1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. We 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: are one week away from the Major League Baseball trade deadline. 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,639 Speaker 1: We've got a lot to get to today, Trek Scugle, 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:15,760 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, Nationals, trade hunter Goodman, who should buy? 5 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 2: Who should sell? 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: But let's start with the biggest story that will dominate 7 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:19,640 Speaker 1: the week. 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 2: Of course, it's Trek Scugle. 9 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: Now, let me set the stage for you with the 10 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: Tigers and where they are six games under five hundred, 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 1: six back in the Al Central and three and a 12 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: half back in the wild Card race. 13 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 2: They just lost two of. 14 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:37,080 Speaker 1: Three to the Royals over the weekend, the Royals being 15 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: one of the worst teams in the Majors. Not a 16 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: great outcome for the Tigers at a moment when they 17 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: are trying to determine their future. Now, their playoff odds 18 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,720 Speaker 1: are at about thirty three percent, And I'll refer to 19 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: playoff odds throughout the show because this is something that 20 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:53,960 Speaker 1: front offices look at. 21 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 2: So it's a one in three chance. 22 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 1: Yet I don't know if Scott Harris, they're president of 23 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 1: Baseball Opera, is simply going to base this on their 24 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: chances of making the playoffs. They've got the Orioles at 25 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: home for three, then they travel to Sacramento to play 26 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: the A's for three before the deadline. And yet what 27 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 1: I've reported with Will Salmon is that Scott Harris has 28 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 1: told teams we're going to need a controllable starter if 29 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: we're going to do this, and we're going to need 30 00:01:21,560 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: that on top of prospects. 31 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 2: So that's a trade you. 32 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:29,199 Speaker 1: Conceivably could do wherever you are in the standings, because 33 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 1: you could justify trading Schooble justifying quotes because you'll be 34 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 1: getting a starting pitcher back to cover his innings, to 35 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,600 Speaker 1: be someone that you could count on in the rotation, 36 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: not to the extent of Trek Schouble, but someone who 37 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: really could. 38 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:45,800 Speaker 2: Help your team. 39 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: So it's all going to play out this week. I'm 40 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: sure there's going to be a lot of talk about 41 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: Schooble one way or the other. And yet the Tigers 42 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: are in a position, like a lot of teams, if 43 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: they win games here, it makes the decision I would 44 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: expect to be that much more difficult for Scott Harris 45 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: and the Detroit Tigers. Now we had a trade over 46 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: the weekend. It was a fascinating trade, and I'm gonna 47 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: start off talking about the Curtis Mead for Connelly Early 48 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: trade by saying that we all make these lists who 49 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: teams are targeting, who teams need, which. 50 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 2: Players could get traded. 51 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: We all make them all the big outlets, including mine 52 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,800 Speaker 1: the Athletic, and these lists and these stories get read. 53 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: And yet I say this all the time, what we 54 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: actually know about what's going on, even the reporters like myself, 55 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,799 Speaker 1: it's a fraction of what's going on. And this trade 56 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: is a classic example of that. I don't know that 57 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: too many people had the Red Sox trading Connolly early. 58 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,639 Speaker 1: I don't know that too many people had the Nationals 59 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: trading Curtis Mead, And yet here we are now. My 60 00:02:51,080 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: initial reaction to this trade when I heard it Saturday 61 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,119 Speaker 1: night was ah, man, I don't know about the Red 62 00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: Sox giving up Connolly early, and I believe that a 63 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: lot of people had the same reaction. But when you 64 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: look at this, when you dig deeper, it is really interesting. 65 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: And here are the Red Sox. By the way, let's 66 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: talk about them. To start with. They've won twenty two 67 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 1: of twenty six. Their playoff odds are now over seventy percent. 68 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: It's a shocking turnaround, as shocking as we've seen in 69 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: the game in recent years. So the Red Sox are 70 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,639 Speaker 1: in this position where we know they need a right 71 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: handed bat. They needed it going back to the offseason. 