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Speaker 2: Mets fans, Welcome back to another episode of the Mets

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Speaker 2: Stuff podcast. The boys are in person on the cast

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Speaker 2: and couch here getting ready to talk to you about

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Speaker 2: the Mets versus Cardinals series, which was cut short due

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Speaker 2: to a postponement that will be played when August fifth.

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Speaker 2: In between the I mean the worst series ever.

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Speaker 1: August fifth is gonna happen in the middle of a

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Speaker 1: Mets road trip where they're going between Anaheim and Denver.

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Speaker 1: They're stopping for one day in Saint Louis a play.

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Speaker 1: And it's funny because you say in between, because it's

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Speaker 1: not not in between. Saint Louis is underratedly not that

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Speaker 1: far from Denver. But it just means that the Mets

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Speaker 1: are gonna now have ten games that that we can

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Speaker 1: have in ten days in three different time zones. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's a lot, it's a lot.

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Speaker 2: But good news is the Mets won the first two

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Speaker 2: games of the series. Sweep sweep, sweep, Sweets swept the Cardinals.

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Speaker 2: Mets swept the Cardinals. That's the title, that's the thumbnail,

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Speaker 2: that's everything. But things have been looking weird for the Mets.

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Speaker 2: But things are looking better, especially on the offensive. Side

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Speaker 2: of things. We talked in the last episode about the

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Speaker 2: pet Alonzo struggles. We saw he got that home running

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Speaker 2: Game two. Brandon Nimo is just so damn good, and

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Speaker 2: the pitching, while starting pitching necessarily hasn't been as rock solid,

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Speaker 2: the bullpencil kind of keeping it together as much as

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Speaker 2: they can.

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Speaker 1: I think the Mets team that we saw in these

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Speaker 1: few games in Saint Louis, and again we shouldn't really

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Speaker 1: use these games to Saint Louis and they created thing

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Speaker 1: because this team objectively sucks. They're Bill Porley also shout

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Speaker 1: that Wilson Contreras horrible injury and that was their best player.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna lose now jad Martinez hitting him on his swing,

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Speaker 1: and there's been a lot of weird discourse about it that

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Speaker 1: catchers being nudged up to frame better and then Jady

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Speaker 1: Martinez breaks his arm. It's sad, but this I feel

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Speaker 1: like this sideration of the Mets team where they're hitting well,

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Speaker 1: buoyed by the top of the order, the pitching is fine,

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Speaker 1: and then the bullpen kind of pulls it all together.

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Speaker 1: That's more of the version of the team I thought

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Speaker 1: we'd see from the beginning of the season. Now that

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Speaker 1: we're like basically Cordier the way through, it's funny maybe

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Speaker 1: that is now the team it actually winds up rising

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Speaker 1: to the top.

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Speaker 2: It's also so funny that when this team pitches well,

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Speaker 2: they don't hit, and when they give up runs, that's

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Speaker 2: the night that when they hit. So it's like, if

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Speaker 2: we can get those things to line up, that's where

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Speaker 2: a little bit at the beginning of the season.

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Speaker 1: Shut out Mets. Mets Twitter member I think her name

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Speaker 1: is Diana, but I don't remember where her at is.

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Speaker 1: That's I think her like the name on Twitter. She's

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Speaker 1: funny as hell, great follow but she made this little

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Speaker 1: video about like the Mets and like all these lover

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Speaker 1: bars like bullpen hitting, and the pitching goes away, then

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Speaker 1: the hitting, then the bullpen goes up and the hitting

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Speaker 1: goes away, Like you can never get all three together.

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Speaker 1: That's what this Mets team feels like. But they still

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Speaker 1: keep finding ways to win these games and keep finding

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Speaker 1: ways to hang around five hundred, which again playing without

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Speaker 1: their best pitcher and then playing where they haven't really

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Speaker 1: had all three of their good hitters. It's not gonna

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Speaker 1: hell three their best hitters, because that's too obvious. I'm

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Speaker 1: three good good hitters. They're all three. They're good hitters,

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Speaker 1: not even yet being hot. At the same time, it's

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Speaker 1: not that bad. Could be worse.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll dive into Game one here in a second.

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Speaker 2: Just to remind you, guys, we've got a prospect report

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Speaker 2: coming for you in today's episode, as well as a

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Speaker 2: special gu coming on for our series preview with the

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Speaker 2: Atlanta Braves coming up Foolish Baseball, So make sure you

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Speaker 2: listen through and watch through on YouTube wherever you're taking

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Speaker 2: in this content as much as you can.

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Speaker 1: But now it's time to get going into these games.

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Speaker 1: Let's get going into it.

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Speaker 2: So Game one, Sean and I on the bump going

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Speaker 2: no mixed two games together, mix them together.

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Speaker 1: Who do you go up against? Kyle Gibson? Oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: it was Kyle Gibson.

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Speaker 2: Joey Wendell, Nick's basketball softball, Ellie Mays, I'm Willie Mays.

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Speaker 2: Brandon Nemo looked great in this one. He loves hitting

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Speaker 2: in Saint Louis. I don't know what it is, but

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Speaker 2: I simply remember that TJ McFarland home run as well,

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Speaker 2: coming after the break, first pitch, jumping all over it

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Speaker 2: it's it's close to Wyoming.

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Speaker 1: Isn't I guess relative, I mean it's closest to Wyoming.

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Speaker 1: I think Denver is the closest to Wyoming, but Saint

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Speaker 1: Louis might sneaky be the second closest stay in Major

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Speaker 1: League Baseball the Wyoming. But this was an amazing series

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Speaker 1: of Brand Nemo in the power department and the power

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Speaker 1: departments where I want to focus for Nemo because that's

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Speaker 1: Nemo's game, turning him from a good player to a

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Speaker 1: he's become over the last few years. It's hard to

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Speaker 1: Byron takes the lead in the sixty seventh Wow let's

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Speaker 1: go Byron Wow all Germany final hopefully, But Brandon was

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Speaker 1: doing something special right now. He's really never done his career,

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Speaker 1: which is marrying his patience, his discipline, and his power

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Speaker 1: altogether at the same time. I'm not gonna lie.

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Speaker 2: I kind of faced out for a second when you

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Speaker 2: said marrying his patients. I thought you meant like he's

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Speaker 2: marrying patients like DoD, like he's taking care of him, Like.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what are you talking now, or just nor Dan Minister,

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Speaker 1: he's marrying people who were patients at the same clinic.

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Speaker 1: But right now, Brandon nemo. But what he's doing with

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Speaker 2: So Baseball savant, obviously you have all the percentile ranks

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Speaker 2: in the conversation with Juan Soto. That's better than Aaron

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Speaker 2: judges this year. That's in the conversation with the best

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Speaker 2: hitters in all of Major League Baseball, Ran Jeffers, Ryan Jeffers.

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Speaker 2: Brandon Nimo is right there right now. Baseball's Avon also

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Speaker 1: Takes in the balls that you hit, but also the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and he in his batting run value has fourteen,

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Speaker 2: not matter. Yes, I would love brand Neimot hit two

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's also pretty remarkable that Brandimos started the

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Speaker 1: year three for thirty, the ad to play it over

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Speaker 1: the mess first three series, the sense the Tigers and

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Speaker 1: but definitely just try to talk about the overarching NEMO

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Speaker 1: of literally, we're not trying to like glaze NEMO too much,

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Speaker 2: He's not a top five MVP candidate right now. The

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Speaker 2: idea is that if you take that over an entire season,

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Speaker 1: Looking at a top five MVP candidate. And also that's

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Speaker 1: That's one hundred twenty five played appearances. That's genuinely twenty

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Speaker 1: and brand Nemo's doing things that only the best hitters

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Speaker 2: Twenty five homers, one hundred and ten RBIs with a

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Speaker 1: Yeah. But the other thing about Nimo that's really important

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Speaker 1: about it's a testament to the player he is quality

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Speaker 1: Monday was the first time his entire career he had

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Speaker 1: that's where I'm talking about marrying the power and the

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Speaker 1: Brave Series and O Mark and are going to be

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Speaker 1: there Friday for Christian Scott. Hopefully the weather holds, but

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Speaker 1: keep an eye when Edwin's in on the IVB that

435
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Speaker 1: city Field shows in the ballpark, which is it's really

436
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Speaker 1: cool to show that. I don't think most teams show that,

437
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Speaker 1: and Cityfield has me showing that I like that day.

438
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Speaker 1: The city field does kind of leaned into some more

439
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Speaker 1: advanced stats are things I like to look at specifically,

440
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Speaker 1: so happy they catered that to me. But when Edwine

441
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Speaker 1: was at his best, he was never a guy who

442
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Speaker 1: got a lead iv B. It was like a sixteen

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Speaker 1: seventeen kind of guy. But it's been like between eleven

444
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Speaker 1: and fourteen this year. So just keep an eye on

445
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Speaker 1: that was in there, because that's the life on his fastballs.

446
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Speaker 1: The rising actions still good if he's sitting ninety eight,

447
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Speaker 1: it doesn't really matter that much, but just something to

448
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Speaker 1: keep an eye on with Edwin.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and anything else from this game we want to

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Speaker 2: talk about real quick.

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Speaker 1: I just when we were watching this game, we had

452
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Speaker 1: like a sick in the head moment that we enjoyed

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Speaker 1: that I wanted to shout out because I think it's

454
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Speaker 1: it's like a it's a symptom of a baseball team

455
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Speaker 1: that's playing well and the Mets head into the series

456
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Speaker 1: not playing well. So when this happened in the third

457
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Speaker 1: inning of this game, it made me excited, or the

458
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Speaker 1: fifth inning of this game made me exciting. What I

459
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Speaker 1: remember you're talking about now, Thomas Need and Brandon and

460
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Speaker 1: also Thomas Needo swinging a hell of a bat right

461
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Speaker 1: now he's hit yes or no? Yeah, yeah, it's unbelievable.

