WEBVTT - Eduardo Rodriguez, Gabriel Moreno Lead D-backs to Gritty Win Over Nationals 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:12.320 Hello, and welcome to another episode of Snake's Territory, part 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.760 of the Foul Territory Network. Be sure to like this video, 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:18.000 subscribe to our YouTube channel, maybe leave us a five 0:00:18.079 --> 0:00:20.840 star review wherever you get your podcasts. I am Jesse 0:00:20.920 --> 0:00:24.920 Friedman alongside Jack Summers and Jack. Tonight's win for the 0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:28.520 Diamondbacks was maybe not quite as emphatic as what we've 0:00:28.560 --> 0:00:30.560 seen the past couple of days. 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:32.120 But it is a win. Nonetheless. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:35.440 They win a big game over the Washington Nationals by 0:00:35.440 --> 0:00:39.440 a final score of three to two. Jack Eduardo Rodriguez 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:43.560 was excellent when it mattered most, Gabrielle Moreno had another 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.800 great game, and the Diamondbacks just keep on rolling. 0:00:48.479 --> 0:00:50.680 Tory Lavello said that this was going to be a 0:00:50.720 --> 0:00:55.520 really gritty road trip, and you know, certainly it was 0:00:55.560 --> 0:00:58.440 a very gritty win tonight. It was not an easy 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:02.360 win to capture the geaked by they got it, and 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:06.360 you know, this is really a necessary win for them, 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:09.920 not only for the standings and all of that, but 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:13.320 also for keeping the momentum going, putting the pressure on 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.440 Mike Hazen, which we'll talk about a little bit, to 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.720 be more aggressive at the trade deadline. So all the 0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:22.600 way around, you know, just an important win. Also, they 0:01:22.600 --> 0:01:25.120 got a tough pitching matchup tomorrow, so you know they 0:01:25.160 --> 0:01:27.679 got to try to win this series for sure, and 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.720 you know, put the put the Nationals in the rearview mirror. 0:01:32.319 --> 0:01:35.959 I guess I'll start with Eduardo Rodriguez and kind of 0:01:36.000 --> 0:01:40.479 breaking this one down. Just typically Rod start right, I mean, 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:44.240 six innings, two runs, and what really stood out most, 0:01:44.520 --> 0:01:47.280 as is often the case, is his ability to just 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.320 bear down and make pitches when he really needs to. 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.080 Right off the bat in the bottom of the first inning, 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:58.080 James Wood hits a single under Shaparro former Diamondback or 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:02.640 former Diamondbacks farm hand make hits a one out double, 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:04.520 so you've got second and third, one out. 0:02:05.040 --> 0:02:05.400 CJ. 0:02:05.560 --> 0:02:09.280 Abrams then strikes out on one of the biggest pitches 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.480 that e Rod made the entire game. It was a 0:02:12.560 --> 0:02:16.480 change up down below the zone and an Abrams whift. 0:02:16.520 --> 0:02:19.080 He got Dylan Cruz to fly out to end the 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:22.400 threat there. And then in the bottom of the sixth, 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:27.280 a very unfortunate situation on the defensive side of the 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:31.080 ball to tell Marte and Corbyn Carroll miscommunicate on a 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:33.880 lazy pop fly it's set up a first and second 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:37.760 nobody out situation. Jacob Young lays down a bunt, moves 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:40.760 those guys up to second and third, and you know, 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:42.640 at that point it's a two to two game. You 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:45.480 kind of figure like, all right, here's where the Nationals 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:49.440 pull out ahead. But once again, Eduardo Rodriguez dials up 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.359 a strikeout when he needs it. He gets Harry Ford 0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.640 to strike out there. He did walk Luis Garcia after 0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.560 that with first base open, but then he gets the 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:02.200 seam Nuniaz to ground down to end the threat. I 0:03:02.440 --> 0:03:06.360 texted you earlier, Jack that I think Eduardo Rodriguez's twenty 0:03:06.440 --> 0:03:10.040 twenty six season with runners in scoring position, I think 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:12.680 it needs to be studied by scientists because this is 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:16.080 outrageous what we are seeing. He entered today with a 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:20.760 one forty one opponent batting average with runners in scoring position, 0:03:21.200 --> 0:03:24.040 and that only got lower after this game. 