WEBVTT - D-backs Not Going Away in NL Wild Card Race With Huge Comeback vs. Reds

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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to another episode of Snake's Territory, part

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<v Speaker 1>of the Foul Territory Network. Be sure to like this video,

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<v Speaker 1>Friedman alongside Jack Summers and Jack A couple hours into

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<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks Sunday finale against the Reds, the vibes were

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<v Speaker 1>not high. Reds put three runs on Mitch Bratt. D

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<v Speaker 1>Backs looking to be on the verge of maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>series loss. That would have felt really rough on a

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<v Speaker 1>number of different levels. But the Diamondbacks come back. They

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<v Speaker 1>score one run in the sixth, four and the seventh.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a five to three win and really big on

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of different fronts. Jack, and also the Diamondbacks

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<v Speaker 1>thirty ninth comeback win this season. That is second in

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<v Speaker 1>all of baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>Come back today.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, technically, yes, the Cubs now have forty, but I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like it shouldn't count because they were down to

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<v Speaker 1>nothing and they won nineteen to two.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well then that would constitute a comeback win, but

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<v Speaker 2>not of the same milk as what happened with the

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<v Speaker 2>Dbacks today. And your words of you know this team

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<v Speaker 2>is never as good as you think it is, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's never as bad as you think it is. Just

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<v Speaker 2>keeps ringing in my head. I was thinking about that

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<v Speaker 2>all afternoon.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that is kind of the theme of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>Just when you're sort of ready to count this Diamondbacks

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<v Speaker 1>team out, they go out and they do something like

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<v Speaker 1>they did late in this game, And just when you're

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<v Speaker 1>starting to feel confident, more guys start getting hurt and

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<v Speaker 1>the Padres and Phillies keep winning. And we'll get into

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<v Speaker 1>some of the injury stuff a little bit later, but

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<v Speaker 1>it was a really, really big win.

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<v Speaker 3>Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard to describe how brutal a series lost to

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<v Speaker 1>the Cincinnati Reds would have felt that this weekend. Diamondbacks

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<v Speaker 1>come through. In the seventh inning, they were down three

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<v Speaker 1>to one. They got three guys to reach base to

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<v Speaker 1>start that inning, James McCann takes a walk with the

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<v Speaker 1>first two guys on, and later in that frame, Ildemar

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<v Speaker 1>Vargas delivered what felt like one of the more important

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<v Speaker 1>hits for the Diamondbacks this season, a two run triple.

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<v Speaker 1>It flipped a three to two deficit into a four

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<v Speaker 1>to three lead, and the Diamondbacks led the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the way.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, even like the inning before that though, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was Corbyn Carroll really that kind of lit the

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<v Speaker 2>fire again. You know, hit his sixteenth triple of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>He's really going after that twenty twenty twenty twenty thing,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, twenty stolen bases, homers, triples and what's the fourth.

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<v Speaker 3>One, doubles.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's doubles, which feels silly because twenty doubles

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<v Speaker 1>is not like a huge accomplishment, but it sounds better

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<v Speaker 1>when you say twenty twenty twenty twenty. So yeah, he

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<v Speaker 1>very much has a shot at that for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, he scored on Gabby's sacrifice fly and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, which was a kind of interesting play. But

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<v Speaker 2>in the end of the day, like that really is like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a three to one ball game, you know, and

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<v Speaker 2>you still got a chance here. Now wait, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>we were flat, we were dead. This game's over, the

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<v Speaker 2>season's over because we lost the seriesly the Reds and

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<v Speaker 2>then all of a sudden, like you know, with I

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<v Speaker 2>even jokingly posted the old Undertaker meme of him sitting

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<v Speaker 2>up upright suddenly off the mat, you know, and it

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<v Speaker 2>just really felt like that like, Okay, they could come

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<v Speaker 2>back here. I had a sense of that when Corbin

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<v Speaker 2>did that. So that preceded that seventh inning comeback winning rally.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was kickstarted by Corbyn, I think. And the bullpen,

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<v Speaker 2>of course. I mean, you know, the bullpen. We're going

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about Mitch Bratt, but the bullpen was fabulous today.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they give him six scoreless innings, kept that

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<v Speaker 2>game right where it was and gave them a chance.

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<v Speaker 2>And so like the real heroes, the real goats of

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<v Speaker 2>this were the bullpen.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, no doubt.

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<v Speaker 1>The Diamondbacks bullpen has on the whole been an asset

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<v Speaker 1>for them this season. It continues to be one of

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<v Speaker 1>the most baffling things about the twenty twenty six Arizona

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks is their bullpen. I think pretty clearly has helped

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<v Speaker 1>them win more games than it has lost for them,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just been enormous this season. Harado Correo the

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<v Speaker 1>first man out of the bullpen in this one. He

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<v Speaker 1>gives up a ground row double, comes back and strikes

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<v Speaker 1>out three straight reds hitters in pretty dominant fashion. I

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<v Speaker 1>know he did issue a couple of walks in the

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<v Speaker 1>next inning, and that's been a trend with Herado Correo,

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<v Speaker 1>but hey, he was I think he arrived at seven

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<v Speaker 1>am this morning, he said after the game, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was just be ready sort of situation, and he was ready.

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<v Speaker 1>The Diamondbacks needed him, and it's good to see him

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<v Speaker 1>back in the big leagues.

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<v Speaker 3>Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>I know the circumstance are not necessarily ideal. We'll get

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<v Speaker 1>into those a little bit later. But Coreo was really

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<v Speaker 1>effective for this team when he was up in the

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<v Speaker 1>big leagues earlier, and he kind of set the tone

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<v Speaker 1>for the Diamondbacks bullpen in this one.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to sell you out here a little bit, Jesse,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just want everybody to know that he does

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<v Speaker 2>get emotional sometimes over certain things, not as much as

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<v Speaker 2>I do usually, but I think the career send out

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<v Speaker 2>was a tough one for you to swallow on a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of levels. And behind the scenes, I got to

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<v Speaker 2>see a little bit of a Jesse that you guys

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<v Speaker 2>don't usually see. He did not like that move. So

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<v Speaker 2>seeing him come back and pitch, well, I'm sure that

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<v Speaker 2>made you very very happy today, my friend.

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<v Speaker 1>It just yeah, I continue to say that the guy

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<v Speaker 1>at a zero point six six era and usually you

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<v Speaker 1>don't get sent down when those are your numbers, especially

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<v Speaker 1>when the underlying stuff, you know, just from a rass

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<v Speaker 1>stuff standpoint, is what it is with Careo, his stuff

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<v Speaker 1>is maybe as electric as just about any Diamondbacks reliever.

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<v Speaker 1>So anyway, Herado Coreo is back. Taylor Clark followed that

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<v Speaker 1>up with an inning and a third clean there. He

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<v Speaker 1>was very efficiental he needed ten pitches to get those

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<v Speaker 1>four outs. And then it was Jonathan Mawiseiga in the

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<v Speaker 1>seventh inning, Juan Mario in the eighth, Brandon Garcia in

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<v Speaker 1>the ninth inning. I guess the one note there is

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<v Speaker 1>Garcia allowed a bass hit with two outs in that frame.

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<v Speaker 3>He looked sharp.

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<v Speaker 1>He was throwing ninety nine miles an hour, kind of

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<v Speaker 1>just a chopper single up the first baseline that got through,

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<v Speaker 1>and Tory was very aggressive in that spot. He had

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin Ginkle ready to go for Dane Meyers, who's a

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<v Speaker 1>right handed hitter, doesn't really have much pop at all

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<v Speaker 1>against righty's much better numbers against lefties this season, and

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<v Speaker 1>even as good as Brandon Garcia has been this year,

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<v Speaker 1>Tory pulled him in that spot. Kevin Ginkle came in,

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<v Speaker 1>Ginko got a ground ball. Unfortunately, Yodamar Vargus not able

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<v Speaker 1>to make the play game glass to face another batter,

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<v Speaker 1>and it took a while, but eventually he wore down

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<v Speaker 1>Tyler Stevenson and got the final out. I thought it

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<v Speaker 1>was an interesting managerial.

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<v Speaker 3>Move, though, Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>I was surprised at how aggressive Tory was in that spot,

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<v Speaker 1>and frankly, in the moment, I was a little puzzled

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<v Speaker 1>by it. I think personally I would have just rolled

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<v Speaker 1>with Brandon Garcia.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was fine with it. You know, they showed

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<v Speaker 2>him a little bit earlier, starting to warm up, get

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<v Speaker 2>loose slowly in the bullpen, and I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's interesting, you know. So clearly I had a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of time to kind of wrap my brain around

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<v Speaker 2>what Tory was thinking there. And then I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 2>the lineup and I thought, okay, well, if anybody gets

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<v Speaker 2>on bass, he's definitely not going to pitch to Myers.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to bring him in. So, you know, you

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<v Speaker 2>look at Myers' track record, I mean it's quite a

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<v Speaker 2>bit worse against right hand to pitching. And also, let's

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<v Speaker 2>be honest, I mean, as good as Brandon Garcia is

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<v Speaker 2>and as nasty as as stuff is, he has had

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<v Speaker 2>some command issues lately, and so you know, instead of

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<v Speaker 2>pushing him to go to the fifth batter and deal

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<v Speaker 2>with that, you know, he brought in a fresh Ginkle

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<v Speaker 2>and it worked. So look, we're all being results oriented.

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<v Speaker 2>But at the time, I mean, you know, I was

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<v Speaker 2>texting with you, and I was texting with our good

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<v Speaker 2>friend Jeff Irving, who hopefully is listening today, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth with a few different people, and I

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<v Speaker 2>was and also of course our guy Alex Deegostino. So

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<v Speaker 2>I had like multiple text threads going and everyone's like,

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<v Speaker 2>what is he doing? What was he doing? And I

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<v Speaker 2>was telling everybody. I was like, I'm okay with this,

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<v Speaker 2>I really am. So you know, for me, it's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>I know Ginkle is before the fact, yeah right, fair enough,

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<v Speaker 1>fair enough. Yeah, Ginkle has looked pretty good as last

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times out. He's had a rough month of

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<v Speaker 1>August on the whole, so I think, you know, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>I was sort of thinking through some of those moments,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'd hate to have a game where Gang just

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<v Speaker 1>has an off day. He's forced to face the minimum

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<v Speaker 1>three batters even with two outs in the game.

