1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:20,680 Speaker 1: God's Times, the Stage Lake Crackers bring. 2 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: We will sue you To's the Garner. 3 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,200 Speaker 3: Welcome to hang out. Villain of the week is rain. 4 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 3: It has to be rained, right like you got Red 5 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,279 Speaker 3: Sox Yankees on opening Day that was supposed to kick 6 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 3: us off, get bostponed. What are we doing here on 7 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 3: opening day? Regardless? Today's opening Day? Happy freaking opening Day, 8 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 3: Peter Apple, whoop. I'm not gonna let my own pain 9 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:02,279 Speaker 3: of my Yankees after a lockout going through all of this, 10 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 3: Dick Monfort and the Rockies and their pains for the lockout. 11 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 3: But I'm not going to take that on this podcast 12 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 3: because this is not a Yankees Red Sox podcast. But yes, 13 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,000 Speaker 3: I am not particularly happy that on opening day one 14 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 3: oh five Eastern Yankees Red Sox. A recap of the 15 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 3: wild card game is now postponed a Friday, But we 16 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 3: have plenty of more games to talk about, and I 17 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:29,400 Speaker 3: am just so excited. Okay, So I'm growing retractable roof. 18 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 3: That is my baseline. If they're building a new ballpark 19 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,479 Speaker 3: from here on out, it's got to have a retractable roof, agreed, 20 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 3: because why would you not build it in? I mean, 21 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 3: think about how much each gate makes a Major League 22 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 3: baseball team, Right, So if you do a split gate doubleheader, 23 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,240 Speaker 3: you're doubling your ticket revenue. All that you're you know, 24 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 3: getting more concessions coming in as well. Like each time 25 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: you bring fans to the ballpark, it's better for you. 26 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:59,280 Speaker 3: Obviously they want to watch baseball outside if the weather permits. 27 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: But if the weather crappy, guess what not not as 28 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 3: many people come. So why don't you just control it? 29 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 3: So where it's seventy or plus and sunny, you have, 30 00:02:09,919 --> 00:02:12,800 Speaker 3: you know, an outdoor ballpark, and then when it's forty 31 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:16,559 Speaker 3: five degrees in rainy in April or in late September, 32 00:02:17,240 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: you can close it and you can play inside. You 33 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 3: don't lose that revenue. I think retractable roofs are the thing, 34 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 3: and they have to be the thing within like fifteen years. 35 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,839 Speaker 3: The only problem is what are they gonna knock down 36 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 3: Wrigley and build a retractable They're gonna knock down Fenway, 37 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 3: They're gonna knock down all of these legendary ballparks. That's 38 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: the thing with these ballparks is they've been built in 39 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,799 Speaker 3: the eighteen forties. Okay, so yeah, that's the problem here. 40 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 3: They weren't built in the eighteen forties. I will tell 41 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 3: you that, not built in the eighteen forties, but they 42 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 3: were built in Like when was Fenway built, like nineteen hundred. 43 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:54,240 Speaker 3: I want to say, yeah, exactly. Now here's a fix. 44 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 3: Have you seen the Simpsons movie, Yes, when they dropped 45 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:03,799 Speaker 3: the big Last Dome over Springfield. We're getting into ridiculous 46 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 3: type conversations and we got to break down Brewers cubs. Yeah, 47 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:09,399 Speaker 3: we got to do an opening day preview. We're also 48 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 3: going to talk about Jay Ram's extension that he signed 49 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,399 Speaker 3: yesterday morning. Jay Ram is Cleveland Guardian for the next 50 00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 3: however many years. Interesting okay, But first and foremost, MLB 51 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 3: the Show came out and we were just talking about 52 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 3: it before we started recording. Like neither of us are 53 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 3: really sit down and hammer out video games, but we 54 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,720 Speaker 3: both play them. Like I just got MLB the show. 55 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,360 Speaker 3: I will play it a couple of a couple of 56 00:03:34,360 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 3: times this week. But I think my version of playing 57 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 3: it and the normal person's version of playing it are 58 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 3: very different. I don't really play the games. I just 59 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,839 Speaker 3: like do franchise drafts and trades. Like does that make 60 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: me super weird or does that make me a degenerate 61 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 3: worthy of hosting a podcast. I think it's the latter. 62 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 3: I jumped on Twitch for our giveaway with Intents, and 63 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 3: we gave away the gaming desk. Thanks to Intents for 64 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 3: reaching one hundred thousand followers on TikTok So. I jumped 65 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 3: on MLB the Show and I was just playing during 66 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:10,080 Speaker 3: the stream, and I started in the rookie ball like 67 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: Babe Ruth is throwing ninety one to show Hao Taani, 68 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 3: kind of like training how to hit. And I've played 69 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: the game before, I've been a Twitch streamer. Technically for 70 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 3: all of that, I can't hit the ball. Jack, I 71 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 3: could not hit the ball. I tried Robert Flores's crab 72 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 3: method when he was on the show. He talked to 73 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 3: us about the crab method to in MLB the Show 74 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,559 Speaker 3: to use two hands on the on the little analog stick. 75 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 3: I can't do it. I can't hit the ball. Video 76 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,440 Speaker 3: games have always been my kryptonite. I'd like to say 77 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:41,279 Speaker 3: that I'm pretty good at a decent amount of things, 78 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 3: but video games is certainly not one of them. So now, 79 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:46,840 Speaker 3: are you gonna be better at it? In like two weeks? 80 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 3: Because I know with some people. Some games are just 81 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 3: like isn't it each time a different NBA two K 82 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 3: comes out it gets harder to shoot and like you 83 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 3: have to adjust to the shooting meter and all that stuff. 