1
00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,920
Speaker 1: From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live

2
00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,200
Speaker 1: in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give

3
00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,560
Speaker 1: us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop

4
00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,480
Speaker 1: on Major League Baseball. Now here's Baseball Hall of Fame

5
00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:19,040
Speaker 1: voter number seventy, Rob Parker.

6
00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,599
Speaker 2: Welcome into the podcast.

7
00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:24,560
Speaker 3: I'm your host, Rob Parker, and oh what the podcast

8
00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:25,200
Speaker 3: we have for you.

9
00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:26,440
Speaker 2: Today.

10
00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:31,120
Speaker 3: We'll talk with the Athletics Tyler Kempe who covers Major

11
00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,199
Speaker 3: League Baseball as we come down to the wire in

12
00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,200
Speaker 3: about twenty games left in the Major League Baseball season.

13
00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,360
Speaker 3: We'll also do foul or Fair and why baseball is

14
00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:43,800
Speaker 3: better than the NBA.

15
00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,520
Speaker 2: In the NFL, let's.

16
00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:51,400
Speaker 1: Go better to lead off, it's getting.

17
00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:52,599
Speaker 2: Robbed and keep them out.

18
00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,640
Speaker 1: Rob's hot take on the three biggest stories in Major

19
00:00:55,720 --> 00:01:00,040
Speaker 1: League Baseball. Number One news.

20
00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:04,400
Speaker 3: Came down on Wednesday that veteran right hander Max shurs

21
00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,880
Speaker 3: Er that's right, the Texas Rangers starting pitcher will likely

22
00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:14,199
Speaker 3: miss the remainder of the regular season and is unlikely

23
00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:17,560
Speaker 3: for the postseason as well, due to a low grade

24
00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:23,080
Speaker 3: strain in his right upper arm. And it's a bummer

25
00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:25,840
Speaker 3: for fans. Obviously, they made a big trade at the

26
00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:29,040
Speaker 3: trade deadline, got him from the Mets, figuring that they

27
00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:33,200
Speaker 3: could boaster their rotation, and obviously they lost Jacob to

28
00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,800
Speaker 3: garam earlier this year. And this has happened to Shers

29
00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,240
Speaker 3: are now more than not it happened to Tigers. He

30
00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,240
Speaker 3: had a dead arm, It didn't pitch that well for

31
00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,760
Speaker 3: the Mets last year when they were in the postseason,

32
00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,160
Speaker 3: and now he's out for the rest of the season,

33
00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:54,400
Speaker 3: which is a bummer for Max who's had an unbelievable career,

34
00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,680
Speaker 3: Hall of Fame type career. But the injuries as you

35
00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:01,160
Speaker 3: get older seem to keep piling up on the right hander.

36
00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:06,200
Speaker 3: So I'm bummed out that we will not nt be

37
00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:09,200
Speaker 3: seeing mac sure as a pitch down the final three

38
00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:13,240
Speaker 3: weeks of the season and again unlikely for the postseason

39
00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:14,480
Speaker 3: for the Rangers.

40
00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:15,680
Speaker 1: Number two.

41
00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,960
Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but it sounds like the

42
00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:21,520
Speaker 3: Angels are hoping and wishing that Mike Trout wants a

43
00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,680
Speaker 3: new change of scenery and wants to move on because

44
00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,760
Speaker 3: it was leaked out. Bob Nightingale from USA Today, one

45
00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,080
Speaker 3: of the best baseball riders in the country. He reported

46
00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,040
Speaker 3: that if he were to ask for a trade, the

47
00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,120
Speaker 3: Angels would say, Okay, let us work it out. They

48
00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,799
Speaker 3: still owe him like two hundred and forty million dollars

49
00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:42,560
Speaker 3: on that big contract that they signed him a number

50
00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,440
Speaker 3: of years ago, and obviously that the Angels have made

51
00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:51,720
Speaker 3: the postseason one time with Trout on the roster. Would

52
00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:57,839
Speaker 3: I trade Mike Trout if I'm the Angels. Absolutely. At

53
00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,080
Speaker 3: some point you need to start with some different things.

