WEBVTT - D-backs Sweep Dodgers at Dodger Stadium for First Time Since 2017 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:12.520 Hello, and welcome to another episode of Snake's Territory, part 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:15.640 of the Foul Territory Network. Be sure to like this video, 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:18.720 subscribe to our YouTube channel, maybe leave us a five 0:00:18.800 --> 0:00:21.639 star review wherever you get your podcasts. I am Jesse 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:26.240 Friedman alongside Jack Summers and Jack Just as we all expected, 0:00:26.520 --> 0:00:30.440 the Arizona Diamondbacks finished the first half of their season 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:34.080 going into LA and not just winning the series, but 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:38.879 sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers. They did it in emphatic fashion, 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:43.200 outscoring LA twenty three to eight. The Dodgers made all 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:46.400 sorts of mistakes over the weekend. The Diamondbacks played some 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:49.559 of the best defense that we've seen from them. It 0:00:49.640 --> 0:00:52.320 was a very impressive showing all the way around. 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:58.800 Somewhat shocking the way the Saturday and Sunday games turned out. 0:00:58.880 --> 0:01:01.000 I mean, you know, you have Momoto on the mound, 0:01:01.720 --> 0:01:04.000 uh and he'd only given up one run, and all 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:05.840 of a sudden, they just bang him for five more. 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.119 Certainly didn't expect to see that. I think that really 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:12.040 that punch in the mouth really shocked the Dodgers. It 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.280 was shocking how badly they played. I mean, they were 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:18.560 the top defensive rated team by fielding run value at 0:01:18.560 --> 0:01:22.039 stack cast. I believe, you know, in the Major League 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.280 Baseball d Backs were number two. I kind of felt 0:01:25.280 --> 0:01:27.679 the whole series like, Wow, they're really missing Will Smith. 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.320 That just kind of really stuck with me. And then 0:01:31.400 --> 0:01:35.200 on Sunday, they clearly wanted to win. I mean, they 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:38.160 put in all their starters, you know, they kept them 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:39.880 in all game. I mean they were trying to win. 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.640 They like they didn't want the embarrassment of being swept, 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:45.560 and you know, the Dbacks still come back and beat them. 0:01:45.600 --> 0:01:49.080 So yeah, I mean, very impressive that that sixth inning yesterday. 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:50.200 I'm sure we're going to get to that as we 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.840 get into the details, but that was just mind blowing 0:01:52.920 --> 0:01:56.920 defense one, two, three, It's just incredible stuff. So it 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:00.320 was fun series, fun weekend, certainly on expect. 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:05.080 The Diamondbacks with this sweep, was their first sweep at 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:09.440 Dodger Stadium since September fourth to six of twenty seventeen, 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:14.239 and that series was particularly memorable for Diamondbacks fans because 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:17.720 that's when JD. Martinez had his four home run game. 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:20.880 It was the first game of that series. Robbie Ray 0:02:21.160 --> 0:02:23.240 I looked back at the box score Robbie Ray also 0:02:23.280 --> 0:02:26.600 through seven to two third scoreless innings with fourteen strikeouts. 0:02:26.800 --> 0:02:30.280 Somehow that performance gets, you know, kind of overshadowed by 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:32.720 what JD did in that game. But just to give 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:35.760 a little perspective, it's been almost a decade since the 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.240 Diamondbacks had managed to do this. Granted, there's also what 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:41.000 happened in twenty twenty three, which I guess was not 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:43.839 was not all at Dodger Stadium, but two of those 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:47.839 games were, and that probably feels much more significant than 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:52.280 this sweep or the series back in twenty seventeen. But nonetheless, 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:54.680 some of the Diamondbacks have really not been able to 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:58.600 do much of in recent history, and I thought it 0:02:58.639 --> 0:03:02.560 was interesting after the finale of this series, Jack Paul 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:05.560 Sewald said he was very open about this. He said, 0:03:05.600 --> 0:03:09.360 every game matters a lot before August third, and it 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.480 felt that way. Over the course of the weekend, it 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:16.959 felt like the Diamondbacks were truly going all out and 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:21.919 trying to do everything they possibly could and had a 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:26.440 recognition of truly how important every single game is between 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:28.760 now and the trade deadline. We saw this last year 0:03:29.080 --> 0:03:33.440 where the Diamondbacks pressed going into the deadline and it was, 0:03:33.639 --> 0:03:35.840 you know, some of the worst baseball we saw them 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:39.440 play all season. Maybe this twenty twenty sixteen can flip 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:42.960 the script and get hot and do what needs to 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:47.000 be done to force Mike Haysen's hand going into August third. 