1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: What would have happened if his first pitch would have 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: been eighty nine? You think it would have been panicing Dodgerland. 3 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: All the other fan bases would have been like, oh see, 4 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 1: we told. 5 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,120 Speaker 2: You we didn't want him anyways, we didn't really want Brooke. 6 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 2: You to come over here. 7 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 3: Astro's camp today has it going there? Aja, looks like 8 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 3: they gave you a nice setup. I got a box 9 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 3: dudes camp a little bit got age. 10 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: Nick I had my head looked almost half the size 11 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: of Cratzus. Thats cape is great. You know, I've spent 12 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 1: over my years at Fox and doing this show, I've 13 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: spent a lot of time in Houston. They kind of 14 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: jokingly call it my second home because every time we 15 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: have the al guess who gets the Houston series? 16 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 4: Me? 17 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: So I have spent just so Jean, the PR guy, 18 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,240 Speaker 1: Joe Spot of their manager, I know, I know a 19 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: lot of their coaches, Dana Brown, who scouted me in 20 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 1: high schools here so someone else that you know I 21 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: have a little bit of a relationship with, and all 22 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: the clubhouse guys. Just it's a nice atmosphere. Listen, we're 23 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 1: in Palm Beach. It's Sonny out. 24 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 2: They gave it. 25 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: We're under a tent. I mean, what else can I 26 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,080 Speaker 1: ask for? I meant I got guys. You know, I 27 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: see Josel two Vay carrying his outfielders glove. It's just 28 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: it's a nice vibe here in Astros camp. They're always 29 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: happy here in Astros camp, and I'm not sure. Maybe 30 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 1: it's because they win every year. 31 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 2: I don't know. 32 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, successful franchise, that's what has to do with it. 33 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,200 Speaker 3: And you get to watch a bullpen session right behind you, 34 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 3: which is cool. But let's show everyone the schedule for 35 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: the rest of the week as we hit NAT's camp yesterday. 36 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,120 Speaker 3: We started off our week with the Toronto Blue Jays. 37 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,479 Speaker 3: Everyone's been great talking to a lot of the dudes, 38 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 3: and we'll definitely get both manager and GM among others 39 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:42,280 Speaker 3: here at Astros camp. Tomorrow Phillies camp with Outcrats Tier, 40 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:48,240 Speaker 3: but he'll be on remotely and then the race on Friday. 41 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 3: It's time for the inside. Itsoop great to see FT 42 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 3: senior insider Ken Rosenthal. Ken, I want to start with 43 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 3: your freshest article, and that was on Bryce Harper. What 44 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 3: can you give us that you learned about Bryce, including 45 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 3: the fact that maybe just maybe he could head back 46 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 3: to the outfield at some point. 47 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 5: That probably was the newsiest item in the story that 48 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:12,920 Speaker 5: I wrote, and I interviewed him for about, I don't know, 49 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,799 Speaker 5: ten minutes yesterday. We hit on a number of topics, 50 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 5: his future, his length of career, all of these different things, 51 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 5: five hundred homers. But the most interesting thing he said 52 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 5: from a news value standpoint again was yes, he is 53 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 5: willing to go back to the outfield, perfectly willing. He 54 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 5: has no preference, and his thought is if the Phillies 55 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 5: can get a first baseman who is a difference making 56 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,079 Speaker 5: kind of player, then he would definitely do it and 57 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 5: gladly do it. But in the meantime, he's at first base. 58 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:44,799 Speaker 5: He is happy at first base and comfortable there, and 59 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 5: he enjoys the extra work that he does there. So 60 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 5: so far, so good. He really rated well defensively according 61 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 5: to the advanced metrics last season, so he's there for now. 62 00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 5: But the scenario he mentioned during the offseason was if 63 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 5: there was a chance to Philly could have gotten peed 64 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,359 Speaker 5: Alonzo toward the end, then maybe at that point, sure 65 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 5: he would have moved back to the outfield. But that 66 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 5: never really materialized at all, so it was just a 67 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 5: thought in his head. 68 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: Did you discuss an extension with him? Ken? 69 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: That's what I want to know, because remember, was it 70 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: last year where he said, oh, I want to renegotiate 71 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: my twenty two year deal that I signed seven years ago. 72 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: I mean, did that come up at all? It did? 73 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 5: He did not say he wanted to renegotiate it, but 74 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 5: he did mention that, yeah, an extension would be great. 75 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,680 Speaker 5: His point is on this, even though he signed through 76 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 5: twenty thirty one, is that he wants to end his 77 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 5: career in Philadelphia and he's not going to push it. 78 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 5: He told me he's very comfortable where he is, where 79 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 5: his feet are right now. But at some point, yeah, 80 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 5: he would probably like to entertain that. Would definitely like 81 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 5: to entertain that because that is his goal. His contract 82 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 5: goes through age thirty eight. He talked about playing into 83 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 5: his early forties, assuming good health and everything is fine. 84 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 5: So yeah, he would ultimately like that extension. Whether you 85 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 5: get an extension with six years left on your current 86 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 5: deal actually seven right now, that would be pretty unlikely, 87 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 5: but yeah, he'll be open to that for sure. 88 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 4: Can you hit on his desire to win a World Series? 89 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 4: And how much that burns inside of him. 90 00:04:15,520 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 5: Well, Eric I started the article with an anecdote from 91 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 5: twenty twelve the Division Series. The Nationals lost to the 92 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 5: Cardinals in five games. If you remember, they blew a 93 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 5: six to nothing lead in that game, a seven to 94 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 5: five lead in the ninth, and they lost nine to seven. 