72 00:03:31,040 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: So how do you get that right handed bat in 73 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: this market with such a short supply of those types 74 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: of players, It's difficult to do. What they did here 75 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:45,440 Speaker 1: was trade off their strength. They have, unlike almost every 76 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:49,400 Speaker 1: other team except perhaps Seattle, a depth of starting pitching, 77 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,680 Speaker 1: and with the emergence of Jake Bennett, the return of 78 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 1: Patrick Sandoval, the possible return at some point of Gary Crochet, 79 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: if not this season, certainly in the future. Then when 80 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: you have the ability to at least entertain this and 81 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: entertain it for a guy who is similarly young and 82 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: similarly under club control, under similar club control. 83 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 2: Now, Connie Early is. 84 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: A guy that a lot of people, including myself, like, 85 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: he started Game three of the Wildcard Series last year. 86 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 2: He's also a guy who's had. 87 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 1: Left elbow inflammation, he's been on the injured list, and 88 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 1: whose peripheral numbers weren't quite as strong as his actual 89 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: numbers this season. So it does give you some pause, 90 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: and you can say, if you're the Red Sox, all right. 91 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 1: We can do this because of our depth, even though 92 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: we like Connelly early, because we're getting that right handed 93 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: bat now. Curtis Meade kind of mirrors the Red Sox 94 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: in some ways, defaide by the Chicago White Sox at 95 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,480 Speaker 1: the end of spring trading ends up traded to the 96 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:52,159 Speaker 1: Washington Nationals. He's a guy who's kind of come off 97 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: the mat here and a lot of people are wondering, Okay, 98 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: he's had a great half season, but is it for real? 99 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: Is that eight hundred plus ops sustainable? I will say this, 100 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:07,160 Speaker 1: Curtis Mead is a guy who was once a top 101 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: prospect in the game, at least for the Tampa Bay 102 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: Rays when he was there. Remember, the Tampa Bay Rays 103 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: acquired him way back when for Christopher Sanchez twenty twenty two, 104 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, twenty four. He was a top five 105 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:24,280 Speaker 1: prospect in the Ray's talent rich system. So while this 106 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,119 Speaker 1: looks like something of a risk, it's not as if 107 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 1: Curtis Mead has no pedigree. This season, he has outperformed 108 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: a guy that I thought the Red Sox should have signed. 109 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 1: Most of Red Sox Nation thinks the Red Sox should 110 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 1: have signed, and that's Alex Bregman. Does he sustain it 111 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:43,159 Speaker 1: going forward, I don't know, but it's a reasonable bet 112 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,600 Speaker 1: for the Red Sox to make, and I liked it 113 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: for them. I loved it for the Nationals as well. 114 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: The Nationals clearly need controllable starting pitching. It would be 115 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: nice if they had a bullpen too. They didn't have 116 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: to accomplish that in this trade. And if on the Nationals, 117 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,800 Speaker 1: I know I'm a game out in the wild card standings, 118 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: and I know my playoff ods are somewhere around ten percent. 119 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: I still keep trying to do trades like this, trades 120 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 1: to help for now, perhaps once Early comes off the 121 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: injury list, and of course for the future. So the 122 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: big question now for the Red Sox, in my opinion, 123 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: is how this lines up defensively. What they can do 124 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: here is move Chad Durban to second and play Mead 125 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: at third, or what I think they should do, and 126 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 1: what Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic alluded to this morning 127 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: is play Mead at second, keep Derbin at third, where 128 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: he is above average defender. Mead has placed second in 129 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: the past, so fascinating trade. What they know what they 130 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: call a challenge trade in baseball. We don't know who's 131 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 1: going to win this thing, if anybody's going to win it, 132 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 1: or if anybody's going to lose it, or if both 133 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 1: teams end up happy or sad. But it's one of 134 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 1: these trades that you look at and you just understand 135 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: where both sides are and you understand where this could 136 00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 1: end up, knowing that it's. 137 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: Something of a miss Todd Fither. You're hitting some games 138 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 2: this summer. What's the deal, of course? 139 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 3: And it's real simple, Scottie Braun. You know how it is. 140 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 3: You go to Seat Geek and you can find any 141 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 3: deal you want in any section you want, even if 142 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 3: the game sold out. 