0:03:48.440 --> 0:03:51.600 Yeah, I mean, it was really interesting when Paul said that, 0:03:51.680 --> 0:03:55.320 and I kind of utilized that on Twitter. I quote 0:03:55.360 --> 0:03:59.080 tweeted Jody's post of that interview because a lot of 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.120 people still feel like, well, it's still early, there's a 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.320 long way a lot of baseball left to play, but 0:04:03.680 --> 0:04:06.280 they're all looking at this in the context of the 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:09.640 trade deadline, which is right around the corner. And so 0:04:09.720 --> 0:04:12.920 that's the key, you know, because if they don't play 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:16.080 well between now and August third, or a week before that, 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:18.760 then they're going to be in a situation where Mike's 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:20.200 not going to want to add to the team or 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.200 he may even sell off pieces. And none of them 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:27.360 want to be in that position. Again. Now, why did 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.560 it take a couple of bad games in San Diego 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.520 to have them get that sense of urgency? Was it? Really? 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:37.559 You know? I mean they were flat for two games 0:04:37.560 --> 0:04:40.920 in San Diego and played sloppy baseball, and that was 0:04:41.040 --> 0:04:44.800 that was very disheartening to see and they needed quite 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:49.120 the wake up call should have happened earlier. And you know, 0:04:49.240 --> 0:04:53.120 so any criticisms that fall back on the manager and 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.440 the coaching staff for not helping the players get prepared, 0:04:56.720 --> 0:05:00.280 I'm not going to push back against that at all. 0:05:00.360 --> 0:05:02.320 But at the same time, it's up to the players 0:05:02.320 --> 0:05:04.839 to do it and go out and perform and perform 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:10.080 like you know, it's necessary right now, and they showed 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:11.600 that this weekend in Los Angeles. 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:16.520 Getting into the details here, of course, we already discussed 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:20.160 the Friday game in our post game show on Friday night, 0:05:20.200 --> 0:05:23.760 but we'll start We'll start from the end here the finale. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:28.320 Diamondbacks win five to three. Mitch Bratt started this game 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.280 for the Diamondbacks. We'll get into what happened with Zach 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.400 Gallen a little bit later in the show, but Bratt 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.479 was called upon to make this start for Arizona. He 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:39.880 didn't look great. His first pitch was an eighty nine 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.600 mile per hour center cup fastball to show i Otani, 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:45.400 and Otani did sort of what you expect and hit 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:48.000 it about four hundred and thirty feet. Bratt was not 0:05:48.080 --> 0:05:51.520 sharp for those three innings. The Diamondbacks trailed three nothing 0:05:51.600 --> 0:05:56.280 at that point, and then the bullpen just dominated the 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.479 rest of the way. Diamondbacks bullpen. 0:05:59.279 --> 0:05:59.720 It was. 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.680 It was six innings, It was not only no runs, 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.960 but it was no hits. In fact, Dre Jamison is 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:09.400 the only d Backs reliever the entire weekend who allowed 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.240 a base hit. Dbacks relievers did not allow a hit 0:06:12.279 --> 0:06:15.200 on Saturday or Sunday. It was just Dre who allowed 0:06:15.200 --> 0:06:18.200 the two hits in the game on Friday. So really 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:21.960 impressive stuff from the Diamondbacks bullpen, and they were able 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.240 to get just enough offense as well to claw their 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:28.599 way back and ultimately win this game five to three. 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.640 Tim Tala kind of put the exclamation point on this 0:06:31.680 --> 0:06:34.039 one in the ninth inning with a solo home run. 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:37.039 Gave the d Backs a bit more of a cushion there. 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:39.960 And what a series it was for Tim Taba Jacks 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:44.440 seven for thirteen, two homers, two doubles, seven runs batted in. 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:48.039 Wasn't just the Friday game. He really made a statement 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:49.080 the entire weekend. 