95 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 5: They were eliminated. And I remember after that, I lingered 96 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 5: in the clubhouse a long time, waiting for different guys 97 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 5: to emerge, and I was one of the last reporters 98 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 5: there and Bryce came out and kind of looked at us. 99 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 5: He was nineteen at the time, he was not yet twenty, 100 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 5: and he said, eh, he was disappointed, but he goes, 101 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,720 Speaker 5: I'll be doing this for the next fifteen years. And 102 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 5: he's in year fourteen coming up, and he's not won 103 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 5: a World Series. It's not as easy as sometimes players 104 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,799 Speaker 5: might think when they're young. I remember from cal Ripken, 105 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 5: for so many years he won a World Series in 106 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 5: his second full season, never won another one, and he 107 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,360 Speaker 5: played forever. So at this point in his career, that 108 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 5: is what Harper wants most, more than anything, and he's 109 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 5: been pretty clear about that. They came close. In twenty 110 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,840 Speaker 5: two they got to the World Series, but he obviously 111 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,720 Speaker 5: wants to finish the job. And he mentioned I didn't 112 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 5: include this in the article, that they've got an elite 113 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:29,039 Speaker 5: pitching staff. They have some players who are eligible for 114 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 5: free agency coming up. So with this particular group, the 115 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 5: time is now. 116 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 2: Ken. 117 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: We had Mike Rizzo on yesterday from natscamp. He was 118 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 1: also in that twelve and I didn't inadvertently brought that 119 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: two thousand or he brought up to twenty twelve and 120 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: I said that was the Cardinals. He's like, yeah, thanks 121 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: for bringing it up, as you mentioned, But do you 122 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 1: think that drives guys like Bryce Harper. I know he 123 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 1: hasn't won, but when you lose a series the way 124 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: and then he leaves for Philly and then the Nats 125 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: win it after leaves, right, doesn't that you think that's 126 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: a driving factor in Bryce being who he is the 127 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: player he is. 128 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,960 Speaker 2: That is just as just. I mean, he is like 129 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 2: all go, all the time when he steps on the field. 130 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 3: He would have been that way anyway. 131 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 4: I believe aj that. 132 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 5: Was him from the start of his career, and I 133 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 5: don't know that the loss in twenty twelve affected that 134 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,039 Speaker 5: burning desire as much as the year by year going 135 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 5: forward the postseason. He's had monster postseasons, He's been in 136 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,640 Speaker 5: seven of them, but he has yet to get to 137 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 5: the point where he is a World Series champion, and 138 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 5: that is the goal of any player, and a guy 139 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 5: like that, it has become pretty clear over the years 140 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 5: that that is the number one driver for him. That's 141 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 5: what he wants to do more than anything. It is 142 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 5: for every player, but this is a guy who shows 143 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 5: his intensity and it is manifested in that drive to 144 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 5: win a World Series. So I don't know that it 145 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 5: was any one event, even the Nationals winning the year 146 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 5: after he left. I don't know that that drove him necessarily. 147 00:06:57,400 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 5: It's just that is something he has always wanted and 148 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 5: will always continue to want. 149 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 4: Can you elaborate on his thoughts of the Wan Soto deal? 150 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 4: You hit on an article, but you had a ten 151 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 4: minute interview, was there? You know, you get the extra 152 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 4: different feelings when you're actually talking to somebody. When he 153 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 4: talked about the Soto deal, I. 154 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 5: Asked him, point blank, does it bother you at all 155 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 5: that he's making Soto is more than twice what you 156 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 5: are in total value in the deal seven sixty five 157 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 5: versus three thirty it's incredible a difference of four hundred 158 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 5: and thirty five million. And Harper's answer was a little 159 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 5: bit surprising to me. He said, no, it doesn't bother 160 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 5: me at all. That didn't surprise me. I didn't expect 161 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 5: him to say, oh yeah, now I want to renegotiate. 162 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 5: He said, I'm making a lot of money. He said, 163 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 5: what does surprise me is when he sees players that 164 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 5: he perceives didn't get enough. He mentioned Darren Judge nine years, 165 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,119 Speaker 5: three hundred and sixty million, and he mentioned Bobby Witt. 166 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 5: He felt that if Bobby Witt had waited until free agency, 167 00:07:55,560 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 5: that he could have gotten a Soto type deal. And 168 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 5: maybe he's right, but Bobby with Junior decided to take 169 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 5: that eleven year, two hundred and eighty seven million dollar 170 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 5: deal with Kansas City. That too, is a lot of money. 171 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 5: He's gonna be okay. But that was Harper's point, and 172 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 5: he pointed to also to Gunnar Henderson as a guy 173 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 5: who once he becomes a free agent, and I believe 174 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 5: he becomes a free agent at twenty eight or twenty nine, 175 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 5: is a little bit older than some of these other ones, 176 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 5: then he'll be in position to do some big things 177 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 5: in the marketplace as well. 178 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,840 Speaker 3: Ft fam Arena Club is the modern way to collect 179 00:08:27,880 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 3: cards or buy or sell, or trade or even grade. 180 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:33,199 Speaker 3: And we're highlighting slab packs because this is the new 181 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:36,079 Speaker 3: way to rip open a pack get a really good card. 182 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,800 Speaker 3: Aj But also if you're not into the card, like 183 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 3: I know you pulled a Bob Gibson card recently, you 184 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 3: can get an offer of ninety percent of the estimated 185 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,400 Speaker 3: value and just accept it on the spot and give 186 00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,680 Speaker 3: it right back and maybe try again with another slab pack. 187 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: I ain't getting rid of my Bob Gibson autographed card. 188 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 1: Bob Gibson ain't car signing cards anytime soon, so I'm 189 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 1: keeping this one. It gets graded for you. There's no mess. 190 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: The only thing I wish they had bubblegum. Can they 191 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: virtually send me some bubble dumps cut Other than that, 192 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:04,959 Speaker 1: it's awesome. You can buy sell cards, They great them 193 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,400 Speaker 1: instantly for you, and physically you can also get the 194 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 1: cards if you want them, So I'm all for this. 195 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 2: This is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. 