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<v Speaker 3>But all is well. That ends well.

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<v Speaker 1>D Backs were likely to win this game no matter

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<v Speaker 1>what Toy did in that spot. Just felt like an

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<v Speaker 1>interesting aggressive decision on his part in that moment. But yeah, offensively,

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks able to push across enough even though things were

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<v Speaker 1>pretty lean throughout most of this game. Ildemar Vargas. I

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned the defensive MISSQ and the ninth inning, but that

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<v Speaker 1>was really a footnote in what was by and large,

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<v Speaker 1>a really good game for him. Jack two for four,

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<v Speaker 1>two runs batted in, He had a double and triple

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<v Speaker 1>in this one, and he just continues to be a

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<v Speaker 1>god send for this team. He can play all over

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<v Speaker 1>the place. Despite the MISQ and the ninth He's been

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<v Speaker 1>great defensively at a variety of different positions, and I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like we have to continue to sing the praises

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<v Speaker 1>of Ildemar of Vargas because I don't know where this

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<v Speaker 1>team would be without him. The number of gaps that

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<v Speaker 1>he has managed to fill and his ability to transition

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<v Speaker 1>from billing, you know, a first base gap, to a

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<v Speaker 1>second base gap, to just moving around the diamond in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that he does it has been invaluable for

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<v Speaker 1>this team.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I of course, you know, I had another anti

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<v Speaker 2>moment where I commented on Twitter that, you know, after

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<v Speaker 2>hitting those two home runs in Atlanta had gone on

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<v Speaker 2>to go two for twenty one, and then then his

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<v Speaker 2>next at bat he doubled, and then two at bats

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<v Speaker 2>later he tripled in for the game winning hit. So

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<v Speaker 2>you're welcome, folks. I'll take credit for that.

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<v Speaker 3>That's how that works for sure.

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<v Speaker 1>A good game from from Vargas, good game from Corbyn Carroll,

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<v Speaker 1>as you referenced earlier, a double and triple in this one.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess we should talk about Mitch Bratt at least

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit here, Jack.

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<v Speaker 2>While while we're on offense, I just still want to

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<v Speaker 2>bring up Tim Tala. Two more hits, two hits run scored.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, what can we say, Tim Tala

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<v Speaker 2>just hits?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean I know that he's been pretty streaky.

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<v Speaker 1>It feels like he'll string together a few really great

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<v Speaker 1>games and then things can be a little rough for

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<v Speaker 1>him for a few days after that. But his OPS

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<v Speaker 1>is now up over seven hundred on the season. The

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<v Speaker 1>defensive versatility is very much there with him as well.

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<v Speaker 1>He's done a good job at first base, so yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he continues to help this Diamondbacks offense stay afloat. On

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<v Speaker 1>the pitching side, Mitch Bratt was not great for the

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks in this one. Just three innings, five hits, three runs,

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<v Speaker 1>three walks, three strikeouts. The walks are well documented, Jack,

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<v Speaker 1>his command just seems to kind of fall off at times,

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<v Speaker 1>and sometimes it's several walks happening in a short period

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<v Speaker 1>of time, and we saw that again in this one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, I mean he had what twenty seven pitches

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<v Speaker 2>I think in the first inning, and then he had

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<v Speaker 2>an eight pitch second inning, and those pitches were all

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<v Speaker 2>pretty competitive, but it's the bottom of the order and

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<v Speaker 2>then he just got whacked. I mean, you know, double single,

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<v Speaker 2>double strikeout, base hit, you know, to give up the

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<v Speaker 2>three runs there. He ended up, you know, struggling to

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<v Speaker 2>finish up the third inning with another walk, so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he walked three in all. I don't know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know what's going on there. I mean, I think Jeff

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<v Speaker 2>Brantley said something on the broadcast, which really, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>everyone talks about mechanics, but Brantley said, every single pitch

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<v Speaker 2>he's throwing looks like max effort, and that really rang true.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, sometimes when somebody articulates something that you're seeing

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<v Speaker 2>with your eyes, but you not sure what you're seeing.

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<v Speaker 2>And when he said that, it's like ding, That's what

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<v Speaker 2>it is. I mean, here's the guy that throws, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>eighty nine to ninety ninety one on a good day.

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<v Speaker 2>Looks like he's trying to, you know, max effort every

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<v Speaker 2>pitch to try to be able to compete at this level.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I mean it's hard to blame him.

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<v Speaker 2>It can't really survive in Major League Baseball with the

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<v Speaker 2>eighty nine mile an hour fastball these days. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he's trying to hump it up to ninety one ninety

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<v Speaker 2>two consistently, and that's what he's doing. He's overthrowing. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not the purouette that's causing It's not the purouette that's

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<v Speaker 2>causing him to miss his target because that happens after

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<v Speaker 2>the pitch. It's the max effort.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I think that's a that's an insightful point. Definitely

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<v Speaker 1>tracks with what we've seen from Bratt this season on

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<v Speaker 1>the whole. It's a four or five four e er.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you can you can still stomach that. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's been at least viable for the Diamondbacks, but

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<v Speaker 1>there are you know, this is back to back outings

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<v Speaker 1>of only going three innings, So if if that trend

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<v Speaker 1>can killers, Yeah, if that continues, then I guess the

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<v Speaker 1>word viable is not really fitting there anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>I know he had a couple of.

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<v Speaker 1>Other really good starts earlier this month, but the Dbacs

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<v Speaker 1>could really use some more consistency, especially with some of

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<v Speaker 1>the injury news that we're going to get into later

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<v Speaker 1>in the show. Before we do that, the first couple

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<v Speaker 1>games of the series, Jack, let's hit on those real

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<v Speaker 1>quick Friday not competitive Diamondbacks get out in front in

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<v Speaker 1>the first inning, Gabby Moreno hits an RBI single, They

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<v Speaker 1>tack on several more runs in the front few frames there.

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<v Speaker 1>Eduardo Rodriguez goes out there five and two thirds innings,

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<v Speaker 1>no runs allowed, on a day where he still didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have his best stuff, and he just continues to impress.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a great day for Jordan Lawler in particular.

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<v Speaker 1>That was good to see after a rough showing in Boston.

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<v Speaker 1>That was one of the more complete wins this team

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<v Speaker 1>has had this year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean you look at that, you say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>nine to nothing. Look at the way they played, you

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<v Speaker 2>kind of hopeful, Oh, we got Soroka going the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there's a chance that they could sweep this series.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, it sure felt like that after Friday night. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 2>Saturday night happened, and Saturday night happened with a short

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<v Speaker 2>outing from Michael Soroka, you know where he left the

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<v Speaker 2>game after just three and thirds innings. He gave up,

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<v Speaker 2>ended up, giving up six earned runs, left a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of inherited runners out there that both came in to score,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, just did not have any Really, he

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't sharp. He just wasn't didn't have his command, didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have his stuff. We later found out why, but that

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<v Speaker 2>was really disappointing in the moment. The team did try

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<v Speaker 2>to come back, but they weren't able to. Torri went

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<v Speaker 2>to Zach Lttel in that game with you know, two

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<v Speaker 2>on him and one out in the fourth inning, and

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of people criticize that move, I think, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>especially because of the results, because Hotel immediately gave up

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<v Speaker 2>a hit, he walked a couple of batters, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and by the time that inning was over it was

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<v Speaker 2>six to nothing. But I want to point something out.

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<v Speaker 2>Already down four to nothing in with one out in

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<v Speaker 2>the fourth and runners two runners on the Diamondbacks win

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<v Speaker 2>percentage was already down to eleven percent. Yes, technically it's

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<v Speaker 2>a winnable game, and a lot of people will shout

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<v Speaker 2>that at me, But that game you're not gonna win

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<v Speaker 2>more than one out of every ten times. And so

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<v Speaker 2>to argue that Tori should be using a high leverage

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<v Speaker 2>reliever to you know, in the fourth inning of a

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<v Speaker 2>game you're losing four nothing with two runners on base

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<v Speaker 2>and only one out, it's just not a good argument.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not how teams and bullpens are managed. Sorry, yeah, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Agree with that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think in the moment it was easy to criticize

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<v Speaker 1>and be like, oh, you know, you're waving the white

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<v Speaker 1>flag or whatever you.

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<v Speaker 3>Want to say.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, Zach Lytel entering that game, it had

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<v Speaker 1>one really good outing with the Dvacs and one really

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<v Speaker 1>bad outing with the Dbacs. So you know, maybe it

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<v Speaker 1>comes in and does what he did in his first

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<v Speaker 1>outing with the diamond against Colorado, maybe dials up a

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<v Speaker 1>double play and is able to keep them in the

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<v Speaker 1>game for a while. So unfortunately it was it was

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<v Speaker 1>not that type of day for Zach Lateel. He ultimately

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<v Speaker 1>is designated for assignment, and we'll dive into some of

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<v Speaker 1>the roster news a little bit more later in the show,

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<v Speaker 1>but before we get into all of that stuff, we

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<v Speaker 1>are going to talk a little bit of katel Marte.

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<v Speaker 1>There's been some more news here in the past few days.

