WEBVTT - Astros checkup w/Josh Reddick 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:08.000 This segment is presented by Royal Retros. We'll talk more 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:10.080 about that in a moment. Josh Reddick joining us right 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.239 now in a sweet cold forty five UNI. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.360 Actually, Josh, good to see you man. How you been. 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:17.360 I'm doing great, boys, How are we doing? Good to 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:18.680 be on? Good to see everybody. 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:21.680 Life is good, Life is good. Uh. 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:23.880 We'll talk about the jersey in a moment. Let's talk 0:00:23.920 --> 0:00:27.360 about the current team. So are they back in the mix? 0:00:27.640 --> 0:00:29.800 I mean partially means the Al it's not great, But 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:31.840 how are the astros? You watch most of the games? 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:32.400 What are you seeing? 0:00:32.400 --> 0:00:32.600 Man? 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:34.879 Gosh, the AL stinks, doesn't it? 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:38.680 You mean you mean right now they're the Houston yord 0:00:38.760 --> 0:00:41.240 On Alvarez is if they're without this guy. This this 0:00:41.320 --> 0:00:47.200 man is on a cosmic level right now at the play, 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:48.800 just doing everything right. 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:50.160 It doesn't matter if Jacob. 0:00:49.880 --> 0:00:52.560 De Gram's up there or Nolan Ryan's up there. I 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:54.280 don't think you throw him a strikern now. It's probably 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:55.000 gonna leave the yard. 0:00:55.800 --> 0:00:57.600 But the thing that I talked about with it with 0:00:57.640 --> 0:00:59.960 the boys this morning on our show was you gotta 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:00.920 I kind of look at the pitching. 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:03.480 The pitching is kind of stabilized a little bit at 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:04.600 least kept them in games. 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:05.800 Has it won them any ballgames? 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.320 No, but it's kept them in ball games here lately 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:10.080 to where they have a shot to where their lineup 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:13.240 can keep them in ballgames because despite all these injuries, 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:16.360 Christian Walker's having a great bounce back year, which I 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.080 felt like he was going to have last year. 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.080 Just got comfortable jord On being. 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:20.440 Who he is. 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:22.399 They need guys like cam Smith to turn it around 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:24.000 because he's the guy they're gonna have to lean on 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:25.200 for a long time. 0:01:25.240 --> 0:01:27.360 A'll tuve being hurt est sac praise could play a 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:30.399 little bit better. Obviously, losing Korea hurt. But you know 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:32.840 they're putting this team on ord On Alvarez's back and 0:01:32.880 --> 0:01:35.160 he's doing everything he can to keep them relevant. 0:01:35.560 --> 0:01:36.360 And yeah, though, good. 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.440 Thing about that is everybody in the AOS is below 0:01:38.480 --> 0:01:41.600 five hundred, so it's really anybody's game in that division, 0:01:42.000 --> 0:01:44.000 in that league for that matter, because they're only I 0:01:44.040 --> 0:01:45.560 think three and a half out on the wild cards. 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:48.440 So are they out of it? No? Is there a hope, 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.040 there's a little bit of sliver. Have they turned it around? 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:54.880 No, but there's a little bit of positive reinforcement. Thinking 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:56.280 for this fan base right now. 0:01:57.560 --> 0:01:58.920 I mean, can the offense carry him? 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.600 Because this was a team forever you know Erland or 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.560 fromber Hunter Brown pitching, pitching back into the bullpen with 0:02:06.600 --> 0:02:10.120 Hater and Abrau and for Brian Presley for years when 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:12.880 they were winning these world series. Can this offense continue 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:15.320 to carry them for long enough to get back some 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:18.720 of their pitching, because for me, it's a two man show, 0:02:18.800 --> 0:02:21.400 like you said, and I just don't know that at 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:23.200 some point teams are gonna stop pitching the yord on 0:02:23.240 --> 0:02:26.680 Alvarez and can the other guys figure it out? And 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:29.680 I yes, Cam Smith, Jeremy Painia, Where are these guys? 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:31.160 They need more for me? 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:33.440 Got to learn more. 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:35.880 He's got to understand, like this game is hard and 0:02:35.919 --> 0:02:38.120 he's young, so we all know how that is the boys. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.040 You gotta get young, you got to grind through it. 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:43.800 But they get these guys on reinforcement in the next month, 0:02:43.840 --> 0:02:46.000 they can obviously take away run away. 0:02:46.040 --> 0:02:47.520 But anytime you have Hunter Brown. 