1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,159 Speaker 1: They're not going to stack up against the Dodgers on paper. 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,280 Speaker 1: The Cubs have to get a lot out of their 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: starting rotation. The Cubs have to get a lot out 4 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: of their defense. 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 2: Two games down in the MLB season and the Dodgers 6 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 2: are still on the pathway through one sixty two And oh, 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: it's the Tokyo Series postgame show powered by MLB nine 8 00:00:23,640 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: Innings Scottie Brown with Eric Kratz and I'm going to 9 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: have to start right at the top here. Yes, it 10 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 2: was awesome to have this series in Japan. It was 11 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 2: insane attendance. There were so many cool things that went 12 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: down over the past week. But also as far as 13 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:38,320 Speaker 2: locking in on today because we did a postgame show 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 2: yesterday too. Roki Sasaki debuted your thoughts. 15 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: Day and Age where we're in right now for everybody listening, 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 1: I showed the splitter the day and Age is spinning 17 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: the ball, spinning the ball. He came out, showed a 18 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: pitch that we're not we haven't seen. We haven't seen 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:04,200 Speaker 1: a forkball at that velocity in a long time. Did 20 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: he have some nerves yes? Did the Cubs do a 21 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: good job of not chasing out of the zone, Yes, 22 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: But what he showed with that splitter, forkball, knuckle split, 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: whatever you're gonna call it, just shows they got somebody 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: that is going to grow in the big leagues, and 25 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: those two pitches just heater splitter. He's gonna dominate a 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:28,680 Speaker 1: lot of lineups. 27 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: He was feeling it in the very beginning of the game. 28 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 2: The first inning. He was only ninety nine and one hundred, 29 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: I mean rounding up from ninety eight point whatever, but 30 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 2: sitting ninety nine one hundred. It ended up ticking down 31 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: a couple miles per hour on the heater. But he 32 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: was feeling it in the first and then eventually mixing 33 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: in that splitter, which goes in you know, a variety 34 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 2: of directions right, it can break down to the right, 35 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,040 Speaker 2: it can break down to the left, which is not 36 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 2: common for someone with a splitter like that. So it's 37 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 2: got the most drop already in Major League Baseball, about three. 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 3: And a half feet. 39 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 2: It's got the least spin, at least according to what 40 00:02:08,320 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 2: we've been able to track so far in spring training. 41 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:13,799 Speaker 3: Is that what you saw one hundred percent. 42 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: The normal splitter I think ranges anywhere from like twelve 43 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: hundred to thirteen fifty RPMs. Fastballs spin at about twelve 44 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 1: hundred and four. Seam fastballs spin even higher than that. 45 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 1: Breaking balls spin even more. The less spin you have 46 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: on the more that ball is going to break, the 47 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: more the air is going to push on it. Rookie 48 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 1: Sasaki's average splitter that he threw in spring training this 49 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 1: year was at five point fifty. Essentially, you're throwing a knuckleball, 50 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,040 Speaker 1: and people will say, well, knuckleball doesn't even spin. It 51 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: actually has rotation, just not a lot, and that ball 52 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: is going to hit seams in different directions and take 53 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,800 Speaker 1: it in different directions. That is a little preview of 54 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: why I chose who my player of the game was, 55 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: But we'll wait to get to the player of the game. 56 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: That pitch is something that we don't see. 57 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, fifty six pitches total from Rokie, three innings, one hit, 58 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: one run, three strikeouts, and five walks. Like you mentioned, 59 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: we did see a little bit of nerves, just like 60 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 2: Yamamoto last year in his debut in Korea. Obviously he 61 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: figured it out. So everyone's in good shape and the 62 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 2: Dodgers offense is still really good. It felt like a flashback. 63 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,959 Speaker 2: First home run of the twenty twenty five MLB season. 64 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: Who but Tommy Tanks. I mean, he's huge Kratz, He's 65 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: a monster. He's actually had seven home runs in the 66 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: regular season with the Dodgers since he was traded to them. 67 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 2: Five of them have come against the Cubs. Because remember 68 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 2: last year at the back to back two homer games, 69 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 2: and they were like Tommy Tanks. So that was where 70 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 2: the nickname came from. And we saw that play out 71 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 2: here eventually Kik eventually Otani. 72 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: Which we'll get to, but they put up some runs today. 