1
00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,159
Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to another episode of the

2
00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,879
Speaker 1: Hammer Territory Podcast. I am Scott Coleman and I am

3
00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,680
Speaker 1: joined this evening by the great Stephen Colbert. And Stephen,

4
00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,360
Speaker 1: I mean the Braves. As weird as this season have been,

5
00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:51,040
Speaker 1: they have now won four series in a row, and

6
00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,160
Speaker 1: let's just get right into this tonight. Hurst and Waldrip

7
00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:57,200
Speaker 1: is becoming a thing I think, not just with Braves fans,

8
00:00:57,200 --> 00:01:00,440
Speaker 1: but even nationally like the MLB Twitter accounts and gave

9
00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,560
Speaker 1: Hurston a shout out. This dude looks like in a

10
00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,120
Speaker 1: very short period of time that he might be a

11
00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,679
Speaker 1: very real piece for the Atlanta Braves moving forward.

12
00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a buddy. It It is almost a perfect

13
00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:17,479
Speaker 2: encapsulation of what this season has been when you look

14
00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:21,440
Speaker 2: at what it has happened lately where the Braves. The

15
00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:25,959
Speaker 2: Braves basically have to survive Spencer Strider starts so they

16
00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:29,720
Speaker 2: can thrive and Hurston Waldrip starts like on what planet

17
00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,880
Speaker 2: did anybody have that? You know on the Bingo card

18
00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,880
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty. But that's just how this year is gone.

19
00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, you didn't have that segment in March when we

20
00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:37,960
Speaker 1: were talking.

21
00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,479
Speaker 2: About just hold on for dear life and the Spencer

22
00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:42,280
Speaker 2: Strider starts so that we can get to the shut

23
00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,119
Speaker 2: you know, the shutdown performance from Hurston Waldrup. But that's

24
00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,400
Speaker 2: what's happened. I mean, this kid on a zero point

25
00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:52,000
Speaker 2: seven to three e er and four starts with the braves.

26
00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,480
Speaker 2: I understand it's not against the best offenses in the world,

27
00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,360
Speaker 2: but you and I talked about it on Sunday, Like

28
00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:59,000
Speaker 2: the White Sox were hot. Like the White Sox can hit.

29
00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,440
Speaker 2: They've got some young dudes that hit. I mean, Spencer

30
00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,160
Speaker 2: Strider and Bryce Elder both learned the hard way. Like

31
00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,240
Speaker 2: these dudes are not are no joke. I know they're

32
00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,559
Speaker 2: the White Sox. I know they don't win a lot,

33
00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:09,520
Speaker 2: but they mainly don't win a lot because they don't pitch.

34
00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,560
Speaker 2: They've got some dudes that can hit, and they did

35
00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:18,120
Speaker 2: nothing tonight against herschel Waldrop. This splitter slider, curveball combo

36
00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,440
Speaker 2: thing he's got going. It's just nasty as hell, and

37
00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:24,440
Speaker 2: you know it's it's allowing him to use his fastball,

38
00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,040
Speaker 2: which was unusable last year. He's racking up strikeouts. He's

39
00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,640
Speaker 2: got a fip in the ones. Yeah, Like it's not

40
00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:34,360
Speaker 2: even like crazy. You know, there's not like a massive

41
00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,040
Speaker 2: regression monster coming. It's wild, it really is. And man,

42
00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,160
Speaker 2: you cannot overstate, and we have said it multiple times,

43
00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:43,800
Speaker 2: with how much injury risk there is attached to this rotation.

44
00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:48,200
Speaker 2: You cannot overstate the value of having a guy this cheap,

45
00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,959
Speaker 2: this young, under this much control, this many team options

46
00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:55,880
Speaker 2: are club options, minor league options being available next year.

47
00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:58,000
Speaker 2: It's just gonna be a you know, it's gonna make

48
00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,320
Speaker 2: the offseason substantial user for Alex. If this continues. I

49
00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,800
Speaker 2: don't want to get ahead of ourselves, but if it

50
00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,880
Speaker 2: continues at this rate, my god, what a story.

51
00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,920
Speaker 1: I mean, what a story. Indeed, and you mentioned so.

52
00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,040
Speaker 1: Now in twenty four and two third innings, Hirston Waldrip

53
00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:17,600
Speaker 1: has a zero point seven to three ERA, a one

54
00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:21,320
Speaker 1: point nine zero FIP, and a three point zero seven

55
00:03:21,919 --> 00:03:25,360
Speaker 1: x FIP. He has legitimately been as good as any

56
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,799
Speaker 1: starting pitcher in the National League over these last few weeks.

57
00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,160
Speaker 1: And I'm glad you mentioned. The White Sox are actually

58
00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,200
Speaker 1: kind of like a sneaky good offense, especially lately. They've

59
00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,960
Speaker 1: called up some players, They've moved around some pieces post

60
00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,120
Speaker 1: trade deadline. I believe they came into the day fourth

61
00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,800
Speaker 1: in all of baseball in WRC plus in the second half.

62
00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:45,040
Speaker 3: Of the year.

63
00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,000
Speaker 1: And we just saw I mean, they put up twenty

64
00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,600
Speaker 1: three runs in the first two games of this series

65
00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:54,120
Speaker 1: and they got nothing tonight. It wasn't even like they

66
00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,960
Speaker 1: just ran into some bad sequencing. Waldrip went seven innings,

67
00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,000
Speaker 1: only gave up four hits in one wall. One of

68
00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,280
Speaker 1: those hits and the one and only walk came to

69
00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:06,240
Speaker 1: the first three batters of the game. So after that

70
00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,560
Speaker 1: he was even more in cruise control. Seemed like in

71
00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,280
Speaker 1: the first inning Waldrop didn't have great command, but I mean, dude,

72
00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,640
Speaker 1: after that, it was just smooth sailing seven strikeouts, And

73
00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,920
Speaker 1: you said it that that splitter and when he has

74
00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,720
Speaker 1: other stuff even close to the plate, these big league

75
00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:23,920
Speaker 1: hitters just don't know what to do against him.

76
00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:26,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I thought that was another moment, like in

77
00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,560
Speaker 2: the first inning where last year's Hurston Waldrop and this

78
00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,479
Speaker 2: year's Hurston Waldrop diverge, right, because I feel like last year,

79
00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,520
Speaker 2: you know, you start out that first inning in a

80
00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:38,560
Speaker 2: decent amount of trouble, you're giving up you know, last

81
00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,839
Speaker 2: year he's given up two, three, four runs in that inning.

82
00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,880
Speaker 2: Just happened every time this year, he just kind of

83
00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,360
Speaker 2: smoothly gets out of it, and he's so much more

84
00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,640
Speaker 2: confident on the mound, you know, I know, like one

85
00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,679
Speaker 2: of the hits was like a blue pit from Robert

86
00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,640
Speaker 2: was like, it's like a seventy min ar blue pit.