54
00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,760
Speaker 3: It might be time to just strip it all the

55
00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,360
Speaker 3: way down, get some kids from the minor leagues. And

56
00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:10,560
Speaker 3: the biggest thing the Angels have to develop first. Before

57
00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,880
Speaker 3: they really get the hitting and all the other stuff,

58
00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,520
Speaker 3: they got to get pitching. They got to develop two

59
00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,160
Speaker 3: or three of their own pictures and then you know,

60
00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,919
Speaker 3: then you could go out and get a free agent

61
00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,960
Speaker 3: or add to the rotation. But without pitching, the Angels

62
00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,040
Speaker 3: this is why they're in a situation that they're in.

63
00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,640
Speaker 3: They've had great teams, they had Otani with Trout, They've

64
00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:34,120
Speaker 3: had a number of players. Injuries of course, have hurt them,

65
00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,000
Speaker 3: but also the lack of pitching. You know, they just

66
00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,520
Speaker 3: haven't been able to acquire and develop their own pitching.

67
00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,440
Speaker 3: And unless you do that, it's gonna be a rough road.

68
00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:48,120
Speaker 3: And so if I'm the Angels, I'm ready to move

69
00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:51,880
Speaker 3: on from Trout and especially if Otani's not coming back,

70
00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,760
Speaker 3: which I don't believe he is, it.

71
00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:54,800
Speaker 2: Makes total sense.

72
00:03:55,600 --> 00:04:01,880
Speaker 3: Number Three, the Atlanta Braves are red. Forget about I'm

73
00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:04,840
Speaker 3: not talking about their record and what they've done this season.

74
00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:11,320
Speaker 3: How in the world could you let Freddie Freeman, an

75
00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:17,240
Speaker 3: All star first baseman with unbelievable numbers, go get his

76
00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:21,920
Speaker 3: replacement from the lowly Oakland A's and guess what his

77
00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,880
Speaker 3: replacement is even better?

78
00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:27,480
Speaker 2: That just doesn't happen.

79
00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,120
Speaker 3: When you lose a player of a Freddie Freeman's caliber,

80
00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:35,719
Speaker 3: you're scuffling to replace that guy at first base, and instead,

81
00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:43,680
Speaker 3: Matt Olsen on Tuesday night, tied Atlanta's franchise record by

82
00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:46,440
Speaker 3: hitting his fifty first home run of the season.

83
00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,680
Speaker 2: Hello, is this on? He said?

84
00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:52,680
Speaker 3: Fifty one home We still got twenty games ago. Can

85
00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:56,720
Speaker 3: he get to sixty? I mean, really, he's had an

86
00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,799
Speaker 3: unbelievable year. You would have never believed that he could

87
00:05:00,839 --> 00:05:04,480
Speaker 3: replace Freddie Freeman and be And Freddie Freeman is having an.

88
00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:07,200
Speaker 2: Unbelievable year for the Dodgers, tremendous. He's in an.

89
00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:15,080
Speaker 3: MVP race and category with a few players. But Matt Olsen,

90
00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,719
Speaker 3: what a year he's had, and what a pickup for

91
00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,599
Speaker 3: the Braves. And you know they're signing all the young players,

92
00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,080
Speaker 3: they're doing everything right. And when they go get a

93
00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:29,440
Speaker 3: veteran player, the guy works out. It's not scufflin, not struggling.

94
00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,560
Speaker 3: Came from the A's over to the Braves and the

95
00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:38,719
Speaker 3: dude is just raaking unbelievable. Run here by the Atlanta Braves.

96
00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:40,320
Speaker 3: They are unbelievable.

97
00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:47,000
Speaker 1: It's time for the pocket protector centro. The analytic numbers.

98
00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:50,080
Speaker 1: You need to know, Well, maybe.

99
00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:54,720
Speaker 3: Anthony Masterson is his name, BS analytics is his game.

100
00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,080
Speaker 2: What do you got for me, Anthony?

