WEBVTT - Mailbag: Analyzing your Pirates Trade Targets 3.0 0:00:09.960 --> 0:00:10.840 What's up, everybody. 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:13.800 Welcome back to another episode of Bucko Territory, presented to 0:00:13.840 --> 0:00:16.479 you by the Foul Territory Network on Noahile's. Joining me 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:19.799 as always are my co hosts, Josh Harrison and Platinum 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:23.240 Key aka Mark. It is a mail bag Wednesday where 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:28.080 we review your trade targets for the Pittsburgh Pirates. 0:00:28.280 --> 0:00:30.120 We got a lot of submissions this week. 0:00:30.200 --> 0:00:33.120 You can tell the trade deadline is approaching and a 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:37.240 lot of really good names suggested. I. You know, we 0:00:37.240 --> 0:00:40.400 we've kind of veered away from the basic, you know, 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:44.040 household name relievers and we're getting into the weeds and 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:45.560 these are. 0:00:45.400 --> 0:00:47.520 Some very intriguing names. 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:50.760 So if you look at the board, we have Trevor Rodgers, 0:00:50.800 --> 0:00:58.920 we have Peter Lambert, and we have Huscar Barb Yes yeah, 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:03.040 Rosbon Yeah what they said. 0:01:03.040 --> 0:01:05.760 Anyway, so he's got to. But the reason I wanted 0:01:05.760 --> 0:01:06.280 to point out. 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:09.039 These names we're gonna review each of them in a 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:13.240 different segment, is we have two starting pitchers here as 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:17.280 opposed to one reliever, which I think is notable because it's. 0:01:17.080 --> 0:01:19.880 Looking like they might need help covering innings. And that's 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:22.080 how we're gonna get started right now with Rogers. 0:01:22.520 --> 0:01:26.679 Uh, he is gonna open the first segment and Mark 0:01:27.040 --> 0:01:31.119 take up, take it away, pitch us on, mister Rogers. 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:38.240 Trevor Rodgers, Yeah, Rogers, yeah, all good. 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:39.639 Yeah. 0:01:39.560 --> 0:01:42.000 When I saw his name pop up, I actually got 0:01:42.080 --> 0:01:45.560 kind of excited because I know, we we've said, you know, 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.520 we don't really need lefties obviously, but that's when we 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:52.840 were talking bullpen. And as you look at the starting staff, obviously, uh, 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:54.680 you know there might be some innings that need to 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:56.960 be limited for some people that you might need to 0:01:57.000 --> 0:01:59.600 be you know, somebody's that's got to take the bulk 0:01:59.640 --> 0:02:03.080 of it. And you know what better way than finding 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:05.600 somebody that you know, is a starter that's used to, 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:09.600 you know, going some innings and has also I don't 0:02:09.600 --> 0:02:11.640 want to say, been shipped around, but it is not 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:15.440 unfamiliar to you know, New territory. And one he's a 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:18.000 lefty and when you look at it, I got excited 0:02:18.040 --> 0:02:22.720 looking at you know, the fastball run value. To me, 0:02:22.960 --> 0:02:25.880 it looks like he's pitching aggressively with his fastball and 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.880 I love to see that, but you know, because I 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:30.960 think that just sets up everything else. And obviously if 0:02:31.000 --> 0:02:32.520 you look at his off speed, I don't think his 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.440 off speed has been doing too well, but his fastball 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:38.760 is doing enough, and I don't know if that's due 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.160 to his extension, which I've actually faced him, and I 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:44.239 remember he was in Miami. He was kind of a 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.560 taller lefty that had a little bit of you know, 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:49.160 length to him, and his fastball could play up a 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.960 little bit. But you know, obviously a guy that's that's 0:02:53.000 --> 0:02:55.520 in his own pitches with his fastball and you know, 0:02:55.560 --> 0:02:57.560 with this offense, I think he's a guy that could 0:02:57.639 --> 0:03:02.280 fit into this you know, pitching rotation pretty well because 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:05.200 he's gonna be aggressive with his fastball. And you know, 0:03:05.240 --> 0:03:07.639 I saw it and looking at it, Noah, the one 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.560 thing that you said, pirates like his extension, and he 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:12.560 was in a red thing, so I was like, you know, 0:03:12.600 --> 0:03:16.480 that's something that you know pirates do like. And as 0:03:16.520 --> 0:03:19.520 a starter, I don't, you know, I don't dislike, you know, 0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:21.679 having this addition, because he's somebody that I think a 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:24.040 bolster of staff, which you know, you make your starting 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.399 staff better, you make your willpin better. 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:31.000 M Yeah, I'll just add one more thing. I mean one. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.920 He doesn't have a ton of control remaining money. 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:36.480 I think he's a free agent. Yeah, free agent. 0:03:36.880 --> 0:03:42.760 Yeah, well, there I think there is a no, he's. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.080 I think he's going for Actually, I think this is 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:45.840 he's in his last year of arbitration right now. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:50.600 I believe for Rogers. Now, what I'm looking at says 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:51.560 something a lot different. 