196 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, those cards are in your showroom in the app, 197 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 3: and then of course you can get the card physically. 198 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 3: Sent to you. So right now, you can get twenty 199 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 3: percent off your first slab pack or card purchase by 200 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 3: going to Arena club dot com slash foul. That's Arena 201 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 3: club dot com slash foul code foul for twenty percent 202 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:28,280 Speaker 3: off your first purchase. Ken, I want to stay in 203 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 3: the division and ask you about the Braves. Did you 204 00:09:30,320 --> 00:09:33,360 Speaker 3: get a chance to check out evandrelix article on you know, 205 00:09:33,400 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 3: their whatever Q suthing earnings that all are very public. 206 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:40,880 Speaker 3: I find that stuff fascinating. They had tens of millions 207 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 3: of dollars in profit. What can we learn from that 208 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 3: report as a sport, because it's really the only inside 209 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 3: look at the famous line that we hear of show 210 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 3: us the books. The books are thriving for the Braves, 211 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 3: even last year when you know they didn't go deep 212 00:09:55,559 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 3: into the playoffs. 213 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 5: Right, they were a publicly owned company. That's why we 214 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 5: have access to their earnings on a year by year basis. 215 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 5: Teams have their own ways of doing math, and the 216 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 5: Braves numbers are what they are. If you talk to 217 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,840 Speaker 5: other teams, they will tell you, well, this might be 218 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 5: true over here, but this is true over there, and 219 00:10:17,840 --> 00:10:19,839 Speaker 5: we're not doing as well as you think we are 220 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 5: unless we have the same kind of transparency with every 221 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 5: team that we have with the Braves. The Blue Jays 222 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 5: are also publicly owned, but I don't know that their 223 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 5: numbers are as publicly available. I'm not sure about that. 224 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 5: But in any case, twenty eight teams are not publicly owned. 225 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 5: They're privately owned. They do not open their books. And 226 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 5: when the owners say, or an owner says, well, I'm 227 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 5: not doing that well, or I'm doing okay, but I 228 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,960 Speaker 5: could be doing better, whatever the argument might be, those 229 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 5: arguments are hollow because we don't have access to the 230 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 5: actual numbers. The Players Association does. They actually don't necessarily 231 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,559 Speaker 5: have those numbers, but they have revenue numbers that the 232 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 5: teams report. We don't release them though, that's part of 233 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 5: their confidentiality agreement with MLB. But in general, when a 234 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 5: company of any kind, forget a baseball team, a company 235 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 5: of any kind is telling you we're making money or 236 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 5: losing money and they're not actually revealing to the public 237 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 5: what they're talking about, you have to be skeptical. It's 238 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 5: only natural to be skeptical. And we're entering a period 239 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 5: now scot as we've discussed, where there is going to 240 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 5: be a CBA negotiation, and owners are going to try 241 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 5: to make their teams and positions look as weak as possible, 242 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 5: when we all know they can only be so weak 243 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 5: when the sport as a whole is drawing record revenues 244 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 5: of twelve point one billion last year. 245 00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 4: Well they ever open their books? Because we always hear 246 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 4: the all is there ever going to be a salary cap? 247 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 4: Will they ever open their books? No? 248 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:55,080 Speaker 5: And I don't know that any privately held company in 249 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 5: America is going to willingly open their books. And I 250 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 5: guess you could say, well, if you wanted to make 251 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 5: your argument better, if the owners wanted to really drive 252 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 5: home their points and they could show that they were 253 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 5: losing or not making as much, whatever the case might be, 254 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 5: maybe that would be a motivation for them. But I 255 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 5: don't believe they are losing or doing as poorly as 256 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 5: maybe they would like us to believe. So why would 257 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 5: you open your books and let everybody see the truth? 258 00:12:24,320 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 2: Hey? 259 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 1: Ken, I know you discussed this yesterday on Fair, but 260 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: as we've discussed many times in the show, I've never 261 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: seen fair territory. 262 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 2: So one of your topics. 263 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 1: Was Pete Rose, what did you say about Pete Rose, 264 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: because I've given my opinion on this many times. You 265 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: worked with Pete at Fox, You've known Pete for a 266 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: long time. 267 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:41,760 Speaker 2: What did you think? 268 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,680 Speaker 1: Do you think something will change because the President comes 269 00:12:44,679 --> 00:12:47,600 Speaker 1: out and says he's pardoning them, and then Brob Manford 270 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: all of a sudden is looking back into it. Do 271 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: you think anything will change over the long haul now 272 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: that Pete has passed away? 273 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 5: Well, first of all, Rob Manford was looking into it 274 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 5: or talking with Pete's lawyer and daughter well before Trump 275 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 5: was even elected, or he was after he was elected, 276 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:05,520 Speaker 5: but well before Trump issued his statement about pardoning him 277 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,840 Speaker 5: for whatever he's going to pardon him for, if that 278 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 5: indeed takes place. I said on my show that I 279 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:15,199 Speaker 5: don't believe Manfred is going to change. Baseball has been 280 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 5: very very consistent about this through the years, that he 281 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 5: is a person that agreed to a permanent ban, and 282 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 5: that permanent ban is going to remain in place even posthumously. 283 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,720 Speaker 5: But the wild card is and I didn't mention this, 284 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 5: and I regretted it after the show. Let's say President 285 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:37,360 Speaker 5: Trump decides he's going to put a lot of pressure 286 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 5: on Baseball. At that point, Rob Manford's in a difficult spot. 287 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 5: He's in kind of a difficult spot already. People a 288 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 5: lot of people really want to see Pete Rose made 289 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 5: eligible for the Hall of Fame again, to see that 290 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 5: permanent band lifted. So I don't know what's going to happen, 291 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 5: and I probably shouldn't have been a strong saying I 292 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 5: think just Manford will stick to his guns. I don't 293 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 5: know that if the pressure comes both from Trump and 294 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 5: the public and or that he will be as able 295 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,760 Speaker 5: to just withstand that pressure. We'll see should he be reinstated. 