WEBVTT - Is Cal Raleigh back? D'backs-Cubs tipping BEEF, Phils streak ends, Ohtani mound plan, Dumb balk rule? 0:00:02.670 --> 0:00:04.470 Hey, top of the show. I feel like we should 0:00:05.490 --> 0:00:08.810 cover the teams we don't talk about as often. 0:00:09.270 --> 0:00:10.049 Who don't we talk about? 0:00:10.070 --> 0:00:13.770 I feel like we don't talk about the Cleveland Guardians enough. 0:00:14.530 --> 0:00:17.670 They're in the wild card race and Eric Kratz has 0:00:17.710 --> 0:00:18.790 a Chase DeLauder shirt. 0:00:21.070 --> 0:00:21.450 Nice. 0:00:21.470 --> 0:00:23.110 I mean, I feel like we talk about them a lot. 0:00:23.650 --> 0:00:23.930 Do you? 0:00:24.550 --> 0:00:27.110 Yeah. We talk about the Guardians a lot. 0:00:27.430 --> 0:00:30.200 Which team do you feel like we talk about the least? 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:31.200 I have another question. 0:00:31.700 --> 0:00:34.540 I mean, probably the Rockies because they aren't relevant. 0:00:34.620 --> 0:00:36.520 What about of the teams that have any. 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:38.540 Semblance of– Marlins, we don't talk about a ton. The Marlins, 0:00:38.580 --> 0:00:40.339 although we have a fish on first show. 0:00:40.500 --> 0:00:42.080 Yeah, and we're going to talk about the Marlins later 0:00:42.100 --> 0:00:42.480 with Ken. 0:00:43.300 --> 0:00:45.930 Yeah. I think the Rockies would be the team we 0:00:45.970 --> 0:00:47.130 probably talk about the least. 0:00:47.630 --> 0:00:49.330 What about teams that are in contention? 0:00:50.310 --> 0:00:50.710 With what? 0:00:51.270 --> 0:00:53.290 Teams this year that are in contention. So get rid 0:00:53.310 --> 0:00:54.760 of like the 10 teams that are out of it. 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.320 Of the 20 teams that have a semblance of a 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:00.200 chance at a playoff spot, I don't think we talk 0:01:00.220 --> 0:01:01.040 about the Rangers a. 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:03.730 Lot because– They don't have anyone that really says anything. 0:01:03.790 --> 0:01:05.150 Yeah, nobody talks there. 0:01:05.350 --> 0:01:09.530 Not nobody, but not many. Orioles, I guess we did talk. 0:01:09.650 --> 0:01:13.670 Rangers are– We've talked twins a lot. 0:01:13.690 --> 0:01:15.250 No, we talk twins a lot. All right, so let's 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:17.480 get to the team we don't talk about the most, right? 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:19.500 The team that we talk about the least is actually 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:21.840 the way to say it. The Dodgers. Did you know 0:01:21.860 --> 0:01:28.720 that we have a Yamamoto shirt? FoulTerritoryShop.com. Just showing off 0:01:28.900 --> 0:01:32.399 all the cool shirts we're unveiling as we go here. 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:35.850 There will be a shirt for every team pretty soon 0:01:35.910 --> 0:01:39.130 and eventually maybe even every player. If you have requests 0:01:39.310 --> 0:01:41.890 on players that you feel like you're interested in that 0:01:41.910 --> 0:01:44.490 you would actually buy, not just I'm throwing a random 0:01:44.510 --> 0:01:47.160 player out there, go for it. The top two sellers 0:01:47.190 --> 0:01:51.280 right now are? Any guesses? 0:01:51.460 --> 0:01:52.000 Murakami. 0:01:52.900 --> 0:01:54.200 Close, but no. Same team. 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:56.900 Antonacci? Yes. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:59.310 Hmm. Is he popular? 0:01:59.750 --> 0:02:02.270 Yeah, everyone in the White Sox is popular right now. 0:02:02.450 --> 0:02:02.650 Yeah. 0:02:03.110 --> 0:02:06.670 Because right now they're the two seed. By the way, 0:02:06.710 --> 0:02:08.290 have you thought about this? The White Sox, to get 0:02:08.330 --> 0:02:10.670 to the World Series, are going to have to play 0:02:10.750 --> 0:02:14.500 the winner of the Rangers in the sixth seed, whether 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:17.940 that's the Guardians, Twins, Tigers, whoever the sixth seed is. 0:02:17.980 --> 0:02:19.400 Well, the AL West winner, you're saying. 0:02:19.780 --> 0:02:21.359 The AL West winner, right? I'm saying right now it 0:02:21.380 --> 0:02:25.420 would be the Rangers against the Guardians or Astros or 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.160 Twins or Blue Jays, whoever that sixth seed is, okay? 0:02:28.190 --> 0:02:28.310 Mm-hmm. 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:31.560 They would play the White Sox in a five-game series. 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:34.920 The other side of the bracket, by the way, the 0:02:34.980 --> 0:02:40.750 Rays are going to get the Yankees, Red Sox. That 0:02:40.780 --> 0:02:41.790 doesn't seem right. 0:02:42.970 --> 0:02:45.989 Well, let me add to that. Tim Healy put this 0:02:46.050 --> 0:02:47.950 out yesterday, who covers the Red Sox, comes on the 0:02:47.970 --> 0:02:50.950 show often. He's like, do the Red Sox want their 0:02:50.990 --> 0:02:54.680 current wildcard seat? Or do they want the crappier wild 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:56.400 card seed? I don't think they're going to be able 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:57.730 to get it because they're too far off. 0:02:57.750 --> 0:02:59.370 The crappier wild card seed? I mean, they're going to 0:02:59.389 --> 0:03:01.530 play the Red Sox either way. Four or five. They'll 0:03:01.550 --> 0:03:02.490 be the four or five seed. No, no. 0:03:02.510 --> 0:03:04.710 I'm saying if the Red Sox. 0:03:05.330 --> 0:03:08.919 The Red Sox. Oh, they want to be the six seed? Yeah. 0:03:09.060 --> 0:03:10.480 As the six seed would play. 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:12.800 They have a seven game lead. They're not blowing that. 0:03:12.820 --> 0:03:14.440 No, they're not. But he just threw it out there 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:17.060 and just pulled people. And most people were like, I'd 0:03:17.100 --> 0:03:20.350 rather play. as the third wildcard this year because of 0:03:20.430 --> 0:03:21.450 the AL West. 0:03:21.610 --> 0:03:24.329 Yeah, but then the White Sox, right, they have to 0:03:24.370 --> 0:03:26.030 play the winner of that. Let's say they get through that. 0:03:26.050 --> 0:03:27.790 Then they have to play the Rays, Yankees, or Red 0:03:27.810 --> 0:03:29.630 Sox who have just gone through one or two series 0:03:29.650 --> 0:03:31.770 of beating the crap out of each other. And the 0:03:31.790 --> 0:03:33.510 White Sox, they have a chance to go to the 0:03:33.530 --> 0:03:33.910 World Series. 0:03:34.180 --> 0:03:35.140 But this actually creates a lane. 0:03:35.160 --> 0:03:36.200 Think about that. That's crazy. 0:03:36.580 --> 0:03:40.100 This creates a lane, though, for the sub-500 team that 0:03:40.140 --> 0:03:41.580 could come out of the third wildcard. 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:44.640 Or be the AL West winner. Right. 0:03:45.060 --> 0:03:47.600 But I'm saying they could beat the AL West winner. 0:03:47.740 --> 0:03:50.740 That's crappy wildcard team. Then they play the White Sox. 0:03:50.790 --> 0:03:53.600 No offense to the White Sox, but they aren't super battle-tested. 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:58.980 That path could be intriguing for a sub-500 team to 0:03:59.580 --> 0:03:59.980 get far. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:02.280 For the Astros team that fires their GM. Who starts 0:04:02.300 --> 0:04:02.880 the first game? 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.490 Who starts the first game is the question that will 0:04:05.500 --> 0:04:07.970 be asked for the White Sox when they make the playoffs. 0:04:08.310 --> 0:04:11.310 Sean Burke. That's easy. He's the best pitcher. Sean Burke. 0:04:11.430 --> 0:04:16.410 There's not even a question. Okay. Who else do you 0:04:16.430 --> 0:04:17.930 think it would be? That's the answer. 