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<v Speaker 1>The Diamondbacks also had their meeting with katel Marte since

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<v Speaker 1>our last episode. That happened on Thursday, so we'll give

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<v Speaker 1>some updates there, and then we'll circle around to Lttel Soroka,

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<v Speaker 1>the latest on Corbyn Burns, a lot of other interesting

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<v Speaker 1>roster and injury updates, so don't go anywhere. We'll be

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<v Speaker 1>way well, Jack Cotel Marte continues to be a storyline

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<v Speaker 1>with this Diamondbacks team since our last episode. The d

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<v Speaker 1>BACS had a three hour meeting with Katel Marte on Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>talking about the details of his disappearance in Boston earlier

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<v Speaker 1>in the week. Marte was also, as I'm sure everyone

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<v Speaker 1>is heard by now, he's been placed on the ten

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<v Speaker 1>day injured list with knee inflammation. That continues to be

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<v Speaker 1>a storyline. Will be monitoring as he tries to work

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<v Speaker 1>his way back. Seems like it might not be too

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<v Speaker 1>too long for Katel. But the big storyline Jack on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday was that Katel Marte was seen at a casino

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<v Speaker 1>out by Salt River Fields and this happened during the

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<v Speaker 1>Diamondbacks Friday night game. I don't think you or I

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<v Speaker 1>thought this was as much of a story as it was,

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<v Speaker 1>but we should hit it nonetheless, Jack, what did you think?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I just kind of want to roll back a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit. First on the injury part. You know, because

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<v Speaker 2>I was in a room with Tory on Friday, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>sure many people saw the snippets here and air the videos,

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<v Speaker 2>and I did write an article if you happen to

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<v Speaker 2>catch my article about it. But the key point that

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<v Speaker 2>I want to bring up is that Tory indicated that

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<v Speaker 2>Kattell's biggest issue, at least with the team was the

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<v Speaker 2>handling of the injury and a communication around the knee injury,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's what his frustration revolved around, according to Tory.

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<v Speaker 2>Now we haven't heard from Catel yet, but that's how

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<v Speaker 2>Tory characterized it. At the same time, he expressed his

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<v Speaker 2>own feelings of frustration and he used the word betrayal.

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<v Speaker 2>He felt very betrayed by the whole situation, so that

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<v Speaker 2>was a very strong word, all while at the same

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<v Speaker 2>time refusing to say specifically what was said during the meeting,

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<v Speaker 2>but obviously he got some things off his chest. He

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<v Speaker 2>said that he did say that Kutell acknowledged where he

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<v Speaker 2>was in the wrong as well in this situation. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's kind of the gist of it. If you want

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<v Speaker 2>to see my article on it, there is one if

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<v Speaker 2>you date back a few days now with regards to

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<v Speaker 2>the casino thing. Look, I was surprised by it. My

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<v Speaker 2>initial reaction was probably the same as ninety five percent

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<v Speaker 2>of people, like, oh, could tell, what are you doing? Man?

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<v Speaker 2>But the reality is this, and a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>really aren't clear on this. Very few players are hanging

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<v Speaker 2>around the clubhouse or the team while they're on the

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<v Speaker 2>injured list. They'll come in and out from time to time,

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<v Speaker 2>as will come in, they'll show up. Sometimes a pictro

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<v Speaker 2>will come in to do a bullpen session at Chase Field,

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<v Speaker 2>but for the most part, they go to Salt Riverfield

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning, they work out, they get their work

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<v Speaker 2>in there, and you don't even see them at Chase Field.

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<v Speaker 2>We go. I mean, maybe they come in and out

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<v Speaker 2>when we're not around, but they're just not around very much.

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<v Speaker 2>That's normal. That's the normal thing. Now in this situation

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<v Speaker 2>where they're trying to calm everything down, the last thing

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<v Speaker 2>that they needed actually was could tell in that clubhouse

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<v Speaker 2>or sitting in that dugout while on the injured list

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday night. That would not have been what they

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<v Speaker 2>needed or wanted. However, I'm sure nobody also wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>see him out at night at the casino. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>the quote unquote bad look. It didn't look great. But

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<v Speaker 2>as Tory said, he didn't break any rules. He wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>doing anything wrong. His free time is his time. He

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<v Speaker 2>could go to a movie, he could go to a concert.

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<v Speaker 2>He chose to spend his time at the casino his wife,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, it's it's not a great look. It's

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<v Speaker 2>probably would have been smarter and better for him to

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<v Speaker 2>just stay home that night instead of go out that night.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's what he chose to do. As Toy said,

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<v Speaker 2>he's a grown man. But that's not the reason to

0:23:16.040 --> 0:23:18.720
<v Speaker 2>be upset. We could tell if you're upset, we could

0:23:18.720 --> 0:23:21.159
<v Speaker 2>tell it should be because he didn't show up on

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<v Speaker 2>Monday in Boston. Period, that was the issue.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I totally agree there.

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<v Speaker 1>I think if you, if you buy into could tell

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<v Speaker 1>Marte having a knee injury that has put him on

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<v Speaker 1>the injured list, then there's nothing wrong with him doing

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<v Speaker 1>this in that sense.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it a bad look?

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<v Speaker 1>You could make a case for that and I probably

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't disagree with you. This is what Tory Lavello said

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<v Speaker 1>the day after the incident. He didn't say a whole

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<v Speaker 1>lot about it the night of, but the next day

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<v Speaker 1>he said the optics weren't very good. It's not a

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<v Speaker 1>choice I would make. I'm sure it's a choice a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people in this room wouldn't make. Couldtell is

0:23:58.880 --> 0:24:00.800
<v Speaker 1>a grown man and he can make his own decisions.

0:24:00.840 --> 0:24:02.840
<v Speaker 1>He did not break any rules. He was fully able

0:24:02.840 --> 0:24:04.600
<v Speaker 1>to go there and do what he wanted to do.

0:24:05.040 --> 0:24:07.080
<v Speaker 1>Like I said, he makes his own decisions when he's

0:24:07.119 --> 0:24:09.400
<v Speaker 1>here in the clubhouse. We work together on a lot

0:24:09.440 --> 0:24:12.080
<v Speaker 1>of things, not just him, all the players. They have

0:24:12.160 --> 0:24:14.520
<v Speaker 1>their own lives and they can do whatever they want

0:24:14.640 --> 0:24:18.240
<v Speaker 1>in their free time. So not a great look, But yeah,

0:24:18.359 --> 0:24:21.200
<v Speaker 1>Cautel Marte did not break any rules by doing that,

0:24:21.600 --> 0:24:24.439
<v Speaker 1>And I think there's still bigger questions to answer about

0:24:24.480 --> 0:24:27.120
<v Speaker 1>exactly what happened earlier in the week. I think that's

0:24:27.160 --> 0:24:29.680
<v Speaker 1>where the focus really should be, as well as him

0:24:29.920 --> 0:24:33.280
<v Speaker 1>working his way back from this knee injury and hopefully

0:24:33.440 --> 0:24:36.920
<v Speaker 1>making an impact on this Diamondbacks roster before too long?

0:24:37.119 --> 0:24:39.160
<v Speaker 1>Do you have anything else to add on the Katel thing, Jack,

0:24:39.200 --> 0:24:40.960
<v Speaker 1>before we move on to some other stuff.

0:24:42.320 --> 0:24:44.919
<v Speaker 2>I would rather just talk about baseball. Look, I know

0:24:45.000 --> 0:24:47.800
<v Speaker 2>everybody wants to know what I think, well, obviously, what

0:24:47.880 --> 0:24:49.679
<v Speaker 2>I think is it really sucked that he didn't go

0:24:49.680 --> 0:24:52.360
<v Speaker 2>to the ballpark Monday, and I think that the communication

0:24:52.480 --> 0:24:55.800
<v Speaker 2>around that was bad. I'm happy that he didn't have

0:24:55.840 --> 0:25:00.440
<v Speaker 2>some kind of crisis issue that would endanger his life

0:25:00.520 --> 0:25:04.199
<v Speaker 2>or anybody of his family, and then whatever else it

0:25:04.280 --> 0:25:07.200
<v Speaker 2>is has to be worked out. How he's gonna walk

0:25:07.240 --> 0:25:09.960
<v Speaker 2>back into that clubhouse and you know, talk to his

0:25:10.040 --> 0:25:13.480
<v Speaker 2>teammates and smooth things over, and you know how he's

0:25:13.520 --> 0:25:16.119
<v Speaker 2>going to respond when he gets booed his first at bat,

0:25:16.320 --> 0:25:18.359
<v Speaker 2>because I think there's going to be more boos and cheers,

0:25:19.359 --> 0:25:21.240
<v Speaker 2>and you know what the pressure is going to be

0:25:21.320 --> 0:25:23.480
<v Speaker 2>like on him, how he plays when he comes back.

0:25:23.840 --> 0:25:26.000
<v Speaker 2>This isn't going away. We're gonna have to deal with this.

0:25:26.200 --> 0:25:29.160
<v Speaker 2>So enough for today. I don't want to talk about

0:25:29.160 --> 0:25:30.040
<v Speaker 2>it anymore today.

0:25:31.600 --> 0:25:34.000
<v Speaker 1>That is very fair, And with that we will move

0:25:34.040 --> 0:25:38.600
<v Speaker 1>on to some roster news that we got before Sunday's game.

0:25:39.040 --> 0:25:42.880
<v Speaker 1>Around eleven am, the Diamondbacks announced that Dre Jamison had

0:25:42.920 --> 0:25:46.680
<v Speaker 1>been reinstated from the fifteen day injured list. They designated

0:25:46.840 --> 0:25:50.240
<v Speaker 1>Zach Ltel for assignment, as I mentioned earlier, and then

0:25:50.640 --> 0:25:53.600
<v Speaker 1>shortly before game time just about twenty minutes or so

0:25:53.640 --> 0:25:58.200
<v Speaker 1>before first pitch, the DBACS recalled Harado Correo from Triple

0:25:58.240 --> 0:26:02.439
<v Speaker 1>A Reno again. He arrived around seven am this morning,

0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:06.000
<v Speaker 1>and then they put Michael Soroka on the fifteen day

0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:09.880
<v Speaker 1>injured list with right arm inflammation. Sounds like Soroka did

0:26:09.920 --> 0:26:13.440
<v Speaker 1>not report any issues after his start on Saturday night,

0:26:13.880 --> 0:26:17.720
<v Speaker 1>but this issue popped up today and the Diamondbacks wind

0:26:17.760 --> 0:26:20.680
<v Speaker 1>up putting him right back on the injured list. Of course,

0:26:20.720 --> 0:26:22.800
<v Speaker 1>he was only able to make a few starts in

0:26:22.840 --> 0:26:26.280
<v Speaker 1>between there. Yeah, it's just kind of been the story

0:26:26.359 --> 0:26:30.360
<v Speaker 1>of Michael Soroka's career. Jack durability has been a challenge

0:26:30.359 --> 0:26:33.879
<v Speaker 1>for him. Unfortunately, that's been the case this year. The

0:26:33.920 --> 0:26:37.280
<v Speaker 1>silver lining here is it sounds like he's by no

0:26:37.359 --> 0:26:41.080
<v Speaker 1>means done for the season. It sounds like he could

0:26:41.080 --> 0:26:44.840
<v Speaker 1>be back before too long, maybe around the minimum fifteen

0:26:44.920 --> 0:26:45.399
<v Speaker 1>day stay.