296 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 5: Everyone has their opinion. I would like to see him reinstated, 297 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:16,120 Speaker 5: and I would have liked to have seen it happen 298 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 5: before he passed away, just so the Eras Committee, which 299 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 5: everyone would be the one, probably the Classic Era Committee, 300 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 5: could vote one way or the other on whether they 301 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:26,920 Speaker 5: think he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. 302 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 5: I wish the writers would have had a chance. It's 303 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 5: passed that now his eligibility for the Writer's ballot is done. 304 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 5: But to me, that's a question that should be decided 305 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 5: by the people who are selecting Hall of Famers, not 306 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,720 Speaker 5: Major League Baseball. Actually it's the Hall of Fame saying 307 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 5: we won't have an opportunity for any player on the 308 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 5: permanently ineligiblest to be in the Hall of Fame. The 309 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 5: Hall of Fame could change their mind tomorrow on that, but. 310 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 3: As not Ken quick File, I know we got less 311 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 3: than a minute, but do you think that MLB might 312 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 3: say okay because it was a quote, a lifetime ban 313 00:14:58,240 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 3: or that was what it was looked at, and then 314 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 3: they do put the onus back on the Hall of 315 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 3: Fame because it has sounded like MLB doesn't want to 316 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 3: be the ultimate decision maker and the Hall of Fame 317 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 3: kind of pushed it back on them. 318 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 5: It's possible, Scott, and again my initial thought, and if 319 00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 5: I had to make a bet, I would still say no. 320 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 5: I don't expect Manford to change his mind on this. 321 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 5: He's been very adamant if they do change their mind, 322 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 5: Guys like me can pull up quotes from many different 323 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 5: points in which he was quite strident and pointed about 324 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:32,520 Speaker 5: not taking Pete Rose off the permanently ineligible list. But 325 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 5: times change. He has passed away now Pete, and I 326 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 5: would imagine that in that meeting with Rose's daughter, she 327 00:15:40,680 --> 00:15:44,200 Speaker 5: made an emotional appeal on behalf of the family. And 328 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 5: I know a lot of fans look at this and 329 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 5: say baseball has connections now with gambling companies. The point 330 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 5: baseball always makes as well. He bet on baseball. Now, 331 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 5: that's the cardinal sin. It's on every clubhouse door. You 332 00:15:58,520 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 5: can't do that. I'm not sure what the proper thing 333 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,200 Speaker 5: is at this point, but I would like to see 334 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 5: him made eligible again, and let the Hall of Fame Committee, 335 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:12,240 Speaker 5: the Veterans committees that exist now in different forms, let 336 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 5: them decide. 337 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 3: Sounds like we'll get an answer from MLB at some 338 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 3: point soon. Ken, Thank you, enjoy camp in Florida. We'll 339 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,080 Speaker 3: talk soon. 340 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 5: Thanks guys. 341 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 3: FT senior insider Ken Rosenthal. Fair Territory of course out 342 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 3: there for the world from Monday's episode to learn more 343 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 3: about his thoughts on Pete Rose and then ooh, nice 344 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 3: shiny new graphics too, and then on Thursday Live with 345 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 3: Alana Rizzo taking your questions on YouTube, a little breaking news. 346 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 3: Jose Gleasias has found a home. I think signs with 347 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 3: the San Diego Padres. I say I think because there's 348 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 3: Robert Murray breaking the news. We find out after that 349 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 3: Kratz it's a minor league contract, so if he doesn't 350 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 3: make the club, they don't really pay him anything. I'm like, 351 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 3: hold up, Candalita gets a minor league deal after hitting 352 00:16:57,880 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 3: three thirty seven last year one thirty seven oh P 353 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 3: plus his defense is slick. Finished the season on a 354 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 3: twenty two game hit streak. Was clutch as hell, clutch 355 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 3: as hell runners in scoring position. Monster. It's like every 356 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 3: time there was a clutch moment and he came up, 357 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 3: he delivered. How does someone like that not get even 358 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 3: some type of guarantee. There are very few left on 359 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,199 Speaker 3: the board where I'm like, hey, let's see what this 360 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 3: looks like. But not one team can use Jose Iglesias 361 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,280 Speaker 3: to any extent. To me, it starts to mean are 362 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 3: some teams not into the song and dance literally from 363 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 3: last year. 364 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 4: They're not into winning, They're not into a w like 365 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:43,120 Speaker 4: this was a winning player. Mendy came on last year 366 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:47,359 Speaker 4: and said, Hosey Iglesias might be the MVP of this team. 367 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:49,959 Speaker 4: Like when you make a run like that, there are 368 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 4: certain key people that are part of that. And I'm 369 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 4: not saying the Mets need to have him back a 370 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 4: minor league deal. I'm shocked when I saw this. I 371 00:17:59,080 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 4: was shocked. 372 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 3: Do you think it's because he's got the singing career 373 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 3: and some teams are like, oh, I don't want to 374 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 3: deal with that. Well, then I just hey, I know 375 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 3: him for a long time. He is nice as can be, 376 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:14,440 Speaker 3: very open and honest and easy with the guys. Obviously 377 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:20,000 Speaker 3: with his teammates. You know, he's can play multiple positions, veteran, 378 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 3: not expensive. I don't know that one's crazy. Hey, I 379 00:18:23,119 --> 00:18:25,359 Speaker 3: want to give props to the Padres because that's a 380 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 3: great depth piece for them, right. 381 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 4: Right, another athletic shortstop whop is willing to play another position. 