84 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 3: It's not the same as MLBE. It feels like the 85 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 3: same sort of hitting. It's just impossible to hit. Like 86 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 3: Bob Feller's throwing one hundred and four. Edward Cabrera has 87 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,400 Speaker 3: an one hundred mile hour sinker. They make the pitching 88 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 3: just too good. It's too good. I'm not good enough 89 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,919 Speaker 3: at the game, and it makes me upset. Okay, so 90 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 3: that's why I do the different hitting where you don't 91 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 3: where you don't move, like the zone. You just you 92 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 3: hit X. And if that's what, yeah, I mean, I 93 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 3: don't know what it's called. Yeah, that's just like the 94 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 3: bottom of the barrel, Like, hey, you just got the 95 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 3: game and now you're pressing X to hit. You gotta 96 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 3: press up and down to hit or I don't even remember. 97 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,160 Speaker 3: I don't care. I hate video games regardless, Like and 98 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 3: I'll be the show twenty two is out and I'm 99 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:43,000 Speaker 3: sure it's sick. I'm probably just gonna sit there and 100 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 3: do trades a lot and then shut it off and 101 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: go do something else. Jose Ramirez just got extended a 102 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:51,520 Speaker 3: lot of guaranteed money, full no trade clause. He's a 103 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 3: Cleveland Guardian for the foreseeable future, around twenty five million 104 00:05:55,560 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 3: dollars a year after his deal is up. He could 105 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 3: have gotten more money. I don't necessarily know that he 106 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 3: wanted to leave. I think a lot of people were 107 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 3: just assuming that, like, oh, it's Cleveland, you want to leave. 108 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,320 Speaker 3: I think Jay ram really likes being in that organization. 109 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 3: I think he likes that they are constantly contenders, even 110 00:06:14,760 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 3: when they have next to no offensive talent. If he's 111 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:20,719 Speaker 3: the only good hitter, they're still in the conversation because 112 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,679 Speaker 3: of how they develop pitchers. So I think he's really 113 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 3: happy as a Cleveland Guardian. And honestly, that kind of 114 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 3: took me by surprise. Did it take you by surprise? 115 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 3: Took me completely by surprise. Think about it. You say 116 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,799 Speaker 3: they're constantly close to contending, I would say not really. 117 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 3: I mean, they're always in the hunt ish and they've 118 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:45,720 Speaker 3: had some success over recent years, but for example, like 119 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:50,800 Speaker 3: they're not. When we reviewed the al Central, what did 120 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 3: we have the mass possibly a second place team, but 121 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 3: more than likely third or fourth and the White Sox 122 00:06:58,040 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 3: are not going to get any worse, and the Tigers 123 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 3: are trending up and the Twins are trending up. So 124 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 3: and the Guardians don't have this history of spending a 125 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 3: ton of money either. So when I looked at it, 126 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 3: I thought, all right, Jose Ramirez didn't get as much 127 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 3: as he deserves. And it's with a team that over 128 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:20,480 Speaker 3: the next five years or they how many times are 129 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 3: they going to be in the playoffs over the next 130 00:07:21,840 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 3: five years. It puzzled me, but it also made me 131 00:07:24,480 --> 00:07:27,640 Speaker 3: happy for Jose Ramirez the fact that he finally got 132 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 3: the extension that at least more money. He deserves more money, 133 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 3: but at least he got the extension that he deserves. Okay, 134 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 3: So let me give you the records of the Cleveland 135 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:41,880 Speaker 3: Guardians slash Cleveland Indians while Terry Francona has been the manager. 136 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 3: That's since twenty thirteen, So we're looking at the last 137 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,679 Speaker 3: nine years of Indians and Guardians baseball. Right twenty thirteen, 138 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,119 Speaker 3: they were ninety two and seventy then they were eighty 139 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 3: five and seventy seven. That's eight games over five hundred, 140 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 3: eighty one and eighty Okay, a bit of a downtick. 141 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 3: Twenty sixteen, they are a pitch away from winning the 142 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 3: World Series. In Game seven they were ninety four and 143 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 3: sixty seven. They won one hundred and two games. In 144 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 3: twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, they were twenty games over five hundred. 145 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 3: Twenty nineteen they were ninety three and sixty nine, twenty 146 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 3: twenty they were thirty five and twenty five, and then 147 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 3: twenty twenty one they were eighty and eighty two. So 148 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 3: I think mediocrity for them is not necessarily the name 149 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 3: of the game. It was the name of the game 150 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 3: for them in twenty twenty one because the reigning Cy 151 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 3: Young Award winner was hurt the entire year and they 152 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 3: had zero offensive talent. This team, more often than not 153 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 3: has been Tampa Bay junior Gay. They do a lot 154 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 3: with what they have, and I think he knows that 155 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 3: he's going to constantly be in at least the contention conversation. 