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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory.

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Speaker 1: My name is Chandler Room. Along with Tyler Stafford and Tyler.

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Speaker 1: The Astros are on one hundred and eight win pace.

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Speaker 1: Their starting rotation gave up two earned runs in three games.

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Speaker 1: Josh Hater has two saves. Jordan Alvarez hit the crap

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Speaker 1: out of the ball off the bullpen. Should they order

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Speaker 1: just American League Championship rings or should they spring for

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Speaker 1: the World Series rings on it?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's time. You want to get a

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Speaker 2: good deal. I'm sure Balfour could hook him up. That's

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Speaker 2: the official ring sponsor of Texas A and M, so

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Speaker 2: I assume that they do everyone in Texas. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean you want to get a good discount, go

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Speaker 2: ahead and go ahead and order them just in case.

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Speaker 1: Do you think Balfour, like, how much money do you

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Speaker 1: think they make off of Aggie's like just loving those rings?

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Speaker 2: I would imagine, no joke, gets like seventy percent of

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Speaker 2: their business. They came to my high school and tried

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Speaker 2: to get us to buy high school class rings, and

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Speaker 2: for some reason my parents were like, yeah, we'll buy

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Speaker 2: you a high school class ring and I was like,

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Speaker 2: I do not want one, but I sure would like

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Speaker 2: a guitar pedal. And I convinced them. I was like, well,

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Speaker 2: you were already going to spend money on this ring,

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Speaker 2: how about you get me a guitar pedal instead. And

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Speaker 2: so that's how I got my boss Emmy seventy multi

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Speaker 2: effect pedal that I used for a long time. I'm

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Speaker 2: a helix man now, but that was that's what I

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Speaker 2: used for.

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Speaker 1: A long time.

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Speaker 2: So the two people that play guitar that listen to

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Speaker 2: this will we'll understand and appreciate that.

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Speaker 1: I was about to say, I have no idea what

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Speaker 1: you just said. None of those none of those words

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Speaker 1: made any sense to me. So the Astros did win

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Speaker 1: their season opening series over the New York Mets. They

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Speaker 1: scored six runs in three games. The Mets scored five runs,

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Speaker 1: which that's a that's a that's a good sign. I

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Speaker 1: guess it was pretty evident, and it's going to be

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Speaker 1: pretty evident across the league that as these games get going,

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Speaker 1: pitchers remain ahead of hitters. Often it's gonna take a

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Speaker 1: little time to get going. Except for the Yankees, who

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Speaker 1: hit nine home runs in a game with those weird

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Speaker 1: bets on Saturday. But Tyler, we're not gonna We're not

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Speaker 1: just as to kind of set the scene. We're not

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Speaker 1: gonna go game by game, play by play, at bat

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Speaker 1: by at bat of Astro's Mets. We are going to

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Speaker 1: talk about the series as a whole, and I think

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Speaker 1: maybe the most productive way to do that, to get

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Speaker 1: like an all encompassing look, is to maybe it's split

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Speaker 1: it into two things. We'll start with the most impressive

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Speaker 1: things that we saw from the Astros against the Mets,

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Speaker 1: and for me, there was one. There was one sequence.

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Speaker 1: It lasted twelve pitches. The most impressive thing I saw

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Speaker 1: against the Mets was Hunter Brown's first inning on Friday.

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Speaker 1: That was I don't get stars growth my jaw, Like

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Speaker 1: if you would have looked at me in the press box,

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Speaker 1: like my jaw was like on the table.

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Speaker 2: Dude, same. I mean he that was one of those

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Speaker 2: like That's how I imagine Nolan Ryan. He used to

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Speaker 2: pitch where it was like I know, you know I'm

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Speaker 2: gonna throw a fastball. I know that you're a professional hitter.

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Speaker 2: I literally do not care. I will throw it past you.

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Speaker 2: I'll tell you where I'm throwing it and it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he was just rearing back and pumping gas. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that was unreal. Well what was it like in person?

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Speaker 2: I mean, could you could you hear the seams coming

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Speaker 2: out the ball? It looked so cool on TV.