382 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 4: Shocker than the Padres got him. 383 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 3: True. True. I'm just looking around at lineups across baseball 384 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 3: and I'm like, you don't buy into this one because 385 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:44,440 Speaker 3: he had a high batting average on balls and play. 386 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 3: I think it was three eighty two, So you don't 387 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 3: believe that it's real. That one's tough for me. I mean, 388 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:52,159 Speaker 3: he had this problem last year, you know, and he 389 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 3: spoke to aj about it a year ago and it 390 00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 3: was like, I can't figure out why I can't get 391 00:18:56,400 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 3: an offer. And finally, you know, spend some time in 392 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 3: the minor leagues. The Mets were like, hey, we're gonna 393 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,440 Speaker 3: get you called up as soon as there if there's 394 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 3: a problem. And he comes up and he was freaking gangbusters, 395 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,639 Speaker 3: and hey, I mean the Mets lost Nick Madrigal. He 396 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 3: was the guy that came in to replace him. And 397 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 3: Magical's probably done for the year, So you're right, it 398 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 3: would have been sick to see him like burst through 399 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 3: that door. 400 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:16,679 Speaker 5: Yeah. 401 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 3: Good for the Padres though, great pick up. All right, 402 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 3: back for another minute, just because I have more on 403 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,719 Speaker 3: the Iglesias signing. It's a three million dollar contract if 404 00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 3: he is in the major leagues, and I believe there's 405 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,639 Speaker 3: about a million bucks in incentives as well, because some 406 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 3: people online were like, I thought he had a major 407 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:33,919 Speaker 3: league offer. So we'll get more details as we go 408 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 3: along here, Kratz, maybe he had a major league offer 409 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 3: for less, but the minor league offer gives him more 410 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 3: if he makes the big league team. I'm just throwing 411 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 3: things out there. That's not crazy. That's happened before, where 412 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 3: a team's like, hey, you got to make the roster 413 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,160 Speaker 3: at a camp, but if you do, then you'll make 414 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 3: more than you know, say, uh, I think Magical signed. 415 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 3: I think it was about a million bucks on a 416 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 3: major league deal. But then it's not as much upside. 417 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 4: Nobody's guaranteed a spot? What what so, what's gonna happen? 418 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 4: What's And and I get a little irritated when people 419 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 4: are like, oh, well, you'll make the team, Like, what's 420 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 4: gonna happen if something happens with Jose Glaciers in spring 421 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 4: training now even talking about like him not playing well 422 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:16,880 Speaker 4: to make the team, but just you know, oh he's 423 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,040 Speaker 4: got a little tweaked tammy. Okay, don't worry about it. 424 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 4: We'll pick you up. We'll still pay you three million dollars, 425 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 4: We'll still give you that, you know, the roster signing bonus. No, Like, 426 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 4: to me, a guy that played as well on a 427 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:32,159 Speaker 4: winning team should have some type of guarantee and he 428 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:35,560 Speaker 4: has nothing right now, according to what I see in 429 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 4: the contract that's coming out. 430 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: By the way, you guys, I saw Luis Guillor Mate today, 431 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: who was obviously a METT, and we had a we 432 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: had a conversation about Jose Glaciers day and I'm like, 433 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: how is this guy free agent? He had three hundred 434 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 1: last year, had the whole OMG. But you know he 435 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: wanted to go back to New York. Now he's going 436 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 1: to San Diego. You're right, there's nothing guaranteed, but I 437 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 1: would think that the padresy depth, he's probably gonna. 438 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 2: Make the team. 439 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: And by the way, when you say when you say no, 440 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:02,200 Speaker 1: one's guaranteed to a spot. Crotzy, Bryce Harper, Mike Trout, 441 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge one so get were making the team. 442 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 3: I met league contract, all right, ft fam. You know 443 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:13,560 Speaker 3: who was supposed to join us today on the guest list, 444 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 3: Christian Walker, and we got some news that he was 445 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: scratched from the lineup today. A little oblique soreness is 446 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 3: what they're calling it, left oblique soreness. I was trying 447 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 3: to look up real quick if that was the same 448 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,560 Speaker 3: side as last year, because he did miss some time 449 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:29,760 Speaker 3: in the second half of the season with an oblique issue. 450 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,960 Speaker 3: But I don't remember. I'll have to it would have 451 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 3: to again. 452 00:21:32,840 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 2: I would think it would get to. 453 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 3: Be left oblique from last year too. 454 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: And by the way, I have my earpiece out just 455 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 1: so everyone can complain about me having mine out too, 456 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:45,359 Speaker 1: so but mine is actually customed so it stays in 457 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 1: unlike the other ones that you know. Unless Scott wants 458 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,719 Speaker 1: to buy Customerer pieces for every player in baseball. 459 00:21:49,720 --> 00:21:50,680 Speaker 2: It's going to be tough slot. 460 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: But yeah, I don't think that you would pull your 461 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: right one as a right handed hitter. That would be 462 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 1: you know, everything he does is kind of this way, 463 00:21:58,560 --> 00:21:59,760 Speaker 1: so I would think it would be the same one. 464 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: I don't know that, but I would think, right, Cratzy. 465 00:22:02,520 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 4: You can, you can pull your right one. To me, 466 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,679 Speaker 4: it happens either on the swing. One side is on 467 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:12,120 Speaker 4: the swing, another side is on check swings, like the 468 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 4: front one. The front one I think happens more on 469 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,719 Speaker 4: the swing, and then the back one I think happens 470 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,879 Speaker 4: more on check swings. I don't know. It's been a while, 471 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,600 Speaker 4: but somebody told me about it, and now I get 472 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,479 Speaker 4: them mixed up, like my rights and my lefts? 473 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 3: You got this anyway? Do we get concerned when something 474 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,240 Speaker 3: pops up for someone that was an issue late last year? 475 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:40,119 Speaker 2: It's early. 476 00:22:40,119 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm sure this is very precautionary and they have time. 477 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:45,840 Speaker 1: They still have what almost over three weeks until opening day. 478 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:49,120 Speaker 1: I think they have enough time to get this calm down, 479 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 1: and with the minor leagues will be full swing by then, 480 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:53,239 Speaker 1: so he'll be able to get as at Bats. If 481 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,400 Speaker 1: he's if he has to sit up for a few days. 482 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:55,840 Speaker 2: He'll be fine. 483 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:57,480 Speaker 1: He'll he'll be able to get back into the groove 484 00:22:57,480 --> 00:22:59,040 Speaker 1: and Christi Walker will be fine. 485 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:05,560 Speaker 4: I'm not concerned. I'm always concerned about obliques still, like 486 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 4: spring training is the time when you're like, just relax, 487 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 4: just take take your time. If they stay a week, 488 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 4: take two weeks. This is the famous Ajas quote, take 489 00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 4: your time or an old. 490 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 3: Linger biggest losses. We don't get him on the show today, 491 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,400 Speaker 3: but we did that him on late last year, and 492 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:26,359 Speaker 3: we can wave. 493 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 2: He did wave when he walked by me. Though he waved. 