73 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, it's almost like Tommy Edwin was a 74 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: free agent that the Dodgers. Oh wait, no, it wasn't. 75 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,520 Speaker 1: It was just another trade that they were able to 76 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: go pick him up. Oh and he was on the 77 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: IL when they picked him up, he was coming off 78 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:13,440 Speaker 1: an injury. There is some level of obviously skill and 79 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 1: status that this dude is an elite player. Yes, but 80 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,400 Speaker 1: it's confidence too. This is a dude they picked up 81 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: last year he was on the IL from the Cardinals 82 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: looking to get rid of players. They were like, yeah, 83 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 1: we'll definitely take him. Oh and we're going to give 84 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 1: you a contract extension and you win the NLCS MVP Oh, 85 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: and now you're protecting the show Heyo Tani. When Freddy 86 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: and Mookie Betts go out, you talk about Swiss army knives, 87 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,479 Speaker 1: It's like, Oh, he can play second, he can play center, 88 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: he can play shortstop. He was protecting Sho Heo Tani 89 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: in the Dodgers lineup. To me, that's the most versatility 90 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: that you can get. Oh and he hit a right 91 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: handed dinger on the second day of the season. 92 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 3: And who else always up in big moments. 93 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,800 Speaker 2: Key k Hernandez made it five to one later in 94 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 2: the game in the fourth, one hundred and ten miles 95 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:07,919 Speaker 2: an hour off the bat from Kyk. 96 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 3: He just loves these moments. 97 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: The ball was cranked. Kk's gonna give you his fifteen 98 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: homers a season. That ball hit the back wall the 99 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: Tokyo Dome. I saw Joe Adele when we were hitting 100 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: over there hit the lights on the back wall above 101 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: where Kik hit. That was a tank. Anything off of 102 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 1: that back wall is crushed, and he crushed it. He 103 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: was actually struck out steal through a nice back door 104 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: slider to him and Alan Porter Froze could have give 105 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: him this one. We've ben strike three fout off a 106 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 1: couple pitches heater in We'll see you. 107 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:46,840 Speaker 2: I do want to bring up that comment I'm looking 108 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: at from Sicilian he said, no bets, no Freeman in 109 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 2: this series. 110 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: Good point. 111 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 2: It's only two games, but man, they looked good and 112 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,560 Speaker 2: we'll get to the Cubs in a moment. But sho 113 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 2: heyo Tani. Two strikes on him makes it six two. 114 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 2: Of course, he's not going to leave without smashing a danger. 115 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: And I feel like the expectations for him are jaded 116 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 2: at this point where everyone's like, yeah, he homered. 117 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:10,799 Speaker 3: Of course he homered. 118 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 2: The pressure that was on his shoulders to not just 119 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 2: deliver and you know, have his team obviously play well, 120 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 2: but to hit a homer. Everyone was like, oh, this 121 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 2: is the Babe Ruth of our time period. We want 122 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,719 Speaker 2: a homer and you can you can see him clenching 123 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 2: his teeth when he made contact because he's hoping that 124 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,839 Speaker 2: it goes right so that he can knock this off 125 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,559 Speaker 2: his checklist and say, hey, I played him from front 126 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 2: of my home country with the defending champs, and I 127 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: gave them what they came for. 128 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,280 Speaker 1: Believe this was a homer. Tough angle thought it thought 129 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: they reached over. There's no way Major League Baseball is 130 00:06:49,160 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: overturning without conclusive evidence. The Shoheo Tani in Japan a 131 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,159 Speaker 1: home run that's called on the field oh way conspiracy 132 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: theories aside two pitches before, two pitches before he hit 133 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: the homer. Pearson thrown ninety nine to one hundred, big 134 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 1: huge donkey with short pants. He was throwing gas. He 135 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: threw a heater that show Hey just watched. It looked 136 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: like he slowed it down. Next pitch he threw him 137 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 1: a breaking ball that I saw later in a dugout. 138 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:25,760 Speaker 1: He went, he kind of went, now, it just spins 139 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: like it backs up, and they were like yeah, like 140 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:31,320 Speaker 1: they were talking about what the pitch was. After that, 141 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 1: they zoomed in on him. After that breaking ball, they 142 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: zoomed in on him, and he just he just had 143 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: to smile on his face. I was like, oh my gosh, 144 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: he is going to crush a dinger here because that 145 00:07:42,840 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: breaking ball he knows it's not He doesn't have to 146 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: fear for his life on that breaking ball. So he 147 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: got ready for ninety nine and one hundred hit a dinger, 148 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,360 Speaker 1: Show Hey doing Show Hey. 149 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:58,280 Speaker 2: Things, and then they intentionally walked him later on in 150 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: the game. 