0:26:46.800 --> 0:26:51.639
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well Toy said that, but don't believe it. It's just

0:26:51.720 --> 0:26:54.359
<v Speaker 2>that simple. He says that on half the injuries, and

0:26:54.359 --> 0:26:58.120
<v Speaker 2>it never It's never true that Dback seven had one

0:26:58.200 --> 0:27:00.680
<v Speaker 2>player this year come back at the minute him stay

0:27:00.960 --> 0:27:04.199
<v Speaker 2>on the il, not one and yet on the lea.

0:27:04.359 --> 0:27:06.240
<v Speaker 2>You know, some of them he'll say, oh, this is

0:27:06.280 --> 0:27:08.640
<v Speaker 2>going to be weeks, not days, But on many of them,

0:27:08.680 --> 0:27:11.720
<v Speaker 2>I'm hopeful that it'll be yeah, well whatever, you know,

0:27:12.320 --> 0:27:13.680
<v Speaker 2>I'll believe it when I see it.

0:27:14.800 --> 0:27:18.359
<v Speaker 1>Yes, he doesn't really have anything to lose by saying

0:27:18.400 --> 0:27:20.520
<v Speaker 1>that to the media, right. I'm hopeful it'll be as

0:27:20.520 --> 0:27:22.720
<v Speaker 1>short as possible. I'm hopeful it'll be, you know, right

0:27:22.760 --> 0:27:26.040
<v Speaker 1>after the minimum stay or whatever. This is from our

0:27:26.080 --> 0:27:29.679
<v Speaker 1>good friend Alex Weiner. After the game today, Tory Lavello

0:27:29.840 --> 0:27:33.359
<v Speaker 1>said about Soroka, He's going to hopefully be ready on

0:27:33.440 --> 0:27:35.480
<v Speaker 1>day sixteen. The plan is to get him a couple

0:27:35.520 --> 0:27:37.760
<v Speaker 1>of days down, get him back on the bump, and

0:27:37.840 --> 0:27:41.440
<v Speaker 1>miss as few days as possible. You mentioned earlier Soroka

0:27:41.560 --> 0:27:45.320
<v Speaker 1>was clearly not at his best in that game on Saturday,

0:27:45.359 --> 0:27:49.080
<v Speaker 1>and I guess this inflammation helps explain that maybe a

0:27:49.119 --> 0:27:53.760
<v Speaker 1>little odd that Zach Lateel was designated for assignments pretty

0:27:53.840 --> 0:27:56.439
<v Speaker 1>much at the exact same time. We talked just a

0:27:56.440 --> 0:27:59.080
<v Speaker 1>few days ago about how Latel had a shot to

0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:01.680
<v Speaker 1>step into the rotain if the d BACS had a need.

0:28:02.440 --> 0:28:05.840
<v Speaker 1>But you know, after he did what he did on Saturday,

0:28:05.880 --> 0:28:08.600
<v Speaker 1>you're looking at an era over seven in his three

0:28:08.600 --> 0:28:12.400
<v Speaker 1>games with a Diamondbacks. So I don't know how they're

0:28:12.400 --> 0:28:15.000
<v Speaker 1>going to fill this rotation spot. But it's hard to

0:28:15.200 --> 0:28:17.680
<v Speaker 1>make a case that, like Zach Lttel was an awesome

0:28:17.720 --> 0:28:18.360
<v Speaker 1>candidate for.

0:28:18.320 --> 0:28:21.680
<v Speaker 2>That stealing a line from one of our listeners in

0:28:21.720 --> 0:28:23.760
<v Speaker 2>a very good friend of mine to Ltel too late.

0:28:26.000 --> 0:28:30.879
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's unfortunately it was not a great stay in

0:28:30.920 --> 0:28:34.720
<v Speaker 1>Arizona for Zach Ltel. There was some good vibes with

0:28:34.800 --> 0:28:39.640
<v Speaker 1>his first game against Colorado, but yeah, I think there's

0:28:40.000 --> 0:28:43.000
<v Speaker 1>no reason for us to be like really surprised by this.

0:28:43.120 --> 0:28:45.000
<v Speaker 1>I mean, this is a guy who was designated for

0:28:45.040 --> 0:28:48.080
<v Speaker 1>assignment by the Washington Nationals earlier in the season, a

0:28:48.160 --> 0:28:50.880
<v Speaker 1>team but has a real pitching problems this season. So

0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:54.600
<v Speaker 1>it's unfortunate that latel didn't work out because the Diamondbacks

0:28:54.600 --> 0:28:58.520
<v Speaker 1>absolutely could have used some more length in the bullpen.

0:28:59.160 --> 0:29:02.640
<v Speaker 1>His ability to step back into the rotation, and now

0:29:02.680 --> 0:29:05.680
<v Speaker 1>without Lattel in the picture, without Soroka for the time being,

0:29:06.360 --> 0:29:10.520
<v Speaker 1>lining up a rotation for this upcoming week is going

0:29:10.560 --> 0:29:13.040
<v Speaker 1>to be quite difficult for this Diamondbacks team.

0:29:14.040 --> 0:29:16.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but you know, in this case, this picture isn't

0:29:16.520 --> 0:29:19.360
<v Speaker 2>very pitching very well this year at all, and probably

0:29:19.440 --> 0:29:21.880
<v Speaker 2>just doesn't have it anymore, and so good that they

0:29:21.880 --> 0:29:25.040
<v Speaker 2>cut bait quickly. But yes, they are desperate now for

0:29:25.400 --> 0:29:28.800
<v Speaker 2>pitching and they're really up against it. This coming week.

0:29:30.160 --> 0:29:32.000
<v Speaker 1>We'll dive a little bit more into that later in

0:29:32.040 --> 0:29:33.880
<v Speaker 1>the show. We're going to try to like fit the

0:29:33.880 --> 0:29:36.680
<v Speaker 1>pieces together and figure out what on earth the Diamondbacks

0:29:36.680 --> 0:29:39.360
<v Speaker 1>are going to do on Saturday when they have a

0:29:39.480 --> 0:29:43.840
<v Speaker 1>doubleheader against the San Francisco Giants. Not a great scheduling

0:29:43.920 --> 0:29:47.800
<v Speaker 1>situation there. The corresponding moves, As I think I mentioned,

0:29:47.840 --> 0:29:51.600
<v Speaker 1>Harado Correo is back up. He looked good today in

0:29:52.440 --> 0:29:56.320
<v Speaker 1>his outing on Sunday. Dre Jamison was expected to pitch

0:29:56.360 --> 0:30:00.280
<v Speaker 1>in Reno on Sunday, but because of these circumstance as

0:30:00.280 --> 0:30:02.880
<v Speaker 1>the Dbacks bumped him up and brought him back to

0:30:02.920 --> 0:30:05.960
<v Speaker 1>the major So Dre Jamison back from the injured list,

0:30:06.360 --> 0:30:09.520
<v Speaker 1>and you look pretty good at times earlier in the season.

0:30:09.600 --> 0:30:12.360
<v Speaker 1>We know he can give the Diamondbacks more than three outs,

0:30:12.680 --> 0:30:16.160
<v Speaker 1>which has a lot of value for a team that

0:30:16.720 --> 0:30:18.560
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have a whole lot of length right now in

0:30:18.560 --> 0:30:19.400
<v Speaker 1>the starting rotation.

0:30:20.480 --> 0:30:22.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean right now, at least they have two

0:30:22.400 --> 0:30:24.600
<v Speaker 2>guys that they feel like they can go multiple innings

0:30:24.760 --> 0:30:30.000
<v Speaker 2>in Jamison and Correo. So now Correo's only been pitching

0:30:30.080 --> 0:30:32.760
<v Speaker 2>like every four days, so I don't expect to see him,

0:30:33.400 --> 0:30:37.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, before Wednesday or Thursday, you know, this coming week,

0:30:38.400 --> 0:30:40.960
<v Speaker 2>probably Thursday, so you know, Jamis is probably gonna have

0:30:41.000 --> 0:30:43.800
<v Speaker 2>to do some work this week in the CUB series.

0:30:45.640 --> 0:30:50.360
<v Speaker 1>Well, Corbyn Burns is like coming back soon. Question Mark

0:30:50.920 --> 0:30:54.560
<v Speaker 1>Tory Leavello gave kind of a surprising update there. We

0:30:54.600 --> 0:30:57.480
<v Speaker 1>have some updates on some other injured players as well,

0:30:57.640 --> 0:31:00.280
<v Speaker 1>so don't go anywhere. We'll be back on snakes to

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<v Speaker 1>Will be a big one the next few days out

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I don't think Corbyn Burns is going to

0:33:01.240 --> 0:33:03.400
<v Speaker 1>pitch in the CUB Series, Jack, but he might pitch

0:33:03.400 --> 0:33:08.360
<v Speaker 1>for the Diamondbacks relatively soon. Tory Lavello told reporters that

0:33:08.440 --> 0:33:13.080
<v Speaker 1>Burns through twenty pitches on Friday, facing live hitters for

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<v Speaker 1>the first time. He is set to go two innings

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<v Speaker 1>and thirty five pitches at Salt River Fields on Tuesday,

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<v Speaker 1>and Tory has said the plan is for him to

0:33:22.120 --> 0:33:25.680
<v Speaker 1>just go every five or six days thereafter, adding an

0:33:25.680 --> 0:33:28.520
<v Speaker 1>inning and around twelve pitches every time.