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.280 On the mound every fifth day, you're feeling pretty sexy 0:02:50.280 --> 0:02:52.960 about yourself and winning that ball game. Getting guys like 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.840 Hayter back, getting Brian Abrady back to where he is 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:58.600 because they've got some established roles right now. Brian King's 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:01.000 been fantastic for him, say it to coming up making 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.280 his debut, that guy is absolutely electric. 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.399 He could solidify himself in a bullpen roll. 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.639 But right now, that lineup, even when they're doing good 0:03:08.639 --> 0:03:11.400 as a whole lineup, it's mostly one through five and 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:13.480 then that six through nine is kind of a coin flip. 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:15.600 Hopefully we get some guys on to help turn that over, 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.120 so if they can figure out getting the more complete 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.240 lineup to score runs. And I've covered this team for 0:03:21.280 --> 0:03:23.440 a couple of years now. Their biggest issue is runners 0:03:23.440 --> 0:03:26.160 and scoring position. They get guys on, but it's like 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.680 they go blind at the plate when they get runners 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.880 in scoring position. Just doing better with guys on base, 0:03:32.080 --> 0:03:34.880 driving in runs with two outs, and just not striking 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:36.800 out when you can hit that little easy sack fly, 0:03:37.480 --> 0:03:39.600 sneak in that one little run the second that may 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.800 help you out when the end of the game rolls around. 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.240 Just doing the little things. And I think that's personally, 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:46.280 I think that's one thing all of baseball's missing is 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.480 little things. And this is a team that can really 0:03:48.480 --> 0:03:51.560 benefit from that. Because at times they are very stagnant 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.240 with they're hitting, and then as we've seen in very 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.640 horrible on both sides of the baseball with pitching as well. 0:03:56.720 --> 0:03:59.520 So just fighting a way to stabilize themselves. But they 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:01.080 just got to do something to switch up that long 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:02.000 ball strikeout stuff. 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:03.200 Isn't going to work for you every night. 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:05.720 All right, Well let's go to the pitching. 0:04:05.760 --> 0:04:09.240 Then, in my math, if you have five starters and 0:04:09.280 --> 0:04:12.240 only two of them give you a good, good chance 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:15.280 to win in who I think will be Spencer Raghetty, 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:20.120 And when Hunter Brown comes back, you're still losing three games, Like, 0:04:20.360 --> 0:04:23.120 how where is this going to? Who is going to 0:04:23.120 --> 0:04:25.839 step up? Is Peter Lambert? Can he take a little 0:04:25.839 --> 0:04:28.520 bit extra step? I know he's doing well, but you're 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:32.080 talking about a guy to solidify, solidify that and flip 0:04:32.120 --> 0:04:35.520 it to three good starting pitchers and then the lineup 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:37.120 battles out the other two starts. 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.599 Yeah, I think it personally starts with guys like em 0:04:41.000 --> 0:04:43.200 am I not being able to figure out what's going 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:46.960 on right now. Yes, the no hit outing was fantastic 0:04:47.000 --> 0:04:48.920 to see for this fan base, but this is a 0:04:48.960 --> 0:04:50.799 guy who's got to get it and get it fast 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:52.400 because we're paying you all this money. 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:54.680 You're the highest paid player on the team. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:56.839 They need a guy like you to step You came 0:04:56.839 --> 0:04:58.839 over here like, hey, I don't want. 0:04:58.640 --> 0:04:59.200 To go to the Dodgers. 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:01.000 I want to beat the dog. And right now I'm 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:02.599 not even sure if this guy would even see the 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:06.120 Dodgers lineup so him. I like the way Burrows is pitching. 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:08.279 He could be a little bit more effective. I know 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.120 he ran into some bad luck early on in the month, 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.400 but you know, we're almost starting June. That ship is 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:16.000 sailed beyond the good luck bad luck stuff again. His 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.080 starting against his out against the Rangers. 0:05:17.760 --> 0:05:18.960 Was promising, So it's there. 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.000 It's just where they pieces together, and from there on, 0:05:22.240 --> 0:05:23.720 I don't know who is going to step up. 0:05:23.720 --> 0:05:24.960 Guys like you. 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.080 Know, I like aj Blueball, but he just doesn't know 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.239 what his role is because there's so many moving parts 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:32.839 right now. He's so good at coming in and giving 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.680 three to four when you need him, and then you 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.160 throw him in the starter role and it's like it's 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:38.680 a complete different person out there. So I think it 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.200 starts with Emi. I think it continues on with guys 0:05:41.240 --> 0:05:44.159 like Burris or Burrows and those guys just have to 0:05:44.160 --> 0:05:46.000 figure it out, because, like you said, when you're piecing 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:48.719 together three bad starts, not only is it bad for 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:52.279 your starters, you're stretching guys in your bullpen every series, 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.360 and that amounts. 