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Speaker 2: We will see you to Tom's the Gunner.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to hang out.

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Speaker 3: Wednesday, August twenty fourth. Welcome to the Just Baseball Show.

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Speaker 3: It is the mail bag. That's arm Lighton. I'm Peter Apple.

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Speaker 3: We're back to answer all of your questions that you

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Speaker 3: left on Twitter at just bb Media and on Instagram

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Speaker 3: at Just Baseball Show. But first, arm lighton Peter Apple,

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Speaker 3: which is me and Jack McMullen, Kobe Olsen, the whole

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Speaker 3: gang here Just Baseball. We have put in a offer

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Speaker 3: to buy the Los Angeles Angels. We don't have a

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Speaker 3: lot of money, but we feel that we can run

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Speaker 3: the organization arms holding up a two dollars bill.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just found this.

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Speaker 3: Let's kind of break into a little bit of the

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Speaker 3: fallout because Jeff Passon kind of laid it all out

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Speaker 3: for us. People like that know a little bit more

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Speaker 3: about the selling of a team. But the big headline

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Speaker 3: Arty Moreno said they're going through the process of possibly

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Speaker 3: selling the Angels. I could go through the fall out.

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Speaker 3: I have the tweet right here that I could throw

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Speaker 3: it over to your reaction unless you kind of want

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Speaker 3: to go through the fallout choices yours my friend.

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Speaker 2: Well, I love that Passing kind of detailed it because

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Speaker 2: you don't really know what goes on, you know, behind

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Speaker 2: closed doors, and you know sometimes owners are very hands off,

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Speaker 2: right and with I can speak to Jeffrey Laio with

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Speaker 2: the Marlins, very hands on, and they you know, they

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Speaker 2: did win the World Series, but they also had a

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Speaker 2: lot of issues. And you look at the Angels and

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Speaker 2: this is a franchise that perpetually underachieved. We vocalize how

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Speaker 2: frustrating they are all the time. Jeff Passon has three

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Speaker 2: fallouts here. One is it opens the door to a show,

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Speaker 2: Heyotani trade or record setting extension. We knew that. Another is,

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Speaker 2: with enormous revenues, Angels still have never had a payroll

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Speaker 2: over one hundred and eighty three million. That'll change, That's

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Speaker 2: what passage. So that's also good. And then three, which

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Speaker 2: I think is the most important thing, is MLB's most

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Speaker 2: hands on owner is gone. I don't know if you

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Speaker 2: and I really knew that, right. I don't know how

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Speaker 2: many people really knew that. I've been told by people

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Speaker 2: in the game that he's he's controlling. But what owner

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Speaker 2: isn't to say MLB's most hands on owner is gone.

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Speaker 2: Maybe that was a big reason why the Angel stunk

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Speaker 2: over the last decade. This might have been the one

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Speaker 2: thing that really needed to happen for the Angels to succeed.

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Speaker 3: I mean, think about it for a second. You know

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Speaker 3: the Angels, what has been their downfall over the past

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Speaker 3: the most money for stars where you think to yourself, wait,

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Speaker 3: why why did they sign Pooholes to this enormous deal?

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Speaker 3: And of course now he's gunning for seven hundred and

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Speaker 3: that's part of the mailbag question, the Josh Hamilton deal,

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Speaker 3: Anthony Rendone deal. There's a lot of deals also sprinkled

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Speaker 3: in there that we haven't even mentioned that have came

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Speaker 3: back to bite them in the butt? Was that all

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Speaker 3: Artie Mourinho? When you look at Passon's tweet about him

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Speaker 3: being the most hands on owner, I bet you've had

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Speaker 3: one of the biggest revenue drivers of any Major League

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Speaker 3: Baseball team. Imagine you get an owner in there, like

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Speaker 2: The juxtaposition as well, right of these massive deals but

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Speaker 3: with all the high about Poohles potentially hitting seven hundred

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Speaker 3: Asked by Dylan zero nine one seven on Twitter Just

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Speaker 3: for Starters. Albert Pools is shocking the baseball world. He

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Speaker 3: at six hundred and ninety three home runs. He's about

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Speaker 1: give me Elie de la Cruz in great American ballpark, right,

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Speaker 3: of us would say that you're wrong. It's just what

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Speaker 3: do you prefer? Would you prefer to build around the

431
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Speaker 3: pitcher or would you prefer to build around the defensive minded,

432
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Speaker 3: younger center fielder. But Schreider's been better, so you could

433
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Speaker 3: go either way. All right, Let's move on to question

434
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Speaker 3: number four. These are all such good ones, and this

435
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Speaker 3: one is a hammer, and you and I are going

436
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Speaker 3: to have a back and forth certainly about this one

437
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Speaker 3: of all the rookies this year, who would you start

438
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Speaker 3: your franchise around? Asked by Klein Schroeder on Twitter. I apologize,

439
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Speaker 3: apologize if I didn't get that name correctly. It's spelled

440
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Speaker 3: k L E I n E. Schroeder on Twitter. You

441
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Speaker 3: got some options here, Yeah, you got Schreider, Yeah, Michael Harris,

442
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Speaker 3: you got Jay Rod, you got Adlie Rutchman, got Bobby

443
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Speaker 3: Wood Junior. And there's a bunch that I haven't named.

444
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Speaker 3: Who are you building around?

445
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Speaker 2: Arm lighton I'm sticking with the impossible position to find,

446
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Speaker 2: and I'm sticking with the catcher here at this time,

447
00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,200
Speaker 2: and it's Addlie Rutchman and man. To me, it's between

448
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Speaker 2: Julio Rodriguez and Adlie Rutchman. And I look at a

449
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:40,119
Speaker 2: switch hitting catcher with elite defensive ability, who hits for power,

450
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Speaker 2: who gets on base, who doesn't strike out, who also pictures,

451
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Speaker 2: love to work with, commands a staff like Addlie Rutchman

452
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Speaker 2: just has the face of the franchise face too, Like

453
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Speaker 2: everything about him is just franchise cornerstone. I'll build around

454
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Speaker 2: the switch hitting gold glove catcher and figure the rest

455
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Speaker 2: out later.

456
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Speaker 3: Do you think it's fair to contextualize this a little

457
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Speaker 3: bit and say, who would you rather build around at

458
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Speaker 3: a young age, Ronald Acunu Junior or Buster Posey. Do

459
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Speaker 3: you think that's fair or do you think Adley could

460
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Speaker 3: be better than a guy like Posey? And do you

461
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Speaker 3: think giving Ronald Kunu Junior the Julio Rodriguez comp is fair?

462
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Speaker 2: I think you're there's a scenario where both could be better.

463
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Speaker 2: You know, these are guys that were, you know, some

464
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Speaker 2: of the most exciting prospects in baseball that they're ceiling

465
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Speaker 2: is m VPS, right, And but I think if I'm

466
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Speaker 2: building around those two comps, like but Buster Posey, you

467
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Speaker 2: look at look at the Giants this year. I think

468
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Speaker 2: there's a lot of other factors, but I think Buster

469
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Speaker 2: Posey's number one. Uh and look at what he did

470
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Speaker 2: for them when he won the MVP, just helping them

471
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Speaker 2: continuously win World Series after World Series and a dynasty.

472
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Speaker 2: I think when you have the catching position taken care of,

473
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Speaker 2: and you have that guy that just commands to staff

474
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Speaker 2: and produces offense the way he does and defense, I

475
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Speaker 2: just he's already gonna He's already a three point six

476
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Speaker 2: four a guy in seventy three games. Adlie Richman is.