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:30.440 We often get so caught up in regression to the 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:35.840 mean and what's expected verus what's not, and we know 0:03:35.960 --> 0:03:38.960 that eventually things do tend to even out. But the 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:43.560 other aspect of this is sometimes athletes are just in 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:47.360 the zone. They don't stay in the zone forever. And 0:03:47.680 --> 0:03:50.360 I think that's a very different way to describe what 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:53.960 we see sometimes as opposed to the regression. To the mean. 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.280 We've all played some sports, We've all watched sports, and 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:03.000 you see players perform in certain situations where they are 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.920 locked in, they are dialed in. And in this case, 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:10.560 like for example, you know at Rodriguez executing a tough 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.280 change up, you know to get a damis striking out, 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:16.960 as Gabrin Marino is just talking about on the on 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:20.800 the on the post game. That ability to do that, 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:24.480 to lock in, to focus, to make the pitch, or 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:27.719 to you know, have the grade at bat. It's it's 0:04:27.760 --> 0:04:31.239 so difficult to quantify and it's something that we can't 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.159 really grasp. But it's like kind of trying to grab 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:38.560 water with your hands sometimes, but it's real. It happens. 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:42.760 And Rodriguez has been in the zone when he needs 0:04:42.800 --> 0:04:45.800 to be almost the entire season. It's fun to watch. 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:52.039 He generated just so much soft contact in this game 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:54.520 as well. I mean you look at the big picture numbers, 0:04:54.520 --> 0:04:57.720 there only three of twenty balls put in play by 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.880 Nationals hitters were hard hit. His average exit VELO against 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:04.960 was seventy seven point two miles per hour. He got 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.120 a decent amount of chase out of his zone thirty 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.960 five percent chase rate through first pitch strike seventy percent 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.760 of the time. So you know, I guess maybe the 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:17.080 gripe jack is that e Rod getting off the mound 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:19.000 to field grounders from time to time. 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.200 Not not always the best. 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:24.320 If we're nitpicking here, but hey, it's a small price 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.560 to pray, price to pay. He is now nine and 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.920 three with a two point six four era. I guess 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.080 you can give him a little grace on that front. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.560 Coming back from the All Star break prior you know, 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:41.479 whether you prior to euro Adds last start. Tory Lavello 0:05:41.800 --> 0:05:46.120 was talking about you getting off the mound quickly during 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:48.479 the All Star Game for a play, and he said 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:52.280 there was a coach's text thread where they were all 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.240 kind of joking back and forth like, oh, he can 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.200 do it the see get off the round there, but 0:05:58.120 --> 0:05:59.200 today not so much. 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:04.360 Yeah, not always, not always a great look. But Irod 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.040 did make the big pitches when he needed to. He 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:10.479 has carried the Diamondbacks this season. They had to pick 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.200 him up in his last outing that of course was 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.200 not a good one, but he bounces right back against 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.680 one of the best offenses in all of baseball, arguably 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.320 the best offense in all of baseball in the Washington Nationals. 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:26.280 On the offensive side, there wasn't much to speak of 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.920 for the Diamondbacks in this one. But boy, I'm sure 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:31.560 you had a big smile on your face. 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:31.960 Jack. 0:06:32.640 --> 0:06:35.680 In the top of the second inning because the Diamondbacks 0:06:36.160 --> 0:06:40.520 with runners first the second and nobody out, Adrian Delcasto 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:44.240 lays down a sack bunt, something that you've been talking about, 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:46.320 like the d Backs need to start doing that more, 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.839 especially with some of these hitters who are not performing well. 0:06:50.360 --> 0:06:53.080 So Adrian delkas stil lays down a flawless sack bunt, 0:06:53.120 --> 0:06:55.640 moves the runners up to second and third with one out, 0:06:56.200 --> 0:07:00.680 and then Tim Twa follows that up with another. This 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:04.719 want to push bunt up the first baseline. Couldn't laid 0:07:04.720 --> 0:07:06.800 it down any better than he did. It was a 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.600 thing of beauty and it scored Max Kepler from the 0:07:10.600 --> 0:07:13.440 third base Tyler Locklear moved up to third. They had 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:16.239 no hope of getting Tim Tawa at first base either. 