1
00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,840
Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live

2
00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:09,120
Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give

3
00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,479
Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop

4
00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:15,319
Speaker 1: on major League Baseball. Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame

5
00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,960
Speaker 1: voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker.

6
00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:23,360
Speaker 2: Come on, I've been covering Major League baseball for almost

7
00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:28,520
Speaker 2: forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit,

8
00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:29,600
Speaker 2: in LA.

9
00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,120
Speaker 1: I love this game. Let's go.

10
00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:39,960
Speaker 3: Welcome into the podcast. I'm your host, Rob Parker.

11
00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,360
Speaker 2: What a show we have for you Today, we'll talk

12
00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:45,159
Speaker 2: with Chicago White Sox center fielder Michael A.

13
00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,320
Speaker 3: Taylor and his very long career in the big leagues.

14
00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,840
Speaker 2: Also from mlbbro dot com, we'll talk with reporter maleak Right.

15
00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,000
Speaker 3: He has his top five of the week.

16
00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:03,520
Speaker 2: We'll dive into that plus foul or let's go better.

17
00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:05,360
Speaker 1: To lead off it's getting.

18
00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:06,600
Speaker 4: Routed and keep them mind.

19
00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,640
Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major

20
00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:10,520
Speaker 1: League Baseball.

21
00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:16,840
Speaker 2: Number one, Paul Ron Washington crazy with sugar. Whatever you

22
00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,160
Speaker 2: want to do, but the Angels manager is not having

23
00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,440
Speaker 2: it when it comes to Aaron Judge and he walked

24
00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:28,480
Speaker 2: the slugger his first time at bat and his second

25
00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:29,840
Speaker 2: time at bat.

26
00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:32,360
Speaker 3: In back to back innings.

27
00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,440
Speaker 2: He didn't want Judge to do any damage against him.

28
00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:40,559
Speaker 2: Very seldom do you see a manager walk a player,

29
00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,160
Speaker 2: especially in the first inning. But Judge is having a

30
00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:50,560
Speaker 2: season to remember, batting close to four hundred, hitting home runs,

31
00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:53,160
Speaker 2: at the top of the list in the American.

32
00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,000
Speaker 3: League at home runs.

33
00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,560
Speaker 2: When you put all those things together, it's a season

34
00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,040
Speaker 2: you don't see it sees the power or average.

35
00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,000
Speaker 3: Very is it both?

36
00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:04,360
Speaker 2: And not at a clip when a slugger of Aaron

37
00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:08,640
Speaker 2: Judges stature is batting, you know, around four hundred and

38
00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,600
Speaker 2: here we are almost in the June. So I get

39
00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,799
Speaker 2: the point of it and guess what. Actually, Ron Washington's

40
00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,840
Speaker 2: strategy wasn't bad because the Yankees only scored one run

41
00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,640
Speaker 2: in the game. The unfortunate part on Wednesday night was

42
00:02:25,639 --> 00:02:29,360
Speaker 2: that the Angels scored zero, so they lost one to nothing.

43
00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:35,000
Speaker 2: Number two, No one has to panic about the start

44
00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:39,919
Speaker 2: of Juan Soto for the Mets in Queens. Okay, we

45
00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:42,640
Speaker 2: know his track record, we know what he's done in

46
00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,840
Speaker 2: his career, but baseball is not about a lifetime achievement award.

47
00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,840
Speaker 2: It's about current it's about what you're doing now and

48
00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,799
Speaker 2: now is no good. I don't care how you look

49
00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,040
Speaker 2: at it. Seven hundred and sixty five million or you're

50
00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:00,520
Speaker 2: making a major league minimum coming into Thursday. He was

51
00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:04,760
Speaker 2: old force last sixteen. I don't remember any stretch last

52
00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:07,079
Speaker 2: year with the Yankees when he was old for sixteen

53
00:03:07,120 --> 00:03:12,640
Speaker 2: he was unbelievable, had a career season, and then on

54
00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:17,200
Speaker 2: the season coming in to Wedds Thursday two twenty four,

55
00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,560
Speaker 2: eight home runs, twenty five RBIs we're almost at June.

56
00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,400
Speaker 2: So I don't know if it's the pressure of being

57
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,960
Speaker 2: the highest paid player. You know, when show got the

58
00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,320
Speaker 2: seven hundred million, people thought that was the ceiling. It's

59
00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,920
Speaker 2: not seven sixty five Is now the ceiling? Is it

60
00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,120
Speaker 2: playing in Queens, that's not the Bronx where he was

61
00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:40,160
Speaker 2: familiar in the.

62
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,360
Speaker 3: Ballpark and hav an Aaron Judge in the lineup. You

63
00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:44,280
Speaker 3: know what is it?

64
00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,080
Speaker 2: But he's got to play better. Fortunately, the Mets are

65
00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,760
Speaker 2: still hovering and have enough. The pitching has been good

66
00:03:51,760 --> 00:03:55,360
Speaker 2: and they still keep to keep winning games, so it's

67
00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,520
Speaker 2: not like they're in last place. If he was in

68
00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,360
Speaker 2: last place, it would be a big deal. The fans

69
00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:04,200
Speaker 2: are getting restless. They bowed him Wednesday night at City Field,

70
00:04:04,280 --> 00:04:07,960
Speaker 2: and then more booze to come. Don't forget last year

71
00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,600
Speaker 2: before Aaron Judge won the MVP in the American League,

72
00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:14,440
Speaker 2: he was booed at Yankee Stadium in April because he

73
00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,200
Speaker 2: was off to a terrible start and fans were mad

74
00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:18,240
Speaker 2: and disappointed.

75
00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:21,479
Speaker 3: So you just don't want this the freest or too long.

76
00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,039
Speaker 2: I predicted before the season start that he would struggle

77
00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:27,760
Speaker 2: his first year in Queens, and I'm not totally surprised,

78
00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:31,440
Speaker 2: but he needs to be better. Oh for sixteen shocking

79
00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:36,960
Speaker 2: number three Justin Berlander, the San Francisco Giants starter.