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:56.320 To a lot of wear and tear. 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You keep bringing up 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:04.800 that he's the guy that maybe needs to be the guy. 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.520 He either doesn't walk anybody and it's loud contact, or 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:13.480 he is walking everybody and then the loud contact comes. 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.000 So which what do you need to see from him? 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:18.480 And does he even have that in there to say, okay, 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:20.760 he could be a guy that could give us five 0:07:20.800 --> 0:07:23.120 innings of three run baseball. 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:25.320 It's it's definitely in there. 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:27.320 And the one thing with him, it's not been like 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.160 stuff effectiveness. It's either the nasty backs or I don't 0:07:31.160 --> 0:07:32.320 even want to I don't even know what he calls 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:34.440 his slider, the one that drops straight down and backwards. 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:36.960 It's nasty. But it seems like like you say, cratsy 0:07:37.000 --> 0:07:37.560 it's either. 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:40.160 Center cut cookie cutter, give me that thing hited out 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:41.160 of the ballpark. 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:41.960 Or it's not even competitive. 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.320 So if he can learn to just fill up that 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:46.440 corner part of the strike zone and just move the 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:48.320 ball around, he's just got to stay out of that 0:07:48.360 --> 0:07:51.160 middle or nowhere spot. So once he figures that out, 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:54.040 he's fine because the stuff's there, his effectiveness is there, 0:07:54.440 --> 0:07:57.520 the pitches have movement, and from one thing we've learned 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.720 covering him is he's just got to get comfortable. He 0:07:59.720 --> 0:08:03.400 had adjusted to the lifestyle of baseball over here, and yeah, great, 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:06.040 a huge culture change for somebody like that. But they've 0:08:06.040 --> 0:08:09.080 given this kid every opportunity to make him feel comfortable. 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:10.920 So he's just got to take that next step forward 0:08:10.960 --> 0:08:14.080 and say, Okay, here's my positive start against a pretty 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:15.600 good team and a pretty good lineup. I have to 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:18.640 find out what it did for me moving forward to 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:19.680 get to where I need to be. And I just 0:08:19.680 --> 0:08:22.200 think it's throwing more competitive strikes, getting out of the 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.480 middle of the zone, and just kind of painting some 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.080 corners to let his stuff play. Because once you look 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:29.560 out of plane, that fastball comes out of the same 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:31.360 armsd as that cider does. 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:34.000 It's just a matter of where can I put it? 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:34.920 Where can this pitch go? 0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:37.400 Because like you said, we can walk all day and 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.320 then just wait for that one to do all the damage. 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:40.400 So he just got to get rid of. 0:08:40.320 --> 0:08:42.679 That guy, Josh. 0:08:42.679 --> 0:08:45.839 You mentioned all the injuries. Tynter Brown supposed to be 0:08:45.920 --> 0:08:48.840 coming back soon, Hater's coming back soon. But Altuve no 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.560 rehab games. They're talking about just sending him to Palm 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:56.320 Beach and lining up some inner squad at bats. I 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.480 guess what's your thoughts on this, because as much as 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.120 a couple of time I had to go on, actually 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:04.080 I only want to rehab twice, two days each time. 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.120 I mean, it sucks, but it also was kind of 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:07.559 fun to get down there and hang out with the 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:09.079 young kids again. 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:10.480 I agree. 0:09:10.559 --> 0:09:13.880 Yeah, I've spent several stints down there for rehabs, and 0:09:13.880 --> 0:09:16.640 I was a firm believer. Take your rehab stint like 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:18.400 and it's early. It's not like you're pushing for a 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.679 September playoff spot. We need you to come back early. 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:22.840 This is an oblique injury. This is something you use 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:25.880 every part of your body on that field, swinging, hitting, 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:28.280 go into the bathroom as a pain and that you 0:09:28.360 --> 0:09:30.120 know what, just when you pull in other bleak so 0:09:30.800 --> 0:09:33.040 at first the thing that pops out is a miraculous 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:33.720 healing factory. 