477
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Speaker 2: I think that's just a kind of game changer that

478
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Speaker 2: you just don't find very often. I can't even think

479
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Speaker 2: of the last time. Really might have been Buster Posey,

480
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Speaker 2: the last time we really had a catcher come up

481
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Speaker 2: with this kind of impact, like Adlie or Joe Mauer.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Jack and I were kind of talking about him too.

483
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Speaker 3: There's no wrong answer here. I agree it should be

484
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Speaker 3: between Hula Rodriguez and it should be between Adli Rutchman.

485
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Speaker 3: I'll make the case for Julio Rodriguez, but honestly, I'm

486
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Speaker 3: pretty in between because to your point, everything you said

487
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Speaker 3: is right. You probably have to build around that catcher.

488
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Speaker 3: But I'm gonna play a little bit of Devil's advocate

489
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Speaker 3: because Adley is twenty four years old and Jay Rod's

490
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Speaker 3: a freakazoid. Jay Rod is fifth and outs above average

491
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Speaker 3: in center field. He's not a right fielder like maybe

492
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Speaker 3: an Aaron Judge. He's in the ninety first percent announce

493
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Speaker 3: average in center field through four hundred and nine at bats.

494
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Speaker 3: He's got nineteen home runs in twenty three stolen bases,

495
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Speaker 3: Ronalkunu junior in twenty nineteen had forty one and thirty seven.

496
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Speaker 3: I could see that being a year in, year out

497
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Speaker 3: thing from the six three, two thirty outfielder, Like if

498
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Speaker 3: he's an MVP candidate. I don't know if Adley will

499
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Speaker 3: ever win an MVP, but I could see two or

500
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Speaker 3: three with Jay Rod. But it's like I think that

501
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Speaker 3: Juli Rodriguez will put up crazier numbers than ADLEI ever will.

502
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Speaker 3: But when you're talking about position and just impact, impact

503
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Speaker 3: on the rotation on top of it, that's why it's

504
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Speaker 3: so close, because we're gonna have years where we look

505
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Speaker 3: at Jay Ron and be like, that's the MVP, because yeah,

506
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Speaker 3: three hundred with forty home runs, stole thirty five bags

507
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Speaker 3: and played great defense and is a possible goal Glove winner.

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Speaker 2: Now, if you ask me if if I had to

509
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Speaker 2: one to potentially be a Hall of Famer, I probably

510
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Speaker 2: would pick Kolio. I think I would. But at the

511
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Speaker 2: same with that same notion, I know it sounds almost counterintuitive.

512
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Speaker 2: I'm just taking a lot. I'm putting a lot of

513
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Speaker 2: faith in the elite defensive switch hitting catcher that just

514
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Speaker 2: does it all to be able to kind of just

515
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Speaker 2: help my team get to the next level and help

516
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Speaker 2: my team just in almost every way possible. So Julio,

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Speaker 2: I think has the upside where you might be like,

518
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Speaker 2: oo if I just passed on one of the best

519
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Speaker 2: players of the modern era. But I'll play it safe

520
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Speaker 2: with the switch hitting catcher that does everything.

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Speaker 3: I think you're right on there. The reason I'm going

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Speaker 3: to pick Julio two is length the peak or just

523
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Speaker 3: length of career most likely, like you look at a

524
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Speaker 3: Joe Mauer or you look at Buster Posey, because those

525
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Speaker 3: are kind of the guys that we are comparing to

526
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Speaker 3: a guy like Adley Rutchman, who's just so far ahead

527
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Speaker 3: of what seems like every catcher at least at this point,

528
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Speaker 3: Like he's twenty four years old and this is his

529
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Speaker 3: rookie season. Do we see him playing till thirty four?

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Speaker 3: Hopefully that's ten years. J rod at thirty one years

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Speaker 3: old in ten years is still gonna be absolutely electric,

532
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Speaker 3: and then we have four, maybe five more of great

533
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Speaker 3: years Fromili Rodriguez, and then we have even more after that.

534
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Speaker 3: That's why I will take the twenty one year old outfielder.

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Speaker 3: If he wasn't running like this and wasn't defending like

536
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Speaker 3: this and was just, oh my gosh, he's this amazing hitter.

537
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Speaker 3: I would go Adly, but what he's added now to

538
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Speaker 3: his game that he is now a true five tool player.

539
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Speaker 3: I do think he's ron Acunyu junior. But in centerfield

540
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Speaker 3: is one of the best enter Like, that's that's my

541
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Speaker 3: trout levels. I mean, that's that's best player in baseball

542
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,040
Speaker 3: future kind of value. But to your point, like shit,

543
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 3: like the Adly catcher switch hitting, I know what I'm

544
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:53,080
Speaker 3: gonna get. The swing is so pure, what he can

545
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Speaker 3: do for the starting rotation. It's such a good question.

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Speaker 2: It's such I think the last thing I'll say on

547
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Speaker 2: it is, I mean I still think Jays. I mean,

548
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 2: it tells the best catcher in baseball, But like there's

549
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 2: a legitimate chance that Adlie Ruschman is the best catcher

550
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:10,120
Speaker 2: in baseball by you know, next season, which is which

551
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,399
Speaker 2: is insane, and that shows you how tough the position is.

552
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Speaker 3: I think you're totally spun on. There is there anyone

553
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 3: else that you considered for this, Like, is is Michael

554
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,800
Speaker 3: Harris in this conversation? Is Strider in this conversation? Is

555
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 3: Bobby Wood Junior? In this conversation. I don't.

556
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Speaker 2: I think jay Ron and Adlie their own I think

557
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Speaker 2: they're in their own vote, I really do. I think

558
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Speaker 2: they're kind of in this own, their own level, their

559
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 2: own and you'll see it in the Rookie of the

560
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:36,840
Speaker 2: Year voting, I promise. Like, I think they're just in

561
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 2: their own echelon and both this year and beyond.

562
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Speaker 3: I think Strider is approaching that conversation though, And we

563
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 3: can't forget about Bobby Wood because the freakish talent is

564
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 3: still there, and he's also twenty two years old, like

565
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 3: he could then figure out the defense stuff. And then

566
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Speaker 3: we're like, wait, we just passed on Trade Turner esque. Yeah,

567
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,240
Speaker 3: you know, also the shortstop, like we just passed on

568
00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,400
Speaker 3: that too. So I think all of those guys could

569
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 3: be in the conversation. But agreed, it's between Julio and

570
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 3: Adley and to the conversation about Schreider versus Harris. It's

571
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Speaker 3: just what you prefer, and so there's no wrong answers.

572
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 3: There number five plenty of questions we had about two

573
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Speaker 3: prospects in particular, so I combine them into one. I

574
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 3: don't have all of your twitters and igs, but you

575
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 3: can check the comments under there. These two guys everyone

576
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 3: wants to know about them, Jordan Walker Andrew Paynter. Jordan Walker,

577
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Speaker 3: We're gonna talk about him later. Can kind of fill

578
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Speaker 3: in wherever you want, maybe a corner infield, maybe a

579
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Speaker 3: corner outfield for the Cardinals. And then we have Andrew Paynter,

580
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,360
Speaker 3: who's a very exciting young pitcher for the Phillies. The

581
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Speaker 3: ceiling and floor for Andrew Paynter. And then is Jordan

582
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Speaker 3: Walker a starter next year for the Cardinals? Gonna throw

583
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Speaker 3: that over to you, my friend.