80
00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,240
Speaker 3: He's gonna make it to the Hall of Fame, but

81
00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,200
Speaker 3: it doesn't look like he's gonna make it to three

82
00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,000
Speaker 3: hundred wins.

83
00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,919
Speaker 2: Coming into Thursday, thirty eight wins shy of three hundred,

84
00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,880
Speaker 2: a magic number in baseball, but this season with the Giants,

85
00:04:54,040 --> 00:05:00,280
Speaker 2: oh to three a four point three to three Chubby era, so.

86
00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:02,880
Speaker 3: It's gonna be rough.

87
00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,800
Speaker 2: It's almost impossible to see him winning thirty eight games

88
00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:09,840
Speaker 2: in the next two years, especially getting off to such

89
00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,039
Speaker 2: a bad start here in twenty twenty five, He's already

90
00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,560
Speaker 2: had a Hall of Fame career. I'm sure it would

91
00:05:15,560 --> 00:05:18,200
Speaker 2: have been special to try to get to three hundred wins.

92
00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,640
Speaker 3: That looks like it's gonna be hercule lee in order

93
00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:25,400
Speaker 3: to get to that place. That's a lot of w's

94
00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,400
Speaker 3: you need.

95
00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,560
Speaker 2: And it doesn't look like it's the case. Verlin has

96
00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:32,479
Speaker 2: been pitching for a long time. I was there in

97
00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:34,960
Speaker 2: Detroit when he started his career. I can't believe he's

98
00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:39,120
Speaker 2: still pitching, to be honest, but he's gonna have to

99
00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:40,640
Speaker 2: turn it around to get close to it.

100
00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:43,160
Speaker 3: We might not see another picture get to three hundred wins.

101
00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:44,440
Speaker 3: He had a chance.

102
00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,280
Speaker 2: Because the way things are now and the way they

103
00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,800
Speaker 2: take pictures out of games and people don't get decisions like.

104
00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:54,320
Speaker 3: They used to, it's gonna be hard for pitchers.

105
00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:58,840
Speaker 2: To accomplish three hundred wins, which is a magnificent fee,

106
00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,479
Speaker 2: and in my mind, three hundred wins automatically gets my

107
00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:04,839
Speaker 2: Hall of Fame vote.

108
00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,240
Speaker 5: Here comes the big interview. Listen and learn what's so

109
00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:13,680
Speaker 5: good now. Let's welcome in Michael A. Taylor from the

110
00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,039
Speaker 5: Chicago White Sox center fielder. Michael, thank you for joining

111
00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:18,000
Speaker 5: us podcast.

112
00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,080
Speaker 6: Yeah, thank you for having me.

113
00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,320
Speaker 2: No doubt, Michael Let's talk about your career twelve years

114
00:06:23,320 --> 00:06:29,720
Speaker 2: in the Big Leagues, championship in Washington, stops in Minnesota,

115
00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:37,200
Speaker 2: and here in Chicago. Let's start with Washington and a

116
00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,440
Speaker 2: team that you started with and obviously winning a World

117
00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:43,840
Speaker 2: Series in twenty nineteen. Talk about Washington and what that

118
00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:45,320
Speaker 2: meant for you to win a World Series.

119
00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,720
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think getting drafted by them and coming up

120
00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,000
Speaker 6: with them, making my debut with them, and then winning the.

121
00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,560
Speaker 4: World Series was very special.

122
00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:56,800
Speaker 6: You know, that was their message from day one, that

123
00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,640
Speaker 6: we were planning to win championships and playing the game,

124
00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,599
Speaker 6: of course, and then to finally do that, get to

125
00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:06,440
Speaker 6: experience it was a once in a lifetime thing and

126
00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:07,480
Speaker 6: something I'll never forget.

127
00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:09,880
Speaker 2: How about that home run you hit. I know you

128
00:07:09,880 --> 00:07:12,560
Speaker 2: guys were pouring it on, but still you got your

129
00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:15,840
Speaker 2: one at bat in the World Series and you went yard.

130
00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:18,560
Speaker 2: Talk about that moment and what.

131
00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:19,040
Speaker 1: That was like.

132
00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:21,640
Speaker 6: Yeah, very special moment. Just to be there and then

133
00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,160
Speaker 6: to be able to get in the game. It was awesome.

134
00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,280
Speaker 6: And you know, I didn't expect it to be a

135
00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,320
Speaker 6: home run, go one for one with the home run, but.

136
00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:32,440
Speaker 2: A fan in one thousand in the World Series.

137
00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, it's a cool moment, but winning it all I

138
00:07:35,640 --> 00:07:38,680
Speaker 6: think was the biggest, biggest reward.

139
00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,040
Speaker 3: And overall your career.

140
00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,240
Speaker 2: Let's talk about Yeah, power had some home runs there

141
00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,640
Speaker 2: in Washington, not again nineteen was that the most you

142
00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,280
Speaker 2: had in watching it? And twenty one and in Minnesota.

143
00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:52,280
Speaker 2: So I know you don't consider this sof a home

144
00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:53,960
Speaker 2: run hit up, But when you had those years, what

145
00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,840
Speaker 2: is it? Are you looking to hit a home run?

146
00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,560
Speaker 2: Is it just a swing? Is it just trying to

147
00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,920
Speaker 2: you know, make a great connection with the ball. Where

148
00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,200
Speaker 2: do you generate that power?

149
00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:08,680
Speaker 6: Well, for me, my goal is quality contact. If the

150
00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,280
Speaker 6: ball leaves the yard, it leaves the yard. But I'm

151
00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:13,040
Speaker 6: trying to burrow up the ball as many times as

152
00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,840
Speaker 6: I can, not necessarily trying to elevate the ball or

153
00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,720
Speaker 6: hit it in the air, but just find the center

154
00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:18,960
Speaker 6: of the barrel.