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Speaker 1: I mean, and look, the velocity was one thing. The

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Speaker 1: electricity of the stuff was. But let's remember the hitters

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Speaker 1: he was facing, likes Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto, And

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Speaker 1: you never say this about these two guys, Like those

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Speaker 1: guys had no chance. Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto were

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Speaker 1: overmatched by Hunter Brown. And then he should have struck

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Speaker 1: out Pete Alonso. He painted one hundred on the corner

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Speaker 1: or the borderline. Paul didn't get the call, and then

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Speaker 1: Jake Myers made an incredible catch in center field to

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Speaker 1: save that inning. But just to give you a little

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Speaker 1: perspective on Hunter Brown, he threw nine fastballs at ninety

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Speaker 1: eight and a half miles an hour or harder. That

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Speaker 1: six miles an hour was the hardest pitch he's thrown

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Speaker 1: as a big leaguer. He threw ninety nine point two

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Speaker 1: to Juan Soto, which is his third hardest pitch as

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Speaker 1: a big leaguer. It was interesting to hear him talk

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Speaker 1: after the game Hunter Brown that he kind of focused

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Speaker 1: something you would think for him, because Tyler, he's had

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Speaker 1: before this season. He'd thrown I believe, eight pitches in

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Speaker 1: This is not a guy that lacked for velocity. But

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Speaker 1: he sat at ninety seven pretty much all game, held

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Speaker 1: the velocity look he after the first inning the electricity

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Speaker 1: diminished a little bit. He ended up giving up three runs,

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Speaker 1: only two of them were earned. If Brendan Rodgers catches

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Speaker 1: outing for him. He made a great pitch that Juan

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Speaker 1: Soto hit off the second deck and that's just a

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Speaker 1: you tip your.

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Speaker 2: Hat to do, yeah, like six inches above the zone

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Speaker 2: and he just ripped it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. But Hunter Brown, to me, that first inning was

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Speaker 1: kind of start to think that those Cy Young that

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Speaker 1: This could be a guy that really could contend for

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, to me, it was the ease that

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Speaker 2: he was bringing. The velocity. Sometimes guys can you know,

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Speaker 2: Hunter Brown looked like he was playing catch at ninety

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Speaker 2: eight miles an hour. I mean, he just he looked unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: Do you have what was your what was your most

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm gonna stay on brand here. Cam Smith at bats,

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Speaker 2: especially in the second game, that dude looked like a

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Speaker 2: that were an inch off the zone. He never flinched.

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Speaker 2: Should have had three walks. Rob Drake was doing a

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Speaker 2: Picasso style strike zone in the second game. But I mean,

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Speaker 2: I have no doubt that he's gonna be fine. I mean, again,

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Speaker 2: in the two games that he played. I truly cannot

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Speaker 2: believe that he looks that good already. It's it's insane

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Speaker 1: Do you want an absurd number?

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Speaker 1: He saw twenty three pitches and four played appearances on

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Speaker 1: and the confidence with which he made them. You know,

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Speaker 1: there was not a ton There were a couple this

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Speaker 1: weekend that you saw he flinched a little bit hearted

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Speaker 1: He was aggressive in his first game on Opening Day,

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Speaker 1: the right side for a single, and weirdly, Tyler, that

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Speaker 1: he took all all weekend. You know, that was a

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Speaker 1: I mean, he did what he did what he had

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Speaker 1: kind of an excuse me swing that just kind of

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Speaker 1: resulted in the seeing I single. But you know, he'll

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Speaker 1: he'll call it a line drive in the in the

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Speaker 1: shallows center field for his whole life. But look, Cam

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Speaker 2: Not bad in first what are we doing? Get him

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Speaker 1: But Joe Aspata did say that he went into this

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Speaker 1: So I imagine Cam Smith will be back in there on

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Speaker 2: He's he's freaking good. Like we should make T shirts

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Speaker 2: to just say Cam Smith is good in like comic

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Speaker 2: sans fond That's that's how I feel watching it. It was like, goodness, gracious,

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Speaker 2: this guy is good at baseball. Again, numbers are going

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Did you get to see the video of his mom celebrating.

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Speaker 1: Yeah that. Look, the Astros have done a very good

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Speaker 1: but they've been they've been since spring training started. I'll

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Speaker 1: give their their social media team and I'll give their

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Speaker 1: content team a lot of credit. They've they've been on

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Speaker 1: And yeah, it's just it was a feel good story

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Speaker 2: I can't think of anything crazy, which is exactly what

436
00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 2: you want. I mean, al two, they had the one

437
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:50,280
Speaker 2: that he would have needed a ladder to catch off

438
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,879
Speaker 2: the Crawford boxes, but look, that's gonna happen. It's okay.

439
00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,960
Speaker 2: Nobody dropped the pop up, which is which is really

440
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,440
Speaker 2: all you can ask at this point. They didn't look

441
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:07,480
Speaker 2: like they were, you know, overmatched out there. Again, I mean,

442
00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:11,280
Speaker 2: they're not outfielders, so you can't hold them to too

443
00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 2: high of a standard. Just yet. They made the routine plays.