584
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Speaker 2: Yeah, So, I mean, I'm glad we got these questions

585
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,760
Speaker 2: because these are two guys where if you want to

586
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 2: hear more about it. Totally just broke him down for

587
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 2: like twenty minutes on the last episode of the Call Up.

588
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 2: Because Andrew Panner, I'll start with him. People are gonna

589
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 2: be very surprised at how high we have him ranked

590
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 2: in the top one hundred update. This guy is entering

591
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Speaker 2: kind of the top three or four pitching prospects in

592
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 2: Baseball Conversation just got bumped up to double. He throws

593
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 2: upper nineties with ease, tops out at one oh one.

594
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 2: He's nineteen years old, He's six foot seven, He has

595
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Speaker 2: a wipeout slider and he throws strikes. That's the craziest

596
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:34,480
Speaker 2: part is like he's legitimately way ahead. Like Uri Perez,

597
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 2: how everybody marveled at how tall, young and polished he was.

598
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 2: Painter's not that far behind. And I'm really excited about

599
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 2: this guy. I think he's one of the five best

600
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Speaker 2: pitching prospects in baseball, maybe three or four. And the

601
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 2: Phillies are building something great there because Mick abel is

602
00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 2: no slouch either, But Andrew Paynter extremely special. Could even

603
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,280
Speaker 2: break into the big leagues by the end of next

604
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Speaker 2: year with how much he's been fast tracked and just

605
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,239
Speaker 2: how dominant he's been and how good the command has been.

606
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 2: Is he a high floor guy or is I would

607
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 2: have said no before this year. I would have said

608
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 2: absolutely not before this year, And now, yeah, he doesn't

609
00:31:11,360 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 2: want anybody. He has two pitches that like, at the

610
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 2: very least, he could dominate with those two pitches, and

611
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 2: I think either be an average starter or just a

612
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 2: lights out bullpen arm. But now that he's really started

613
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 2: to mix in a third curve ball and you know,

614
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,760
Speaker 2: even just commanding east west. Yeah, I have a lot

615
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 2: of confidence in this guy.

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Speaker 3: Figuring it out and he has a subside You say, yeah, oh, no,

617
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 3: doubt is he does he remind you of any picture

618
00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 3: currently in the Biggs.

619
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Speaker 2: Honestly, No, Like six foot seven, power pitcher who commands

620
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 2: the strike zone, Sandy, Sandy, but like it's a high

621
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Speaker 2: spin fastball and a wipeout slider and it's a ton

622
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 2: of striker striking on forty percent of batteries this year.

623
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Speaker 2: So I don't know if I can really but more

624
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 2: strike than this big Yeah, and it's more strikes. It's tough.

625
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Speaker 2: I don't really know if there is a comp for him,

626
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 2: which is kind of just a testament to how disgusting

627
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:06,160
Speaker 2: he can be.

628
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 3: Wow, let's talk Jordan Walker for a second. First, we're

629
00:32:09,600 --> 00:32:12,200
Speaker 3: going to talk about Jordan Walker in terms of can

630
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 3: he be a starter next year for the Cardinals. Let's

631
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 3: talk about his kind of positional stuff that's been happening,

632
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 3: because I think a lot of people just see him

633
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 3: as like a third base prospect, But I don't know

634
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 3: if the Cardinals see him as a third base prospect

635
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 3: now that Nolan Aernato is just I mean, what are

636
00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 3: you going to move him off third base? Yeah? Yeah,

637
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 3: so is he going to be a starter next year

638
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 3: for the Cardinals? And then let's kind of get into

639
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 3: who he is as a prospect, because I don't know

640
00:32:35,560 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 3: if we've truly broken him down on the show. And

641
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 3: he I mean the more you know, you know me,

642
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 3: I love all the prospects stuff, but I am just

643
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 3: infatuated with the tippity top. So I take deep dives

644
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,200
Speaker 3: into the best prospects and I try and choose who

645
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:53,760
Speaker 3: my favorites were. That like I chose Jay Rod at

646
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 3: the beginning, and like, like, Jordan Walker is becoming one

647
00:32:56,920 --> 00:32:58,760
Speaker 3: of my favorites. I mean, you're coming out with the

648
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:02,720
Speaker 3: top one hundred update, which fucking wait for, And I'm like, dude,

649
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 3: Jordan Walker, you could put him one. I mean, I

650
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 3: just I'm obsessed with him. He gives off Judge vibes,

651
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 3: like Aaron Judge of the Yankees type vibes. The swing

652
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 3: is short but so powerful. Who is Jordan Walker? What

653
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 3: should Cardinals fans expect from this monster?

654
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 2: Well, you know, Jordan Walker is basically in that same

655
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 2: department of like how does he make this all work?

656
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 2: Six foot five, two hundred and thirty pounds, but moves

657
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 2: well like he's stealing bags even like that you talk

658
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 2: about Judge, it's it's kind of similar to that his swing.

659
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 2: You talk about how for a guy of his size,

660
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 2: there was huge swing and misconcerns when he was drafted

661
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 2: out of high school, and really that hasn't been a

662
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 2: problem whatsoever. He doesn't strike out that much. He's a

663
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,160
Speaker 2: little aggressive, but it doesn't matter because he hits everything.

664
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 2: The power is off the charts, and we're starting to

665
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 2: really see him tap into it now and start to

666
00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 2: lift more and generate more homers, and he just keeps

667
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 2: getting better. Peter, that's the craziest thing. And over his

668
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 2: last twenty game in double a three forty seven four

669
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 2: fourteen seven oh seven slash line with an eighteen percent

670
00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 2: strikeout rate. And to answer your question, like, why are

671
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,279
Speaker 2: we seeing him in the outfield now, it's because of

672
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 2: the fact that he could debut next year. It's because

673
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,440
Speaker 2: of the fact that he is beating the timelines. The

674
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,600
Speaker 2: Cardinals are realizing, wait a second, he's gonna get here

675
00:34:22,640 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 2: too soon. Aeronato's not going anywhere. Goldie's not going anywhere

676
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,319
Speaker 2: like he could have been the heir to Goldie. He's

677
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 2: getting there too quick. Now too, they're giving him reps

678
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,480
Speaker 2: in the corner outfield. It's a little rough rocky right now.

679
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 2: He's never done it before. He's an athlete with an

680
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 2: elite arm. I think he'll be fine. Like that's how

681
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:40,920
Speaker 2: good he's been. They're already moving him to the outfield

682
00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 2: and saying we've got to find a way to put

683
00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 2: him in the outfield and get him in the big

684
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 2: leagues next year. I'm expecting him to debut next year.

685
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 3: But to your point, I saw him in center. Yeah,

686
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,880
Speaker 3: like in centerfield. That's the type of athlete he is,

687
00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 3: So I have no real concerns about him moving to

688
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 3: left field or right. Figure out if you expect Dlan

689
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 3: Carlson to place him center, expect Tyler O'Neill to play

690
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 3: in right field, So then you or even leftfield, I mean,

691
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 3: it doesn't matter. You can put Jordan Walker and right,

692
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 3: you put Tyler nion left. You could do whatever you

693
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 3: want because you're the Saint Louis Cardinals and you have

694
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,959
Speaker 3: this embarrassment of riches. And that's how good Jordan Walker

695
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 3: could because the bat's going to play wherever you put him.

696
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,759
Speaker 3: If you want to put him in center, like they've

697
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 3: tried doing it to your point, you were setting videos

698
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:20,919
Speaker 3: in the group check. Seems a little rocky.

699
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, But how old is he? He's twenty. He turned

700
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 2: twenty three months ago.