0:03:51.600 --> 0:03:54.320 It says he's going to be do thirteen million in 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:59.200 the next two seasons and then conditioned club option in 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.600 twenty twenty nine, is what I'm seeing. 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:04.440 His Baseball reference list twenty twenty seven. 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:08.720 Nope, that's because I'm looking at Okay, I gonna say, 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:11.320 there's too many people with the last name Rogers who 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.320 pitching major League Baseball, so I'm not even gonna wear it. 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.280 Some of them like what the heck? 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:18.479 Yeah, I was confused. 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:20.600 I was like, dang, did I look at the no. 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:23.679 No, yeah, yeah, he's making six million this year. Yeah, 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:25.479 but yeah, yeah, you know. 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:29.200 He's a free agent. So I'm thinking, you know, maybe 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:32.839 maybe nothing too pricey, right, which that was the other 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:33.800 thing that made it appealing. 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:38.360 Yes, And the other thing so with that price point, 0:04:38.440 --> 0:04:40.080 yes is a rental left hander. 0:04:40.200 --> 0:04:43.880 They left these with the extension do very well at 0:04:43.920 --> 0:04:47.840 PNC Park. And the other thing I really like about yes, there. 0:04:48.000 --> 0:04:50.360 The other thing I really like about him, if you 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.320 look at his game log, he has gone at least 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:56.640 five innings in every start since May twenty fourth. He 0:04:56.760 --> 0:04:58.680 is going to come in and cover innings for you. 0:04:59.080 --> 0:05:00.520 That's what That's what you need. 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.719 You just need. I don't care if it's a righty 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:03.320 or a lefty. 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:05.680 You need guys who are going to pitch for more 0:05:05.720 --> 0:05:09.159 than half the game throughout the rest of July, August 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:11.800 and September. And I don't know how many guys you 0:05:11.880 --> 0:05:14.920 have in this rotation you can depend on to do that, 0:05:15.040 --> 0:05:16.880 Like they should all be able to do it, but 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:18.960 I don't know if you're going to get that five 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:19.600 times a week. 0:05:19.839 --> 0:05:20.240 Yeah, so. 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.080 Yeah, or let them So that's that's I think a 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.000 big selling point. Mark. Do you have anything to add 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:27.400 on this one? 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:31.080 Yeah. It's just been a tale of two different halves 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:32.800 for Trevor Rodgers this year. 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:34.760 His e RA. 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:39.640 In May was a ten point three to one. Since then, 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:42.839 though in June two point oh five, in July one 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:46.520 point oh four, he's really really come into his own. 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:50.680 The Orioles starting rotation kind of went through some some injuries, 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:54.080 and he's really stepped up massively for them, since I 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:56.960 think June fourth is really like the cutoff date since 0:05:56.960 --> 0:06:00.520 he's come on so nice to see that he's figured 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.400 some stuff out. Uh, and maybe the Pirates are getting 0:06:03.440 --> 0:06:05.200 him right at the right time where he's got an 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:06.520 edge on the rest of the league. 0:06:07.880 --> 0:06:12.200 Awesome, all right, Yeah, I really like this recommendation. I 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:15.919 think this is probably one of the better targets for 0:06:16.080 --> 0:06:18.160 the Pirates. I think he checks a lot of boxes. 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:21.280 I think he's going to be very affordable for them. 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.679 And I mean the Orioles have been a frequent trade 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:31.320 partner for the Pots, like, yeah, have done a lot 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:33.080 of business, so yeah, yeah, I. 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:36.159 Mean even time there, I just feel like, you know, 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:38.760 spring training was so close, like there. 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.120 Was always exactly Yeah. 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:45.360 You guys get a very good look at the Orioles 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.040 in spring training and vice versa, so they have probably 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:49.960 an advanced scout on Pirates. 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.479 I don't think that probably plays a factor in it too. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:55.120 One final note too on Rogers that just popped into 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.840 my head. One of the things that he struggled with 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:01.560 was getting acclimated with Samuel Beside, the young catcher for 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:06.680 the Orioles who's been catching him. That transition was it 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:08.880 seems to be attributed to like the struggles in May 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:12.680 for Rogers. But you know, if we've mentioned this before, 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:16.800 if you're trading starting Pitcher Catcher, that relationship has to 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.720 reform once he gets to the Pirates. So maybe a 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.640 little blit, but seems like he's figured things out, So 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:25.160 I'm optimistic about Rogers would be a great fit. 