156 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 3: They might not always be in contention, like they might 157 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 3: be eighty one and eighty one this year. Hell, they 158 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 3: might be seventy eight and eighty four. Does that math 159 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 3: check out? I think it does. One sixty two, Yes, yeah, 160 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 3: seventy eight and eighty four, like that's what they might 161 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 3: do this year, but you have a feeling that next 162 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 3: year they might be better. And with how many guys 163 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,199 Speaker 3: they have coming through the system right now that are 164 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 3: close Rokio Valera, Espino Lavastta is up there now, like 165 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 3: they've got so many guys coming up. I think he's 166 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 3: really excited to be a Cleveland Guardian and win a 167 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 3: lot of games throughout the duration of this contract. I 168 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 3: think you're right. I'm gonna take back my point. I 169 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 3: think you're right. Then the Guardians have been just much 170 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 3: better than I thought they've been. I know they've always 171 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 3: been successful, but when you go through the rosters, they've 172 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:31,559 Speaker 3: really had a lot of success. And that's a lot 173 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 3: thanks to Tino Francono, one of the best managers in 174 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 3: the twenty first century. Quite honestly, he might be the 175 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 3: best manager in the twenty first century, you know, with 176 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 3: his time with the Red Sox, that championship there. Then 177 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 3: he goes over to the Guardians and he takes a 178 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 3: team that doesn't really spend and consistently makes them a contender. 179 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: The Guardians are really just two bats away from contending 180 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 3: with the White Sox because they have the pitching, they 181 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 3: have the bullpen. It's just you look at five, three, 182 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:03,079 Speaker 3: nine in their lineup and nobody excites you. Bobby Bradley 183 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 3: is the first basement. Yeah, they have the farm and 184 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 3: they have the depth to go deal for big leaguers. 185 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 3: I feel like, when they're ready, they're going to go 186 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,520 Speaker 3: do it. Why is it when they're ready be ready now? 187 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 3: But like, don't you want Valera up? I think if 188 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 3: I'm going to be a conservative general manager and know 189 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 3: that I have to make every decision be the right decision, 190 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,599 Speaker 3: I want to wait to maximize the window, you know 191 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 3: what I mean. Like if you go get a guy 192 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 3: for a year and Valera doesn't come up this year, 193 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 3: then you just, you know, wasted a trade. You just 194 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 3: wasted a couple of prospects. So if you let your 195 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,720 Speaker 3: prospects develop in an organization that is so well known 196 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 3: for developing prospects successfully, if you feel like your window 197 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:50,960 Speaker 3: to compete starts in twenty twenty three, go trade this 198 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 3: coming off season. Yeah not about point at all, mister McMullen. 199 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 3: And you convince me that's to do. I didn't realize, 200 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 3: like I mean, from twenty sixteen to twenty nineteen, their 201 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,200 Speaker 3: win totals were ninety four, one oh two, ninety one, 202 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,800 Speaker 3: ninety three, and then in twenty twenty they were ten 203 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 3: games over five hundred in a sixty game regular season. 204 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 3: I guess I didn't realize that they had that much 205 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:15,439 Speaker 3: success in twenty twenty. I thought they've been bad now 206 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,439 Speaker 3: for last year and the year before, But they were 207 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,240 Speaker 3: good last year Shane Bieber, or not last year. I 208 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 3: mean twenty twenty. Shane Bieber won the Cy young and 209 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,320 Speaker 3: then he got hurt and they had a down year, 210 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 3: but they still weren't They didn't bought them out. So 211 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 3: I'm with you. I'm excited for Jose Ramirez. I'm excited 212 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 3: for the Guardians moving forward. It was a good contract. 213 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,480 Speaker 3: He deserved more, but at least he got a ton 214 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,599 Speaker 3: of money and he'll be totally financially set for a 215 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 3: lot and Pleae Sack was hurt last year and Calvin 216 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 3: Watrell didn't come on until the back half, and Tristan 217 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 3: McKenzie was hot and cold. Like James got a front 218 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:49,960 Speaker 3: four of Bieber, Quantrille, Polae, Sack and Mackenzie. McKenzie's gonna 219 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 3: start in the bullpen. But like You've got Savali who's great. 220 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,559 Speaker 3: I mean, dude, they might be really good. They just 221 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 3: got to figure out a way to hit. They will 222 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 3: figure out a way to hit some, hopefully against Zach 223 00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:04,559 Speaker 3: Grank that's at four to ten. We get started though 224 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,680 Speaker 3: with Brewers Cubs at Wrigley Field. Corbyn Burns, Kyle Hendricks. 225 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: That was supposed to be Game two of the twenty 226 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 3: twenty two Baseball regular season. It is now Game one 227 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 3: with Red Sox Yankees postponed to Friday. Burns and Hendricks. 228 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 3: One of those pitchers is objectively better than the other pitcher. 229 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 3: One of them is objectively better than the other. Corbyn 230 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 3: Burns is that pitcher that's much better than Kyle Hendricks. 231 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 3: Corbyn Burns won the si on last year, had a 232 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,199 Speaker 3: FIP under two point zero. He had a two four 233 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 3: to three ERA. He is gunning again for his second 234 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 3: consecutive Cy Young Award, and he's gonna face these Cubs. 235 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 3: But this seems like a very lopsided matchup. Kyle Hendricks 236 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 3: has a weird thing with the Brewers. He's always been 237 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 3: pretty good against the Brewers, and especially against this current roster. 238 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 3: And I know that you're gonna talk about what type 239 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 3: of Kyle Hendricks are we gonna get? And that's the question. 