701
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 3: That's what I'm talking about, dude. When we talk about

702
00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:31,279
Speaker 3: Francisco Alvarez, when we talk about these guys, I'm like,

703
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 3: is Jordan Walker not the same? Like I buy into

704
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:39,200
Speaker 3: bats and it's hard to find a better bat in

705
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:39,960
Speaker 3: the minor leagues.

706
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 2: And Joran Walker one hundred percent, And I'll tell you,

707
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,839
Speaker 2: I mean, he's one of the considerations as we're looking

708
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,359
Speaker 2: at some of the top three prospects in baseball when

709
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,440
Speaker 2: we when we do this update. And the fact that

710
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 2: he's seventeen for twenty two on bags this year in

711
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:57,320
Speaker 2: Double A is also comical. His exit blows are outrageous.

712
00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 2: Like the power numbers are going to continue to tick up.

713
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:01,879
Speaker 2: We've seen now eight homers over his last twenty games.

714
00:36:03,040 --> 00:36:05,040
Speaker 2: He threw ninety five on the mound in high school,

715
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 2: which I don't think a lot of people know. So

716
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 2: Like he will have a rocket for an arm and

717
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,439
Speaker 2: right and he can move well enough. He'll get better

718
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 2: with the Reds. He's a hard worker, earns really high

719
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 2: marks for the makeup. The Cardinals are going to be

720
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 2: ready to put him out there. We saw what they

721
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 2: did with Gorman. They're gonna do the same thing with him.

722
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 2: By next year.

723
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 3: If Nick Castianos is still getting reps in right field,

724
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 3: Torn Walker can play right field.

725
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, he'll be fine.

726
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 3: And that breaks into our next question. This one is

727
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 3: such another good one. Who will have the best outfield

728
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:40,080
Speaker 3: trio in three years? Asked by Sea Woodward two point

729
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 3: fifty on Twitter. Let's talk about those Saint Louis Cardinals

730
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,320
Speaker 3: because when we look at an outfield trio in three years,

731
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 3: it's easy to say the Yankees. But how good will

732
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 3: Judge be at thirty three? If he's even still on

733
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 3: the Yankees. You look at a guy like Stanton, maybe

734
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 3: you could say those prospects and Jason Diminguez ever since Prayer.

735
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 3: I'm not gonna put the Yankees in this type of conversation.

736
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 3: You could say the Dodgers. You know they have Andy Pajes,

737
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,279
Speaker 3: and of course you're still gonna have Mookie Betts, but

738
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,839
Speaker 3: will Cody Bellinger be there? I don't even know if

739
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 3: we can say the Dodgers, but we brought up when

740
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 3: we were talking pre record about the two teams that

741
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 3: we feel should be number one and number two, and

742
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 3: we want to kind of have a debate about it.

743
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:22,840
Speaker 3: You start with one and then all out on to

744
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:24,160
Speaker 3: the other. Yeah.

745
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,960
Speaker 2: So, I mean, obviously, the Atlanta Braves are in a

746
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,399
Speaker 2: pretty good spot right now with two of their three

747
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 2: spots satisfied. You have Michael Harris, who is one of

748
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 2: the best defensive center fielders as we just talked about,

749
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,839
Speaker 2: and also really hitting well. You have Ronald Acunya, who

750
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 2: is still working back. I think he's going to be

751
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 2: just fine and is a superstar when he is fully

752
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 2: right and is starting to kind of get going again.

753
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:48,319
Speaker 2: And then we don't know what the third spot's going

754
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,280
Speaker 2: to be. And that's the one thing with the Braves,

755
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,319
Speaker 2: and we don't want to like speculate, Oh, they could

756
00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 2: sign somebody whatever. Those two guys alone, I think could

757
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 2: easily be one of the best outfield duos in baseball.

758
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:02,160
Speaker 2: But I were two moves here. This one's a little

759
00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:04,879
Speaker 2: bit more speculatory than the next one. But I look

760
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:07,319
Speaker 2: at Von Grissom and I think he can move to left.

761
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 2: He's not really athletic enough for shortstop. I don't think

762
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,400
Speaker 2: he's going to be like the air apparent to Dansby. Obviously,

763
00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 2: Ozzie Alby's is locked up at second base. Grisom's a

764
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 2: good enough athlete. I expect him to potentially move to

765
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,240
Speaker 2: the outfield. And if you have an outfield of von Grissom,

766
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 2: Michael Harris and Ronald A. Cooney junior, that could easily

767
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 2: be the best outfield in three years in all of baseball.

768
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 3: But I do think that the best outfield in three

769
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,440
Speaker 3: years will be those Saint Louis Cardinals, when you have

770
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,840
Speaker 3: Dylan Carlson in center, and then on the corners you

771
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 3: have Tyler O'Neill and then the reckoning of Jordan Walker. Yeah,

772
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,400
Speaker 3: if they have those three, they're all young, they all

773
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 3: hit the crop out of the ball, and they all

774
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:49,399
Speaker 3: can play the defense. At least Tyler O'Neill and Dylan

775
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 3: Carlson can. We'll see how Jordan Walker does, but I

776
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 3: have no reason to believe that he couldn't play at

777
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 3: least an average corner and the bat is surely going

778
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 3: to make up for it. Those are the two outfits

779
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 3: when we kind of unpack them, where do you lean?

780
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 2: My only concern is how good is Tyler O'Neal going

781
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 2: to be What is Tyler O'Neill. He was so so

782
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 2: good last year and has battled injuries this year and

783
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 2: just hasn't totally been right. So I don't want to,

784
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 2: you know, draw any major conclusions, but he hasn't been

785
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 2: great this year. And then Dylan Carlson, I love him.

786
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 2: I think he's really good. Is he going to make

787
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:30,200
Speaker 2: that leap or is he going to always kind of

788
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 2: be that slightly above average outfielder. I think Walker is

789
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:35,920
Speaker 2: gonna mash and be great there. And then they even

790
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 2: have Alec Burlson as an insurance policy, which is great,

791
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 2: and maybe even a Hajuan Yepez like. They have so

792
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,560
Speaker 2: many backup plans that I think there's a lot of

793
00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 2: other guys that could fill in if somebody else struggles.

794
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 2: If Tyler O'Neal is playing even somewhat close to twenty

795
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,760
Speaker 2: twenty one, Taler O'Neal, I think it's a no brainer,

796
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 2: But I am concerned about what whether O'Neil can one

797
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 2: stay healthy and to produce anything close to last year.

798
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,920
Speaker 2: And that's what kind of pushes me towards the safety

799
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 2: of the Braves because I know Michael Harris. We talked

800
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:05,360
Speaker 2: about it. We both know Michael Harris is gonna be

801
00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 2: good for a long time and could be a superstar

802
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,200
Speaker 2: in three years. Ronald Acuney already is a superstar, and

803
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 2: we're seeing von Grissom blossom before our eyes, assuming he

804
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:17,120
Speaker 2: is the third outfielder there. I think it's safer with upside,

805
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 2: but at the same point, the Cardinals could easily blow

806
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 2: that out of the water if all goes right.