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.359 That was a lot of fun tweeting out that in 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:56.400 a secret transaction, Christian wat transferred the d to Dodger 0:06:56.520 --> 0:07:02.160 Stadium over to Tim Tala. Obviously that's hype, but pastic 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:04.760 series for Tim. Great to see. I mean, the deep 0:07:04.839 --> 0:07:08.160 Jacks really needed that production from first base, and Tim 0:07:08.200 --> 0:07:11.400 Tower really needed to, you know, come in hot and 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.880 show that he can be a major league player. You know, 0:07:14.960 --> 0:07:18.080 he's been slapped by most fans with that four A label, 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:21.920 and I've always felt like the potential was there for 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.920 Tim to play and hit a lot better than he 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:26.880 has in the major leagues. He got off to a 0:07:26.960 --> 0:07:28.960 very good start and as we pointed out last show 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.600 in his first thirteen games in Major league baseball, and 0:07:31.640 --> 0:07:34.880 then just struggled for the longest time after that. And 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.480 you know, of course his first eighty or so played 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.440 appearances this year, so you know, goes to tripa a 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.720 bangs the ball off of every wall and over every wall, 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:46.640 and then comes back and plays like he's played this 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:50.040 past weekend. Fantastic to see, you know, And I hope 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.680 he can not keep up this pace, because nobody could. 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:55.480 But you know, I hope that he's able to continue 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:57.960 to contribute and be a strong contributor at the bottom 0:07:58.000 --> 0:08:00.480 of the order. The Dbacks really need that, and that 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:03.600 may take some of the urgency off of Mike, you know, 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:08.120 to go out and overpay for a bet or a 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:11.040 first baseman at the trade deadline. I mean, if they 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:14.600 come out of the All Star break and Tim just 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.240 picks up where he left off, then you know you 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.760 have a completely different dynamic of what might may be 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:20.440 looking to do. 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.920 I think what made this sweep so so striking is 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:30.120 that the Diamondbacks got almost nothing from their top three hitters, 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.160 and that's just been such a huge storyline the whole 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:37.520 season is that you know, if Katl Perdomo, Carrol, and 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.839 I guess Moreno is part of that group as well, 0:08:40.000 --> 0:08:42.160 if those guys don't do it, it's not going to 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:46.640 happen for this offense. And Marte, Perdomo and Carol, the 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.240 top three hitters combined to go two for thirty six 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:53.280 with eleven strikeouts in this series, and yet the bottom 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.679 of the order just carried so much of the load. 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.839 Eildamar Vargas had a couple of hits in the game 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:04.040 on Sunday we mentioned what Tim Tawa managed to do. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.400 James McCann had a huge game on Saturday hit a 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.680 couple of homers there. Nolan Arnado had a nice series 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:15.040 as well, RBI double in the game yesterday, and it 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.120 was the kind of performance from the bottom of the 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:20.280 lineup that I'm not sure I knew it was possible. 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.600 I mean, it just didn't feel like the bottom of 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:26.400 the lineup could carry the Diamondbacks over the course of 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:29.679 an entire series, much less against a team like the Dodgers. 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:33.600 But there were contributions just from all over the place 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.600 from the bottom two thirds of the lineup, and the 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:41.040 Diamondbacks have gotten as little as any team in baseball 0:09:41.080 --> 0:09:43.640 from that group over the course of the season. 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:48.040 Yeah, Rob Friedman pointed out that Yamamoto had not allowed 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.679 a home run on a sinker all year, and of 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:53.440 course James McCann had homer it all year, So of 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:56.600 course what happens. We have a you can't predict baseball 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:59.440 moment and McCann's, you know, hits a three on homer 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.280 just landed on top of that shelf. But that would 0:10:02.280 --> 0:10:03.719 have been a home run in twenty seven out of 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.520 thirty ballpark, So it wasn't a cheap eat in that regard. 