240 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:00,439 Speaker 3: But to the numbers, he's pitched against them in two 241 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 3: hundred and fifty three played appearances against this current ross 242 00:13:03,200 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 3: pitched to a three two three FIP and a two 243 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 3: thirty eight batting average against. This game could be closer 244 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 3: than people think. But it's Corbyn Burns and the Brewers. Yeah, 245 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:17,680 Speaker 3: Hendrix is like so Hendricks was good. Hendricks is not 246 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 3: good anymore. That's a big problem there. H And a 247 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,840 Speaker 3: guy that loved Kyle Hendricks is sitting right here. I 248 00:13:24,920 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 3: loved him. I still love him. I still love watching 249 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 3: him pitch because when Hendricks is on and when he's 250 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 3: not surrendering the big ball, he's so enjoyable to watch 251 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 3: because you watch it and it's like, how does he 252 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 3: get so much soft contact? Magician? He's a magician. He's surgical. 253 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 3: But Hendricks was not surgical last year. And I want 254 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 3: to say it was Opening Day twenty twenty, when Hendricks 255 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,439 Speaker 3: threw a complete game shutout against Milwaukee. You know that 256 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 3: version of Kyle Hendricks. I would say, let's go, this 257 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 3: is gonna be a great game. But this version he 258 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 3: is hard hit Poloosa. It's ridiculous how many guys are 259 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,600 Speaker 3: just screaming liners through the infield. Why is he starting 260 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 3: a not Marcus Struman. Gin know, because he's been a 261 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 3: Cub for a long time, and he's been a successful 262 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,319 Speaker 3: cub for a long time. You know, the opening day 263 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 3: nod is more symbolic. It really only matters first time through. Yeah, 264 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 3: you're kind of right there too, Kyle Hendricks. I do 265 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,800 Speaker 3: think he could put up a deceptively good game against 266 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 3: the Bruces. God, I hope so. But when we were 267 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 3: looking at the betting lines for tomorrow, this is a 268 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 3: line that scares me almost too much to take it. 269 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 3: What do you think the over under is for the 270 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 3: game tomorrow? Eight and a half? It's ten and a half. 271 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 3: Oh wow, wow, wow, wow Wow. Does that make you 272 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 3: want to just say, let's go under, Let's go under, 273 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 3: let's go under. 274 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 2: Yeah. 275 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 3: But if Hendricks isn't on. Yeah, But even in a 276 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:52,080 Speaker 3: Corbyn Burns start like the Brewers are minus one seventy 277 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 3: in this game. In other games where there's a lopsided 278 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 3: pitching matchup and a lopsided team versus another team, they're 279 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 3: around minus twenty minus two forty five even like, for example, 280 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 3: that Braves game. The Braves are minus two forty five 281 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 3: against the Reds, and that's Max Freed versus Tyler Molly. 282 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,960 Speaker 3: Why are the Brewers almost minus one seventy and the 283 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 3: over under is ten and a half. That line scares 284 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 3: me too much to even consider it. I have forty 285 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 3: five degrees forty chance of rain. I want to know 286 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 3: which direction the wind's blowing. That's my big thing. Colby 287 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 3: and I talked about that on our episode of not 288 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 3: Gambling Advice. We gave our best bets, and that's exactly 289 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 3: what we talked about, Like where is the wind blowing? 290 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 3: Because when the wind's blowing, that's gonna be a fifteen 291 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:38,920 Speaker 3: run game could be. But if it's not, if it's 292 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 3: blowing in, it's gonna be a four run game. We'll see, 293 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 3: it's gonna be cold, it's gonna be cold. We'll see 294 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:48,440 Speaker 3: what's gonna be a good game? Hand your good noted 295 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 3: good cold weather pitcher. Uh, four oh five, it's just 296 00:15:52,520 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 3: the most under eh. I don't want to say that 297 00:15:55,120 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 3: because there's one guy on here that's an opening gay 298 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 3: starter that is not good whatsoever. But four oh five 299 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 3: I've probably the worst combined underwhelming opening day tandem of 300 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 3: starters Mets Nats in DC is Tyler McGill and Patrick Corbyn. 301 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:16,520 Speaker 3: Are you gonna watch this game? Well, no, because I 302 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 3: think it's at the same time as the next game. 303 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,920 Speaker 3: We're gonna talk about where two of my favorite bets are, 304 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 3: and I'll have it on, like you know, I always 305 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 3: have multiple games on at a time, But it's not 306 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 3: gonna be the game I'm focusing on, because what do 307 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:32,160 Speaker 3: I want to watch? Patrick Corbin and his ineptitude give 308 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 3: up five runs to the Mets, and they're throwing Tyler R. McGill, 309 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 3: who's the most vanilla pitcher in the league, and he's 310 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 3: gonna walk one Soto but then get everybody else to 311 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,440 Speaker 3: ground out to second exactly. One. Soto is gonna go 312 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:46,360 Speaker 3: one for one with a double and three walks. Nelson 313 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: Cruz is gonna go one for four with two k's 314 00:16:48,760 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 3: in a homer, Josh Bell is going to get a hit, 315 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 3: and the Mets are gonna win five to two because 316 00:16:55,400 --> 00:16:56,960 Speaker 3: Peter a Lonzo will hit his first home run of 317 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,440 Speaker 3: the year off Patrick Corbin, and we're gonna get the 318 00:16:59,440 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 3: most media Opening Day game when we could have gotten 319 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 3: Jacob deGrom verse. I mean, this was probably never gonna happen. 320 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 3: But in a in the perfect world, we get Jacob 321 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 3: deGrom versus a healthy Stephen Strasburg. Where yet we get 322 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,280 Speaker 3: Patrick Corbin Vsus Tyler McGill. I like that you said, uh, 323 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 3: I like that you said the most medium game instead 324 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,680 Speaker 3: of the most mid game. Media kay to say mid 325 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 3: mid is mid is so negative. It's got such a 326 00:17:25,080 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 3: negative connotation. Such mid almost seems like bad because it's 327 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 3: not bad. It's medium. It's like a baseball game. Yeah, okay, 328 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 3: so are we redefining mid for the cool kids out there? 