WEBVTT - Early Trade Talk w/Robert Murray 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.679 There's just a lot of optimisms surrounding Misrowsky. I'm surprised 0:00:02.680 --> 0:00:04.560 it took this long, but the fact that he's about 0:00:04.600 --> 0:00:06.840 to make his debut, I think everyone in baseball should 0:00:06.840 --> 0:00:07.480 be watching. 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:14.560 Your from fanside at MLB insider Robert Murray where it's Robert, 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:16.880 good to see you, and I want to start trades. 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.119 Then we'll get to some call ups. I want to 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:19.880 get right to biz. 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:20.119 Here. 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:25.000 Team that you think will be the most popular for 0:00:25.079 --> 0:00:28.159 phone calls based on legit assets that can help a 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:30.120 team win the World Series is. 0:00:31.640 --> 0:00:33.840 I'll go to the Arizona Diamondbacks, and first of all, 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:35.840 good to be here with you boys. It's been a while, 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.800 but they have so many different pieces here and this 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:42.160 season has not gone out they expected it at all. 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:46.080 But they have pieces such as like Zach Gallan, they 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:50.640 have Merril Kelly, they have Shelby Miller, have a bunch 0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.480 of pieces on offense which are headlined by Suarez there. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.320 So they have so many different names that they're already 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:59.720 starting to get calls in Arizona. They're not ready to 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:03.080 sell quite yet, but if they continue to struggle, and 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:06.600 with Corbin Birds's injury, then that could make them a 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:09.880 really enticing trade candidate for so many different teams. There's 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:12.080 not a lot of obvious sellers right now, so if 0:01:12.120 --> 0:01:14.800 you can, if they end up deciding to sell, they 0:01:14.840 --> 0:01:16.720 could really end up dictating the market. 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:20.760 Here, Robert, where are you at on the Orioles and 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.560 how far they will go? We talked earlier about Felix Bautista. 0:01:25.040 --> 0:01:28.080 I actually believe that he won't be dealt based on 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:30.320 how many years he has left, what his cost is, 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:32.319 and the messaging to Orioles fans. 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:36.520 Hey, we tanked for half a decade. We lost favor 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:37.760 in the area. 0:01:37.880 --> 0:01:42.240 There are fans that probably became Nationals fans, not older fans, 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:45.000 but younger fans because they're like, this isn't a serious franchise. 0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:47.840 They're tanking for years and the window was so short 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:50.480 for now they can't just close it. Do you think 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:53.400 that if they trade someone like Bautista who has years 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.920 of control, they're sending the wrong message and they should 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:59.920 look more at Sir Anthony Dominguez, Andrew Kittridge, Cedric Mullins, 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:01.320 Ryan O'Hearn, etc. 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.840 I think you're spot on with that. If I was them, 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:07.200 I would not move Bautista unless you end up getting 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:09.560 just a massive haul like we ended up seeing last 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:12.640 year with Scott and a bunch of these other relievers 0:02:12.639 --> 0:02:15.200 who were moved last year. Like the prices on relief pitching, 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:18.280 especially high leverage guys, was just so high, and these 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:21.960 teams could not necessarily ignore that, Like the value was 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:24.280 just too much for them to say no to. And 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:26.880 if the Oriols get something like that in return, then 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.600 I think that conversation could be had. But if you're 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.040 looking at it from their perspective, they, in my opinion, 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:36.160 they can't move guys that are not sign or they 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:38.000 can't move guys who are signed long term. They have 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:41.240 to move guys who are signed in for only this season. 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:43.919 And you can look at Charlie Morton, to me is 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.239 one of the better value plays. He struggled to start 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:48.680 this year. But I think a guy with his history 0:02:48.680 --> 0:02:50.400 and just how good he's been and how important he's 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:53.960 been in clubhouses as well, that guy I would target 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.200 him if I was a team not looking to necessarily 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.800 like break the bank for a starting pitcher, just a 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.280 pitcher in general. But you mentioned some of these other 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:04.880 guys as well, like Sigano, like Zach Eflin, Cedric Mullins. 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.760 There's so many different also relief pitchers as well, Kid Ridge. 