0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:31.120
<v Speaker 3>Normally, when we see.

0:33:31.000 --> 0:33:33.800
<v Speaker 1>Starting pitchers go through this, you want them built up

0:33:33.840 --> 0:33:37.240
<v Speaker 1>to at least like five innings seventy five pitches or

0:33:37.280 --> 0:33:38.880
<v Speaker 1>so before they would.

0:33:38.680 --> 0:33:39.720
<v Speaker 3>Come back to the majors.

0:33:40.120 --> 0:33:42.640
<v Speaker 1>With Corbyn Burns, though, Jack, it does not sound like

0:33:42.960 --> 0:33:44.240
<v Speaker 1>that's necessarily the case.

0:33:45.360 --> 0:33:47.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, what the indication here is. First of all,

0:33:48.080 --> 0:33:50.840
<v Speaker 2>he said every five six days, so Burns is going

0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:54.360
<v Speaker 2>to have to pitch on the thirtieth Sunday, because there's

0:33:54.360 --> 0:33:56.920
<v Speaker 2>no minor league games on the thirty first. There's no

0:33:57.000 --> 0:34:01.000
<v Speaker 2>affiliated minor league games on the thirty first, So if

0:34:01.040 --> 0:34:03.040
<v Speaker 2>you pitch on the twenty fifth, then he's going to

0:34:03.080 --> 0:34:07.800
<v Speaker 2>pitch again on the thirtieth. From there, his next outing,

0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:13.279
<v Speaker 2>conceivably he could be able to go four plus innings,

0:34:14.040 --> 0:34:16.719
<v Speaker 2>and the question now is that going to be in

0:34:16.760 --> 0:34:21.520
<v Speaker 2>the major leagues or another minor league outing. Because of

0:34:21.560 --> 0:34:24.120
<v Speaker 2>where the Diamondbacks are right now, is Soroka just hitting

0:34:24.120 --> 0:34:30.200
<v Speaker 2>in the IL and some difficult scheduling situations. I think

0:34:30.280 --> 0:34:33.279
<v Speaker 2>that they're probably going to go ahead and just if

0:34:33.320 --> 0:34:35.480
<v Speaker 2>those two outings go well, the twenty fifth and the

0:34:35.520 --> 0:34:38.919
<v Speaker 2>thirtieth go well, there's no issues. I think that they're

0:34:38.920 --> 0:34:41.280
<v Speaker 2>going to spring him back around September fourth or fifth,

0:34:41.280 --> 0:34:44.759
<v Speaker 2>to the latest. That's what I think is happening. Ideally,

0:34:44.920 --> 0:34:47.120
<v Speaker 2>he would have September fourth or fifth to do one

0:34:47.200 --> 0:34:50.880
<v Speaker 2>more minor league game, but I don't think the TVACS

0:34:50.960 --> 0:34:52.080
<v Speaker 2>have that luxury at the moment.

0:34:53.920 --> 0:34:57.759
<v Speaker 1>The Diamondbacks are definitely going to benefit from getting the

0:34:57.760 --> 0:35:00.880
<v Speaker 1>extra roster spot in September. I think that's part of

0:35:00.920 --> 0:35:03.760
<v Speaker 1>what allows you to do this, like having Corbyn Burns,

0:35:03.800 --> 0:35:06.200
<v Speaker 1>and you know, maybe Mitch brad States in their rotation

0:35:06.320 --> 0:35:08.160
<v Speaker 1>is another guy You're not sure you're getting a ton

0:35:08.200 --> 0:35:11.920
<v Speaker 1>of length from having that extra arm in September really helps.

0:35:11.920 --> 0:35:15.000
<v Speaker 1>The Dbacks also have a decent number of off days

0:35:15.040 --> 0:35:17.719
<v Speaker 1>in the month of September. They have a couple of

0:35:17.760 --> 0:35:19.840
<v Speaker 1>them in the first week of September if you include

0:35:19.840 --> 0:35:22.839
<v Speaker 1>August thirty first, and then they have one off day

0:35:23.040 --> 0:35:26.560
<v Speaker 1>and each week thereafter. So it should allow them to

0:35:27.560 --> 0:35:29.719
<v Speaker 1>be able to deal with with the Corbyn Burns, who

0:35:29.760 --> 0:35:31.920
<v Speaker 1>maybe is only going to give you four innings in

0:35:32.440 --> 0:35:35.400
<v Speaker 1>his first appearance. But there are times, Jack where I

0:35:35.480 --> 0:35:37.880
<v Speaker 1>kind of forget what it looked like for Corbyn Burns

0:35:37.920 --> 0:35:40.439
<v Speaker 1>to pitch with the Arizona Diamondbacks because we didn't really

0:35:40.480 --> 0:35:42.759
<v Speaker 1>see a whole lot of it. There are times when

0:35:42.760 --> 0:35:45.239
<v Speaker 1>I have to like remind myself that he's actually a

0:35:45.280 --> 0:35:48.120
<v Speaker 1>member of this team and signed the biggest contract in

0:35:48.200 --> 0:35:52.440
<v Speaker 1>franchise history. But yeah, getting him back, knowing the getting

0:35:52.520 --> 0:35:56.200
<v Speaker 1>him back, knowing the competitor that he is, maybe it's

0:35:56.239 --> 0:35:59.440
<v Speaker 1>a big lift for this team. There's also part of

0:35:59.480 --> 0:36:02.360
<v Speaker 1>me that's like, yeah, he's coming back from an elbow surgery,

0:36:02.400 --> 0:36:05.960
<v Speaker 1>plus a shoulder injury, we probably should keep the expectations

0:36:06.040 --> 0:36:06.879
<v Speaker 1>relatively low.

0:36:09.080 --> 0:36:14.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm not. I'll be pleasantly surprised if he goes

0:36:14.920 --> 0:36:18.160
<v Speaker 2>four innings it only gives up one or two runs. Honestly,

0:36:18.320 --> 0:36:21.520
<v Speaker 2>I mean that's that's where I'm at. Like you said,

0:36:21.840 --> 0:36:24.960
<v Speaker 2>an elbow injury, a shoulder injury. Hasn't pitched since last

0:36:25.040 --> 0:36:28.680
<v Speaker 2>year in June. You know, I expect the velocity to

0:36:28.719 --> 0:36:31.920
<v Speaker 2>be in the low nineties. You know, I don't expect

0:36:32.560 --> 0:36:35.480
<v Speaker 2>to see ninety five ninety six. Hopefully I'm wrong. That

0:36:35.480 --> 0:36:38.880
<v Speaker 2>would be a pleasant surprise, but you know, more unlikely,

0:36:38.960 --> 0:36:41.200
<v Speaker 2>he's probably going to be in the low nineties, below

0:36:41.320 --> 0:36:45.040
<v Speaker 2>ninety five, just because he's you know, usually this is

0:36:45.040 --> 0:36:48.080
<v Speaker 2>what we see, so you know, fingers crossed. I mean,

0:36:48.440 --> 0:36:50.640
<v Speaker 2>Tory did say he's Corbyn Burns, but I kind of

0:36:50.680 --> 0:36:55.440
<v Speaker 2>almost feel like that's setting expectations unfairly high. I do

0:36:55.560 --> 0:36:58.120
<v Speaker 2>not expect the Corbyn Burns that was a cy Young

0:36:58.120 --> 0:37:01.480
<v Speaker 2>contender with the Milwaukee Brewer, or even the guy that,

0:37:02.040 --> 0:37:04.040
<v Speaker 2>while he was maybe getting a little bit lucky here

0:37:04.040 --> 0:37:06.080
<v Speaker 2>and there, pitched pretty good for the d Backs, but

0:37:06.280 --> 0:37:09.640
<v Speaker 2>wasn't a cy Young level Corbyn Burns before he went

0:37:09.680 --> 0:37:12.799
<v Speaker 2>down with injury. You know, I don't expect that guy

0:37:13.320 --> 0:37:15.920
<v Speaker 2>at this time. Now. Maybe he gets to that point

0:37:15.960 --> 0:37:18.759
<v Speaker 2>by the end of September as they roll into the postseason,

0:37:19.120 --> 0:37:21.160
<v Speaker 2>but certainly not early September.

0:37:22.840 --> 0:37:26.680
<v Speaker 1>Elsewhere on the pitching front, Zach Gallon was scheduled to

0:37:26.719 --> 0:37:30.480
<v Speaker 1>throw a bullpen on Saturday. I presumably he did that.

0:37:31.400 --> 0:37:34.319
<v Speaker 1>So Gallan continues to work his way back. We don't

0:37:34.320 --> 0:37:36.720
<v Speaker 1>have a great picture right now of what his timeline

0:37:36.719 --> 0:37:39.799
<v Speaker 1>would look like, but for better or worse, jacket, it

0:37:39.840 --> 0:37:43.520
<v Speaker 1>looks like there's a decent chance the Diamondbacks would would

0:37:43.560 --> 0:37:45.760
<v Speaker 1>need him, or at least would give him a shot

0:37:46.040 --> 0:37:48.440
<v Speaker 1>if he were if he were healthy at some point.