329 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:39,359 Speaker 3: Because mid? If you talk to anybody that like grew 330 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 3: up where mid actually met the middle, it's like, oh yeah, 331 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 3: that's a mid game. But now for these baby boomers here, 332 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:52,560 Speaker 3: it's it's like, I don't like the word mid, but 333 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 3: TikTok Now, we gotta we gotta be up with the 334 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 3: with the current lingo. You know, we're only twenty four, 335 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 3: twenty four years old, so young pups. That game, that 336 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 3: first pitch is at four h five. So you've got 337 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 3: Brewers Cubs still going on from two twenty. So I'm 338 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 3: gonna be watching Brewers Cubs absolute still four to ten. 339 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,959 Speaker 3: When I get Shane Bieber and Zach Grank at Kaufman 340 00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 3: Stadium for Guardians Royals, God, this looks gonna be good. 341 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 3: And this is the game where I have my two 342 00:18:18,240 --> 00:18:20,960 Speaker 3: favorite bets of the day, and I'll tell him I 343 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 3: want to run them by you because I want to 344 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,520 Speaker 3: see what you think, because he's gonna be the bets 345 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,240 Speaker 3: that we released tomorrow Guardian's money line minus one fifteen 346 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 3: Shane Bieber over the Royals. Yeah, you think they can 347 00:18:31,440 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 3: beat them? Absolutely, that's fair minus one fifteen, you know absolutely. 348 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 3: I don't think Zach Cranky is that good anymore. I 349 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 3: think this is fun that he's back in the Royals uniform, 350 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 3: but I don't think he's that good anymore. But let 351 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,640 Speaker 3: me tell you this. We have the under nine runs 352 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,760 Speaker 3: in the full game under nine runs. You got Bieber 353 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 3: against the Royals lineup. He's been great against them. And 354 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 3: it's Shane Bieber who has already looked great in spring training. 355 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 3: But then you have Zach Greenky. And if Zach Creenky 356 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 3: is gonna give you one good start this year, it's 357 00:18:58,119 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 3: gonna be at Opening Day, and it's gonna be at 358 00:19:00,080 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 3: home against the Guardians in his first start member back 359 00:19:03,320 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 3: in Kansas City. He want to Cy Young for Kansasity Royals. 360 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 3: Now it's opening day back home, and if you can 361 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,600 Speaker 3: believe it, I'm gonna bring some numbers in. He has 362 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 3: a three point zero eight FIP against this current Cleveland 363 00:19:14,359 --> 00:19:17,800 Speaker 3: Guardians ross with a two hundred batting average against, so 364 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 3: he's had success against the Guardians before he's home in 365 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,840 Speaker 3: Kansas City. I think he puts up a decent start 366 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 3: and then Shane Bieber is gonna shove, but the Guardians 367 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 3: win and it goes under. What do you think split 368 00:19:28,080 --> 00:19:33,359 Speaker 3: Scott is so back, let's go the return of Splits good? Yeah, 369 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 3: I think it goes under because I think that the 370 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 3: Guardians offense is atrocious outside of Jose Ramirez. So see 371 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 3: Zach Cranky, wasn't that good? I still think this game 372 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 3: could go under. This screen one, this screams two to one, 373 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 3: Guardians three to one, right, and you still have four 374 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,359 Speaker 3: runs to work with. It was eight runs, it was 375 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 3: it was under nine runs, So if it was five 376 00:19:55,520 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 3: to four it would still push. You wouldn't oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 377 00:20:00,119 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 3: what are we talking about here? Come on, it's not 378 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 3: Gamelic advice. We're so fucking next, let's go four point fifteen. 379 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 3: You've got Pirates Cardinals. The reason I reserved my average pitching. 380 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,879 Speaker 3: Uh God, I dude, J T. Brew Baker and Adam 381 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:20,240 Speaker 3: Wayne Right. Wayne Wright's fun. But like J. T. Brew Baker, 382 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 3: Wade Wright's gonna shove it up the Pirates ause that 383 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 3: opening day. It's gonna be so great. And he's been 384 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 3: otherworldly against the Pirates in his career as well. Bru 385 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 3: Baker has not been good against the Cardinals. I think 386 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 3: this will be Cardinals in somewhat of a route. Yeah. 387 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: The Pirates offense when fully healthy and when fully up 388 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 3: in Pittsburgh instead of in Indianapolis. By the way, fun 389 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 3: to see O'Neil Cruzy. He struggled a little bit on 390 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:49,879 Speaker 3: tripa a opening night, but that dude is bigger than life. 391 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 3: I mean he shot out again. It's a human. My boy. 392 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 3: Jack mcballan, at twenty four years old, is the voice 393 00:20:54,640 --> 00:20:58,320 Speaker 3: of the Indianapolis now Man, now Man. I'm number three 394 00:20:58,359 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 3: on the totem pole. Howard Kelman, the legend is the voice. 395 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 3: Just started year forty six. Last night, Howard Killmann, absolute legend. 396 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 3: Working with Andrew capt is keeping a seat warm. It's 397 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:11,679 Speaker 3: gonna be a fun year. You're too humble. I'm I'm 398 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 3: trying to you know, I'm trying to make you the thing, 399 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,439 Speaker 3: no man, But yeah, brew Baker's starting. That offense is 400 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 3: intriguing when fully healthy and fully up. But Kee Brian 401 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 3: Hayes is hurt. You've got some other injuries there. I 402 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 3: think Greg Allen is badly hurt. I think it might 403 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 3: be a sixty day il thing going on with Greg 404 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 3: Allen right now, which sucks because I think Greg Allen 405 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,040 Speaker 3: deserves an everyday shot in Major League baseball, at least 406 00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 3: a platoon shot in major League Baseball. But yeah, the 407 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:39,719 Speaker 3: Pirates are a little banged up right now, and the 408 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,359 Speaker 3: Cardinals they're going to ride this Waino Poohol's YACHTI Voodoo Magic, 409 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 3: especially because all three of them are going to be 410 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 3: suited up on opening day at Bush Stadium. This makes 411 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 3: a ton of sense. Tyler O'Neill's going four thirty into 412 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 3: the left field not bleachers in Bush Stadium. What is 413 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 3: it on the left side. I don't know why I'm 414 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 3: trying to think. It's obviously not bleachers. What is like, 415 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:04,560 Speaker 3: is there something is it called something in the left 416 00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 3: field at Bush Stadium in Saint Louis, Big Macland, Big Macland. 