807
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 3: You love Alec Burlson a lot. Okay, let's say Tyler

808
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 3: O'Neil doesn't become that next guy, but then they have

809
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,919
Speaker 3: Alec Burlson and said, does that make you more think

810
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 3: that this outfield is now better? That's why I lean

811
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 3: towards the Cardinals to your point about them having one

812
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 3: yepez if they feel like it, like literally, if they

813
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,400
Speaker 3: feel like it. I do believe in Tyler O'Neill. I

814
00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 3: just believe he's too talented to not at least be

815
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 3: an above average outfielder. And I'm also a believer in

816
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,799
Speaker 3: Dylan Carlson, another safe guy. I've seen this guy run

817
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,800
Speaker 3: down so many balls in center field now that I

818
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 3: think there's only few outfielders who can get there the

819
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,840
Speaker 3: switch hitting aspect of Dylan Carlson. And I'm just so

820
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,160
Speaker 3: fully invested now in Jordan Walker that I do lean

821
00:41:05,239 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 3: the Cardinals. And it's not like Ronald Cooney Jr. Has

822
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 3: been perfect this year.

823
00:41:09,320 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 2: No, that's the only thing.

824
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 3: That's another thing too. Will Ronald Cooney Jr. Be fine? Yeah?

825
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:16,160
Speaker 3: Probably we would be talking about here. It's probably gonna

826
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 3: be okay. But who are some honorable mentions? Because those

827
00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 3: are the two that we really thought of. I thought

828
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 3: of the Diamondbacks and they're more prospect based. But you

829
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:32,480
Speaker 3: have Corbyn Carroll, who I mean, we're gonna do the

830
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,160
Speaker 3: top one hundred update. I mean when I say we,

831
00:41:34,320 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 3: I mean you he might be number one. Like that's

832
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 3: how we talk about another guy that's right there with Walker,

833
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 3: exactly right there with Walker. Then you have a guy

834
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 3: like Dalton Varshow who's played some center, who's played some

835
00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:47,359
Speaker 3: right field, who's been very good for the Diamondbacks this year.

836
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,120
Speaker 2: And then you have Alec Thomas.

837
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,880
Speaker 3: Then you have Alec Thomas who's playing like centerfield for

838
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:53,319
Speaker 3: them too.

839
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 2: A really good center field too, and he's gonna keep

840
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:57,640
Speaker 2: getting better offensively.

841
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 3: High floor kind of player too. So that's one of

842
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 3: the audible mentions that I thought of, but you had

843
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 3: a really good one there in Baltimore.

844
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 2: Yeah. I like with Baltimore's building, man Cedric Mullens is

845
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 2: as safe as it gets. I mean, you know that

846
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,399
Speaker 2: guy can just play ball, and I'm a huge fan

847
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,879
Speaker 2: of Mullens. I think he's gonna continue to heat back

848
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:17,920
Speaker 2: up and get closer to what he did last year.

849
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,840
Speaker 2: You have Austin Hayes, who has been wonderful one healthy

850
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 2: and also a really talented outfielder. But then you have

851
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 2: guys like Santander. I don't know if he's gonna still

852
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 2: be there and what the plan is with him. But

853
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 2: how about Colton Kaowser. That's somebody that's one of my

854
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 2: favorite prospects as well, could be a very very good

855
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,080
Speaker 2: bat for them. They have other guys as well that

856
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 2: could make their way up and make an impact. And

857
00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,560
Speaker 2: I think the oriole is what they're building in terms

858
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 2: of depth and what they're building prospect wise, and also

859
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 2: the young talent they already have. I like Kyle Sowers

860
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 2: as a potential insurance policy as well. In the outfield,

861
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,000
Speaker 2: They've got a lot of really talented dudes there that

862
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:53,879
Speaker 2: could be really good for a long time.

863
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 3: So we could keep going through other teams too, who

864
00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 3: have the possibility. I mean, we look at Seattle with

865
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,440
Speaker 3: Jay Raw and like, we'll see what happens with kel

866
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 3: Nick and you know, Mitch Hanniger will probably be in

867
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,279
Speaker 3: three years not that guy anymore. We'll see if Kyle

868
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,440
Speaker 3: Lewis ever kind of regains what he had. We go

869
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 3: through some other teams, I mean, who are just off

870
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 3: the top of your head, who maybe have some potential

871
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 3: to be in this type of conversation.

872
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,160
Speaker 2: It's tough because there's there's so many teams that I

873
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,520
Speaker 2: think really need to like kind of have a clear

874
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 2: cut direction, uh with with what they're gonna do. A

875
00:43:28,239 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 2: lot of teams have a lot to figure out. I

876
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 2: think the Twins could sneakily have a really good outfield

877
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 2: if if everything goes right. You know Byron Buxton obviously

878
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,239
Speaker 2: up the middle is as good as it gets. I

879
00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 2: keep waiting for the day that Alex Kirollof will stay

880
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 2: healthy because I really do think he is great. We'll

881
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 2: see what they decide to do with some of their

882
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 2: other guys that can move around. I mean, if if

883
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 2: they decide to move Jose Miranda to a corner, which

884
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 2: I don't think they will. He's probably stuck at first.

885
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,080
Speaker 2: His bat alone would make their their outfield a lot

886
00:43:56,160 --> 00:43:58,479
Speaker 2: more interesting, but he's been more first base third base.

887
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,359
Speaker 2: So there's just a lot of guys that you can

888
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:03,480
Speaker 2: move positionally that could change things. But I think that

889
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,280
Speaker 2: the teams that we mentioned are pretty much the favorites

890
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:08,760
Speaker 2: to be a major, major impact.

891
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 3: This is a good one. And then we have our

892
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 3: last question, which is sick. If the staff are just

893
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,880
Speaker 3: baseball were to form a managerial staff, who would be

894
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 3: the manager, who would be the hitting coach, who would

895
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 3: be the pitching coach, et cetera. So what I'm thinking

896
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,200
Speaker 3: here is we need a manager, We need a pitching coach,

897
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:33,560
Speaker 3: We need a hitting coach, we need a bench coach.

898
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:36,359
Speaker 3: What else do we need?

899
00:44:38,080 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 2: Do we need a.

900
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 1: Like?

901
00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 3: Should we go? Should we have a GM here? And

902
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 3: then an owner?

903
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 2: An owner?

904
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 3: Should we do the whole front office?

905
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:49,719
Speaker 2: Let's tell that.

906
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,000
Speaker 3: Let's let's because I want to make some people in

907
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:54,040
Speaker 3: our staff feel bad for not being involved, like I

908
00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:56,719
Speaker 3: want to. I have some specific people in mind that

909
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 3: I'm kind of mad at right now that I don't

910
00:44:58,560 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 3: want involved in let's let's go back.

911
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 2: I just want to hurt some feelings, right, I want

912
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,400
Speaker 2: to hurt some feelings of our staff for sure. Okay, okay,

913
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:04,919
Speaker 2: that's great.

914
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:12,799
Speaker 3: I would like to recommend myself as the hitting coach.

915
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:17,320
Speaker 3: I think I mashed and I think I could. I

916
00:45:17,400 --> 00:45:19,120
Speaker 3: could do a lot. I could do a lot for

917
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 3: the at the plate was a good picture. I was

918
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 3: thinking Jack for our pitcher, but I wanted to nominate

919
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 3: you as our owner or GM to whatever one you

920
00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:33,480
Speaker 3: wanted to pick. That was. That was how I placed you,

921
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:36,800
Speaker 3: Jack and I and I think we either put you

922
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:41,399
Speaker 3: as owner GM and then we could put possibly put

923
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 3: Jack as the manager, Colby as the pitching coach.

924
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:45,920
Speaker 1: I like that.

925
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:48,640
Speaker 3: I'm kind I'm throwing some things up the wall. How

926
00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 3: did you imagine that when you saw the question?