101
00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,560
Speaker 4: With the analytical focus baseball has taken over the last decade,

102
00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:01,719
Speaker 4: it seems more value was put on rate stats like

103
00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,279
Speaker 4: ops or cumulative stats like war while counting numbers have

104
00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,720
Speaker 4: taken a back seat. It's not as cool to reach

105
00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:09,960
Speaker 4: one hundred RBI as it was thirty years ago, or

106
00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,480
Speaker 4: win twenty games, and I get it for various reasons,

107
00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:16,040
Speaker 4: but some counting numbers still get even the staunchest numbers guy,

108
00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:19,440
Speaker 4: All Tingley. With Julio Rodriguez reaching the thirty homer mark

109
00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:22,039
Speaker 4: earlier this week. That makes two players to reach thirty

110
00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,799
Speaker 4: homers and thirty steals in a season so far, joining

111
00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,880
Speaker 4: Ronald Lecunya Junior. Of course, Acunya has a very real

112
00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,400
Speaker 4: shot to become the fifth forty to forty player in history,

113
00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,880
Speaker 4: and the first is two thousand and six. Hell, he's

114
00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,920
Speaker 4: got an outside shot at forty eighty. But it's not

115
00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:38,840
Speaker 4: just guys getting thirty thirty, it's how many guys have

116
00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,520
Speaker 4: a chance to reach that milestone this year. It's the

117
00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:44,520
Speaker 4: first time since twenty nineteen that multiple players reach thirty thirty,

118
00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:47,040
Speaker 4: but there hasn't been more than that since twenty eleven,

119
00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:49,760
Speaker 4: when MLB tied a single season record with four players

120
00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,160
Speaker 4: to reach it this year, Besides Acunya and Julio, there

121
00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:55,799
Speaker 4: are six other players who already have at least twenty

122
00:06:55,800 --> 00:06:58,760
Speaker 4: four homers and twenty five stolen bases through the games

123
00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:02,080
Speaker 4: of September twelfth. Corbyn Carroll could be the second rookie

124
00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,760
Speaker 4: ever with thirty thirty, well, also joined by guys like

125
00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:09,040
Speaker 4: Bobby Witt Junior, Kyle Tucker, Trey Turner, Francisco Lindor, and

126
00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:12,240
Speaker 4: Fernando Tatist junior who are all within striking distance of

127
00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,320
Speaker 4: the milestone with two plus weeks left in the year.

128
00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:18,120
Speaker 4: Basses are being stolen at an MLB record eighty percent

129
00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,560
Speaker 4: success rate, and we could have a number of players

130
00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:28,800
Speaker 4: making history because of it.

131
00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,840
Speaker 1: That it was a big week in the big leagues?

132
00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:34,880
Speaker 1: Who's a believe? Is it foul? Or is it fair?

133
00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:40,600
Speaker 1: And now from mlbanbro dot com, here's Jrgamball.

134
00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,880
Speaker 3: Tommy Fan had a big, go ahead home run in

135
00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:49,040
Speaker 3: the eighth inning in Arizona's four to three victory over

136
00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:52,040
Speaker 3: the Mets Monday night, as he faced his former team

137
00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:56,200
Speaker 3: for the first time. The win keeps Arizona locked in

138
00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:01,000
Speaker 3: the third and the final NL wildcard spot. Is it

139
00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:04,520
Speaker 3: foul or fair to say that FAM has been the

140
00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,720
Speaker 3: best trade deadline acquisition in MLB this season?

141
00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,400
Speaker 1: Fair? It's a fair ball.

142
00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:15,200
Speaker 5: Arizona's fighting tooth and nail to hold off Miami and

143
00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:19,960
Speaker 5: San Francisco and Cincinnati, who's still lurking, all three teams

144
00:08:19,960 --> 00:08:23,520
Speaker 5: two or less games behind Arizona for that final National

145
00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:28,400
Speaker 5: League playoff spot. Every at bat and every win counts.

146
00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:31,360
Speaker 5: With less than twenty games to play for most teams

147
00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:35,360
Speaker 5: in the regular season, at mlbbro dot Com. We've covered

148
00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:39,280
Speaker 5: how Fams, veteran back in the heart of that Arizona lineup,

149
00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:43,480
Speaker 5: has given the Diamondbacks new life and an offensive boost that.

150
00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:45,320
Speaker 1: They sorely needed down the stretch.

151
00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:48,440
Speaker 5: Fam was a bright spot early in the season for

152
00:08:48,520 --> 00:08:51,160
Speaker 5: the Mets, hitting two sixty eight with ten homers in

153
00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,000
Speaker 5: seventy nine games, but he's been a firecracker since coming

154
00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:58,560
Speaker 5: to Arizona at the trade deadline, hitting six home runs

155
00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,680
Speaker 5: with twenty five RBI and seven steals in just thirty

156
00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:06,920
Speaker 5: four games, and all of those homers and hits seem

157
00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,760
Speaker 5: to be big ones. Yes, Max Shrzy was a brilliant

158
00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,960
Speaker 5: pickup for the Texas Rangers, who are surging towards the

159
00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:18,000
Speaker 5: playoffs and on the astros heels after recovering from a

160
00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:20,960
Speaker 5: late slump. Sursey has a three point six to three

161
00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,400
Speaker 5: ERA one, twenty two ERA plus and a three point

162
00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,079
Speaker 5: sixty four strikeout to walk ratio, So he's the goods.