417 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 3: I was like, I knew it was something weird, that 418 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 3: it's something Backland. He's going to hit one into Big 419 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: Macland at Bush Stadium, Tyler, Yeah, why not? Man? You've 420 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 3: got Red's Braves happening at eight oh eight Eastern. I 421 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 3: think this game is on ESPN two. I think this 422 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:27,280 Speaker 3: is the nationally televised game of the night. This is 423 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,959 Speaker 3: a good one man, Tyler Malley and Max Freed. Malley 424 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 3: on the road. We know how good Malley is on 425 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 3: the road. And the braves are going to get their rings. 426 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 3: I want to say, braves are going to get the rings. 427 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 3: This is another one of my best bets. Jack. Let 428 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 3: me throw it over to you under eight and a 429 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 3: half runs. Yeah, let me tell you why. Let me 430 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 3: tell you why. What do we know about Tyler Malley? 431 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 3: You said it yourself. He's good, better on the road, 432 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: and he is on the road in Atlanta. What do 433 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:03,919 Speaker 3: we know that the Reds couldn't hit last year? Lefties? Lefties? 434 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 3: Max Freed is a pretty good lefty, if I might 435 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 3: say so myself. He could even win this Cy Young. 436 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,879 Speaker 3: He's that good of a lefty. How about the fact 437 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,360 Speaker 3: that the only hitter in the Reds lineup last year 438 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 3: besides Jonathan India that could really hit left handed pitching 439 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:23,919 Speaker 3: isis who's now a Philly And you have a Max 440 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 3: Freed that has been great against these Reds in his career. 441 00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 3: So offar pitch to a two to one FIP. But Mally, 442 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,720 Speaker 3: is it Malley or Molly? We have to get Malli 443 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:40,520 Speaker 3: Malle Tyler Malley one loan start, one loan, bad start 444 00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 3: against the Braves. Do you think it was at home 445 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 3: or do you think it was on the road. It 446 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:46,120 Speaker 3: was at home? It was of course it was at home. 447 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,840 Speaker 3: And over forty six play appearance he's pitched to a 448 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 3: three to one one FIP against this current Braves roster. 449 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 3: This will be a struggle for runs. It's going to 450 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:57,200 Speaker 3: be a great game. I think the Braves end up winning, 451 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 3: but I think you'll find a forwarded two type game 452 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 3: with the Braves winning, but it going under the total 453 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,600 Speaker 3: of eight and a half. Yeah, So this is this 454 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 3: is gonna be tough. This is gonna be tough. The 455 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 3: Reds offense is uninspiring now because you have no Castianos, 456 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,639 Speaker 3: you have no Winker, you have no Adiohenio Suarez and Auhineo. 457 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 3: Suarez was not inspiring last year, but he still provided 458 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 3: the possibility of a solo home run whenever he came up. Now, 459 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 3: who is it besides India, isn't Barero hurt right now? 460 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,120 Speaker 3: Tyler Stevenson is a guy who can hit some home runs. Okay, 461 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,359 Speaker 3: I mean, of course Joey Vado can bang with the 462 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 3: best one. But if we're talking like left lefty matchup, yeah, 463 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 3: exactly exactly, So it's like Tyler Stevenson and Jonathan India. 464 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,480 Speaker 3: And then also on the brave side, no Ronald Acunya 465 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 3: to start the year, no run start the year. Alvi's 466 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 3: be a left handed hitter tomorrow, Alvi's is gonna be 467 00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:51,280 Speaker 3: a left handed hited tomorrow. They have Matt Olsen, but 468 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,760 Speaker 3: then again, no Freddy Freeman to beat up on a righty. 469 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,359 Speaker 3: But they do have Matt Olsen's, so he's gonna rake. 470 00:24:56,160 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 3: I can see Olsen like I can see this being 471 00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 3: a four to one game, and Olsen hits a three 472 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 3: run bomb in the seventh, easily, this is gonna be 473 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 3: a one to one tied game into the six and 474 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,080 Speaker 3: Matt Olsen is gonna say, hello, Braves, welcome here. Best 475 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:11,199 Speaker 3: replacement that you could have besides Vladimir Grero Junior. Right. 476 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 3: I know you guys are pissed. Listen. I totally get 477 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 3: that you guys are pissed that Freddy Freeman's not here anymore. 478 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,360 Speaker 3: But I'm a I like might be better and I'm 479 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,639 Speaker 3: a hole road kid who's on a team friendly contract 480 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,199 Speaker 3: in front of me here, don't be mean to me, 481 00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:25,400 Speaker 3: and I'm twenty seven years old and like might be 482 00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 3: better than Freddy this year. I hit thirty nine bombs 483 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 3: in the worst ballpark on planet Earth last year. And 484 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 3: I'm not like a bad guy at the club US 485 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 3: either of just covied, Hey, guys, what's going on? We 486 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 3: want Freddy? Yeah, it's like we're not Freddy almost as good, 487 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 3: like maybe better. No, just give me like a week, 488 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 3: come on, give me a week. But we will get 489 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,359 Speaker 3: Braves fans credit. They lost their forever guy, they lost 490 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:54,959 Speaker 3: their Derek Jeter. Yeah, and Freddy doesn't debut until tomorrow, 491 00:25:55,080 --> 00:26:00,360 Speaker 3: which we'll get to tomorrow. But best game of the nights, hm, hmm? 492 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 3: Is it? Nine thirty eight Houston in anaheim Otani and 493 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,520 Speaker 3: from ber Valdez. This is going to be a blast. 