155
00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,480
Speaker 2: And defensively, we know you want to go glove in

156
00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:27,360
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one. You a tremendous fielder. Do you enjoy that?

157
00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:29,920
Speaker 2: Is that like a part of some guys really, you know,

158
00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,480
Speaker 2: enjoy that part of the game. Some people are into hitting,

159
00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:35,319
Speaker 2: some people have been the base dealing, all kinds of

160
00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,000
Speaker 2: different things. Talk about what defense means to you.

161
00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,240
Speaker 6: Yeah, I definitely take pride of my defense as a

162
00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:44,480
Speaker 6: converted infielder. Once I moved to the outfield, I really

163
00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,240
Speaker 6: dedicated myself to the craft and wanted to be the

164
00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,280
Speaker 6: best I could in the outfield and just being able

165
00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:52,600
Speaker 6: to help the team in any way I can. You know,

166
00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,680
Speaker 6: making a great play for your pitchers is a great feeling.

167
00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:57,280
Speaker 6: I mean for me, it's up there with hitting a

168
00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:01,040
Speaker 6: home run or you know something on the offensive side.

169
00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:03,480
Speaker 2: Do you have a moment? I mean, you have your

170
00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:06,440
Speaker 2: World Series home run, but is there some play that

171
00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,880
Speaker 2: you made where you think back and would like, man,

172
00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,280
Speaker 2: I got that ball or I don't know how I

173
00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,400
Speaker 2: got there, I got there or made that play? Is

174
00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:14,640
Speaker 2: the one that stands out to you?

175
00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,400
Speaker 6: I would say maybe the play in Saint Louis. I

176
00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:24,000
Speaker 6: robbed a home run and Zach Craiki was on the mound,

177
00:09:24,320 --> 00:09:26,160
Speaker 6: and I think that's one of my favorite parts of

178
00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:29,280
Speaker 6: that play is just his reaction and knowing Zach, he

179
00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,720
Speaker 6: doesn't get too excited, but he was pretty pumped about that,

180
00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:34,679
Speaker 6: so that made it even better for me.

181
00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,240
Speaker 2: And you also played in Minnesota, as I brought up

182
00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:42,160
Speaker 2: before twenty one home runs, that season. What was it

183
00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:42,960
Speaker 2: like playing there?

184
00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,640
Speaker 6: I really enjoyed it. It's a great group of guys.

185
00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,080
Speaker 6: Getting to work with David Hopkins, the hitting coach there,

186
00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,200
Speaker 6: really changed my approach to hitting and I learned so

187
00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,000
Speaker 6: much just in a year with him and then making

188
00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:57,600
Speaker 6: it to the playoffs. You know, we didn't make it

189
00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:58,240
Speaker 6: all the way.

190
00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:02,080
Speaker 2: But that crowd, I remember, it was tremendous there in Minneapolis, right.

191
00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,680
Speaker 6: Yeah, the fans there are awesome. I enjoyed my time there.

192
00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:08,920
Speaker 6: That people are great, The organization was great, clubhouse was awesome,

193
00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,480
Speaker 6: So all around, it was an enjoyable year.

194
00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,920
Speaker 2: I guess is Michael A Taylor, centerfielder for Chicago White Sox,

195
00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,440
Speaker 2: And let's talk about the White Sox. Obviously they had

196
00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:24,400
Speaker 2: a bad year last year and just you know, trying

197
00:10:24,400 --> 00:10:27,200
Speaker 2: to build this thing back up and deal with it.

198
00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,040
Speaker 2: As a player, what is your approach when things haven't

199
00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,680
Speaker 2: gone that well here? Is it just the same approach

200
00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,880
Speaker 2: and trying to get better, trying to win games? How

201
00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,480
Speaker 2: do you deal with you know the toughness of not

202
00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:40,480
Speaker 2: winning often?

203
00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,560
Speaker 6: Yeah, I wasn't here last year, so I wasn't a

204
00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,360
Speaker 6: part of that club or that team. I think coming

205
00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,600
Speaker 6: into this year, there was an emphasis on turning the

206
00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,880
Speaker 6: page for the guys that were here last year. You know,

207
00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:55,960
Speaker 6: didn't get off to a great start this year. But

208
00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,839
Speaker 6: in my eyes, there's still so much baseball left and

209
00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:01,440
Speaker 6: I think if we focus on the little things and

210
00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,959
Speaker 6: play the game the right way, we have enough talent,

211
00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,120
Speaker 6: enough enough here to win ball games. So just continuing

212
00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,880
Speaker 6: to press on that and just pay attention to the

213
00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,840
Speaker 6: little things that might get away from you in a

214
00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,240
Speaker 6: in a long season, and I think the rest will

215
00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,040
Speaker 6: take care of itself.

216
00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:19,480
Speaker 2: That's all you can do, is if I do your part,

217
00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,800
Speaker 2: played as hard as you can, and hopefully that things

218
00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,600
Speaker 2: will turn out. I agree, all right, Michael A. Taylor

219
00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,360
Speaker 2: joining us here on inside the Parker Man. We appreciate

220
00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:30,640
Speaker 2: it continued success to see.

221
00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:31,800
Speaker 6: Thank you very much.

222
00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:37,080
Speaker 1: That it was a big week in the big leagues.

223
00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:40,160
Speaker 2: Who's who's a believe?

224
00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:46,600
Speaker 1: Is it foul or is it fair? And now from

225
00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:51,600
Speaker 1: mlbdbro dot com, here's Jrgamball.

226
00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:54,720
Speaker 2: Remember he had a hot start to the season but

227
00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:56,119
Speaker 2: has since slumped.

228
00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:57,400
Speaker 1: JR.

229
00:11:58,040 --> 00:12:03,280
Speaker 2: Is it foul or fair that the Angels Kyron Paris

230
00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:07,200
Speaker 2: was demoted to Triple A after a slump?

231
00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:12,679
Speaker 1: Fair? It's a fair ball. Kiren Pois could use a reboot.