0:10:06.720 --> 0:10:09.640 I mean, I'm almost beware that's a home run. But 0:10:09.840 --> 0:10:14.320 that was just a perfectly encapsulated moment for this whole 0:10:14.360 --> 0:10:15.240 series right there. 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:19.800 Yeah, and they and they intentionally walked to Nolan Arnado beforehand, 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:24.840 which I was a little surprised by that. Obviously, Arnado 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:28.080 has much better numbers this year than McCann, but last 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:31.319 year McCann actually had better numbers. And it just felt 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.600 to me like, if you're a Yoshinobu Yamamoto, you're not 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.760 like that afraid of facing Nolan Arnado in that moment. 0:10:37.880 --> 0:10:41.280 But I don't know, Jack, I guess he Yamamoto sort 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.800 of attempted bait there. And James mccannon talked after the 0:10:44.840 --> 0:10:47.560 game about there being a bit of a pride element 0:10:47.679 --> 0:10:50.040 when the guy in front of you gets intentionally walked, 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.560 and he responded not only with that three run home run, 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.280 but another home run later in the game. 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.680 Yeah, And then of course Brandon fought. I mean, he 0:10:59.840 --> 0:11:03.480 was absolutely fabulous, you know. I mean, he was perfect 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:07.120 through the first three innings, twenty seven pitches, nine nine down. 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.680 It doesn't get any better than that, you know. Now, 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:13.200 he pitched out of trouble in the fourth inning. He 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:16.280 had first and third jam with I think one out, 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:20.680 and he got out of that jam very impressively. You know, 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.800 gotta pop out, got a ground out, you know, and 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:26.800 he'ssally pitching through the teeth of their order too, So 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:28.920 that was and then he comes right back out for 0:11:28.960 --> 0:11:31.840 the fifth, three up, three down, gave up a couple 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.080 of runs in the sixth, and you know, Tory got 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:36.600 him out of there, which I was fine with. But 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:40.560 for me, the biggest thing with Brandon's outing is just 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:44.000 I'm loving what I'm seeing in the way he's sequencing 0:11:44.040 --> 0:11:47.439 and attacking left hand hitters. You know, he's basically ditched 0:11:47.480 --> 0:11:51.640 the sinker. It's fastballs, fastballs up and then the change 0:11:51.679 --> 0:11:54.760 up and curveball looked really good, you know, and then 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:58.439 that mix and the way he's executing on those pitches 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:02.320 has really made all the difference in his ability to control, uh, 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.319 you know, in this case a very strong left hand 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:08.360 hitting lineup. So you know that's the recipe. Uh, you know, 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:11.920 just go with the force eimer, change up, curveball, and 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.480 I think that's enough for him if he executes on 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:17.280 those pitches, don't use don't bother with the sweeper against 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:19.760 left ease, and you know, ditch the sinker. Those aren't 0:12:19.800 --> 0:12:22.040 going to be very effective there. So they've got a 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:25.880 new game plan and you know between that and has 0:12:25.920 --> 0:12:29.760 cleaned up, streamedlined mechanics. You know, he looks like a 0:12:29.760 --> 0:12:32.840 different guy. Still got some of that third time through 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:37.320 the order bugaboo, But you know most pictures do. Most 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.520 pictures struggle the third time through unless they're elite. So 0:12:40.720 --> 0:12:42.320 you know, we'll still have to keep an eye on that. 0:12:43.559 --> 0:12:45.760 You know, hopefully he's able to get over that hump 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:46.160 as well. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:51.040 Brandon Garcia very much saved the day there in that 0:12:51.200 --> 0:12:54.960 sixth inning, Dodgers turned a six nothing Dbacks lead into 0:12:54.960 --> 0:12:58.240 six to two, still had a couple of guys on base, 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.319 and then yeah, who else with Brandon Garcia to come 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:03.720 in and get the d Backs out of that. Jam 0:13:03.760 --> 0:13:08.160 Garcia has been outstanding for the Diamondbacks. Just comparing the 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.240 bullpens in the series, the d Backs twelve and two 0:13:11.320 --> 0:13:14.480 thirds innings two hits allowed the whole weekend again, just 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:18.560 the two by Dre Jamison, one run, two walks, fourteen strikeouts. 