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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 2: Everybody?

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Speaker 3: Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory Chair in

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Speaker 3: the Room along with Tyler Stafford and a special guest,

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Speaker 3: Sean McFarland, the Texas Rangers beat reporter for the Dallas

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Speaker 3: Morning News. Who is in Lovely Anaheim, California? Sean, which

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Speaker 3: Disney ride are you going to ride?

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Speaker 2: First?

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Speaker 4: Oh?

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Speaker 2: Man, I gotta say, like, I'm not a Disney guy.

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Speaker 2: I'm not a theme park guy at all. Like I

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Speaker 2: kind of hate rides it like a state fair. I'll

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Speaker 2: do a state fair. Like I go there for the

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Speaker 2: food and the animals. I'm not there to see Mickey

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Speaker 2: Moos from Tower of Terror. I'll be honest.

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Speaker 1: You you have you have lost.

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Speaker 4: Tyler, Yeah, I can. I can already tell you're not

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Speaker 4: a real one because they've they've revamped the Disneyland Tower

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Speaker 4: of Terror to now be Guardians of the Galaxy.

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Speaker 3: So, speaking of the Guardians, the Astros just got swept

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Speaker 3: by the Cleveland Guardians at Dyke and Park. And that's

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Speaker 3: The result, we'll get to Jake Myers and why he

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Speaker 3: Sean here to discuss the upcoming lone Star series between

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Speaker 3: the Astros and Rangers at Dyke and Park this weekend.

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Speaker 1: So, Sean, this seems like.

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Speaker 3: A pretty consequential road trip for the Rangers, who have

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Speaker 3: underperformed all season. Uh, they for some reason have not

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Speaker 3: hit at all, despite having a roster that you would

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Speaker 3: think would be able to hit. Before we get into

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Speaker 3: why they can't hit, is this a do or die

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Speaker 3: series road trip for the Rangers when it comes to

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Speaker 3: the trajectory of their season and what maybe they'll do

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Speaker 3: with the deadline?

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Speaker 2: I think so. I mean, look, they've been running with

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Speaker 2: the line that every game from here until the July

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Speaker 2: is important, and that's definitely true, especially in an American

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Speaker 2: league where that kind of middle glut is so tightly

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Speaker 2: that's definitely true, that's correct, and you know, a good

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Speaker 2: week can completely separate you from the pack. But I

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Speaker 2: do think in the sense of showing this front office

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Speaker 2: in and worth by into. This is an important stretch.

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Speaker 2: You're playing seven straight against the visional opponents. You're going

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Speaker 2: to go into the break on either a really good

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Speaker 2: note or really bad note. I look at last year

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Speaker 2: when they played the Astros to finish the first half,

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Speaker 2: and I thought it ended in a really high note.

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Speaker 2: You know, Josh Smith had those few homers on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: they went into the break, it felt good and it

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Speaker 2: kind of felt like, all right, this team might have

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Speaker 2: something might be worth buying. That obviously did not materialize

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Speaker 2: into anything in the second half. But I think it's

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Speaker 2: impossible to look at this ten game stretch around that

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Speaker 2: includes San Diego, Anaheim and next Houston and say that,

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Speaker 2: you know, this won't at least give the front office

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Speaker 2: assign and what the team's made of.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, like you said, the middle of the

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Speaker 4: American League West right now is really tight. I mean,

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Speaker 4: is a team that shouldn't be selling at the deadline.

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Speaker 2: I think they'd liked some of the signs they've seen lately.

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Speaker 2: The offense has come back, you know, compared to where

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Speaker 2: just hasn't translated into wins. They're losing one run games,

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Speaker 2: they're losing an extras. You know, last night in Anaheim

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Speaker 2: think that's what they're looking at now, is Hey, maybe

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Speaker 2: but if it doesn't translate into wins at some point,

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Speaker 2: then one, how good is it? And two? Is this

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Speaker 3: First, I'm getting serious Mariners vibes from this Rangers team

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Speaker 3: from last season, because we all remember the Mariners wasted

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Speaker 3: a generational run of pitching last season, didn't make the playoffs,

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Speaker 3: they couldn't hit. It feels like this is the same

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Speaker 1: This season. The Rangers had.

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Speaker 3: The lowest ERA in baseball, and I know, obviously Jacob

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Speaker 3: Always manages to throw very well against the Astros. But

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Speaker 3: you knew they knew they had those two guys coming

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Speaker 3: in Sean. Who else has stepped up to help this

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Speaker 2: It's kind of everyone. I mean, look, before he got hurt,

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Speaker 2: Tyler Mallley was having a career season. Patrick Corbin, who

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Speaker 2: that one hundred times out of one hundred. They've gotten

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Speaker 2: hot and cold stretchers from black Lighter and Kamara Rocker.

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Speaker 2: I think they've seen positive development signs from both of them,

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Speaker 2: And then it's the bullpen. I mean, look, they rebuilt

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Speaker 2: when you have the Graminivaldiz are one and two, everything

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Speaker 1: Tyler, would you like to guess Ja Klatts went to school?

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Speaker 4: I assume LSU for a little bit.

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Speaker 3: He barely pitched at LSU. He was probably one of

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Speaker 2: So for his time in Kent State, you know, he's

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Speaker 1: Yeah. He transferred to Kent State after that and took off. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So I guess the question that everyone has tried to

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Speaker 3: ask this whole season, Sean, is why can't the Rangers hit?

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Speaker 3: Like I mean, you look at the roster you look

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Speaker 3: had that won the World Series two years ago.

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Speaker 1: What has happened to this offense? And why do they

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Speaker 2: I think there's two pretty significant reasons. One that there

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Speaker 2: Two kind of holes they had to fill and neither

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Speaker 2: but you know they're both hitting like one fifty against

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Speaker 2: just hasn't done that. The second reason is I think

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Speaker 2: that just hasn't happened yet. Jonaheim has only gotten worse

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Speaker 2: know Langford, I think he's kind of finding a group again.