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This was just straight up 182 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 2: dictatorship crats. Who did you just select? 183 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: Will Smith? Will Smith is one hund player of the game. Yeah, 184 00:09:49,679 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: he didn't do anything crazy. K hit a dinger, Edmund 185 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 1: hit a dinger. Show, Hey hit a dinger. Will Smith 186 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:01,560 Speaker 1: had to catch that pitch that everybody was watching, and 187 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: we just talked about breaking it down. It's going this 188 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: way that way, and he did an amazing job. Yes, 189 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: there's five walks. That's not Will Smith's fault. The fact 190 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: that he was able to get back there, the fact 191 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: that he outlasted Carson Kelly, the Cubs catcher with less 192 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: pass balls, with that pitch coming in there and Carson 193 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: Kelly just had regular speedballs and heaters. Oh yeah, by 194 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,719 Speaker 1: the way, he got a couple knocks while he was 195 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: over in Japan. I think he had five walks, three walks. Anyway, 196 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 1: a couple walks, a couple of knocks. Good start to 197 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: the season. Who dealt with an ankle contusion, which everyone's like, oh, 198 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:47,319 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. It was nine months ago. He's dealing 199 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:49,559 Speaker 1: with it with for nine months and then you take 200 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 1: a fourteen hour flight. Some catchers don't play both games. 201 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: He went out there, did it and he controlled the splitter. 202 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: We gotta we gotta give a we gotta give a 203 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: cool name to it. 204 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, we do. You're right. 205 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,240 Speaker 2: We should ask kote I Sanga because he seems to 206 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 2: be good at that. He's got the ghost fork and 207 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 2: he just named one the other day that's super slow curveball. 208 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 3: Whatever. 209 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 2: We'll talk about that on FT at some point. I 210 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: don't even know if you've seen that one yet, but 211 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 2: I'll show you anyway. I do want to get to 212 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,959 Speaker 2: the Cubs because we're like ten minutes in and this 213 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:23,120 Speaker 2: is a postgame show for both sides. We do also 214 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 2: have a Dodgers territory postgame show for you if you 215 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 2: want to check that out after this one. We did 216 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 2: that yesterday too, Alana and Clint having a time, probably 217 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 2: having a cocktail because the party continues. 218 00:11:34,080 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 3: For the Dodgers. What about the Cubbies? 219 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,160 Speaker 2: I mean, towards the end of the game, they showed 220 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 2: a couple shots of Craig Counsel and he looked genuinely pissed. 221 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,080 Speaker 2: Season number one for him as highest paid manager up 222 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 2: until now when Dave Roberts has taken over on a 223 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 2: year by year basis, was a disappointment for the Cups. 224 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 2: It was a massive disappointment for Chicago. They came up 225 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: short again. They didn't have the firepower necessarily on the roster. Okay, 226 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,640 Speaker 2: fast forward offseason looks like a much better bullpen on paper. 227 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 2: Add Kyle Tucker to the mix. Here comes Matt Shaw, 228 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 2: one of their top prospects, if not their top prospect. 229 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 3: They lose both games. 230 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 2: Tucker, you know, had the late double or whatever. They 231 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 2: made a little push late against Alex Vessio, one of 232 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,439 Speaker 2: twenty closers for the Dodgers. But what did you think 233 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 2: of this series? For these for these two games, you know, 234 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 2: Saya Suzuki didn't do much. Some of their big boys 235 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: were just okay. They did actually put together I think 236 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 2: more hits than the Dodgers in this second game. I 237 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 2: think they had eight hits, but it just wasn't enough. 238 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,320 Speaker 2: Justin Steele was just saying. 