462
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Speaker 1: But him and Nemo have singles start off the fifth inning.

463
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Speaker 1: And then Lars new Bar boothered the ball in the aftfield. Okay,

464
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Speaker 1: so that was the one left team line against When

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Speaker 1: I a new Bar I guy was hitting ninth, he

466
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Speaker 1: blew the ball. So wind up being second and third

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Speaker 1: for Martin Lindor and very casually okay, good baseball. Marte's

468
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Speaker 1: a ground ball, second basement door hits a sacrifice fly,

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Speaker 1: two guys on base to start the inning. We get

470
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Speaker 1: both runs in like a rally. Rallies are great. I

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Speaker 1: love rallies. I want more rallies. But well, cool that

472
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Speaker 1: the Mets just like got two guys in who were

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Speaker 1: on in score position with nobody out and took a lead.

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Speaker 1: I'll make it clear.

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Speaker 2: We like baseball rallies here, yes, baseball rallies. We like

476
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Speaker 2: rallies and the score rallies and baseball games to score runs.

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Speaker 1: I want to be very very clear. I heard what

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Speaker 1: we said.

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Speaker 2: What maybe we should clarify, just get take it out

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Speaker 2: of context on but yeah, this content brain But Yeah,

481
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Speaker 2: just cool to see that the Mets played relatively a

482
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Speaker 2: clean baseball game and beat the Cardinals, who they are

483
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Speaker 2: better than.

484
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Speaker 1: Yes, just nice to have a game two.

485
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Speaker 2: Yes, Jose Buddha on the mound, bad start, he fought

486
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Speaker 2: through it.

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Speaker 1: This one thing Jose Buddo will do. He fight. The

488
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Speaker 1: guy's a fighter.

489
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Speaker 2: He will not lay down and just give up, which

490
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Speaker 2: is refreshing because we've had pictures like Steven Mattz and

491
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Speaker 2: McGill at times, David Peterson and others whose body languages

492
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Speaker 2: it's very very obvious when things aren't going well for them. Budo,

493
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Speaker 2: you don't know. He still goes out there, he still

494
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Speaker 2: tries to shove, but there is I think a little

495
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Speaker 2: more concerned than we felt two three starts ago, where

496
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Speaker 2: before we're like, oh, Budo's like, Budo's kind of looking

497
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Speaker 2: like he's gonna be a really, really nice pitcher moving forward.

498
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Speaker 2: It's not that I don't feel that, but I think

499
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Speaker 2: it it was a heat check, a little bit back

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Speaker 2: to reality here with Jose Budo.

501
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Speaker 1: Now it is, but there's also two sides of that

502
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Speaker 1: point where this is the second time he's facing this

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Speaker 1: Cardinals lineup that he struggled with in three starts, especially

504
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Speaker 1: Alex Burlson, which for some reason gives Jose Budou fits

505
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Speaker 1: that could be a buzzing rivalry in the major leagues.

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Speaker 1: But the thing that happened with Budo in this game

507
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Speaker 1: is that he his command was all over the place.

508
00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,119
Speaker 1: If you guys look in that first inning, he just

509
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Speaker 1: the ball was either down the middle or was not

510
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Speaker 1: a strike, and he did he wasn't helped out by

511
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Speaker 1: his defense. DJ Stewart did drop a fly ball. That

512
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Speaker 1: was it was. It wasn't the easiest play to make.

513
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Speaker 1: I feel like if Brandon was in the left field,

514
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Speaker 1: he probably makes the play. Yes, I think so. And

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Speaker 1: then he also already giving up a long home run

516
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Speaker 1: to Brandon Donovan. Yes, so that's tough to do. Yeah,

517
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Speaker 1: it was. It was like it was a weird moment,

518
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Speaker 1: but it felt like the rails could have come off

519
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Speaker 1: for Budo. And then and he got tough. Brett Baty

520
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,200
Speaker 1: started a really big double play for him, I think

521
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Speaker 1: in the third inning. And then similar to that's Friday

522
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Speaker 1: Nights start two, we can see against the Cardinals, he

523
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Speaker 1: just completely settled in and he winds up grinding and

524
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Speaker 1: working through five innings wins are a fake stat, but

525
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Speaker 1: he still wind up getting the win. He put the

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Speaker 1: team position to win the game. Three walks and three

527
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Speaker 1: strike cuts are concerned, and the most concerning thing is

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Speaker 1: that in this start he had no feel for either

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Speaker 1: his slyther, his sweeper or his change up. He hasn'ten

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Speaker 1: throwing many sweepers. It's still a new pitch for him.

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Speaker 1: But the sliding and the change up by the outpitches,

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Speaker 1: it's like cutter was throwing the cutter at all. The

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Speaker 1: slitherer is the cutter, just the tight slider, and the

534
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Speaker 1: sweepers become what the old what the slider was. So

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Speaker 1: it's like, I'll just pitch classification stuff on savant, but

536
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Speaker 1: sixty five percent sinkers and fastballs, and he was manipulating

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Speaker 1: those well to give himself some variation, especially accounts different batthers,

538
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Speaker 1: Lefty Rythy's, but only three total whiffs. And then it's

539
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Speaker 1: just on those two pitches, a slyer in the change up,

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Speaker 1: and it's just if he can't have one of those

541
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Speaker 1: pitches working, it's gonna be hard him to do it.

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Speaker 1: Because the fastball is fine, it's totally okay, but it

543
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Speaker 1: just takes down. His velocity goes from ninety five ninety

544
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Speaker 1: six nat two ninety three as the game goes on.

545
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Speaker 1: So just hey, he's just he's just toughing it out.

546
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Speaker 1: He's just dogging it, bulldogging it. And this rotation is

547
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Speaker 1: going to get crowded soon. Like we said, McGill and

548
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Speaker 1: Peterson and rehab assignment, we're gonna talk about him. The

549
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,040
Speaker 1: Prospect report SAG is apparently gonna start rehabit sigmon soon.

550
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Speaker 1: And now Christian Scott's here and that doesn't feel like

551
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Speaker 1: he's gonna go anywhere. So Budo's gonna work for this start,

552
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Speaker 1: and he's been he's worked before, and he's grinded out

553
00:21:22,800 --> 00:21:24,680
Speaker 1: and he's beat the odds before. So just something to

554
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Speaker 1: watch that. He a couple of stars now three of

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Speaker 1: the four starts. He really hasn't had a feel for

556
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Speaker 1: the off speed stuff and has had trouble throwing strikes.

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Speaker 1: Definitely keep an eye on it for sure.

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Speaker 2: Now, on the offensive side of things, you mentioned Nimo

559
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Speaker 2: getting that rally started six runs in the fifth inning

560
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Speaker 2: off Miles Michaelis, which is always just phenomenal because fuck

561
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Speaker 2: the Lizard King, He's guys are up to six point

562
00:21:42,119 --> 00:21:44,800
Speaker 2: four to three now on the season, and that gives

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Speaker 2: the Mets the lead of course early in the game,

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Speaker 2: which is nice, love pitchment the lead, love doing so

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Speaker 2: your boy Cole Salcer came in next, gave up a friggin.

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Speaker 1: Nuke who just kills thet He's a met killer. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: He talked about Tomas Nito in a video that you

568
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Speaker 2: guys will see later this week. He called the cardinal

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Speaker 2: killer Alec Burlson's a met killer, and it's official, he

570
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Speaker 2: really is.

571
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Speaker 1: But also that inning that we that we chased Michael's

572
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,280
Speaker 1: was great because it was just seven straight hits. It

573
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Speaker 1: was just it was two full games of getting out

574
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Speaker 1: demons against this guy who was no stuff and doing it.

575
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Speaker 1: And if it started with the bomb of you o

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Speaker 1: here we gotsha. Jeff Jeff went was three for three

577
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Speaker 1: and he had three hits in this game. He started

578
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Speaker 1: this rally with just a great Q shot. Classic Jeff

579
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Speaker 1: McNeil knocked more of that, yeah, and then he and

580
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Speaker 1: then Tomas neither Hill hit one hot bullet to Nolan

581
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Speaker 1: with third, where I remember another Mets rally starting with

582
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Speaker 1: an error third. This was rule to hit. But it

583
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Speaker 1: all Nolan r and I was an error to me,

584
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Speaker 1: Jeff Nil. The three hits guys banging average up to

585
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Speaker 1: two fifty, which is pretty funny. And the ops six

586
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Speaker 1: forty four, so creeping up, still still on his way

587
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,920
Speaker 1: up there, and just the whole line backter that started

588
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Speaker 1: going them with the home run Martella, they hit Lindora,

589
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Speaker 1: they hit Pete had the big bass clearing double. It

590
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Speaker 1: was just this was a game where you felt like

591
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Speaker 1: a Mets lineup was better than a pitcher they faced,

592
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Speaker 1: and they got to them, and is what should happen

593
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Speaker 1: when you have an advantage? Yes, no, you got it.

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00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:02,399
Speaker 2: Smack around Michael List and again Cole Solcier give up

595
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Speaker 2: that run but shut out three. Yeah, stuck out three,

596
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,639
Speaker 2: and then the bullpen pretty much just shut down up

597
00:23:06,680 --> 00:23:09,080
Speaker 2: until Ottavino in the ninth inning did get into a

598
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,600
Speaker 2: little bit of trouble. Gave up that home run to

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00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 2: new Bar, which new Bar hasn't really hit any balls

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Speaker 2: well this year. To brushed that one as well, and

601
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,960
Speaker 2: Ottavino again like he got into trouble.

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Speaker 1: He got the walk in there.