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Speaker 2: But you know, in most of June, he was really

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Speaker 2: Like you your tubeing off acquisitions just haven't contributed, and

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Speaker 2: you didn't get the internal growth that you were hoping

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and Corey Seeker started the year really cold. I

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Speaker 4: read your story on on you know, his past few games.

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Speaker 4: I pulled it up here in the last twenty two

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Speaker 4: games he has a ten fifty nine Ops says he

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Speaker 4: has he adjusted anything, like what happened? Is he just

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Speaker 4: making better contact? What changed for him? And what hope

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Speaker 4: does that give? You know, other guys in the Rangers lineup, Well.

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Speaker 2: Corey would never tell us if he changed anything or

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Speaker 2: what he did. What he did tinker with different batting

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Speaker 2: It's pretty clear he found something out. But you know,

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Speaker 2: between him and Marcus Imi and he's been great since

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Speaker 2: he started June, Like, those are your two horses in

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Speaker 2: I think getting them going does make a significant impact.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what it necessarily does for the rest

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Speaker 2: same time. That's been the biggest thing, right, It's not

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Speaker 2: you know, you hope in baseball that you can have

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Speaker 2: what half your lineup hoot at the same time and

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Speaker 2: Another seven guys have been non factors. So I think

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Speaker 2: if you're getting Corey Marcus back to a the position

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Speaker 2: But you know, it's up to it's the point, it's

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Speaker 4: So, if I'm hearing this correctly, the Rangers have an

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Speaker 4: incredible one to two punch. They have some you know,

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Speaker 4: baseman who they acquired to hit, who isn't hitting. Uh,

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Speaker 4: why are the Astros ten games up on the Rangers?

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Speaker 4: What's the difference? Like, what do you look at in

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Speaker 3: Will we'll hear from our friends at foul Territory, and

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Speaker 5: Ah, Summer, we almost forgot what it feels like to

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Speaker 5: Fly Young, Dragon writer, Fly the kind of fun that

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Speaker 3: Play that moves you, Sean can No one can accuse

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Speaker 2: You'll be shocked to hear that. No, that didn't happen. No,

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Speaker 2: is an incredible ass Cleef. They're incredible what they do.

435
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 2: They're yeah, yeah, all these things here for a reason.

436
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,360
Speaker 2: And then you watch a guy like Jacob deGrom pitch

437
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,600
Speaker 2: and you just you can like palpably see that he

438
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,320
Speaker 2: is on a different planet than even like other world

439
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,680
Speaker 2: class athletes, and that's just how it feels watching him pitch.

440
00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,480
Speaker 2: And even you know, he pitched Tuesday night in Anaheim

441
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,320
Speaker 2: and like it was a bad nights room. He was off,

442
00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,560
Speaker 2: he was walking more guys, he couldn't locate his slider.

443
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 2: And even when he has like a quote unquote off

444
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 2: or bad night, it's still like the baseline is just

445
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:06,199
Speaker 2: so high and it's really been a treat to wash him.

446
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 2: And I think it's it's really cool one for him.

447
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 2: I think you can tell how much it means to

448
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 2: him to be healthy and performing like this, and you

449
00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,080
Speaker 2: can tell the All Star nomination and a lot to him.

450
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:17,720
Speaker 2: But like it is cool to see like the Rangers

451
00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,880
Speaker 2: made if they investment in this guy, like they wanted

452
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,480
Speaker 2: him to be part of like rebuilding this pitching staff,

453
00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 2: building this culture, and like it is cool to see

454
00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:29,320
Speaker 2: that come to fruition. Albeit it took two years, but like,

455
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 2: it's cool to see that vision come together of like

456
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,879
Speaker 2: you go out you give Jacob dar big money so

457
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:35,320
Speaker 2: that he can go out there and pitch like this.

458
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 4: Uh, would you like to take a guess at what

459
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:48,639
Speaker 4: his with percentages on his slider? God, it's it's silly,

460
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:54,040
Speaker 4: I mean just ridiculous. It is thirty seven and a

461
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:54,879
Speaker 4: half percent.

462
00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,240
Speaker 2: Go s yeah, I'm gonna say forty that's yeah.

463
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 4: And his fastball is four seam fastball. He gets twenty

464
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:08,159
Speaker 4: one point four percent whips. That's that's stupid. That a

465
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 4: fifth of the time he throws a fastball to a

466
00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:14,399
Speaker 4: major league hitter, they're swinging through it. Like he's just

467
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,320
Speaker 4: he's unbelievable. It's so fun to watch him be healthy

468
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,440
Speaker 4: and you know, be able to you know, to be

469
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,399
Speaker 4: able to put up these numbers because again, it's a

470
00:24:24,520 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 4: it's a guy who we talked about what if guys

471
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 4: of whoever you said from LSU. But this is a

472
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,840
Speaker 4: real one of like, my goodness, when when he is healthy,

473
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 4: like this is a just inner circle baseball talent just

474
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 4: so much fun to watch. I'm a big like, I'm

475
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 4: a big like environment person, like when when a guy

476
00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,680
Speaker 4: like that goes on the mound. I'm big about like

477
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,600
Speaker 4: warm up music and kind of what it sets it.

478
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,879
Speaker 4: Verlander when Verlander was here and he would come out

479
00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:56,439
Speaker 4: till till.

480
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,720
Speaker 3: I collapse, like it was like oh man, like you

481
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:00,480
Speaker 3: shoot up and you're like, oh man, this is gonna

482
00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:03,760
Speaker 3: be something. Jacob deGrom warms up to Simple Man by

483
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,720
Speaker 3: Leonard Skinner and it is one of the coolest.

484
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 1: Things when he.

485
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,879
Speaker 3: When he when he when he ran out there to

486
00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 3: pitch against Hunter Brown in May, and it was I

487
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,560
Speaker 3: was like, oh my god, this is like some this

488
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 3: is some incredible stuff. And then he went out there

489
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,159
Speaker 3: and absolutely shoved the thing about him that is and

490
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 3: I think I've seen Bruce Bochie talk about it before too,

491
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 3: like you can talk. I mean, he can reach one hundred.