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:21.600 The Dodgers' bullpen. On the other hand, d Backs of 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.120 course did a lot of damage against the Dodgers' bullpen 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:27.559 in their bullpen game on Friday, and then d Backs 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:30.760 continued to be able to score against that group. Dodgers 0:13:30.840 --> 0:13:34.319 bullpen fourteen innings of work in the series, twelve runs, 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.720 eight of the merned, so there were four unearned runs. Again, 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:41.920 this was about the sloppiest series that we've seen from 0:13:41.960 --> 0:13:46.840 the Dodgers that I can remember. But yeah, not real 0:13:46.920 --> 0:13:51.400 often that you see the Diamondbacks bullpen just utterly, you know, 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:54.720 outperformed the opposing bullpen by a wide margin. Yet that 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:57.480 was a big part of the narrative of this series. 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:01.679 So really really impressive weekend for the Diamondbacks. Of course, 0:14:01.720 --> 0:14:05.440 the standings now look quite a bit different, quite a 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:08.240 bit more interesting than they did a few days ago. 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.160 So on the other side of this break, we're going 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.959 to talk about the standings where the dbacs sit right now. 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:18.320 We'll also discuss Zach Gallon and his situation, get to 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:20.840 some other injury updates as well, So don't go anywhere. 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.880 We'll be back on sneak Stertory right after this. 0:14:24.720 --> 0:14:27.480 Many people have this problem. I want to eat healthy. 0:14:27.640 --> 0:14:30.640 I have the willpower, I don't have the time and 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:32.240 the organization. I need help. 0:14:32.280 --> 0:14:32.680 What do you do? 0:14:33.680 --> 0:14:35.920 I mean you go to factor. 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You 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:49.680 can get that over at Snakes Territory shop dot com. 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:52.080 A lot of other fun stuff to be had over 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:53.720 there as well well. 0:15:53.840 --> 0:15:54.080 Jack. 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.560 On Friday, in our postgame show, we were talking about 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:02.200 Zach Gallon and how it appeared were maybe going to 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:06.200 use an opener for his start on Sunday. It looks 0:16:06.280 --> 0:16:10.120 like that's the direction that the things were headed, and 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.960 yet that did not wind up happening. In fact, Zach 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:16.600 Gallon did not make his Sunday start at all. Instead, 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:20.640 we received word over the weekend that Gallon was going 0:16:20.680 --> 0:16:25.240 on the injured list with right elbow inflammation. According to 0:16:25.640 --> 0:16:30.720 Diamondbacks manager Tory Lavello, Gallon had some discomfort in his 0:16:30.880 --> 0:16:34.960 elbow after his start against San Diego. He had an MRI. 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:39.760 Those that MRI showed only in inflammation, so no structural 0:16:39.840 --> 0:16:43.560 damage or anything. But it doesn't look like a foregone 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:47.880 conclusion that Gallon will return after the minimum fifteen days. 0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:51.600 Tory said it would be at least fifteen, so we'll 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:54.560 see what happens here. Obviously, it hasn't been a good 0:16:54.600 --> 0:16:57.680 season at all for Zach Gallen, But on the other hand, 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.440 this rotation is thinned out quite a bit here in 0:17:00.480 --> 0:17:03.520 the last month and it would probably be good for 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.639 them to get him back sooner than later. 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:09.119 Yeah, I mean, combined with the Soroka situation where he 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:11.040 was pushed back. I think we talked about that on 0:17:11.119 --> 0:17:13.800 Friday as well. You know, I'm not sure that Michael 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:17.239 Soroka is going to make it back before you know, 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:21.439 July twenty fifth or thirtieth anyway, so you know, they're 0:17:21.480 --> 0:17:25.000 now they're kind of up against it. Obviously a lot 0:17:25.000 --> 0:17:28.080 of people will feel like Zach going down as addition 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:31.639 by subtraction, he was having a really rough year. But 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:34.359 the bottom line is he is not eligible to return 0:17:34.400 --> 0:17:36.879 before July twenty fourth, and it's going to be at 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:40.760 least that long. As Tori said, maybe you know, he 0:17:40.840 --> 0:17:43.359 comes back before the trade deadline. I don't know if 0:17:43.359 --> 0:17:47.600 there's any showcasing to be done. You know, maybe Soroka 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:51.240 makes it back before the trade deadline. But the Dbacks 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.199 are really going to, you know, have to find a 0:17:53.200 --> 0:17:56.399 way to patch together innings. Obviously, Mitch Bratt didn't have 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:59.200 a great game yesterday. We expect them to bring back 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:02.800 Jose Cabrera after the break and slot him back into 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:07.280 the rotation. So, you know, I think that it's pretty 0:18:07.320 --> 0:18:11.080 strong likelihood that if Mike Haysen does end up, you know, 0:18:11.320 --> 0:18:13.880 making a buy type trade, he's going to be looking 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:14.720 for a starting pitcher. 