0:37:48.840 --> 0:37:51.480
<v Speaker 1>So he's a name to continue to watch. Ryan Nelson

0:37:51.920 --> 0:37:55.480
<v Speaker 1>is throwing bullpens as well. He appears to be in

0:37:56.239 --> 0:37:59.920
<v Speaker 1>probably just reliever territory. That's been our thought here for

0:38:00.120 --> 0:38:02.400
<v Speaker 1>a while. It's going to be impossible for him to

0:38:02.440 --> 0:38:04.840
<v Speaker 1>build all the way up to a starter's load, but

0:38:05.000 --> 0:38:07.480
<v Speaker 1>if he can come back as a maybe a multi

0:38:07.520 --> 0:38:09.879
<v Speaker 1>inning reliever, a guy who could at least get six

0:38:09.960 --> 0:38:12.880
<v Speaker 1>or nine outs for you, that could be a benefit.

0:38:13.719 --> 0:38:17.840
<v Speaker 1>Also on the pitching front, Blake Walston is throwing in

0:38:17.880 --> 0:38:22.600
<v Speaker 1>another game. I think he's set to make his sixth outing,

0:38:22.680 --> 0:38:26.520
<v Speaker 1>a sixth appearance in Reno. I have Sunday on my list.

0:38:26.560 --> 0:38:29.000
<v Speaker 1>Here is Blake Walston pitching as we speak right now.

0:38:31.800 --> 0:38:33.200
<v Speaker 2>I do not know and have to look.

0:38:33.880 --> 0:38:34.280
<v Speaker 3>I guess.

0:38:34.560 --> 0:38:37.600
<v Speaker 1>I know he said earlier that Tommy Henry is pitching

0:38:37.640 --> 0:38:40.280
<v Speaker 1>in that game, right, but maybe Walston is pitching behind

0:38:40.360 --> 0:38:41.439
<v Speaker 1>him something like that.

0:38:42.360 --> 0:38:44.440
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Blake Wilson's coming back as a reliever and now

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:45.000
<v Speaker 2>as a starter.

0:38:46.360 --> 0:38:49.359
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, So Walston started the game and went two

0:38:49.400 --> 0:38:53.160
<v Speaker 1>innings today, twenty seven pitches, one run, one walk, two strikeouts,

0:38:53.320 --> 0:38:56.880
<v Speaker 1>and then Tommy Henry actually pitched behind Blake Walston is

0:38:56.920 --> 0:39:00.320
<v Speaker 1>the way that Dbacks have lined everybody up, and is

0:39:00.360 --> 0:39:02.919
<v Speaker 1>still pitching in that game as we speak right now.

0:39:03.000 --> 0:39:07.560
<v Speaker 1>So this is Walston's sixth appearance in Reno. And yeah,

0:39:07.560 --> 0:39:10.080
<v Speaker 1>it was just twenty seven pitches. So maybe he's a

0:39:10.120 --> 0:39:12.400
<v Speaker 1>factor on the big league roster at some point.

0:39:12.800 --> 0:39:16.600
<v Speaker 3>But we will see cool.

0:39:17.440 --> 0:39:19.840
<v Speaker 1>On the position player front, Jack, I guess there's a

0:39:19.880 --> 0:39:23.640
<v Speaker 1>few guys there as well. Lordis Gurriel Junior played in

0:39:23.920 --> 0:39:27.200
<v Speaker 1>Triple A Reno on Friday. I believe it was he

0:39:27.280 --> 0:39:31.719
<v Speaker 1>is starting to get relatively close here. Of course, lordis

0:39:32.400 --> 0:39:35.719
<v Speaker 1>very much struggled for the Diamondbacks earlier this season. I

0:39:35.760 --> 0:39:38.640
<v Speaker 1>think there are still very valid questions to be asked about, like,

0:39:39.320 --> 0:39:43.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, what could lordis actually bring to your roster

0:39:43.080 --> 0:39:46.360
<v Speaker 1>in twenty twenty six given what we saw from him earlier.

0:39:46.400 --> 0:39:50.280
<v Speaker 1>But he is on the comeback trail, and by all indications,

0:39:50.600 --> 0:39:54.560
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks would give him a shot if if he

0:39:54.760 --> 0:40:00.279
<v Speaker 1>was healthy enough to do so. Over who, I don't know,

0:40:01.239 --> 0:40:03.080
<v Speaker 1>that's for them, that's for them to figure out.

0:40:03.840 --> 0:40:06.319
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if he's taking plate appearances away from Ryan

0:40:06.320 --> 0:40:09.400
<v Speaker 2>Wolfsmith and Jordan Lawler, you know there's going to be

0:40:09.400 --> 0:40:15.840
<v Speaker 2>writing on the down to Chase Field rightfully. So, I

0:40:15.840 --> 0:40:19.239
<v Speaker 2>mean that's just where it's at. Look, Lord has made

0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:21.719
<v Speaker 2>a lot of contributions to this team, and you know,

0:40:21.840 --> 0:40:24.520
<v Speaker 2>spent many years as a as a very solid hitter

0:40:25.000 --> 0:40:27.680
<v Speaker 2>in this league. But he has not been that this year.

0:40:27.760 --> 0:40:31.520
<v Speaker 2>And he's just not dependable or reliable. And if the team,

0:40:31.760 --> 0:40:35.319
<v Speaker 2>you know, wedges him in there somehow and starts giving

0:40:35.360 --> 0:40:37.760
<v Speaker 2>him a lot of plate appearances and taking that away

0:40:37.800 --> 0:40:41.640
<v Speaker 2>from the young players that are performing well, I mean

0:40:41.680 --> 0:40:44.399
<v Speaker 2>they're just not They're not just bodies out there. They're

0:40:44.440 --> 0:40:47.160
<v Speaker 2>running around and bringing a lot of energy to this team.

0:40:47.440 --> 0:40:51.200
<v Speaker 2>They're improving and getting better, you know. And if we

0:40:51.280 --> 0:40:54.080
<v Speaker 2>start to see you know, plate appearance disappear so that

0:40:54.120 --> 0:40:56.520
<v Speaker 2>they can play Lords, I'm not going to be happy

0:40:56.520 --> 0:40:59.360
<v Speaker 2>in neither is anybody else. And I mean, the odds

0:40:59.360 --> 0:41:02.239
<v Speaker 2>are really against getting good results out of that. So

0:41:02.560 --> 0:41:04.839
<v Speaker 2>I'll just say it up front. I don't think they

0:41:04.840 --> 0:41:06.680
<v Speaker 2>should do that. I think that they're going to have

0:41:06.719 --> 0:41:07.839
<v Speaker 2>to figure something else out.

0:41:09.360 --> 0:41:11.520
<v Speaker 1>I know you pointed out I think this was on Twitter.

0:41:11.560 --> 0:41:14.640
<v Speaker 1>The Max Kepler has not played for the Diamondbacks a

0:41:14.680 --> 0:41:18.399
<v Speaker 1>whole lot in recent days. So maybe there's a world

0:41:18.440 --> 0:41:21.600
<v Speaker 1>where the Dbacks would go to Lordis instead of Kepler.

0:41:21.920 --> 0:41:25.600
<v Speaker 1>But obviously Kepler is left handed and Guriel is right handed.

0:41:25.640 --> 0:41:28.439
<v Speaker 1>It's not really a it's not really a match Lordis. Also,

0:41:28.520 --> 0:41:31.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at his numbers in Reno through Saturday, he

0:41:31.480 --> 0:41:35.760
<v Speaker 1>was two for thirteen with two walks but seven strikeouts

0:41:36.200 --> 0:41:39.280
<v Speaker 1>in this rehab outing. Both of those hits are singles,

0:41:39.680 --> 0:41:42.200
<v Speaker 1>not exactly awesome numbers in triple A.

0:41:43.760 --> 0:41:46.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean I don't even pay attention to those numbers.

0:41:46.280 --> 0:41:49.239
<v Speaker 2>That's not even the point you know, also, I mean Kepler, Like,

0:41:49.880 --> 0:41:54.319
<v Speaker 2>Kepler's started one game out of the last seven. He's

0:41:54.320 --> 0:41:58.520
<v Speaker 2>not playing. He's already been marginalized. He's probably going to

0:41:58.560 --> 0:42:01.680
<v Speaker 2>lose his roster spot some point very soon. But when

0:42:01.719 --> 0:42:04.920
<v Speaker 2>he comes when if Lords comes back and say he

0:42:04.960 --> 0:42:09.080
<v Speaker 2>takes Kepler's place on the roster, that's you know, who

0:42:09.280 --> 0:42:12.560
<v Speaker 2>is going to get Max Kepler's at bats which are

0:42:12.640 --> 0:42:16.560
<v Speaker 2>almost non existent. Are you gonna just sit Lordis on

0:42:16.600 --> 0:42:20.359
<v Speaker 2>the bench? I don't know what they're gonna do there

0:42:20.360 --> 0:42:23.440
<v Speaker 2>with that even yeah, just because rosters expand, like how

0:42:23.480 --> 0:42:26.600
<v Speaker 2>do you give the rosters expand? But the number of

0:42:26.719 --> 0:42:28.040
<v Speaker 2>positions in the lineup does not.

0:42:30.480 --> 0:42:33.240
<v Speaker 3>That's a great point, be nice if it did, maybe

0:42:33.320 --> 0:42:33.640
<v Speaker 3>I guess.

0:42:34.120 --> 0:42:34.239
<v Speaker 4>Uh.

0:42:34.840 --> 0:42:37.600
<v Speaker 1>Tommy Troy is maybe another name we should mention here.

0:42:37.840 --> 0:42:41.320
<v Speaker 1>He faced Corbyn Burns on Friday, was set to play

0:42:41.360 --> 0:42:45.440
<v Speaker 1>in a facility game on Saturday as of that's to

0:42:45.440 --> 0:42:48.120
<v Speaker 1>where Levellows updates on Friday at the beginning of this

0:42:48.200 --> 0:42:51.479
<v Speaker 1>Red series, So so Tommy Troy may be getting close

0:42:51.520 --> 0:42:53.800
<v Speaker 1>here as well. He is a type of player where

0:42:54.120 --> 0:42:57.399
<v Speaker 1>even though he he's another right handed bat who has

0:42:57.480 --> 0:43:01.400
<v Speaker 1>much better numbers against lefties, but he's also the fastest

0:43:01.400 --> 0:43:03.800
<v Speaker 1>player on the roster if you go by sprint speed.