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Speaker 2: He wasn't really as sharp again for the second straight outing.

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Speaker 1: No, he went in between her rush sharp. He was

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Speaker 1: sharp on Monday. This was the third time in four

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Speaker 1: days out of pitch.

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Speaker 2: But he got through it. And that's that's that's a

608
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Speaker 2: big thing, like Ottavino getting through. I thought for sure

609
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Speaker 2: when I saw like gold Schmid and Aeronado and those

610
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Speaker 2: guys were up, I'm like, this is gonna be where

611
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Speaker 2: they remember how baseballs.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't feeling good, but they're rising against Alavio's not

613
00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,200
Speaker 1: that bad. And also the fact that we already burned

614
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Speaker 1: Lopez and Garre in this game. Edwind, he was unavailable

615
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 1: working back to back days before this was out. Amount

616
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Speaker 1: of Vio's inding, nobody was coming in here to save him,

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Speaker 1: And now I was just good. He just kind of

618
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Speaker 1: bared down and got Gridy and got those guys out again.

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Speaker 1: Right these with the sweeper, they're gonna struggle more, and

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Speaker 1: those guys just struggling a lot in general. The best

621
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Speaker 1: fans in baseball. Did you hear the best fans in

622
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,800
Speaker 1: baseball booing? They are two superstars? After what a bad

623
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Speaker 1: five weeks. I can't believe that. Oh, Madrid, tie's the game. Wow,

624
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,520
Speaker 1: good soccer going. Oh, we were viewing it. I think

625
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,480
Speaker 1: got out Graham. I think we're going to the Oh, no,

626
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Speaker 1: they are now, I think I think it just put

627
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,960
Speaker 1: they put on the board. Wow, eighty seventh minute. Real

628
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 1: good soccer, good match here in the pitch, the fixture,

629
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Speaker 1: good ball. But another also shout out for Horiy Lopez,

630
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Speaker 1: who has been one of the young sung heroes in

631
00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 1: his bullpen because Edwin Diaz always can get them get

632
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Speaker 1: the headlines. Read Garrett. Has been the revelation where Horry

633
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Speaker 1: Lopez has been so reliable in the middle innings. I

634
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,880
Speaker 1: think he's his second or third in the entire league

635
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 1: in appearances, which is massive. And there were a couple

636
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,440
Speaker 1: of guys that got on basic and Sharan Rifolio walking

637
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: a hit, and Horry Lopez came in fireman at of

638
00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,280
Speaker 1: the end and got a strikeout, also hit himself, but

639
00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: closed it out nice and then got the game to

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Speaker 1: the eighth where we have read Garrett, and then I'm

641
00:24:48,280 --> 00:24:50,359
Speaker 1: out to close it. Read Garrett. Point four to seventy

642
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 1: r still insane and like a fifty percent strike out

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Speaker 1: rad Yeah, it's crazy.

644
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,200
Speaker 2: It's a May and he's just second week of May.

645
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,520
Speaker 2: One of the best relievers in baseball. Yeah, read Garrett

646
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Speaker 2: for the all Star team and U again gotta talk

647
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Speaker 2: about the Alonzo hit, the home run after the big doubles.

648
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 2: Pete all he needed wasn't off day, Like Mark said, Also,

649
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,040
Speaker 2: funny moment just ended up catching his game the stream

650
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,280
Speaker 2: on the Cardinals broadcast and not and why just because

651
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,840
Speaker 2: I couldn't find sny stream shout out not having cable.

652
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,280
Speaker 1: But Chris Roycroft of the Cardinals. May's major league debut

653
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,720
Speaker 1: had looked like thirty forty family members there screaming their

654
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,160
Speaker 1: their ass off for every single pitch. And then Pete

655
00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 1: hit a nice moon shot out on him, which I

656
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,320
Speaker 1: was like, all right, well, welcome to big league, to

657
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:28,080
Speaker 1: the big leagues, Chris.

658
00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,359
Speaker 2: Yeah love, I saw that name. I was like, oh, yeah,

659
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,960
Speaker 2: who's Chris Roycroft. This Cardinals team's got some problems. Yeah,

660
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,560
Speaker 2: they're really bad. And with that, I think they're gonna tank.

661
00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 2: And we've talked about JD.

662
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,679
Speaker 1: Martinez not finding his power stroke, yet two hits in

663
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 1: this game both hit over one hundred miles an hour,

664
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Speaker 1: So I think it's just the old man getting his

665
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:45,360
Speaker 1: legs back.

666
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, listen, sooner the better that he could

667
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 2: start to hit for some power. But again, the season

668
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,960
Speaker 2: still is super super early for JD. I think right now,

669
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,360
Speaker 2: I'm looking it up as we speak. Jade Martinez has

670
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,919
Speaker 2: thirty seven at bats twelve games played as a New

671
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,960
Speaker 2: York Met sitting too ninety seven Yeah, like again, Batting

672
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,440
Speaker 2: average on Batting Average podcast three fifty on base We

673
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:04,680
Speaker 2: Are on bas podcast.

674
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 1: Pig on Bass podcasts, and both games this series, every

675
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 1: star there in the Mets lineup had either a base

676
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: hit or hard hit ball and shout out DJ Stewart.

677
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,959
Speaker 1: Shout DJ Stewart, Nice, nice, DJ saved my life. That nice,

678
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:15,440
Speaker 1: nice double.

679
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Speaker 2: I'm Onny, Yes, love DJ. And that's the Cardinal series.

680
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:22,080
Speaker 2: Two games, nice and easy. Smell you in August to

681
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 2: Saint Louis Cardinals. Who knows Snolan Aeronatto, Paul Goldchmid or

682
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 2: any of the other guys will even be there.

683
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:27,720
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's funny that we're gonna have to play

684
00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:29,119
Speaker 1: them after the trade deadline. Who does any of these

685
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:31,240
Speaker 1: teams look like in August? It would be a gift, Yeah,

686
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:32,120
Speaker 1: it could be nice.

687
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 2: Prospect report time, give you guys some updates on some guys,

688
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,840
Speaker 2: specifically some dudes that maybe aren't really prospects, but they're

689
00:26:38,840 --> 00:26:39,720
Speaker 2: pitching in the minors.

690
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I wanted to shout out Tyler McGill and uh

691
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: David Peterson just because they haven't pitched, the good miners

692
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 1: working to rehab assignments and they're gonna be back on

693
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:50,199
Speaker 1: this team soon. Oh Madrid, No, he's got another one.

694
00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:55,359
Speaker 1: Oh no, he's off side. Oh wow, extra time nine

695
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: minutes at Wow. It's gonna be fun for the Prospect

696
00:26:57,760 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 1: report for you guys, Like half the people listen this

697
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:04,360
Speaker 1: like we could care so little about fucking soccer. Yeah,

698
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 1: but Tyler McGill is, Uh, I'm gonna do it again,

699
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:08,920
Speaker 1: we guys, why not? You know he's pitching really well

700
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,640
Speaker 1: in Syracuse. Damn James met to the best trip quadruple

701
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,719
Speaker 1: let team ever, also from a Mets Twitter member, Diana,

702
00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 1: But he was up to sixty five pitches, which is

703
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 1: ironically again a nice spot for him to sit. I

704
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,359
Speaker 1: wonder if we're gonna do this. But four inning, seventh strikeouts,

705
00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 1: no hits, one walk. I mean, I don't know. I

706
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 1: can't argue with that. I can't argue with that. Well,

707
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,640
Speaker 1: I can't argue with that at all. And he's back

708
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,600
Speaker 1: to old McGill from twenty twenty one, where it's just

709
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 1: fifty percent fastballs twenty five percent sliders. He threw one

710
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:34,879
Speaker 1: of the splitters that we saw in spring training that

711
00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:36,920
Speaker 1: was like the big pitch everyone was talking about. There

712
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 1: was a material change though, I got mj D analysis

713
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 1: pointed this out. Mikey McGill higher release point now, so

714
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: he's yes, he's using that high he's gonna higher release point.

715
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,480
Speaker 1: That's having him get more vertical action on his fastball.

716
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 1: And it ticked up the stuff stuff plus numbers and

717
00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 1: every single one of his pitches, So that's adjustment. It

718
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: was about six inches higher and he was releasing in

719
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: the spring, So maybe something material or maybe he was

720
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,399
Speaker 1: just pitching with little injury during the spring because the

721
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,240
Speaker 1: ra the results will goes. The stuff was bad, so

722
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: maybe we just kept pitching through this try and get

723
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 1: that roster spot. But maybe feels a little healthier to

724
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: highre release point, more life, not that bad. Yeah.

725
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,040
Speaker 2: David Peterson a little further away, he's thrown five innings

726
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,199
Speaker 2: at PSL nine k's a hit in the walk. But

727
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,520
Speaker 2: also the results don't matter because this is just about

728
00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 2: getting his arm healthy, getting back into pitching motion.

729
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: He's called a goal.

730
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 2: By the way, wow, Wow, Sorry, Byron, you got eight

731
00:28:22,880 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 2: minutes now. But David Peterson just gonna be interested to

732
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,439
Speaker 2: see what happens with these guys when they get back

733
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 2: to Because Joey Fuego joe Lukesey's pitching really well too,

734
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 2: super well again, this would be such.

735
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Speaker 1: A fucking awesome problem to have. You know, all these

736
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 1: guys are healthy and pitching well. The Mets have ten

737
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 1: major league pitchers. What do we do? Fuego Joey fuegar

738
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 1: O boy, Lukezy King six stars to Triple A is here.

739
00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:43,880
Speaker 1: He's not allowed more than tow and runs at any.

740
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:47,440
Speaker 2: I think he might have gotten married or engaged as well.