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:10.160 I mean, although he's signed for next year as well, 0:03:10.160 --> 0:03:13.040 But they have guys who assigned short term that they 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:15.360 can move on from, and they have a core of 0:03:15.440 --> 0:03:17.880 young players. And you guys were talking about it before 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.840 I hopped on here. The expectations were just so high 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:23.760 in Baltimore and it's just not been that at all, 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:27.720 and they have to continue to try to build for 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.600 next year and going forward. They cannot sell anything too 0:03:30.639 --> 0:03:33.400 big where it just decreases their chances of winning next season, 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:36.440 because then that could end up really impacting Michael Lias's 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.400 job status, and maybe with them moving on from their manager, 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.160 that has already happened where it's like the seats starting 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:45.600 to get warm. But they're going to be building for 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:49.200 next year and going forward, so I expect this to 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:52.360 be just a sell off of expiring contracts for this year. 0:03:53.040 --> 0:03:56.000 But isn't that just quinn pro quo from normal teams 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.760 that are like championship caliber teams. We always talk about 0:04:00.200 --> 0:04:03.680 how well the Pirates can't trade Paul Skiings, the Orioles 0:04:03.720 --> 0:04:07.400 can't trade the Mountain like to me teams that don't 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.480 go out and spend and make that big move. You 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.360 can't just go quick broke, well like the Yankees would 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:16.920 never trade to Paul Skis. They would never trade Like 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:21.520 you have to almost like flip the script and be like, wow, 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.839 how did they do that? Are the Orioles in that position? 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:27.560 Or does this new ownership. I think they spent seventy 0:04:27.560 --> 0:04:32.280 three more million dollars this year, just expect Okay, we're 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:34.400 gonna run it back next year, but we're gonna put 0:04:34.400 --> 0:04:36.719 our money into new things because if they don't go 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:39.320 out and get the guy, because all we heard from 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:41.400 the Orioles was, Oh, we're gonna go trade for this guy, 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:44.200 trade for that guy. Why not make a big move 0:04:44.279 --> 0:04:48.720 now and get that starting pitcher before the offseason. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:51.839 You're preaching an a choir on that one, because I've 0:04:51.839 --> 0:04:54.240 been wanting them to make a big move for even 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:56.400 since the offseason and they just have not done that. 0:04:56.839 --> 0:05:01.000 And it's incredibly frustrating because I I'm a covering baseball. 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:03.120 I'm ten plus years into this now, which is kind 0:05:03.120 --> 0:05:06.200 of crazy to think about, but I've never seen a 0:05:06.320 --> 0:05:09.880 core of like this talent or this much talent of players, 0:05:09.920 --> 0:05:12.240 even maybe since like the Chicago Cubs, or even more 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:15.280 so than that, like they've they have such a like 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:18.280 a great collection of young players all across a roster here, 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:20.560 and they've just not maximized it. 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So 0:07:31.400 --> 0:07:33.600 maybe he goes on a little run here over the 0:07:33.640 --> 0:07:37.120 next month and gets himself back into the trade conversation 0:07:37.240 --> 0:07:40.000 for Miami. I'm sure they would like to move him. 0:07:40.200 --> 0:07:42.480 Pictures are always taking time bombs, even though this one's 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:45.880 coming off surgery, And if they're thinking long term, this 0:07:45.960 --> 0:07:47.280 would be a good year to do it if he 0:07:47.280 --> 0:07:49.760 gets back on track. And is there anyone else you 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.120 think that could pop up and be relevant for a 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:53.480 Marlins trade conversation? 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:58.080 I honestly think the Marlins will listen on anyone not 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:02.320 named Augustine Ramirez or even Yurie Perez, anyone else I 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:04.760 think the listen on. And like I want to make 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.760 it clear, like listening and shopping are two totally different things. 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.080 Every team listens on almost every player, Like that's just 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:12.679 a part of it. Because you got to know exactly 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.880 what kind of value is out there and try to 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:17.640 make the most informed decisions for your franchise. So when 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:20.760 I say that, like they're I just anticipate them listening 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:24.360 on essentially everyone on the roster. And I could also 0:08:24.440 --> 0:08:26.720 see that including a guy like Kyle Stowers. And and 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:29.680 my guess is a trade is probably unlikely considering this 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.880 just the overall year he's had. He signed long term, 0:08:32.880 --> 0:08:36.160 he signed cheap. I believe he's in his mid to 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.720 late twenties somewhere in that ballpark, and he's a really 0:08:38.800 --> 0:08:42.600 valuable piece. But what I said before with the Diamondbacks is, 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.800 so far this looks like a very limited trade market 0:08:45.840 --> 0:08:48.600 and a seller's market. And I would not be surprised 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:50.320 at all off that Marlin's got plenty of trade calls 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:52.360 for a gallic stours And if you can end up 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:55.080 having those trade calls turn into offers, and those offers 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:57.600 turning into a bidding war, then that could be something 0:08:57.640 --> 0:08:59.559 where I could see the Marlins trying to take advantage 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:03.120 of that. I think Star Wars makes plenty of sense. 