163
00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,440
Speaker 5: Justin Verlander has been everything the Astros needed and were lacking.

164
00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,560
Speaker 5: His return has brought a one to twenty five ERA

165
00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:38,480
Speaker 5: plus in seven starts. And we have to go to

166
00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:41,520
Speaker 5: Miami and talk about Josh Bell since coming from the

167
00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,840
Speaker 5: Cleveland Guardians at the trade deadline. He's been impactful in

168
00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,239
Speaker 5: that order, but fam has been the heart and soul

169
00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:51,840
Speaker 5: of the lineup in Arizona, and he's changed the offense

170
00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,400
Speaker 5: and got them in a position where they should make

171
00:09:54,440 --> 00:10:01,040
Speaker 5: the playoffs. He is the best trade deadline acquisition, earned money.

172
00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,480
Speaker 1: Into more money. Now it's time for betting on the

173
00:10:03,520 --> 00:10:05,280
Speaker 1: basis with Dave Gascot.

174
00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:06,840
Speaker 6: Love that money, Love that money.

175
00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,920
Speaker 7: Rob middle portsch of September now, playoffs right around the corner.

176
00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,040
Speaker 7: Handful of teams will not be a part of it.

177
00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:16,920
Speaker 7: Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees amongst those squads. New York, though,

178
00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,880
Speaker 7: will be on the row with Garrett Cole thirteen and

179
00:10:18,960 --> 00:10:21,600
Speaker 7: four this season with an Era at two seventy nine,

180
00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:26,480
Speaker 7: I will take him Friday Night for the New York Yankees. Meanwhile,

181
00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,160
Speaker 7: Astros and Royals from Kansas City, this is a Friday

182
00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:34,800
Speaker 7: Night affairs. Zach Granky the season guys one in fifteen, Yeah,

183
00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,559
Speaker 7: one in fifteen. With an Era at five forty seven,

184
00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,760
Speaker 7: I'm gonna take the Astros on the road to defeat Granky.

185
00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:42,880
Speaker 7: He'll get a sixteenth.

186
00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:43,520
Speaker 2: Loss of the year.

187
00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:48,080
Speaker 7: Meanwhile, looking at what's going on in the Desert Diamondbacks

188
00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,360
Speaker 7: and the Chicago Cubs. Chicago has been a bright spot

189
00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:54,199
Speaker 7: in the Nation League Central Division. Hard to believe too

190
00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:57,040
Speaker 7: at this club they're searching for a playoff spot in

191
00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,000
Speaker 7: the National League. I'm gonna take Friday night in Chicago Cubs.

192
00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,640
Speaker 7: He's on the road against Arizona Diamondbacks, who had a

193
00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:05,480
Speaker 7: blistering start to the year, and they've tapered off. They're

194
00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:08,640
Speaker 7: double digit games behind the Dodgers in the National League West.

195
00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:09,800
Speaker 2: So that's what we got over the weekend.

196
00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:10,679
Speaker 7: Rob Gluctia.

197
00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:15,240
Speaker 1: When Rob was a newspaper columnist, he lived by this motto,

198
00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,000
Speaker 1: if I'm writing, I'm riffing. Let's bring in a writer

199
00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:21,000
Speaker 1: or broadcaster, old or new.

200
00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:24,280
Speaker 3: All right, now, let's welcome into the podcast. Tyler Kepner,

201
00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:27,839
Speaker 3: one of the best baseball writers in the country. He's

202
00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,960
Speaker 3: a writer for The Athletic formerly The New York Times.

203
00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,200
Speaker 3: Tyler always a pleasure.

204
00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:33,920
Speaker 2: How are you good, Rob?

205
00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:34,440
Speaker 6: How you been?

206
00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:36,120
Speaker 2: Man? All good?

207
00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:39,840
Speaker 3: You know, enjoying this down to the wire baseball season,

208
00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,079
Speaker 3: like I'm sure you are.