741
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 2: Very congratulations Joey. Also shout out Joey, big Drake guy

742
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 2: dealing with the beef. Yeah, shout out Joey. I wonder

743
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 2: how he's I wonder he's got to think Drake's winning, right, Yeah,

744
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 2: of course, But do you think's winning? I thought Keatrick won.

745
00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 2: You think Kendrick one, Yeah, Drake made the better music.

746
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 1: Kendrick came. I think he came out harder. I think

747
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,520
Speaker 1: I think not like us with the best song. Really,

748
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: I thought it was the best song of the whole thing.

749
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 2: Well, the best song of the whole thing is BBL

750
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 2: DRIs Yeah, but which also counts songs.

751
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: That counts bb yeah, drazy that counts. I know. I'm

752
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: I'm a Kendrick guy, though, so I thought Kendrick wan

753
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,600
Speaker 1: thought not like Us just such a banger. And also

754
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 1: it's so funny that he broke like all Drake's like

755
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 1: streaming records. Oh yeah, he got Billboard one hundred, hot

756
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:26,400
Speaker 1: top one with Euphoria and then the did Not Like

757
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: Us the number one hip hop stream song and single

758
00:29:29,240 --> 00:29:32,560
Speaker 1: day ever, beating Drake's records. So that it's funny that

759
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 1: Kendrick almost weirdly beat Drake at his own game. Yeah almost,

760
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 1: it almost in a funny way, where Drake probably did

761
00:29:38,040 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: more dissy stuff that was better. Yeah, no, definitely.

762
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 2: All right, back to the prospect report, Yeah, FCL Mets,

763
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,040
Speaker 2: give me a little something on them, James, and then

764
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 2: he got some guys down here.

765
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, the FCL Mets opened up over the last week

766
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:50,440
Speaker 1: and the Mets complex team is completely electric. Guys. These

767
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: are the prospects. It's like the real first generation of

768
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: the Cohen prospects. That are the guys that we signed

769
00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 1: internationally with Cohen that we scathered and now we've been

770
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 1: developing them as like since the Mets have beefed up,

771
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:04,800
Speaker 1: really beefed up what they're doing Dominican Republic. I've heard

772
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: that the complex down there is simply become one of

773
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,520
Speaker 1: the nicest in all of baseball. Tried that from people

774
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 1: down there who've seen it. And now these guys last

775
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 1: year ran through the DSL and now the first few

776
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,640
Speaker 1: games in the FCL were crushing as well. We beat

777
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,640
Speaker 1: the Nationals fifteen to nothing on Tuesday, a nice FCL result.

778
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,640
Speaker 1: Jeremy Rodriguez our boy, three hits, a double on RBI,

779
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 1: Simoon Juan, someone we talked about when he signed it

780
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: internationally two years ago, and then in spring training three

781
00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: for five of the home run, five of RBIs and

782
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: stolen base. He had another game Wednesday of five RBIs,

783
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 1: so ten RBIs for Simon one in two games today, yes, wow,

784
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: and in six more total bases. All three of his

785
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,760
Speaker 1: batted balls in the game Wednesday were over one hundred

786
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: four miles an hour. And remember we talked about Simon

787
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 1: Wan in spring training when he was facing double A

788
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 1: triple A pitchers, he had two battered balls over one

789
00:30:49,680 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 1: hundred four miles an hour. He's still eighteen years old,

790
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 1: He's over six feet tall, he weighs over two hundred pounds.

791
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 1: This looks like this could be like a premier corner

792
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,040
Speaker 1: hitting outfield. I'm shot out guy, Chris Chris Claig the

793
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 1: hardest working guys in baseball media right now. Amazing follow

794
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: if you guys want to keep up with every single

795
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,240
Speaker 1: prospect in the system. He's been highlighting the Mets a

796
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:09,400
Speaker 1: lot because their FCL team is so goddamn fun, got

797
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:10,880
Speaker 1: some good stuff on them. We were talking today about

798
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: he's like ranked the Mets FCL prospects. I was like,

799
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: all right, I got you, and we're talking aut here

800
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 1: for you guys. Also, Willy Fania signed a little older,

801
00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 1: signing the same international class at Simo one in that

802
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: fifty ninhing game against Nationals two or four with a

803
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: triple and through our beyond. These guys are just crushing yep.

804
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 2: And then Brandy de Olio, which I think if this

805
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 2: was Italian that'd be Brandy of Oil.

806
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: What do you got from me on Brandy de Olio?

807
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: Brandy Olio? We haven't talked about him on the show

808
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 1: but just rereathing. Through Baseball America's offseason report, they highlighted

809
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: Brandy as a sleeper prospect watching the Mets system. Crazy

810
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: bats to ball skills led all of the Mets players

811
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 1: in Dominican League last year DSL and batting average run scored,

812
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: and they just signed him the previous January. I think

813
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: as a seventeen year old, So Bill Older is international

814
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: signing but through him in the complex right away. He's

815
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,479
Speaker 1: six foot one and listed as one to sixty right

816
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: now online, So that's a string bean. It's a skinny kid,

817
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 1: but Baseball again lot of his bats of ball skills

818
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: and thinks he has the instincts and the arm strike

819
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: to stay a short stop. Been crushing also with all

820
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,400
Speaker 1: these Mets hitters just running through the FCL so far,

821
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,239
Speaker 1: low strikeout guy, low walk guy, looking to see him

822
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 1: come into power, and looking to see him stick a

823
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,120
Speaker 1: short stop. But this is a group here. I think

824
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: we also have who's the prospect last year? I think

825
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: a j Ewings on this a complex team too. I

826
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,920
Speaker 1: think Boston borrows in this complex team too. A couple

827
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 1: of draft picks from last year who are on the

828
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,280
Speaker 1: younger side of high school kids. But yep, ewing is

829
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: there's a collection of these Mets young, high potential prospects,

830
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: crazy physical tools that are more exciting than the Mets

831
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: have had this level of prospect in a very long time.

832
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 2: Yes, No, I mean they've They've got some players down

833
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 2: there for sure, one of them being Joel ds coming

834
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,000
Speaker 2: back from Tommy John Sangery made an appearance. And granted

835
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 2: it's only two winnings, that's kind of what happens down there.

836
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 2: You're not gonna see guys go deep into games. They

837
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,840
Speaker 2: got fifteen different pitchers. They need to make sure pitch

838
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 2: throughout the week. He went two innings, two strikeouts. Looks

839
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 2: pretty good.

840
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 1: Yes, And I think it's interesting that he threw the

841
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 1: first two winnings for the Complex Mets this year. First game,

842
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,160
Speaker 1: he was the first guy in the mound coming off

843
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 1: time with John surgery. He's someone that us and we

844
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 1: know the mess organization was excited about before he had

845
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 1: surgery few years ago. Shout out to twenty twenty one

846
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,640
Speaker 1: messed up listeners. That's where we're shouting out Joel. He's

847
00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: got an unbelievable slide. There's a couple of videos of

848
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 1: it online. He makes guy's knee makes eighteen year olds

849
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: knees buckle down the complex. Just remember something too, You

850
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: know how we do this? We do the snap. Yeah,

851
00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 1: drives my dad crazy. Really why he's like just so

852
00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 1: hipster bullshit. He hates it. He snaps our hips.

853
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,200
Speaker 2: Now he knows why we do it because like our head,

854
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:27,720
Speaker 2: our other hands busy, we can't clap.

855
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:29,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, but he's like, this drives me up. So just

856
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: just a couple of them, mister Luino, I'll stop. I'll

857
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: stop his respect to him. We can keep doing it.

858
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 1: It's good. I like it.

859
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 2: Jeffrey Rosa, Yeah, Jeffrey Rosa kids a unit. By the way,

860
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 2: Monster saw him. I legitibly had not heard of him.

861
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 2: I don't know how he went under the radar. Actually,

862
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 2: I know why we weren't allowed to talk about prospects. Yes,

863
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 2: that's weren't allowed to talk about prospects on a prior podcast.

864
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 2: But now that we can, Jeffrey Rosa, have you guys

865
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 2: heard about this kid? Because last year in the DSL,

866
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 2: Jeffrey Rosa hit fifteen home runs and thirteen doubles in

867
00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 2: forty four games.

868
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:01,160
Speaker 1: I mean, what the fuck? Those were the most home

869
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: runs by any player in the DSL last year by three.

870
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,000
Speaker 1: Next closest was twelve, and only four players the entire

871
00:34:07,040 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: Dominican Summer League even had double digit home runs. So

872
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,800
Speaker 1: Jeffrey Rosa, I think I think Ernest Dove Mets prospect

873
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,239
Speaker 1: guy on Twitter, I think compared him to both Barry

874
00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: Bonds and Ken Griffy as a bit look Dud's saloon.

875
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 1: I think he's only nineteenth three trunks. Those are monster,

876
00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: like a big piece of ham and his nice hunks.

877
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: But he's probably one of the Met's most underrated hitting prospects.

878
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:28,800
Speaker 1: He played one game in the FCL this year and

879
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:30,319
Speaker 1: they were like, all right, don't worry about it, and

880
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: they sent him straight to Saint Lucy. So that's a

881
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 1: name to watch. He's someone who's rising fast, joining that

882
00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,840
Speaker 1: awesome Saint Lucie lineup with Nick Morbi. There when Hayes's

883
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 1: buy as just these Mets minor league teams are becoming wagons, guys,

884
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 1: and this is this is the beauty of like what

885
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:45,919
Speaker 1: Steve Cole owning the team is. It's fun to sign

886
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 1: free agents, and we've done that in a pretty cool

887
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 1: way the last few years. But that's fun. Immediately Yeah,

888
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 1: the joy of this is going to be how much

889
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: money he's dumping into our players development, into our scouting,

890
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: and then where that's going to turn into for these

891
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:57,399
Speaker 1: players down the line.