232
00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:17,199
Speaker 7: The Los Angeles Angels made the decision to demote one

233
00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,720
Speaker 7: of their young future stars to make room for veteran

234
00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,480
Speaker 7: Chris Taylor, and that makes sense. Kyn Parris got off

235
00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,000
Speaker 7: to a blazing start during the first two weeks of

236
00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:32,119
Speaker 7: the season, but since he has hit some struggles, slashing

237
00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:37,559
Speaker 7: one ninety two sixty six three eighty one with six homers,

238
00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:42,000
Speaker 7: eleven RBI and a zero point five war His run

239
00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:46,840
Speaker 7: creation was below average after that slump, but his defense

240
00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,960
Speaker 7: kept him above replacement level on the season, so the

241
00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,320
Speaker 7: plans are to bring him back when he has cleaned

242
00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:54,440
Speaker 7: up his hitting approach.

243
00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,000
Speaker 1: He definitely has the skills now.

244
00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,760
Speaker 7: Angels manager Ron Washington told reporters that he didn't option

245
00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,240
Speaker 7: Paris because of his poor play. He wants to put

246
00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,040
Speaker 7: that aside because if that was the case, he says,

247
00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:07,120
Speaker 7: he would have done it.

248
00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,040
Speaker 1: Already, it would have already happened.

249
00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:13,000
Speaker 7: Warsh says he needs to play and get at bats,

250
00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:16,840
Speaker 7: saying he came to the ballpark, he showed tremendous work ethic.

251
00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:20,120
Speaker 7: He was a great teammate, but at twenty three years old,

252
00:13:20,320 --> 00:13:24,520
Speaker 7: he needs to be getting at bats every day. The

253
00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:27,520
Speaker 7: team chose to keep Joe Adell on the active roster,

254
00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:31,960
Speaker 7: and that makes sense. Adell is older, he has more experience.

255
00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,280
Speaker 7: With the Angels just five and a half games out

256
00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:36,080
Speaker 7: of first place.

257
00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,720
Speaker 1: They are in last, but you never know.

258
00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:42,080
Speaker 7: In that Al West, the thought is utilize veterans and

259
00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,160
Speaker 7: make a serious run at the wild card or at

260
00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:48,440
Speaker 7: least five hundred showing marked improvement.

261
00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:51,240
Speaker 1: You know Karen Paris, He's.

262
00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,199
Speaker 7: A twenty nineteen second round draft pick out of California.

263
00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,000
Speaker 1: He has all the talent in the world. He'll be back.

264
00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:59,839
Speaker 7: He's part of the Angels' future and he has this

265
00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:01,560
Speaker 7: skills to pay the bills.

266
00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:06,599
Speaker 1: So Fan, he'll be back. When Rob was a newspaper columnist,

267
00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,360
Speaker 1: he lived by this motto, if I'm writing, I'm ripping,

268
00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:13,960
Speaker 1: Let's bring in a writer or broadcaster, old or new.

269
00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:19,240
Speaker 2: Now let's welcome into the podcast. Maleak right from mlbbro

270
00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,600
Speaker 2: dot com. Aleik, thank you for joining us.

271
00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:23,800
Speaker 4: How are you, buddy, I'm good man.

272
00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:25,920
Speaker 8: It's been it's been too long since I've seen the

273
00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:27,080
Speaker 8: inside the Parker show Man.

274
00:14:27,080 --> 00:14:27,880
Speaker 4: I'm glad to be here.

275
00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,840
Speaker 3: No doubt we'll appreciate you.

276
00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:33,359
Speaker 2: He's a content reporter, one of the fine young baseball

277
00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:35,600
Speaker 2: writers and reporters out there.

278
00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,200
Speaker 3: Let's start right away.

279
00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,600
Speaker 2: I mean we're about to turn into June, first couple

280
00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:41,960
Speaker 2: of months of the season.

281
00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:44,520
Speaker 3: In the books, best team in the American League.

282
00:14:44,520 --> 00:14:47,600
Speaker 8: Who you got, Yes, Sarah? When when when June gets here?

283
00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:49,440
Speaker 8: Robbed the early season slumps are over?

284
00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,560
Speaker 4: You are what you are to me. I'm gonna grow

285
00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:54,120
Speaker 4: with the New York Yankees right now.

286
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,200
Speaker 2: It hurts me to say, but wait a minute, why

287
00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,080
Speaker 2: not the Tigers.

288
00:14:58,080 --> 00:14:59,960
Speaker 3: I'm gonna just jump in real quick. The Tiger.

289
00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,800
Speaker 2: They have the same amount of losses coming into Thursday

290
00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:05,800
Speaker 2: as the Yankees, and they've played two more games and

291
00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:07,760
Speaker 2: they have two more wins. Man.

292
00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,280
Speaker 8: The pitching staff for the Tigers is deep, and that's

293
00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,320
Speaker 8: sort of what I would where I would give them

294
00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:16,240
Speaker 8: the edge, the slide edge with just with Garrett Cole out,

295
00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:19,320
Speaker 8: But I mean that Yankees bullpen. I think Devin Williams

296
00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,440
Speaker 8: is starting to figure it out. Luke Weaver, he closed out,

297
00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:25,120
Speaker 8: he had, he had a good playoff run last last year.

298
00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:27,040
Speaker 4: I think his role on the knife inning is better.

299
00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,760
Speaker 8: Devin Williams back in his old role that he took

300
00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:30,680
Speaker 8: away from Josh Hater.

301
00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:33,480
Speaker 4: They're they're hitting the ball well in New York.

302
00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:37,800
Speaker 8: Though you're getting contributions from from everybody. I'm always gonna

303
00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:39,120
Speaker 8: have flight questions.

304
00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:42,840
Speaker 4: On that Tigers lineup. Hinch though, just as a manager,

305
00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:43,360
Speaker 4: the way.