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:19.960 It goes for an infield single and that not only 0:07:19.960 --> 0:07:22.640 scored a run but led to another Dbax run. 0:07:22.680 --> 0:07:23.400 In the inning to tell. 0:07:23.480 --> 0:07:27.160 Marte followed this up with a fielder's choice ground out 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.240 to drive in another run. Both of those runs, of course, 0:07:30.600 --> 0:07:33.760 enormous for the Diamondbacks and what was ultimately a one 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:34.280 run game. 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:40.360 I was very happy to see them expand the player 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:45.560 pool with which they're willing to use the bunt. For me, obviously, 0:07:45.600 --> 0:07:47.960 you don't want to just be giving away out willy 0:07:48.040 --> 0:07:51.080 nilly in every situation. You can't be too rote about it. 0:07:51.320 --> 0:07:54.720 But there are certain situations, in certain contexts, against certain 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:59.040 teams where you really do need to be able to 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:03.000 dive into that part of the strategy, regardless of where 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:05.400 you are in the lineup. And so what I've been 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:09.239 advocating for is just expanding the player pool with which 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:13.920 they're willing to utilize the bunt, and especially obviously down 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:16.360 to the bottom half of the order, they're really you know, 0:08:16.400 --> 0:08:18.560 there's maybe like two or three guys in this lineup 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:20.000 that I can say, all right, you don't need to 0:08:20.040 --> 0:08:23.600 bunt with those guys and everybody else, everybody else on 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.440 this team. I would want them to have that ability. 0:08:26.960 --> 0:08:29.600 So we joke about the bunt club that they have 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:34.360 that works out with the Jeff Banister before games, and 0:08:34.679 --> 0:08:37.640 I'd like to see that player pool that works with 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:42.200 him on bunting continue to expand. So great stuff today 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:48.240 from del Castillo in that situation. Look, I'm everybody knows 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.640 I'm an analyst. I'm a saber guy, and you know 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:56.160 orthodox sabermetrics is never sacrificed bunt. But I'm not that orthodox. 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:59.000 I'm very flexible when it comes to kind of trying 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:03.200 to balance the the two aspects of this game. You've 0:09:03.240 --> 0:09:05.600 got to be able to play situational baseball. I just 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:07.480 look at the really good teams like the Brewers and 0:09:07.520 --> 0:09:10.160 the Rays and how they were able to execute that 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.040 up and down the lineup when they need to. And 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.880 that's what I want to see more from the Diamondbacks 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:16.920 like we did tonight. 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:22.439 D BACS pr sent out an interesting note about that inning. 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.240 They said the d Bacs second inning was the first 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:28.640 time they had a sac bun, a bun hit and 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:32.600 two plus runs in an inning since July twenty seven 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:36.040 to twenty twenty two against the San Francisco Giants. It's 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:39.679 the sixteenth time in franchise history that the Diamondbacks have 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.280 managed to d back, so kind of a little random there, 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:48.080 but you know, not surprising to hear that twenty twenty 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.400 two was the last time the Dbacs did this. I mean, 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:53.840 especially in twenty twenty two and going into twenty three 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.040 a little bit, this team had a lot more of 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:58.800 a small ball identity than they've had in the past 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:02.560 few years. That second inning in this game was sort 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:07.640 of a callback to the Diamondbacks small ball days from 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:10.800 a few years back. The player that we really wanted 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:13.520 to spend some time highlighting from this game, though, that 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:17.000 we still haven't gotten to is Gabrielle Moreno. He had 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:20.160 two hits in this one. I guess technically those hits 0:10:20.160 --> 0:10:23.240 didn't wind up factoring in to the runs that they scored, 0:10:23.520 --> 0:10:25.560 but he did come through in the top of the 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:29.080 seventh with a big sacrifice fly bases loaded one out. 0:10:30.520 --> 0:10:33.199 At times, it's felt like a difficult situation for the 0:10:33.280 --> 0:10:37.800 d Backs to execute, and he manages to drive a 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:40.520 middle end sweeper. I guess it was actually a little 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:44.240 off the corner inside two left field gets it plenty 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.840 up in the air enough in order to score run. 