3: of pop. 352 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 2: You know. A Rise isn't hitting. 353 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 3: Maybe that's one of those WB things that we're always 354 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,760 Speaker 3: WBC things that we're we're referencing here about the guys 355 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 3: that played in that tournament. Not quite you know, hitting 356 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 3: the ground running, I guess. But it's an interesting team, 357 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 3: you know, always it is good. Do I think it's 358 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 3: a team that is obviously going to be better positioned 359 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 3: in the West to you know, to to finish second 360 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 3: behind the Dodgers. I think that's probably premature, but at 361 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 3: least for a game when you look at a lineup 362 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 3: and you see guys like Bata and Chapman and a 363 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 3: Damis and you know, then there's a rise maybe. 364 00:16:46,400 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 2: Batting in the middle of it. 365 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:51,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it looks like it's it's definitely improved 366 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 3: from where it was a year ago. 367 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:53,000 Speaker 2: I just don't know. 368 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 3: I don't know enough about this manager. You know, I 369 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 3: don't know enough about this manager, and you know, some 370 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 3: of the stuff that's been said, I know, social media 371 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 3: clipse certainly have made him appear to be completely out 372 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 3: of his depth. But you know, maybe that's just social 373 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 3: media clips. 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Is 399 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 5: this just an unbelievable case of a team saying, you 400 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 5: know what, I don't care what other people say about 401 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 5: this market. We're gonna build this team to be followed 402 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 5: and loved in this city. And then the valuation goes 403 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,160 Speaker 5: through the roof like it's obviously it's a success if 404 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 5: that number even gets close to that number for the 405 00:18:55,840 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 5: San Diego Padres. But seeing it, I felt this way, 406 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,400 Speaker 5: did you think that number would be that high as 407 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:05,640 Speaker 5: what we're hearing right now. 408 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 3: No, I mean I thought I was starting to talk 409 00:19:09,280 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 3: about what it would be like a two and a 410 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,119 Speaker 3: half billion, Like, Wow, what an amazing success story. This 411 00:19:13,160 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 3: thing was sold in twenty twelve for eight hundred million 412 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 3: dollars and now it's going to get sold for two 413 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 3: point five billion. 414 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 2: That's incredible. 415 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,199 Speaker 3: So to add another billion dollars on top of that 416 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 3: and make it the high sale price in Major League 417 00:19:25,640 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 3: Baseball history, I would be lying if I said I 418 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,159 Speaker 3: was prepared for that for the pod Rays, especially for 419 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 3: a team that you know, doesn't have a lockdown television 420 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 3: deal or one of these teams that's kind of caught 421 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 3: in between from the regional sports network collapses and waiting 422 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 3: for Major League Baseball to try to get everything under 423 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 3: one roof. 424 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 2: They're least deal. 425 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 3: You know, Peco Park doesn't come with the team, They 426 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 3: don't own the stadium. So yeah, and it's an incredible thing. 427 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:50,879 Speaker 3: And you know what I think it is is I 428 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:53,840 Speaker 3: just mentioned forty thousand plus every single game thus far 429 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 3: to start season, tickets have been capped here in San Diego. 430 00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 3: People love this team, and you know, for as much 431 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 3: as pottery fans hate the Dodgers and will definitely give 432 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 3: me some grief for being on the same show as 433 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 3: Max Muncy. But you know, the Dodgers inspired the Pottery's 434 00:20:09,560 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 3: to spend money, and I think that the Pottery spending 435 00:20:12,119 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 3: money has proven to this fan base whether they've had 436 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 3: the type of results that are commensurate with the amount 437 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 3: of money that's been spent. I think, you know that 438 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 3: the Pottery is spending money and not just crying about 439 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 3: how the Dodgers are just oh my goodness, what are 440 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 3: we supposed to do? 441 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 2: We can't compete. It's brought out a really good version 442 00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:29,960 Speaker 2: of the Potterys. 443 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 3: I think it's been a great example for teams all 444 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 3: across Major League Baseball that you can do it in 445 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,240 Speaker 3: a market like San Diego. So, you know, I think 446 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 3: from that standpoint, you know, you can't walk across the 447 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,880 Speaker 3: street in town without seeing somebody wearing some Potrey gear. 448 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 3: I mentioned the ticket prices or you know, it's incredible. 449 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:47,920 Speaker 2: What it is that's happening. 450 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 3: Forty thousand plus every single night Pecko Park is making 451 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,159 Speaker 3: money hand over fist. You know, I think it's been 452 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 3: a great success story. I think that should be really 453 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 3: the moral of the story here is that the Potterys 454 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,679 Speaker 3: and Peter Siler infested in this team in a way 455 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:04,920 Speaker 3: that a lot of people thought was kind of irresponsible 456 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 3: and unsustainable and all these words that were used, and 457 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 3: that family is going to walk away with an awful 458 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:13,199 Speaker 3: lot more money than I think they would have if 459 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 3: they had tried one of these more boring and pragmatic 460 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 3: approaches that we see in a lot of other markets 461 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 3: around baseball. 462 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:21,679 Speaker 4: Hey, Darren, imagine when how much of pods are going 463 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 4: to be worth after they get a salary cut? 464 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean probably, you know, but I mean, ain't 465 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 3: having a kids, so they better sell now. 466 00:21:31,040 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 2: No, I don't think it will either. 467 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 3: And you know again, I mean you even like you 468 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 3: hear guys like Maddy Machado talking about like, hey, like 469 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 3: you know, I mean, why did we turn off the 470 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 3: spigot here? Like we were spending a lot of money too, 471 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,080 Speaker 3: Like we should be still in that kind of game. So, 472 00:21:44,880 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 3: you know, they had a strategy, and they had a 473 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 3: general manager and a president of baseball operations who could 474 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 3: execute the strategy really well, and he worked hand in 475 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 3: glove with the previous owner. I mean, that's the next 476 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 3: big question here is whether or not the president of 477 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 3: baseball operations is going to be compatible with the next owner, 478 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 3: whoever it be, and whatever it is that that might happen. 479 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean I kind of laugh at all 480 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 3: this because I do. I think that the Dodgers and 481 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,360 Speaker 3: the way they spent you know, it inspired the Potterys 482 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 3: to do something that you know, they've proven that that 483 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 3: they can do and they're going to get rewarded for it. 484 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 3: Though it's not you know, it's unsatisfying because you know 485 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 3: it comes following the death of a beloved owner here 486 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 3: in town. But you know, listen, this is a business, right, 487 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 3: It's what we're told over and over and over again. 488 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 3: And the San Diego Potters are going to sell for 489 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 3: over three billion dollars, like you know, seems like a 490 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:31,919 Speaker 3: pretty good deal to me. 491 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're putting on a damn show every now. Like 492 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: you mentioned, I mean, that is a fun experience at 493 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: the ballpark. It's a packed experience at the ballpark. And 494 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: even if you have forty thousand times one hundred bucks 495 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: per head, that's four million dollars per night. You do 496 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: that over eighty games, even that's three hundred I think 497 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 1: mid three hundreds mils, so just to give you an 498 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 1: idea of how much money you can make just on 499 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: the ballpark experience alone. And trust me, there're some people 500 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 1: spending a lot more than one hundred bucks. So anyway, 501 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: Darren here the man, thank you so much for joining us. 502 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: Really good insight always on the padres. Love listening to 503 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 1: you and Marty on Friar Territory and everything else you do. 504 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: Appreciate you, man. 505 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:15,040 Speaker 2: I appreciate you. Guys. Have a good one.