87
00:04:54,680 --> 00:04:56,200
Speaker 2: Another one was like an eighty min r a blue

88
00:04:56,240 --> 00:04:58,440
Speaker 2: pit like it was, and we you and I talked

89
00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,560
Speaker 2: about it last time we talked. The dude does not

90
00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,479
Speaker 2: give up hard contact. He doesn't give up barrels, he

91
00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,239
Speaker 2: misses bats. He's got it like a twenty seven percent

92
00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:09,240
Speaker 2: strikeout rate, which is plenty good. I mean, you can

93
00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:11,919
Speaker 2: you can thrive at that. I think he's got like

94
00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:15,680
Speaker 2: a fifty two percent ground ball rate. You add all

95
00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,919
Speaker 2: that together plus the arsenal, I mean, you know, plus

96
00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:23,240
Speaker 2: all the peripherals like it, it really does look legitimate.

97
00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:25,440
Speaker 2: It's not gonna be Listen, he's not going to pitch

98
00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,279
Speaker 2: to an O seven to three era for the rest

99
00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:32,040
Speaker 2: of his career. But like a solid mid rotation even

100
00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,720
Speaker 2: if you know, if everything clicks, a top rotation guy.

101
00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:36,520
Speaker 2: He was a first round pick. I mean, he's got

102
00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,760
Speaker 2: the pedigree for it. So yeah, just incredible. All the

103
00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,719
Speaker 2: credit in the world to him. Because he's clearly made

104
00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,440
Speaker 2: change it. He's clearly you know, he's he is adjusted.

105
00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,600
Speaker 2: Once he got to the upper miners and he hit

106
00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,680
Speaker 2: a wall, he had to adjust and he did it.

107
00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,120
Speaker 2: And that's also speaks volumes for like, at some point

108
00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,080
Speaker 2: the big leagues are going to adjust to him and

109
00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,240
Speaker 2: he's going to have to adjust again. And the fact

110
00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,000
Speaker 2: that he's already done it and had this much success

111
00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:02,919
Speaker 2: and been willing to do it is a good sign

112
00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,920
Speaker 2: for when that inevitably happens at this level, because it's

113
00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,480
Speaker 2: going to it's gonna happen. Yeah, and he's already shown

114
00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:10,840
Speaker 2: he's a willingness and an ability to do it, and

115
00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:12,320
Speaker 2: that's that's not a small thing.

116
00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,919
Speaker 1: There was a really cool clip of Hurston Waldrip and

117
00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:18,960
Speaker 1: Rick Kranitz. I think it was in the start his

118
00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:23,000
Speaker 1: most recent start before tonight, and he had just finished

119
00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,200
Speaker 1: up his game he threw six innings in Cleveland and

120
00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,600
Speaker 1: Cranits was saying something and Waldrip was locked in and

121
00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,760
Speaker 1: listening to every single word, eye contact, paying attempt, Like, clearly,

122
00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:38,000
Speaker 1: this kid wants to be great, and he does deserve

123
00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:41,560
Speaker 1: credit for making the adjustments because frankly, up until he

124
00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,039
Speaker 1: reached the upper levels of the miners. With the Braves,

125
00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,679
Speaker 1: he's probably never really run into roadblocks. And his entire

126
00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:51,120
Speaker 1: life playing baseball, his first round pick, he was dominant

127
00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,680
Speaker 1: in college. I'm sure he was dominant in high school,

128
00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:56,440
Speaker 1: little league. I mean ever since he's probably five years old.

129
00:06:56,440 --> 00:06:58,520
Speaker 1: This kid's been the best player on the field. And

130
00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,200
Speaker 1: sometimes players don't know how to react when they have

131
00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:03,880
Speaker 1: some adversity. And they of course have their coaching with

132
00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:06,600
Speaker 1: the Braves, and then they have outside coaching and advisors

133
00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,120
Speaker 1: who work with them. I mean, this kid, if you

134
00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:11,800
Speaker 1: want to maybe I'll do this sometimes if I'm bored

135
00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,720
Speaker 1: because I'm a crazy person. But put on Waldrop's start

136
00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,840
Speaker 1: last year when he debuted against the Nationals, and then

137
00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:20,280
Speaker 1: put on one of his starts these last couple of weeks,

138
00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,880
Speaker 1: you wouldn't believe it's the same pitcher unless I told

139
00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:25,800
Speaker 1: you going into it and listen.

140
00:07:25,800 --> 00:07:28,480
Speaker 2: That's another thing that we probably need to mention more.

141
00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,160
Speaker 2: We probably don't mention enough, Like the Braves need to

142
00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,040
Speaker 2: keep Rick Kranitz at all cost, Like I know there's

143
00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,200
Speaker 2: going to be turnover on the coaching staff in the

144
00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,600
Speaker 2: off season. That dude is just awesome at his job,

145
00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,880
Speaker 2: Like the braves pitching development in the upper miners and

146
00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,800
Speaker 2: at the major league level has been absurdly good. I

147
00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:48,360
Speaker 2: know they haven't been able to keep guys healthy, but

148
00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:52,800
Speaker 2: that's not that's not on Kranits. He's very clearly awesome

149
00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,360
Speaker 2: at his job. I don't think Sean Murphy and Drake

150
00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,360
Speaker 2: Baldwin get enough credit for an especially Murphy because he

151
00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:00,000
Speaker 2: was here last year. I don't think Murphy gets enough

152
00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,000
Speaker 2: credit for what he does with the pitching staff. There

153
00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,480
Speaker 2: was a moment into night's game where Waldrip had an

154
00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,320
Speaker 2: eleven pitch at bat. He was he was near the

155
00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:08,120
Speaker 2: end of his start. He had an eleven pitch at bat.

156
00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,400
Speaker 2: He finally got an out. Murphy took the slowest walk

157
00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,680
Speaker 2: I've ever seen a human being, taken my life out

158
00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,120
Speaker 2: to the mound. He stood out there forever, made the

159
00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,480
Speaker 2: umpire come get him, took the slowest walk I've ever seen.

160
00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,120
Speaker 2: Coming back, he gave Waldrip like a you know, three

161
00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,160
Speaker 2: or four minute break in the middle of an inning,

162
00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:25,920
Speaker 2: and he got out of it, and like that's the

163
00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:29,760
Speaker 2: stuff that like pros, like heady veteran catchers do, And

164
00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:32,120
Speaker 2: Murph has never gotten enough credit for The Braves had

165
00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,880
Speaker 2: the best the ARA in baseball last year, and Murph

166
00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:37,120
Speaker 2: never got the credit he deserved for that, and I

167
00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:38,840
Speaker 2: don't think he gets enough credit for what he does

168
00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,520
Speaker 2: with the guys this year. And yeah, but you got

169
00:08:42,559 --> 00:08:44,800
Speaker 2: to keep Rick Creandits. Whatever happens with the coaching staff

170
00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:47,520
Speaker 2: next in the offseason, you bet you better keep this

171
00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:48,600
Speaker 2: guy as your pitching coach.