892
00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 2: We're gonna get some ex vlos that on Jeffrey Rossa too.

893
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 2: Starting this week, we're go get xa Visol. So next

894
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 2: next prospect report, we're gonna do that. Also, let us

895
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:05,239
Speaker 2: know if you guys like U kind of changing the

896
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 2: prospect report. We just we can't talk about Blade, Tedwell,

897
00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,239
Speaker 2: Jonah Tong, Nolan McLean, brands prote every single week. So

898
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,799
Speaker 2: we're gonna try and like highlight some other guys other levels.

899
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,840
Speaker 2: That's why this week were really focusing on the FCL

900
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 2: because they just started and they're hitting the piss out

901
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 2: of the ball.

902
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: But gonna just try and change these ups. They're doing

903
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:21,000
Speaker 1: him every week.

904
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 2: Now some guy I've never heard of you have written down.

905
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, you've never heard Jowander Suarez, have I have? I

906
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 1: heard of him?

907
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:27,840
Speaker 2: Though he was amazing last year. I think it no

908
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 2: Hitler last year and just threw a perfect game this year.

909
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 2: We weren't allowed to talk about it, so out of

910
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 2: my head. Yeah, they weren't allowed to talk about prospects

911
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:33,879
Speaker 2: last year.

912
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 1: But another guy on the Binghamton pitching staff who was

913
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: just making name for himself, Joander Suarez. After he got

914
00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 1: called up last year from Brooklyn to Binghamton. I think

915
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 1: he had something like twenty five consecutive scoreless innings. I

916
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: do remember him, yes, yeah, And he was in their

917
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,280
Speaker 1: playoff rotation as they went to the Eastern League Championship.

918
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:54,279
Speaker 1: But last Thursday, six and the third perfect innings with

919
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: seven stray as Springington and people are like, why they

920
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 1: take him out with a perfect game that was to

921
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 1: end the game in this game in the second inning

922
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: and ran six and the third perfect innings, he mad

923
00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: bummed the other team and they kind of celebrate at

924
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 1: the end of the game like he just thrown a

925
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:09,399
Speaker 1: perfect game. The catcher right up to from the game bugs.

926
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,800
Speaker 1: They were like celebrating on the Mountainho's Dope video nineteen

927
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: up and nineteen down again, pure mad bum style. Dating

928
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: back to last season when he got called up to Binghamton.

929
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,960
Speaker 1: Double A and that's people say is the biggest jump

930
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000
Speaker 1: in the minor leagues from High A to Double A

931
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 1: besides Triple A to Matrix. That's Triple A major of course. Yeah,

932
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: within the minor leagues. I'm saying one point five eight

933
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,320
Speaker 1: era and forty five and two thirds innings. That's a

934
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,760
Speaker 1: nasty sample. And he's he's like a three quarter armslot

935
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: guy who can get up to ninety five ninety six

936
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 1: mile an hour. We usually sitting ninety three ninety four.

937
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: I think he's actually getting up ninety seven now after

938
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,479
Speaker 1: we'll go into the pitching lab. Okay, and a really

939
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: gross two plane slide. They're just like a good traditional

940
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:43,440
Speaker 1: like wop on.

941
00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,720
Speaker 2: Him, you Wander Suarez, you heard about him here first,

942
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,919
Speaker 2: some other cool stuff housekeeping Luis on Helocunya seven balls

943
00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:50,800
Speaker 2: and play over one hundred and five. That's where you

944
00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 2: get excited about him. He has the ability to hit

945
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 2: the ball hard despite being smaller than I think me

946
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,959
Speaker 2: and James h which is pretty crazy. He's someone that Again,

947
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:00,799
Speaker 2: now I'm not losing hope on a guy ever, Like

948
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,919
Speaker 2: there's no reason to I think he's twenty one in trouble.

949
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,239
Speaker 1: I still yeah, like he's still way ahead playing twenty four,

950
00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,000
Speaker 1: twenty five year old where everybody's supposed to be.

951
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 2: Just again, we want to keep everybody calm about Luis

952
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,399
Speaker 2: On helicuny. The worst thing that happened to this guy

953
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 2: was that he was born with that last name. Yeah,

954
00:37:13,239 --> 00:37:14,879
Speaker 2: he could still be a very very good major League

955
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 2: baseball player. He will not be his brother.

956
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: No, there's not many players are ever gonna come out

957
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:20,280
Speaker 1: and the rest of our lives are gonna.

958
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 2: Be played in Major League Baseball history. He did something

959
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,760
Speaker 2: that no one has ever done ever, forty seventy forty sixty,

960
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 2: forty sixty.

961
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 3: Yeah.

962
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think he's like four or five inches

963
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: taller than him. Yeah, it's different. It's just very different.

964
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 1: So just people are freaking out about Louis and Helcooney.

965
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 1: I know Will Sam and came out with a great

966
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,440
Speaker 1: his own prospect report, like his first monthly prospect report

967
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: on Wednesday and the Athletic and had a couple of

968
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 1: friends text me about how bad Louis on Hellcony is.

969
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: I had the words bust thrown at me. I had

970
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,120
Speaker 1: the pukemoji thrown at me. Shame on all of you guys.

971
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: Give him a second. It's again. I gat he's just

972
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: not ron on akunyet, but that's also okay. Like I

973
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 1: think he's still gonna be a fine player. My comp

974
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: I hed come back to it souped up with Merrifield,

975
00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:01,720
Speaker 1: another comp I've heard. Yeah, I think someone in my mentions,

976
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: I don't know if it was if it was my

977
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: guy Rob or my guy Jack who I DM with,

978
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,320
Speaker 1: but compared to the starling Martine, I just think it

979
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: was kind of funny where it's just crazy bats of ball,

980
00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 1: lots of ground balls and just yeah, like fast, like

981
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:16,920
Speaker 1: play corner outfield really well, like I think. But he

982
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 1: also played lost play second base pretty well. So I

983
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 1: think there's there's still a ceiling on Luisa Alhlicunya where

984
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: he's a real valuable Major League baseball player, just might

985
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: not be the exact way or the exact timing that

986
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:27,839
Speaker 1: we might have wanted it to happen, because the team

987
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 1: really to tell the infielder right now. Be nice if

988
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:31,960
Speaker 1: it was him, but he's not ready for right now,

989
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: and that's just totally okay.

990
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 2: Other guys around the farm system that have gotten some

991
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,279
Speaker 2: new highs in terms of exit Velo Ronald Hernandez, who

992
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,600
Speaker 2: you remember came over in the David Robertson trade one

993
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 2: oh nine point six. He's a hard hit ninteen year

994
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,640
Speaker 2: old two Jesus Bayez technically hit it harder in the

995
00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 2: breakout game, but in terms of in season one, oh

996
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 2: nine point one is the new highest on him. Yeah,

997
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 2: he's been making incredible contact, not chasing. He's been pretty awesome.

998
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, another child for Chris Klegg. He's one of his buys,

999
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 1: one of seven hitters in the floor of the state league,

1000
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,319
Speaker 1: which is where Port Saint Luici plays. Low way to

1001
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: have a Z contact rate, which is how much you're

1002
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,640
Speaker 1: making contact on pitches in the zone over eighty percent

1003
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: while chasing less than twenty five percent of the time.

1004
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: And I think it was a list of some guys

1005
00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: who had never heard of, but also Aidan Miller, and

1006
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,400
Speaker 1: I want to say another first round pick that I

1007
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: can't remember, but ad Miller's already played college baseball and

1008
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 1: he's high school. He's a high school guy. Oh, he's

1009
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: the one that a TCU guy. Brandon Taylor. Yes, Oh,

1010
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: that's stupid, mixed up by me.

1011
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,520
Speaker 2: Eight similar names though similar names, similar positions, both guys

1012
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 2: who play third.

1013
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, hand up on me. Messed that one up,

1014
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,600
Speaker 1: but his was bies that become my prospect crushed. And

1015
00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 1: then one more shout out for the prospect of poor

1016
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,919
Speaker 1: Joe DeMeo. Friend of the Program had great article about

1017
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 1: Joanah Tongue on s n Y. Talked about a lot

1018
00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 1: of quotes from coaches about how Tongue is just such

1019
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 1: a sponge, how he came to the system ready to learn,

1020
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: ready to try new things, that new slide of color

1021
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 1: he throwings, a new thing's been working on. And have

1022
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 1: the fact that a lot of comparisons in the thing

1023
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,359
Speaker 1: talking about the Mets pitching lab, basically saying that it's

1024
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 1: kind of just like drive Line. They have their own

1025
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,040
Speaker 1: little drive line, which makes sense with Jaeger's coming from

1026
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:09,959
Speaker 1: drive Line all Exectuve drive Line makes sense. And also

1027
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 1: the fact that tong and this was something we shout

1028
00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:15,279
Speaker 1: out with for our guy Isaac Grofman, who does a

1029
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: lot of Mets pitching threads good following on Twitter forgets

1030
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 1: that's a person not a pitcher.

1031
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1032
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:22,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, tong does this crazy thing when he pitches, where

1033
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: they say he tilts his trunk so he gets like

1034
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: crazy rotation on his body when he throws. So that's

1035
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 1: how he gets that super high, over the top release.

1036
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:33,279
Speaker 1: It's all in the hips. But something else he does

1037
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,520
Speaker 1: with that They said that when they're tracking some of

1038
00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 1: his pitches, it sometimes looks like a left hand of

1039
00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 1: releasing fastballs. That's how over the top he is. Like,

1040
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 1: he's perfectly over the top and he's tilting his body

1041
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,920
Speaker 1: that much. It's really crazy, interesting and good article by Joe.