927
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:53,799
Speaker 2: So I thought either either just hitting coach because I'm

928
00:45:53,800 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 2: a swing freak. But I agree, I kind of like

929
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,600
Speaker 2: I like you in that. I do like you though

930
00:45:57,640 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 2: in the hitting in the hitting role. Simple, I feel

931
00:46:00,680 --> 00:46:03,839
Speaker 2: like you simplify it, don't overthink at seaball hip ball.

932
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:06,320
Speaker 2: Let's let's let's get our guys right. I would I

933
00:46:06,360 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 2: would hire you to take over the Marlins right now.

934
00:46:08,719 --> 00:46:12,719
Speaker 2: But the the GM thing only because I think I could.

935
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,919
Speaker 2: I really do believe that I could steal prospects away

936
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,279
Speaker 2: from some dumb teams. I really do think I could.

937
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 2: I could steal prospects away from the Marlins.

938
00:46:20,120 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 3: I think I could.

939
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:22,960
Speaker 2: Like we were talking about it before when you were

940
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,560
Speaker 2: over in my apartment the other day, and how uh

941
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:30,080
Speaker 2: when the when yord On Alvarez was traded from the Dodgers,

942
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:34,080
Speaker 2: you know, to the Astros. Farhanz Aiti, who was with

943
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 2: the Dodgers at the time, thought that the Astros were

944
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,359
Speaker 2: asking for like yady Air Alvarez and was like, no way,

945
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,640
Speaker 2: not doing that trade. And he's like, no, we want

946
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,120
Speaker 2: your done. He's like, oh, sure whatever, Like the Rays

947
00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 2: cook that way. The Astros have done a good job

948
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:48,960
Speaker 2: The Dodgers ironically have done a good job of that.

949
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,120
Speaker 2: I would just be spending all day just trying to

950
00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 2: find little prospects that we could just snatch up and

951
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 2: turn into studs.

952
00:46:56,320 --> 00:46:58,440
Speaker 3: You're injured, Like, how are we going to get you

953
00:46:58,440 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 3: in the cage when you can't walk?

954
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 2: I can't even go anywhere, So and then bench coach

955
00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 2: has got to be our guy, t.

956
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:09,960
Speaker 3: Right, you're the GM are we are we making Jack

957
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:10,840
Speaker 3: the manager?

958
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 2: Yes, he's basically Tony LaRussa.

959
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:15,719
Speaker 3: I agree, and he would run us into the ground,

960
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,240
Speaker 3: but I still believe in him. Colby is the pitching

961
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 3: coach because Colby, I think, actually kind of knows what

962
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:22,080
Speaker 3: he's talking about when it comes.

963
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 2: To Oh he does, he does. He would help with

964
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:26,400
Speaker 2: the pitch shape guys.

965
00:47:26,239 --> 00:47:30,239
Speaker 3: Right, he really does. I almost want to make t

966
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 3: the owner the owner.

967
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 2: So t Wright's are collectibles guy for those who don't know.

968
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,440
Speaker 2: And he's by far our oldest guy on the staff.

969
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 2: I don't know how he is thirty, he's got kids

970
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:41,160
Speaker 2: and everything.

971
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: You know.

972
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,800
Speaker 3: Who's the bench coach? Ron Cox?

973
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 1: Oh?

974
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I got Ron Cox. Ron Cox, our CBA sports

975
00:47:51,640 --> 00:47:55,760
Speaker 2: business contributor. Uh, we're due for a ron Cox banger

976
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 2: one of these days. We need some more baseball business stuff.

977
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:00,839
Speaker 2: So I know, Ron, if you're listening when we're due

978
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:04,279
Speaker 2: for another one, ron Cox could easily help keep things

979
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 2: in check. Who, by the way, Ron Cox not a

980
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 2: Don Manningly fan, So yeah, it makes sense. Understandable ron Cox,

981
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:14,320
Speaker 2: smart guy, understandable.

982
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:22,719
Speaker 3: Mascot. I'm going with our guy, Javi A. Rays jave

983
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:27,080
Speaker 3: I hope you heard that. Who else could be?

984
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:31,960
Speaker 2: Jack is lock manager though that that's actually he's so

985
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,200
Speaker 2: he's gonna be so old school. He's gonna he's gonna

986
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 2: ignore anything that is recommended from from the front office.

987
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,480
Speaker 2: He's gonna complain about it like Joe Madden just did. Uh.

988
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,400
Speaker 2: He's gonna go off a feel and when it all

989
00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:48,840
Speaker 2: blows up, he's gonna give a really shitty press conference

990
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:51,399
Speaker 2: about it. Like that's a guarantee. With Jack, I think

991
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:52,160
Speaker 2: all we needed.

992
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,239
Speaker 3: So we have Ron Cox as our bench coach or

993
00:48:54,280 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 3: should we fill in maybe somebody else? Because I you

994
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 3: know Ron Ron Cox. We love Ron, but you know

995
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:01,760
Speaker 3: we have we have some other people on the staff

996
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:05,239
Speaker 3: that are, you know, day in, day out, just baseball people.

997
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 3: Is there anyone we want to kind of slander slander?

998
00:49:10,640 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 2: I don't know. I kind of like our guys right now.

999
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:14,640
Speaker 3: I do like all of our guys.

1000
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:16,960
Speaker 2: I already got my jobs in on Kolby earlier today.

1001
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,319
Speaker 2: I feel very very free right now. I just Jack

1002
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,359
Speaker 2: I can make fun of at any point. Yeah, who

1003
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 2: just interviewed Gan Bay for the Indianapolis Indians, So I

1004
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,879
Speaker 2: know Jack was excited about that. He asked Juan Bay

1005
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:34,879
Speaker 2: what his favorite position was, who plays every position well?

1006
00:49:34,960 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 2: And he said dh which is just hilarious. So that's

1007
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 2: a guy to watch in the Pirate system too.

1008
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 3: My favorite question, the one I'm most excited about, who

1009
00:49:44,080 --> 00:49:47,320
Speaker 3: is the best team made up of players from teams

1010
00:49:47,480 --> 00:49:52,320
Speaker 3: with the winning percentage below five hundred? Asked by Jared

1011
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:58,839
Speaker 3: Cochran on Twitter. So, just to recap, these are only

1012
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:03,080
Speaker 3: players on teams with the winning percentage currently below five hundred.

1013
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,440
Speaker 3: So the only teams that we can choose from are

1014
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:09,920
Speaker 3: the Boston Red Sox, Kennas City Royals, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers,

1015
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:15,240
Speaker 3: La Angels, Oakland A's, Miami Marlins, Washington Nationals, Chicago Cubs,

1016
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:19,480
Speaker 3: Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants who barely are

1017
00:50:19,560 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 3: under five hundred, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Colorado Rockies.

1018
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,520
Speaker 2: Wait, I think you made a mistake. You said the

1019
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:26,520
Speaker 2: Boston Red Sox.

1020
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 3: Are the Boston Red Sox under five hundred? Oh?

1021
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you're right, you're right, they are. They're sixteen

1022
00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:33,279
Speaker 2: sixty two. That's my fault.

1023
00:50:34,080 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, no, no, we included that they are under

1024
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 3: five hundred.

1025
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:39,520
Speaker 2: Oh okay, yeah, my fault.

1026
00:50:39,760 --> 00:50:41,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, that's all good. Just to confirm the Red

1027
00:50:41,680 --> 00:50:42,319
Speaker 3: Sox are un five.

1028
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,400
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, yes, all right. I just want to make

1029
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:46,640
Speaker 2: you say it again. I just think it's funny.