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They have won five of six and as 163 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: chand their own rights today in the athletic. 164 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: They're not going to sell. 165 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: There have been all these stories about them selling early 166 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: on Jodan Alvarez and more recently Josh Hater and Jeremy Panya. No, 167 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: not happening, was never going to happen. That is not 168 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: how the Astros owner Jim Crane rolls. It is not 169 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: how their general manager and the last year of his contract, 170 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:34,920 Speaker 1: Dana Brown roles. 171 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 2: It is not what the Astros do. 172 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 1: They're going to be convinced that they can compete until 173 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:41,839 Speaker 1: really they can do it. 174 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: No, more. 175 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: Now you look at them and you wonder, well, are 176 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,080 Speaker 1: they being realistic here? 177 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 2: That is a fair question. 178 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 1: They run differential minus forty seven, they're three games under 179 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:55,719 Speaker 1: five hundred, their playoff odds are below thirty percent. They 180 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: clearly need an outfielder. They also could use, in my estimation, 181 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: as starting pitcher. But we know Jim Craine never wants 182 00:09:02,920 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: to rebuild, and we know Dana Brown is one of 183 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: the more aggressive gms in the game. So if you're 184 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: the Astros, you're looking at the division. No one's running away. 185 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,000 Speaker 2: The Mariners can't get out of their own way. 186 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: The Rangers are okay, but I don't expect them to 187 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: do necessarily a whole lot of the deadline. 188 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,319 Speaker 2: So therefore, if you're the Astros, you're trying. 189 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: To still keep this thing going, keep it going a 190 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: little bit longer. All right. One more thing in this 191 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 1: first block that I want to get to. A story 192 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: I wrote this morning with Will Salmon, and it's a 193 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: story about Hunter Goodman and in reporting in the recent days. 194 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: In recent days, I discovered, as did Will, that the 195 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: perception of Goodman's defense around the game is not good, 196 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: that he seemingly has regressed and specifically, his receiving is 197 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Speaker 1: an issue, and this could effect, of course, his trade value. 198 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 1: Now the Rockies don't necessarily want to trade him three 199 00:09:56,080 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: additional years of control. 200 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 2: He's cheap. He's really good the majors and home runs. 201 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:04,120 Speaker 2: But at the same time, maybe they. 202 00:10:04,040 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 1: Max out when his value is this high, when he 203 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: has this much control, And the question is can they 204 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,719 Speaker 1: get what they want with these questions out there now? 205 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: It's interesting about receiving, and that's the act of catching 206 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: the ball. For those who might not be aware, it's 207 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 1: not framing, it's not throwing, it's not any of the 208 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: other catching skills. 209 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 2: It's purely receiving. 210 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: That is something that catching instructors will tell you is 211 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,600 Speaker 1: relatively easy to correct. So if you put Goodman with 212 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: the right team, maybe they fix this in a hurry, even. 213 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:37,080 Speaker 2: Though it's mid season. 214 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:40,040 Speaker 1: It's always difficult to trade for a catcher at mid season, 215 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: and maybe we're looking at the best hitter at the 216 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: deadline who gets traded. I don't know that the Nationals 217 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: are going to trade C. J. Abrams at this point. Frankly, 218 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:49,960 Speaker 1: I don't know that the Rockies are going to trade 219 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 1: Hunter Goodman. But with the injury to Shay Langelier's there 220 00:10:53,800 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 1: is very little catching out there, and it's going to 221 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 1: be really interesting to see what exactly theies do here, 222 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: how they view Goodman going forward, and how the rest 223 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:07,079 Speaker 1: of the industry views him as well with these questions 224 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: that have arisen due to his defensive issues. All Right, 225 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,199 Speaker 1: with that, we are through one segment. We're going to 226 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: come back with kind of a who should buy who 227 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: should sell thing, even though that's an oversimplification. 