0:04:18.310 --> 0:04:18.490 Yeah. 0:04:19.370 --> 0:04:25.010 I'm John Burke. And Castillo will slot in somewhere. Davis Martin, 0:04:25.029 --> 0:04:25.890 I don't know. 0:04:26.050 --> 0:04:27.810 Davis Martin's been up and down, but he's on the A's. 0:04:27.870 --> 0:04:31.000 And he's hurt. All right, enough White Sox talk. Let's 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:40.760 get to the streaking Mariners. Is Cal Raleigh back? 0:04:41.339 --> 0:04:47.820 No. Wow. It's one game. It's one game. He had 0:04:47.870 --> 0:04:50.730 a great game. Three homer game. I mean, Scooter Jeanette 0:04:50.750 --> 0:04:52.450 hit four homers in a game. Was he a Hall 0:04:52.470 --> 0:04:54.170 of Fame player? No. I mean, it was a great 0:04:54.210 --> 0:04:56.770 game for Cal. Three hits, three homers. He's still hitting 0:04:56.770 --> 0:04:58.670 160 with a low sixes OPS. 0:04:59.650 --> 0:05:00.510 You need to see a lot more. 0:05:00.610 --> 0:05:02.610 I need to see a lot more. He had, you know, 0:05:02.610 --> 0:05:05.040 1,000 OPS almost last year. I think it was right 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.339 at nine high nines. He also had 60 homers. He 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.740 has 17. No, he's not back. 0:05:11.260 --> 0:05:12.500 Mariners have won one in a row. 0:05:12.980 --> 0:05:13.979 Yeah, Mariners are hot, baby. 0:05:14.850 --> 0:05:16.940 Phillies had won nine in a row, Crafts, but they 0:05:16.960 --> 0:05:18.900 lost this one. Zach Wheeler did not look good. He 0:05:18.940 --> 0:05:21.580 hasn't looked good lately. Gave up four dingers. I want 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:23.920 to focus on the positive first. Do you feel as 0:05:23.980 --> 0:05:26.620 strongly as AJ does? Do you think there's a chance 0:05:26.700 --> 0:05:31.390 that Cal Raleigh suddenly finds it and helps ignite the Mariners' 0:05:31.529 --> 0:05:37.850 offense to even close to average league-wise and that gets 0:05:37.890 --> 0:05:40.890 them over the playoff hump and either in a wild 0:05:40.930 --> 0:05:42.330 card spot or the division? 0:05:43.730 --> 0:05:45.990 I mean, I don't even know close to average league-wise, 0:05:46.050 --> 0:05:50.250 just Cal Raleigh-wide average. Like, if he gets his OPS 0:05:50.450 --> 0:05:53.930 up to 700 for the season, that would be a 0:05:54.290 --> 0:05:59.410 mega lift for this offense that has struggled, not last night, 0:05:59.990 --> 0:06:02.110 but for most of the season. So to get him 0:06:02.270 --> 0:06:08.400 to just his, closer to his career average, yeah, I 0:06:08.440 --> 0:06:11.640 think he can do that. I mean, he's... You're riding 0:06:11.660 --> 0:06:14.280 high after a three-home run game, but he also had 0:06:14.300 --> 0:06:17.310 a home run, I think, Friday night against the Cubs right-handed. 0:06:18.070 --> 0:06:19.710 I think you. 0:06:19.550 --> 0:06:22.250 Have to feel like it's going to turn. I've said 0:06:22.270 --> 0:06:26.310 this probably four or five times at least this season, 0:06:26.610 --> 0:06:27.950 and maybe this is the time. 0:06:30.450 --> 0:06:32.539 By the way, I didn't mean him becoming a league 0:06:32.580 --> 0:06:35.880 average hitter. I meant the Mariners becoming more of a 0:06:35.940 --> 0:06:39.100 league average offense because that's what's been dragging them down. 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:39.160 No. 0:06:41.330 --> 0:06:43.240 They were hitting much more last year, led by Cal. 0:06:43.740 --> 0:06:46.140 Yeah, Cal was better. Naylor was better. Crawford was better. 0:06:46.160 --> 0:06:50.240 Julio was better. Everybody was better. 0:06:50.940 --> 0:06:52.940 Julio flipped it on us this year. He was better 0:06:52.980 --> 0:06:53.620 in the first half. 0:06:54.500 --> 0:06:57.680 Yeah, which normally is the complete opposite. He had a 0:06:57.720 --> 0:06:59.380 really good first two months. 0:07:00.980 --> 0:07:03.360 I think the Mariners aren't even where they are, which 0:07:03.460 --> 0:07:05.099 I think three games out is tough. 0:07:05.220 --> 0:07:06.159 I mean, they're not like. 0:07:07.100 --> 0:07:09.240 I guess they're kind of in striking distance. They got 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:12.500 a decently easy schedule after they get through those next 0:07:12.560 --> 0:07:17.840 nine games. But without Dominic Canzone and Randy Rosarena, where 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:19.040 is this team offensively? 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:21.580 Great call. 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.170 He's having a great year. Cole Young? 0:07:25.430 --> 0:07:25.580 No. 0:07:27.010 --> 0:07:30.950 No, you're right. Cole Young too. What about Cole Young? 0:07:33.090 --> 0:07:33.670 On the season? 0:07:34.070 --> 0:07:37.730 Yeah. For a rookie, I think he's... No, you're right. 0:07:37.750 --> 0:07:38.090 You're right. 0:07:38.370 --> 0:07:38.770 That's fair. 0:07:39.210 --> 0:07:39.970 Yeah, for a rookie. 0:07:40.270 --> 0:07:42.130 When you talk to Mariners people, they say Young has 0:07:42.150 --> 0:07:45.580 been really huge for them. That's fair. Canzone, Young, and Rosarito. 0:07:45.620 --> 0:07:47.420 Not just the bat. Like, everything. All-around player. 0:07:47.440 --> 0:07:48.060 But the bat, too. 0:07:48.380 --> 0:07:48.600 Yeah. 0:07:48.820 --> 0:07:50.380 He's gotten a ton of big hits for them. 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:54.440 Right. 703 OPS, 102 OPS +, four-win player. 0:07:55.260 --> 0:07:55.820 Yeah. 0:07:55.930 --> 0:07:57.570 That's good. You'll take that first year. 0:07:59.270 --> 0:08:00.830 They got to get in. They got to get in 0:08:00.850 --> 0:08:02.080 the playoffs. Like.. 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:05.420 And so are you saying, you asked, are they a 0:08:05.500 --> 0:08:08.760 league average hitting team? I don't believe so. What has 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.300 shown you in the last two years that they will 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:19.170 become a league average hitting team? One of the things 0:08:19.190 --> 0:08:21.730 that I wasn't very good at, well, it's playing Major 0:08:21.750 --> 0:08:24.170 League Baseball. One of the things that I'm really good 0:08:24.230 --> 0:08:28.430 at is sweating. Even now when I'm not playing, I 0:08:28.490 --> 0:08:32.610 need hydration. I need to make sure it's convenient. That's 0:08:32.650 --> 0:08:33.429 why I choose Quince. 0:08:34.340 --> 0:08:37.900 Yep, Quince electrolyte stick packs to the rescue, Kratts. They 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:42.140 taste great, and the zero sugar options are stevia-free. They're keto-approved, 0:08:42.420 --> 0:08:45.560 naturally sweetened with fermented rice. 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The first time you were like, oh, 0:09:21.950 --> 0:09:24.420 I'm not talking about Cal being league average player. I 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.329 wasn't saying that. I was saying, can Cal spark this 0:09:28.429 --> 0:09:32.890 offense to play out production-wise more like a league average offense? 0:09:32.950 --> 0:09:35.030 Because if it did that, I think that would have 0:09:35.050 --> 0:09:37.750 made all the difference. They've been performing as a bottom whatever, 0:09:37.870 --> 0:09:39.770 five offense in baseball. 0:09:39.929 --> 0:09:40.270 That's all. 0:09:40.410 --> 0:09:43.750 I'm saying over the next month and a half, can 0:09:43.790 --> 0:09:46.310 this offense at least recover a little bit to be 0:09:46.350 --> 0:09:49.410 more along the lines of league average, which is what 0:09:49.450 --> 0:09:52.949 Cal was talking about post-game. Hey, the whole wipe the 0:09:53.010 --> 0:09:55.479 rest out, it's an endurance battle, You just look at 0:09:55.540 --> 0:09:57.880 right now going forward over the next month. That's all 0:09:57.900 --> 0:09:59.929 I'm saying. No, crap. It's this year. It's not a league. 0:09:59.940 --> 0:10:02.640 average offense. It's been a poo-poo offense. 0:10:03.700 --> 0:10:05.380 Poo-poo. Yeah. 0:10:06.640 --> 0:10:10.820 I mean, before the season started, most people were like, oh, 0:10:11.460 --> 0:10:13.800 they performed well last year, and now.. 0:10:13.679 --> 0:10:14.020 At the end. 0:10:14.900 --> 0:10:15.140 What? 0:10:15.540 --> 0:10:16.709 They performed well at the end. 0:10:16.830 --> 0:10:20.699 I think they performed... consistently much better than they usually do. 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:21.380 Second half. 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:23.040 Okay. But second half, they were great. 0:10:23.140 --> 0:10:25.760 They got Naylor. They got Suarez. Second half. 0:10:26.260 --> 0:10:29.490 So they bring Naylor back. You expect something. 0:10:29.510 --> 0:10:30.350 Not a great year. Nope. 0:10:30.470 --> 0:10:31.070 Not a great year. 0:10:31.230 --> 0:10:32.030 Suarez is not there. 0:10:32.070 --> 0:10:33.350 Young and Emerson. Young, good. 0:10:33.530 --> 0:10:36.110 Emerson's in AAA. Well, he was, and then he got hurt. 0:10:36.390 --> 0:10:39.490 Yeah. I actually did have surgery. He's having surgery tomorrow. 