494 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 3: This is going to be an absolute blast. We get 495 00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 3: Otani who's had some success against the Angels or against 496 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,760 Speaker 3: the Astros, excuse me. And Framber has been great against 497 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 3: the Angels. And I'm so excited to see Trout and Rendon, 498 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 3: the right handed batters going up against Framber. Ground ball guy. 499 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 3: They're going to want to put the ball in the air. 500 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 3: This is just going to be a great battle. The 501 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:33,880 Speaker 3: Astros bullpen is still good. The Angels bullpen is revamped. 502 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 3: This is going to be the closest thing to Babe 503 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,320 Speaker 3: Ruth against the best offensive last year. I cannot wait 504 00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 3: for nine thirty eight tonight, Dude, when I tell you, 505 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,240 Speaker 3: I'm so excited to see Mike Trout taking knee high 506 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 3: fastball in golf it to left center golfit, dude, bullfit, 507 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:53,560 Speaker 3: that's what he does. That is the most aesthetically pleasing 508 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,080 Speaker 3: thing in baseball. Still, Mike Trout going down to get 509 00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 3: a low pitch and pumping it out to left center field. 510 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:01,960 Speaker 3: Devers did that in spring training and like he's getting 511 00:27:02,040 --> 00:27:05,080 Speaker 3: up there of the golfers. Yeah, like the low pitch 512 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 3: with the lefty swing that he just flicks out. That's 513 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 3: just like launch angle is just ninety degrees because it's 514 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 3: just straight up in the air. You know who's gonna 515 00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 3: do that all the time when they come up with 516 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 3: O'Neil Cruiz. Cruise is gonna be constantly Lady does it 517 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 3: all the time already. But Trout, I mean there's something 518 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 3: about like how mechanically sound the swing still is when 519 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:29,119 Speaker 3: he goes and gets a knee high fastball. Now, if 520 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 3: he has to sell out for a shin high fastball, 521 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 3: which he doesn't do, he can probably go do that 522 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 3: and it looks different. But when when Fromber is trying to, 523 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 3: you know, dial it in, start the fastball mid thigh 524 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,879 Speaker 3: and let it just run down to knee level, I mean, 525 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 3: Trout's gonna take one of those for a ride. Is 526 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,680 Speaker 3: Mike Trout still your number one player going into twenty 527 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 3: twenty two? I think it's Soto because it's been healthy 528 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 3: and Trout hasn't been healthy. I agree. My only thing 529 00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 3: is with Trout is that before he went down with 530 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 3: the end, he was leading the league in batting averages. Yeah, 531 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,520 Speaker 3: you had eight all runs that led the league too, 532 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,880 Speaker 3: So I feel like until if Mike truck has another 533 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 3: season where he misses most of the season due to 534 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 3: the calf injury last year or something else this year. 535 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 3: I'm ready to have that conversation, but I just I can't. 536 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 3: It's Mike Trout if he was bad, like if he 537 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 3: had a rendown type injury ish season where his production 538 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 3: just fell off the cliff and we're like, oh no, 539 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 3: what's to come? But everything was amazing until the injuries. 540 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:38,440 Speaker 3: So I'm like, for me, Trout is Lebron when when 541 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,120 Speaker 3: they're on the floor, there's no stopping them. Lakers missed 542 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,520 Speaker 3: the playoffs, so that's got hilarious, I know, but Lebron 543 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,920 Speaker 3: has two fifty point games. You know what. Like Lebron, 544 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: he's either not playing or he's on the floor and 545 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 3: being a mate. Trout is Kevin Durant because when Katie's 546 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 3: on the floor, I mean, he's the best scorer in 547 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 3: the league. And it's like, oh my god, if only 548 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 3: Brooklyn had a healthy Kevin Durant all the time. That's 549 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 3: the conversation we have with Trout, right he's not on 550 00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:07,680 Speaker 3: the field. When he's on the field, he's going three 551 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 3: for four with a homer and It's like, oh my god, 552 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 3: what if Anaheim had a healthy trout all the time? 553 00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 3: Gram's the same thing with the Mets, And then we'll 554 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,520 Speaker 3: have the conversation with Corbyn Burns if he does it again. Yeah, 555 00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 3: I'm going to reverse it on you. If if de 556 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 3: Gram is out pretty much the entirety of the year, 557 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 3: if he comes back reaggravate something and Burns or Bieber 558 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:32,640 Speaker 3: or Cole has a transcendent year. Is Jacob de Gram 559 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 3: the best pitcher in baseball to start twenty twenty three? 560 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 3: You can't be. He can't be. He can't rely on him, 561 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 3: he can't be. He can be the most talented starting pitcher. Still, 562 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 3: we're not going to take that away from him, probably 563 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 3: until he retires. Yeah, but the best, Like if Corbin 564 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:53,440 Speaker 3: Burns wins the second Cy Young, that's a twenty twenty 565 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 3: where he was elite. Twenty twenty one, he was the 566 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,000 Speaker 3: best pitcher in baseball, And if he wins another Cy 567 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 3: Young or at least is right there. Say, let's say 568 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 3: Shane Bieber has a great year and Cole has a 569 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,520 Speaker 3: great year, but Burns has an amazing year. I'm going 570 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,080 Speaker 3: with Burns. What if Bueller has an amazing year. He 571 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 3: could have an amazing year. It's open. The race is 572 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 3: open right now, and I'm reside wide open right now. 573 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 3: When the top dog goes down with injury, I mean, 574 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,680 Speaker 3: it's everybody's storming the castle trying to take the crown. 