239 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,960 Speaker 1: It was you know, you know, there's there's not a 240 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: lot you can glean from a sweep when you go 241 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: over to Japan against clearly the best team on paper 242 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 1: in baseball. They're not going to stack up against the 243 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: Dodgers on paper. What do the Cubs have to do? 244 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:58,560 Speaker 1: The Cubs have to get a lot out of their 245 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 1: starting rotation. The Cubs have to get a lot out 246 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: of their defense. To me, I thought their defense really 247 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: was good. Besides Bertie's throwing air in the fifth inning yesterday, 248 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 1: I think they showed a lot. Matt Shall showed a 249 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 1: lot as a rookie, being able to get out there 250 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: make some plays for the boys. Dancy Swanson's always going 251 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: to be solid, So it's going to be starting pitching 252 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:26,600 Speaker 1: in defense, which is crazy for a team that traded 253 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 1: for Kyle Tucker. To me, he's going to have a 254 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: great year. But if Michael Bush is your third lefty 255 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: in the top four, of your lineup when you're out 256 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 1: there day in and day out, and that's the protection 257 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: you have. I just feel like the depth of this 258 00:13:46,720 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 1: lineup isn't going to give them enough to fight through 259 00:13:52,320 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: hiccups like Justin Steele had today. Justin Steele's gonna get 260 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: his games where he gets six to eight punch outs, 261 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 1: He's going to go six seven innings. But you need 262 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 1: to have a lineup that can come through for your 263 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,280 Speaker 1: pitching staff when they have a little bit of off days. 264 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: And I just don't I don't see it. I don't 265 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: see they had a lot of good plate discipline. I 266 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 1: don't see that damage. And it only gets tougher when 267 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: you go back to Chicago. 268 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 2: My thing is Kyle Tucker is going to need to 269 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 2: look like he did for half a season last year. 270 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: I mean, you only played half a season he had 271 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: the injury. But if he looks like that version of 272 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker where he was on pace for like forty 273 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 2: some odd home runs and he's just a top I 274 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 2: don't know, ten or even five player in the sport, 275 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 2: it changes things. So he's going to have to be 276 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 2: that level for me for the offense to take a 277 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 2: step up, because otherwise, like you said, the defense should 278 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 2: be pretty similar, maybe a tick worse. 279 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 3: I'm not sure. Shaw still has work to do there. 280 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 2: He did have a mistake yesterday, right, he had a 281 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:53,160 Speaker 2: little throwing blit yesterday, and then. 282 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 3: That's right, Yeah, I was the only air very good defense. 283 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,040 Speaker 2: Also, I like Saya Suzuki had much better than I 284 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 2: than I do having him in the field. The bullpens 285 00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:06,760 Speaker 2: should be better, rotation should be in a similar spot. 286 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 2: Is the offense going to bang enough for them to 287 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,920 Speaker 2: actually take a step and be, you know, the division champs. 288 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 2: It doesn't look like a team that's going to be 289 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 2: dominating by any means. It doesn't look like we're gonna 290 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 2: see them, you know, run away with the division like 291 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 2: the Brewers did last year. 292 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: When you talk about Tucker having a really good year, 293 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: who protects him? That's that's why I look at the lineup. 294 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 1: Is Nico Horner protecting Kyle Tucker? Hehaps in the in 295 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,040 Speaker 1: the leadoff spot, good on base so Tucker can get RBIs, 296 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: But ultimately who protects your MVP? And I don't I 297 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: don't see that right now in this lineup because teams 298 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: are just gonna crush them with lefties if it's bush, 299 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: is Justin Turner going to protect Kyle Tucker only when 300 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 1: lefties are out there? Is that the most viable situation 301 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: for this team. I get it, Turner can't play Hunterton's 302 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: sixty two games, But where is that protection going to 303 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,920 Speaker 1: be after you pick up that superstar? Or is it 304 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: going to be a superstar that's just sitting out on 305 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 1: an island by himself. 306 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 2: There's definitely people that are gonna watch in theirs, some 307 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: right now that are watching live, like, all right, let's relax. 308 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:18,520 Speaker 2: The second game of the season. The Cubs A row 309 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 2: and two totally agree, understood. We're only telling you what 310 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: we're working with here the first couple of games of 311 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 2: the season and what we see and also what we 312 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 2: spoke about in the offseason. We didn't say it was 313 00:16:29,120 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 2: a bad team. It's just that none of us said, Wow, 314 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,560 Speaker 2: this is it. They did it. They finally put together 315 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 2: another dominant looking ball club. You know, it looks good, 316 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 2: not great. 