492
00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:31,159
Speaker 3: The Slider's disgusting, the change ups disgusting, but it's the

493
00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 3: command twenty three guys all year like he it's it's

494
00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:40,639
Speaker 3: elite stuff, but he puts it exactly where he wants it,

495
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 3: and it is it is like nothing you've ever seen before,

496
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 3: because like, look, we're watching Hunter Brown become an ace

497
00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 3: this year. We've watched it all season and he's been

498
00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,720
Speaker 3: very good. But there's still times where like he'll spray

499
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,320
Speaker 3: the ball and like he'll he'll walk three or four,

500
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,320
Speaker 3: but like he's got such good stuff that he'll get

501
00:25:58,320 --> 00:26:01,520
Speaker 3: out of it. And but to watch de Grom do

502
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:05,159
Speaker 3: this with maybe the best stuff in baseball and be

503
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:08,159
Speaker 3: able to put it exactly where he wants, it's unbelievable.

504
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, Chandler, It's like, you know, so you talk to

505
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 2: players and like you ask, oh, what do you like

506
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,679
Speaker 2: about this guy? And like you'll get a mixed faggy

507
00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,959
Speaker 2: answers like, oh I like this. I like that. If

508
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 2: you ask any pitcher in that Rangers clubhouse, like, oh,

509
00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 2: what what what do you like about de Grom? What's

510
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 2: the most impressive thing? Like there's no hesitation, it's fastball command.

511
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,040
Speaker 2: You know. We talked to Mike Maddox this week and

512
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 2: the pitching coach after ta Grom made the All Star team,

513
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 2: and like, same thing. He's like, it's it's it's the

514
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:38,120
Speaker 2: fastball command. If it's pinpoint, it is unbelievably laser accurate.

515
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,880
Speaker 2: And I think, you know, when you talk about these

516
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 2: guys like Jack liber and Kamar Rocker being the club

517
00:26:45,119 --> 00:26:48,840
Speaker 2: host and pitching with and around to Grom, like that's

518
00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 2: the one thing, like, you know, if they can learn

519
00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 2: just one percent of how to commit your fastball from

520
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,680
Speaker 2: Jacob de Grom, like like that's the massive step for

521
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,679
Speaker 2: the young guy to be around. But no, oh seriously though,

522
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,639
Speaker 2: the Leonard Skinner and a simple Man, like when he

523
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,439
Speaker 2: watched after that Globe Life field, It's like I get chills.

524
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 2: Like it's one of those things like you know you

525
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 2: can kind of especially pre gaming, kind of like you

526
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,399
Speaker 2: get stuck working or whatever. It's like one of those

527
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 2: things where's like, now I'm going to set aside like

528
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 2: two full minutes to watch this dude walk out and

529
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,919
Speaker 2: like listen to the strum of that guitar. It's unbelievable.

530
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,159
Speaker 3: The same the same thing with Verlander and eminem like

531
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 3: and Until I Collapse has those like iconic first couple

532
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 3: of notes too, and like when those you just kind

533
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 3: of like stood up and you were like transfixed on

534
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,639
Speaker 3: what he was doing. It's it's it's something that you

535
00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:35,960
Speaker 3: have to be there to like understand what we're talking about.

536
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:36,959
Speaker 3: It's it's crazy.

537
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 4: Well, I famously played guitar for someone in high school

538
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,920
Speaker 4: for the Pop show for them tossing Simple Man. So

539
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 4: if if Jacob de Gram needs me to grab mine

540
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 4: and play that live that I still got it down

541
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 4: ready to go. I did want to mention I was

542
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 4: I was googling over Jacob de Gram's fastball wift rate

543
00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,240
Speaker 4: and I was like, that's got to be way up there.

544
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 4: So his fastball way for eight was twenty one point

545
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 4: four percent, which is still insane. Hunter Browns is thirty

546
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 4: three point eight what like, what what is happening? How

547
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 4: is that possible to swing and miss that often on

548
00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,120
Speaker 4: a fastball? So you're right, Channel, I mean, we're we're

549
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 4: watching a guy this year become one of one of

550
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 4: those guys that you just you make an appointment viewing

551
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 4: to watch them. What this is gonna be a good series.

552
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 4: I'm excited.

553
00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna determine a lot for the Rain. The

554
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,959
Speaker 3: Astros are in a little bit better spot. And then,

555
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 3: you know, six and a half games up as we

556
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 3: record this, you know, losing two out of three, especially

557
00:28:43,040 --> 00:28:45,280
Speaker 3: if you face De Gram and Avaldi on back to

558
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 3: back days, it's not going to be the end of

559
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 3: the world. Obviously, the Astros would love to win two

560
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 3: of three or sweep, but they have put themselves in

561
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 3: a position where they don't have to, you know, necessarily,

562
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 3: you know, win at all costs. Look, they want to win,

563
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 3: don't get me wrong, but like they're in an advantageou

564
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,240
Speaker 3: this position of they banked a tunnel wins, they had

565
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:06,360
Speaker 3: a great June, and this series is not going to

566
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 3: determine the trajectory of their deadline plans or their season

567
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 3: like it will the Rangers sean one wonderful we get

568
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 3: you out of here is this first boches last year.

569
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 2: He's given no indication one way or another, so I

570
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 2: obviously won't like, you know, I really think I a

571
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 2: read on it, like he's given He's really done a

572
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 2: great job of holding his hiding his cars, and the

573
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 2: front office has like me if I if I were

574
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 2: in Bruce Bochy's position of the seventy year old, like

575
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 2: it would probably be my last year. But you know,

576
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 2: but you know, like we know these guys, like these

577
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 2: guys love love being around the game. It's hard for

578
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 2: them to walk away and like, look like Boach does

579
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 2: love being out there even as much as like the

580
00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 2: season has been a grind, So I don't know, again,

581
00:29:55,960 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 2: he has really not tipped his hand at all. I

582
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 2: like if I had the debt, I state this last year,

583
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,200
Speaker 2: but I did. There's no there's no like reporting on that.