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:50.240 That run ultimately proved to be the difference in this game, 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:54.760 and Gabrielle Moreno just deserves his flowers in general here, Jack, 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:57.320 I mean, you look at his numbers going back to 0:10:57.400 --> 0:11:00.360 May thirteenth, This is entering today, So it doesn't facts 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.480 are in his two hits from this game. But these 0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:05.920 are crazy numbers over a span of more than two months. 0:11:05.960 --> 0:11:09.400 A three forty seven batting average, four to thirty nine 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:12.480 on base four ninety two slugs, six home runs, twenty 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.559 seven RBI. Now it would be twenty eight after this game. 0:11:15.960 --> 0:11:20.480 Thirty two walks, only twenty eight strikeouts. I mean, these 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:23.000 are insane numbers, Jack. And this isn't the version of 0:11:23.040 --> 0:11:26.240 Gabby Moreno that is only playing, you know, three four 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:28.640 games a week. This is a version of Gabby Moreno 0:11:28.679 --> 0:11:32.400 where he is playing literally every game, either at catcher 0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:34.679 or at DH. 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:36.839 Yeah, I mean, and it's an all around game. The 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:38.640 hitting numbers are amazing, and of course the two to 0:11:38.679 --> 0:11:41.440 four to night probably runs that number that you just 0:11:41.480 --> 0:11:44.160 put up there on the screen up to or over 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:47.920 three fifty. And you know, you think where he was 0:11:47.960 --> 0:11:52.520 before that. It's just amazing how consistent he's been, the 0:11:52.679 --> 0:11:55.880 quality of the at bats. You know, this is more 0:11:55.920 --> 0:11:57.840 than just a guy on a hot streak. This is 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.400 a guy that has really figured out who he is 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:03.920 as a hitter and what he has to do to 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:07.240 be successful, and he's just executing on it night after night. 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:10.840 You know, he made two terrific plays on pop ups. 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:15.720 He called a fantastic game tonight. Whether we're looking at 0:12:15.840 --> 0:12:20.719 you know, batting numbers, w RC plush, you know, Fangrass War, 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:25.280 Baseball Reference War, or the average of the two Baseball 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:28.440 Reference War, I don't think it includes framing, whereas Fangrass 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.400 War does. So Fangrass always favors him a little bit. 0:12:32.200 --> 0:12:35.480 But you know, Gabriel Marinos, without question, at this point 0:12:35.480 --> 0:12:39.080 in time, the best catcher in the National League, and 0:12:39.120 --> 0:12:41.560 he was before the All Star break. It was very 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.240 much a snub that he was not an All Star. 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:46.920 I realized he missed some time early and the play 0:12:47.000 --> 0:12:49.400 appearances might not have been there. You do have the 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:52.240 factor of having to get you know, a player from 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:56.079 every team on there, and Major League Baseball is limited 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.240 into how they can fill in the gaps. But Gavin 0:12:59.280 --> 0:13:01.680 Marino deserved to be an All Star this year, and 0:13:02.240 --> 0:13:04.679 you know, he's clearly the best catcher in the National 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:05.680 League at this time. 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:10.800 Full stop, You and I were texting back and forth 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:14.280 about him last night, thinking like, could Gaby Moreno win 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:16.959 the Silver Slugger in the National League. 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:18.600 It feels like he should. 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.640 But there's also this guy named Hunter Goodman who's going 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:25.200 to hit like seventy five home runs. Partially because he 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.440 plays in course field. That's a big part of it. 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.800 But Hunter Goodman has had a good offensive season overall, 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:34.240 so maybe it's an uphill battle to win the Silver Slugger. 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:37.240 I think Gabby is very much in the gold Glove conversation, 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:40.400 you know, Luis Torenz looking at some of the numbers. 