494 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 3: I used to do sometimes when I'm like, you're playing 495 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 3: or not. If there was a guy. 496 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 2: Who was hurt, I just waved to him. 497 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: Josh walked by too. Crats's boy Krawds has no poll apparently, 498 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: mm hmm, what. 499 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 5: Hater. 500 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 2: That's the Josh that I know on the astros. M. 501 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 4: I mean, I got no pool you're there. Don't let 502 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 4: him cardinal you. 503 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 2: I didn't see him. I didn't see him this morning. 504 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 3: Whoa Roki Sasaki better than box scores. Dave Roberts was like, yeah, 505 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 3: that was the best we've seen him so far in 506 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 3: spring AJ What did you think of his first performance? 507 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 3: High nineties splitter is disgusting. 508 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,480 Speaker 1: Let Kyle Teal hit off of him and then get 509 00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: back to me there, Dave. Okay, Kyle TiAl is just 510 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 1: waiting to take him deep again. Uh yeah, I mean 511 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: it's cool spring training. He pitched well, splitter was on 512 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: point what he was. He was up to what ninety 513 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 1: seven I think I saw in ninety seven or ninety eight, 514 00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: So you know, good for him. But it's spring training. 515 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,840 Speaker 1: We always say spring training. No one's ever seen him, 516 00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 1: no one's gotten to look at. 517 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,359 Speaker 2: Him yet, so I don't know. 518 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: Let's let's pump the brakes a little bit. It was 519 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: a spring training start. But you know, the splitter looked good. 520 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: The fastball look good. We'll see once the lights come on. 521 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: But I like what I saw. It was a nice 522 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: first step. But Kyle Teal is not in the lineup. 523 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 4: Is he going to keep that fastball? That's my question. 524 00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:07,719 Speaker 4: Any any elite Japanese pitcher comes over, is he going 525 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 4: to keep that fastball? Because the years where guys, the 526 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 4: Japanese guys that came over had great years. Yes, the 527 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:20,240 Speaker 4: splitter was a thing, but can you continue to spot 528 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 4: and locate that fastball. The Dodgers do a great job 529 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 4: of creating value out of each of your pitches. I 530 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 4: don't think they're gonna get rid of it. It's more 531 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 4: of when he gets that thing whacked the first time, 532 00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 4: is he going to be like, well, that's the last one. 533 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,160 Speaker 4: Now it's all fastballs out of the zone. You saw 534 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,120 Speaker 4: it in Yamamoto a little bit last year. First heater 535 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 4: got whacked and he kind of shied away from it. 536 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,240 Speaker 4: Then when he came back, he was he was able 537 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,199 Speaker 4: to locate it and he had more success. So to 538 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,720 Speaker 4: me that that's the biggest thing. But man, that I 539 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 4: don't that's twitter. I would love to see a little 540 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 4: breakdown analytically of how much that thing moves, because that's 541 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 4: that's extra someone we're looking like curveballs. 542 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 3: That was the talk on socials when people were you know, 543 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,040 Speaker 3: like live tweeting and watching. People were saying, does he 544 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 3: have two different splitters? Looks like we've seen it break 545 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 3: a couple of different ways, guys. 546 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 4: I've guys that I've caught I've seen it. Masa used 547 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 4: to be able to manipulate his splitter guy the way 548 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 4: that guys like manipulate fastballs, and essentially that's what it is. 549 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,119 Speaker 4: You're just it's just how far you're able to split 550 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 4: that out there? You don't get you know, Jose Contreras, 551 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 4: the forkball all the way up to guys being able 552 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,240 Speaker 4: to throw like more of like a cut, a cut splitter. 553 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 4: His I mean, that thing is. 554 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:48,760 Speaker 3: Thanks getting it three scoreless, five strikeouts, get him a 555 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:51,440 Speaker 3: couple of hits, a walk, but it's just a good start. 556 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 3: And they hadn't seen him dial it up to that range. 557 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 3: And you know, last year, the fastball velost he was 558 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 3: down a little bit. Aj Remember he did his tour 559 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 3: even though he was basically sat on the Dodgers, and 560 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,640 Speaker 3: he was asking different front office staffs about their thoughts 561 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 3: on his season last year and how he could whether 562 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,080 Speaker 3: it was get more fastball Velo or more bite on 563 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,560 Speaker 3: it or the shape, whatever it was. He was collecting 564 00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 3: information from other teams. But he touched ninety nine on 565 00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:21,840 Speaker 3: the first pitch of the night. I know it's not 566 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,320 Speaker 3: all about Velo. It's how that basketball has life, especially 567 00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 3: late life. But I mean, this dude's pretty special and 568 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:31,080 Speaker 3: it's better to see it this way than it would 569 00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 3: have been if you know, we only saw him pick 570 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,000 Speaker 3: up a couple outs and everyone was whacking the baseball 571 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 3: all over the field. 572 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 1: What would have happened if his first pitch would have 573 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 1: been eighty nine? You think there would have been panic 574 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: in Dodgerland. All the other fan bases would have been like, 575 00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,000 Speaker 1: oh see, we told you we didn't want him anyways, 576 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: we didn't really want Rokie to come over here. 577 00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 2: So no, I think this was a good showcase. 