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.000 And they said this is a grade two. 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:37.520 I've had both of them grade twos and it was 0:09:37.559 --> 0:09:40.400 four to six minimum, So I see no need to 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.840 rush go down there, get your at bats if you 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:45.959 need three, grade if he needs six, get as many 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:46.360 as you need. 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.120 But yeah, it's not about just going out and. 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.240 Getting your timing, taking care of the kids down there, 0:09:50.480 --> 0:09:52.920 going there, buying the spread, hanging out, having them come 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.079 out to you and ask their questions, give them advice, 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:58.320 just going back and saying, hey, this feels good to 0:09:58.320 --> 0:10:00.400 be back with these younger guys. Could you You never 0:10:00.480 --> 0:10:02.600 know who's going to be the next big thing, so 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:05.720 to speak. So I'm all for rehab games. Take as 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:08.280 long as you want, especially since we're about to roll 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:11.040 over the calendar month into June. There is absolutely no 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.880 need to rush back. Your team is still relatively in 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:16.600 the hunt. Take as much time as you can because 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.160 we know injuries in this team in the last two 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:21.640 years has been a huge question mark for recovery time. 0:10:22.160 --> 0:10:23.440 There's no need for you to. 0:10:23.360 --> 0:10:26.640 Even question this get one hundred percent, take a little 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:28.640 extra if you need to, and come back ready to 0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:29.840 go to the end of this season. 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:34.480 Right when guys dominate in big league series, big league seasons, whatever, 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.800 it's like, Oh well, Jordan alvarezz he's rehabbing against the 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:39.880 Rangers right now. He makes it look like they're a 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:43.400 minor league team. And to me, I think he's a 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.520 top five hitter in the game. We discussed it earlier. 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:53.040 Can he win an MVP being ultimately just a DH. 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.880 I think it's absolutely possible. I mean, we've seen pitchers 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.600 win it. Why not a designated hit hit or hitter 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.880 hit your hitter. So yeah, if he continues at this 0:11:00.920 --> 0:11:02.800 pace he's on right now, I think it's a pretty 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:06.880 unanimous vote. I don't think anything anybody comes close to me. 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:09.080 You can put defensive war in there against guys like 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.080 you know, the judges, the Bobby wid juniors, all these 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:14.280 guys coming up, but this guy is on a historic pace. 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.560 The thing about jord On is, yeah, you can look 0:11:16.559 --> 0:11:18.280 at all his slugging numbers, of his power noise, but 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.680 people tend to forget how much of a pure hitter 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.880 Jordon Alvarez truly is and you don't see it unless 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:27.000 you watch him on a daily basis. This guy will 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:29.560 take your way, pitches the other way for that single, 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.280 for the two RBI one run single, if he needs to. 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:33.520 It, he'll be completely fine with it. 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.360 He's not gonna chase, he's not gonna get overly big 0:11:36.360 --> 0:11:38.839 in his swing. So he controls the zone very well. 0:11:39.120 --> 0:11:42.160 He takes his walks, he takes his NOx the other way. Yeah, 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:43.920 he's gonna hit the one hundred and twenty mile hour 0:11:43.960 --> 0:11:46.800 homers for you all the time. But when he's locked 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:48.640 in like this, no, there's no way I'm throwing him 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:49.839 a strike. I mean, we looked at him at a 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.120 three zero slider on the outer third to dead center 0:11:52.120 --> 0:11:55.160 and a line yesterday. It makes you wonder, why aren't 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:57.079 these guys just putting up the four fingers and sending 0:11:57.120 --> 0:11:58.760 you right on down to the baseline. At this point, 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.720 he's got to get the Barry Bond Street and you 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:04.160 have to respect that. When he's such a great power hitter, 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.760 but he's also a very good contact and pure hitters. 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:08.720 Well, I think that's what gets overlooked about your. 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:13.600 Don aj give me a line on blue chew. 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.560 Well, do you need help with your love life. 