0:10:39.530 --> 0:10:39.990 Yeah, no, I know. 0:10:40.070 --> 0:10:42.370 On the wrist. But yes, he was playing hurt, whatever. 0:10:43.740 --> 0:10:45.980 And yeah, most of the guys took a step back. 0:10:47.270 --> 0:10:47.890 That's what happens. 0:10:48.550 --> 0:10:48.750 Yeah. 0:10:50.190 --> 0:10:52.860 So, it's one game. 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:54.260 Yeah. 0:10:54.860 --> 0:10:56.520 I mean, there's lots of guys that have great one games. 0:10:56.660 --> 0:10:56.839 Yep. 0:10:57.460 --> 0:11:00.700 I mean, Domingo Armand threw a perfect game. Phil Humber 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:01.359 threw a perfect game. 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:04.560 Cal had never had a three-homer game. I figured maybe 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:05.500 last year he had one. Nope. 0:11:06.260 --> 0:11:07.850 He had a lot of two-homer games last year. 0:11:08.040 --> 0:11:08.300 He did. 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:10.449 He said at no level did he ever do it. 0:11:12.210 --> 0:11:15.690 Wow. No Little League three-homer games? 0:11:16.840 --> 0:11:21.040 His interview. I never had a three-homer game. You haven't? 0:11:22.100 --> 0:11:24.880 High school, none of that? Nope. Two homer games? 0:11:25.210 --> 0:11:25.870 Two homer games, yeah. 0:11:25.970 --> 0:11:26.679 In, yeah. 0:11:27.140 --> 0:11:28.910 Big leagues, minor leagues, yeah. All that. But never three. 0:11:29.250 --> 0:11:33.229 Okay. By the third, they're watching you a little closer 0:11:33.250 --> 0:11:36.829 in that game. Like, if you have two early, they're like, me. 0:11:36.850 --> 0:11:39.290 I'm going to be careful with this Brzezinski guy. 0:11:39.550 --> 0:11:39.770 Yeah. 0:11:39.850 --> 0:11:40.630 He's feeling it today. 0:11:40.870 --> 0:11:41.070 Yeah. 0:11:41.740 --> 0:11:45.140 Can you see anything from a player in one game? Like, Oh, 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:47.500 I like that swing. I like the, you know, one 0:11:47.540 --> 0:11:49.840 of the pitches on a high heat or whatever. 0:11:50.100 --> 0:11:51.460 Sometimes the matchup just works. 0:11:51.860 --> 0:11:54.360 Yeah. Also Zach Wheeler has been bad the last. 0:11:54.200 --> 0:11:56.459 Like four starts. He's had over a four, three or 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:56.720 four starts. 0:11:56.740 --> 0:11:58.559 He doesn't have the same stuff right now. I don't 0:11:58.580 --> 0:12:00.280 know if he's just going through a rut or what. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:03.660 He was so good right away. 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.670 It's such an up and down season. Every, even the 0:12:06.730 --> 0:12:09.470 best starting pitchers have a few clunk. Christopher Sanchez, who 0:12:09.490 --> 0:12:11.700 we're showing right there, leads the league in, He had 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.939 that one start a couple weeks ago where he gave 0:12:14.980 --> 0:12:18.179 up like seven in two innings or something. I mean, 0:12:19.220 --> 0:12:21.380 everyone has ups and downs in the season. Chase Burns 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:23.450 got whacked around last night, right? I mean, it happens. 0:12:24.750 --> 0:12:27.870 It's hard to go out and every start be perfect. And, 0:12:27.890 --> 0:12:32.130 I mean, the Miz has been the one guy– I mean, 0:12:32.170 --> 0:12:34.430 his bad start is like three runs. Schlittler gave up 0:12:34.490 --> 0:12:37.470 a bunch a couple times out, right? But his ERA 0:12:37.490 --> 0:12:40.120 is still down because they bounced back from it. I mean, 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:41.679 I expect Zach Wheeler will figure it out. 0:12:43.020 --> 0:12:45.180 Did you see Cal jump and hit his head in 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:45.640 the dugout? 0:12:45.860 --> 0:12:47.610 I did not. What do you think he was playing 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:48.520 at Old Tiger Stadium? 0:12:49.910 --> 0:12:52.430 How tall was that dugout at Old Tiger Stadium? 0:12:52.770 --> 0:12:55.550 Ken probably could have stood up in it. Oh, man. 0:12:55.610 --> 0:12:58.530 Ken's listening right now, too, because he's about to join us. 0:12:58.690 --> 0:12:59.949 Here it is. See? 0:13:00.210 --> 0:13:03.809 He has his helmet on. That's smart. Yeah. Safe hit. 0:13:07.170 --> 0:13:10.339 For those listening. Cal and Logan Gilbert did a little 0:13:10.380 --> 0:13:12.230 jump celebration in the dugout, Cal. 0:13:12.450 --> 0:13:15.610 Progressive Field has heaters on the ceiling of their dugout. 0:13:16.290 --> 0:13:17.850 That will catch a bald man's head. 0:13:18.130 --> 0:13:19.709 I don't know if AJ ever hit his head on 0:13:19.730 --> 0:13:24.210 those heaters. No, I wasn't jumping. You don't have to jump. 0:13:24.809 --> 0:13:28.059 You just walk. You just walk and hit it. 0:13:28.100 --> 0:13:30.560 Someone was like, hey, AJ, let's have our celebration, but 0:13:30.600 --> 0:13:32.740 you and me jump in the dugout. You'd be like, no. 0:13:34.620 --> 0:13:35.059 Not happening. 0:13:35.740 --> 0:13:38.990 Not your style. Hey. uh refuse to lose territory while 0:13:39.010 --> 0:13:40.770 you make your last comment here just want to show 0:13:40.790 --> 0:13:42.410 everyone we have a mariner show what's. 0:13:42.370 --> 0:13:45.140 Up no i mean some of these dugouts are can 0:13:45.179 --> 0:13:48.480 be a little dangerous um but nothing will ever top 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:52.380 old detroit at nothing you could literally ken might be 0:13:52.400 --> 0:13:54.200 the only person i know that can stand up fully in. 0:13:54.179 --> 0:13:57.010 It give me a real measurement is it six feet. 0:13:56.850 --> 0:13:59.170 No chance it's not six it was not it's not 0:13:59.190 --> 0:14:00.890 there anymore but it was not six feet. 0:14:00.990 --> 0:14:04.310 Because you know how low like six feet you're hitting 0:14:04.330 --> 0:14:06.770 your head above six feet. Even if you're six feet tall, 0:14:06.809 --> 0:14:07.929 basically when you're, if you. 0:14:07.890 --> 0:14:10.130 Move up and drop, if you talk to me, I 0:14:10.150 --> 0:14:12.010 went to Scotland and we went in the RNA, which 0:14:12.070 --> 0:14:13.090 is where St. Andrews is. 0:14:13.270 --> 0:14:13.510 Yeah. 0:14:13.530 --> 0:14:16.170 RNA is Royal and ancient and their clubhouse. They just 0:14:16.200 --> 0:14:19.640 redid it. And the ceilings were six foot five. So 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.780 I was walking and ducking and we were with the 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:23.720 guy who was six, five. So he was just skimming 0:14:23.780 --> 0:14:27.180 the top of his head. This was at least a 0:14:27.300 --> 0:14:28.300 foot shorter. 0:14:30.780 --> 0:14:32.180 Did you get to the, did you get to the 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:33.300 clubhouse from the dugout? 0:14:34.200 --> 0:14:37.760 I've never been to. So you had to get in there. 0:14:38.420 --> 0:14:41.880 You got to the clubhouse from the road. The road, 0:14:41.940 --> 0:14:43.800 there was a door. You literally walked in this door 0:14:44.380 --> 0:14:48.040 from the road. I mean, right into the clubhouse. I'm 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:50.840 sure Ken will tell us when he comes on. You 0:14:50.860 --> 0:14:53.660 got off the bus, right off the street, right in 0:14:53.700 --> 0:14:56.080 this door to the clubhouse, which was from me to 0:14:56.120 --> 0:15:00.040 you from the people. It was just a door. And 0:15:00.060 --> 0:15:02.580 the clubhouse was about the size of this area we're 0:15:02.620 --> 0:15:04.770 in right now. And then you walk down this hallway 0:15:04.790 --> 0:15:06.970 and there was a urinal on the left. And then 0:15:06.990 --> 0:15:08.970 you went out to the dugout and the dugout was 0:15:09.010 --> 0:15:12.010 literally like this high. And the best thing about old 0:15:12.050 --> 0:15:14.840 Tiger Stadium was on the urinal above it, it said 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:16.560 some of the best players in the history of the 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:19.100 game have pissed here. Play like one today. 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:19.820 That's cool. 0:15:20.100 --> 0:15:23.460 That was cool. And then the bullpens were the pillboxes. 