228 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 2: We'll be right back with the Inside Dish after this. 229 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: All right, time now for the Inside Dish, the part 230 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: of the show where I talk about something I've written 231 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: trend in the game or on this particular day, where 232 00:11:36,120 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: certain teams stand as we are one week away from 233 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 1: the trade deadline. I want to start with the Baltimore Orioles, 234 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: a team that I've written about at some length this season, 235 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:48,840 Speaker 1: a team that can't seem to get out of its 236 00:11:48,880 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: own way. Playoff odds at about twenty percent, it's a 237 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: one in five chance. Swept the Astros in Houston coming 238 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 1: out of the break, and you thought, okay, here we go. 239 00:11:57,400 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: But every time you think here we go with the Orioles, 240 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: they sputter again. They then dropped the series in Boston. 241 00:12:03,640 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 2: Admittedly, the Red Sox are red hot, and then. 242 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: Lost two of three at home to Atlanta this weekend, 243 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 1: both losses coming in extra innings. This is a team 244 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 1: that right now is missing both of its catchers, Adlie 245 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 1: Rushman and Samuel Bossaio, two of their best players, and 246 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: a team that hasn't played crisply the entire season now. 247 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: Their owner, David Rubinstein came out last week endorsed Michaelias 248 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: as president of baseball Operations, said they still think they're 249 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:34,479 Speaker 1: going to make the playoffs. 250 00:12:34,559 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: A lot of happy talk out of the Orioles. At 251 00:12:37,360 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 2: some point there has to be reality talk. At some point. 252 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 1: The owner has to watch the games and watch what's 253 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: going on. There are mistakes almost on a nightly basis. 254 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 1: This team doesn't seem to know yet how to win, 255 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: and maybe it never will. This group's been together for 256 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:55,200 Speaker 1: some time now, so that's been the case all season. 257 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: I don't know that I expect them to sell because 258 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: they're still in this thing, of course, like almost every 259 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: other team in the American League. And Mike Elias is 260 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: the equivalent of Dana Brown in Houston. He is a 261 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 1: guy who you would think is under some scrutiny, even 262 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,720 Speaker 1: with what the owner keeps saying. That said, what's best 263 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: for the organization might be to trade Trevor Rodgers and 264 00:13:17,559 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: Taylor Ward and go out again next year. 265 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:22,240 Speaker 2: All right, Moving forward, the. 266 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,760 Speaker 1: Saint Louis Cardinals, well, for them, it was kind of 267 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,560 Speaker 1: nice while it lasted three and seven out of the break, 268 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: one and a half games out in the wildcard race, 269 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,200 Speaker 1: but their playoff odds are below twenty percent, and frankly, 270 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 1: their president of baseball Operations Heim Bloom, never wanted to 271 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: buy anyway. So maybe the Cardinals do something along the 272 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,719 Speaker 1: lines of what the Nationals. 273 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 2: Just did and try to kind of keep it going. 274 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: But at the same time, they've got a couple of 275 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: players on expiring contracts that teams will want. The reliever 276 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,960 Speaker 1: Jojo Romero and the starting pitcher Dustin May Lars Nutbar 277 00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:00,400 Speaker 1: and outfielder with an additional year of control, also someone 278 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: who could command possibly a decent return. So they've got 279 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: young catching. I can see them making prospect for prospect 280 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: kinds of trades, but I don't expect them to be 281 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 1: a serious buyer, and they should. 282 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:18,640 Speaker 2: The Miami Marlins, my goodness, the Miami Marlins. It wasn't 283 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 2: that long ago. I wrote a story saying they're keeping 284 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 2: Sandy out. 285 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 1: Contra barring a collapse. They're gonna go forward and try 286 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,880 Speaker 1: to add barring a collapse. And since I wrote that story, 287 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 1: you see it right there, fishing for deadline help, Marlins 288 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: likely to keep al Contra add strategically. Since that story appeared, 289 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: the Marlins have not won a game. In fact, they've 290 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: lost twelve straight twelve straight games that they've lost, and 291 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,160 Speaker 1: right now you look at where they are in the standings, 292 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: it's still not out of control for them. It's not 293 00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: a situation where they cannot get into this thing, into 294 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:57,440 Speaker 1: the wild card, but there are teams ahead of them. 295 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 2: They're not playing well, and I don't know that. 296 00:14:59,480 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: They'll trade contract who is a favorite of the owner, 297 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: who's under control for another year. But I don't see 298 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: them adding big at this point either. 