209
00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,560
Speaker 6: Yeah, some good races, you know.

210
00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,480
Speaker 8: It's I think we know who some of the best

211
00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,200
Speaker 8: teams are, but some of those wildcard teams are yet

212
00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,160
Speaker 8: to be determined, and that's always kind of fun when

213
00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,520
Speaker 8: you have three four teams jockey.

214
00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:55,920
Speaker 2: For one spot, no doubt.

215
00:11:56,200 --> 00:11:58,480
Speaker 3: Let's go here though, before we get into some of

216
00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:01,520
Speaker 3: the other teams and guys playing well. The Mets have

217
00:12:01,559 --> 00:12:05,000
Speaker 3: a new president, David Stearns, who comes over from the

218
00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:09,360
Speaker 3: Milwaukee Brewers. Tell us about him and should Mets fans

219
00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:10,079
Speaker 3: be excited?

220
00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:12,200
Speaker 6: I think so yeah.

221
00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,680
Speaker 8: I mean more UH, more brain power, more smart people

222
00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,760
Speaker 8: in UH in top positions, the better I think. I mean,

223
00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,640
Speaker 8: you know, I think Billy I very highly of Billy Epter,

224
00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,319
Speaker 8: and I think very highly of of Stern. Stearns has

225
00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,400
Speaker 8: done a great job with the Milwaukee Brewers, a team

226
00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:32,600
Speaker 8: that you know does not have the financial resources it's

227
00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,760
Speaker 8: safe to say of Steve Cohen.

228
00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:35,959
Speaker 6: So it's the old.

229
00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:38,640
Speaker 8: Idea of, you know, bringing in a guy who's had

230
00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,080
Speaker 8: success with a small market and then giving him an

231
00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,240
Speaker 8: even bigger budget to UH to work with. And I

232
00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,120
Speaker 8: think that's what they'll have for David Stearns. He's shown

233
00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:53,200
Speaker 8: a really good ability to find value in trades and

234
00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:57,199
Speaker 8: to make players better, you know, better than they they

235
00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,720
Speaker 8: seemed when you got them, which is always cruse, you know,

236
00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:05,719
Speaker 8: building a system for you know, an infrastructure. He's he's

237
00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:11,439
Speaker 8: done really well in the pitching song and have a

238
00:13:11,520 --> 00:13:13,520
Speaker 8: lot of talent over his time there.

239
00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:17,760
Speaker 3: Let's talk about the Los Angeles Dodgers and they're pitching

240
00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,120
Speaker 3: situation going into the playoffs. But let's first talk about

241
00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,120
Speaker 3: Julio Jurias and his situation with the Dodgers and what's

242
00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:30,720
Speaker 3: happened there. What are you hearing for major League Baseball

243
00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:34,800
Speaker 3: and just his situation with the assault on his girlfriend

244
00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,800
Speaker 3: and you know, not being a part of the Dodgers

245
00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:38,480
Speaker 3: as we speak.

246
00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,719
Speaker 8: You know, this is one of those cases where he

247
00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:45,679
Speaker 8: had an incident the first time in twenty nineteen, and

248
00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,520
Speaker 8: there was you know, he served a shorter suspension and

249
00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:52,560
Speaker 8: people kind of forgave him or were willing to just

250
00:13:52,679 --> 00:13:56,160
Speaker 8: figure that it wasn't couldn't have been that bad, and

251
00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:01,000
Speaker 8: then when you know, when another incident surfaces four years later,

252
00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:06,000
Speaker 8: I think there's no there can be no gray area

253
00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:08,720
Speaker 8: at this point, Like I would be shocked if he

254
00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:13,120
Speaker 8: ever pitches for the Dodgers again. I haven't heard the details,

255
00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,760
Speaker 8: and obviously everybody's innocent until proven guilty. But just the

256
00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:21,120
Speaker 8: fact that he has one instance of this before, and

257
00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,960
Speaker 8: the fact that the Dodgers are already you know, showed

258
00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,320
Speaker 8: when they released Trevor Bauer that there's kind of a

259
00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,760
Speaker 8: zero tolerance policy out there for this.

260
00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,160
Speaker 6: It'd be surprising if if he ever pitched for them again.

261
00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,600
Speaker 3: You just mentioned Trevor Bauer and that was the case.