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:26.560 So you literally sat in the dugout and there was 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.340 like this much, or in the bullpen, and there was 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.260 this much. You sat and you looked and watched the game. 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:31.420 Right. 0:15:32.030 --> 0:15:33.470 Like the World War II pillboxes? 0:15:33.590 --> 0:15:38.630 Yeah. The clubhouse was smaller than Wrigley's. 0:15:38.170 --> 0:15:44.600 Old visiting clubhouse. This is back when they gave you 0:15:44.630 --> 0:15:49.620 a pizza after the game for spreads. It was awesome. 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.280 It was awesome to check it. Old Milwaukee might have 0:15:52.300 --> 0:15:54.280 been worse, but at least you could stand up in 0:15:54.300 --> 0:15:54.860 the dugouts there. 0:15:57.070 --> 0:16:00.350 The Rays won on Monday night. 4-1 your final score, 0:16:00.390 --> 0:16:03.450 final line for Frambois Valdez. Six innings, four runs, three earned, 0:16:03.590 --> 0:16:08.310 two walks, no Ks. Okay. Did you see the swing 0:16:08.330 --> 0:16:13.730 and miss situation? No whiffs on 41 swings? Frambois Valdez 0:16:13.750 --> 0:16:14.430 can get some whiffs. 0:16:15.110 --> 0:16:17.190 Did they have something on? What they did great was 0:16:17.210 --> 0:16:18.130 they laid off his curveball. 0:16:19.010 --> 0:16:21.460 Most swings against the Tigers pitcher. Forget that part. We'll 0:16:21.480 --> 0:16:24.030 go to the bottom here from Jason Beck. Last MLB 0:16:24.080 --> 0:16:29.050 pitcher with 41-plus swings without a whiff. Genesis Cabrera in 2019-44. 0:16:29.940 --> 0:16:33.320 This does not happen in today's game. 0:16:33.820 --> 0:16:34.000 No. 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:35.620 And you would think it would be from someone else. 0:16:36.220 --> 0:16:37.940 I know Frambois gets a lot of ground ball contact, 0:16:37.980 --> 0:16:38.900 but he also gets whiffs. 0:16:39.340 --> 0:16:41.180 Yeah, but usually on his curveball, and they were laying 0:16:41.240 --> 0:16:43.720 off the curveball last night, especially in that first inning. 0:16:44.210 --> 0:16:45.520 I watched the first inning of this game, and it 0:16:45.710 --> 0:16:47.810 was like curveball, curveball, and they fouled off, fouled off, 0:16:47.830 --> 0:16:49.590 fouled off, took it, fouled off, took it, took it. 0:16:50.610 --> 0:16:52.990 He hasn't been great this year. Let's just say that. 0:16:54.880 --> 0:16:58.000 He is an interesting case of he's been his whole career. 0:16:58.600 --> 0:16:59.380 He's got no hitter. 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:05.230 He's got, you know, he'll have ridiculous outings and then 0:17:05.270 --> 0:17:08.340 he'll have a clunker where it's like, you know, why 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:11.220 is his stuff? Why is this stuff not play in 0:17:11.260 --> 0:17:12.840 certain outings? I feel like it's been a little bit 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:16.159 more this year, but. I think that and throwing at 0:17:16.180 --> 0:17:18.639 his own catcher probably kept him out on the market 0:17:18.660 --> 0:17:21.590 a little bit longer than you would have thought maybe 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:23.510 two years ago that Framber. 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.130 Would have been once he got to free agency. 0:17:27.109 --> 0:17:29.570 Still ultimately got paid. And also, the one thing he 0:17:29.690 --> 0:17:31.189 always does is rack innings. 0:17:32.190 --> 0:17:32.550 Is what? 0:17:32.770 --> 0:17:33.410 Rack up innings. 0:17:33.690 --> 0:17:35.590 Oh, he just takes the ball. 0:17:35.650 --> 0:17:43.690 Yeah, he does. Bella. 0:17:44.260 --> 0:17:48.380 Bella, Bella, where? I don't know where Bella is, but 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.160 I know how to take care of my pup. 0:17:50.780 --> 0:17:54.020 Kratz, while you find Bella, today's episode is sponsored by 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:58.390 the ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program. The ASPCA Pet Health 0:17:58.430 --> 0:18:01.669 Insurance Program offers customizable accident and illness plans that can 0:18:01.710 --> 0:18:04.530 fit your budget, your lifestyle, and even your pet's particular quirks. 0:18:05.010 --> 0:18:07.889 Because let's be honest, vet bills can add up fast. 0:18:08.090 --> 0:18:10.230 And when it's time to submit a claim... 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Schlittler and Mizorowski have 24. He's got 26. 0:18:56.570 --> 0:18:57.530 He's been good, man. 0:18:57.590 --> 0:18:57.970 So good. 0:18:57.990 --> 0:19:00.570 He's been so good in my over still hit because, 0:19:00.609 --> 0:19:03.609 but I tell you, the Nationals score a ton of runs. 0:19:03.650 --> 0:19:03.909 They do. 0:19:04.580 --> 0:19:06.560 They score so many runs, and guess what my bet 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:07.020 will be? 0:19:07.060 --> 0:19:07.500 Not always. 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:08.960 A little sneak peek into my bet lane. 0:19:09.180 --> 0:19:09.620 That's right. 0:19:11.040 --> 0:19:12.270 And their bullpen gives up a lot. 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:13.050 Yes. 0:19:13.070 --> 0:19:14.929 Their bullpen gives up. That's what I said. Cavalli could 0:19:14.950 --> 0:19:17.370 go eight no-hit innings, and they could give up nine 0:19:17.390 --> 0:19:17.790 in the night. 0:19:18.210 --> 0:19:20.330 It took him a while to really get it all together. 0:19:20.350 --> 0:19:22.510 Not this year. Between the injuries and the– no, no, no. 0:19:22.570 --> 0:19:23.550 I'm saying in his career. 0:19:23.630 --> 0:19:25.050 You know why? Because he came on with us in 0:19:25.070 --> 0:19:26.910 spring training, and he had that cool mustache. 0:19:28.290 --> 0:19:32.100 That was the difference maker. 22nd overall pick in 2020, 0:19:32.100 --> 0:19:36.970 the weird COVID draft. Remember that? There were a number 0:19:37.109 --> 0:19:40.320 of college starters I remember taking back then. Asa Lacy, 0:19:40.340 --> 0:19:41.439 who didn't pan out. 0:19:41.460 --> 0:19:42.340 Oh, Asa Lacy. Remember him? 0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:45.040 Yeah, I remember that. But it was that same mix. 0:19:45.100 --> 0:19:48.230 There was probably seven or eight guys that were really 0:19:48.270 --> 0:19:51.320 good in college. I mean, obviously there's. good starters every year, 0:19:51.380 --> 0:19:53.320 but I just remember that mix, and it was weird 0:19:53.340 --> 0:19:55.260 because you didn't have as many rounds to pick, which 0:19:55.300 --> 0:19:59.359 is Manfred's dream and all that. But Cade Cavalli has 0:19:59.720 --> 0:20:02.380 worked out at good timing for the Nats because they're 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:03.480 trying to enter the next game. 0:20:03.500 --> 0:20:04.919 Well, they had him and Foster Griffin. 0:20:05.440 --> 0:20:09.270 Right. They traded Griffin. They're going to need to stack 0:20:09.310 --> 0:20:11.950 up some pitching this offseason. Yep. 0:20:11.970 --> 0:20:12.770 It's a bony time. 0:20:13.150 --> 0:20:24.199 Yeah. It's everyone's favorite. It's a segment we don't get 0:20:24.220 --> 0:20:28.800 to do as often, thanks to the challenge system. But 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:31.619 Ump Show is back. What do you have for me 0:20:31.740 --> 0:20:35.369 on Ashton Braxton? Ashcraft. 0:20:35.670 --> 0:20:36.430 Ashton Braxcraft? 0:20:36.470 --> 0:20:40.020 Ashton Braxcraft. Braxton Ashcraft. 