584
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 2: That's just me making assumptions. But you know, he's these guys,

585
00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 2: it's hard for him to walk away. They love being

586
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 2: around baseball.

587
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 4: I'm thirty two and I'm trying to retire. What are

588
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 4: you doing?

589
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:18,160
Speaker 5: Bruce?

590
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,240
Speaker 3: And then I wonder too how much that that influences

591
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 3: how aggressive Chris Young is going to be too, because

592
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 3: like you've got a You've got maybe the best manager

593
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 3: of the modern era on your bench, and like you said,

594
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 3: like he's seventy years old. If this isn't his last year,

595
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 3: then it's his day. His days as a manager.

596
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 1: Are probably numbered.

597
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 3: How does that influence, like you just like you don't

598
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 3: want to waste I don't you don't Like we talk

599
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 3: about this from a player perspective all the time, like, oh,

600
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 3: you only have this many years of prime Jacob deGrom

601
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 3: or this many years of prime Aaron Judge, So like

602
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,280
Speaker 3: you have to be aggressive every deadline to make sure

603
00:30:56,360 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 3: you sees advantage of that small window, Like how much

604
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 3: is that factor in two that, like you probably only

605
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 3: have a couple more years of Bruce Bochie and you

606
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 3: want to give put the best foot forward to let

607
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 3: you know, maybe the best manager of the modern era,

608
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 3: you know, do what.

609
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: He can do.

610
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,000
Speaker 2: No, that's a great point, Chandler, because look, if he

611
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,200
Speaker 2: leaves next year or the year after that, like there's

612
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 2: a pretty good chance that where they're placing with won't

613
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 2: be as good as brus Bochie. You know maybe maybe eventually,

614
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,360
Speaker 2: but you know, look the things that Boach is able

615
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 2: to do and able to handle after what three decades managing,

616
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 2: like you can replicate that, especially in a playoff race,

617
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,480
Speaker 2: a playoff chase when you get to October, Like, washing

618
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 2: him navigate things in twenty twenty three year is unbelievable,

619
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 2: you know, with that bullpen that was got awful all

620
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 2: the year, that became suddenly locked down, Like like those

621
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 2: are things that whenever a new manager does come in,

622
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 2: you're not going to have that ability. So I think

623
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 2: it's true that, like, look if they if they see

624
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 2: a window to compete this year, continue competing next year,

625
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 2: Like I do think Chris Young in this front office,

626
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:03,040
Speaker 2: this ownership group has like shown that like they will

627
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 2: push if the team gives them the signs that's worth

628
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 2: pushing for. So that's the biggest thing. But I don't

629
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: think they're going to look I think last year they

630
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 2: in hindsight, probably would have handled the deadline differently. But

631
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 2: they're coming off a World Series and they thought, well,

632
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 2: you know, the course still here, maybe we can make

633
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 2: a second half revival that didn't happen. They're not going

634
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,720
Speaker 2: to make the mistaken in this year if they don't

635
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 2: see the signs they need to see come July thirty.

636
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 4: First, just one last question. You're definitely no reason for

637
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 4: me bringing this up. When when a Rangers player gets hurt,

638
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 4: do they do they come back and play at some

639
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:49,200
Speaker 4: point or do they get cast in the shadow realm uh?

640
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 4: Just out of curiosity, what what happens to Rangers players

641
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 4: when they're injured?

642
00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 2: Well, if you ask Rangers fans, you know, a guy

643
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,680
Speaker 2: will get injured and we'll say, oh, you know, it's

644
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 2: just you know, we think we'll be down for a

645
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 2: few days, and a few days later they get more

646
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 2: testing done, it's like, oh, it's actually going to be

647
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,280
Speaker 2: a month, and then Rangers fans believe. But the front

648
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 2: office is actually out to get the fans and this

649
00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 2: isn't actually a whole big plot in the scheme to

650
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 2: go after the team. So that's kind of the time.

651
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 2: The time we're working on over here is that people

652
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 2: don't believe in the concept of like developing information and

653
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 2: new in new medical data. So you know, I guess

654
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,040
Speaker 2: it's just not a maybe not. What we do in

655
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 2: baseball in the state of.

656
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 4: Texas is, yeah, we got some imaging issues here. I

657
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 4: think is the problem. We need like a four K

658
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 4: monitor somewhere for these doctors in Texas to give better imaging.

659
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 4: I think I think we can all agree on that.

660
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Speaker 1: I think that's the least of the astros concerns. Imaging

661
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: is the least of their concerns at this point. Sean, Sean,

662
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:52,400
Speaker 1: this was fun.

663
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 3: I appreciate you taking some time to preview what is

664
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 3: a huge series for the Rangers and what is well

665
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 3: just a series to end a really, really good first

666
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 3: half of the Astros. So we will see you at

667
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 3: Dyke And Park this weekend. Saturday and Sunday should be

668
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 3: again a huge treat if you guys have I'm not

669
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 3: here to show for the Astros, but if you can

670
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,520
Speaker 3: get a ticket Saturday or Sunday to go watch Farmervelde's

671
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,360
Speaker 3: pitch against Jacob de Gram and then Hunter Brown against Nivald.

672
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: You won't see two better pitching matchups in the regular

673
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 3: season this season. So if you can get out there,

674
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 3: see greatness in person on both sides.

675
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Speaker 1: But Sean, you'll be there. I appreciate you.

676
00:34:31,640 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 3: Taking some time and uh, good luck in Disneyland. Go

677
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:38,200
Speaker 3: ride your favorite ride and text Tyler.

678
00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,439
Speaker 2: You're absolutely thank you. I appreciate this is fun.

679
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:43,240
Speaker 4: Thanks.

680
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: All right, h Tyler, We've got we've got to talk

681
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 1: about Jake Myers again.

682
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 4: Okay, that's what we're gonna talk about. I thought you

683
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,920
Speaker 4: were setting up something else that you know.