1030
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,600
Speaker 3: I think it's funny kind of too. You want to

1031
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:51,840
Speaker 3: go back and forth because we created this team and

1032
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,239
Speaker 3: we'll just go We'll just go rapid fire. I'll start

1033
00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:55,600
Speaker 3: with catcher, you go to first base, and we'll just

1034
00:50:55,640 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 3: switch off. Yeah, let's do it at catcher. We have

1035
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,800
Speaker 3: Wilson c Churis of the Chicago Cubs. Dude, Rakes should

1036
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:03,480
Speaker 3: be the catcher. You know, you could go with a

1037
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 3: couple of different options, but Wilson Carcereroz. I feel like

1038
00:51:06,120 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 3: kind of easily wins out here.

1039
00:51:08,440 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean what he's done is really just insane.

1040
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,880
Speaker 2: And you go to first base too, like Christian Walker.

1041
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,960
Speaker 2: I don't even think this guy's getting enough love. He's

1042
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:20,160
Speaker 2: been outrageous this season, and you look at all the

1043
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:23,440
Speaker 2: batted ball data as well, it points towards it being

1044
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:26,800
Speaker 2: sustainable and if anything, he could be even better. Walker's

1045
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:28,760
Speaker 2: been one of the best first basemen in baseball outside

1046
00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 2: of the obvious elite guys, and as a shot to

1047
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,839
Speaker 2: finish with more than thirty five homers while striking out

1048
00:51:33,920 --> 00:51:35,080
Speaker 2: less than twenty percent of the time.

1049
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:38,040
Speaker 3: At second base, we're going with Marcus Semion of the

1050
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,439
Speaker 3: Texas Rangers. I mean, Semyon got off to a really

1051
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:45,800
Speaker 3: bad start, but he's slowly and quietly looking like that

1052
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,680
Speaker 3: hitter that at least the Texas Rangers thought when they

1053
00:51:48,719 --> 00:51:50,960
Speaker 3: gave him a seven year deal. He's still been a

1054
00:51:51,040 --> 00:51:53,440
Speaker 3: round league average when you look at the full season,

1055
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 3: but if we look at post All Star break, we

1056
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:59,600
Speaker 3: look at you know, from June on, he's looked like

1057
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:01,920
Speaker 3: that hype of hitter and he's still the best second

1058
00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:04,800
Speaker 3: baseman of any of these teams under five hundred.

1059
00:52:06,320 --> 00:52:09,279
Speaker 2: At shortstop, this was a tough one, but we went

1060
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:12,839
Speaker 2: with Corey Seeger, which I mean Corey Seeger is really

1061
00:52:12,920 --> 00:52:15,280
Speaker 2: tapped into the power this year twenty six home runs,

1062
00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:18,399
Speaker 2: but also not striking out much, playing decent defense. I'd

1063
00:52:18,480 --> 00:52:20,000
Speaker 2: like to see him get on base a bit more,

1064
00:52:20,239 --> 00:52:22,800
Speaker 2: but I like the upside of Corey Seeger over you know,

1065
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,640
Speaker 2: Xander Bogarts was just right on the cusp as well,

1066
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:29,880
Speaker 2: But ultimately we go with the Texas Rangers shortstop and.

1067
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,160
Speaker 3: At third base. This one was easy. Who's one of

1068
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Speaker 3: the best third basement in all of baseball, hits over

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00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:36,120
Speaker 3: three hundred, is gonna hit thirty to thirty five home

1070
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:39,480
Speaker 3: runs this year. That's Rafael Devers of the Boston Red Sox. Again,

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00:52:39,600 --> 00:52:41,279
Speaker 3: one of the best third basement in baseball, and he

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00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 3: happens to be on a team that enter five hundred

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Speaker 3: in the Boston Red.

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Speaker 2: Sox, you know, which is crazy because Bogart's endeavors are

1075
00:52:47,239 --> 00:52:49,480
Speaker 2: so freaking good and we like to make fun of

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00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:51,160
Speaker 2: the Red Sox. It's more just because of the amount

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00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 2: of Boston guys we have on our staff and also

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00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:57,160
Speaker 2: Boston people that I have just in my life. It's

1079
00:52:57,480 --> 00:53:01,120
Speaker 2: it's overwhelming, but I don't actually hate the Red Sox.

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00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:03,319
Speaker 2: I will continue to remind people that it's just fun

1081
00:53:03,400 --> 00:53:07,200
Speaker 2: for me. Outfield is very easy, but I hate that

1082
00:53:07,320 --> 00:53:09,800
Speaker 2: this is one of the options, but he always is.

1083
00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:13,920
Speaker 2: Mike Trout obviously will anchor the outfield. Thank goodness, he's

1084
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,719
Speaker 2: back from injury. Seems like it's not as bad as

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00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 2: as initial reports you know may have suggested. This guy,

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00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:24,800
Speaker 2: even at eighty percent, is better than everybody, and taking

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00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:26,920
Speaker 2: Mike Trout is not I don't need to make a case.

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00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:29,239
Speaker 3: For that, enough said, I'm gonna move on to the

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00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:34,200
Speaker 3: next outfielder. And this one was tough because the next

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00:53:34,280 --> 00:53:36,480
Speaker 3: guy that you're about to talk to, I think clearly

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00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:38,040
Speaker 3: is the second option, but I think you could go

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00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,480
Speaker 3: back and forth. I picked a Dolas Garcia of the

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00:53:40,560 --> 00:53:43,120
Speaker 3: Texas Rangers. What we do know is that he is

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00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:46,239
Speaker 3: a very good defender and when he's on, he's a

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00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:48,480
Speaker 3: guy who's a twenty twenty threat. He's got a lot

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00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:50,279
Speaker 3: of power, he's got a lot of speed, does a

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00:53:50,400 --> 00:53:52,600
Speaker 3: lot of things well. His only issue is that he

1098
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:55,040
Speaker 3: kind of strikes out a lot, doesn't walk very much,

1099
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:57,880
Speaker 3: itch walks. But everything else he is very good at.

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00:53:57,960 --> 00:53:59,919
Speaker 3: He's a good defender, he's got power, he's got speed.

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00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:03,560
Speaker 3: Like I said, Abdulas, Scarcia is developing into a very

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00:54:03,800 --> 00:54:06,239
Speaker 3: very solid player for the Texas Rangers. And I thought,

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00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:09,399
Speaker 3: he makes this third outfield spot, but the second best

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Speaker 3: outfielder go ahead.

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00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:14,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was funny. I thought about it at first,

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00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:15,759
Speaker 2: and I was like, but then you look at it

1107
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:18,120
Speaker 2: twelfth and four, with the defense that he's playing among

1108
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 2: outfielders and the powers there, the bags are there. If

1109
00:54:20,719 --> 00:54:22,480
Speaker 2: he can hit a little bit better, you got a

1110
00:54:22,520 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 2: really good player there. The last outfielder is kind of

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00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,960
Speaker 2: a no brainer. It's Brian Reynolds. He just continues to

1112
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 2: rake switch hitter that just does a lot of things

1113
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:34,680
Speaker 2: really well. And the Pirates they're going to get better,

1114
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,239
Speaker 2: but he's easily their best player and just kind of

1115
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 2: continues to carry them.

1116
00:54:38,560 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 3: I agree should be Brian Renalds of the Pittsburgh Pirates

1117
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,759
Speaker 3: for sure. And at DH this one's easy best player

1118
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:46,479
Speaker 3: in baseball dude right behind me. For all those watching

1119
00:54:46,560 --> 00:54:49,719
Speaker 3: on YouTube, Shoho tawny. What else do I have to say?