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.480 Sandy al Contra, We've talked about plenty and the year 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:10.679 that he's had overall has been extremely disappointing. Like I 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.800 think his best baseball is easily ahead of him, but 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:15.959 this season has been a huge struggle for him, and 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:18.280 I would not be surprised whatsoever if the Marlins held 0:09:18.320 --> 0:09:21.120 on to him and tried to wait for the the 0:09:21.200 --> 0:09:24.000 offseason or even maybe next trade deadline to try to 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:27.719 trade him. So my guess is Sandy stays, but then 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.280 some of these other guys on the roster they could 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:32.760 be had, or even some some bullpen guys as well, 0:09:32.760 --> 0:09:36.960 because bullpen is always just a huge need for almost 0:09:36.960 --> 0:09:38.440 every contending team. 0:09:38.760 --> 0:09:40.360 Hold up though on stours. 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:42.040 I don't know where he's at with service time, but 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:46.400 it is very very early in the service time clock. Yeah, 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:49.120 free agent listed here. I don't with Baseball Reference that 0:09:49.200 --> 0:09:51.600 they mean after during the year. It as twenty thirty 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:54.199 you mentioned, so after twenty thirty. 0:09:54.240 --> 0:09:55.360 Wasn't he a rookie last year? 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:56.400 Yeah? 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:59.800 Yeah, I think a couple of other times. Yeah, he 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.079 had been up and down actually for the last few years, 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:05.840 but barely. Yeah, Okay, they're going to trade him. He 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:07.760 looks like a piece of the future, honestly. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:09.439 Okay, there we go. 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:11.880 I gotta make sure I don't think. I don't think 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:13.840 they're going to trade him, but I think there's any 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:16.360 teams call. So that's that's what I want to say there. 0:10:16.480 --> 0:10:19.960 Peter Bendix will trade anybody we make the right right, 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:21.480 you know what they could You know what if you 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.839 call Peter Bendix right now and you offer him the 0:10:23.880 --> 0:10:25.840 bat dog that just got called up, he'd be like, 0:10:26.120 --> 0:10:27.920 you know, we could save a couple of bucks by 0:10:27.960 --> 0:10:31.080 making that trade. Maybe we could do that and the dog, 0:10:31.400 --> 0:10:32.720 but the bat dog could. 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:33.320 Also do something. 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.120 We could also save money on a bat boy. 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:36.480 So he's like. 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:39.880 Maybe, yeah, see Robert would never trade his pot. But 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:40.800 I get what you're saying. 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:46.280 Not available, he's untouched category for me exactly. 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:49.800 There you go, crack you go, all right. 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:53.040 The Rockies they've always been willing to like make big 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.800 moves at the trade deadline when they wait. 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:56.800 No, not the Rockets. 0:10:57.840 --> 0:11:02.199 Literally they have some pieces. Are they going to be 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.520 able to move or want to move the pieces that 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:07.760 are actually good or are they just going to be 0:11:07.760 --> 0:11:11.400 a team that tries to move like a Kinley who's 0:11:11.520 --> 0:11:14.320 I think he has a six plus ra or even 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:20.360 finally move McCann who I mean McMahon who now isn't 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.440 having a great year when they could have traded him 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:24.600 other years and gotten something for him. 0:11:25.760 --> 0:11:27.680 There is a reason why the Rockies are always bad, 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:29.880 and I mean that's just one of many reasons for them. 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:34.920 And it's unfortunate because that ballpark is beautiful and they 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:38.040 somehow have a bunch of people in the stands on 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:41.079 every night, but yet the product on a field stinks. 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:45.160 And that's not the player's fault. That's just an organizational 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.920 problem and it starts at the trade trade deadline because 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.319 they've had they've had players in the past, and Ryan 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:54.280 McMahon it really is just the prime example of that. 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.079 He is someone they should have sold when his value 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:59.640 was a lot higher. I know myself and so many 0:11:59.679 --> 0:12:03.959 others were really like adamant that they should absolutely listen. 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.480 But yet Dick Mumfort and that organization put their foot 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:08.959 down and we're just like, Nope, that's a guy we're 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.280 not moving. He's a fan. He's a favorite of Muntfort 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.600 as well, and that's gotten in the way of this, 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:15.880 and also I believe some other other things in the 0:12:15.920 --> 0:12:19.640 past as well. But if they listen on him right now, 0:12:20.320 --> 0:12:23.000 which I think Ken Rosenthal even reported today like there's 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.040 no real sign that there or there's no real like 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.760 they haven't decided exactly what they're going to do here. 