317 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: If only there was another all star level bat that 318 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 1: was out there towards the end of the offseason. Now 319 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 1: you have some protection for Kyle Tucker, but they weren't 320 00:16:50,520 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: willing to go far enough. And I don't think it's 321 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: because Matt Shaw's gonna be a bad player that I'm 322 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: saying that. I think Matt Shall is going to be 323 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 1: a solid player. It would be great to have Matt 324 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: shawl and that other person that was still out there. 325 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 2: Yep, hey, look bottom corner of the screen right here. 326 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,400 Speaker 2: This show north Side territory for Cubs fans. We also 327 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 2: have Dodgers territory for Dodgers fans. Two more things I 328 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 2: want to do. Number one, Our dude, Derek find the scenes. 329 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 2: Asked Ai for some nicknames for the devastating splitter that 330 00:17:24,760 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 2: Roki Sasaki has, and he came up with or Ai 331 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 2: he she or whatever you want. Came up with the 332 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 2: following names, The Silent Drop, the Vanishing Tide, the Hidden Blade, 333 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: the guillotine or in Japanese that would be kuba nagashi. 334 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:42,679 Speaker 3: What do you like? 335 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:50,440 Speaker 1: Guillotine probably the best, Maybe like Japanese theme, like a tsunami, 336 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:55,280 Speaker 1: the tsunami because it just comes in and waves. I 337 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: don't know, I don't know. I like the guillotine the best. 338 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:01,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, but kuban, oh gosh, it was what I would 339 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:04,480 Speaker 2: want it to be called. I want the Japanese termininology 340 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,440 Speaker 2: because or the Japanese language description. 341 00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 3: It just sounds better. 342 00:18:08,720 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 2: Okay, Now what I really want is a snack, and 343 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 2: you might be wondering what I'm talking about. But my 344 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,359 Speaker 2: friend Evan Drelik, who writes for The Athletic, is out 345 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,919 Speaker 2: in Tokyo and he went up to one of the 346 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:26,439 Speaker 2: food stands and found something called krats. Look at this 347 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:30,800 Speaker 2: little snack cratz. But still they tried their best and 348 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 2: they put together something that looks like it has maybe 349 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 2: a nut mix to it. It was at one of 350 00:18:34,800 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 2: the food stands where he said it was fantastic. Of course, 351 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,720 Speaker 2: I was actually recently in Japan as well, a couple 352 00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 2: months ago. It is just next level in terms of food. 353 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 2: There's the stand in case you want to go to 354 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 2: Tokyo inside the Tokyo Dome and find it where you 355 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:51,120 Speaker 2: can find krats snacks. 356 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 3: There you go, Krats, no royalties. 357 00:18:54,080 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: I always knew that I made an impression when I 358 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 1: went to Tokyo both times, and now all those things 359 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: are coming to Fruition. It's showhey for lotions, handshakes, perfumes, 360 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: cologns fortnite, it's me for beer nuts. 361 00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:18,600 Speaker 2: Yep, it's a pepper bacon snack is what I'm being told. 362 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 1: Ah, let's get it. I hope el Evan Drelik bought 363 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: me some and is sending them. I need a box. 364 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: I need a case of crats. Can't get your crats 365 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 1: without crats. 366 00:19:34,119 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: I'll ask him if he can send us some since 367 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 2: you got to get through customs. Anyway, this was awesome. 368 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for joining us for a little 369 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 2: early morning f T and then we have our regular FT, 370 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,120 Speaker 2: which is also earlier in the morning. Still this week, 371 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:49,920 Speaker 2: as we're leading up to spring training games that start 372 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,640 Speaker 2: on the East Coast at one o'clock Eastern time. We're 373 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 2: in Red Sox camp in Fort Myers, Florida for FT. 374 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 2: Obviously we'll hit other newses while there are a few 375 00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 2: baby signings in terms of how much money, but big names. 376 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 2: Craig Kimbrel was just signed to the Braves. We'll get 377 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 2: to that. We'll get to Kobe Mayo upset about being 378 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,560 Speaker 2: optioned by the Orioles. 379 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 3: That's a good story right there. 380 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 2: Anyway, again, thank you to everyone that was watching this, 381 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,159 Speaker 2: and also to MLB nine Innings for powering up our 382 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 2: postgame shows bright and early in the morning. Helping us 383 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 2: put this all together. And there's a little more on 384 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 2: the game. Check out the twenty twenty five version. Of course, 385 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 2: download it wherever you download apps on your phone, and 386 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 2: you can get it for free. Okay, thanks AFT fam, 387 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 2: we'll see it later today