684
00:34:56,680 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 3: Look what happened last night, uh, Wednesday night at Dyke

685
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 3: and Park.

686
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: Jay.

687
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 3: For those that did not watch or that are unaffiliated

688
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 3: with what's going on, Jake Myers had missed Monday and

689
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 3: Tuesday's game with what the Ashers described as right calf tightness.

690
00:35:14,239 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 3: They worked him out in right field on Tuesday prior

691
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 3: to the game. Joe Spotta said that he still struggled

692
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 3: to change directions, said that there was still some discomfort

693
00:35:23,600 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 3: he Jake Myers did the same thing on Wednesday, worked

694
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 3: out in right field before the game. Trainer was there.

695
00:35:29,840 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 3: Strength coach was there. Joe Spott was there. They deemed

696
00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 3: him ready to play, put him in the lineup. He

697
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 3: ran out to his position before the first inning and

698
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 3: crumpled to the ground in pain.

699
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: With the right calf.

700
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:43,839
Speaker 3: They did not even take him to the clubhouse. They

701
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 3: took him to the right field loading dock, where they

702
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,719
Speaker 3: put him on a cart. He could put not a

703
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 3: ton of weight on his right leg. He needed assistance

704
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 3: from a trainer to walk off the field. Tyler, I

705
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 3: feel like we're going to talk the same stuff we

706
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 3: did about the Jordon Alvarez thing about a couple months ago.

707
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 3: But the only thing that like I can really say

708
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 3: at this point is like something is wrong. Like there

709
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 3: is something wrong here and I am not smart enough

710
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,320
Speaker 3: to know what it is. I have no medical training.

711
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 3: I don't want to act like a doctor or a

712
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 3: trainer or a strength coach here, but there is This

713
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 3: is happening too much for this to be a coincidence,

714
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 3: and something is not right in the way that the

715
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 3: Astros either evaluate their injuries, prepare their players to return

716
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 3: from injuries, or analyze the data during these rehabs that

717
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:41,400
Speaker 3: they were bringing these players back. Because this is another

718
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 3: instance in which you have to question everything about their

719
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:46,800
Speaker 3: return to play procedure.

720
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 4: Am I allowed to answer this?

721
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, go ahead, I don't care.

722
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 4: Oh, I was just doing the Jake myersh god or

723
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 4: he handled as well as he could? Uh that was

724
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 4: that was a clip for sure of just looking off

725
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:08,399
Speaker 4: into the distance. Am I allowed to answer this? That's

726
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 4: all I got for I mean, he's clearly and a

727
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 4: ton of pain.

728
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: Like you don't.

729
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 4: You don't react to a question of did this hurt

730
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 4: worse than it did a few days ago? That way

731
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:28,400
Speaker 4: unless it is way worse. I don't. I don't know.

732
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 4: You're right. Something has to change, even if it's just

733
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 4: eyewash at this point, Like I know, we make fun

734
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,680
Speaker 4: of people for like what are you talking about the

735
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 4: batting coach? You know, everybody's doing their job. They got

736
00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 4: to do something, but like something, something fundamentally has to

737
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 4: change with the way that the Astros approach injuries and

738
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 4: returning players to the field, because it's not working. Just

739
00:37:57,160 --> 00:38:01,360
Speaker 4: it just isn't there. There is there no player that

740
00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 4: you can point to in the last couple of years

741
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,719
Speaker 4: of this guy was hurting and we got him back

742
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 4: on time, and there's been no other issues that it's

743
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 4: every time somebody is injured, something like this happens. It's

744
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 4: it's ridiculous and something has to change. I don't know

745
00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 4: what it is. I don't own a baseball team, I

746
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 4: don't run a medical department, so I cannot give advice.

747
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 4: All I can say is you can you cannot keep

748
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 4: the status quo with this. It's it's embarrassing for your organization.

749
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 4: I mean, at this point where it happens too often

750
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 4: for it to be a coincidence.

751
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:41,399
Speaker 2: Yea.

752
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 4: And I don't know where in the chain something is

753
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:52,120
Speaker 4: going wrong, but you know, you, as the sassy British

754
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 4: lady said, you have to find the weakest link and

755
00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,440
Speaker 4: figure out what it is, uh and and change it

756
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:01,760
Speaker 4: because this is just not working.

757
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:02,839
Speaker 5: Yeah.

758
00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,439
Speaker 1: And I want to be clear too, and I tried

759
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,719
Speaker 1: to I tried to make this point in what I

760
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: wrote this morning.

761
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,839
Speaker 3: And look, we just taught to Sean, and Sean said

762
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 3: that the Rangers have there's similar things that have about

763
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 3: the Rangers of oh, they give this diagnosis and then oh, like,

764
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:19,040
Speaker 3: actually it's this, and so this is not like setbacks

765
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 3: are not uncommon in baseball, like they happen every day.

766
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,759
Speaker 3: Teams alter timelines for their players to return every day.

767
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 3: That that is not an astro's problem, like that it

768
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 3: happens like everybody, and every body heals.

769
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 4: At a favorite line of yours. You need a T shirt.

770
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 3: They all heal at their different paces, Like rehabs are

771
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 3: not linear.

772
00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:41,920
Speaker 1: Not injury.

773
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:46,759
Speaker 3: No injury is created equal, like every person has a

774
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 3: different timeline or method of healing.

775
00:39:50,560 --> 00:39:51,960
Speaker 1: But you just said it.

776
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,879
Speaker 3: They have had too many of these instances to where

777
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 3: this is can be. You can no longer call this

778
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,359
Speaker 3: a coincidence. And they lost the benefit of the doubt

779
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:04,560
Speaker 3: a long time ago. If they didn't lose it with

780
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:08,040
Speaker 3: the Kyle Tucker shin fiasco, they lost it with the

781
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 3: Jordan Alvarez hand fracture, and you know, even even the

782
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 3: Jeremy Panya injury, which on the surface appeared to be

783
00:40:17,120 --> 00:40:21,520
Speaker 3: handled pretty seamlessly. You know, he went and worked out

784
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,240
Speaker 3: like he got hit on a Friday, went and worked

785
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 3: out in the weight room with weighted balls.