306
00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:45,160
Speaker 8: He's able to plug people's in and he gets the

307
00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:48,080
Speaker 8: most out of players, I think the Tigers are like

308
00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:52,160
Speaker 8: one solid piece away from being to where I could

309
00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,440
Speaker 8: go over the top. Now, as I say the Yankees

310
00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:56,240
Speaker 8: are the top team in the American League, I don't

311
00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,640
Speaker 8: think that they are clear shot favorite to win the

312
00:15:58,640 --> 00:16:01,000
Speaker 8: World Series yet, or to get there for that matter.

313
00:16:01,080 --> 00:16:04,480
Speaker 4: But with the way Judge is playing, some good pitchon from.

314
00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:06,680
Speaker 8: Rodin, and that bullpen is tough, I'm gonna roll up

315
00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,920
Speaker 8: the Yankees all right.

316
00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:09,120
Speaker 3: How about in the National League.

317
00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,120
Speaker 2: I know everybody thought the Dodgers were going to be

318
00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:14,720
Speaker 2: the Beatles, but they've had hiccups. They got pitching injuries,

319
00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:19,040
Speaker 2: inconsistent hitting from some people. I mean, shohe has like

320
00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,600
Speaker 2: coming into Thursday, twenty home runs and thirty five RBIs.

321
00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:24,760
Speaker 3: I mean, that's not.

322
00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:27,640
Speaker 2: Where you want a guy who's in twenty home runs

323
00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:29,200
Speaker 2: to have in the RBI department.

324
00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:30,440
Speaker 3: You still like the Dodgers.

325
00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,600
Speaker 8: Yeah, I'm not too too worried about them yet. The

326
00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,520
Speaker 8: pitching injuries are something crazy to think about. Man they

327
00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:41,560
Speaker 8: have about it's like five or six potential cy young

328
00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,280
Speaker 8: candidates that they have on the list. But that's the

329
00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,920
Speaker 8: team I trust, and I think after their run last year.

330
00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,680
Speaker 8: I think Dave Roberts he can actually manage a bullpen.

331
00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,720
Speaker 8: I think that's their key. But there's just so much

332
00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:56,280
Speaker 8: deaf in that lineup, and you got to assume at

333
00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,760
Speaker 8: some point in the next maybe after the All Star break,

334
00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,280
Speaker 8: they show hey Otani is added back into that starting rotation.

335
00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,240
Speaker 8: I think that's gonna give them a huge boost. Mookie

336
00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,760
Speaker 8: Bets he'll start, he he. We haven't seen the true

337
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:12,679
Speaker 8: uh true, Mookie Bets. I'm sure the defense, the playing

338
00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:14,679
Speaker 8: short top full time is kind of getting into him,

339
00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,119
Speaker 8: Tommy Edmond getting healthy. But I'm still gonna roll with

340
00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,280
Speaker 8: the Dodgers. Although we talked about it before this that

341
00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,560
Speaker 8: National League East, some of those teams.

342
00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,920
Speaker 4: Over there, with the Mets and the Phillies, that's.

343
00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:28,920
Speaker 8: Deaf and I've been waiting on the you you wait

344
00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,720
Speaker 8: on the We've been waiting on the Phillies to get

345
00:17:30,720 --> 00:17:33,280
Speaker 8: over that hump for a while now because I think

346
00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:37,120
Speaker 8: they have on paper the most talented roster. But if

347
00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:38,720
Speaker 8: I have to place my money, I'm gonna bet on

348
00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:39,240
Speaker 8: the Dodgers.

349
00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:41,359
Speaker 3: All right, Well, well I'll guess.

350
00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,800
Speaker 2: Is Malik right from mlbbro dot com, one of the

351
00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:49,240
Speaker 2: content creators reporters there on the site. Uh every week

352
00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:52,840
Speaker 2: and it drops every Friday on the site. Is your

353
00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,480
Speaker 2: top is your high five? When you look at the

354
00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:59,520
Speaker 2: top five Black baseball players around the major leagues. Let's

355
00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,600
Speaker 2: go through your list for this week. We got the

356
00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:03,240
Speaker 2: top five.

357
00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:04,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's funny.

358
00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:07,600
Speaker 8: We were talking about the Tigers and how they're possibly

359
00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:10,639
Speaker 8: the best team in the American League. A guy I

360
00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:13,160
Speaker 8: think who's gonna really help that is Jack Flaherty.

361
00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:15,480
Speaker 4: We call him black Jack. Six innings.

362
00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,040
Speaker 8: This is the third time, only the third time this

363
00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:19,960
Speaker 8: season he's got into the six inning. He's done it

364
00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,879
Speaker 8: in his last two starts. Eight k's two hits against

365
00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,119
Speaker 8: the San Francisco Giants. I call him the robin to

366
00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,919
Speaker 8: Trek Schoubles batman. They he was doing strong with the

367
00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,640
Speaker 8: team last year, got traded to the World Series champion Dodgers,

368
00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,199
Speaker 8: and then came and signed back over the offseason. I

369
00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:38,359
Speaker 8: don't think they traded him again this season. He's starting

370
00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,919
Speaker 8: to solidify himself. He looks real comfortable in that Tigers rotation.

371
00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:45,240
Speaker 8: I got him leading off the list. Coming in second

372
00:18:45,520 --> 00:18:48,640
Speaker 8: is James Wood, one of the guys that we talk

373
00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,640
Speaker 8: about that one Soto trade all the team.

374
00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's breaking man, He's a young star. I love

375
00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,840
Speaker 3: watching him man, and and.

376
00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,359
Speaker 8: He's doing what he's got Guys like Dylan Cruz.

377
00:18:58,359 --> 00:19:00,639
Speaker 4: I had my worries about James with this, I'm.

378
00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,720
Speaker 8: Gonna be completely honest with you, but he's He's.

379
00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:03,240
Speaker 4: Proven me wrong.