172
00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:51,400
Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, And that's a great point. I don't think

173
00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,360
Speaker 1: we've really talked about that. We've talked around, of course,

174
00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,240
Speaker 1: that this is likely going to be Snit's final year

175
00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,280
Speaker 1: with the Braves, and presumably a new manager will come

176
00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:03,400
Speaker 1: in and want his own guys or at least some

177
00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:05,880
Speaker 1: of his own guys on the coaching staff. But in

178
00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,160
Speaker 1: that interview process, you better believe if alex Yanthopolis is

179
00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:10,840
Speaker 1: not saying, Look, if you want to bring in a

180
00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:12,880
Speaker 1: new hitting coach, I'm not gonna fight you. If you

181
00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,079
Speaker 1: want to bring in your own first and third base

182
00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,400
Speaker 1: and bench coaches, go ahead. But I could not agree

183
00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,040
Speaker 1: more if they let Rick Kranitz go over over this offseason,

184
00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:25,079
Speaker 1: that would be a huge loss. I mean, people talk

185
00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:28,560
Speaker 1: about losing Ron Washington and Eric Young, and I agree

186
00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,040
Speaker 1: wholeheartedly with that. Losing Rick Kranitz for what he has

187
00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,319
Speaker 1: done for this pitching staff in recent years would be

188
00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:37,160
Speaker 1: I mean, that would be a huge loss for this team.

189
00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I don't, like I've never heard it's not

190
00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,480
Speaker 2: normal that like your pitching coach would become your manager,

191
00:09:45,520 --> 00:09:47,400
Speaker 2: Like I don't that's not usually the path that's taken.

192
00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,000
Speaker 2: It's like usually the bench coach is like like everybody,

193
00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,880
Speaker 2: I've just kind of been working on an the assumption

194
00:09:51,920 --> 00:09:53,679
Speaker 2: that what wiss is going to be the next manager.

195
00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,400
Speaker 2: I don't know that for sure, because but he's been

196
00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,760
Speaker 2: with SNIP for like nine years as his bench coach,

197
00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:01,640
Speaker 2: he's managed in the big leagues, he played for the Braves,

198
00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,960
Speaker 2: Like it makes all the sense in the world. And

199
00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,840
Speaker 2: I don't know if rig Kranitz has any interest in

200
00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:10,440
Speaker 2: being the manager, but whatever happens, unless he's the manager,

201
00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:13,560
Speaker 2: I really hope the plan is to keep him around

202
00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,760
Speaker 2: as the pitching coach, because ever since he's come on board,

203
00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:17,720
Speaker 2: I mean, you see it with a young I mean

204
00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,839
Speaker 2: you mainly see it with the young guys like you're

205
00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,200
Speaker 2: talking about with that conversation with Waldrop or like you know,

206
00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,840
Speaker 2: he's obviously very good at getting guys to calm down,

207
00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:29,440
Speaker 2: to breathe, to make adjustments. He obviously has a very

208
00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,679
Speaker 2: good you know, communication, very you know, he can get

209
00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,640
Speaker 2: across his point and that's not always easy, especially when

210
00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,120
Speaker 2: you're dealing with generational gaps. You could have a forty

211
00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:40,760
Speaker 2: year old pitcher and a twenty year old pitcher on

212
00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,079
Speaker 2: your staff. You gotta be able to talk to both

213
00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,800
Speaker 2: of them. Yeah, and he's obviously very good at it.

214
00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:46,280
Speaker 2: So yeah, I hope they keep him.

215
00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:49,640
Speaker 1: And really that was I mean, pitching was the story

216
00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,920
Speaker 1: of Wednesday night's game. It was a one nothing win

217
00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,520
Speaker 1: for the Braves. The only run of the game came

218
00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:59,320
Speaker 1: across on a week bouncer from Ozzie Alby's that was bobbled.

219
00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,280
Speaker 1: So the brain it's got one run I think in

220
00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,840
Speaker 1: the third or fourth inning.

221
00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:03,720
Speaker 3: And that was it.

222
00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,360
Speaker 1: And in relief of Waldrip, Pierce Johnson came in was nails.

223
00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:11,000
Speaker 1: Rice Iglasias continued to be awesome. I think he got

224
00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:14,280
Speaker 1: three outs on eight pitches maybe, And I mean it

225
00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,240
Speaker 1: was really impressive tonight from the pitching staff. And of

226
00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,760
Speaker 1: course now the Braves are off on Thursday, so kind

227
00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,600
Speaker 1: of give that bullpen of breather, keep everybody fresh. We've

228
00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,800
Speaker 1: got about five and a half weeks left in the season,

229
00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:27,040
Speaker 1: and games like tonight mean a lot to keep your

230
00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,599
Speaker 1: bullpen because we know, especially if they get to a

231
00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,760
Speaker 1: point eventually when they shut down Waldrip they shut down Strider,

232
00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:35,600
Speaker 1: the innings are going to be at a premium and

233
00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:37,800
Speaker 1: they're going to need people to be somewhat healthy and

234
00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,840
Speaker 1: fresh in order to make it to the finish line.

235
00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:41,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was like a two It was like a

236
00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:43,960
Speaker 2: two hour right, like a right out a two hour

237
00:11:44,040 --> 00:11:47,160
Speaker 2: game tonight, just rapid pace game. Obviously it's a one

238
00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:49,720
Speaker 2: nothing game. It is funny. I mean, these two teams

239
00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,040
Speaker 2: scored three million runs in the first two games, and

240
00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,760
Speaker 2: then the Braves won a one nothing game. The fact

241
00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,560
Speaker 2: that they're winning these one one run games now is

242
00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,559
Speaker 2: just hysterical. I mean, like, of course, now that the

243
00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,160
Speaker 2: season is basically over, they're winning almost every one run

244
00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,160
Speaker 2: game they're playing. But yeah, the offense didn't have a

245
00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,200
Speaker 2: great night. But it's also a massive thing. And I

246
00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,480
Speaker 2: didn't think about this until just now that like Streider

247
00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:16,200
Speaker 2: and Elder had very short starts and like, so the bullpen,

248
00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,559
Speaker 2: the bullpen was probably pretty down tonight, Like there's probably

249
00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,520
Speaker 2: three or four guys not available tonight, and Herson went

250
00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,600
Speaker 2: through seven easy easy. He probably could have gone eight.

251
00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,040
Speaker 2: I'm actually pretty impressed that Snit didn't do that. Normally

252
00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:29,960
Speaker 2: Snit tries to get one more inning out of a guy.

253
00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:34,920
Speaker 2: But yeah, Pierces Johnson, h Rossio Iglesias. It just makes

254
00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,200
Speaker 2: me laugh every time I see him pitching for the Braves.

255
00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,160
Speaker 2: It's it's unbelievable. But yeah, he's been hot. So got

256
00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:43,600
Speaker 2: to save off day and the Mets coming to town,

257
00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,480
Speaker 2: and that's gonna be a that's gonna be a fascinating

258
00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,199
Speaker 2: series for on multiple levels.

259
00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,880
Speaker 1: Yes it is, So we're gonna talk about the Mets

260
00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,480
Speaker 1: series a little bit later in the show. We also

261
00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,680
Speaker 1: have some good injury news and bad injury news that

262
00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:58,520
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about here. But first we're gonna take

263
00:12:58,559 --> 00:12:59,719
Speaker 1: a quick break.