786
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: On Saturday.

787
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 3: They said, okay, like he looks good, let's have him

788
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 3: swing on Sunday. He swung on Sunday and they're like, oh,

789
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:35,240
Speaker 3: it hurts a little bit. They sent him for imaging

790
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,760
Speaker 3: and that imaging revealed a fracture. They took imaging earlier

791
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 3: that And again I'm I'm not sitting here trying to

792
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 3: be a radiologist. I understand that fractures sometimes don't appear

793
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,400
Speaker 3: on the first image, Like I get that there's a

794
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:52,399
Speaker 3: lot of layers here, But there have been too many

795
00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 3: of these instances for this to be brushed off. It's

796
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,040
Speaker 3: just oh, it's baseball, or oh it's it's medicine, or

797
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 3: oh it's it's just tough.

798
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: And look, maybe it is. Maybe there is.

799
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 3: Maybe the Astros are just the unluckiest team in the

800
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 3: sport and they have had all of these setbacks that

801
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 3: are just nothing can be done about them, and they

802
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 3: have just so happened to happen to their high profile players.

803
00:41:17,239 --> 00:41:20,439
Speaker 3: Maybe that's maybe that's the case. If that is the case,

804
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 3: someone needs to come out and say it because they are.

805
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 3: They have created a pr mess and it has become

806
00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 3: one of these things that it is it's bordering on untenable,

807
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 3: and this is a situation where something is going to

808
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:40,320
Speaker 3: have to change, and it's becoming increasingly likely that like

809
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 3: there's no ifsands or butts about it, like some there

810
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 3: is going to have to be some measures taken. I don't,

811
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 3: and it's probably gonna be after the season. They're gonna

812
00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,799
Speaker 3: have to look in the They're gonna have to look

813
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 3: at everything. And I'm not sitting here saying that jobs

814
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 3: are gonna be lost or anything like that. Please don't

815
00:41:57,600 --> 00:42:00,920
Speaker 3: misunderstand me. They've got to get to the root of

816
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 3: why this is happening, and once they figure it out,

817
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 3: they have to have some semblance of transparency and discuss

818
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 3: it because as they stand right now, like they have

819
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 3: lost all benefit of the doubt when it comes to

820
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 3: injuries and bringing their players back.

821
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,479
Speaker 4: It took twenty six months for Luis Garcia to start

822
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,600
Speaker 4: a minor league reehab, start recovering from Tommy John surgery.

823
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 4: By the time hopefully he comes back later on this season,

824
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 4: there will have been six Marvel movies released since the

825
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,879
Speaker 4: last time that he pitched. And that's how I measure time.

826
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:47,360
Speaker 4: So again, something is going on here. Something has to change.

827
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:51,960
Speaker 4: You just can't. You can't keep doing this, and I

828
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 4: can't keep talking about it because it raises my heart

829
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 4: rate and it makes me very angry. And all these

830
00:42:57,719 --> 00:43:01,439
Speaker 4: guys are losing time, you know, like Jake Myers wants

831
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 4: to be playing. Lance mccullors wanted to exist for the

832
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 4: last three years. Luis Garcia would like to throw a pitch.

833
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,959
Speaker 4: Jordon doesn't want his hand to hurt. Jeremy Pania would

834
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,359
Speaker 4: like to be able to breathe. I would have made

835
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 4: you know, like all of these people want to come

836
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 4: back and play. It's not It's not that the Astros

837
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 4: have a culture issue and that these guys just are,

838
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,400
Speaker 4: you know, hanging out and don't want to play. Like

839
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 4: something is going on that is just not working and

840
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,839
Speaker 4: it has to change, and it has to change now.

841
00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 4: I mean this, this is embarrassing and.

842
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,839
Speaker 3: I hate to put it like this, but let's let's

843
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,879
Speaker 3: also be real here. The only person that can enact

844
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:45,879
Speaker 3: this sort of change and that can really like get

845
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 3: to the root of this is the owner. Like this

846
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 3: is this is something that I believe, and you can

847
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:52,600
Speaker 3: correct me if i'm You can correct me if you

848
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,799
Speaker 3: think I'm wrong here, Tyler, I think this goes above

849
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:58,080
Speaker 3: Dana Brown. I think this is above a Baseball operations

850
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,160
Speaker 3: sort of thing. This is this is a fundamental thing

851
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 3: that is higher than that. And for sure, Jim Crane

852
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 3: has to this is a situation where you look. He

853
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 3: is a shrewd businessman.

854
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:09,320
Speaker 2: He is.

855
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:11,960
Speaker 3: He has made a ton of money, he has a

856
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 3: ton of successful He's been very successful in logistics. He

857
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 3: has been one of, if not the most successful sports

858
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:22,879
Speaker 3: owner in Houston sports history. Like he is more than

859
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:27,800
Speaker 3: he is very very shrewd at what he does. And

860
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 3: I hate to put it like this, but this is

861
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 3: how he may view this. These are his most valuable assets.

862
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 3: Like he is paying yord On Alvarez a lot of money.

863
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:43,160
Speaker 3: Jeremy Payna is the most valuable player on this billion

864
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 3: dollar enterprise that Jim Crane now owns.

865
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 4: You know, he's paying more than a billion.

866
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,800
Speaker 3: Of course, he's paying Lance mccullor's, you know, eighteen nineteen

867
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 3: million dollars. And you'd never want to identify players by that,

868
00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,360
Speaker 3: Like you don't want to call like just use players

869
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 3: as assets, use players as money figures.

870
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, that that's kind

871
00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:06,840
Speaker 1: of how a lot of this is viewed.

872
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,799
Speaker 3: And I think you look, when Jim Crane looks at

873
00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 3: it through that prism, I think he'll understand that, like

874
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 3: he there has to be some sort of audit done.

875
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: There has to be some sort of examination.