0:20:40.080 --> 0:20:42.129 Well, this is the Chris Sale. This is the Chris Sale. 0:20:42.410 --> 0:20:43.710 So can we figure this out? 0:20:43.730 --> 0:20:46.530 So he told the umpires that he was going to 0:20:46.930 --> 0:20:49.210 pitch out of the windup. And then he did it. 0:20:49.490 --> 0:20:52.250 And then the hitter went by. And then the second hitter, 0:20:52.850 --> 0:20:54.530 they called him for a balk. It's the same thing 0:20:54.570 --> 0:20:57.680 as Chris Sale. So can we just get some umpire, 0:20:58.560 --> 0:21:04.240 any umpire, come out and say, you have to declare 0:21:04.740 --> 0:21:06.700 before every hitter. If you just tell the players that, 0:21:06.720 --> 0:21:10.040 they'll do it. But you can't just not have everyone 0:21:10.080 --> 0:21:12.340 knowing and some umpires call it and some umpires don't 0:21:12.359 --> 0:21:14.960 call it. To me, that sounds like a good– Same 0:21:14.980 --> 0:21:19.020 exact umpire. Same umpire. It's Dan Marzell. Well, then maybe 0:21:19.040 --> 0:21:21.000 he's the only one that doesn't know this. So maybe 0:21:21.020 --> 0:21:21.980 somebody needs to get to old Dan. He's the only 0:21:22.000 --> 0:21:23.740 one that's called it. Maybe somebody needs to get to 0:21:23.760 --> 0:21:26.340 old Dan and tell him to stop. Because, Dan, you're 0:21:26.820 --> 0:21:27.859 kind of not good right now. 0:21:28.700 --> 0:21:32.520 But when we– I mean, when we talked about this 0:21:32.560 --> 0:21:36.020 with Sale, somebody in the chat I think said it 0:21:36.119 --> 0:21:40.230 is technically a rule. It's technically a rule that you 0:21:40.250 --> 0:21:43.690 have to declare for each batter. And I'll be honest, 0:21:43.790 --> 0:21:46.150 I've never seen it. And in the pitch clock era, 0:21:47.869 --> 0:21:51.389 it's not something that's in that timing of a pitcher, 0:21:51.490 --> 0:21:56.350 timing of a catcher to declare that. And Dan Marzell 0:21:56.390 --> 0:21:58.850 and his crew has gotten it. It's been Dan both 0:21:59.030 --> 0:22:01.889 times behind the dish calling it. 0:22:01.910 --> 0:22:05.570 Okay, so maybe it's his problem. 0:22:05.869 --> 0:22:06.830 That sounds like an ump issue. 0:22:06.850 --> 0:22:08.570 It sounds like a one-guy problem. It was like Bach 0:22:08.609 --> 0:22:11.950 and Bob Davidson forever. He was the guy. There are 0:22:11.970 --> 0:22:14.330 certain guys with umpires that just have certain things that 0:22:14.350 --> 0:22:17.389 you know they're going to call. Dan Merzell is the 0:22:17.430 --> 0:22:19.850 guy who's going to call you for a Bach. Every pitch, 0:22:19.890 --> 0:22:21.189 if I was the pitcher, I'd be like, wind up! 0:22:21.950 --> 0:22:24.690 Just make a mockery of it. Wind up! 0:22:25.390 --> 0:22:28.530 That's stupid. That's making it about him. Even if he's 0:22:28.600 --> 0:22:30.860 the one following the rules, well, then everybody else isn't 0:22:30.890 --> 0:22:32.859 following the rules. I think you need to all get 0:22:32.900 --> 0:22:33.680 together and decide. 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:35.980 Can we just get a clarification from the league? 0:22:36.070 --> 0:22:38.090 But that's the league and the umps and all of that. 0:22:38.109 --> 0:22:39.330 That's what I'm saying. But can we not get the 0:22:39.350 --> 0:22:41.970 league to come together and say, hey, guys, this is 0:22:42.010 --> 0:22:44.770 stupid that they have to declare every– if they change, 0:22:44.830 --> 0:22:48.100 if they go from windup to the stretch, fine. It's 0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:51.359 not that hard. It's time. To me, it's time. 0:22:51.420 --> 0:22:54.000 Why do you have to declare each time? To me, 0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:56.719 if you switch, yes, you have to declare. If you 0:22:56.740 --> 0:22:59.830 have somebody that's on third and you just say, okay, 0:22:59.869 --> 0:23:01.750 maybe it's a bunt attempt, so we're going to go 0:23:01.850 --> 0:23:05.340 from the stretch– You got a power hitter, so we're 0:23:05.359 --> 0:23:09.760 going to go from the windup. No chance the guy's faking, stealing, shift, whatever. 0:23:10.180 --> 0:23:11.840 But if you don't change, to me, why do you 0:23:11.880 --> 0:23:12.800 have to declare it again? 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:18.419 You shouldn't. That's my point. But why can't we get 0:23:18.460 --> 0:23:19.620 clarification from MLB? 0:23:20.900 --> 0:23:23.000 Don't you think the teams are calling and complaining at 0:23:23.040 --> 0:23:23.480 this point? 0:23:24.359 --> 0:23:31.869 Well, the Braves and the Pirates probably are calling and 0:23:31.880 --> 0:23:32.460 complaining now. 0:23:32.680 --> 0:23:33.590 Yeah, they should be, right? 0:23:34.660 --> 0:23:36.360 I mean, Don Kelly didn't get ejected. How Chris Sale 0:23:36.380 --> 0:23:38.280 didn't get ejected, I still haven't figured it out. 0:23:38.800 --> 0:23:39.960 He got ejected the next day. 0:23:40.440 --> 0:23:41.869 Which was awesome. That was awesome. 0:23:42.570 --> 0:23:44.810 I hope Ashcraft gets ejected. 0:23:45.670 --> 0:23:47.730 Today? Yeah. Before the first pitch? 0:23:48.010 --> 0:23:48.889 Screw you guys. 0:23:50.050 --> 0:23:51.510 Then they would have to do– you know what? Honestly, 0:23:51.530 --> 0:23:52.810 then they'd have to do something about it. 0:23:53.270 --> 0:23:53.470 Yeah. 0:23:54.210 --> 0:23:56.850 If guys keep getting this call and then they have 0:23:56.869 --> 0:23:59.449 to get– they keep getting ejected before the first pitch, 0:23:59.490 --> 0:24:00.930 MLB would have to say something about it. 0:24:01.740 --> 0:24:03.120 We've already reached that point. 0:24:03.380 --> 0:24:05.540 Here's the thing. If you're a player, force the league 0:24:05.580 --> 0:24:08.429 to say something or do something. Not in a bad way. 0:24:08.470 --> 0:24:10.690 This isn't a bad thing. They're not causing problems. They're 0:24:10.710 --> 0:24:13.709 not causing a fight. But bring attention to it and 0:24:13.730 --> 0:24:16.410 make the league make a clarification so that every umpire 0:24:16.930 --> 0:24:17.850 is on the same page. 0:24:19.380 --> 0:24:22.280 To me, this is getting petty on the second one 0:24:22.340 --> 0:24:23.340 in the last two weeks. 0:24:23.580 --> 0:24:26.500 It's covering. Oh, it happened last time. I want to 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:30.170 do it again. Yeah. It's... It's the Joe West called 0:24:30.210 --> 0:24:32.399 a balk. Remember Joe West called the balk on Mark Burley. 0:24:32.460 --> 0:24:34.400 Next time we had him, Angel Hernandez called the balk. 0:24:35.340 --> 0:24:37.940 Just to show our solidarity. I'm going to do it 0:24:37.980 --> 0:24:40.460 again just to show everyone that I know the rule book. 0:24:42.680 --> 0:24:43.100 It's silly. 0:24:44.359 --> 0:24:44.740 It is dumb. 0:24:45.940 --> 0:24:48.590 I mean, it's that and the same thing with just 0:24:48.609 --> 0:24:51.930 having a plan down on when someone can challenge a pitch. 0:24:52.570 --> 0:24:54.630 Oh, that's also asinine. 0:24:54.850 --> 0:24:58.850 Yes. But to me, that's why we still have this segment. 0:25:00.430 --> 0:25:04.130 I mean, just make it reasonable with the challenges. 0:25:05.310 --> 0:25:09.070 You would hope that a professional umpire just does what 0:25:09.130 --> 0:25:11.389 everyone else does and doesn't say, you know, I'm going 0:25:11.410 --> 0:25:13.330 to be the one guy that's going to do this differently. 0:25:13.630 --> 0:25:16.070 This is in the book. I'm standing for it. Nobody 0:25:16.130 --> 0:25:16.830 else is doing it. 0:25:17.910 --> 0:25:23.199 Really? Hey, everyone's there to watch him. 0:25:24.000 --> 0:25:28.030 Right. This was the tweet that I referred to at 0:25:28.070 --> 0:25:29.610 the top of the show. We found it. The Red 0:25:29.630 --> 0:25:31.290 Sox are in the same spot now as they were 0:25:31.350 --> 0:25:33.250 last year. This is coming from Tim Healy, who covers 0:25:33.270 --> 0:25:36.770 the team. Would you rather, A, get the number two 0:25:36.830 --> 0:25:40.230 wild card and visit Yankees in the first round, or B, 0:25:40.470 --> 0:25:43.490 get the number three wild card and visit the AL 0:25:43.600 --> 0:25:46.300 West winner in the first round? And he said in parentheses, 0:25:46.320 --> 0:25:47.900 of course you get the top wild card, you host, 0:25:48.020 --> 0:25:50.780 but that's not the question here. A or B? I 0:25:50.820 --> 0:25:52.580 know that there's a huge gap and it's not going 0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:55.120 to happen, but if it was a small gap. 0:25:56.590 --> 0:25:59.709 I mean, honestly, you probably wouldn't mind traveling to Texas 0:25:59.790 --> 0:26:01.850 or Houston, whoever wins the AL West, right? 0:26:02.810 --> 0:26:03.070 Mm-hmm. 0:26:03.310 --> 0:26:05.710 I mean, if it's Seattle, it's a little bit different 0:26:05.730 --> 0:26:08.470 because that's a hell of a hike from Boston to Seattle. 0:26:08.810 --> 0:26:11.470 The Rangers win the AL West. Wouldn't you rather play 0:26:11.510 --> 0:26:12.290 them than the Yankees? 0:26:12.310 --> 0:26:14.300 But you get DeGrom and Ivaldi and McKenzie Cole. 0:26:14.320 --> 0:26:14.409 True. 0:26:14.710 --> 0:26:16.360 In a three-game series. I'm just saying. 0:26:16.380 --> 0:26:18.620 Rather play the Astros or the Yankees. 0:26:18.640 --> 0:26:23.160 Or versus Schlittler, Cole, and Freed, Rondon, whoever the three 0:26:23.180 --> 0:26:28.540 of the Yankees run out there in Yankee Stadium. Tough choice. 0:26:29.420 --> 0:26:31.660 I would look at the Red Sox and the Yankees. 