578 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:53,239 Speaker 1: Again, Kyle Teal wasn't in the lineup, sorry about it, 579 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 1: but he's not on the red I know. 580 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 2: But again there's one guy that's taking him. 581 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:01,439 Speaker 1: Deep so far, and he took way back. So uh, No, 582 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:03,200 Speaker 1: I thought this was a nice start. Again, I thought 583 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: it was great. I thought it was cool. You know, 584 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 1: I'm sure Dodger fans were excited, and I'm sure Japanese 585 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: baseball fans were excited. Let's be honest. This is good 586 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: for baseball. It grows the game globally, and I'm all, 587 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:13,239 Speaker 1: I'm here for it. 588 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 3: Mm hm. And then Chris Sale for almost perfect innings yesterday, 589 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 3: no hits, a walk for strikeouts ninety five mile an 590 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 3: hour called third strike at the knees and the fourth 591 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,440 Speaker 3: is coming from David O'Brien, who was there watching him. 592 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 3: Last year's Cy Young winner with six hitless innings in 593 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,680 Speaker 3: two Great Free League starts this spring, also pitched once 594 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 3: on the backfield. The biggest thing aj for me in 595 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 3: this outing was who was catching him? 596 00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 2: There was it Austin Barnes. 597 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 3: Drake not Baldwin. 598 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 4: I know, no, I'm just kidding. 599 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: I was thinking about Rokie and I can't really see 600 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: the monitor because of the sun. Drake Baldwin, Well, he's 601 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,040 Speaker 1: gonna have to get ready now I can't Mark, Thanks Mark, 602 00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: Drake Baldwin's better be ready. With Sean Murphy getting gosh 603 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: rib broken and you're like you're first at baut A 604 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 1: spring that sucks, But yeah, Drake Baldwin, better be ready. 605 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,080 Speaker 1: I guess Chadwick Trump now will have to be on 606 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,120 Speaker 1: the team. But Drake Baldwin, guess what You're time to 607 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:07,880 Speaker 1: shout with the Atlanta Braves. Let's see what you got. 608 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: And you know why they did this by Brian Snicker 609 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 1: did this because he knows that he's gonna need him 610 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: comfortable catching Chris Sale when the season starts. So there 611 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 1: he was out there, and if I'm the Braves and 612 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 1: I know Murphy's gonna be out for a little while. 613 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,480 Speaker 1: I'd rather have Drake Baldwin come up and start and 614 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: see what he's got, because that way, you can't have 615 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,920 Speaker 1: him come up and sit and only play once every 616 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 1: few days. 617 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 2: You got to have him come up and play. So 618 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,560 Speaker 2: I like this move by the Braves. 619 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,560 Speaker 4: And they get to they get you know, that familiarity 620 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:37,280 Speaker 4: with him is huge. But as a young player, you'd 621 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:40,560 Speaker 4: look at Chris Sale like, oh my gosh, he's so intimidating. 622 00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,360 Speaker 4: He looks so like. Part of that transition is through 623 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 4: Sale too. Sale needs to be able to be who 624 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 4: he is with a young guy or with a veteran. 625 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 4: And so as much as they'll say, well, it's great 626 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 4: for Drake, you know, it's all that. You know, it's 627 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,920 Speaker 4: all for him to me, you have to have that 628 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 4: confidence as a pitcher. I'm not saying Sale doesn't. Sale 629 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 4: seems like he can throw to one of those plastic 630 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 4: cutout dummies and he'd be fine. But you have to 631 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 4: have that confidence that this dude's gonna be a to 632 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,280 Speaker 4: block my slider, Hang on to this slider, keep the 633 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:16,800 Speaker 4: pace that I want to throw. When I'm out there. 634 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,040 Speaker 3: A couple things. Number One, as you can see in 635 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,000 Speaker 3: the corner of your screen there, we do talk about 636 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 3: Drake Baldwin with our Baseball America shows, specifically on their 637 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,479 Speaker 3: prospect profile. It's on the Baseball America YouTube channel if 638 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,440 Speaker 3: you want to check that out and learn more about 639 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 3: their top prospect and how he's going to be thrown 640 00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 3: right into the mix to start the season. Number two 641 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,120 Speaker 3: question in the live chat krats, and it's one that 642 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 3: we get every time you say it, who is Masa? 643 00:30:45,160 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 3: There are youngsters out there and also probably just people 644 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,240 Speaker 3: who don't know the nickname, So you need to provide 645 00:30:50,280 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 3: context when you call out your buddy. 646 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 4: Masa hero tanaka unbelievable Yankee pitcher, super elite as he said, 647 00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 4: also famous person in Japan. 648 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 3: Boom, there you go. All right, let's get two. Pete 649 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 3: Crow Armstrong inside the parker more just a chance for 650 00:31:12,240 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 3: us to talk about him because he's gonna get everydabes 651 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 3: in center field. He is stupid fast, So there he 652 00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 3: is sliding head first into second and then he's willing 653 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 3: around and scoring. If you look at what he did 654 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 3: as a player last year, just the hitting stat DJ, 655 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:36,280 Speaker 3: you're like me, but he is a wins above replacement 656 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 3: Darling because of the other parts of his game. 657 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,400 Speaker 1: Hey listen, ya, dude can fly. He needs to get 658 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: the blue hair back again because it's not blue like 659 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,960 Speaker 1: he used to be. But I think Krats could have 660 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,160 Speaker 1: scored on that throat a second, you know, I mean 661 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: that ball was That was just bad. That was spring 662 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,520 Speaker 1: training baseball. It's fine as cutoffs and relays. It must 663 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 1: have comes out for the Potters. Sorry, I haven't worked 664 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: on it yet. I think Peter Armstrong if you talk 665 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: to Craig so you talk to people inside the Cubs organization, 666 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: Creek Council stood up for him last year because there 667 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: was a lot of people saying, I don't know, I 668 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: don't know about this kid. Creig Council loves this kid. 669 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: And anytime you have a manager that has your back 670 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: the way Craig Council has PCAs, it's a good thing. Yes, 671 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,960 Speaker 1: he plays defense, but they really do think he's going. 672 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 2: To be able to hit on a big league level. 673 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, you need somebody, Yeah. 674 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 4: You need somebody to stick up for you. When you're 675 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:28,240 Speaker 4: hitting in the low two hundreds, you need somebody to 676 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 4: stick up for you. And I think this is an 677 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 4: unforeseen value that Craig Council brings to a marquee organization. 