876
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 3: As to why his most valuable assets to and to

877
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:27,760
Speaker 3: a franchise that, as you said, is worth multiple billions

878
00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 3: of dollars, Why these most valuable assets can't get on

879
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,240
Speaker 3: the field, why they can't keep them on the field,

880
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 3: and why when they do come back on the field,

881
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 3: they're off a short time later.

882
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:41,839
Speaker 4: You remember Christian Haavier, I do. He used to play

883
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 4: for the Astros. He's making twelve million dollars, you know,

884
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:51,800
Speaker 4: not on the team. Fun fact that I just added

885
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,320
Speaker 4: it up for you. I just took the top six earners.

886
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 4: There's fifteen people currently on the injured list. Just the

887
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 4: top six is forty four million dollars that that Jim

888
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 4: Crane is paying this season to not have on the field. Well,

889
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 4: actually there's probably more than that because we're not including

890
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 4: Jose Bray, youw. But that doesn't count. I'm talking about

891
00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 4: guys who are on the roster that they are not

892
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 4: paying or they are paying to not play right now,

893
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 4: and you have no confidence that they will come back

894
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 4: healthy and ready to go at any sort of timeline.

895
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:34,440
Speaker 4: They could say anything and until that person, normally I

896
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:36,400
Speaker 4: would say, is on the field. But I guess that

897
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,879
Speaker 4: doesn't even count. They have to actually start a game.

898
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 4: They can't even jog out to center field and me think, okay,

899
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 4: they're ready to go. I got to see them play

900
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:49,439
Speaker 4: a few innings apparently, but they're just like we said,

901
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:54,800
Speaker 4: it's just it's not working and and something has to change.

902
00:46:56,600 --> 00:47:00,120
Speaker 4: But speaking of injured pitchers, do you wanna do to

903
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,880
Speaker 4: wrap up here with our our last little segment.

904
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:07,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, we'll dive into our Draft Kings player segment, and

905
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 3: perhaps fittingly, we're gonna talk about Lance mccullors junior, So Tyler,

906
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 3: it's our Draft Kings player spotlight, and Lance mccullor's has

907
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:23,680
Speaker 3: a big task ahead of him starting Friday night for

908
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 3: a team that could use some good news and for

909
00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:28,920
Speaker 3: a team that could use a boost because we just

910
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,400
Speaker 3: talked about the Jake Myers Andrews pretty deflating just I mean,

911
00:47:32,480 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 3: he runs out there and before first pitch, he's on

912
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:38,360
Speaker 3: the ground on all fours. Lance is no stranger to

913
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 3: big games. He's no stranger to pitching in big environments.

914
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 3: I imagine Dyke and Park will be packed on Friday

915
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:47,760
Speaker 3: Friday Night against the Rangers. Just pitch a Dodger Stadium

916
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,400
Speaker 3: went pretty well for him. What do you what do

917
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:53,800
Speaker 3: you think about Lance mccullor's going in this opener against

918
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:54,960
Speaker 3: the Texas Rangers.

919
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 4: So mccullor's it has always been a guy that feels

920
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 4: like steps up up for big games, and I feel

921
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:06,719
Speaker 4: like a Friday night start against the Rangers, that's one

922
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 4: that he's got some extra adournaline going. You know, he's

923
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 4: had five starts this year. Two of them have just

924
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 4: been real stinkers, and you know the others have been good.

925
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:23,279
Speaker 4: The interesting thing is when you look at mccolors over

926
00:48:23,360 --> 00:48:28,080
Speaker 4: his career, he's been a significantly better pitcher at home.

927
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:30,839
Speaker 4: He has a three zero eight RA in his career

928
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 4: at home and a four to twenty one R away.

929
00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:39,319
Speaker 4: But this year it's been the exact opposite. Again, very

930
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 4: very small sample size, but in four away games this

931
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:49,360
Speaker 4: season he has a zero point four to six RA

932
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 4: and five home starts he has an eleven thirty seven ER. Now,

933
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 4: again super small sample size, and when you look at

934
00:48:59,080 --> 00:49:01,760
Speaker 4: his career, that's that's not something that you would expect

935
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:03,719
Speaker 4: going forward, but you would like to see a really

936
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:07,640
Speaker 4: good home start from from Lance. So when I'm looking

937
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Speaker 4: at you know, the the DraftKings props for pick six,

938
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Speaker 4: I am going to go with over four and a

939
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 4: half strikeouts for Lance, even with you know, his his

940
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:24,440
Speaker 4: rough starts. You know, he's almost always over four or

941
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:28,440
Speaker 4: five strikeouts, And specifically with the Rangers lineup, they're they're

942
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 4: middle of the road as far as strikeout rate goes,

943
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:33,560
Speaker 4: but they have a lot of switch hitters and lefties,

944
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:38,520
Speaker 4: and Lance strikes out lefties at a much higher percentage

945
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 4: than he does.

946
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 1: Right.

947
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:42,560
Speaker 4: He he's always had those you know, reverse splits there,

948
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:48,040
Speaker 4: and so he's probably gonna have four, maybe five guys

949
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:52,040
Speaker 4: batting left handed against him on Friday. So I'm going

950
00:49:52,080 --> 00:49:55,160
Speaker 4: to take the over on strikeouts there, hoping to see

951
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 4: a rebound from him at home coming off a great

952
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,520
Speaker 4: start against the Dodgers where again, and that's that's an

953
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:04,680
Speaker 4: adrenaline pumping game he gets up for those I expect

954
00:50:04,719 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 4: to see the same against the Rangers.

955
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Speaker 3: All right, Tyler, what do you how do you size

970
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:59,840
Speaker 3: up this series this weekend? Jeremy Paine is probably not I'm.

971
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,480
Speaker 4: Not good lower. I don't want him at the park.

972
00:51:03,080 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 4: I want him in a bubble somewhere.

973
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:09,160
Speaker 3: Yeah he. Joe Spotter revealed on again not a surprise

974
00:51:09,239 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 3: and Wednesday that Payne is not He will go to

975
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 3: the All Star Game in Atlanta, but he's not going

976
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 3: to play. Jord And Alvarez is not going to play.