0:26:31.760 --> 0:26:34.680 They both play better on the road. Now I know 0:26:34.720 --> 0:26:37.199 the Red Sox sucked at home at the beginning of 0:26:37.220 --> 0:26:41.090 the season, but their records are better both on the road. 0:26:41.119 --> 0:26:42.649 So maybe they just want to keep it. Maybe the 0:26:42.670 --> 0:26:44.189 Red Sox want to keep it the same and go 0:26:44.210 --> 0:26:47.190 into Yankee Stadium. 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But let's run the sound from Merrill Kelly, 0:28:42.260 --> 0:28:45.680 who did not appreciate it and thinks it's against the rules. 0:28:47.400 --> 0:28:48.080 If it's a guy on. 0:28:48.020 --> 0:28:50.140 Second base and they see the grip in your glove 0:28:50.260 --> 0:28:52.610 or if the hitters can see something that you're doing 0:28:52.650 --> 0:28:52.950 with your.. 0:28:53.610 --> 0:28:55.710 Glove, you know, I think that's fair game. 0:28:55.770 --> 0:28:57.270 I think guys have been doing that since the beginning 0:28:57.290 --> 0:28:59.610 of baseball. Um, I think it's a little bush league 0:28:59.650 --> 0:29:02.830 when it comes from outside that I think inside the 0:29:02.870 --> 0:29:04.350 lines is one thing. I think the guys that are 0:29:04.370 --> 0:29:07.530 standing outside the lines, um, I think it's a little, 0:29:07.930 --> 0:29:10.890 I think it's a little bush league. Um, that being said, 0:29:10.910 --> 0:29:13.830 I got to take a look at what I'm doing. Um, 0:29:14.350 --> 0:29:17.870 cause clearly he had something. Um, and obviously if he 0:29:17.910 --> 0:29:20.170 has it, then other people will probably pick up on 0:29:20.210 --> 0:29:22.810 it as well. Um, So I've got to figure out 0:29:22.970 --> 0:29:27.430 and do better on my part to not give it away. But, yeah, 0:29:27.750 --> 0:29:29.680 I think it should stay between the players. 0:29:30.920 --> 0:29:33.720 Does it violate the Bush League laws like he said? 0:29:33.940 --> 0:29:35.960 No. No, no. 0:29:36.320 --> 0:29:37.810 What's the point of the coach? No. 0:29:38.440 --> 0:29:40.630 If the coach can see something, then. you need to 0:29:40.690 --> 0:29:43.810 fix it. Like the Cubs were saying, fix it. Okay, 0:29:43.830 --> 0:29:46.390 guess what? You know what the Cubs just did? A favor. 0:29:47.360 --> 0:29:49.620 Because now you know. And now you can fix it. 0:29:50.100 --> 0:29:52.180 Whatever it is he was doing, now you can fix it. Now, 0:29:52.700 --> 0:29:54.700 teams used to be a little more subtle about stuff. 0:29:55.420 --> 0:29:57.500 Now they just do it blatantly. They don't even hide 0:29:57.520 --> 0:30:00.080 it anymore. Because, again, nobody will throw at anybody. Nobody 0:30:00.100 --> 0:30:03.070 wants to fight. Cause they're going to get fine. So 0:30:03.210 --> 0:30:04.770 they don't want to fight. They don't want to, they 0:30:04.790 --> 0:30:07.950 don't want to do this. They just say, okay, you know, 0:30:08.510 --> 0:30:10.150 I got to fix it. But the Cubs did him 0:30:10.190 --> 0:30:12.970 a favor. If he's really tipping his change up and 0:30:13.010 --> 0:30:14.850 the third base coach can see it by standing in 0:30:14.870 --> 0:30:17.330 the box. And you know what? Fix it. 0:30:18.250 --> 0:30:18.450 Yeah. 0:30:19.970 --> 0:30:22.900 QB was Quentin Berry was very, I felt like he 0:30:22.920 --> 0:30:25.380 was very discreet about it. And you know, he just, 0:30:26.040 --> 0:30:27.680 he had both his hands. I can't do it cause 0:30:27.720 --> 0:30:29.820 I'm on TV, but it is both his hands down 0:30:29.840 --> 0:30:32.360 to the side. And he was just like, with his 0:30:32.380 --> 0:30:37.459 left hand. That was what they were surmising that he 0:30:37.500 --> 0:30:42.780 was doing. That was the video that I saw. Now, 0:30:42.920 --> 0:30:45.880 if the third base coach is getting something from the dugout, 0:30:47.120 --> 0:30:49.940 maybe I can get on the side of Merrill Kelly here. 0:30:50.000 --> 0:30:55.460 But I feel like he's not way down left field 0:30:55.560 --> 0:30:58.640 seeing something. It's not the first base coach out of 0:30:58.680 --> 0:31:02.670 the box. They have rules now, so... I don't agree 0:31:02.710 --> 0:31:04.190 with Merrill Kelly that it was Bush League. 0:31:06.600 --> 0:31:10.080 Can we show that photo, too? The screenshot. And I 0:31:10.100 --> 0:31:12.340 think this is just a fan who was pointing this out, 0:31:12.380 --> 0:31:16.560 but the tweet got some pickup. The fan said, this 0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:19.440 picture has everything. Merrill Kelly staring down the Cubs third 0:31:19.480 --> 0:31:22.550 base coach for half an inning. And Michael Srook at 0:31:22.590 --> 0:31:25.230 the game, even though he's on the injured list. I 0:31:25.250 --> 0:31:28.250 was like, can we get Jeff Bannister to... hit up 0:31:28.270 --> 0:31:31.330 the casino and go pick up Quintel Marte, buy a shirt, 0:31:31.370 --> 0:31:34.770 and bring him to the seat next to Mike Soroka. Hey, 0:31:34.790 --> 0:31:36.290 we still have a season going on. 0:31:36.330 --> 0:31:37.310 I love that Soroka's there. 0:31:37.610 --> 0:31:38.370 Of course he's there. 0:31:38.750 --> 0:31:39.590 It's great. 0:31:39.890 --> 0:31:42.410 And also, a lot of guys do this. A lot 0:31:42.430 --> 0:31:45.630 of guys are still there, especially in Arizona where everything's there, right? 0:31:45.890 --> 0:31:47.460 I would be there. What else you got to do? 0:31:47.480 --> 0:31:49.660 Are you part of the team? 0:31:50.180 --> 0:31:51.640 Do you care about your team's season? 0:31:52.660 --> 0:31:56.180 I always thought I did. You're there. 100%, I'm there. 0:31:57.730 --> 0:31:58.840 But I'm not.. 0:31:59.950 --> 0:32:01.970 It's never gone through... It's never gone through my head 0:32:01.990 --> 0:32:05.050 to not be there. But staying on the topic of 0:32:05.430 --> 0:32:11.170 the sign stealing and everything, like, where is the line? 0:32:11.910 --> 0:32:17.180 The line is drawn by whoever draws the line. If 0:32:17.460 --> 0:32:21.700 Merrill Kelly thought it was Bush League, just like some 0:32:21.740 --> 0:32:23.660 pitchers are like, that's Bush League. 0:32:23.680 --> 0:32:26.280 You're butting on me. Don't bunt on me. Like.. 0:32:27.530 --> 0:32:30.250 Why is Bunting Bushley? Well, if you bunt on me, 0:32:30.270 --> 0:32:32.530 I'm going to hit the next guy. That's how it's policed. 0:32:32.690 --> 0:32:34.610 So the line is really like you can draw the 0:32:34.650 --> 0:32:37.180 line wherever you want. If Merrill Kelly really had a problem, 0:32:37.980 --> 0:32:43.540 maybe he should have hit somebody. They don't do that anymore, Krauts. 0:32:43.560 --> 0:32:44.840 How many times do I got to say that? Guys, 0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:49.650 don't throw at anybody anymore. Hey, I'm not disagreeing with you. 0:32:50.170 --> 0:32:51.930 They're not allowed to police themselves. 0:32:52.470 --> 0:32:53.710 And there's a guy who just went in the Hall 0:32:53.750 --> 0:32:55.710 of Fame that was known if you bunted on him, 0:32:55.870 --> 0:32:58.110 he would hit you the next pitch. He's a big 0:32:58.170 --> 0:33:00.570 left-handed pitcher. He just went in the Hall of Fame. 0:33:00.610 --> 0:33:02.370 If you bunted on him, he'd hit you the next 0:33:02.410 --> 0:33:07.570 time up. So they stopped bunting on him. Do you 0:33:07.590 --> 0:33:08.290 know who I'm talking about? 0:33:09.650 --> 0:33:09.840 Or? 0:33:10.410 --> 0:33:13.380 Yeah, CeCe. Yeah, it was a known fact. If you 0:33:13.400 --> 0:33:14.920 bunt on him, especially early in his career, he was 0:33:14.960 --> 0:33:16.600 going to hit you because he had to get off 0:33:16.620 --> 0:33:19.460 the mound and he wasn't great at fielding it. And 0:33:19.480 --> 0:33:21.140 then he'd yell at you if you bunted and then 0:33:21.180 --> 0:33:21.580 he'd hit you. 0:33:21.830 --> 0:33:22.710 That's Bush's league. 