299 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 2: So the Marlins have been quite a collapse. Even at 300 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 2: Triple A, they've had trouble. 301 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: The Triple A team has a losing streak of about 302 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:17,920 Speaker 1: ten or eleven games, I believe as well. 303 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: So for the Miami franchise. 304 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: The last couple of weeks have just been nothing short 305 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: of a disaster. 306 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Pirates. 307 00:15:26,400 --> 00:15:29,160 Speaker 1: Now, the Pirates are only four and five since the break, 308 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 1: but their playoff odds are pretty good, about forty percent. 309 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: They're second in the majors in runs per game, second 310 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: only to the Nationals. It's the difference between the Nationals 311 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:42,400 Speaker 1: and the Cardinals. The Nationals have this ridiculous offense. If 312 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: they can somehow support it with bullpen help, they're in 313 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: a pretty good spot. The Pirates are almost in the 314 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: exact same position, but with a better rotation. 315 00:15:53,200 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 2: So here are the Pirates. 316 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: Not only is their offense performing at an extremely high level, 317 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,920 Speaker 1: they've got three players coming back some time in August, 318 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: Spencer Horowitz, O'Neil Cruz and Indie Rodriguez who will further. 319 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 2: Bolster that offense. 320 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,640 Speaker 1: Now, I asked one of their people over the weekend, 321 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 1: might you trade off your offense and ultimately get the 322 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: pitching that way, get the bullpen help that way. 323 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:21,200 Speaker 2: They don't seem inclined to do that. What I believe. 324 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 1: They want to do, what I've been told they want 325 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:26,680 Speaker 1: to do, is trade off their prospects, some of their prospects, 326 00:16:26,760 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: not all of them, for that bullpen help. 327 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: They've been seeking. 328 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: But if you look at what Ben Sherrington said over 329 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: the weekend, and I want to show you this quote, 330 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:38,320 Speaker 1: it indicates clearly that they are a buyer. Ben Sherrington, 331 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:41,800 Speaker 1: of course, being their President of Baseball Operations, he is 332 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: a guy. 333 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 2: I'm sure he's their GM. 334 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:46,120 Speaker 1: I don't know the titles anymore, these guys all with 335 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 1: their titles. 336 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 2: All right, here's what Ben said. We know a lot 337 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: about the team. 338 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: It's hard to imagine that much would happen in the 339 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:54,120 Speaker 1: next week to eight days that would really shift in 340 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: one way or another. I think it's pretty clear what 341 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 1: we're going to try to do, and I don't expect 342 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: that an outcome day to day between now and. 343 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,439 Speaker 2: Then is going to change it much. So. 344 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: The Pirates, Yeah, they're buyers, and they should be buyers. 345 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: They've got Paul Skins, They're only gonna have them for 346 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: so long. They've got this group of starting pitchers, Braxton Ashcraft, 347 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:17,880 Speaker 1: Jared Jones, the whole gang. 348 00:17:18,520 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 2: It's really good. You want to supplement that. 349 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: You want to make the playoffs, which is something you 350 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 1: haven't done since twenty fifteen. 351 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 2: You want a winning season. You've had seven straight losing campaigns. 352 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,399 Speaker 2: Let's go. Finally, the New York Mets. 353 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: Now. I talked on the broadcast Saturday about the Mets. 354 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: I put out a video on the Athletic about the Mets. 355 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 1: I put there over under for trades at six. And 356 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:45,120 Speaker 1: that's not even being that radical or that crazy. Six 357 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: should be the minimum probably for them. The big question 358 00:17:48,440 --> 00:17:50,879 Speaker 1: for me is not Lindor's I said this on the broadcast, 359 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: it's Luke Weaver. Luke Weaver is a guy with an 360 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 1: additional year of control. The Mets want to compete next season, 361 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: of course they do. They're not going to rebuild. Do 362 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: you keep Luke Weaver and ultimately make him a big 363 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: part of your team next year as he could be 364 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: with Soto, Lindor, the kids, benj and Ewing, the kids 365 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 1: in the rotation, McLean and Christian Scott? Or do you 366 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:20,400 Speaker 1: trade him knowing that reliever performance is volatile. 