380
00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:06,439
Speaker 8: Three forty six average, ten RBIs, three bombs in his

381
00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,320
Speaker 8: last seven games. As the Nationals that the rebuild just

382
00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,680
Speaker 8: hasn't in terms of wins, hasn't been what they wanted

383
00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:14,040
Speaker 8: to see.

384
00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:15,800
Speaker 4: I think they're probably a year away.

385
00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:19,120
Speaker 8: But seeing guys like James Woods, he's ables ball out

386
00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,440
Speaker 8: is really a promising sign. They need to add some

387
00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,159
Speaker 8: around them in the three spot though. I'm gonna have

388
00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:28,640
Speaker 8: the keing Aaron Judge and for him, the biggest stat

389
00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,280
Speaker 8: and we could point out that he leaves the league

390
00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:34,960
Speaker 8: in every stack category but four to seventy one average,

391
00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:38,960
Speaker 8: one point seven six seven ops against lefties.

392
00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,520
Speaker 4: We saw was it Wednesday night?

393
00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:44,440
Speaker 8: Ron Washington looked at him and just laugh He said, no, sir,

394
00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:45,840
Speaker 8: we're not facing you.

395
00:19:46,080 --> 00:19:47,240
Speaker 4: I think that's what every.

396
00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,280
Speaker 8: Team should do against Aaron Judge though there's no point

397
00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:51,600
Speaker 8: to pitch with them with runners on base. There's barely

398
00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,600
Speaker 8: a point to pitch with them with anybody off base.

399
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:57,720
Speaker 8: And if he keeps this up, he's gonna he's knocking

400
00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,359
Speaker 8: on the Ted Williams door for sure. I'm in my

401
00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,360
Speaker 8: fourth spot. A guy that we that I particularly thought

402
00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:04,040
Speaker 8: I was gonna take a.

403
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,840
Speaker 4: Huge jump this year. It's taken him a little while

404
00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:06,320
Speaker 4: to get going.

405
00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,120
Speaker 8: I think he put a lot of pressure on himself

406
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,320
Speaker 8: trying to get to that All Star Game in his

407
00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:13,200
Speaker 8: home time of Atlanta. That's Lawrence Butler, the law Dog.

408
00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,679
Speaker 8: Three seventy six batting average, but something I don't like

409
00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,720
Speaker 8: is only a three seventy six on base percentage. Law

410
00:20:19,760 --> 00:20:21,840
Speaker 8: Dog's got to start drawing some walks if he wants

411
00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:26,280
Speaker 8: to better himself at the plate. And then Mason Win,

412
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,679
Speaker 8: I believe he started the season. He wraps up my

413
00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:32,360
Speaker 8: list started the season. I want to say, oh for

414
00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:35,560
Speaker 8: twenty oh, for twenty five, He's been hitting three hundred

415
00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,440
Speaker 8: ever since in his last thirty one of the best

416
00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,080
Speaker 8: young shortstops in the game, and he's he's sort of

417
00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:44,000
Speaker 8: took in a leap over Jordan Walker, who we thought

418
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,000
Speaker 8: would be the best young player on that team. But yeah,

419
00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:51,320
Speaker 8: my list again, Jack Flaherty, James Wood, Aaron Judge, Lawrence Butler,

420
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,480
Speaker 8: and Mason Win Here it is.

421
00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:58,400
Speaker 2: Check out my League Rights high five every Friday on

422
00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:00,000
Speaker 2: mlbbro dot com.

423
00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:03,080
Speaker 3: League always a pleasure talking baseball. Thanks for dropping by

424
00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,520
Speaker 3: my man, Appreciate you, Yes, sir, see you soon.

425
00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 7: It's the Gambler here. Vice president of Operations for mlbbro

426
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,520
Speaker 7: dot Com and executive producer of the MLB bro Show

427
00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:18,920
Speaker 7: podcast The Mixtape Every Friday.

428
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:20,160
Speaker 1: You heard that right.

429
00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,639
Speaker 7: Every Friday, we bring you the best from the world

430
00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 7: of black and Brown baseball. We cover the seven point

431
00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:31,400
Speaker 7: two percent of melanated Major leaguers from soup to nuts,

432
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,800
Speaker 7: but with our own cultural flair and unique voice, will

433
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,880
Speaker 7: take you on a ride reflecting on the accomplishments, clutch moments,

434
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:44,200
Speaker 7: and contributions to culture that the Bros continue to breathe

435
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,679
Speaker 7: into baseball. From Mookie Wilson to Mookie Betts. Doctor k

436
00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,920
Speaker 7: to doctor Sticks, from bro bombs to stolen bases to

437
00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,720
Speaker 7: black Aces. We're live at the ballparks and also bringing

438
00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 7: you segments like Classic Hits with David Gruff, the Black

439
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 7: Ace Report, the Rundown, the Walk Off, and Going Deep,

440
00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,119
Speaker 7: just to name a few of the segments that truly

441
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:11,640
Speaker 7: capture the voice of black baseball. If things get out

442
00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:15,080
Speaker 7: of hand, is the Boss, Rob Parker, He's kicking up dust.

443
00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,479
Speaker 7: We will gladly pay you on Tuesday from an MLB

444
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:22,440
Speaker 7: bro doubleheader today. Remember the heart of the game lies

445
00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:24,960
Speaker 7: in the diversity of the game and the spirit of

446
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,639
Speaker 7: Black baseball that dates back to the Negro leagues. I

447
00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 7: the Gambler, your friendly neighborhood diamond checker, making sure that

448
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,600
Speaker 7: you stay on top of the game and in touch

449
00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:39,720
Speaker 7: with the soul of MLB, fucking up for a wild

450
00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 7: baseball journey, showing respect to the Ogs and highlighting the

451
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 7: new breed of melanated Malma Robins. First thing through MLB's pipeline,

452
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,440
Speaker 7: all pitching with the sound of Black Baseball.

453
00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,240
Speaker 1: We got the best starting five in the business.