444
00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 2: They looked fine, And I like the Astros pitching strategy

445
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,639
Speaker 2: of just not allowing contact, which is going to limit

446
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 2: a lot of the damage to your outfield if you

447
00:24:27,080 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 2: just don't let anyone touch a baseball, which is what

448
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:34,320
Speaker 2: they did for the majority of the series. Before before

449
00:24:34,359 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 2: we move on from people panicking about no extra base hits.

450
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:46,080
Speaker 2: So Pangrafs has a hard hit percentage, and right now

451
00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:50,400
Speaker 2: I've got it pulled up by team. So the whole team,

452
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,680
Speaker 2: what's the percentage of hard hit? I will tell you

453
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:56,639
Speaker 2: the Phillies are in first at forty eight percent of

454
00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:58,120
Speaker 2: their contact is hard hit.

455
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 1: It's all that raw milk that Bryce Harper's Oh for sure.

456
00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 2: Where would you guess the Astros are?

457
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 1: They did hit a lot of balls hard. You said,

458
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:10,239
Speaker 1: what are the Phillies percentage? Would you say?

459
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,280
Speaker 2: Lillies are at forty eight percent. The lowest I'll tell

460
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 2: you is the Reds at twenty two percent. So that

461
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 2: gives you a Where do you think the Astros are

462
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,520
Speaker 2: just rank wise in Major League Baseball?

463
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,360
Speaker 1: I'd probably say at least top ten. I'd probably say

464
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:24,000
Speaker 1: like seven or eight.

465
00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,120
Speaker 2: They're seventh. For they're hitting them ball. Fine, calm down,

466
00:25:28,160 --> 00:25:31,400
Speaker 2: it's three games. It's gonna be fine. They're they're hitting

467
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,120
Speaker 2: the ball, They're seeing a lot of pitches. They look good.

468
00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:42,080
Speaker 2: Pitching look good. Which do you want to take the

469
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 2: Josh Hater hate or or me? Who wants to lead

470
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,720
Speaker 2: with that? And then I'll come in and yell at

471
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:49,800
Speaker 2: everyone who's upset with Hater.

472
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Speaker 1: I mean, I want to thank Josh Hater for Opening

473
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: Day because that was a boring game. That was fine,

474
00:25:58,240 --> 00:26:00,480
Speaker 1: and if you sat through the first seven and a

475
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 1: half innings of that game, that was not fun to watch.

476
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 1: That was I mean Fromber pitched fine, but like that

477
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 1: was nowhere near Fromber's best stuff.

478
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:10,640
Speaker 2: Ye didn't.

479
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:12,800
Speaker 1: I think you only punched out three guys, like didn't

480
00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 1: get a ton of ground balls, And towards the end

481
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,440
Speaker 1: the lineup did not do much. There was a lot

482
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 1: of just singles and sackflies and fielders choices. It was

483
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:23,720
Speaker 1: not fun to watch. And then all of a sudden,

484
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,880
Speaker 1: Josh Hater comes in and Jan SODA's at the plate

485
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,640
Speaker 1: is the go ahead run? And that was That was fun.

486
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:29,560
Speaker 1: That was some good stuff.

487
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 2: I watched that from the Rodeo coat In in East Downtown.

488
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:38,359
Speaker 2: I was there, my wife and I went to see

489
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 2: Fred Armison at the Secret Group. You're by the look

490
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:45,679
Speaker 2: on your face, you don't know who that is.

491
00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:49,960
Speaker 1: I've heard the name, I can't put the face the name.

492
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 2: You would know his face for sure. He did a

493
00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 2: he did a show called Comedy for Musicians. Nothing has

494
00:26:56,600 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 2: been more up my alley than a comedy show specifically

495
00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 2: for musicians. But anyway, we were at Rodeo Goat waiting

496
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 2: for the show to start, so I watched it there.

497
00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,960
Speaker 2: I mean, ninety five percent of the people were wearing

498
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 2: Astro's gear, so that was pretty cool. Did you see

499
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:23,160
Speaker 2: everybody representing? But that slider was nasty. They struck out

500
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:29,919
Speaker 2: Sodo on. Look, I don't know why people don't like

501
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:34,600
Speaker 2: Josh Hater. I don't. I don't get it, they don't.

502
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna go back to Baseball savant. They've got

503
00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 2: a squared up percentage. It's kind of like barrels, you know,

504
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 2: good contact. There are eight astros pictures that qualify for that.

505
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 2: So someone has hit a ball off of them. Who

506
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:59,879
Speaker 2: do you think has the lowest percentage of squared up hits.

507
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 1: I'm gonna guess Josh Hader.

508
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:08,080
Speaker 2: Josh Hater the lowest percentage. Yeah, fifteen percent of contact

509
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:11,359
Speaker 2: made of him was squared up. He had some weird little,

510
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 2: you know, dribblers that came, he had some some walks.