264
00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,760
Speaker 3: Dowd days of summer because MB is fully heating up,

265
00:13:02,800 --> 00:13:05,080
Speaker 3: and so is your shot to score big double. The

266
00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:06,679
Speaker 3: pick six app for the easiest way to turn the

267
00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,760
Speaker 3: baseball tickes into actual cash. It's crazy simple. Just pick

268
00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:11,440
Speaker 3: more or less on the stats for two more your

269
00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,280
Speaker 3: favorite players, and boom, you are in the mix for

270
00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,600
Speaker 3: big cash prizes. No gimmicks, no weird rules and get

271
00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,240
Speaker 3: this all new Pick six customers basically get fifty dollars

272
00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,920
Speaker 3: in bonus picks. Are just a five dollars entry downlold

273
00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,200
Speaker 3: the Draft Kings Pick six app right now and use

274
00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:27,200
Speaker 3: code foul. That's code foul. New customers play five dollars

275
00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,760
Speaker 3: and get fifty dollars in bonus picks. Instantly ride the

276
00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:32,120
Speaker 3: upside where a few bucks can turn into a bag

277
00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:35,000
Speaker 3: only on Draft Kings. Pick six crown is.

278
00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,000
Speaker 4: Yours gambling problem called one eight hundred gambler. Help is

279
00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:40,480
Speaker 4: available for a problem gambling called eight eight eight seven

280
00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:43,240
Speaker 4: eight nine seven seven seven seven, or visit CCPG dot

281
00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:46,120
Speaker 4: orgon Connecticut. Must be eighteen and over age and eligibility

282
00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:49,240
Speaker 4: restrictions vary by jurisdiction. Pick six down available everywhere, including

283
00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,079
Speaker 4: New York and Ontario. Void were prohibited one per new customer.

284
00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,720
Speaker 4: Bonus awarded as none withdrawable Pick six bonus picks that

285
00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:57,160
Speaker 4: expire in fourteen days eight twenty four to twenty five

286
00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,560
Speaker 4: at eleven fifty nine pm Eastern time. Terms at Pick

287
00:13:59,559 --> 00:14:02,360
Speaker 4: six dotime, DraftKings dot Com slash promos.

288
00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:06,360
Speaker 1: All right, Stephens, So we got two pieces of injury

289
00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,920
Speaker 1: news today. We'll start with the not as positive one,

290
00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,000
Speaker 1: so Austin Riley, who has been on and off the

291
00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:15,880
Speaker 1: injured list for about a month and a half at

292
00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:20,400
Speaker 1: this point. During his media availability today, Brian Snicker said

293
00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,480
Speaker 1: that Austin is actually going to travel to Philadelphia to

294
00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:28,840
Speaker 1: see a medical specialist about this lower abdominal issue that

295
00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,400
Speaker 1: he has been dealing with. There was some concern that

296
00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,320
Speaker 1: Riley might be dealing with a sports hernia, which would

297
00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,960
Speaker 1: not be great. Of course, if it is a sports hernia,

298
00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,960
Speaker 1: that would end his twenty twenty five. I'm guessing we

299
00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,320
Speaker 1: should probably get some clarity on this, maybe Thursday, maybe Friday,

300
00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,600
Speaker 1: depending on when Riley sees the doctor. But not great news.

301
00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,280
Speaker 1: I guess it is at least somewhat reassuring that now

302
00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:52,360
Speaker 1: he is seeing a specialist who should be able to

303
00:14:52,360 --> 00:14:53,800
Speaker 1: give him a little bit of clarity.

304
00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, you kind of felt us coming because every single

305
00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:00,280
Speaker 2: update was a bad one. It was like, but you know,

306
00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,560
Speaker 2: Austin's running today and he still felt pain. Austin's running

307
00:15:03,560 --> 00:15:07,000
Speaker 2: today and it's still grabbed him. Austin's running today and

308
00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:10,440
Speaker 2: he's still you know, it still hurts. Like you know,

309
00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:11,880
Speaker 2: we did this for like a week, and I was like,

310
00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:13,760
Speaker 2: all right, well maybe we should stop running the guy

311
00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:17,280
Speaker 2: first of all, and second of all, clearly something more

312
00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,360
Speaker 2: than just a you know, just pulled muscle or whatever.

313
00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,080
Speaker 2: And obviously we got the news today they could be

314
00:15:22,120 --> 00:15:24,840
Speaker 2: a sports turney, like you said, that's going to be

315
00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,280
Speaker 2: you know, multiple multiple weeks, depending on the severity. If

316
00:15:28,280 --> 00:15:31,080
Speaker 2: that's what it is effectively ending is twenty twenty five,

317
00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,800
Speaker 2: there's very very little reason to even try, even if

318
00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:37,000
Speaker 2: it's not a sports toorney. I'm not sure how aggressive

319
00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,400
Speaker 2: I would be, like just trying to get a base.

320
00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,800
Speaker 2: It's different for pitchers because you want to set up

321
00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:43,960
Speaker 2: their offseason and you want to get them to a

322
00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:48,480
Speaker 2: certain amount of pitches and innings to help next year.

323
00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:51,200
Speaker 2: With hitters, it's it's, you know, the thresholds just aren't

324
00:15:51,240 --> 00:15:53,280
Speaker 2: the same. I don't really know that I would be

325
00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:56,080
Speaker 2: pushing too hard to get Austin Riley back. Nacho's done

326
00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:58,680
Speaker 2: pretty well over there. It's not like, you know, the

327
00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,840
Speaker 2: team's not going anywhere anyway, so let him rest, let

328
00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,200
Speaker 2: him whatever it is. Even if it's not, if it's

329
00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:06,640
Speaker 2: a sports tourney, there could be surgery attached to it.

330
00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,880
Speaker 2: We should say that. I don't think it was would

331
00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,920
Speaker 2: ever be anything that would you know, affect twenty twenty six,

332
00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:14,960
Speaker 2: But it's not a great you know, it's not a

333
00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,120
Speaker 2: great development. Of course, everybody was hoping to see Austin

334
00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,760
Speaker 2: back before the seams went over the news today probably

335
00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:21,520
Speaker 2: meant that's pretty unlikely to happen.

336
00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:27,480
Speaker 1: So we'll see what the recognended excuse me, recommended treatment

337
00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:31,320
Speaker 1: plan will be. Maybe it's rest and recovery and some rehab,

338
00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,440
Speaker 1: maybe it is surgery. At least Austin does have the

339
00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,320
Speaker 1: calendar on his side when it comes to twenty twenty six.

340
00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,440
Speaker 1: Again not doctors, but I can't imagine this is something

341
00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:43,040
Speaker 1: that will linger into next season, and of course we

342
00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,000
Speaker 1: want him to have as normal of an off season

343
00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:47,320
Speaker 1: as he can because I mean, you know, this was

344
00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,520
Speaker 1: a weird year for Riley, and it was an injury

345
00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,880
Speaker 1: riddled year in twenty twenty four too. Obviously the Braves

346
00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,720
Speaker 1: need more out of this guy. We have seen him

347
00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,240
Speaker 1: at his very best just carry this lineup for weeks

348
00:16:57,240 --> 00:17:00,000
Speaker 1: at the time, but it's now I think it's probably

349
00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,920
Speaker 1: fair to say that with the injuries included, it's been

350
00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,119
Speaker 1: back to back disappointing years for Riley.