454
00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:59,200
Speaker 7: Listen to the MLB Bro Show podcast the Mixtape on

455
00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 7: the iHeart Rate video app Apple podcasts.

456
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:08,160
Speaker 1: Or wherever you get your podcast. In case you missed

457
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 1: Rob Parker on the MLB networks, here's his latest appearance

458
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,280
Speaker 1: on Mlbina.

459
00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 9: Fox Sports Radios. Rob Parker is in the show and

460
00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 9: he is fired up today. He is going to get

461
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:22,680
Speaker 9: me and John him and very animated with his first

462
00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:24,080
Speaker 9: response and all the rest of it.

463
00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:24,679
Speaker 4: So how about it?

464
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,000
Speaker 9: Rob is using Shoho Tani as a pitcher mistake. As

465
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,359
Speaker 9: we all know, he's throwing twenty two pitches getting loose.

466
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,280
Speaker 9: The rumors are around the All Star break, maybe July thirty. First,

467
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,680
Speaker 9: we'll see you Tony back of the bump.

468
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:35,560
Speaker 1: You don't like it?

469
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:35,679
Speaker 2: What?

470
00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,399
Speaker 3: No, I'm starting to change my mind on this.

471
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:43,439
Speaker 2: I understand the unicorn and everybody was all excited and

472
00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,600
Speaker 2: mad to see a guy pitch and hit, But that

473
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,040
Speaker 2: was for the Angels. That was going nowhere fast. Can

474
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,679
Speaker 2: I remind everybody that last year the Dodgers won a

475
00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:58,159
Speaker 2: World Series without show Hay pitching, and he put together

476
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,440
Speaker 2: an unbelievable year at the place. And now you want

477
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,520
Speaker 2: to take that bet out of the lineup. I don't

478
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:04,080
Speaker 2: want to do it.

479
00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 3: If I'm the Dodgers, I'm sorry.

480
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 1: Rob, that's crazy.

481
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,640
Speaker 9: Seven hundred million dollars for a DH You've had eleven

482
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 9: different starting pitchers in the eye out. They're gonna need

483
00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:13,879
Speaker 9: O Toni. It's not just like a gimmick. It's not

484
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,679
Speaker 9: just a uniqurn a fun thing. They need him on

485
00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:17,960
Speaker 9: the mount because he's elite when he's there, and you

486
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:19,439
Speaker 9: gave him all this money just to come on.

487
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:20,359
Speaker 4: You don't want to do that.

488
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:21,919
Speaker 1: Well, wait a minute.

489
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,800
Speaker 2: Didn't they just give Wan Soto seven hundred and sixty

490
00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 2: five million dollars just to hit.

491
00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,440
Speaker 3: He's not pitching, He's not in the bullpen.

492
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,439
Speaker 2: What do you I mean the idea is that the

493
00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 2: same way that Babou started doing both and they realized

494
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:40,240
Speaker 2: his value was to be an everyday player. I don't

495
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:43,760
Speaker 2: want to say, see showhy not be in a game

496
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,320
Speaker 2: because he's got to get ready for pitching. I don't listen.

497
00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 2: O Tani wants to be out there at all times.

498
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:50,639
Speaker 2: He wants to be different and unique. He wants to

499
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:51,800
Speaker 2: be a trailblazer for the game.

500
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,239
Speaker 9: If you tell him bat only, that will sap him

501
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:55,800
Speaker 9: up some of the joy of the game, some of

502
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:56,640
Speaker 9: his competitive edge.

503
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 1: He's gonna be frustrated, angry. He wants to be unique.

504
00:24:59,080 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 4: Rob.

505
00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,080
Speaker 9: You take him and tell oh, you're just a hitter.

506
00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:03,239
Speaker 9: There's no way that's not gonna work out well with them.

507
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,680
Speaker 9: You can't play worried about being injured. That's playing scared.

508
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 2: I don't want to say not about being injured. I

509
00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:10,360
Speaker 2: don't want to take his bet out of the lineup.

510
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,119
Speaker 2: If he was a cy Young Award winner on the mound,

511
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 2: I'm with you, he's not. He's a very good pitcher,

512
00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,359
Speaker 2: top tier picture, but he's not a cy Young Award winner.

513
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,920
Speaker 2: What he is is a multiple MVP, and I want

514
00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,440
Speaker 2: to use him in that and get the most out

515
00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:30,119
Speaker 2: of him. The most out of him is him at

516
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,359
Speaker 2: the plate, and the Dodgers need his bet every day.

517
00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,760
Speaker 9: Fourth and sighing three years ago, So bite your tongue.

518
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,119
Speaker 9: He might win a side one day if he let

519
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 9: him pitch. Not up to you. BK was wrong Rob

520
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 9: about the Red Sox. He's SI they're gonna get to

521
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:42,920
Speaker 9: the World Series or you got.

522
00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,359
Speaker 1: The Red Sox. They're in trouble right now.

523
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 3: I had them not making the playoffs. I tried to

524
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,160
Speaker 3: tell BK and look at that record. They're stumbling.

525
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 2: I know they made some moves people were excited about

526
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 2: the things that they done. Of course, not if you

527
00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:01,640
Speaker 2: had some injuries which which don't help. And the Deverst

528
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 2: thing was mishandled. Obviously he's the swinging the bat real well.

529
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,919
Speaker 2: But I look at the team and I'm just not

530
00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:11,040
Speaker 2: I don't see them making the playoffs. I think you

531
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:13,520
Speaker 2: have a better chance of four teams making it out

532
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 2: of the Central than the Red Sox making the playoffs.

533
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: Wow, that is a bold pack.

534
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,160
Speaker 9: He would go Royals and Twins and the Guardians.

535
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,679
Speaker 1: Wow, and Tigers. Yeah, that's amazing. With Boston how much?

536
00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:27,359
Speaker 9: Who do you think is the loss of Bragman and

537
00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:29,879
Speaker 9: Castus You're losing those guys at third and first, Or

538
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,679
Speaker 9: is the fact that there's too many young players not

539
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 9: ready for prime time yet.