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:31.200 But if they do listen on McMahon or even some 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.960 of their relievers or just anyone on that roster in general, 0:12:35.360 --> 0:12:38.400 they should absolutely consider moving McMahon, even though his values 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:40.439 not at what it once was, But shedding out or 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:44.040 shedding that big contract would be ideal for them. But 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:45.800 just they could have gotten so much more even a 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:47.480 year or two ago. And the fact that they've waited 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.840 this long and might move him now, I just the 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:51.920 Rockies are going to Rocky. 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:56.480 But the whole Momford family works for the Rockies, don't they. 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:59.679 It's like the dad, the brother, the son, the other 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:03.079 song on this Guy's Sister. It's like the whole family 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:04.920 works with the Rockies. So they can't sell. They can't 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.000 move on because they then they would have to find 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.439 a whole new family business. Besides, I get what my 0:13:10.600 --> 0:13:12.440 mom for someone to sell. All right, let's go to 0:13:12.440 --> 0:13:14.160 a team in their division of the Padres. What's a 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:16.640 bigger need for the Padres left field? Which is they 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:20.600 do have Hayward coming back? Or is it Catcher which one, 0:13:20.640 --> 0:13:22.319 do you think they have a better chance and more 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:24.080 maybe a better need of filling. 0:13:25.000 --> 0:13:27.080 Yeah, that's a that's a good question, and I think 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:28.800 you can make the case for both. And you could 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:30.640 even see it in spring training with the Potters at 0:13:30.640 --> 0:13:34.160 the catcher position because last Diaz was struggling there and 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.760 they were really they were trying to figure out exactly 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:38.199 what they were going to do. And they even kicked 0:13:38.240 --> 0:13:40.640 the tires I believe at some point in the spring 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:44.320 or somewhere in there on that ballpark on Yasmina Groundal 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.160 who actually was just released from the Red Sox. But 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:48.960 I would not be surprised if Grundhal ended up retiring there. 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:52.160 So if that is the case, heck of a career 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:56.960 by Grundal. But catching that's always tricky, what like what 0:13:57.080 --> 0:14:00.600 exactly they can end up targeting, like who's to be available, 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:02.720 Like Gary Sanchez could make sense if the if the 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:05.600 Oriels end up moving on from him, So I could 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:07.559 see that being a potential fit in there's history there 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:12.440 as well. And then you could also look at left 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.520 field and there's gonna be plenty of different options for 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:18.120 them to consider. But the thing I would actually put 0:14:18.200 --> 0:14:21.080 ketcher ahead of that, just because I think ketcher's just 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.840 you obviously know AJ like and also Cratzy there as well. 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.560 You guys a team of Ketchers today. I didn't even 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.680 think about that, but ketching is such like a is 0:14:29.720 --> 0:14:31.960 such an important position, so I would put that ahead 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:33.760 of that for sure. I would think that's probably the 0:14:34.680 --> 0:14:37.520 top priority for them. But at the end of the day, 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:39.240 I don't think they're gonna be spending too much money 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.360 because they've had a pretty limited budget in years past, 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.480 even so in the offseason and and getting Jackson Merrill's 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.320 deal done was it was. There was a lot of 0:14:49.200 --> 0:14:50.880 pushing and shoving that had to go into there to 0:14:50.920 --> 0:14:54.040 make that happen. So I'm not gonna I'm not banking 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.120 on a big aj Preller move. Although that being said, 0:14:57.160 --> 0:14:59.560 he's proven me wrong before with Luis Hariz and some 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:01.280 of these other things. I'm not gonna doubt them, but 0:15:01.640 --> 0:15:03.160 I'm kind of skeptical of that right now. 0:15:03.960 --> 0:15:07.800 And catching moved at the trade deadline is rare, rare, rare, 0:15:07.920 --> 0:15:11.960 rare moves so it's barely But let's talk about a 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.160 call up. A call up that happened in both of 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:20.760 our old stomping grounds Jacob Mizerowski. Is this guy's ascension 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:24.960 to the big leagues gonna be culminated in him being 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.920 pulled out in the fifth inning? Or is this one 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.520 hundred and three going to be something that we're going 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.520 to see night or not night in and night out 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:37.280 every five days and really solidify that second spot in 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.600 the Brewers' rotation, especially with Savali going to the bullpen. 