1042
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 1: A lot of good nuggets in there, good stuff talk about.

1043
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: But yeah, really really really excited every single week going

1044
00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: through these Mets prospects, how good they're doing.

1045
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 2: And that is the prospect report for you guys. You

1046
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,000
Speaker 2: are now going to see a little conversation between us

1047
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,799
Speaker 2: and Foolish Baseball about the Atlanta Brave series preview, So

1048
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:07,399
Speaker 2: James send it that way, foolish, all right. So this

1049
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 2: time we've got a little bit of a different series

1050
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 2: preview for you guys. We're actually bringing on a guest,

1051
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 2: and as you can see if you're watching on YouTube

1052
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 2: or if you're listening on Apple and Spotify, we've got

1053
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 2: Foolish Baseball aka Bailey. Thank you for joining us, what's

1054
00:41:20,040 --> 00:41:22,000
Speaker 2: going on? Thank you for having me.

1055
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 3: I'm excited to go ahead and preview this series with y'all.

1056
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, so we've got the Mets going up against the

1057
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:30,080
Speaker 2: Braves this weekend. Big series, Christian Scott debut, lots of

1058
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 2: good stuff going on, and of course Mets Braves, we

1059
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:36,160
Speaker 2: don't seemingly like each other, especially on the fans side

1060
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 2: of things.

1061
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:40,839
Speaker 1: How are you feeling about this Mets Brave series? First off, I.

1062
00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 3: Think it's an interesting time for both of these teams

1063
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 3: to be facing off. I mean, the Mets took two

1064
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 3: out of three from them in Atlanta last time, including

1065
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,239
Speaker 3: a sixteen to four beat down in what was the

1066
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,600
Speaker 3: final match of that series, and the Braves are coming

1067
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 3: into this series. Over the last three weeks or so,

1068
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 3: they have not been a good offense, which is uncharacteristic.

1069
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 3: I was looking at the numbers over the last three

1070
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 3: weeks there twenty fifth in wOBA and twenty fourth in

1071
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 3: runs scored, and this was a record breaking offense last year.

1072
00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:10,200
Speaker 3: So I think it's just kind of a I would

1073
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 3: described as like a vibe check series for both these teams.

1074
00:42:12,719 --> 00:42:15,279
Speaker 3: The Mets are, you know, five hundred, They've underachieved in

1075
00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:18,160
Speaker 3: some areas, maybe overachieved in some others, and these teams

1076
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 3: are just still trying to feel each other out, figure

1077
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 3: out how good they are, you know, and how strong

1078
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 3: this division in general is. In twenty twenty four.

1079
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:27,919
Speaker 1: Keeping tabs in this team day in and day out.

1080
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,240
Speaker 1: Is there even any concern at all with the early struggles,

1081
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: especially power wise from Olsen and Akunya, or is it

1082
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 1: just Kaya just let this thing right out until summer

1083
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:38,280
Speaker 1: and then see what happens.

1084
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's that's the fan perspective for me.

1085
00:42:42,320 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 3: You know, I'm a Braves fan. I probably should have

1086
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:46,719
Speaker 3: started with that, but yeah, I mean I don't.

1087
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:47,120
Speaker 1: I don't.

1088
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:50,360
Speaker 3: There's no there's no alarm bells going off whatsoever. Like

1089
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,040
Speaker 3: we know how good this team is, and the fact

1090
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 3: of the matter is there, you know, they still have

1091
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:56,719
Speaker 3: a really good record despite the fact that a lot

1092
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 3: of their core is hitting a step or two below

1093
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:00,719
Speaker 3: what they really should be.

1094
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 2: So, Bailey, how are you feeling about Christian Scott? What's

1095
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 2: a Braves fan perspective on this guy? Because over here

1096
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:07,439
Speaker 2: we absolutely love him.

1097
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:08,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been fun to watch.

1098
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 3: He had a good twenty twenty three in spring training.

1099
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:12,840
Speaker 3: I feel like that was when he was really showing

1100
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:14,840
Speaker 3: out and he got on a lot of people's radars

1101
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 3: and he's continued to do that and he's up here

1102
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,400
Speaker 3: in the majors. What I'm curious with him is just

1103
00:43:19,440 --> 00:43:23,880
Speaker 3: looking at his repertoire. He's a big kind of fastball

1104
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,480
Speaker 3: sweeper guy, and it's I guess he would have to

1105
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,360
Speaker 3: prove that he can get the job done against lefties

1106
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,880
Speaker 3: because that's a repertoire that could definitely struggle against opposite

1107
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,160
Speaker 3: hand hitting. So, you know, the guys to watch in

1108
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 3: this series are going to be, you know, how does

1109
00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,239
Speaker 3: he do against all Bees, or how does he do

1110
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:42,800
Speaker 3: against Olsen? Or how does he do against Kelnick? You know,

1111
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:45,880
Speaker 3: a former Mets draft himself. So I'm interested to see how

1112
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 3: Christian Scott does versus the left handed batters in particular.

1113
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think the Raised lineup that he debuted

1114
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:53,839
Speaker 1: against last Saturday, I believe there's only one or two

1115
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 1: lefties in the lineup, so he was able to just

1116
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:57,960
Speaker 1: fill the strikes on with fastballs. And I'll just not

1117
00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 1: as good as dead red fastball. There's no you're gonna

1118
00:44:00,680 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 1: see the Brais lineup. But he does have the split

1119
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: change and he has a gyro slider, which are pitchers

1120
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: that he's had long in the sweeper. He only started

1121
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 1: throwing a sweeper in game within the last couple of months,

1122
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: Like that's the new pitch, even though it's really become

1123
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 1: the best. But when Mark intro this series, he said,

1124
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: big series this weekend, Mets and Braves. As a Braves fan,

1125
00:44:18,440 --> 00:44:20,640
Speaker 1: do you even care about the Mets half the time? Like,

1126
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,359
Speaker 1: do you even care about playing a series against the Mets?

1127
00:44:22,520 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 1: Is really just the Mets being like, oh, we hate

1128
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,640
Speaker 1: you when you guys like we don't even think about

1129
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:28,160
Speaker 1: baseball until the middle of the summer.

1130
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, you know, if I think back to

1131
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:33,600
Speaker 3: my childhood, I mean I would definitely say the Mets

1132
00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:36,600
Speaker 3: were my most loathed team. But I mean, if you

1133
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 3: look at it objectively right now, I guess the answer

1134
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,239
Speaker 3: is no. James, Like, you know this. You know we're

1135
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:45,319
Speaker 3: concerned about the full one sixty two. We know that

1136
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 3: this is you know, either the best or second best

1137
00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 3: roster in the National League. And you know, I think

1138
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 3: I think right now we see the Mets as little bro.

1139
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 3: But if Mets come out and punch them in the

1140
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:58,840
Speaker 3: mouth this series and the brais Bats continue to struggle,

1141
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:00,120
Speaker 3: maybe that attitude changes.

1142
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:00,279
Speaker 1: Well.

1143
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:02,399
Speaker 2: I was telling James before this when we were looking

1144
00:45:02,480 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 2: up just like numbers and because the Braves offense, like

1145
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 2: you said, it has been like weirdly I don't want

1146
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,360
Speaker 2: to say bad, but weirdly average, I guess is probably

1147
00:45:09,360 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 2: the good way to put it. Like akunyi Ish struggling,

1148
00:45:12,120 --> 00:45:15,080
Speaker 2: Olsen struggling. Even Michael Harris and Austin Riley have just

1149
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:18,240
Speaker 2: been okay, or like we're just gonna get absolutely destroyed.

1150
00:45:18,239 --> 00:45:19,800
Speaker 2: It feels like this is gonna be the series that

1151
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:22,319
Speaker 2: either like we learn a lot about this Mets team

1152
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 2: or we go, oh, yeah, the Braves are we just

1153
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:24,759
Speaker 2: got them hot.

1154
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,160
Speaker 1: Now for the May and June coming up.

1155
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:30,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see. And I really

1156
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 3: do think it's what we really are trying to feel

1157
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 3: out right now. Is the NL least one of the

1158
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:37,919
Speaker 3: best divisions period because as bad as the Marlins are,

1159
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 3: you've got the Mets and the Nationals playing five hundred ball.

1160
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,280
Speaker 3: I mean, I think the Nationals currently occupy a wild

1161
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 3: card spot, yeah, which is crazy to think about. And

1162
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 3: then the Phillies have you know, the Phillies are three

1163
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:49,319
Speaker 3: games ahead of the Braves in the division, so they

1164
00:45:49,320 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 3: are off to a fantastic start as well.

1165
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,359
Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you about the Phillies. Is there

1166
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:55,840
Speaker 1: any any thought I know the Phillies. JKU that had

1167
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,360
Speaker 1: the tweet last week where Philly fans went ballistic can

1168
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 1: jump down his throat that they haven't pled the team

1169
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 1: above five hundred and basically I think five full weeks now.

1170
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 1: But is there any concern that they actually could contend

1171
00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:08,560
Speaker 1: for this division? Especially with the playoff series you guys

1172
00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 1: had the last few years. You just think that your

1173
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:12,439
Speaker 1: rosters better and you'll wind up winning out.

1174
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:17,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's tough. The thing I always tell myself is that,

1175
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:19,560
Speaker 3: and it doesn't feel this way, but a win in

1176
00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 3: April or May still counts the same in the standings

1177
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 3: as it does in September. And so you've seen, you know,

1178
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,040
Speaker 3: teams get off to a bad starts. Not the Braves

1179
00:46:27,040 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 3: are off to a bad start, but you know, if

1180
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 3: you fall behind, you know, three four or five games

1181
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 3: in the division, it becomes hard to come back, even

1182
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:35,520
Speaker 3: if it's early in the season. I think the Braves

1183
00:46:35,520 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 3: from their perspective, are not too worried about it, and myself,

1184
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 3: as a fan, I'm not too worried about it right now.