351
00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:07,560
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean even when he's healthy, I mean

352
00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,360
Speaker 2: he has you know, he I think, yeah, I think

353
00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,520
Speaker 2: even if he doesn't play again this year, I think

354
00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:16,160
Speaker 2: he logged four hundred and fifty plate appearances, maybe five

355
00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,959
Speaker 2: hundred plate appearances this year, he's got a one oh

356
00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:23,760
Speaker 2: four WRC plus, So you know, that's well well below

357
00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,080
Speaker 2: his standard, not even just what the Braves expect or need,

358
00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,600
Speaker 2: but like I'm sure that's, you know, incredibly far below

359
00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,119
Speaker 2: what he expects of himself. Like we're not saying anything

360
00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,200
Speaker 2: that Austin wouldn't tell you himself, Like he he knows

361
00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,320
Speaker 2: he needs to be better than that, and the Braves

362
00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,520
Speaker 2: definitely need him. But you can't do any of that

363
00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:41,840
Speaker 2: to get healthy. And he's had two years where he's

364
00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:46,359
Speaker 2: not been healthy, especially you know, I think twenty twenty

365
00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:48,200
Speaker 2: four and twenty twenty five we're gonna end up being

366
00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,840
Speaker 2: season ending injuries. In August I think I can't remember

367
00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:53,000
Speaker 2: exactly when he broke.

368
00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:58,040
Speaker 1: His right wasn't in August, it was August because they thought, okay,

369
00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:00,320
Speaker 1: if he has six to eight weeks, maybe he's back

370
00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:02,800
Speaker 1: for the playoff push or the first round of the postseason.

371
00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,000
Speaker 1: But then you know, it was clear he was not

372
00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:05,720
Speaker 1: going to be back.

373
00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, so this will be a second year in a row.

374
00:18:07,520 --> 00:18:10,440
Speaker 2: Season ended in August after you know, not a great

375
00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:13,320
Speaker 2: performance leading up to that point. So twenty twenty six

376
00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:14,920
Speaker 2: is going to be a big year for Austin Riley,

377
00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:19,040
Speaker 2: and everything begins with being healthy. So let's hope it's

378
00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:21,199
Speaker 2: good news. Whatever it is, he can get get it

379
00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:23,680
Speaker 2: fixed and get into twenty twenty six at the very

380
00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:27,240
Speaker 2: least feeling good, and that leads to better production.

381
00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,399
Speaker 1: And in some I guess better injury news. We do

382
00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:35,760
Speaker 1: know that Spencer Schwellenbach is going to was effectively shut

383
00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:38,439
Speaker 1: down in terms of pitching in Major league games. But

384
00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:42,400
Speaker 1: Spencer was out on the field on Wednesday. Our good

385
00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,520
Speaker 1: friend Grant McCauley thought he probably threw forty or fifty pitches.

386
00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:51,280
Speaker 1: Was throwing, looked good, looked healthy, And it seems like,

387
00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,240
Speaker 1: as long as everything continues to progress in the right direction,

388
00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:58,280
Speaker 1: that Spencer Schwellenbach is hoping to throw a live batting

389
00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,640
Speaker 1: practice before the end of the sear just to kind

390
00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,280
Speaker 1: of have something to build off of, clear that mental

391
00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:07,760
Speaker 1: hurdle and ideally go into the off season. One hundred healthy.

392
00:19:08,760 --> 00:19:12,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, so these are the ones where it really does matter,

393
00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,439
Speaker 2: like how far he gets in his rehab before the

394
00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,040
Speaker 2: season ends, because it obviously dictates the off season. If

395
00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,159
Speaker 2: he gets to the point where he's throwing bullpens or

396
00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:24,879
Speaker 2: live VP where he's actually letting it go full tilt

397
00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,920
Speaker 2: from a mound, that's a big deal. That is a

398
00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:29,560
Speaker 2: very even if you never see him in a game,

399
00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,560
Speaker 2: it lets him know exactly where he is going to

400
00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:35,080
Speaker 2: the offseason and what he needs to do, versus just

401
00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,080
Speaker 2: having it be a giant mystery, like I don't like

402
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,600
Speaker 2: I didn't throw a live bullet for the last, you know,

403
00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:42,840
Speaker 2: four months of the three months of the season. I

404
00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,640
Speaker 2: have no idea where my arm's at. If you if

405
00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,560
Speaker 2: you get to the point where you're throwing bullpens before

406
00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:49,720
Speaker 2: the season is at least you know you know where

407
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,600
Speaker 2: you're at when you when the season was over, and

408
00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,280
Speaker 2: therefore what you need to do in the off season.

409
00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:55,280
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's a big deal, even we never see

410
00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,800
Speaker 2: him in games, So those are updates to follow, but

411
00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:01,560
Speaker 2: it's really good news that he's already at this point.

412
00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,119
Speaker 2: Another guy, obviously, the Braves Katy would be so helpful

413
00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,600
Speaker 2: to have Spencer Swallenbach healthy and available in twenty twenty six.

414
00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:11,800
Speaker 2: But you know, with the injury lock to Brais have

415
00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,280
Speaker 2: had the last couple of years, who knows.

416
00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,800
Speaker 1: And I mean it's really easy to dream on this

417
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,119
Speaker 1: rotation in twenty twenty six. Man, Yeah, you get a

418
00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:25,200
Speaker 1: healthy or mostly healthy Chris Sale, Spencer Schwellenbach, Hurst, and

419
00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:29,199
Speaker 1: Waldrip the way he's throwing the ball, Spencer Streider with

420
00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,800
Speaker 1: a normal off season. Let's all cross our fingers and

421
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,199
Speaker 1: hope that he's more like himself. I mean, that's a

422
00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:38,480
Speaker 1: fantastic one through four. We'll see what happens with Ronaldo Lopez,

423
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,320
Speaker 1: Grand Holmes. Braids could always add somebody in the off season.

424
00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,440
Speaker 1: Maybe too somebody's in the off season, which is probably

425
00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:48,160
Speaker 1: prudent given the number of injuries this team has had.

426
00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,680
Speaker 2: But you know what does this you know, what does

427
00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:53,240
Speaker 2: this Joey Wentz thing look like? Yeah?

428
00:20:53,440 --> 00:20:57,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, so there's some there's some reasons for optimism here,

429
00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,760
Speaker 1: even if I guess every team in baseball has some

430
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:04,240
Speaker 1: kind of injury concerned with their rotation at basically every

431
00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:06,280
Speaker 1: single day of the year. And I feel like the

432
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:08,720
Speaker 1: last couple of years, especially the Braves have just gotten

433
00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:13,399
Speaker 1: unusually killed by injuries to their starters. But there's some

434
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,320
Speaker 1: pieces here, Steven, like there's there's a real world where

435
00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 1: you can tell yourself a story without having to connect

436
00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:23,080
Speaker 1: too many dots, that this team could and probably should

437
00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,359
Speaker 1: be right back at the top of the division and

438
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:29,240
Speaker 1: contending for the World Series this time in nine months

439
00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 1: on opening day.