0:33:23.890 --> 0:33:26.120 That's what he did. I'm not saying nothing. That's what 0:33:26.150 --> 0:33:27.660 he did. That was his thing. It was known around 0:33:27.680 --> 0:33:29.680 the league. But then think about it. 0:33:29.900 --> 0:33:32.980 As a player, if you're afraid of getting hit, that 0:33:33.020 --> 0:33:38.420 eliminates two base runners. So it's smart by him. It's 0:33:38.800 --> 0:33:40.180 definitely helpful for you. 0:33:40.260 --> 0:33:43.470 But also as a team, you bunt. He doesn't field 0:33:43.510 --> 0:33:44.790 it well. You get on. 0:33:45.030 --> 0:33:46.790 Now he hits the next guy. If he's known to 0:33:46.810 --> 0:33:49.290 do that and he hits the next guy, you got two. 0:33:49.350 --> 0:33:52.729 No, he wouldn't hit the next guy. He would hit you. Oh, 0:33:52.750 --> 0:33:54.870 he'd hit you the next time up. I got you. Yeah, 0:33:55.830 --> 0:33:57.780 he wouldn't hit the next guy. He would hit you. 0:33:59.960 --> 0:34:03.960 So on base percentage, twice. I just think– I don't 0:34:04.000 --> 0:34:08.040 think it's Bush League from the coach, but. 0:34:08.100 --> 0:34:09.980 If he's standing in the box and he's doing it 0:34:10.000 --> 0:34:11.930 and he can see something, he did you a favor, 0:34:11.969 --> 0:34:13.350 Merrill Kelly, because now he can fix it. 0:34:13.530 --> 0:34:15.390 Yeah, and he's having a tough year, Kelly. He's got 0:34:15.410 --> 0:34:19.250 a five-and-a-half-ish ERA. He's not pitching well in August. But 0:34:19.290 --> 0:34:24.060 if you polled all Major League Baseball players– the majority 0:34:24.120 --> 0:34:25.020 would say it's okay? 0:34:27.260 --> 0:34:28.080 Nobody's stopping it. 0:34:28.980 --> 0:34:31.739 How do you even stop it? You'd have to take 0:34:31.780 --> 0:34:34.100 the base coaches off. You can't say like, I mean, 0:34:34.300 --> 0:34:36.500 there's way too many signs and ways that you can 0:34:36.520 --> 0:34:38.219 give a sign if you're a base coach. How would 0:34:38.239 --> 0:34:39.560 you police it? You can't police it. 0:34:40.340 --> 0:34:42.530 Well, you police it because you do what we said. 0:34:42.550 --> 0:34:44.049 You throw at a guy. You hit a guy and 0:34:44.090 --> 0:34:46.670 you say that's for him giving a sign. It's like 0:34:46.690 --> 0:34:48.930 when the guy's at second base jumping around like a 0:34:49.570 --> 0:34:54.930 crazy person. You hit a guy, or you get a 0:34:54.989 --> 0:34:56.850 curveball grip in your glove, and you let him tell 0:34:56.870 --> 0:34:58.130 the guy it's a curveball, and then you throw a 0:34:58.170 --> 0:35:02.410 heater up and in. Do you think a guy's giving signs? 0:35:02.870 --> 0:35:04.230 You go out to the mound, and you say, okay, 0:35:04.290 --> 0:35:06.709 second pitch, I'm going to put down a curveball. First 0:35:06.730 --> 0:35:09.299 pitch is no sign. We'll figure out your pitch, and 0:35:09.320 --> 0:35:10.440 then the second pitch, you say, all right, I'm going 0:35:10.460 --> 0:35:13.000 to put down a curveball, and you buzz the guy's tower. 0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:15.660 And you know what it did? It stopped that dude 0:35:15.719 --> 0:35:17.440 at second base because the guy hitting was pissed at 0:35:17.460 --> 0:35:19.040 the guy at second base for telling him the wrong sign. 0:35:19.530 --> 0:35:22.899 And it scares the bejesus out of you. Trust me. 0:35:24.500 --> 0:35:26.460 You think a pitch is coming? You have sold out 0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:29.719 to that? Watch when catchers try to, like, hey, I 0:35:29.760 --> 0:35:32.840 got crossed up. That's why catchers are like, hey, imagine 0:35:32.910 --> 0:35:35.270 hitting and you're like, oh, this is a curveball. I'm 0:35:35.290 --> 0:35:38.030 just going to stand in here, not flinch, and this ball– 0:35:38.600 --> 0:35:41.330 goes right in the holler underneath your neck. But one 0:35:41.350 --> 0:35:43.049 of the things that Merrill Kelly said after the game, 0:35:43.530 --> 0:35:46.390 he said, yeah, we thought he was doing it with lefties. 0:35:46.489 --> 0:35:49.680 So something, you know, signaling lefties. So I went back 0:35:49.719 --> 0:35:50.030 and looked. 0:35:50.420 --> 0:35:53.299 He gave up two extra base hits to Ramirez and 0:35:53.360 --> 0:35:57.200 Conforto versus Kelly in the game. Is that enough to 0:35:57.260 --> 0:36:00.110 say they had something? Ian Happ didn't have an extra 0:36:00.150 --> 0:36:02.330 base hit. Now they had hits, but.. 0:36:03.130 --> 0:36:03.770 Was that enough? 0:36:04.890 --> 0:36:07.430 To me, Merrill Kelly had one of his better outings 0:36:07.630 --> 0:36:11.910 as far as earned runs allowed, but you just base 0:36:11.950 --> 0:36:15.080 it on what's happening, what kind of takes these guys 0:36:15.140 --> 0:36:18.819 are having compared to what they normally have, and it 0:36:18.860 --> 0:36:21.120 all checked out for the Diamondbacks, and that's why they 0:36:21.140 --> 0:36:24.540 were pissed. But we just had Patrick Mooney on. There's 0:36:24.560 --> 0:36:28.049 a reason Alex Bregman is always in the playoffs. He 0:36:28.090 --> 0:36:32.230 brings an intangible that maybe he was with another organization. 0:36:32.790 --> 0:36:37.009 And he faced Merrill Kelly and said, Hey, we had 0:36:37.050 --> 0:36:39.390 some of them, Merrill Kelly, Quentin Berry. This is what 0:36:39.430 --> 0:36:42.460 we had. See if you can see if you can 0:36:42.480 --> 0:36:44.279 fix it. This is what Alex core. I mean, Alex, 0:36:44.580 --> 0:36:47.780 everybody knows like the like main guys who are really, 0:36:47.840 --> 0:36:52.500 really good at sign stealing and picking up tells. And 0:36:52.739 --> 0:36:56.109 I think Alex Bregman is one of those guys from 0:36:56.450 --> 0:36:59.210 what I've heard. And the little bit that I've, that 0:36:59.250 --> 0:37:02.049 I've seen, he's very good at that. And, That helps 0:37:02.070 --> 0:37:02.970 hitters everywhere. 0:37:05.380 --> 0:37:08.080 One other piece of the Diamondbacks puzzle we'll get to 0:37:08.760 --> 0:37:11.439 in a moment is Tori Lavello's sound. But before that, 0:37:11.520 --> 0:37:14.480 just a reminder to everyone, if you like what you're watching, 0:37:14.660 --> 0:37:14.980 if you like. 0:37:14.920 --> 0:37:16.660 What you're listening to. It's something every day, by the way. 0:37:16.680 --> 0:37:21.160 It is right now. Subscribe to Foul Territory. Baseball, the 0:37:21.180 --> 0:37:22.510 way it should be covered. 0:37:22.930 --> 0:37:23.690 We're trying to. 0:37:24.590 --> 0:37:28.790 To create the softest space for him to reemerge back 0:37:28.850 --> 0:37:31.170 into this environment. And that's up to him however he 0:37:31.230 --> 0:37:34.190 wants to do it. I cannot force a human being 0:37:34.610 --> 0:37:37.030 to do something that I want to do or anybody 0:37:37.050 --> 0:37:38.509 in this room wants to do or a fan wants 0:37:38.550 --> 0:37:42.190 to do. One of the things that made Cattell such 0:37:42.210 --> 0:37:44.879 an extraordinary player is that he goes to the beat 0:37:44.890 --> 0:37:45.510 of his own drum. 0:37:45.840 --> 0:37:51.629 And I respect that. And I don't know.. 0:37:52.210 --> 0:37:55.370 Some of the answers to that question because I've talked 0:37:55.390 --> 0:37:58.460 to just about every player, and I know. 0:37:58.390 --> 0:38:05.500 How they feel, but it's a very individualized situation. 0:38:05.739 --> 0:38:11.040 How are you taking this day by day, and what 0:38:11.200 --> 0:38:14.720 are you willing to do to help is the mindset 0:38:14.739 --> 0:38:18.549 in that clubhouse. With Cattell, he's very private, and he's 0:38:18.570 --> 0:38:21.569 very quiet, and it's hard to extract information from him. 0:38:22.800 --> 0:38:25.700 That's Torrey Lovello, Diamondbacks manager, about the ball game. 0:38:25.719 --> 0:38:28.879 There's something you can do. You can bench him. Yeah. 0:38:29.100 --> 0:38:31.160 But he knows it's not going to happen because Torrey 0:38:31.200 --> 0:38:33.980 just said it. It's too important to the team. Right. So, 0:38:34.540 --> 0:38:36.640 I mean, you can suspend him, but they're not going 0:38:36.660 --> 0:38:37.120 to do that. 0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:37.500 Nope. 0:38:37.540 --> 0:38:39.880 Because Torrey Lovello just said it. He's too important to 0:38:39.920 --> 0:38:42.780 the team. You know who knows that? Cattell Marte. 0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:44.819 They tried to restrict and list him. 0:38:45.120 --> 0:38:46.610 And he went on the IL, and now he's at 0:38:46.620 --> 0:38:48.140 casinos on a game night. 0:38:48.260 --> 0:38:49.490 Mm-hmm. 0:38:50.090 --> 0:38:53.509 He's very private. Okay? He's private. Cool. Tell us where 0:38:53.530 --> 0:38:53.839 you were. 0:38:53.860 --> 0:38:55.770 He's not that private. 0:38:56.610 --> 0:39:00.730 He's ripping roulette. I'm sorry. That's the thing about, listen, 0:39:00.790 --> 0:39:04.350 I played for Torrey as a coach. Nice guy. Really, 0:39:04.790 --> 0:39:07.390 really cares. You know, he's very positive. 0:39:07.610 --> 0:39:08.430 People person. 