540
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 3: I think it's a combination.

541
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,120
Speaker 1: You know, the prime time.

542
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,720
Speaker 2: The young players got off to a good start, this

543
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,840
Speaker 2: is the big leagues, and guess what happens after a while,

544
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,359
Speaker 2: and they got your number, and they.

545
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 3: Got the video and they know what you can hit

546
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:46,880
Speaker 3: and can't hit, and it changes.

547
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 2: So they got off to great starts and people were like,

548
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,280
Speaker 2: the Red Sox are loaded, and now those guys have

549
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 2: come back to Earth. You lose Bregman and whatnot, that's

550
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 2: going to hurt as well. So I'm not as highing

551
00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,160
Speaker 2: the Red Sox from Jump Street.

552
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 3: And now I'm even.

553
00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:04,840
Speaker 9: More so love the case you are being vindicid Terrek Scrubel,

554
00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,440
Speaker 9: I think is the best pitcher on the planet. So

555
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 9: who's gonna win the al Cing Awards him?

556
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:09,520
Speaker 1: Right now?

557
00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 3: It's Max Freed? Are you kidding?

558
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 2: Like?

559
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 1: This is the thing?

560
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 3: I get the school bl and he's been fantastic.

561
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 2: He won the cy Young last year in the American League.

562
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 2: But for Max Freed to show up to the Yankees,

563
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,480
Speaker 2: they lose their ace, Garrett Cole, and he has the

564
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:30,919
Speaker 2: pressure of holding this team together. He shows up to

565
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,800
Speaker 2: the Bronx with a big contract.

566
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:34,119
Speaker 1: I've seen I've.

567
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,639
Speaker 2: Been covering baseball for thirty nine years. I've seen so

568
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 2: many players show up in New York and can't handle

569
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:45,159
Speaker 2: the pressure. This guy's undefeated, unbelievable e r ray and

570
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 2: he's pitched in a situation where he was needed. The

571
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,560
Speaker 2: Yankees are in first place, they're the best team in

572
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,520
Speaker 2: the American League, not the Tigers, and Max Freed is

573
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,040
Speaker 2: a big reason why.

574
00:27:56,760 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 1: He has been phenomenal.

575
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 9: Full Craft to Brian Cashman that signing, You're right, louse,

576
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 9: Garrett Cole. And yet this Yankees rotation has been superbinent

577
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 9: frames a part of it. They're ten and one in

578
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 9: games in which he starts. But Schooble to me, is

579
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:08,679
Speaker 9: still the guy. Rob Scoobel to me, that feels like

580
00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 9: Randy Johnson out there. That feels like Clayton Kershoff Freedman

581
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 9: of the better numbers right now, But ultimately I think

582
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,359
Speaker 9: Scooba wins a sideng.

583
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: He's going back to back. You see that last game.

584
00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:18,359
Speaker 1: By the way, he threw a match so it was

585
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,040
Speaker 1: under one hundred pitches. That was incredible efficiency.

586
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,159
Speaker 2: But the cy Young is not a lifetime achievement award.

587
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:28,480
Speaker 2: It's about the season that we're in. And I give

588
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 2: it to you that schoop Bold is a better pitcher

589
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,120
Speaker 2: and probably will beat throughout his career. But this season,

590
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 2: Max Freedez's stepping up in the Bronx going undefeated. You

591
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 2: just gave the unbelievable record ten and one. He gives

592
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 2: you a chance to win every time he goes out there.

593
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 2: Schoopol's already lost two games.

594
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,560
Speaker 9: I'm just saying, by the way, Fred's going tomorrow against

595
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 9: the Dodgers.

596
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 1: Can't wait for that matchup.

597
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 9: And you said it, but I want to make sure

598
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 9: he said it again in my good ear. Best team

599
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 9: in the American League's not the Detroit Tigers. You're gonna

600
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 9: alienate the entire Midwest.

601
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,040
Speaker 2: It's the Yankees. It is the Yankee again. Look at

602
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 2: the injuries that they've piled up.

603
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 4: You just met.

604
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 2: It's unbelievable. Stan hasn't played Jazz Chisholm was heard. They've

605
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,680
Speaker 2: lost a number of pitchers. You lose your a's. How

606
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:17,240
Speaker 2: in the world are they just two games behind the Tigers,

607
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 2: but the Tigers have two games in hand. They have

608
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 2: the same amount of losses. It's incredible where the Yankees

609
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 2: are and that they're in first place in the American

610
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 2: League given all the injuries. They're playing a mass unit.

611
00:29:29,640 --> 00:29:32,680
Speaker 2: Give Aaron Boom credit. I mean, they are still rolling.

612
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 2: And the Yankees, what did they do? Just do They

613
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:39,440
Speaker 2: just swept the Angels and now they're going to LA.

614
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 2: So they've been playing really good baseball.

615
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,080
Speaker 1: I agree with the Bony's doing to have a job.

616
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 9: Yankees, by the way, largest division leader of any team

617
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 9: right now.

618
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: He's the They're gonna run away.

619
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,160
Speaker 9: The at least only one other team above five hundred is

620
00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,840
Speaker 9: the rais Rob Parker course of I wobbro dot Com,

621
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 9: Fox Sports Radio, Great Stop My Prime.

622
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:55,720
Speaker 1: We'll talk to again soon, all right.

623
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 2: Appreciate it until John Hayman, I was right and he

624
00:29:58,520 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 2: was wrong.

625
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 9: I gotta be in my shoes next time. Put on

626
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 9: the cowboy boots and put them up with Rob great

627
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 9: stuff man.

628
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 2: In the words of New York TV legend the late

629
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 2: Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time. Until

630
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 2: next time.

631
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 4: Rob Parker out he can't Davin. This could be an

632
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:21,719
Speaker 4: inside the Parker.

633
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 5: See you next week, same bat time, same Matt station,