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.400 All right, Well, we are going to take a quick break, 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:31.200 then we'll get into our next trade target. 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:32.720 Here, I'm Bucko Territory. 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:39.880 If you're watching us, you already know we're wearing mack 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:42.800 Weldon right now as we talk about a great brand 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:45.120 that makes things so comfortable and easy to wear. But 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:47.400 if you're listening to the show, let me tell you 0:07:47.480 --> 0:07:50.080 a little bit more about mack Weldon with my friend 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:50.720 Eric Kratz. 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:56.400 Yeah, it's comfortable, it's light, it's summertime right now. For me, though, 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:00.920 they cater to what I need tall clothes. 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Next, 0:08:40.400 --> 0:08:46.520 here are our most recommended trade target, Wascar Brazabon, who 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:50.559 we got a ton of suggestions from David Jack saying 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:54.000 ex respector spaghetti Eddy great name, Hunter Lewis. Thank you 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:58.960 all for the suggestions, and it's easy to see why 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:06.880 Brazibon is so appealing, as like a future Pirate's the 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.320 one thing that jumps out to me. First. He's thirty six, 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:13.600 which is slightly concerning. However, he only made his major 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:17.640 league debut in July twenty twenty two against the Pirates. Actually, 0:09:18.559 --> 0:09:20.960 so he only has just over two years of service time, 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.160 which means he's about to enter his first year arbitration. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:28.400 And you look at his statcast page, he just does 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:32.560 not give up hard contact at all. He's only allowed 0:09:32.559 --> 0:09:34.960 three home runs this year and forty seven point two 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:39.640 innings pitched, and his career high is six home runs 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:45.480 in a season and speaking season highs. That's one of 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:49.080 my concerns here. He's already thrown forty seven point two 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:52.120 innings pitched. That's a lot of tread on the tires 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:56.000 for a thirty six year old, so that's slightly concerning. 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:58.800 But he's really made the most of those innings. He 0:09:58.800 --> 0:10:01.560 has one point four b war. You can see he's 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:05.839 basically just a sinker change up guy. The sinker is 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:10.800 nasty and the change up sits about ninety point seven 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:15.319 percent his if I was watching some clips of him 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:18.319 from the World Baseball Classic where when the Damaican played 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:23.560 Venezuela and that sinker just ate up Jackson Turio, ate 0:10:23.679 --> 0:10:26.280 up Ronald Acuna Junior and he just ended up with 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:29.920 three strikeouts in the fourth inning against Venezuela. So a 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.480 lot a lot to like about the guy. Only one 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:36.800 point zero seven whip and it should be pretty cheap 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.480 for the Pirates to acquire. The Mets picked him up 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:42.360 from the Marlins in twenty twenty four for twenty year 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:45.440 old who wasn't even in their top thirty prospects preseason. 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:50.440 So yeah, I think the Mets are at very clearly 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:53.680 sellers this year, and this bullpen would be a great 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:56.120 place to buy from if I'm in the Pirates. What 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.000 you guys think about Brazabon. 0:10:58.800 --> 0:10:59.720 I'll go real quick. 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.240 I I like him as a rental and I know 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:06.520 the whole thing is he has all this year, all 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:11.360 these years of control, he's thirty six. His workload is 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:15.840 like at a career high. This guy ain't gonna be 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.400 in the league much like, I mean, I hope I'm wrong. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:21.760 I don't root for people to fade or blow out, 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.679 but it's just like there are a lot of signs 0:11:23.720 --> 0:11:26.840 there that says that, like, there could be a pretty 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:27.640 big decline. 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.120 He's never thrown more than sixty eight's in the season. 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.800 You're just going off of, you know, the law of 0:11:33.960 --> 0:11:36.760 you know what you would call averages two basically. 0:11:36.960 --> 0:11:37.840 You know exactly. 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:40.680 But but you're also not down playing the day. He 0:11:40.760 --> 0:11:42.680 could be a guy that does get better as he 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:43.240 gets older. 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:47.000 Yeah, maybe he figured it out and yeah, yeah. 