1185
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 3: That's mostly because throughout this stretch where the Braves have won,

1186
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:46,600
Speaker 3: I think it's six division tiles in a row. They

1187
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,279
Speaker 3: have not led every day, They've trailed a lot of

1188
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 3: those times, especially early on in the season. Turned it

1189
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 3: on in May and June. As you said, So, I

1190
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,480
Speaker 3: don't think that there's gonna be too much alarm bells

1191
00:46:57,520 --> 00:47:00,439
Speaker 3: going off, unless you know they start to the starts

1192
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 3: to really build a gap going into say the All

1193
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 3: Star break.

1194
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:05,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean god, I hate the Braves so much.

1195
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,160
Speaker 2: Six in a row right now, which you guys win

1196
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 2: like sixteen in a row basically just start our childhood,

1197
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 2: which was an easy way for me to learn to

1198
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:12,720
Speaker 2: hate the Braves.

1199
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:14,320
Speaker 1: And there's a lot of guys I hate on this team.

1200
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:16,279
Speaker 2: One of them I don't hate because I have too

1201
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:18,600
Speaker 2: much respect for him and he keeps doing it even

1202
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 2: at the age of forty.

1203
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 1: Charlie Morton.

1204
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 2: How does this guy continue to just be one of

1205
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:25,600
Speaker 2: the most consistent top thirty forty pitchers in the league

1206
00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 2: every single year.

1207
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 3: I'm so amused by him because he's been trying to

1208
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:32,600
Speaker 3: retire for four years now, but he still keeps being excellent.

1209
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 3: I think he gets upset every time he gets on

1210
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:37,280
Speaker 3: the mound and he's like, ah, I'm still nasty.

1211
00:47:37,719 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: My curve ball is.

1212
00:47:38,560 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 3: Still nasty after all these years, I just want to

1213
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 3: go home, but now I have to stay here and

1214
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 3: people are gonna pay me lots of money to pitch.

1215
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,399
Speaker 3: But yeah, he's so fun to watch, so consistent, I mean,

1216
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:50,560
Speaker 3: and they've had you know, the stride Er injury with

1217
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:53,840
Speaker 3: you know, Freed missing half the year last year. He's

1218
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 3: just kind of been mister consistent for them for the

1219
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,440
Speaker 3: last four years and you can just you know he's

1220
00:47:57,480 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 3: gonna take the bump. He's probably gonna give you a

1221
00:47:59,120 --> 00:47:59,720
Speaker 3: quality start.

1222
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:04,080
Speaker 1: Charlie Morton another guy, older pitcher on the Braves who's

1223
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: really I think changed their bottom line this year and

1224
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 1: probably how they're looking for the rest of the Season's

1225
00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:11,719
Speaker 1: Chris Sale with your early impressions on Sale because from

1226
00:48:11,719 --> 00:48:14,720
Speaker 1: this perspective, he looks like every pitch, every bit the pitcher.

1227
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:15,879
Speaker 1: He was at the top of his game.

1228
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:21,360
Speaker 3: Not surprised. I mean, even with Boston last year, you know,

1229
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 3: he threw one hundred innings, which is not nothing, you know,

1230
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 3: so it's it's not insane that he could ramp that

1231
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:29,799
Speaker 3: up to you know, one sixty one seventy maybe one

1232
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 3: eighty this year. He's been pitching deep into some of

1233
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:34,000
Speaker 3: these his starts. I think he went seven last outing,

1234
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 3: and yeah, I'm really not surprised because I think it

1235
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:40,000
Speaker 3: was always just a help thing. Like when he's been pitching,

1236
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,239
Speaker 3: he's still looked really good, so it's not surprising to

1237
00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:44,840
Speaker 3: see him look really good. And I think even Braves

1238
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 3: fans are spoiled by having Morton looking great at at

1239
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 3: forty by comparison, sale looks like a spring chicken.

1240
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean sales, sales been just shockingly good. I

1241
00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 2: guess it's not shockingly good because whenever he is healthy,

1242
00:48:57,440 --> 00:48:59,400
Speaker 2: he is good, and he's doing it again, which is

1243
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,040
Speaker 2: just even more frustrating. Do the Brace fans know, you

1244
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:05,040
Speaker 2: guys have like voodoo magic that you anybody you touch

1245
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 2: just turns to gold. Seemingly they have to know at

1246
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,799
Speaker 2: this point, right, I think you know, even when you've

1247
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:13,880
Speaker 2: had players that have struggled that have turned into some

1248
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:16,040
Speaker 2: of the top players on a team, like Marcelo Zuna.

1249
00:49:16,080 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 2: There was a time where Brace fans were calling for

1250
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,399
Speaker 2: him to be DFAD, and I was probably one of them.

1251
00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:23,560
Speaker 2: He was struggling so bad, particularly the beginning of last

1252
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:27,440
Speaker 2: year twenty twenty three, and since then he's been basically

1253
00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:30,359
Speaker 2: their best hitter apart from maybe Acuna. So it's pretty

1254
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 2: unbelievable what he's doing.

1255
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,160
Speaker 1: He's been like, legitimly one of the best hitters in

1256
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:37,600
Speaker 1: baseball for going on twelve months now. It's kind of ridiculous,

1257
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:40,400
Speaker 1: and maybe he should have been dfaid, Maybe you shouldn't

1258
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 1: have been playing baseball anymore. But no matter what he's doing, like,

1259
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:44,479
Speaker 1: he's just he's dominating every day in this lineup. Another

1260
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,239
Speaker 1: guy who just seemed like came out of nowhere this year,

1261
00:49:46,239 --> 00:49:48,960
Speaker 1: you guys changed his role, Rynaldo Lopez. I think the

1262
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:51,319
Speaker 1: Mets are gonna miss him in this series. But he's

1263
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:53,919
Speaker 1: been a pure revelation coming in, especially with the loss

1264
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:56,200
Speaker 1: of strive, the like starting every fifth day and looking

1265
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 1: amazing doing it. Yeah.

1266
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,800
Speaker 3: The new the new theory that I'm seeing bouncing around

1267
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,920
Speaker 3: with regards to pitch your injuries and workload is you know,

1268
00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:07,640
Speaker 3: one thing people have cited a lot is that that UCL,

1269
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 3: that dreaded UCL develops fully around the age of you know,

1270
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:14,360
Speaker 3: twenty six, twenty seven, twenty eight, which is why you know,

1271
00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 3: we're seeing you know, so many problems even at the

1272
00:50:16,560 --> 00:50:18,600
Speaker 3: youth level or the high school level, with the college

1273
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 3: level that's really not setting these pictures up for success,

1274
00:50:21,239 --> 00:50:23,000
Speaker 3: and so I think there is some curiosity around the

1275
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,799
Speaker 3: league if whether you know, converting a reliever who's throwing

1276
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:30,080
Speaker 3: you know, sixty seventy inningsphere. Albeit you know, with more effort,

1277
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 3: you know, to a starter is viable once they start

1278
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:35,640
Speaker 3: to reach those ages, because you know Seth Lugo of

1279
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:38,960
Speaker 3: former met has successfully made that transition. Look at what

1280
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 3: Jordan Hicks is doing this year. So I expect we

1281
00:50:41,960 --> 00:50:43,840
Speaker 3: may see more of this in the future.

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Speaker 2: One of those guys who definitely won't be doing it

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Speaker 2: probably one of my least favorite braves right now, simply

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Speaker 2: for the fact that he also won't die. Jesse Chavez,

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Speaker 2: I mean, are you kidding me? Thirteen innings one point

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Speaker 2: three to five. I know the peripherals tell you he's

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Speaker 2: maybe getting a little bit lucky, but he's just the worst.

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Speaker 2: And I don't understand how he keeps doing it. You know,

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Speaker 2: he's going to throw something slow on the outside corner,

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Speaker 2: yet he gets away with it.

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Speaker 1: How does he keep doing it?

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Speaker 3: It's you know, I feel like he's sandbagging whenever he

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Speaker 3: gets in another uniform, like he's just thinking, Okay, how

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Speaker 3: can I play badly and so I can get dfa'ed

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Speaker 3: and end up back on the Braves where I belong.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I think what's what's key for Jesse in

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Speaker 3: this team is that they can they feel comfortable using

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Speaker 3: him in any situation. If you know, they want to

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Speaker 3: use him as an opener, he can do that. They

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Speaker 3: want to use him in mop up duty when they're

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Speaker 3: down by ten, he can do that. They want to

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Speaker 3: use them in a higher leverage late spot against aariety,

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Speaker 3: they can do that. So I think that's that's sort

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Speaker 3: of the joy of having Jesse around is that he's

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Speaker 3: such a professional he can just handle any situation for them.

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Speaker 1: Who's a Bailey, who's a player in the Braves that

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Speaker 1: Mets fans might not know or might not know well

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Speaker 1: enough that should get some spotlight before this series.

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Speaker 3: Orlando Arcia, I guess I mean that it's tough to

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Speaker 3: answer with for any Brave, but Orlando Arcia is, you know,

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Speaker 3: was an All Star for them last year, surprisingly and

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Speaker 3: he continues to be very competent as an everyday shortstop

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Speaker 3: for them. He's, you know, he's like a league average

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Speaker 3: player overall, I would say, which is just a huge

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Speaker 3: boom for them.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, going back.

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Speaker 3: Let's say thirteen fourteen months ago, Von Grissom was was

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Speaker 3: tabbed as the heir apparent to Danzby Swanson at the

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Speaker 3: shortstop position. Orlando Arcia said, no, that's gonna be me somehow.