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:20.479 Yeah. I think that's probably fair, and I mean, certainly 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:23.159 it would not come cheaply. You wouldn't expect it to. 0:18:23.440 --> 0:18:28.240 So part of me is maybe skeptical that Mike Hasen 0:18:28.240 --> 0:18:31.240 would push the Chips in to the extent of getting 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:33.600 a starter, because I do think the cost there would 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:37.240 be pretty pretty high. But that brings us into our 0:18:37.280 --> 0:18:41.679 standings and where the Diamondbacks sit after this weekend sweep. 0:18:41.760 --> 0:18:43.720 Things are looking quite a bit better here. They are 0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.359 now just two and a half games behind the Miami Marlins, 0:18:47.480 --> 0:18:50.879 who are now have sole possession of that third wild 0:18:50.920 --> 0:18:53.679 card spot. The Phillies have kind of moved moved up 0:18:53.720 --> 0:18:56.720 a couple of games. D Bacs still have two teams 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:59.600 between them and that third wild card spot. It's the 0:18:59.640 --> 0:19:03.919 Pirate and the Cardinals, but the San Diego Padres are 0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:06.960 now a game below the Diamondbacks and the Washington Nationals 0:19:07.000 --> 0:19:10.119 now a game and a half below them. So I 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:12.560 think a few days ago you looked at the standings 0:19:12.560 --> 0:19:14.520 and it was sort of like, all right, you're still 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:18.280 in striking distance, but this feels like a serious uphill 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:21.359 battle and it probably isn't worth pushing the chips in 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:24.840 on this team. I think if the d Backs maintain 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:28.600 this sort of position going into the trade deadline, I 0:19:28.880 --> 0:19:32.800 do think this is a scenario where Mike Hazen would 0:19:32.840 --> 0:19:34.840 push the chips in. And I guess that brings us 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:38.720 to this lovely little by Sello meter that we keep 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:42.240 going back to, and we've got it leaning toward the 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:44.879 by side, not all the way toward the by side, 0:19:45.600 --> 0:19:48.600 but I think the d Backs are comfortably within that 0:19:48.800 --> 0:19:51.600 range right now at two and a half games out 0:19:51.600 --> 0:19:52.320 of the playoffs. 0:19:53.320 --> 0:19:55.320 I do believe that Mike's going to make some kind 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.960 of push unless they come out of the break and 0:19:58.520 --> 0:20:01.479 fall flat on their face. You know, even if they, 0:20:01.680 --> 0:20:04.200 like say, went three and three or something in their 0:20:04.200 --> 0:20:05.960 first six games out of the break, I think they're 0:20:06.000 --> 0:20:09.160 still likely to want to try to add to the team. 0:20:09.480 --> 0:20:12.399 But how he adds, what kind of players he's looking, 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:16.719 will be influences very much by how they do in 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:19.639 that first part of the schedule. You know, if you 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.480 take a look at the schedule coming up out of 0:20:22.480 --> 0:20:25.640 the break, I mean, it's really you know, you got 0:20:25.760 --> 0:20:28.600 three against the Cardinals, and then you've got three against 0:20:28.600 --> 0:20:30.200 the A's, and then you've got to go to Saint 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:33.280 Louis and play a game that makeup game for the 0:20:33.359 --> 0:20:35.920 rein out, and then you play the Washington Nationals and 0:20:35.920 --> 0:20:39.399 the Pittsburgh Pirates. So you know, you've got ten games 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:44.480 against teams that you're fighting for the playoff spot. If 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:47.680 you look at the trade deadline, it's the third of August, 0:20:48.560 --> 0:20:50.840 but they got to make decisions before that, and they 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:56.480 probably got to make their final like directional push by 0:20:56.560 --> 0:20:58.720 July twenty fifth or twenty six. It would be my 0:20:58.800 --> 0:21:01.159 guest now if they came out and won five in 0:21:01.200 --> 0:21:04.240 a row or six in a row through July twenty second, 0:21:04.359 --> 0:21:07.480 or one five out of seven, you know, including that 0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:10.800 game in Saint Louis, that might be enough to push 0:21:10.840 --> 0:21:14.480 Mike into that strong by position. So still some games 0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:17.159 to play yet before I think they make their final 0:21:17.200 --> 0:21:20.239 determination of where they're at. I could be wrong. They 0:21:20.240 --> 0:21:22.199 may have already decided based on what they saw this 0:21:22.240 --> 0:21:26.640 past weekend, but they're generally pretty conservative and they want 0:21:26.640 --> 0:21:29.320 to gather all the information that they can before they 0:21:29.359 --> 0:21:32.919 make a decision. So that's my guess, look for you know, 0:21:33.000 --> 0:21:36.399 maybe that first ball to drop around the twenty fifth 0:21:36.480 --> 0:21:37.520 or so thereabouts. 0:21:38.800 --> 0:21:42.399 I think, especially with this team, it is important to 0:21:43.400 --> 0:21:45.800 you know, not let the highs be too high or 0:21:45.840 --> 0:21:48.360