511
00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,120
Speaker 2: He's fine. He's a really good pitcher. Chill out.

512
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: I mean, the Soto at bat was that was that

513
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,879
Speaker 1: was what everyone focused on. But like you got to

514
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,040
Speaker 1: tip your hat to Luis Anhilicuna, a rookie who went

515
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:32,720
Speaker 1: up there and a twelve pitch walk against Josh Hater

516
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:35,520
Speaker 1: is not easy. I mean, he was fouling off good

517
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,800
Speaker 1: pitches and that changes pompous.

518
00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 2: Fast balls over and over and over.

519
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, and let's also remember like the first

520
00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,360
Speaker 1: two singles that in and he got Josh had got

521
00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:47,240
Speaker 1: to two strike counts, just couldn't get the slider. And

522
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 1: he said this after the games. Couldn't get the slider

523
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 1: down where he needed the chase. And then coincidentally, it

524
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 1: was the slider that got Juan Soto because as Josh

525
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: Hater kind.

526
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:01,160
Speaker 2: Of gross, it was gross. He's nasty.

527
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: How often do you see Juan Soto look that bad?

528
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: Like he doesn't chase at all, And Josh Hater thinks

529
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,920
Speaker 1: it's because you know, look, those two have a lengthy

530
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 1: history of facing each other. They were obviously teammates in

531
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 1: San Diego for a bit. But Josh Hater just thinking

532
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 1: back to the past matchups with Juan Soto, he knew

533
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 1: that Soda was going to be locked in on a fastball.

534
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,200
Speaker 1: He knew that he was sitting dead red on a

535
00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,200
Speaker 1: fastball in that count, and he's surprised him with a slider.

536
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 1: And when you're that good and you surprise a guy

537
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: that's that good, sometimes you know, the better pitch wins out.

538
00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:39,880
Speaker 1: And that's what happened there. And then you saw yesterday,

539
00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 1: you know, Jan Soto started off the inning against Hater.

540
00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 1: I don't want to say Hater pitched around him, but

541
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: he certainly was not going to give him anything close

542
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 1: to hit to tie that game, so he would have

543
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,800
Speaker 1: rather take his chances with Pete Alonzo and Brandon Nemo

544
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: behind Sodo. So again, like you don't love to see

545
00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: the closure of your team throwing thirty five pitches on

546
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,400
Speaker 1: opening Day, he threw twenty five pitches before he got

547
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: an out, which was not ideal. But I do think

548
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:08,720
Speaker 1: it gets magnified a little bit Tyler, because like there's

549
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: not a ton of depth behind him, like Ryan Presley's gone,

550
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,160
Speaker 1: You're trusting a lot of guys like Brian King and

551
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: Steven Okert and guys that you hadn't heard of before

552
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: spring training that are now in huge roles, and you

553
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,840
Speaker 1: need both Hater and a bray you to be nails.

554
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: And while both of them got the job their jobs

555
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 1: done this weekend, it was not a work of art

556
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,960
Speaker 1: from either guy. Brian Abrady was was all over the

557
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,440
Speaker 1: place command wise, So look, they got the job done,

558
00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 1: But we also saw this last year. Both of these

559
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: guys did not have good beginnings to last year, nor

560
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 1: did Ryan Presley, So maybe that's just a thing where

561
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: they've got to get into a better groove and get

562
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: going quicker. But I'm not concerned. I'm not concerned about

563
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 1: those two. What would concern me is the depth and

564
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 1: the ridge leading to them. But it should be said,

565
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: the bullpen pitch well. The bullpen pitch very well. In

566
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 1: this series. The only guys that you can look at

567
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 1: and say maybe didn't pitch well our hater and a

568
00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:12,280
Speaker 1: brave Yeah.

569
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 2: And I mean that's gonna happen every once in a while.

570
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 2: But like I said, for whatever reason, people think you're

571
00:31:20,160 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 2: laid in and guys have to come in and strike

572
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 2: out all three batters they face and carry a zero

573
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,720
Speaker 2: point five ra for the year. That's not how it works.

574
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 2: Got the job done, gonna be fine. Team looked good.

575
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 2: You know, nothing can say there wasn't anybody that it

576
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 2: was like, uh oh, you know, that's that's gonna be

577
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 2: a problem. And again, baseball is a it's a marathon,

578
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 2: not a sprint. So a month from now, if Hater's

579
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 2: still needing thirty pitches to get three outs, we can

580
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 2: have that discussion. But he's not getting lit up. Mets

581
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 2: are a good team. You know, they spent a billion

582
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 2: dollars on their lineup in the off season, and the

583
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 2: Astros held them to five runs. So whatever frustration Astros

584
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 2: fans have from the Astros lineup, I guarantee you the

585
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 2: Mets are feeling it more because they spent a whole

586
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 2: lot more and they did not get rid of two

587
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: of their best players, uh In in the process. So

588
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 2: I thought the team looked team looked good. You know,

589
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 2: they're They're still obviously a very long way to go,

590
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 2: but I thought they looked fine.