262
00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,440
Speaker 3: I mean, the Dodgers needed pitching. That guy was a

263
00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,600
Speaker 3: former cy Young Award winner, and they still eight to

264
00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,560
Speaker 3: twenty some million dollars, you know, rather than bring the

265
00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,720
Speaker 3: guy back. So it does look like Urrea's you know,

266
00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,000
Speaker 3: and and and and talk about this Tyler. I mean,

267
00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,360
Speaker 3: this was his free agency year. This is a guy

268
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:57,240
Speaker 3: won twenty games in the big leagues before. I mean,

269
00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:00,800
Speaker 3: it probably cost him a ton of money along with

270
00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:02,840
Speaker 3: the headaches of you know, the legal.

271
00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:07,040
Speaker 8: System absolutely, you know, and and every every case is different.

272
00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:09,440
Speaker 8: I mean, you know, for Bauer, a lot of it

273
00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:11,720
Speaker 8: is you know, I think teams didn't want to take

274
00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:17,080
Speaker 8: on a personality. You can be abrasive at times, whereas

275
00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,480
Speaker 8: Ureus really doesn't have much of a of a personality

276
00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:23,960
Speaker 8: from every in terms of you know, one way or

277
00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:24,240
Speaker 8: the other.

278
00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:26,600
Speaker 6: He's pretty quiet guy. Keeps to himself as far as

279
00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:27,960
Speaker 6: what I what I gather.

280
00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:33,680
Speaker 8: But the offenses are out there, and that's going to

281
00:15:33,720 --> 00:15:37,440
Speaker 8: be a big, big deal. I don't know, it's going

282
00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:39,720
Speaker 8: to be fascinating in a weird way because will will

283
00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,840
Speaker 8: he get signed at all, or will he sort of

284
00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,640
Speaker 8: go into an independent league or or a foreign league

285
00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:53,640
Speaker 8: or something like that. There's much much less tolerance for

286
00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:57,600
Speaker 8: these issues than there were many years ago. I mean

287
00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,560
Speaker 8: you think about a certain guy, Luis Poloh, yeah, right,

288
00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:04,440
Speaker 8: he had an incident with an underage girl and he

289
00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,960
Speaker 8: was in the line up the next day as legal

290
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,760
Speaker 8: process played out. That's thirty five years ago now almost.

291
00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:15,000
Speaker 8: But things have changed and fans just don't have and

292
00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,400
Speaker 8: organizations just don't have time for that, don't pay patience

293
00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:18,960
Speaker 8: for that anymore.

294
00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:21,480
Speaker 6: They don't want to be associated with that sort of problem.

295
00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,480
Speaker 3: Our guest is Tyler Kimner from The Athletic, of course,

296
00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:27,920
Speaker 3: one of the best baseball writers out there. Let's go

297
00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,640
Speaker 3: to the Philly's Trey Turner twenty seven coming into Wednesday

298
00:16:32,680 --> 00:16:36,080
Speaker 3: twenty seven, for twenty seven stolen bases. We've already seen

299
00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,560
Speaker 3: what Ronald Lacuna has done, and now Tyler am I little,

300
00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:44,640
Speaker 3: um my, little old fashioned to buy into these stolen

301
00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:48,200
Speaker 3: bases with the big pizza boxes that they're sliding into

302
00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:52,480
Speaker 3: at second base. I mean, I kind of I understand

303
00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:54,600
Speaker 3: what guys are doing, but I think it's a little

304
00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,040
Speaker 3: tainted a little bit.

305
00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:02,000
Speaker 8: But it's also just way the game evolves, right, I mean,

306
00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:05,320
Speaker 8: you know, Ricky Anderson stall one hundred and thirty bases

307
00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,080
Speaker 8: to set a record back then when there were unlimited

308
00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:13,359
Speaker 8: pickoffs and smaller bases, So that's certainly, you know, more impressive.

309
00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,000
Speaker 8: But yeah, pitchers are quicker to the played even with

310
00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,399
Speaker 8: a pitch. You know, it limits to the pickoff moves

311
00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,720
Speaker 8: and the bigger bases, And we haven't seen anybody really

312
00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,440
Speaker 8: go nuts in terms of like a hunt.

313
00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:27,760
Speaker 6: I mean, like I.