440
00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:32,600
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean they had the best era in

441
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,520
Speaker 2: baseball last year, like with a lot of the same guys.

442
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,320
Speaker 2: And you know, if Hurston Waldrop, if this is like

443
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:41,520
Speaker 2: real for Hirst and Waldrup, if this is even close

444
00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:45,919
Speaker 2: to reel for Joey Wentz, you know, I'm guessing that.

445
00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:50,680
Speaker 2: You know, if you look at the other six guys, Sales, Strider, Swollenback, Lopez, Holmes,

446
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,399
Speaker 2: A J. Smith, Schalver, you look at all those guys,

447
00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,719
Speaker 2: obviously a lot of injury risks. Some of those are

448
00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,800
Speaker 2: not going to go well. It's just the nature of

449
00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 2: how you know you have this many injury concerns. Some

450
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:04,480
Speaker 2: go poorly, some go well, you know those are the numbers.

451
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,040
Speaker 2: What you can't have, is it all go poorly? Like

452
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,720
Speaker 2: you just need some average, like some average injury luck.

453
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:12,560
Speaker 2: Is kind of what the Braves are due for I'm

454
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,359
Speaker 2: not asking for like perfect injury. Look, I'm just looking

455
00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,119
Speaker 2: for like average injury luck because the last two years

456
00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 2: they've just been decimated by injuries. So get a couple

457
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 2: of those guys pitching healthy. You know, if you get

458
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:33,280
Speaker 2: Sale Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrup and something from Ronaldo Low, like,

459
00:22:33,280 --> 00:22:35,480
Speaker 2: even if the other guys aren't there, like, you can

460
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,760
Speaker 2: still build a decent rotation. Maybe add somebody in the

461
00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:39,920
Speaker 2: off season. Yeah, it's got plenty of potential.

462
00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:43,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, it really does. So we'll keep an eye on

463
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:47,000
Speaker 1: Riley and on Schwellenbach these final six weeks see what

464
00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 1: we can hear. Hopefully good news on both ends. As

465
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 1: a gigantic boom of thunder goes off outside, we'll see

466
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: if my house is still standing in five minutes. Steven,

467
00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:58,280
Speaker 1: all right, so we're gonna take another quick break here

468
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,760
Speaker 1: to hear from a word from our partners on the podcast.

469
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:03,679
Speaker 1: But we do have a fun segment where we're going

470
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,880
Speaker 1: to talk a little bit about realignment in Major League Baseball.

471
00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,479
Speaker 1: We're also going to preview the met Series. More on

472
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,000
Speaker 1: that in just a moment.

473
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,439
Speaker 5: FTFAM, when you're playing games, you kind of have some

474
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,280
Speaker 5: stress anxiety teammates need somebody something to help.

475
00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 2: Now, it's at your fingertips with Rula.

476
00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:23,120
Speaker 1: That's right.

477
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,040
Speaker 5: Telehealth has been a huge help for millions of people,

478
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,560
Speaker 5: but it can be time consuming and expensive to find

479
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,680
Speaker 5: the right therapist. Rula is on a mission to make

480
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 5: this process smoother, and make sure you go to ruler

481
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,960
Speaker 5: dot com slash file for more details. They take most

482
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:38,919
Speaker 5: major insurance plans and the average copey is only about

483
00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 5: fifteen dollars per session. Every provider on Rula is carefully

484
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:47,399
Speaker 5: vetted and chosen for their expertise. Thousands have already trusted

485
00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,159
Speaker 5: Rula to support them on their journey toward improved mental

486
00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:53,200
Speaker 5: health and overall well being. Head on over to rula

487
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,639
Speaker 5: dot com slash file to get started today. After you

488
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 5: sign up, they ask you where you heard about them.

489
00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 5: Please say that FT sent you there to support the show,

490
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 5: but also worry about yourself here at Rule of dot

491
00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:08,359
Speaker 5: com rula dot com slash foul and take the first

492
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,640
Speaker 5: step towards better mental health today. You deserve quality care

493
00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 5: from someone who cares all.

494
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 1: Right, Stevens, So this is going to be a little

495
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,760
Speaker 1: bit of a tease of an episode that we are

496
00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:24,000
Speaker 1: going to have on the network on Thursday. So if

497
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,880
Speaker 1: you were not subscribed, if you don't tune in, if

498
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 1: you don't follow us on YouTube, please hit those buttons

499
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,639
Speaker 1: so you can get this in your feed in the

500
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:35,280
Speaker 1: next twenty four hours or so. But all the talk

501
00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:39,760
Speaker 1: this week in Major League Baseball is about realignment and expansion.

502
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,440
Speaker 1: Rob Manfred went on Sunday Night Baseball and talked about

503
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,679
Speaker 1: it and talked pretty openly about a desire to not

504
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,960
Speaker 1: only expand by probably two teams, but also redoce some

505
00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,879
Speaker 1: of the divisions that have really been in place for years,

506
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,160
Speaker 1: now decades at this point, to make them a little

507
00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:01,680
Speaker 1: more geographically convenient, because some some of them are geographically

508
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:04,840
Speaker 1: convenient and some of them are not at all. So

509
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:09,200
Speaker 1: I wanted to get your take. The prevailing idea here,

510
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:12,720
Speaker 1: if folks have not seen, is the Braves would basically

511
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:19,200
Speaker 1: be in a Southeastern Division, probably with the Miami Marlins,

512
00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,240
Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Rays, and then presumably an expansion team,

513
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:28,320
Speaker 1: maybe in Charlotte, maybe in Nashville, those are two popular cities.

514
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,520
Speaker 1: I mean, at first glance, we don't know what the

515
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,120
Speaker 1: schedule would look like, we don't know what the game

516
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:36,280
Speaker 1: breakdown would look like, but if you're telling me there's

517
00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: a world the Braves could be in a division with

518
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 1: the Marlins, the Rays and an expansion team, I mean

519
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: I would take that all day long.

520
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, the expansion is always tied to realignment, right, like

521
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:55,160
Speaker 2: the two always get grouped together because obviously, and Baseball

522
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,560
Speaker 2: has made no secret of the fact that they want

523
00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 2: to get to thirty two teams. They want a more

524
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 2: NFL like model. They've seen you know that that's been

525
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 2: a It's not even been a secret. I think they've

526
00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 2: just openly said it multiple times. And so if you

527
00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,600
Speaker 2: go to thirty two teams and it makes more it

528
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 2: obviously makes a lot more sense to have eight four

529
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 2: team divisions, just like the NFL does. So how you

530
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 2: do that? I mean you can throw a rock in

531
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,439
Speaker 2: the ocean and hit somebody's brand new realignment map, Like

532
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,679
Speaker 2: there's a million of them out there. Everybody's got an

533
00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:30,399
Speaker 2: opinion of this team should be with this team, and

534
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:31,919
Speaker 2: Sean and I will get into that a lot more

535
00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 2: depth on tomorrow's show, but what I will say is this,

536
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 2: it is crazy that the Braves have operated this long

537
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:42,159
Speaker 2: as the only team in the southeastern part of the

538
00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:47,000
Speaker 2: United States. Like there's an entire SEC football footprint that's

539
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:51,639
Speaker 2: like nine states, where like there's one baseball team. It's crazy,

540
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,400
Speaker 2: and I don't know how they've done it. I'm sure

541
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 2: they love it because there it makes their footprint massive.