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.880 I think he's going to make an immediate impact. And 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:49.360 you might think I'm crazy for what I'm about to say, 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:54.160 a cratsy, but I we've seen the Brewers. They've they've 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:57.760 had Freight Prawlta, they've had Corbin Burns, they've had Brandon Woodruff. 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:02.120 If everything goes right for Mizerowski, I could see him 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:04.240 being better than all of those guys. He has all 0:16:04.280 --> 0:16:07.600 the tools in his body. He's typically averages about ninety 0:16:07.600 --> 0:16:09.440 seven to ninety eight, can top out at one oh three, 0:16:09.800 --> 0:16:12.160 got a really good slidder, really good curveball, and his 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:15.160 big problem that he's had has been his control, and 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:18.120 he's figured it out. It's been moving in a better 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:21.040 direction for him. And if everything ends up working out, 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.960 and I know that's easier said than done, but He's 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:25.800 got all the tools in his body to be better 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:29.640 and better than all of those guys. So if I'm 0:16:29.640 --> 0:16:32.640 the Brewers should I would be incredibly optimistic about what's 0:16:32.680 --> 0:16:35.400 to come for him. He's going to make an immediate 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:39.000 impact there and both now and going forward, he's gonna, 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.520 if my guess, he's going to be in the ace 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:43.480 of that rotation, maybe as soon as next year if 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:47.040 Freddie Peralta becomes a trade possibility for them in the offseason. 0:16:47.440 --> 0:16:49.960 So there's just a lot of optimism surrounding Miserowski. I'm 0:16:50.000 --> 0:16:52.200 surprised it took this long, but the fact that he's 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:54.440 about to make his debut, I think everyone in baseball 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:57.240 should be watching because he is easily one of the 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.560 best pitching prospects to come up for the Brewers and 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:03.880 just in general with although Bubba Chandler is he should 0:17:03.880 --> 0:17:06.280 be up now, but he's also a very good one 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:06.680 as well. 0:17:07.800 --> 0:17:10.240 When do you think Bubba Chandler gets called up for 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:13.280 the Pirates to give them something else to watch for 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:15.560 fun since the team's not a contender again. 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:21.080 I was open like a month ago. He's he's so 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:23.520 good and if he ended up getting called up earlier, 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.160 he was my pick to win nationally Rookie of the Year. 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.920 He is an awesome, awesome, awesome player. And the Pirates, 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:33.199 I mean, they played better since moving on from their 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:38.560 manager there. And if if you call him up, you're 0:17:38.560 --> 0:17:41.160 gonna have Paul Skins, You're gonna have Bubba Chandler, you're 0:17:41.160 --> 0:17:42.600 gonna have Mitch Keller, You're gonna have a bunch of 0:17:42.640 --> 0:17:45.040 these other guys. I wish Jared Jones was healthy because 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.960 having all those guys together would have been a really really, 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:49.920 really cool thing and given fans a reason to come 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:51.960 to the ballpark. And it's a shame to see that 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:55.679 ballpark as empty as it is. But Chandler is he 0:17:55.760 --> 0:17:58.600 is the best pitching prospect in baseball, and it like 0:17:59.359 --> 0:18:01.200 the Pirate should have call him up, like even a 0:18:01.240 --> 0:18:03.240 month ago. They should call him up now. I don't 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.119 know exactly what they're waiting for. If it's like a 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:09.720 service time thing, I have no idea. But Pirates fans 0:18:09.720 --> 0:18:12.280 ever ever, have every reason to be optimistic about him 0:18:12.640 --> 0:18:16.639 because between him and Paul Skeins, you have maybe the 0:18:16.640 --> 0:18:20.440 most talented one two punch in baseball with those guys. 0:18:20.240 --> 0:18:24.479 And Harrington coming up too. But Ken Ken Bubba Chandler 0:18:24.560 --> 0:18:27.320 hit because that's the case, and the Pirates fans will 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:28.320 really come out. 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:31.560 Oh my god, if only he was shoe Otani. He 0:18:31.600 --> 0:18:34.520 can't play for his base. Yeah, that would be yeah, yeah, 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:36.000 that would be fun. That'd be fun. 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:38.880 Good, Hey, bring me in for a sec. 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.040 So you remember you got to go way back twenty 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.960 twenty four, the Pirates called up this big deal pitching 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:48.080 prospect name Paul Skeens. They called him up on May eleventh, 0:18:48.280 --> 0:18:50.840 which is too late for them to get that extra 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:53.800 draft pick that reward for calling someone up right, but 0:18:54.200 --> 0:18:57.200 not too late for that player to get a full 0:18:57.240 --> 0:18:59.680 year of service time if he finishes in first or 0:18:59.680 --> 0:19:01.800 second place for a now Rookie of the Year. So 0:19:01.840 --> 0:19:05.240 they got nothing out of a system that is essentially 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:09.080 created for an organization like that. Yep, some smart people 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:11.520