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:44.040 I think Torenz maybe has the slightly better defense metrics 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:47.280 as of right now, but there's no question as far 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:49.920 as the full package is concerned. Gabriel Moreno is the 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:54.199 best catcher in the National League right now, and he 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:57.520 just deserves a ton of credit for being kind of 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.640 the one hitter in this lineup that you can count 0:14:00.679 --> 0:14:03.520 on on a day in, day out basis like catell 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.880 and Corbin and Perdomo, those guys have all had pretty 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.200 big ups and downs over the course of the year. 0:14:09.559 --> 0:14:13.360 Moreno didn't start that well. I mean his ops if 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:15.840 you go back to May thirteenth, His ops on that 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.920 day was five ninety three, which is sort of crazy 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.920 to think about, But ever since then, he's been one 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:23.240 of the best players in baseball. 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.960 Yeah, and it's kind of you know, he's only got 0:14:26.960 --> 0:14:29.680 two more years after this of team control. They've never 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:32.400 been able to work out an extension with him, and 0:14:32.920 --> 0:14:35.240 you know that's it's going to be a sad day 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:38.240 when he's no longer a diamondback. But if they don't 0:14:38.280 --> 0:14:42.920 pull off an extension here pretty soon, almost immediately, maybe 0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:46.800 even before this season is over, then it's likely that 0:14:46.880 --> 0:14:50.440 they won't be able to. So you know, let's just 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:51.920 get as much out of him as we can and 0:14:52.040 --> 0:14:56.480 enjoy it. While last folks Gapria Moreno's All Star caliber catcher, 0:14:56.560 --> 0:15:00.960 he's already been a Gold Glove winner. He deserves more 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:04.200 accolades than he's getting. And we devoted a very full 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:07.240 segment here on him because we really haven't given him 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:10.560 enough love. Maybe we've been taking him for granted, just 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:14.360 like everybody else that will I'm sure many of you 0:15:14.400 --> 0:15:14.920 have not been. 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:19.160 Sorry, I will just throw in there that Derek Hall 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:22.480 was asked yesterday, I think, on Arizona Sports ninety eighty 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:25.520 seven about the possibility of a Gabby extension. He kind 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.760 of gave the answer you'd expect, like, you know, we've 0:15:27.800 --> 0:15:30.160 had conversations about this in the past, and I'm sure 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.160 we will in the future because of you know, how 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:35.320 big of a part of this team Gabby is. So 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.760 he certainly didn't close the door on it. I don't 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:42.040 know if it's likely, but given what he's meant to 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:45.640 the Diamondbacks the past couple of months, they definitely feel 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:48.000 like Gabby Moreno is a player you'd love to see 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:49.480 stick in a Diamondbacks uniform. 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:50.640 Long term, we. 0:15:50.600 --> 0:15:53.239 Have a whole lot more to get to in this episode. 0:15:53.520 --> 0:15:56.280 We got a super chat that will touch on We 0:15:56.400 --> 0:16:00.400 also have the standings to look at. Of course, things 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:03.000 looking pretty promising there for the Diamondbacks today. 0:16:03.360 --> 0:16:04.280 And then Mike. 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:08.240 Hazen also had a visit with the Dbacks radio booth 0:16:08.560 --> 0:16:11.680 from this game, so we have some comments from Hazen 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:14.000 about the trade deadline that we're going to dive into 0:16:14.400 --> 0:16:16.880 as well. So don't go anywhere, We'll be back right 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:19.320 after this here on Snake's territory. 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:24.840 Hey, for the families out there looking for a new 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:26.920 path to help your child succeed, take a look at 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:31.680 K twelve Powered Schools. K twelve offers tuition free, accredited 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:35.520 online public education for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:37.960 all in a setting that works for your family. 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I feel like it's been a while since 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:58.359 we've heard anything there, Jack, I don't know if you 0:17:58.400 --> 0:18:00.399 have any anything to report on that front. 0:18:01.119 --> 0:18:05.160 Well, actually, he had a season ending shoulder surgery in June, 0:18:06.119 --> 0:18:08.959 so Christian Mena will not be pitching for the Diamondbacks 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:09.880 in twenty twenty six. 