591
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: Let's get back to the outfield real quick before we

592
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:42,680
Speaker 1: get out of here. I have two main points. One,

593
00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 1: how how hilarious was the first Playolt two they made

594
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: the left field.

595
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought he was about to go to the hospital.

596
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 2: That that was scary. It reminded me. Do you remember

597
00:32:55,200 --> 00:33:01,480
Speaker 2: the the Jimmy Parades play Jimmy Paradis, So that was

598
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:03,000
Speaker 2: what two thousand and I'm.

599
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: Stand.

600
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 2: So I think they were playing like the Pirates or

601
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: something and Al two is backing up from second base

602
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 2: and Parades just comes in like a missile from rightfield

603
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 2: and just runs into out two. Al two I had

604
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 2: to take like a week off after. And that's what

605
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 2: I thought it was about. I thought he and Myers

606
00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 2: were going to collide, and uh it was gonna be rough,

607
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 2: but no, he just he just made a play. He's

608
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 2: a little goofball out there, and uh everything worked out,

609
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 2: but I was I was definitely, definitely scared for a

610
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 2: few seconds there.

611
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 1: Myers is entire like face, and how he reacted to

612
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: that like epitomized I think the entire fan base because

613
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: like he cut in front of it, and Myers just

614
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:52,520
Speaker 1: like stopped and it was just in like dumbfounded amazement,

615
00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:54,680
Speaker 1: just like looking at al two by cut in front

616
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: of him because you know, like look like Jake Myers,

617
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,960
Speaker 1: great human being by the way, you know, he's kind

618
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:04,000
Speaker 1: of I don't want to say on edge, but he is.

619
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: He's the guy. He feels a lot of responsibility to

620
00:34:07,720 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 1: make Al Tuvey and Cam Smith for that matter, like

621
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 1: look good, to like be the guy that runs a

622
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: bunch of stuff down, to over communicate, to have them

623
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: in the right spots. And he said after the game, like,

624
00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 1: of course, in the first inning of the first game,

625
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,560
Speaker 1: of course, a play like that's gonna happen, and but Tyler,

626
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: it kind of felt like it's it's fate, Like al

627
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 1: Tuove has to catch that ball, just give it everything

628
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: that we've talked about for six weeks, him moving to

629
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 1: left field, like there was going to be no other

630
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,000
Speaker 1: way for that to end than that ball being in

631
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:38,960
Speaker 1: jose Al yep.

632
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,280
Speaker 2: Uh and he caught it. So we're good, We're gonna

633
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 2: we're gonna move on and pretend it didn't happen. Uh.

634
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 2: I heard he. I heard he took ground balls before

635
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:55,920
Speaker 2: the last game against He's gonna play second against the Giants.

636
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 2: Maybe when when they're on the road.

637
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 1: I think he's going to play against the Giant. It's

638
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna play a set. I think he

639
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: is going to play a game at second base against

640
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 1: the Giants. And as I tweeted, please don't overreact to

641
00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 1: that this weekend, this series was like ripe for overreaction

642
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,799
Speaker 1: as to why is Josel Tuve in left field? As

643
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 1: if no one read or listened to any coverage of

644
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 1: this team for the last three months, they were always

645
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: going to do this. Uh, they need to play him

646
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,560
Speaker 1: at second every now and then to be able to

647
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: get Alvarez in the left and open the d H

648
00:35:32,120 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: spot for Christian Walker, for Yuiner Diez for you know,

649
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 1: maybe isak paratus. You know, they they've got a lot

650
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Speaker 1: of guys. They could maybe Cam Smith. That's why they're

651
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Speaker 1: going to do it like that. I would imagine that

652
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,799
Speaker 1: you see Jose al Tuve at second base in one

653
00:35:49,840 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: of the games. Either Blanco or was a Nesky pitches.

654
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Speaker 1: I don't think they want him at second base behind

655
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Speaker 1: from ber Valdez, because let's remember, the reason joseel Tuov

656
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Speaker 1: is not at second base anymore is because he's a

657
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:02,319
Speaker 1: bad defensive second basement, as I have reiterated to so

658
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 1: many people who are yelling at me in the last

659
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,880
Speaker 1: three days. So I think one of those two games,

660
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: you will see him at second base. You'll see Jordan

661
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: Alvarez in the left field, and you'll see someone other

662
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:18,319
Speaker 1: than those two guys dhing that is. I think when

663
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: they go on the road, I think he can handle Minnesota.