542
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:03,480
Speaker 2: But you know, and listen, I understand there's there's Florida,

543
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,240
Speaker 2: there's the Miami Marlins in the temporary and there's not

544
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:09,239
Speaker 2: a soul alive that considers South Florida part of the

545
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,400
Speaker 2: part of the Southeast. Like that's that's that's not even

546
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,280
Speaker 2: the same you know, it's not even the same culture,

547
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 2: same region anything. So like a team in Charlotte, a

548
00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,440
Speaker 2: team in Nashville makes all the sense in the world

549
00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 2: there they're any kind of expansion that's done, I'm guessing

550
00:27:25,680 --> 00:27:27,359
Speaker 2: one of them is in the Southeast. It had it

551
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 2: almost has to be, like you don't need another Northeast team.

552
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:33,399
Speaker 2: I'm gott. What I've seen most is one team in

553
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 2: the Southeast and one team in the Northwest. Is kind

554
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:39,199
Speaker 2: of the layout that I've seen, which makes a lot

555
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 2: of sense just on TV markets like Charlotte. There's no

556
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,479
Speaker 2: reason Charlotte shuldn't have a baseball team quite honestly, So

557
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,160
Speaker 2: we'll see what happens. It is a fascinating conversation. People

558
00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:52,160
Speaker 2: get very mad because, like they see these realignment maps

559
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 2: and like, you know, I saw one where the Braves

560
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,679
Speaker 2: were in the American League. I saw one where like

561
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 2: the Reds were in the American League, the Phillies. You know,

562
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 2: some of these teams have been around for like one

563
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,879
Speaker 2: hundred and forty years and in the National League the

564
00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 2: whole time. Like, you know, people get really upset about that. So, yeah,

565
00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,679
Speaker 2: there's some history you have to pay attention to and

566
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,480
Speaker 2: you probably need to respect a little bit. But it's coming.

567
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 2: I mean, they're going to thirty two teams, that's inevitable.

568
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, So again, Steven and Sean are going to do

569
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,360
Speaker 1: a full on show. There's an off day on Thursday,

570
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: makes perfect time to talk about this. We'll see. We

571
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: also have this pending collective bargaining agreement coming up with

572
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: the league and the players Association that seems like it's

573
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,919
Speaker 1: going to get really ugly, just like it was a

574
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 1: few years ago. I mean, it's a hot time in

575
00:28:40,040 --> 00:28:40,960
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball.

576
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I did want to add because this matters.

577
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 2: It came out a couple of days ago, so MLB

578
00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 2: has been negotiating brand new TV rights deals all over

579
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw this, the report out

580
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 2: a couple of days ago, as they're selling MLBtv to ESPN,

581
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,640
Speaker 2: They're getting out of Apple completely, They're going to Peacock

582
00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 2: and NBC for the Friday night stuff. This is all.

583
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 2: This is all, this is none of It's not a

584
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:10,280
Speaker 2: coincidence that all of this is happening at the same

585
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 2: time as TV deals are being negotiated. Like you know,

586
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 2: with expansion probably comes expanded playoffs. Unfortunately I hate expanded playoffs,

587
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 2: but it makes the league a ton of money, and

588
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 2: you can sell your TV rights for a lot more

589
00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 2: money if you have more teams, if you have more

590
00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 2: playoff games. Like, all of this is connected. It's not

591
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,160
Speaker 2: a coincidence that all of this is happening at the

592
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 2: same time. So as you see reports come out of

593
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 2: MLB getting out of this TV and into ESPN, into NBC, Peacock,

594
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,760
Speaker 2: stuff like that, all of this is connected.

595
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 1: It feels like in three years, four years, major League

596
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 1: Baseball as we kind of know it today is going

597
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: to look very very different than I mean, it makes sense,

598
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,760
Speaker 1: and TV deals have changed dramatically over the last decade

599
00:29:56,800 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: with people cutting the cord and streaming, and I mean,

600
00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: there's just so many dollars at play here, and we'll

601
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: see how it all shakes out. So again, we'll have

602
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: that show a little bit later in the week.

603
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 2: And I'll add this, the Braves regional TV deal is

604
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 2: up and the end of next year. I think that

605
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,040
Speaker 2: next year is the last team.

606
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: Finally. Wasn't it like a twenty year deal or something

607
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:18,640
Speaker 1: crazy like that.

608
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 2: And one of the worst deals in sports for what

609
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 2: you know, for the in terms of the Brave side. Now,

610
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,640
Speaker 2: the TV side got an incredible bargain. They did renegotiate

611
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 2: it like five or six years ago to get it

612
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 2: more like middle of the pack. For a long time,

613
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 2: it was arguably the worst TV deal in the sport.

614
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 2: But that finally comes up at the end of next year,

615
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,800
Speaker 2: I think for twenty twenty seven. So not only you know,

616
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 2: on a national level, is MLB going to be changing,

617
00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 2: you know, a lot of TV stuff the Braves on

618
00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 2: a regional level could be you know, they could build

619
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 2: out their own streaming service, which is a lot a

620
00:30:49,520 --> 00:30:51,280
Speaker 2: lot of teams do. They could start their own network.

621
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 2: You know, a lot of markets the size of the Braves, Dodgers, Yankees,

622
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 2: Mets Cubs like they they don't sell their rights to

623
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 2: a regional network. They have their own network. So we'll see.

624
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 2: There's a lot of ways the bridge could go.

625
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, the media stuff is going to be fascinating over

626
00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,440
Speaker 1: the next couple of years because there's not fewer people watching.

627
00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: They're just watching in a million different ways compared to

628
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 1: twenty years ago, where you'd flip on your TV and

629
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 1: the game would be on the same channel every night,

630
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 1: and that was kind of like the one and only

631
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: way to watch. And I guess, of course you have

632
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: the radio. So we will see, all right, Stephen, One

633
00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:30,880
Speaker 1: last thing before we get out of here. The New

634
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: York Mets are coming to Atlanta for the final time

635
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 1: this year on Friday. The Braves, of course, took two

636
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:40,480
Speaker 1: out of three from New York last week and are

637
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 1: seven and three against New York this year, so it's

638
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: a chance to twist the knife a little bit deeper

639
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: into the New York Mets, who have been really going

640
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 1: through it. They lost again on Wednesday. You know, let's

641
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: make life a little more difficult for these guys who

642
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: are just hanging on for dear life. In the wild

643
00:31:59,440 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 1: card race.