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Speaker 3: So I'm excited about Orlando Arcia. And then they will

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Speaker 3: see they you know, I don't mean I'm sure Mets

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Speaker 3: fans are familiar. He's been, you know, on the braids

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Speaker 3: a lot, in the National League a lot. But you

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Speaker 3: know they will see Adam Duval presumably against Vinaya, the lefty,

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Speaker 3: and so he'll be want to keep an eye on

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Speaker 3: as well.

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Speaker 2: Last question we'll ask you here because we want to

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Speaker 2: keep you short on the preview. Jared Kellnick. How's he

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Speaker 2: been for you guys? I know the numbers are kind

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Speaker 2: of okay ish. Are you still optimistic about what Kellennick

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Speaker 2: is doing or you're just happy with him in the platoon?

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Speaker 3: I'm I'm pessimistic. Actually. I think his his ultimate achilles

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Speaker 3: heel that he hasn't really proven that he can fix

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Speaker 3: yet is that he can't really hit a breaking ball,

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Speaker 3: even a breaking ball on the zone. There's just so

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Speaker 3: much swing and miss there for him. He did hit

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Speaker 3: his first home run of the season just last night,

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Speaker 3: and it was his first in a streak of I

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Speaker 3: think two hundred plus major League at bats without a

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Speaker 3: home run. But yeah, I think compared to maybe the

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Speaker 3: Braves organization and Braves fans, I'm definitely very low on him.

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Speaker 3: My expectations are low. I would be happy if he

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Speaker 3: was better than what Eddie Rosario was for them last year,

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Speaker 3: which was like a league average hitter, like a one

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Speaker 3: war corner outfielder. But I mean, I think the Braves

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Speaker 3: have even adjusted their expectations some because he had such

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Speaker 3: a bad spring training for them that in the middle

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Speaker 3: of it, after Anthopolis said, you know, post trade, he

1349
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Speaker 3: was like, yeah, we're gonna make kll Nick an everyday player.

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Speaker 3: They kind of walked that back by signing Duval and

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Speaker 3: turning it into a platoon out there and left. So

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Speaker 3: I think they kind of know he's definitely a work

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Speaker 3: in progress. But I would say I'm I'm definitely lower

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Speaker 3: and more pessimistic on him than the average Braves fan

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Speaker 3: or maybe even the average Braves front office employee.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, seeing him hit that first home run, I took

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Speaker 2: a deep breath. I was like, thank god, his first

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Speaker 2: home one for the Brains isn't going to come against

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Speaker 2: the Mets. That all all I could see was this weekend,

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Speaker 2: a big home run at City Field, big moment. He

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Speaker 2: technically still has never played at City Field, so it'd

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Speaker 2: be interesting to see the reception he gets as well.

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Speaker 1: That's true because he skipped the Mariner series few years ago.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, hey, scared, I would love I would love to

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Speaker 3: see him versus Edwin Diaz just bring it full circle.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, that would be all my god, that would

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Speaker 1: be really cool. And I just don't want to see

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Speaker 1: him hit Christian Scott because please just keep him keep

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Speaker 1: him safe. Also, how does Jerry Kellen like have a

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Speaker 1: four to thirty babbit a thirty three percent strikeout rate?

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Speaker 1: It's two eighty average. That's ridiculous numbers right there, Everything

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Speaker 1: is putting in play? Is he hitting the ball especially hard?

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Speaker 1: Is just getting very lucky? No?

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Speaker 3: Just I mean he's getting that sweet spot. You know,

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Speaker 3: it's it's a lot of you know, bloop it between

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00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:46,600
Speaker 3: the infield and the outfield. And uh but yeah, I

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00:54:46,640 --> 00:54:48,760
Speaker 3: mean earlier in the season, I think he was running

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Speaker 3: like a five hundred babbit through the first few weeks

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Speaker 3: of the season, so his slash line look pretty incredible

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Speaker 3: there for a while.

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Speaker 2: It's kind of falling back down to normal. All right,

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Speaker 2: So prediction Braves Mets was winning the series.

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Speaker 1: Give us something.

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00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:02,520
Speaker 3: The Braves will win this series. I think they'll take

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Speaker 3: two out of three. I think they'll rough up Christian Scott.

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Speaker 3: I think they'll rough up Manaia. But I could see

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Speaker 3: Sevarino winning his start. He looks pretty legit so far.

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Speaker 1: All right, we like to hear it. I mean, listen,

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Speaker 1: we think the Mets are gonna win.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully, fingers crossed we can take a second series from

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Speaker 2: the Braves. Bailey, thank you so much for coming on

1392
00:55:19,360 --> 00:55:21,800
Speaker 2: helping us with this Braves preview. Go ahead, let everybody

1393
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:24,000
Speaker 2: know where they can find you, and we'll sign off there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you can find me on YouTube YouTube Foolish Baseball

1395
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:29,880
Speaker 3: or my secondary channel Foolish Bailey, where I'm playing a

1396
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:31,400
Speaker 3: little out of the park baseball if you want to

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Speaker 3: see me rebuild the Oakland A's check out Foolish Bailey.

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Speaker 1: Awesome, Thank you.

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Speaker 2: So much for coming on, inn and we'll catch you

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Speaker 2: maybe for a Brave's game up here or down there

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00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 2: one time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm looking forward to it. Thanks guys.

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Speaker 2: All right, guys, that is it for this episode of

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Speaker 2: It really does help out. We have some new reviews

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Speaker 2: to read.

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Speaker 1: I think we had two.

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Speaker 2: We have at least two, could be more. Also, I

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Speaker 2: think messed up. The second one just got taken off

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Speaker 2: of Oh no it didn't, dang it. I thought it

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Speaker 2: got taken off of it. I think that's really screwing up.

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Speaker 2: I think it really does too. I don't know why,

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Speaker 2: but I think it does. So we've got we've got

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Speaker 2: a few. We read Dougie. I remember reading Dougie, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We read Douggie. I think we remembered with someone after Dougie.

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Speaker 1: Did we read zachn Zalaz. We read Zachenza's I read

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Speaker 1: zachen Zalas.

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Speaker 2: So we've got Bass Alabama who gave us four stars

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Speaker 2: just good wait really four stars?

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Speaker 1: Good respect? I respect that.

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Speaker 2: That makes me want to work harder or in that

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Speaker 2: fifth star love hearing the analysis both y'all or y'all

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Speaker 2: both and mark uh that's tough to read. Definitely from Alabama.

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Speaker 2: You need to do more reaction videos on YouTube. I

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Speaker 2: usually listen to y'all while I'm working at my local

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Speaker 2: grocery store as a stocker in Alabama. Bass, appreciate you

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Speaker 2: or we'll earn that fifth star from you.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna work hard there.

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Speaker 2: But we've also got one from Josh Hart and I'm

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Speaker 2: hoping this is that basketball player.

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00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:07,280
Speaker 1: No, it's it's Josh Hart. Saved my life. Oh okay,

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00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:08,040
Speaker 1: so yeah, the same.

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Speaker 2: You know what's he's keeping me saying? Right now, let's go.

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00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:13,520
Speaker 2: Nixt five star has been a huge Nicks slash NBA fan,

1444
00:57:13,719 --> 00:57:15,960
Speaker 2: but also a Mets fan, so I'm locked in from

1445
00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:18,120
Speaker 2: seven to ten pm all nights watching NBA game.

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Speaker 1: So I miss much of the Mets.

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00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,600
Speaker 2: I watched the recap, but this podcast is great because

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00:57:21,600 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 2: it goes into more depth than a regular recap on

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00:57:23,800 --> 00:57:26,640
Speaker 2: MLB's YouTube. The prospect reports are great and informative. Keep

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00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:28,880
Speaker 2: doing them, please, well, Josh, we did one for you. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I hope you enjoyed it. Hope you did. Thank you

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Speaker 2: for the five stars.

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Speaker 1: Yep, and I got one more of you here from

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Speaker 1: hey a Pauloco a Apple Poco. I don't know how

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Speaker 1: I say that. I don't know. You know you are

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Speaker 1: best baseball podcast. Shout out you. I love that longtime

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00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:47,720
Speaker 1: listener here. Always love the honesty on the podcast, the

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Speaker 1: well informed takes. Keep up the good work, LGM, thank

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Speaker 1: you again. Guys. Do you guys leave us a review

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Speaker 1: on Apple podcasts? We will always read out as long

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Speaker 1: as there's no hate speech involved, and you guys can

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Speaker 1: like you guys can ask us questions on there. If

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Speaker 1: you guys don't know anything about us, about the Mets,

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Speaker 1: about the show, about our lives, like we're down to answer,

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Speaker 1: or anything. You guys can roast us. We did that

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00:58:04,320 --> 00:58:05,919
Speaker 1: last year once. It was pretty funny. We'd be happy

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Speaker 1: to read some roast of us and we're approaching. I

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Speaker 1: think we're between Spotify and Apple. We're about eight hundred reviews. Now,

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Speaker 1: I'll just say the mark out loud. Now, I think

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Speaker 1: when we get to a thousand combined reviews, we're gonna

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Speaker 1: think of something cool to do. Okay, I'm just saying that.

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Speaker 1: I'm just putting in the world right now on once

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Speaker 1: we get to a thousand, we're gonna do something cool

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Speaker 1: for you guys.

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Speaker 2: So keep dropping US reviews, keep dropping US ratings.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it. And follow James on Twitter app, James Underscore, Giano,

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Speaker 1: hat t Raff, mckmark for the seed.

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Speaker 2: Thank you guys for listening and watching, and we'll catch

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Speaker 2: you after this next series against the Braves. Let's go Mets,

1480
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:37,160
Speaker 2: let's go Nick, let's go Rangers.

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Speaker 1: Peace out, guys, Let's go Christian Scott