664
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Speaker 1: I'm looking at the first two road trips. I think

665
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 1: you can handle Minnesota's outfield. You're gonna see Hunter Brown

666
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: and Spencer Arighetti pitching. If it stays in line, they're

667
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:32,760
Speaker 1: gonna pitch in Minnesota. Hunter Brown's a groundball guy, playing

668
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 1: altuove and left field behind him. Seems all the more logical.

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Speaker 1: Fromer Valdez is going to pitch one of the games

670
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 1: in Seattle, playing al Tuove in the outfield behind from Erveldez,

671
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 1: again seems pretty logical. But this does get into something

672
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,320
Speaker 1: that we saw in the in the two games this weekend,

673
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Speaker 1: that this is going to be a difficult decision. Joe

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Speaker 1: Aspata has in the and at the end of a

675
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Speaker 1: lot of these games, so he made it pretty clear

676
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Speaker 1: that if they have a lead in the eighth inning

677
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Speaker 1: and he is going in a brave ne and hater,

678
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 1: He's gonna have no problem reconfiguring his outfield for defense

679
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: because he needs to get these games won. And that

680
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,439
Speaker 1: resulted on Saturday and jose L Tuva exiting the game

681
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Speaker 1: in the ninth inning, and that's a hard decision for

682
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Speaker 1: anyone to make to take him out of the lineup.

683
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: His spot was six his line his spot in lineup

684
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,879
Speaker 1: was six spots away. So if it would have gotten

685
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Speaker 1: to the ninth inning, they would have had If if

686
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Speaker 1: Josh Haterer would have given it up and they got

687
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Speaker 1: to the ninth inning, it would have taken, you know,

688
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: a lot for that spot to come up in the

689
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Speaker 1: batting order. So that's one reason why Joe Spott was

690
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: probably okay with it, but also in the first game

691
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Speaker 1: of the season on opening Day, took Cam Smith out

692
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Speaker 1: of right field, put chas McCormick and right. It seems

693
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 1: to me, and as we saw last night in the

694
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Speaker 1: ninth inning, that they think their best defensive outfield with

695
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: the roster that they have is Dubon and left Myers

696
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,160
Speaker 1: and center McCormick and right. That's what was in the

697
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,640
Speaker 1: ninth inning last night, in a one run game with

698
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: Josh Hater facing Juan Soto, Pedalnzo and Brandon Nemo Like,

699
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: there is never a higher leverage spot than that. It's

700
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: going to be more difficult for Joa Spotted to make

701
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:12,680
Speaker 1: that work going forward. And it's gonna be something that

702
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,040
Speaker 1: I think a lot of fans are going to have

703
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: to I kind of kind of embrace a little bit

704
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Speaker 1: that there's going to be times when Jose al Tuve

705
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Speaker 1: gets pulled from a game and on. You know, relievers

706
00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 1: are human. If Josh Hater gives it up in the

707
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Speaker 1: in the ninth like, you may go into extra innings

708
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Speaker 1: without Jose al Tuova available, You may go into extra

709
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 1: innings without camp Smith available, without Zach Dezenzo available. But

710
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Speaker 1: I think this also underscores Tyler why the Astros constructed

711
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 1: their roster the way they did. Uh. Do you know

712
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: the two guys that Joaspott has still had in his

713
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,560
Speaker 1: back pocket last night on the bench if that game

714
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Speaker 1: went extra innings.

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Speaker 2: Camp Smith he's pretty good and Diaz also pretty good.

716
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:58,439
Speaker 1: I mean, those are two excellent options to send up

717
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: to hit in those situations. Obviously Dia is probably more

718
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 1: so than cam Smith. We don't want to over hide

719
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,480
Speaker 1: Cam Smith after three games. I know you do speak

720
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: for yourself, right, but it's gonna take some getting used to.

721
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 1: I think Tyler that that there's gonna be a lot

722
00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 1: of late game maneuvering as Joe A. Spotta gets his

723
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 1: his his outfield ready to go and gets it better.

724
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Speaker 1: You know, it's always surprising to see jose Al Tuove

725
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,799
Speaker 1: taken out of a game, but I think again, this

726
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: speaks to his selflessness that. I mean, he could very

727
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,239
Speaker 1: easily say like I want to stay in, like you're

728
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:34,479
Speaker 1: not pulling me in the ninth inning, and he just said,

729
00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 1: you know what, Let's like he wants what's best for

730
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 1: the team. And I think again that is something that

731
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: gets a guy with everything he has accomplished and his

732
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: status and stature in the city, Like this is not normal,

733
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: the amount of selflessness and team first you're seeing from him.