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:13.960 That's right, Yes, we do have an update there, so yeah, 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:17.240 unfortunately he will not be a factor for this team 0:18:17.280 --> 0:18:20.359 in twenty twenty six, and I mean entering the season, 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:23.199 he definitely looked like he was a significant part of 0:18:23.240 --> 0:18:26.399 their starting pitching depth, so a bummer to see that. 0:18:26.480 --> 0:18:29.480 Hopefully he's able to get back here before too long. 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:32.600 We did want to shout out our good friend Azy 0:18:32.680 --> 0:18:36.760 Nailgal five to zero from Azy Snake Pit, all of 0:18:36.760 --> 0:18:39.760 our friends over there. She points out that our run 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:44.240 differential is plus two now and this is a great point. 0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:48.280 Diamondbacks have been floundering with a negative run differential here 0:18:48.359 --> 0:18:50.840 for a while. They got that number up to plus 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:55.200 one yesterday with their win over Saint Louis and now 0:18:55.280 --> 0:18:59.320 plus two with their one run win over the Washington 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:02.159 Nationals here in this one, and that brings us to 0:19:02.200 --> 0:19:05.800 the standings Jack. Things are looking pretty good here for 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:09.959 the Diamondbacks, at least compared to what they've looked like 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:14.919 for the last month or so. The Diamondbacks at fifty 0:19:15.000 --> 0:19:17.920 five and forty nine, they are in that third wild 0:19:18.040 --> 0:19:21.000 card spot. They now have a two game cushion on 0:19:21.320 --> 0:19:24.119 the Saint Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Both of 0:19:24.160 --> 0:19:27.679 those teams are tied currently, and then you've got the 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:30.440 Miami Marlins two and a half back, the Nationals now 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.360 three games back after this game, and then the San 0:19:33.359 --> 0:19:36.159 Diego Padres at four and a half games back. The 0:19:36.240 --> 0:19:38.520 other thing that stands out, of course, is the d 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:43.159 Backs are just one game behind the Philadelphia Phillies. The 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:48.280 Phillies lost the New York Yankees earlier tonight, and hey, 0:19:48.320 --> 0:19:49.680 I mean the d Backs are only three and a 0:19:49.720 --> 0:19:50.560 half behind the. 0:19:50.440 --> 0:19:54.240 Cubs as well. For the top overall wild card spot. 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:57.840 So things are looking pretty good Jack, from a standing 0:19:57.880 --> 0:19:58.880 standpoint right now. 0:20:00.040 --> 0:20:02.600 Yeah, it's exciting. I mean, this is not exactly what 0:20:02.640 --> 0:20:05.439 we were expecting. I mean, you know, this kind of 0:20:05.600 --> 0:20:08.399 stretch where they win so many games in such a 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:12.679 short period of time was not exactly what everyone was expecting. Certainly, 0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.399 the way they were playing more than you know, just 0:20:15.640 --> 0:20:19.359 before the Dodgers sweep is not something that anyone could 0:20:19.359 --> 0:20:21.360 have predicted. But that's why they play the games, right. 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:25.560 You can't predict baseball. Now, their playoff odds are skyrocketing, 0:20:25.600 --> 0:20:27.679 I mean, not only what you see in the standings. 0:20:27.840 --> 0:20:30.639 They're up to forty seven percent now with fangrafts, like 0:20:30.680 --> 0:20:33.879 you said, and so I just think that they're in 0:20:33.920 --> 0:20:36.040 the driver's seat now for what they want to do. 0:20:37.359 --> 0:20:41.560 I feel like the biggest threat to them is still 0:20:41.600 --> 0:20:44.720 the Pittsburgh Pirates. I've kind of felt that way for 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:46.800 a while. I think that they have a pretty good offense, 0:20:47.960 --> 0:20:51.800 and I think that their offense is pretty sustainable. Well, 0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:54.640 the expected metrics put them in the top five of baseball, 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.960 so you know, even though that they probably outperformed those 0:20:58.000 --> 0:21:00.560 expected a bit, the fact is is they have a 0:21:00.560 --> 0:21:03.199 good offense, they have a good pitching staff. They're in 0:21:03.240 --> 0:21:07.359 the top half of the league, maybe twelfth to thirteenth, 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:10.080 and certainly there's potential for that pitching staff to be 0:21:10.119 --> 0:21:12.920 a lot better. The biggest thing probably going to hold 0:21:13.000 --> 0:21:16.719 the Pirates back as their ownership. Recently there was a 0:21:16.760 --> 0:21:21.440 report that they would like to add but they can't 0:21:21.440 --> 0:21:23.240 add payroll. Well, I don't know how you're going to 0:21:23.320 --> 0:21:26.440 do that because the only one they're paying any money 0:21:26.480 --> 0:21:29.480 to is Marcelo Zuna, and nobody's going to take his contract. 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:32.400 So I don't know how the Pirates are going to 0:21:32.480 --> 0:21:34.960 add to their team, and they probably could use some 0:21:35.000 --> 0:21:38.040 bullpen help. It's probably the weakness of their team, but 0:21:38.080 --> 0:21:40.080 that's the biggest threat to the Dbacks in my view. 0:21:41.600 --> 0:21:44.840 Yeah, I think that's fair. I mean, just throwing up 0:21:44.880 --> 0:21:47.919 the standings one more time. I mean, the Marlins definitely 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:52.560 felt like a good team. I mean, we've talked in 0:21:52.600 --> 0:21:55.560 the past about if you look at some of the 0:21:55.680 --> 0:21:59.080