314
00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:33,160
Speaker 8: Would, I would agree with you a little just unreal

315
00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,600
Speaker 8: crazy explosion and steals. Now, I think we're just sort

316
00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:39,639
Speaker 8: of getting back to where it was maybe in the

317
00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:45,200
Speaker 8: early two thousands, you know, before the analytics h started

318
00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:49,119
Speaker 8: to downplay the risk of a stolen base. So I

319
00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:51,720
Speaker 8: still think, I mean, yeah, it's a little bit easier,

320
00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,240
Speaker 8: but if it was easier, if it was that much easier,

321
00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,840
Speaker 8: teams would be doing it a lot and we still

322
00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,760
Speaker 8: don't see it in crazy numbers. So I'm still really

323
00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:03,439
Speaker 8: impressed by Acon and what he's what he's done, the

324
00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:07,520
Speaker 8: power speed combo is ridiculous, Like you said, perfect for

325
00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:12,280
Speaker 8: those Cels. He's he's turned around his season there and

326
00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,480
Speaker 8: just the love affair that the Phillies fans have had

327
00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:18,240
Speaker 8: with him, even even when he's struggling, it's been.

328
00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:20,320
Speaker 6: That's been a really cool second half.

329
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,440
Speaker 3: No doubt he was bad in the first half sun

330
00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,320
Speaker 3: that big contract, probably put too much pressure on himself,

331
00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,240
Speaker 3: but man, as he turned it around.

332
00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:31,160
Speaker 2: Tell us about the Blue Jays, David.

333
00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:35,119
Speaker 3: Schneider and uh and and what this guy's done first

334
00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,879
Speaker 3: twenty five games one point three one five old ps,

335
00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,040
Speaker 3: please like incredible.

336
00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,640
Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, And it's amazing that the Blue Jays are

337
00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:49,000
Speaker 8: still uh you know, still haven't really jumped fully into

338
00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,879
Speaker 8: that playoff spot and not look back. They they're a

339
00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:54,959
Speaker 8: tough team to figure. I feel like if they get in,

340
00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:57,560
Speaker 8: you know, with guys like Schneider and other guys getting

341
00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,960
Speaker 8: really hot, they're gonna be super dangerous in the postseason

342
00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,480
Speaker 8: because they've got so much talent and they'll have to

343
00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:06,399
Speaker 8: be hot in order to get in. So whether it's Schneier,

344
00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,520
Speaker 8: whether it's if Guerrero can pick it up some of

345
00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,800
Speaker 8: those offensive pieces. Because the pitching has been pretty good.

346
00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,760
Speaker 8: Even without Alex Menoa, their pitching has been excellent. They

347
00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:19,919
Speaker 8: can catch the ball. I'm still high on the Blue Jays,

348
00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,080
Speaker 8: but they still do have to make it in so

349
00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,080
Speaker 8: they'll they'll take attributions from everybody.

350
00:19:24,760 --> 00:19:27,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's incredible, it really is. I'm with you. Uh,

351
00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,320
Speaker 2: they could be definitely a dangerous team.

352
00:19:30,840 --> 00:19:34,320
Speaker 3: Last thing, just the Atlanta Braves and just how good

353
00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,919
Speaker 3: it's been. I mean, there's they've been so good. Not

354
00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,880
Speaker 3: only d I mean Michael Harris is your NL Rookie

355
00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,960
Speaker 3: of the Year. Batting night they lose Freddie Freeman, they

356
00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:44,720
Speaker 3: go out and they get Matt Olsen.

357
00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,280
Speaker 2: I mean you start to look and go.

358
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,919
Speaker 3: Like everything they touch, everything they do has is a winner.

359
00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,840
Speaker 3: I mean the team is unbelievable. How good are they?

360
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,719
Speaker 3: And are they going to win the World Series?

361
00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:57,520
Speaker 6: Oh, you're absolutely right, Rob.

362
00:19:57,600 --> 00:20:00,320
Speaker 8: I mean, you know you're going to a post and

363
00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,280
Speaker 8: there's there's twelve teams now, and every team has a

364
00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:06,800
Speaker 8: shot because the postseason is such a small sample and

365
00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,359
Speaker 8: and things can happen in a baseball game. But I

366
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:12,720
Speaker 8: would be really surprised if any team other than the

367
00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,880
Speaker 8: Braves what in the World Series. They're so much better

368
00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,400
Speaker 8: than everyone else. I saw them in Philly the other day.