0:43:03.800 --> 0:43:05.680
<v Speaker 1>I think he's even above Corbyn Garrel if you can

0:43:05.719 --> 0:43:09.120
<v Speaker 1>believe that. So that's an element of his game that

0:43:09.160 --> 0:43:12.200
<v Speaker 1>you could see being handy, especially late in games, if

0:43:12.200 --> 0:43:14.680
<v Speaker 1>you want to pinch run him or whatnot. And he

0:43:14.719 --> 0:43:18.560
<v Speaker 1>can cover a variety of positions as well. So maybe

0:43:18.600 --> 0:43:21.640
<v Speaker 1>Tommy Troy winds up being a factor in this thing

0:43:21.640 --> 0:43:22.240
<v Speaker 1>at some point.

0:43:23.280 --> 0:43:26.600
<v Speaker 2>Second base, Yeah.

0:43:26.480 --> 0:43:28.680
<v Speaker 1>You hope they could tell is back here before too

0:43:28.719 --> 0:43:31.880
<v Speaker 1>long and that doesn't wind up being in a flux

0:43:31.920 --> 0:43:35.040
<v Speaker 1>for too much longer. But as of right now, Eldamar

0:43:35.200 --> 0:43:38.719
<v Speaker 1>Vargas holding down the ford over there, very very good

0:43:38.719 --> 0:43:43.479
<v Speaker 1>game on Sunday. As we referenced earlier looking ahead here, Jack,

0:43:43.520 --> 0:43:46.080
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks have a bit of a mess in front

0:43:46.080 --> 0:43:50.000
<v Speaker 1>of them. We mentioned it. There's this double header on Saturday.

0:43:50.640 --> 0:43:54.320
<v Speaker 1>The Giants schedule got weird and it required the Sunday

0:43:54.320 --> 0:43:57.280
<v Speaker 1>game to be rescheduled to Saturday as a double header.

0:43:57.600 --> 0:44:03.000
<v Speaker 1>So the Diamondbacks, they're pitching rotation lines up fine for Chicago.

0:44:03.080 --> 0:44:06.320
<v Speaker 1>They've got Meryl Kelly, Brandon Fott, and WARDA. Rodriguez lined

0:44:06.400 --> 0:44:10.240
<v Speaker 1>up there. But then the Thursday game against San Francisco.

0:44:10.640 --> 0:44:14.439
<v Speaker 1>Roster resource has Cold Drake listed right now. We think

0:44:14.480 --> 0:44:18.319
<v Speaker 1>that Jose Cabrera from from Reno we saw earlier this year.

0:44:18.400 --> 0:44:21.080
<v Speaker 1>We think he is also very much in that conversation.

0:44:21.560 --> 0:44:23.960
<v Speaker 1>And then Mitch Bratt would line up to go on Friday.

0:44:24.320 --> 0:44:28.160
<v Speaker 1>And then you've got Saturday, where yes, MARYL. Kelly could pitch,

0:44:28.400 --> 0:44:31.719
<v Speaker 1>but Brandon Fott could not. So the Diamondbacks really have

0:44:31.880 --> 0:44:35.200
<v Speaker 1>two question marks over the next week. Who's gonna pitch

0:44:35.280 --> 0:44:40.319
<v Speaker 1>on Thursday that in that spot maybe Cole Drake, maybe

0:44:40.320 --> 0:44:44.080
<v Speaker 1>a Jose Cabrera. And then who's gonna pitch on Saturday,

0:44:44.840 --> 0:44:48.680
<v Speaker 1>presumably behind Merril Kelly or in front of Meryl Kelly.

0:44:48.680 --> 0:44:50.799
<v Speaker 3>I don't I don't know what the order would be, but.

0:44:50.840 --> 0:44:53.359
<v Speaker 1>Kelly could start one of those games, not both, and

0:44:53.440 --> 0:44:55.880
<v Speaker 1>with a doubleheader, you probably don't want to run a

0:44:55.880 --> 0:44:58.439
<v Speaker 1>bullpen game out there for either of those.

0:45:00.360 --> 0:45:03.400
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're just shorthanded here, you know, and that that bolt,

0:45:03.520 --> 0:45:05.480
<v Speaker 2>that double header couldn't come at a worse time for

0:45:05.520 --> 0:45:08.160
<v Speaker 2>the Diamondbacks because of where they are with the rotation

0:45:08.320 --> 0:45:11.560
<v Speaker 2>and Soroka injury and Burn's not ready to come back yet.

0:45:12.120 --> 0:45:16.239
<v Speaker 2>They do get to bring up an extra pitcher, you know,

0:45:16.320 --> 0:45:20.640
<v Speaker 2>for the doubleheader. So there's that, but you know, they

0:45:21.280 --> 0:45:23.920
<v Speaker 2>excuse me, they also have an open spot on the

0:45:23.960 --> 0:45:27.440
<v Speaker 2>forty man roster, so they could also add a pitcher

0:45:27.480 --> 0:45:29.640
<v Speaker 2>to the forty man roster. Maybe there's somebody that they

0:45:29.640 --> 0:45:32.360
<v Speaker 2>feels pitching well enough and performing well enough that they

0:45:32.400 --> 0:45:35.080
<v Speaker 2>could bring them up and try to get three four innings,

0:45:35.400 --> 0:45:37.600
<v Speaker 2>I mean a triple A. You also have human Lynn,

0:45:37.960 --> 0:45:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Dylan Ray, Tommy Henry who's pitching today, you know, so

0:45:43.719 --> 0:45:45.880
<v Speaker 2>there's guys that they could maybe stick on the forty

0:45:45.920 --> 0:45:48.319
<v Speaker 2>even if it's just for a day. But then you know,

0:45:48.760 --> 0:45:50.680
<v Speaker 2>if you got to turn around in DFA and to

0:45:50.719 --> 0:45:54.239
<v Speaker 2>make room, that's that's not great. So you know, you

0:45:54.320 --> 0:45:56.840
<v Speaker 2>start with the forty man roster options and then go

0:45:56.920 --> 0:45:59.359
<v Speaker 2>from there. They're at thirty nine right now, but they're

0:45:59.360 --> 0:46:03.560
<v Speaker 2>gonna need to add had Corvin Burns relatively quickly, so

0:46:03.800 --> 0:46:04.840
<v Speaker 2>that brings you to forty.

0:46:06.560 --> 0:46:09.399
<v Speaker 1>It is a mess. There are no real easy answers there.

0:46:09.480 --> 0:46:14.000
<v Speaker 1>Jose Cabrera has not pitched great lately in Reno. I

0:46:14.000 --> 0:46:16.640
<v Speaker 1>think he gave up like eight runs in his last outing,

0:46:16.760 --> 0:46:19.319
<v Speaker 1>a pretty short one for him. But you look at

0:46:19.320 --> 0:46:22.000
<v Speaker 1>his strikeout and walk numbers in August, He's at nineteen

0:46:22.040 --> 0:46:25.000
<v Speaker 1>strikeouts to four walks, So at the very least you

0:46:25.000 --> 0:46:27.040
<v Speaker 1>feel like he's putting the ball on the plate. He's

0:46:27.120 --> 0:46:31.400
<v Speaker 1>challenging hitters and Reno. Certainly, bad luck is a very

0:46:31.480 --> 0:46:34.160
<v Speaker 1>real thing there, so looking at the underlying stuff, it

0:46:34.160 --> 0:46:36.879
<v Speaker 1>feels like Jose Cabrera would would maybe be the guy

0:46:37.160 --> 0:46:39.399
<v Speaker 1>that they would want to go to here. Cold Drake

0:46:39.480 --> 0:46:42.400
<v Speaker 1>has really struggled his last couple of times out in

0:46:42.440 --> 0:46:44.839
<v Speaker 1>Triple A. I believe it's nine walks in his last

0:46:44.880 --> 0:46:48.360
<v Speaker 1>two outings there, so the command has kind of backed

0:46:48.440 --> 0:46:50.680
<v Speaker 1>up on him the past couple of times out there.

0:46:50.760 --> 0:46:53.160
<v Speaker 1>So no easy answers for the d Backs on the

0:46:53.160 --> 0:46:57.480
<v Speaker 1>pitching front this next week. They need some length at

0:46:57.520 --> 0:46:59.920
<v Speaker 1>as some of these guys, and they might need someone

0:47:00.320 --> 0:47:03.400
<v Speaker 1>to step up that we didn't really expect to see

0:47:03.440 --> 0:47:06.160
<v Speaker 1>here in late August with the d Backs in the

0:47:06.200 --> 0:47:08.920
<v Speaker 1>middle of a playoff push.

0:47:09.040 --> 0:47:11.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, shame on me. I should have been

0:47:12.040 --> 0:47:14.319
<v Speaker 2>looking at the waiver wire as well, see if there's

0:47:14.320 --> 0:47:16.760
<v Speaker 2>anybody else out there who's the next Zach Lttel.

0:47:17.920 --> 0:47:20.879
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, that is also totally possible. I mean we saw

0:47:20.960 --> 0:47:23.400
<v Speaker 1>Nebil Chris Matt and make a bunch of starts for

0:47:23.440 --> 0:47:25.760
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks down the stretch last year, and it wound

0:47:25.800 --> 0:47:29.800
<v Speaker 1>up being actually really good after they traded Meryl Kelly

0:47:29.800 --> 0:47:33.040
<v Speaker 1>at the deadline. So we'll see what happens on that front.

0:47:33.080 --> 0:47:35.640
<v Speaker 1>A big story to watch over the next week. And

0:47:35.920 --> 0:47:39.439
<v Speaker 1>speaking of big stories to watch, the Philadelphia Phillies Jack

0:47:39.680 --> 0:47:43.040
<v Speaker 1>may never lose another baseball game as far as I'm concerned.