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Can you see 0:13:16.559 --> 0:13:17.280 the graphic. 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:20.520 On the screen, the one we just hey, bring it back. 0:13:21.400 --> 0:13:22.800 It was the yord On one. Can we can? 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:22.920 We? 0:13:23.320 --> 0:13:25.840 I was hoping we could show that again, hold on, yeah, 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:28.360 we can get it up there. Yeah, no, I know 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.040 I want to. I want to show you how good 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:33.320 yord On Alvarez is. H what's he hitting? Average? 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:33.560 Wise? 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:35.240 Three twelve? 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:39.200 What's his babbit one? 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.160 Damn, he's really good. He's hitting higher with an average 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:43.920 and balls he's putting him play. That's how you know 0:13:43.960 --> 0:13:46.280 you're a damn good Josh right there. 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:49.240 When you're hitting better than the balls you put in play. 0:13:49.280 --> 0:13:52.120 That that's that's you're getting hits on the strikeouts, and 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.160 you're getting hits on strikeouts and walks. 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:55.079 That's how good you are. 0:13:55.800 --> 0:13:57.160 That's a hall of famer in my book. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:14:02.120 Boys, right, thank you, thank you for that. 0:14:02.120 --> 0:14:03.040 That's beautiful. 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.480 Oh man. I was like, wait a second. People say 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:06.240 I don't pay attention. 0:14:06.640 --> 0:14:10.760 Wait wait yeah, but do you guys know I mean 0:14:10.800 --> 0:14:13.160 there's some people, including me, who has to do a 0:14:13.160 --> 0:14:14.160 double take for a minute. 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:15.280 You know why that's the case. 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.000 I didn't think that was possible. 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:22.360 There's a ball that's not put in play that is 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:22.960 still a hit. 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:29.920 It's called a homer, the one that hit the base runner. 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.640 Homers don't count on babbit. 0:14:32.000 --> 0:14:32.680 I don't think so. 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.320 Hold on did in. 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:36.320 Play for a second? 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.280 Batting average on balls in play? 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:41.040 It takes away strike. 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.960 Okay, I had a I had an unofficial worst stat 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:45.520 in baseball. 0:14:45.560 --> 0:14:46.400 That one just took over. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.640 If that's the case, that that officially wins is the 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:49.560 worst stat in baseball. 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:51.640 If that's the case, and it's the bibot, what what did? 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:52.640 What did she call it? 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:55.400 The bit? 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:56.520 By the way. 0:14:56.760 --> 0:14:58.560 A player who hits a lot of homers can have 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.480 a higher average than it's a bit. 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:06.600 It's relevant that the real thing, it's a real thing. 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:11.160 But that's not just that's that analytics. I get. That's 0:15:11.200 --> 0:15:12.680 that to me just went up because when you hit 0:15:12.680 --> 0:15:13.480 a home run. 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:20.320 Your average, I mean it doesn't when. 0:15:18.720 --> 0:15:20.560 I look on that jumbo tron at every stadium and 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:22.480 it shows all my stats and I hit a homer, 0:15:22.600 --> 0:15:25.160 one plus gets added to that age column every time. 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:29.400 Yeah, But batting average on balls and plays is a 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.440 different stat. Like you're not trying to drive up. 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:34.000 It's talking about. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.680 Yeah, yeah, it's trying to help them, you know. 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:39.680 Yeah, it's. 0:15:42.240 --> 0:15:44.360 That just officially took over as the dumbest stat I've 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:48.480 ever heard of. All right, all right, well, look we'll 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.200 get back on pace here. The second best hitter on 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:54.960 the Astros is a guy that was, in my opinion, 0:15:56.040 --> 0:16:01.920 this close to getting traded at the beginning of the season. Obviously, everybody, 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:05.000 it's a great problem to have having extra you have paradus. 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.080 How are they gonna find that bats? It's the same 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.360 spring training narrative, like we don't know now all of 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:11.720 a sudden, it's like crap, we got to find somebody 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:15.960 else to fill in different spots. But Christian Walker's trade 0:16:16.080 --> 0:16:20.280 value is it there in the sense that if the 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:23.120 Astros do not come back, if all the things we 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.680 talked about, it's not you know, it's just not happening. 0:16:25.760 --> 0:16:28.440 It doesn't come together for the Astros this year. It's 0:16:28.520 --> 0:16:32.320