977
00:51:16,520 --> 00:51:19,879
Speaker 3: I would be floored if Jake Myers plays, but who knows.

978
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:23,520
Speaker 3: At this point, it's gonna be a pretty lean lineup.

979
00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,719
Speaker 3: They're gonna need jose Al TV to do what he

980
00:51:25,760 --> 00:51:27,480
Speaker 3: did in the Guardian series, which is pretty much be

981
00:51:27,560 --> 00:51:31,400
Speaker 3: the only guy that contributed anything. They're about to face

982
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:34,600
Speaker 3: Jack Lyder, who no hit them into the seventh inning

983
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:37,279
Speaker 3: in Arlington earlier this year, and then Jacob de Gram

984
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,200
Speaker 3: and Nativaldi on back to back days. It will not

985
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,239
Speaker 3: be easy for this lineup, but the Ashers are throwing

986
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,640
Speaker 3: their three best starting pitchers at a Rangers lineup that,

987
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:49,160
Speaker 3: as we just talked about, cannot hit. So what early

988
00:51:49,480 --> 00:51:51,319
Speaker 3: thoughts and how do you see this series going?

989
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:54,759
Speaker 4: Take two or three? That's that's what you got to

990
00:51:54,840 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 4: do every series. You look into it, and yeah, they've

991
00:51:57,640 --> 00:52:00,840
Speaker 4: the Rangers have their two best starters going Saturday and Sunday,

992
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:05,719
Speaker 4: but so do the Astros. And you know, theoretically the

993
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:09,200
Speaker 4: Astros have a better team. It's essentially sugar Lands roster

994
00:52:09,640 --> 00:52:11,480
Speaker 4: right now. So I don't know how much you can,

995
00:52:12,239 --> 00:52:16,239
Speaker 4: you know, really put into that. Who knows who's gonna

996
00:52:16,239 --> 00:52:19,160
Speaker 4: be in the lineup. I was looking it up. The

997
00:52:19,239 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 4: Astros have played ninety three games this year. Would you

998
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,400
Speaker 4: like to take a guess at how many different lineups

999
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:28,320
Speaker 4: they have used over ninety three games.

1000
00:52:28,640 --> 00:52:31,520
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with eighty two eighty eight.

1001
00:52:32,360 --> 00:52:38,239
Speaker 4: Not used a single lineup more than twice. So you know,

1002
00:52:38,600 --> 00:52:40,440
Speaker 4: this is a team that keeps getting it done with

1003
00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:48,040
Speaker 4: who knows what's happening. I mean, look, I don't even

1004
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:50,480
Speaker 4: know who's on the team at this point, other than

1005
00:52:50,520 --> 00:52:53,440
Speaker 4: I know for some reason says ar Salazar is on

1006
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:56,600
Speaker 4: the team and he doesn't get to play. Poor guy

1007
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:01,240
Speaker 4: just sitting in there getting iPad time. I would assume

1008
00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:03,840
Speaker 4: I'm not sure what he's doing in there, but you

1009
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,480
Speaker 4: know they they got to make it through the series.

1010
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:08,440
Speaker 4: But you play with the guys that you have, and

1011
00:53:08,560 --> 00:53:11,719
Speaker 4: you still have, like you said, jose L Tuove in

1012
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:15,319
Speaker 4: your lineup, You've got a lineup that has been getting hotter.

1013
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:19,040
Speaker 4: You need to see Christian Walker, you know, make some noise.

1014
00:53:19,120 --> 00:53:22,239
Speaker 4: Yiner's been putting together some better at Bad lately. You

1015
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 4: can always count on an eight pitch walk from estac

1016
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:28,840
Speaker 4: Parades at some point in the game. You know, you

1017
00:53:28,920 --> 00:53:32,520
Speaker 4: got to make these guys work. But like we said,

1018
00:53:33,680 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 4: you're not going to get any of these starters out early.

1019
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,759
Speaker 4: And even if you do, the Rangers have had a

1020
00:53:38,840 --> 00:53:41,840
Speaker 4: good bullpen, it's gonna take a lot. I expect to

1021
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 4: see a lot of back and forth in this series,

1022
00:53:44,040 --> 00:53:46,360
Speaker 4: but you know you have to go in with the

1023
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,399
Speaker 4: expectation of winning two out of three.

1024
00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not going to make any bold predictions about

1025
00:53:52,200 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 3: this because I said all three games against the Guardians

1026
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:56,239
Speaker 3: would be low scoring and that was not the case.

1027
00:53:57,040 --> 00:53:59,120
Speaker 3: I said that the Guardians could not hit. That was

1028
00:53:59,160 --> 00:53:59,919
Speaker 3: also not the case.

1029
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:01,400
Speaker 1: So no one tunes in.

1030
00:54:01,520 --> 00:54:04,040
Speaker 4: You said Jack Myers was healthy, You're just a liar.

1031
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 4: We also spent a lot of time talking up Hunter

1032
00:54:06,719 --> 00:54:08,759
Speaker 4: Brown and Josh Hater and then they gave up a

1033
00:54:08,840 --> 00:54:12,279
Speaker 4: combined ten runs. Are bad.

1034
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Speaker 3: So I don't know why anyone listens to this for now. No,

1035
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 3: certainly not for Baseball Intellect. With that being said, please

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1040
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Speaker 3: we post a new pod. We will be back later

1041
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:34,479
Speaker 3: this week with a special guest with another special guest

1042
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 3: to discuss maybe some the future of the Astros and

1043
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 3: kind of how they may navigate at the trade deadline.

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Speaker 3: As always, you can follow me at Chandler Underscore rome

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00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 3: on X. You can follow Tyler at Tyler C. Stafford

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00:54:46,760 --> 00:54:48,759
Speaker 3: and we will talk to you after the Ranger series.

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Speaker 4: Thanks guys, y'all aren't gonna believe who's going to be

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Speaker 2: Bye.