678 00:32:37,040 --> 00:32:38,600 Speaker 4: You think of the Cubs like, well, we have to 679 00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,960 Speaker 4: save some type of face here. We can't have a 680 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 4: guy showing up to regularly and hitting two hundred. If 681 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 4: your manager believes in you, then you start to have confidence. 682 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 4: Then the organization is like, okay, well listen to you. 683 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 4: We've seen what you've done up in Milwaukee. And you 684 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 4: know what. I love this video of this little league 685 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 4: inside the park home run because I'm showing all the 686 00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,120 Speaker 4: guys on my baseball team how to back up basis. 687 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 4: So this is perfect. Guys, it's a base hit, all right. 688 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 4: Where's my center fielder on this play? There's so much 689 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 4: going on. Oh, the center fielder was backing up the 690 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:17,959 Speaker 4: left fielder. Right fielder sleeping. Now he's bringing it in 691 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 4: basic basics, basics. 692 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 3: Where for the people, we asked for some takes on 693 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 3: the ABS Automatic Ball and Strike System robo umps for 694 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 3: some of you, So we'll show some from our friends 695 00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 3: on Instagram. I love that graphic, by the way, Verry 696 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 3: Verry pro. But we asked people for their take and 697 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 3: let's run through a few right now. John said it's 698 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,440 Speaker 3: going to delay the game more. 699 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:49,360 Speaker 5: L O. 700 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,360 Speaker 4: I don't know how to say, John hasn't been to 701 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 4: a game where they've done it. Yeah. 702 00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:03,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a few seconds, So we're good on that front. 703 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,680 Speaker 3: And also there's not thirty challenges. You know, you want 704 00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 3: to debate how many a team should get. That's fine, 705 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,560 Speaker 3: But another person, I don't know how to say this 706 00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,400 Speaker 3: name either, Leelo. There we go. I'll just take a 707 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 3: part of it that is not inappropriate. I'm not a fan. 708 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 3: I don't like how people believe technology can fix everything 709 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 3: right now? Do we really think it's that much of 710 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 3: a problem to fix a few more calls, especially the 711 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 3: ones that are going to be blatant? I get it, 712 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,120 Speaker 3: if you get ten challenges, they're going to try and 713 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 3: just challenge everything and be real specific. And I just 714 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,200 Speaker 3: think you got a few a game that you're gonna use. 715 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 3: I mean technically too, but obviously more. If you get 716 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,640 Speaker 3: them right, it's not that big a deal. And it's 717 00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:43,759 Speaker 3: going to get rid of the really blatant ones in 718 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:47,440 Speaker 3: our sport that go super viral. And some people might say, oh, well, 719 00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,520 Speaker 3: that's good for the sport, but I'm like, do we 720 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 3: really need Angel Hernandez to be getting more attention than 721 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,480 Speaker 3: anything else in May of last year or whenever that was, 722 00:34:56,760 --> 00:35:01,360 Speaker 3: or does Wyatt Langford just go boom Challenge roasted boom Challenge, 723 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,320 Speaker 3: roasted boom Challenge roasted on all three of those pitches 724 00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 3: that he called a billion feet off the plate. 725 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 4: Okay, real quick, like, do you want to see the 726 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 4: best player continue his at bat? Go look down the 727 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:16,680 Speaker 4: list of the players who have gotten some of the 728 00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:21,920 Speaker 4: worst calls or consistently missed calls because of their size, 729 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:24,680 Speaker 4: because of how they stand in the box. Yesterday I 730 00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:28,959 Speaker 4: watched the Yankees game Spencer Jones. They called a pitch 731 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,720 Speaker 4: this high in the above the strike zone a strike, 732 00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:35,799 Speaker 4: all right, challenged it switched it over. Aaron Judge has 733 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 4: the most called balls called strikes of anybody in the 734 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,560 Speaker 4: Big leagues at some point last year. I forget when 735 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaker 4: it was. But like, you want to see those guys 736 00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 4: continue to play. You want to see the right calls 737 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 4: being out there. Technology is not taking over the game. 738 00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:56,719 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a tough one to have hot takes on. 739 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 3: Royce said, the Braves wish it was in place in 740 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 3: nineteen ninety seven. Matt said it friggin sucks. If we 741 00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:06,839 Speaker 3: continue in this path, Catcher will be totally devalued. 742 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 4: Really no, no, no, Matt, Matt, somebody that the value 743 00:36:12,520 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 4: was in the receiving. I am not against that. I 744 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,360 Speaker 4: get it. If they would go to complete robo umpire 745 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 4: and just have some machine making all the calls, yes, 746 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,560 Speaker 4: the value would be gone. That's not what we're going with. 747 00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 4: You would see you would see some big, hulking left 748 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:30,400 Speaker 4: fielder who can't play left field behind a dish. The 749 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 4: value would then just go to blocking and throwing guys out, 750 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:38,880 Speaker 4: which they devalue right now, although the good teams still 751 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 4: value it. 752 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,320 Speaker 3: Agreed, it's not for every pitch. This is a really 753 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,719 Speaker 3: nice solution, especially for now. Also, I just want to 754 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,840 Speaker 3: be fair. Most people are for it. We just wanted 755 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 3: to get some takes and find out why they're against it. 756 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,880 Speaker 3: We didn't get a ton of detail on most of them. 757 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 3: Besides technology to over the world. I'm like, don't we 758 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:04,560 Speaker 3: just want to get some extra calls right that don't 759 00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:08,080 Speaker 3: take up time, that fix the really bad stuff? Do you? 760 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:11,080 Speaker 3: And also even I mean for umps, sure they don't 761 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 3: want to be completely replaced either, but we're not replacing them. 762 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,520 Speaker 3: We're fixing the really big mistakes that stand out, and 763 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,600 Speaker 3: sure there might be one that's really on the edge, 764 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,399 Speaker 3: and then it gets overturned and people like, we're getting 765 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 3: too specific here. 766 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,720 Speaker 4: Okay, nope, still have a lot of one to strike. 767 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:27,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a line. 768 00:37:28,520 --> 00:37:30,479 Speaker 4: They're given a lot to the pictures. By the way 769 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,840 Speaker 4: you're getting you're getting a full ball off of each side. 770 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 4: So now the plate is twenty two inches instead of 771 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:42,080 Speaker 4: seventeen inches, like, oh, pictures need to take advantage of that.