734
00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good, good opening weekend. Uh, it was

735
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 2: fun around the league. I watched a ton of baseball.

736
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 2: You you probably didn't. Well, I don't know.

737
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Speaker 1: Did you see that?

738
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 2: MLB TV went down for like the first hour.

739
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,320
Speaker 1: Of opinning day, which is ideal. And then I got

740
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: like their maya kulpa, their like apology email was basically

741
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,319
Speaker 1: like you can have I think it was you can

742
00:40:17,360 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: have ten percent off of anything you buy in our store,

743
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 1: but it has to be at least a thirty dollars purchase. Okay,

744
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:27,840
Speaker 1: so nothing for actually free, but please.

745
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:32,240
Speaker 2: Get three dollars off a jersey from somewhere.

746
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 1: Uh. What were the.

747
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:40,240
Speaker 2: What were the top jerseys you saw walking around? Who'd

748
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 2: you see the most of? I mean, I say it

749
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 2: was still a million all two Bay jerseys. But I

750
00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 2: saw a lot of people in the new City connect

751
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:47,640
Speaker 2: stuff already.

752
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 1: People those things look cool, A lot of city connects,

753
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:55,200
Speaker 1: a lot of Altuve, a lot of Alvarez. I did

754
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,400
Speaker 1: not see it. Usually you can spot a couple of carreas.

755
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,279
Speaker 1: Do you spot a couple of Bregman's just people that

756
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 1: have those left over? Those were not seen anywhere. I

757
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 1: did not see a ton of those, but yeah, mainly

758
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: Al two Bay, mainly Alvarez. So if you camp Smith's

759
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 1: here and there there, the hype train is is very

760
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: fu Yeah, how to look, I mean, I don't know,

761
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:23,520
Speaker 1: Like it looks like it looks like they just painted

762
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: the oranges like into baseballs.

763
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 2: Do you think they did? Do you think they're not?

764
00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 1: Because they're selling the oranges? What you can go?

765
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 2: Like like how much?

766
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,440
Speaker 1: I guess Jim Crane needs more money. I don't know.

767
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 2: We should get one.

768
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,800
Speaker 1: Well, I'm good they wouldn't take my money.

769
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 2: Tell Foulritory, we need one? What what what are these

770
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 2: things cost? I need a giant orange.

771
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:45,960
Speaker 1: I don't know. But they had them like in I

772
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: saw like people were taking pictures of them. Like they

773
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:50,160
Speaker 1: had them like behind they were in the store in

774
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: the I think it was like in one of the

775
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 1: concourses rules. But like what but like you can tell,

776
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: like I mean like they were like the paint was

777
00:41:58,320 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: chipped and like.

778
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:00,880
Speaker 2: Yeah there was any five years old.

779
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 1: They just hacked them off and just put them in

780
00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 1: and say you can go buy the oranges if you want. So.

781
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, yeah, there we go. That's what we This

782
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 2: is the kind of last time I was at a

783
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:14,800
Speaker 2: game up in the I don't know what restaurant is

784
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,919
Speaker 2: there now, but it's where in the like third deck

785
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 2: up by the jumbo tron. Up there, they have like

786
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,279
Speaker 2: the authentics stuff. They have a bunch of baseballs, like

787
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 2: game use baseballs. See if I can find it? Uh

788
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 2: is this? Hold on? Let me see this. Oh nope,

789
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:39,799
Speaker 2: this is just my Nolan Ryan signed ball. I got

790
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,760
Speaker 2: one somewhere that was just like a one to two

791
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:47,719
Speaker 2: slider that Verlander threw to Jose Ramirez. It was like

792
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 2: twenty dollars. It's like, dude, those are probably two Hall

793
00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 2: of Famers. I think it would cost more to just

794
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 2: buy a new baseball. I couldn't believe that it was

795
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 2: that cheap. Everybody go check that out. I spent I

796
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,000
Speaker 2: spent a good amount of time just looking at all

797
00:43:01,040 --> 00:43:03,839
Speaker 2: of the game used baseballs that they had up there.

798
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Speaker 1: Real quick, before we get out, can we talk about

799
00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:09,759
Speaker 1: Cam Smith throwing Juan Soto's first home run as a

800
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 1: met throwing the ball back into the stands, like the people,

801
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 1: like he probably made some because there was a lot

802
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,040
Speaker 1: of Mets people in right field. I think he actually

803
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:22,800
Speaker 1: threw it into like a crowd of Mets fans aside

804
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 1: from like making those people's day, Like if they go

805
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: sell that thing, like you talk, that ain't worth twenty bucks,

806
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 1: that's what maybe four times that Cam Smith's.