644
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I've been keeping up with it just because it's

645
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 2: one of the only interesting races out there. But the

646
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 2: National League wild card race kind of the you know,

647
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: really the third team is kind of the big race

648
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 2: right now. The Cubs and the Padres are pretty locked

649
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,000
Speaker 2: into those first two spots at the moment. But like

650
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 2: the Mets lost tonight, which means they're only half a

651
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 2: game up on the Reds, and the Reds haven't played

652
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 2: yet today and they're playing on the West Coast. So

653
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:30,920
Speaker 2: if the race, if the Reds win tonight, the Mets

654
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,200
Speaker 2: and the Reds are tied for that last wild card spot.

655
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 2: So yeah, go red I'm about to become a big

656
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,719
Speaker 2: Reds fan. But yeah, the Mets. Obviously the Mets come

657
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 2: to town. I think the I think it's Joey Wentz, uh.

658
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,760
Speaker 1: It'll be Joey Wentz, Eric Fetti and then Spencer Schreider

659
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: this weekend for the breaks.

660
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 2: So you know it's gonna be another Strider start against

661
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,680
Speaker 2: the Mets. Those have not typically gone very well, so

662
00:32:58,760 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 2: that's another data point to watch with Spencer. But we

663
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 2: can see Joey Winz again on Friday night. Every start

664
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,000
Speaker 2: he had he makes, you know, matters for the Braves

665
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 2: just in terms of twenty twenty six. But yeah, let's

666
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 2: go ruin the Mets season. Like I know, playing spoilers

667
00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:14,520
Speaker 2: not nearly as fun as being in the playoffs yourself,

668
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 2: but it's better than just rolling over and playing dead

669
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 2: for these teams. Go play spoiler, you know, go take

670
00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 2: two out of three like you did in New York

671
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 2: the Braves. The Tru's Park has been a house of

672
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: horrors for the Mets if you go back and look,

673
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 2: since that place open, the Mets cannot win there. So yeah,

674
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 2: go beat the crap out of the Mets. Let's let's

675
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 2: let's at least make it fun.

676
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 1: I believe I saw this stat about a week ago

677
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 1: when they won that series in New York. But I

678
00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: believe now the Braves have beaten the Mets in the

679
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 1: season series eight consecutive years, going back to when the

680
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,960
Speaker 1: Braves were terrible, even before the division run. They have

681
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,920
Speaker 1: just flat out owned the Mets. And I mean, you

682
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: want to talk about some of the most fun moments

683
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: of this entire run the Braves had, remember taken they

684
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,959
Speaker 1: swept them in two in order to win the division.

685
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,360
Speaker 1: Do I remember that right, Yeah, they beat de Gram, Scherzer,

686
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: and Bassett, who were their three best pitchers that you remember.

687
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 1: Dansby hit a homer in every game, Matt Olson hit

688
00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: a homer in every game. They were all prime time

689
00:34:14,520 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 1: I think if memory, like, one was on TBS, one

690
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,480
Speaker 1: was on ESPN, one was on Big Fox.

691
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,800
Speaker 2: And that too. That was the second to last series

692
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,880
Speaker 2: of the year, and that was effectively to win the division.

693
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 2: Now it didn't. Actually they had to win one more

694
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 2: against the Marlins in the next series, which they did.

695
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean so many awesome Like there was

696
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 2: a game last year or Pete Alonzo hit a home

697
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 2: run and started talking shit to Bryce Elder and the

698
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,719
Speaker 2: Braves came back and just beat the breaks off of

699
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 2: them the rest of the year. I don't know if

700
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 2: those last year, that might have been two years ago,

701
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 2: but it was just it's fun to beat the Mets.

702
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:51,359
Speaker 2: I can't stand the Mets. I hate the Mets. Go

703
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 2: beat the Mets.

704
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: Yes, go beat the Mets. Indeed, they're the marching orders

705
00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: for the weekend. Uh Steven, We're gonna get out of here.

706
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,200
Speaker 1: Any final thoughts the Braves, another series win, another fantastic

707
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 1: outing from Hurston, Waldrip. You know, good vibes right now

708
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:09,320
Speaker 1: around this team, even in a season that's been really challenging.

709
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I am having fun, Like I don't want

710
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:14,840
Speaker 2: to lose. I don't want to just lose games. I

711
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,320
Speaker 2: don't want to just I don't want to lose a

712
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 2: hundred games. You know, go spoil, go spoil good teams.

713
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 2: You know, going to Cleveland and sweeping that series was fun.

714
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 2: Beating the Mets is fun. Like, I want to beat

715
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 2: the Mets again. I know the Braids aren't going anywhere,

716
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 2: but you know, they'll have a good draft no matter

717
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 2: where they draft. You know, let's get some vibes. Hurst

718
00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:37,200
Speaker 2: of Waldrop, the Hurst of Waldrip story is just insane. Yeah,

719
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 2: I mean, that's gonna be something to watch the rest

720
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 2: of the year. Joey Wentz of course, pitches on Friday.

721
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,360
Speaker 2: Spencer Strider, what happens with him. There's still plenty to

722
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 2: look at and talk about.

723
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 1: There really is. And again, as always, thank you to

724
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,879
Speaker 1: everybody for tuning in. We've had some good moments this year,

725
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 1: we've had god knows, we've had some bad moments, but

726
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 1: we really do appreciate the continued support for the show

727
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna make one little plea here in the

728
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: final seconds of the show. If you are an audio listener,

729
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 1: if you would do us a gigantic favor, go to

730
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 1: our Hammer Territory YouTube channel and subscribe. We're trying to

731
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,400
Speaker 1: get to a big round number, which would be great.

732
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:15,799
Speaker 1: Of course, if you're a longtime listener, you know, we

733
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 1: never even touched video until about nine months ago, so

734
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 1: we have navigated that over the last year. And if

735
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: you're watching us on YouTube, one, thank you. And two,

736
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: if you don't already, please subscribe that way you'll know

737
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 1: whenever Steven and Seawan do this realignment episode on Thursday,

738
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: and of course then we're also going to do our

739
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 1: usual spot on Sunday night recapping the met series. It'll

740
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,480
Speaker 1: be in your feeds and easy to take in audio

741
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 1: video however you get your shows.

742
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we appreciate it. Just incredible support that we've gotten.

743
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 2: And yeah, the YouTube thing is new for us. We're

744
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 2: still working through it, but you know, you guys have

745
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,000
Speaker 2: found us pretty well over there. We're just trying to

746
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 2: grow it. You know, it just helps everybody to grow it.

747
00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 2: So yeah, if you're an audio even if you don't

748
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,800
Speaker 2: really watch it on YouTube just you know, go clip

749
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 2: that subscribe button. It just helps it helps us grow

750
00:37:01,400 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 2: the channel, get it, get it out there a little

751
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 2: bit more.

752
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: It really does hit the little thumbs up icon again.

753
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: Takes five seconds out of your day. We really do

754
00:37:09,719 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: appreciate it. All right, Steven, we're gonna get out of here.

755
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,280
Speaker 1: A nice series for the Braves. Hopefully they can continue

756
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: their winning ways against the Mets this weekend. He is

757
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: Stephen Tolbert at b Underscore Outliers on Twitter. I'm Scott

758
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 1: Coleman at Scott Coleman fifty five. We'll be back with

759
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: a couple more shows this week and we will see

760
00:37:27,680 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 1: everybody next time. They are diffrents