1120
00:54:49,840 --> 00:54:51,400
Speaker 3: Pitches and hits if we want him in the rotation,

1121
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:52,880
Speaker 3: which we're going to get to in a second. He

1122
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:54,759
Speaker 3: can pitch. He's the best player on our team. He's

1123
00:54:54,800 --> 00:54:57,319
Speaker 3: better than his teammate Mike Trout because he's a freaking goat,

1124
00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,080
Speaker 3: and he might win the MVP this year even though

1125
00:54:59,080 --> 00:55:01,520
Speaker 3: Aaron Judge might hit home runs, because he's that good,

1126
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:02,520
Speaker 3: because he does both.

1127
00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:05,879
Speaker 2: And he's doing everything better than ever. Again, like it's

1128
00:55:06,040 --> 00:55:08,480
Speaker 2: it's pitching, Like he looks like a scion candidate now

1129
00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:10,800
Speaker 2: all of a sudden, like it's it's absolutely insane, and

1130
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:11,479
Speaker 2: it also has.

1131
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:12,960
Speaker 3: Put him in a pitcher because I didn't want to

1132
00:55:13,040 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 3: take someone away in a rotation. Yeah, exactly to throw

1133
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:17,600
Speaker 3: him in a rotation too, that's how great he is.

1134
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:19,480
Speaker 2: And now we got an extra pitcher. But we also

1135
00:55:19,560 --> 00:55:22,000
Speaker 2: got Sandy al Contra, who you know, he has had

1136
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:24,040
Speaker 2: a couple of rough starts as of light and still

1137
00:55:24,120 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 2: has like a ridiculously low y all right, I mean,

1138
00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:30,000
Speaker 2: this guy has been spectacular this year. He's a throwback pitcher,

1139
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:33,360
Speaker 2: eats innings, gets out. We'll rack up strikeouts when he

1140
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:35,719
Speaker 2: needs them. We'll pitch the week contact when he needs to.

1141
00:55:36,400 --> 00:55:38,080
Speaker 2: This guy is a budding star and one of the

1142
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:39,640
Speaker 2: more exciting young pitchers in the game.

1143
00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:41,839
Speaker 3: And we needed a lefty. And one of the best

1144
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:44,000
Speaker 3: lefties in baseball is on the San Francisco Giants and

1145
00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:47,040
Speaker 3: his name is Carlos Rodan. We're talking about Spencer Strider

1146
00:55:47,120 --> 00:55:49,000
Speaker 3: on the All Rookie team. About ninety eight at your

1147
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:51,839
Speaker 3: neck and then the slider, how about ninety seven maybe

1148
00:55:51,960 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 3: at your neck from Carlos Rodan, and I think one

1149
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:57,319
Speaker 3: of the best sliders in all of baseball for my money,

1150
00:55:57,520 --> 00:56:00,520
Speaker 3: Carlos Rodondo. The Giants this year they bought on him

1151
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,080
Speaker 3: and it's just one of it's been one of the

1152
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:07,120
Speaker 3: best free agent signings. We loved him going into the year.

1153
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 3: It was all about Canny stay healthy. He stayed healthy

1154
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:11,920
Speaker 3: all year and been one of the best pitchers in baseball.

1155
00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:14,719
Speaker 3: Carlos Rodon is definitely the second pitcher on this.

1156
00:56:14,840 --> 00:56:18,359
Speaker 2: List, and another one from from the same team, which

1157
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:20,239
Speaker 2: is which is wild because he just you would have

1158
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:22,400
Speaker 2: expected them to be better given that they've got two

1159
00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 2: guys on this list. Logan Webb, who was incredible last

1160
00:56:26,680 --> 00:56:29,120
Speaker 2: season and has followed it up with a pretty solid

1161
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:31,080
Speaker 2: year this year. But I feel like it's just the

1162
00:56:31,160 --> 00:56:33,440
Speaker 2: disappointment of the Giants has kind of taken away from

1163
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:35,839
Speaker 2: the fact that Webb, after a slow start, has really

1164
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,920
Speaker 2: been solid this year. Three to eight RA three two

1165
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:42,879
Speaker 2: eight fIF strikeouts are slightly down, but overall still really

1166
00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:45,640
Speaker 2: just churning out quality start after quality start and keeping

1167
00:56:45,640 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 2: the ball in the yard. Logan web is as reliable

1168
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:51,640
Speaker 2: as a starter as you're gonna find in our setup role.

1169
00:56:52,680 --> 00:56:55,959
Speaker 3: Brock Burke, we talked about him on the Rookie team.

1170
00:56:56,600 --> 00:56:59,320
Speaker 3: He's got a one two five VR Ladies and gentlemen

1171
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:01,319
Speaker 3: for the Texasers. I mean, what else do you want

1172
00:57:01,360 --> 00:57:04,200
Speaker 3: us to say? The lefty. The six' four lefty is

1173
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:06,480
Speaker 3: just shoving at ninety five ninety six miles an. Hour

1174
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:08,839
Speaker 3: he's got a couple other plus breaking ball. Pitches he's

1175
00:57:08,920 --> 00:57:11,759
Speaker 3: just been a phenomenal reliever for The rangers this. Year

1176
00:57:12,040 --> 00:57:14,920
Speaker 3: been one of the best overall relievers in baseball and

1177
00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:18,240
Speaker 3: has probably been the best reliever in The rangers. PEN i,

1178
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 3: mean guy Like Matt moore has been great. TOO i

1179
00:57:20,920 --> 00:57:23,160
Speaker 3: know they have other arms in, there But Brock, burke

1180
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:26,480
Speaker 3: if you're talking about all, reliable he's been absolutely all

1181
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:28,680
Speaker 3: reliable for The Texas. Rangers but how about the?

1182
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 2: CLOSER i, mean and the thing With burke is moving

1183
00:57:31,840 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 2: to the bullpen really just this stuff ticked up and

1184
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 2: he's been lights out and that was a, big big

1185
00:57:36,600 --> 00:57:39,840
Speaker 2: move for him that really. Worked And David bennar is our.

1186
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:42,080
Speaker 2: Closer and before you look at the numbers and, say

1187
00:57:42,120 --> 00:57:44,600
Speaker 2: he's also on THE il right, now which is all

1188
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 2: The pirates', fault Because David bennar was one of the

1189
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:49,360
Speaker 2: best relievers in baseball through the first several months of

1190
00:57:49,400 --> 00:57:51,560
Speaker 2: the season and they just ran that man into the

1191
00:57:51,600 --> 00:57:53,280
Speaker 2: ground and now all of a sudden he's in THE

1192
00:57:53,400 --> 00:57:56,000
Speaker 2: il with a back. Issue he's already throwing and working

1193
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:58,160
Speaker 2: his way, back but when he was healthy and when

1194
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:02,800
Speaker 2: he was not being over, you he was, dynamite multi inning,

1195
00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 2: saves just churning out good appearance at your good appearance

1196
00:58:06,200 --> 00:58:09,439
Speaker 2: after good, appearance tons of strikeouts and just honestly throws

1197
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:11,440
Speaker 2: a lot of strikes for a closer as. Well only

1198
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:14,120
Speaker 2: fourteen walks in forty six and two thirds. Innings this

1199
00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:17,120
Speaker 2: guy is really really freaking good when he's right and

1200
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:24,439
Speaker 2: not being. Overworked the mail bag that was so much.

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