367 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 2: And knowing that Luke Weaver might not be as good 368 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,119 Speaker 2: next year as he is this year. Very few relievers 369 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,360 Speaker 2: are that good year to year. 370 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,120 Speaker 1: If I'm the Mets, I get the right offer, yes, 371 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 1: I would do it, but only for the right offer, 372 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 1: Because if I'm the Mets, I'm taking another. 373 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 2: Swing next year. 374 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,879 Speaker 1: I've got money, I've got guys coming off the books, 375 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: I've got things I can do. Baby Boba shed is 376 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:43,879 Speaker 1: back if so good. 377 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 2: But you can't. 378 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: Simply ignore as well all that has happened this season, 379 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,159 Speaker 1: And you can't ignore the possibility of trading a reliever again, 380 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: one of the more volatile positions, the most volatile position 381 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: in the sport. All right, there is one place to 382 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,680 Speaker 1: be on trade deadline day watching Foul Territory, of course. 383 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,680 Speaker 1: AJ Pridinski, Aeric Kratz, and Scott Braun will be live 384 00:19:06,800 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: all afternoon, speaking with insiders, reading tea leaves and reacting 385 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: to unfolding deadline drama. Join us on the FT YouTube 386 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,640 Speaker 1: channel at one pm ET and stay locked in through 387 00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:21,640 Speaker 1: the six pm deadline next Monday. Foul Territory Network, It's 388 00:19:21,680 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: baseball the way it should be covered. Time now for 389 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:33,439 Speaker 1: Brill and Ken, the part of the show where I 390 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: answer your questions. 391 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 2: Let's not mess around, let's get right to them. 392 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:42,600 Speaker 1: First question, this one comes from Pippi fans. 393 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 2: Whatever are the padres buyers or sellers? 394 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,639 Speaker 1: Now, that is a question that is an oversimplification of 395 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 1: AJ Preller's complex mind. I don't know if their buyers 396 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: are sellers. I would expect they're going to be both. 397 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,880 Speaker 1: And AJ Preller is, of course, as we know from 398 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: years of watching this, capable of doing anything at the deadline. 399 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: Would that include trading Mason Miller. Of course, it would 400 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: include trading Mason Miller. 401 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:09,959 Speaker 2: Do I expect them to do that? 402 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: No, because I expect that AJ Preller is going to 403 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: try to make the playoffs. Padres just swept the Marlins. 404 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:20,719 Speaker 1: Manny's hitting now Jackson Merrill's hitting along with Tattis. Their 405 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: offense has come around since about mid June. They've got 406 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: huge rotation questions. They're essentially going to pitching chaos, which 407 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,880 Speaker 1: the Tigers introduced two years ago, using basically two starters 408 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:34,640 Speaker 1: Michael King and Walker Buehler. 409 00:20:34,560 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 2: And patching it together from there. 410 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: But I expect that AJ Preller is going to try 411 00:20:39,400 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 1: to improve his team. But at the same time, he 412 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: could improve his team by perhaps trading off parts as well, 413 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: maybe Adrian murrayjone goes. There are any number of scenarios 414 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: that AJ Preller is going to entertain. He is essentially 415 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,560 Speaker 1: a wild man at the deadline, unpredictable, and I'm not 416 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,080 Speaker 1: going to dare predict. 417 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 2: What he might do this particular deadline. All right. 418 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,919 Speaker 1: Next question, If not for oh, if not Schooble for 419 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,320 Speaker 1: the Brewers, then who good question. If al Contra gets traded, 420 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 1: if the Marlins are willing to do that, he is 421 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: precisely the kind of innings eater the Brewers need. Now. 422 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:19,960 Speaker 1: I don't expect that al Contra will get traded, but 423 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: think about a Robbie. 424 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 2: Ray or Freddy Peralta. 425 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: Even though he hasn't performed, maybe you put him back 426 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: together with the Brewers pitching group and it works there. 427 00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: I don't expect that to happen, but there are starting 428 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: pictures available, and the Brewers, yes, I would like to 429 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: see them get one more simply because of the workload 430 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: questions with Miserowski, with Harrison, all of their pictures frankly, 431 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: all right. 