807
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 2: And not making a lot of money. I would have

808
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:38,760
Speaker 2: pocketed that and uh and put it up myself. Probably

809
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,400
Speaker 2: make more than he made this weekend.

810
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Speaker 1: I mean he plopped, Like with the amount of tickets

811
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 1: he had to give out, he plopped. Cam Smith probably

812
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,920
Speaker 1: played for free this weekend. With the amount of family,

813
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,040
Speaker 1: with the amount of just people that came to see him,

814
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,680
Speaker 1: and the tickets he had to leave. He probably played

815
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:54,280
Speaker 1: for free.

816
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,399
Speaker 2: This week And you don't get paid at spring training, right,

817
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 2: so he's like he's got to be in the red

818
00:43:58,120 --> 00:43:59,760
Speaker 2: at this point, I would imagine.

819
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 1: So maybe they need to start contract extension talks now,

820
00:44:04,520 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: get him, get him a little more money in his pocket.

821
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,759
Speaker 1: After he played for free this weekend, he will not

822
00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:12,920
Speaker 1: be playing for free for the rest of the season.

823
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: He will be making the league minimum, which Jim Crane

824
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: really likes. Other players that are making more than the

825
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 1: league minimum will have to carry this offense a little

826
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 1: bit better than they did this past weekend. But all

827
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Speaker 1: in all, a very encouraging opening weekend for the Astros,

828
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,760
Speaker 1: who take two of three from the New York Metropolitans

829
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Speaker 1: and welcome in the San Francisco Giants for a three

830
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:38,840
Speaker 1: game set beginning on Monday and christ What day is

831
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:43,040
Speaker 1: JV Day? JV Day was yesterday Saturday. He will not

832
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:47,839
Speaker 1: pitch against the park. I don't know. Are they going

833
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:49,680
Speaker 1: to give him a tribute video? Like he already got

834
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: one when he was at the Mets and then they

835
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:54,640
Speaker 1: traded for him, so I mean, knowing Crane, knowing Crane,

836
00:44:54,640 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 1: they may trade for him again in July, so just

837
00:44:57,280 --> 00:44:58,560
Speaker 1: hold off on the tribute video.

838
00:44:58,600 --> 00:44:59,799
Speaker 2: I think so.

839
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Speaker 1: He he will not pitch. Logan Webb will on. I

840
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 1: believe it's the second game of the of the of

841
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: the series. If you enjoy watching from ber Valdez pitch,

842
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,839
Speaker 1: tune in to watch Logan web pitch. They are the

843
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,279
Speaker 1: exact same person. A lot of sinkers, a lot of

844
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 1: ground balls. You can see. Jordan Hicks, I believe, is

845
00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 1: going to start the opener speak a second consecutive series

846
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 1: opener started by a converted reliever, but Jordan Hicks there

847
00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,839
Speaker 1: is one hundred, so he's fun. Other than that, you'll

848
00:45:29,840 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 1: see who's who's on the Giants. Oh, Matt Chapman, Willia Damas,

849
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 1: very good defensive infield. You'll see a lot of It'll

850
00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: be a I think a little bit of a step

851
00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:44,880
Speaker 1: down maybe in superstar talent, but certainly a formidable club

852
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 1: coming in in the Giants and Crush City Territory. We

853
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:49,799
Speaker 1: will be there to analyze it. We'll come back to

854
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:52,560
Speaker 1: you uh during the series with some of our our thoughts.

855
00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:56,680
Speaker 1: Josh Reddick will join us on Friday, as the Astros

856
00:45:56,719 --> 00:45:59,800
Speaker 1: have an off day in Minneapolis after playing the Twins

857
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,440
Speaker 1: and the our home opener. Josh Reddick will be with

858
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 1: us on Friday, so we'll get his take on the

859
00:46:03,719 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 1: first seven or eight games that he has seen from

860
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: the Astros. And as always, guys, if you want to

861
00:46:08,800 --> 00:46:11,640
Speaker 1: know when we go live and we post another episode,

862
00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:15,760
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Speaker 1: Rate and review us on Apple. Let us know if

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Speaker 1: you like it, give us five stars. It really helps

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Speaker 1: our reach and helps us get out there. So again,

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Speaker 1: Astros go two to one in their season opening series

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Speaker 1: against New York Mets, only one hundred and fifty nine

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Speaker 1: more to go. They're on pace to one hundred and

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Speaker 1: eight games, so surely everything will go as planned, and

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Speaker 1: if it doesn't, we'll be here to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys, Bye,