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:55.920 So that the other Yeah, it's it's concerning in the 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.319 walk rate is the only two things that like, I mean, 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:02.400 I'm not saying the Pirates shouldn't go after this guy. 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:04.160 They totally shouldn't. He makes a fund of sense. 0:12:04.200 --> 0:12:06.600 But like, I wouldn't pay too much for him just 0:12:06.640 --> 0:12:08.440 because I wouldn't expect him. 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:10.520 I guess I wouldn't depend on him to. 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:12.840 Be a piece of my bullpen next year. I would 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.720 view him as a rental acquisition, and anything you get 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:19.040 after this year from him would be considered bonus. So 0:12:19.200 --> 0:12:21.679 I would put a price tag on him of what 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:24.800 I would have a price tag for a very effective rental, 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:25.599 right handed. 0:12:25.320 --> 0:12:27.319 Really, do you think the Pirates would have to give 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:30.240 up even like a top thirty prospect for him. 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:35.760 I mean I don't know, Like maybe yeah, Like it's 0:12:35.800 --> 0:12:38.000 hard to quantify. It depends what his market is. 0:12:38.360 --> 0:12:41.280 Right, Yeah, I wouldn't know. But I know you showed 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.120 some video of me getting hits against Rogers. I think 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:45.080 I might have a hit off. 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.680 Bro, you got a walk. I was your over one 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:49.720 against him with a walk. That's I read it. 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:49.920 Rock. 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:50.280 Yeah. 0:12:50.360 --> 0:12:54.480 Remember he asked when you was describing a sinker. I remember, 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:56.800 you know he was with Miami. It was like, yeah, 0:12:56.840 --> 0:12:59.680 this dude's got some heavy sink and you see it there, 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:02.960 uh the baseball page. I think ninety nine percentile and 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.680 ground ball I think even ain't hard hit percentage, like 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:11.000 contact against him is not hard, not at all, so 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.079 like like, and that's due to that sinker. You said, 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:17.359 sinker change up and it's really the sinker because it's 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:21.400 it's a nasty sinker. And you know, obviously he's a 0:13:21.440 --> 0:13:26.280 guy I do agree can help the bullpen. But you 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:28.560 know what relievers are always I don't like to say, 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.120 but relievers are are you know, going to be part 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:34.360 of a caresel. So as you mentioned, though, it's not 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:36.760 uncommon to see to say that if he would be 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:38.760 a rental, you don't know what you get past that. 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.080 But at the same time, you know, somebody that I 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:44.319 played with that was you know, considered that Jason Grilly 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:46.840 got better as he got older, so you never know, 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.040 you know, and he kind of revived his career in Pittsburgh. 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:52.480 But not saying that Brazaban will come here and be 0:13:52.559 --> 0:13:55.040 Jason Grilly or whatever, just you know, saying that there 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.120 are two sides that we've seen play out and very 0:13:58.320 --> 0:14:01.240 very interesting case. But you know, it's to argue that 0:14:01.320 --> 0:14:04.520 groundball percentage and you know the contact against them is 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:05.040 very weak. 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:10.320 Yes, all right, we're going to take another break when 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:14.440 we come back. Final trade target. It's Peter Lambert. We'll 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:16.480 talk about it here. I'm Bucko Territory next. 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:22.640 Hey, for the families out there looking for a new 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.800 path to help your child succeed, take a look at 0:14:24.880 --> 0:14:29.480 K twelve Powered Schools. K twelve offers tuition free, accredited 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:33.360 online public education for students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.760 all in a setting that works for your family. 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How many starts 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:41.640 has he made this year? 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:42.200 Sixteen? 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:45.520 I have the number sixteen. Fourteen of them have been 0:15:45.760 --> 0:15:49.360 five innings or more, cool so, and the two that 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.320 weren't were four and two thirds and four and one thirds, 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:54.880 So it's not like he's ever really got shelled. So 0:15:54.920 --> 0:16:00.640 he pitches deep into games. I see one, two, three, four, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:02.920 seven innings starts there, and a lot more in the 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:07.080 sixth right hander. But a guy again, a guy who 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.800 covers innings. And then you look at the savant page. 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:15.560 Pitching run values, fine, fastball run values, good off speed, 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:19.800 off speed is solid, breaking is slightly above average. And 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:21.840 then like the rest of the under the hood metrics, 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:25.120 they're not great, but they're not horrible. 