432 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 2: Next question, are the Reds shopping Ellie? The Reds are 433 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 2: one of. 434 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,560 Speaker 1: The season's biggest disappointments. Now they offered Elie Dela Cruz 435 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,879 Speaker 1: the richest contract in franchise history, not last spring, but 436 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: the spring before that. He turns it down. He's represented 437 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: by Scott Boord. That said, the Reds have a number 438 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: of players on expiring contracts. Some of their bullpen, some 439 00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,120 Speaker 1: sprinkled around the team, others who are under shorter long 440 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: term control but some control beyond this season. Those are 441 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 1: the players that I expect them to entertain. Elie Dela Cruz, 442 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: like Lindor if the Mets decide to do it, more 443 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,920 Speaker 1: of an offseason move. So I don't see the Red 444 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:27,680 Speaker 1: Sox shopping or trading Ellie Dela Cruz at this deadline. 445 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: Next question, Let's see what we got here. And by 446 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 1: the way, anything I say here, don't hold it against 447 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,640 Speaker 1: me because so much will change. And I always tell 448 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,520 Speaker 1: you guys this, our heads are going to spin with 449 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: some of the things. We're going to see things that 450 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: I'm not going to see coming, You're not going to 451 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: see coming, and even people in the industry are not 452 00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 1: going to see coming. 453 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 2: All right, from Foul Territory Show, the question is what 454 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 2: will the Diamondbacks do. 455 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,640 Speaker 1: The Diamondbacks are kind of a sleepy good playoff contender 456 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:01,120 Speaker 1: right now. 457 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 2: They've had a decent run here, and even though. 458 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: They've just lost two of three, they're going to try 459 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 1: to supplement or add a first basement that's been their 460 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:15,440 Speaker 1: biggest need. They also could look to their rotation because 461 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:20,439 Speaker 1: their rotation has people coming back Soroka and Zach Gallon, 462 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 1: Ryan Nelson. 463 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 2: But it's also an area where you. 464 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 1: Have physical questions and you don't know exactly what you're 465 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: going to get from these guys. 466 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 2: And then there is the bullpen. 467 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 1: Now they're deep in the bullpen and they ultimately could 468 00:23:32,240 --> 00:23:37,640 Speaker 1: trade a reliever, but with Justin Martinez coming back, even there, 469 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: I would look to see if there's something they might 470 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: do to supplement it, because you don't know with Justin 471 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: Martinez either. I failed to mention Corbyn Burns he could 472 00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 1: be back at some point, but again with all these guys, 473 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:49,360 Speaker 1: you don't. 474 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 2: Know what you're getting. 475 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: So first base priority, starting pitching, equal or close to 476 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:59,199 Speaker 1: equal priority, bullpen where they can probably trade out of 477 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:00,919 Speaker 1: that would be on the list. 478 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 2: All right, maybe we have time for one more. Let's 479 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 2: see Dewey Okay, twins buyers or sellers. That's from Army 480 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 2: Killo boy. 481 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,640 Speaker 1: I say buyers, And they are right in the thick 482 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: of this thing. As again, every team in the American 483 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: League seems to be, and they need bullpen help. It's 484 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: pretty clear. But I don't expect them to trade Joe Ryan. 485 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: I don't expect them to trade Byron Buxton. Their new 486 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: control person, Tom Pohlad, has been pretty vocal about wanting 487 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:31,000 Speaker 1: to make this team good again after what they did 488 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 1: last year at the deadline when they were the biggest 489 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: sellers by far, by the way, that was something we 490 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 1: didn't see coming. So that's where I expect the Twins 491 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: to be buying rather than selling. Maybe they do a 492 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,399 Speaker 1: little of both, but I don't believe that they're going 493 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: to concede this and trade the guys. 494 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:47,360 Speaker 2: That I just mentioned. 495 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,240 Speaker 1: All right, I want to thank everyone for watching, for listening, 496 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,399 Speaker 1: read us all week in the Athletic foul Territory is 497 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,919 Speaker 1: coming up at one pm Eastern. Hosts are whit Merrifield, 498 00:24:57,160 --> 00:24:58,800 Speaker 1: Josh Harrison, and Scott Braun. 499 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 2: Where's aj still leading a hot Dog in Texas or whatever? 500 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 2: Hosts are those guys. 501 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:07,000 Speaker 1: We've got insider Robert Murray coming on Twins First Basement. 502 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 2: Josh Bell. 503 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,000 Speaker 1: We can ask him about buying or selling the Athletic 504 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:14,000 Speaker 1: Spencer Nustbaum as well. We're back Thursday, twelve thirty Eastern. Oh, 505 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: they'll be action by then. 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