0:47:43.080 --> 0:47:47.520
<v Speaker 1>They won their ninth consecutive game on Sunday, completing yet

0:47:47.600 --> 0:47:51.520
<v Speaker 1>another sweep. This time it was the Saint Louis Cardinals

0:47:51.960 --> 0:47:55.160
<v Speaker 1>and they were down sick or they were down four

0:47:55.239 --> 0:47:57.960
<v Speaker 1>to nothing with a runner at second and two outs

0:47:57.960 --> 0:48:00.440
<v Speaker 1>in the bottom of the ninth, and they came and

0:48:00.480 --> 0:48:02.359
<v Speaker 1>won the game by a final score.

0:48:02.120 --> 0:48:02.959
<v Speaker 3>Of six to four.

0:48:03.400 --> 0:48:06.600
<v Speaker 1>That's just what the Phillies do, at least that's what

0:48:06.640 --> 0:48:09.200
<v Speaker 1>they have done here over the past couple of weeks.

0:48:09.440 --> 0:48:13.040
<v Speaker 1>The padres here at seventy one and sixty. They continue

0:48:13.120 --> 0:48:16.800
<v Speaker 1>to win games as well. They complete a weekend sweep

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<v Speaker 1>of the Minnesota Twins, and they stay two games out

0:48:21.040 --> 0:48:24.600
<v Speaker 1>in front of the Diamondbacks. The d Backs two games

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<v Speaker 1>by San Diego four games behind Philly, and then the

0:48:27.560 --> 0:48:31.959
<v Speaker 1>Miami Marlins also won a third consecutive game today over

0:48:32.000 --> 0:48:35.200
<v Speaker 1>the Washington Nationals. There now just a couple of games

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<v Speaker 1>behind the d Backs and four games out of that

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<v Speaker 1>third wild card spot.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but you know, one thing is that it's been

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<v Speaker 2>talked about a bit lately, is you know, who knows

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<v Speaker 2>maybe within a week or so, it's going to be

0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:50.279
<v Speaker 2>the Braves that are going to pop up in this

0:48:50.320 --> 0:48:56.640
<v Speaker 2>wildcard race table, not the Phillies. That'd be pretty wild Yeah. Yeah,

0:48:56.719 --> 0:48:59.719
<v Speaker 2>d Backs up against it. I talked about last show

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<v Speaker 2>how I've projected that they're going to need to get

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<v Speaker 2>to eighty eight wins, and you know, right now the

0:49:05.800 --> 0:49:08.160
<v Speaker 2>Padres are on pace for eighty eight wins, So even

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<v Speaker 2>that might not be enough. I mean, the Padres just

0:49:11.960 --> 0:49:16.520
<v Speaker 2>you know, are too hot, They're playing too well. I

0:49:16.560 --> 0:49:19.200
<v Speaker 2>think that Fangrass is behind the curve as far as

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<v Speaker 2>how many games that they're projecting the Padres to win

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<v Speaker 2>this year. But you know, can the d Backs get

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<v Speaker 2>hot enough to get to eighty nine ninety wins? I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. That seems really almost out of the realm

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<v Speaker 2>of reality for what this team is. I mean, they

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<v Speaker 2>haven't been more than eight games over five hundred at

0:49:39.600 --> 0:49:41.719
<v Speaker 2>any point in the season, and they only reached that

0:49:42.200 --> 0:49:46.520
<v Speaker 2>level twice for very brief moments in the very recent past,

0:49:46.960 --> 0:49:49.520
<v Speaker 2>and really seven to eight games above five hundred in

0:49:49.640 --> 0:49:52.719
<v Speaker 2>total has been their high water mark since the end

0:49:52.760 --> 0:49:55.360
<v Speaker 2>of May. So I don't know how the Dbacks are

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<v Speaker 2>going to all of a sudden, you know, get to

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<v Speaker 2>ninety and seventy two or eighty nine and seventy three

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<v Speaker 2>and somehow piped the Padres. That seems not very realistic,

0:50:03.960 --> 0:50:07.759
<v Speaker 2>especially with the pitching injuries that they have. However, they

0:50:07.800 --> 0:50:09.960
<v Speaker 2>play the games on the field, not on our computers

0:50:09.960 --> 0:50:13.440
<v Speaker 2>and not on our podcast, and we promise to dive

0:50:13.480 --> 0:50:17.879
<v Speaker 2>into everything that possibly gives any hope that they could

0:50:17.880 --> 0:50:18.080
<v Speaker 2>do that.

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<v Speaker 1>The Dbacs went three and three on their road trip

0:50:22.400 --> 0:50:26.040
<v Speaker 1>to Boston Atlanta, which again going in would have been like, yeah,

0:50:26.160 --> 0:50:28.399
<v Speaker 1>you'll take that against those two teams on the road.

0:50:28.600 --> 0:50:30.640
<v Speaker 1>They just won two out of three at home against

0:50:30.640 --> 0:50:34.480
<v Speaker 1>the Cincinnati Reds. Not awesome, but like, yeah, that's fine.

0:50:34.480 --> 0:50:36.439
<v Speaker 1>If you do those kinds of things over the course

0:50:36.440 --> 0:50:38.640
<v Speaker 1>of a season, you feel like you're gonna end up

0:50:38.680 --> 0:50:42.200
<v Speaker 1>in a good spot. And yet over these last nine games,

0:50:42.239 --> 0:50:45.839
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks have dropped in the standings right Just this

0:50:45.920 --> 0:50:48.960
<v Speaker 1>past weekend, they lost a game to the Padres.

0:50:49.000 --> 0:50:49.920
<v Speaker 3>They lost a game to.

0:50:49.840 --> 0:50:53.200
<v Speaker 1>The Phillies as well, both of those teams pulling off sweeps.

0:50:53.800 --> 0:50:56.520
<v Speaker 1>San Diego is playing at a one hundred and six

0:50:56.640 --> 0:50:59.120
<v Speaker 1>win pace going back to the All Star break. There

0:50:59.120 --> 0:51:01.839
<v Speaker 1>are twenty three and twelve since the All Star Break.

0:51:01.840 --> 0:51:04.560
<v Speaker 1>The Phillies are now nineteen and fourteen. The d Backs

0:51:04.560 --> 0:51:08.880
<v Speaker 1>are twenty and fifteen, which is good, but it feels

0:51:08.920 --> 0:51:12.040
<v Speaker 1>like it just hasn't been good enough compared to what

0:51:12.120 --> 0:51:14.840
<v Speaker 1>these other teams are doing right now. So it's gonna

0:51:14.840 --> 0:51:17.279
<v Speaker 1>be an uphill battle with just a little over a

0:51:17.320 --> 0:51:20.880
<v Speaker 1>month to go in the season. But hey, we're just

0:51:20.960 --> 0:51:23.680
<v Speaker 1>all thinking about that three game series against San Diego

0:51:23.719 --> 0:51:26.600
<v Speaker 1>at the end of the year, three game series against

0:51:26.640 --> 0:51:29.279
<v Speaker 1>Philly at the end of this month. Feels like those

0:51:29.320 --> 0:51:31.600
<v Speaker 1>are kind of gonna make or break this thing for

0:51:31.640 --> 0:51:32.440
<v Speaker 1>the Diamondbacks.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but they're gonna have to win two out of

0:51:34.719 --> 0:51:37.480
<v Speaker 2>three from the Cups first. They can't lose the series.

0:51:37.800 --> 0:51:40.759
<v Speaker 2>They can still lose ground, they just can't give up

0:51:40.800 --> 0:51:41.839
<v Speaker 2>any more ground.

0:51:42.840 --> 0:51:45.600
<v Speaker 1>So, in conclusion, the d Bacs just can't lose another

0:51:45.640 --> 0:51:47.920
<v Speaker 1>game the rest of the season, and if they may.

0:51:47.960 --> 0:51:48.840
<v Speaker 2>Can't lose series.

0:51:49.719 --> 0:51:51.200
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's fair, that's fair.

0:51:52.320 --> 0:51:55.239
<v Speaker 2>They need to reel off like seven series wins in

0:51:55.239 --> 0:51:58.799
<v Speaker 2>a row, or they need to go on an eight

0:51:58.880 --> 0:52:01.320
<v Speaker 2>or nine game winning streak their own, I mean something

0:52:01.400 --> 0:52:03.840
<v Speaker 2>like that. They've either got to win seven series in

0:52:03.880 --> 0:52:06.680
<v Speaker 2>a row or they've got to just rip off a

0:52:06.719 --> 0:52:08.399
<v Speaker 2>seven game winning streak like right now.

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<v Speaker 1>That is definitely what it feels like. And yet baseball

0:52:13.800 --> 0:52:16.839
<v Speaker 1>is weird, and sometimes teams that are super hot and

0:52:16.880 --> 0:52:20.800
<v Speaker 1>look undefeatable, like the Padres and Phillies right now, sometimes

0:52:20.840 --> 0:52:24.160
<v Speaker 1>they hit a roadblock, and who knows what we could

0:52:24.200 --> 0:52:27.080
<v Speaker 1>see in the next month plus. But we are excited

0:52:27.320 --> 0:52:29.520
<v Speaker 1>to follow it along with all of you, and we

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<v Speaker 1>very much appreciate you being here on this episode of

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<v Speaker 1>Snake's Territory. If you haven't already, be sure to follow

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<v Speaker 1>on sid Jack. Any final thoughts before we get out

0:52:59.200 --> 0:53:01.719
<v Speaker 1>of here and head in to what should be a

0:53:01.800 --> 0:53:04.080
<v Speaker 1>fascinating week for this Diamondbacks team.

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<v Speaker 2>Not a whole lot to add. I think we've said

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<v Speaker 2>enough for today.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you again to all of you for being with us.

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<v Speaker 1>We really appreciate your time, and we'll be back on

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<v Speaker 1>Tuesday night. It looks like it'll be Tuesday night, a

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<v Speaker 1>postgame show after that Tuesday game against the Chicago Cubs.

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<v Speaker 1>That'll be live on our YouTube channel, and so we

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<v Speaker 1>hope that we will see you back here then