575 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,720 Speaker 3: Last one. The nightcap, first pitches at nine p forty. 576 00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 3: You Darvish in Arizona against Madison Bumgarner. Bumgarner's not good anymore. 577 00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:33,600 Speaker 3: Arizona sucks. I'm really curious to see Darvish, so curious 578 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 3: to see Darbish. He's the number one pitcher that I'm 579 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:44,200 Speaker 3: gonna be watching the closest because Darvish is so unbelievable 580 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 3: in terms of a talent perspective. He throws seven pitches, 581 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 3: sometimes eight. He throws in the mid to high nineties. 582 00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 3: All of his pitches have incredible movement and you can't 583 00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 3: read it out of the hand. The only person who 584 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 3: can beat you, Darbish, is you Darvish, and we saw 585 00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 3: that with the sticky stuff. We've seen that through the injuries. 586 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 3: When you Darvish is on, he's incredible. But when he's 587 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 3: not on, he's borderline unpitchable, very polarizing player. And we're 588 00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 3: going to watch him on opening Day at nine forty 589 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 3: at night at Chase Field in Arizona. It's gonna be fascinating. Dude. 590 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 3: I'm glued to the TV from the two two, there's 591 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 3: no rest watching Birs Cubs, then we're watching Red's Braves, 592 00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:34,040 Speaker 3: then we're watching i mean, yeah, Red's Braves. We're gonna 593 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 3: mix in that Cardinals game. I'm gonna be glued to 594 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,040 Speaker 3: Shane Bieber and the Royals. The only game I'm really 595 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 3: probably not gonna watch that closely is BET's Dashles seriously, 596 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 3: because I want to watch Wayne Wright. Seriously. That's kind 597 00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:48,680 Speaker 3: of where I'm at too. And then you've got Friday, 598 00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 3: Like we're not going to talk about Friday right now 599 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 3: because we have tomorrow's episode to talk about Friday. But 600 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,239 Speaker 3: i mean it's a loaded slate, and you look at 601 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 3: the pitching matchups with teams that are making their season 602 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 3: debuts on Friday, like I'm looking at Glito and e Rod, 603 00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 3: I'm looking at Yavaldi and Cole bumped back a day 604 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 3: to open up Friday. And then our nightcap is Maniyah 605 00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:12,280 Speaker 3: and Merril Kelly Blich. But the latest, the latest debut 606 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,320 Speaker 3: we have is four thirty five Sandy El Contra and 607 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 3: Logan Web in San Francisco. Like, that's incredible. We're so lucky. 608 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 3: And yes, we had a ninety nine day lockout and 609 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 3: all that. Listen, Baseball's back, like and and you have 610 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 3: to wait four hours. I can do that. I can 611 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 3: do that. Fuck it, We're back. We're back. Baseball's back. 612 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:38,640 Speaker 3: Opening Day is back, a hot dog is back. Hot 613 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 3: dogs are so back, popcorn is back. Some flower seeds 614 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 3: are back. Sodium so back. Sodium dirt on baseball field 615 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 3: is so back. What was I played in my softball 616 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 3: league over the weekend. Our our game got canceled due 617 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 3: to rain. So we just did one of those things 618 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:58,040 Speaker 3: where you just like hit pp and I hit a 619 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:03,400 Speaker 3: couple of home runs smelling the grass. Home runs are back. 620 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,479 Speaker 3: Home runs are so back, and I'm one of them. 621 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,520 Speaker 3: I actually hit home runs before any of these guys dead. 622 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:12,040 Speaker 3: Who's your apples so back? Who's who's gonna all? Right? 623 00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 3: So we have Brewers Cubs. Who's gonna hit the first 624 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,600 Speaker 3: home run of the year. I don't know if it's 625 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:19,560 Speaker 3: gonna happen in Brewers Cub Actually it's gonna happens, gonna happen. 626 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 3: We know who it is. You No, we know who 627 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 3: it is. You're not gonna say Ian Hap. Of course 628 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 3: I'm gonna say Ian Halp. That was the name that 629 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,440 Speaker 3: was dropped in our Just Baseball group chat. It's it's 630 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 3: always Ian Halp, Like Ian Happ is the guy who's 631 00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,360 Speaker 3: gonna hit the first home run off Corpord Birds. Every 632 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 3: gonna be like wha, The Cubs are ahead on the 633 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,120 Speaker 3: burn On the Brewers, and the Brewers are gonna end 634 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,040 Speaker 3: up winning because Hendrix is gonna blow it. But Ian 635 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 3: Hap is gonna hit the first home runs of the year. 636 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 3: What if it's, say a Suzuki, that would be so fire, 637 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 3: so sick. God. Just baseball is back. Just Baseball is back, Baby. 638 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,720 Speaker 3: Get your just Baseball merch. In the episode link description, 639 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 3: I'm rocking my Just Baseball t If you checked out 640 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,920 Speaker 3: this episode, go check out not Gambling Advice, I did 641 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 3: my three Best Bets fifteen minute episode with Colby Olsen. 642 00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 3: Also go check out the Call up or doing a 643 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,440 Speaker 3: bunch of prospect stuff. And of course, on Just baseball 644 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 3: dot com, we also started a chalkboard, which is kind 645 00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:19,440 Speaker 3: of like a Discord service, except better. It's more geared 646 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 3: towards the sports betting circle. Well, we're also going to 647 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,839 Speaker 3: be thrown in our articles in there just a lot 648 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 3: more deeper baseball conversations, so the link to that is 649 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:32,440 Speaker 3: also in the episode description. We have everything humming for 650 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:36,920 Speaker 3: opening Day and baseball is back firing on all cylinders. 651 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 3: And with that, thank you everybody, and happy Opening Day.