369
00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,119
Speaker 8: They split a doubleheader, but even then, you know, Matt Olsen,

370
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,959
Speaker 8: it's two home runs in the nightcap to get to fifty,

371
00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,320
Speaker 8: and he's gone beyond that. Now They've they've got some

372
00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,399
Speaker 8: of their pitchers back. I mean, they're they're just so

373
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,879
Speaker 8: deep in every area of the game, and they're so

374
00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,800
Speaker 8: well positioned to be good for a long time because

375
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:40,119
Speaker 8: of the work that Alex Anthopolis and his staff have

376
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:46,080
Speaker 8: done down there in locking guys up, in being really uh,

377
00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,440
Speaker 8: you know, emotionless in a way, and not making decisions

378
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:52,920
Speaker 8: that we're going to hurt the organization, like they let

379
00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,680
Speaker 8: go of Dancey Swanson then Freddie Freeman, I mean two

380
00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:01,840
Speaker 8: two franchised Cornerstone type guys, and yet they've filled with

381
00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:06,359
Speaker 8: guys who make it seem like a seamless transition. So

382
00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:09,600
Speaker 8: they won the series in twenty one. Phileas knocked him

383
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,440
Speaker 8: out last year. But yeah, they're the heavy favorites for

384
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:16,600
Speaker 8: me to win it this year, and maybe even more beyond.

385
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,520
Speaker 3: His name is Tyler kemp than one of the best

386
00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,600
Speaker 3: for the Athletic covers Major League Baseball. Get a subscription

387
00:21:23,720 --> 00:21:27,320
Speaker 3: to the Athletic check out his work. Tyler always a pleasure,

388
00:21:27,359 --> 00:21:29,760
Speaker 3: my man. I'll see you in the yard down the road, buddy.

389
00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 6: Yes, sir, Rob, I've always a pleasure to talk to

390
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:32,880
Speaker 6: you too.

391
00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:39,440
Speaker 1: Now bring in the closer. Here's why MLB is better

392
00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,240
Speaker 1: than the NFL or NBA, and it isn't even close.

393
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 3: Reason number five hundred and fifty five why Major League

394
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:52,480
Speaker 3: Baseball is better than the NBA and better than the NFL.

395
00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:54,200
Speaker 2: Perfect example.

396
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:58,200
Speaker 3: We just saw in the NFL season Monday Night Football, right,

397
00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:00,879
Speaker 3: the Jets had all their eggs in the basket with

398
00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:05,160
Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers, and unfortunately he was hurt four plays into

399
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:05,760
Speaker 3: the season.

400
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:09,119
Speaker 2: Guess what the Jets season is over.

401
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,040
Speaker 3: One player has that kind of an impact in the NFL,

402
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 3: Whereas in Major League Baseball, if you really think about.

403
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:22,080
Speaker 2: It, it's not the case. You can lose people and

404
00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 2: still go on.

405
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:27,160
Speaker 3: The Rangers this season lost Jacob de Gram and still

406
00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:32,159
Speaker 3: were able to stay into the playoff hunt. Now on Wednesday,

407
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,679
Speaker 3: we find out that Max Scherzer is lost for at

408
00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:39,040
Speaker 3: least the rest of the regular season and is unlikely

409
00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:42,479
Speaker 3: for the postseason. But it doesn't mean the Rangers season

410
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,120
Speaker 3: is over. It's an opportunity for somebody else to step up.

411
00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,240
Speaker 3: I mean, does it damage this season, sure, but this

412
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,360
Speaker 3: season is not over. They can outslug people, they could

413
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,200
Speaker 3: get pitching from other places, they could get good bullpen help.

414
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,600
Speaker 3: There's all kinds of other things that you can do

415
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,600
Speaker 3: to make shift to get through a baseball season. It's

416
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,400
Speaker 3: just not the same when you lose a big time

417
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:14,720
Speaker 3: player in the NFL on offense or defense. In the

418
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,760
Speaker 3: words of New York TV legend the late Bill Jorgensen,

419
00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:20,880
Speaker 3: thanking you for your time this time until next time.

420
00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 2: Rob Parker out d can't Davin. This could be an

421
00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:25,719
Speaker 2: inside of Parker.

422
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:29,040
Speaker 7: See you next week, same bat time from same Batt's station.