0:16:24.840 --> 0:16:27.040 Right, I Mean, this is what a number five. 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.560 Starter on a really good exactly looks like, and that's 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:31.280 what he would be. 0:16:31.960 --> 0:16:33.960 This is what the Pirates need Mitch Keller to be. 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:36.360 I was just about to say that sounds a lot 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.840 like what we want Mitch Keller to pitch, Like, Yeah. 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:42.840 He would come for like one fifteenth of the price. 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:47.240 So that's uh, that's my selling point is this is 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:48.560 what Mitch Keller's supposed to be. 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.080 If he doesn't pitch, well, I don't. 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.680 I mean, I actually think he might have a decent 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:59.400 sized market, just because the starting pitching market's gonna be 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:03.480 kind of wonk, like I don't know how many true 0:17:03.560 --> 0:17:06.120 studs will be available, So this will be a guy 0:17:06.200 --> 0:17:08.920 that I mean, if you're looking for someone who can 0:17:08.960 --> 0:17:12.200 be a middle of the rotation arm, someone who can 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.800 cover innings, someone who will be you know, he probably 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:17.520 won't win you a ton of games. He definitely won't 0:17:17.560 --> 0:17:20.600 lose you a lot of games either. This is what 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.960 you're getting, and I think that that's a pretty attractive 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:25.800 trade chip for a lot of teams. 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:30.720 Absolutely, I wouldn't disagree. I played with his brother. I 0:17:30.720 --> 0:17:33.560 think got brother Jimmy plays with brother Jimmy in Chicago. 0:17:35.200 --> 0:17:37.880 But as you said, looking at the metrics, it's hard 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:41.000 to not you know, justify you know, a case of 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.600 you know, acquiring somebody like him, especially as you mentioned, 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.520 like what you would want from a fifth starter, and 0:17:46.720 --> 0:17:49.040 not to mention he's doing this with some of his 0:17:49.119 --> 0:17:52.919 starts in Houston, which is a hitter friendly park, you know, 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:56.119 and I'm where people don't really want to talk about it, 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:58.560 but same thing for hitters. You know, when you play 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:01.720 in certain parks or pitching certain parks, you know, to 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.480 do that at you know, in Houston's that's not bad man, 0:18:06.520 --> 0:18:08.760 And as you said, nothing really jumps out at you. 0:18:08.840 --> 0:18:10.720 But it's a guy that probably knows how to pitch, 0:18:10.800 --> 0:18:14.760 that understands his stuff, and he knows he I'm getting 0:18:14.760 --> 0:18:16.639 into the book pen, but I'm going five to six 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:20.640 and potentially these are guys that are I don't want 0:18:20.640 --> 0:18:23.280 to call steals, but like these are guys that end 0:18:23.400 --> 0:18:25.800 up playing a big part in postseason runs for teams. 0:18:25.840 --> 0:18:30.479 So once again, it's a lot to like when you 0:18:30.520 --> 0:18:32.880 see a guy like that that is contributing the way 0:18:32.920 --> 0:18:34.960 that he is because as you mentioned, not really putting 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:37.760 himself in a position to hurt the team and keeping 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:39.800 his team in the game, and you know, pitching well 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:41.879 and at least into the fifth inning of games, and 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:44.239 that's all you can ask for, especially a guy that 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:45.520 you're not considering as your horse. 0:18:45.880 --> 0:18:48.639 Yes, and that, Josh, I'll just round this out. You 0:18:49.119 --> 0:18:53.080 mentioned that ballparks play such a big factor. If you 0:18:53.280 --> 0:18:55.160 look at his twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four, 0:18:55.280 --> 0:19:00.000 you'll notice the era in the fives prior to this year. 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:04.000 He was pitching for the Colorado Rockies before then, so 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:08.000 a little bit of course field effect for that. And yeah, 0:19:08.040 --> 0:19:10.720 since he's been in Houston, he's been really really good 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:15.560 two point seven b war already this year. Just contributing 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.640 really well would be a significant upgrade to the rotation 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:21.440 and another option of a guy who could eat innans. 0:19:21.520 --> 0:19:24.480 The My only concern is I like the fit more 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:29.399 of Trevor Rodgers with the left handed pitching. But but 0:19:29.520 --> 0:19:31.960 you're gonna get Lambert for so much cheaper that the 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:36.320 hand Inness you could off. Yeah, yeah, it make it 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:38.359 makes sense exactly. 0:19:39.160 --> 0:19:40.160 Why not get them both? 0:19:40.800 --> 0:19:43.000 Right? Load up all three? Why not? 0:19:43.960 --> 0:19:44.200 Yeah? 0:19:44.600 --> 0:19:44.840 Yeah? 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:46.160 Trade for everyone? 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:48.680 Just you know, I had like four more guys to 0:19:48.680 --> 0:19:49.920 the twenty six man who cares? 0:19:50.000 --> 0:19:53.120 Yeah right, I love it On the note of everyone 0:19:53.240 --> 0:19:57.400 doing something. Everyone subscribe button if they haven't already. We're 0:19:57.440 --> 0:19:59.840 on a mission of three thousand subs. Can't get there 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:02.680 without your help. 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