0:39:08.530 --> 0:39:12.700 People person. You know, but kumbaya, whatever you want to say. 0:39:12.719 --> 0:39:15.460 But there are times where you just need to say, hey, Cattell, 0:39:15.500 --> 0:39:16.640 we need to know where you're at and you need 0:39:16.660 --> 0:39:18.090 to have a meeting with the team. And then you 0:39:18.110 --> 0:39:20.089 know what you say to the media? Cattell told the team, 0:39:20.110 --> 0:39:21.720 and then you know what his teammates will say? Hey, 0:39:21.760 --> 0:39:23.779 it's between us. This is how it should go. And 0:39:23.800 --> 0:39:27.290 then teammates can say, hey, it's between us. And it's 0:39:27.330 --> 0:39:28.910 up to Cattell to say what he did, but at 0:39:28.950 --> 0:39:31.460 least he told us and we're okay with it. But 0:39:32.660 --> 0:39:34.860 to just say, oh, we're going to give him a 0:39:34.960 --> 0:39:38.350 smooth entrance back because he's one of your best players. 0:39:38.390 --> 0:39:41.310 Corbin Carroll ain't missing. Corbin Carroll broke his handmate and 0:39:41.330 --> 0:39:43.310 the next day had surgery. He's out there throwing the 0:39:43.350 --> 0:39:49.989 med ball against the wall. Where's Nolan Arnauto right now? 0:39:50.050 --> 0:39:51.700 Nolan Arnauto was the guy who had to play and 0:39:51.719 --> 0:39:56.520 be banged up because Cattell Marte didn't show up. This 0:39:56.540 --> 0:40:01.410 doesn't just affect you. It affects other guys on your team. 0:40:03.410 --> 0:40:06.870 We're looking at the week here thanks to SeatGeek. Now 0:40:06.930 --> 0:40:09.710 I want to see Cubs Diamondbacks. Someone might want to 0:40:09.730 --> 0:40:13.240 grab a ticket there for at least a series that 0:40:13.280 --> 0:40:17.080 has a higher percentage chance of some beef than other series. 0:40:17.300 --> 0:40:17.380 No. 0:40:17.400 --> 0:40:18.020 Nothing will happen. 0:40:18.980 --> 0:40:19.140 No. 0:40:20.160 --> 0:40:22.680 Guys don't do that anymore. Guys don't do that anymore. 0:40:22.700 --> 0:40:26.260 They don't, they don't retaliate. They don't, I don't care. 0:40:26.300 --> 0:40:29.700 You know, Jeff Bannister, you know, Tory Lovello. I know 0:40:29.719 --> 0:40:31.680 they're a little more old school, but they just don't do, 0:40:31.800 --> 0:40:34.399 guys don't do this anymore. They don't throw at guys anymore. 0:40:34.420 --> 0:40:36.120 It's very rare when a guy gets thrown at. 0:40:36.260 --> 0:40:37.300 Jeff Bannister would fight. 0:40:37.950 --> 0:40:39.799 Jeff Bannister was like in the Marines or something. He 0:40:39.820 --> 0:40:42.370 used to do like those Marine workouts with his team. 0:40:42.430 --> 0:40:42.710 I remember. 0:40:43.739 --> 0:40:46.680 Wasn't he in the Marines? He was in something. 0:40:46.700 --> 0:40:54.120 That's more of his Pirates player development background where they 0:40:54.180 --> 0:40:56.509 used to jump in the sand and all that stuff. 0:40:57.410 --> 0:41:00.090 Banny's a strong dude. I get it. He was the 0:41:00.170 --> 0:41:03.529 one yelling at Flaherty. And Flaherty wasn't yelling, we're not 0:41:03.550 --> 0:41:07.529 doing anything. Flaherty was yelling at him, fix it. You 0:41:07.550 --> 0:41:07.890 know what? 0:41:08.070 --> 0:41:12.450 If you think we're changing or we're sending signs, fix it. 0:41:12.570 --> 0:41:15.299 So Yeah, that's a good series to go to. But, 0:41:15.620 --> 0:41:16.100 I mean, come on. 0:41:16.300 --> 0:41:17.299 Just go and seek geek. 0:41:17.360 --> 0:41:19.680 And you can't, like, this is going to be the 0:41:19.840 --> 0:41:24.100 Red Sox-Yankees series. Red Sox think they can catch the 0:41:24.120 --> 0:41:27.299 Yankees and get home field advantage for the playoffs? That's 0:41:27.320 --> 0:41:27.980 where you got to be. 0:41:28.300 --> 0:41:28.759 Get on there. 0:41:30.739 --> 0:41:30.859 Yeah. 0:41:30.920 --> 0:41:34.160 No, but tonight it is the Braves. Braves-Dodgers. Glass now returning. 0:41:34.219 --> 0:41:37.020 Bryce Elder, they need him to pitch well. I mean, 0:41:37.040 --> 0:41:40.090 can the Braves catch the Dodgers or the Brewers for 0:41:40.910 --> 0:41:45.080 the bye? That's the series right now is that the 0:41:45.160 --> 0:41:46.480 one that matters tonight. 0:41:47.120 --> 0:41:50.439 That's a hot race. Red Sox are finishing up. They'll 0:41:50.460 --> 0:41:54.120 keep going for a couple days against the Marlins. And 0:41:54.140 --> 0:41:57.140 the Yankees are taking on the Astros this week before Yankees. 0:41:57.500 --> 0:41:59.560 Red Sox over the weekend. By the way, for Cubs 0:41:59.600 --> 0:42:03.219 Diamondbacks the next couple days, the Tuesday night matchup is 0:42:03.280 --> 0:42:07.390 Clay Holmes, newbie to the Cubs, and Brandon Fott, while 0:42:07.469 --> 0:42:10.950 it's Eduardo Rodriguez and Matthew Boyd. 0:42:11.460 --> 0:42:13.700 On Wednesday afternoon. He's been really good. He's sneaky good 0:42:13.719 --> 0:42:14.020 this year. 0:42:14.140 --> 0:42:17.260 Yeah, really good. So you know the code. Territory10. 10% 0:42:17.260 --> 0:42:20.529 off MLB tickets on SeatGeek. Make sure you click the 0:42:20.570 --> 0:42:23.410 link in the description of this episode. So you can 0:42:23.450 --> 0:42:25.029 download the app if you don't have it. And then 0:42:25.050 --> 0:42:27.029 the code's automatically added to your account. So you can 0:42:27.090 --> 0:42:28.770 use it tonight. You can use it tomorrow. You can 0:42:28.830 --> 0:42:41.840 use it in a week. Hey, we've been so busy 0:42:41.860 --> 0:42:45.100 the last couple days. We didn't do a full-fledged injury suck, 0:42:45.160 --> 0:42:48.799 but Andy Pahis could miss a good chunk of time 0:42:48.840 --> 0:42:53.240 there for the Dodgers. Yeah, that sucks. That's a bad loss. 0:42:53.700 --> 0:42:55.960 I know it's the Dodgers, but it's real. 0:42:55.980 --> 0:42:57.540 Still a big loss. He's been good for them this year. 0:42:57.560 --> 0:42:59.239 He's been really good. He was not good in the 0:42:59.280 --> 0:43:01.340 playoffs for them last year until the catch. 0:43:02.000 --> 0:43:04.260 You know what he did? He made the catch, and 0:43:04.300 --> 0:43:06.160 they still won. So he did the one thing they 0:43:06.200 --> 0:43:08.100 needed him to do in that series. He made that 0:43:08.180 --> 0:43:08.560 one catch. 0:43:09.640 --> 0:43:13.290 So we'll see what happens with him. And Otani's working 0:43:13.330 --> 0:43:17.270 his way back. Could be really soon. Yeah. So just 0:43:17.290 --> 0:43:20.209 some injury updates. Casey Mize fell down a stair. 0:43:20.230 --> 0:43:22.230 Did you see the frustration on his face, dude? He 0:43:22.250 --> 0:43:23.090 was so frustrated. 0:43:23.110 --> 0:43:25.630 Yeah, because, well, then all of a sudden he's on 0:43:25.650 --> 0:43:28.090 the mound. He's throwing like 88 on a sinker. And 0:43:28.110 --> 0:43:29.810 they're like, all right, dude, what's going on? 0:43:30.050 --> 0:43:30.270 Yeah. 0:43:30.510 --> 0:43:34.030 Yeah, he tripped. He rolled his ankle. So that happens. 0:43:35.050 --> 0:43:39.840 What else? Jack Peterson got ejected yesterday for arguing the 0:43:40.280 --> 0:43:40.859 ABS thing. 0:43:40.980 --> 0:43:44.629 Yep. That's going to be fun in the playoffs when 0:43:44.650 --> 0:43:47.629 someone challenges and the ump goes, nope, too slow. It's 0:43:48.790 --> 0:43:51.690 like the guy that does a pie down low too slow. 0:43:51.710 --> 0:43:54.210 You're going to have some ump do that and then 0:43:54.410 --> 0:43:56.509 the world's going to end for 24 hours. 0:43:56.570 --> 0:43:59.089 Or when they call a balk. Or if they call 0:43:59.110 --> 0:43:59.509 a balk. 0:44:00.010 --> 0:44:06.460 Oh my gosh. So many things. Oh, we do have 0:44:06.480 --> 0:44:08.360 time to run. Oh yeah, I didn't realize we have 0:44:08.400 --> 0:44:10.719 five minutes. We do have time to run one of 0:44:10.800 --> 0:44:16.120 the Injury territory clips. You know, it surprised us. Do 0:44:16.180 --> 0:44:19.020 one of the Dodger ones. If you have it. Oh, 0:44:19.040 --> 0:44:21.020 you need a second though. One of the Dodger ones, 0:44:21.520 --> 0:44:24.260 Otani and Pahis. Let's start with Otani. 0:44:24.940 --> 0:44:27.220 I think they're just going to see where he's comfortable. 0:44:27.580 --> 0:44:29.980 They're going to say, you know, here's where his workload 0:44:30.020 --> 0:44:34.280 tells you he can pitch. It's somewhere between zero and 0:44:34.280 --> 0:44:37.219 40 and they'll see where he goes. If he goes 0:44:37.340 --> 0:44:39.200 one inning and 12 pitches, so be it. If he 0:44:39.219 --> 0:44:42.739 goes 40 pitches and gets through three, four innings, so 0:44:42.780 --> 0:44:46.200 be it. I don't think they can plan for anything, 0:44:46.239 --> 0:44:48.180 and I think that's going to be the key. I 0:44:48.219 --> 0:44:51.260 think Dave Roberts and Mark Pryor have so much confidence 0:44:51.840 --> 0:44:55.910 in this team, in this medical staff, and in each other, 0:44:57.050 --> 0:45:00.550 that they don't really have to have a plan per se. 0:45:01.430 --> 0:45:04.890 They certainly don't have to put it together and say, one, two, three, four, five. 0:45:05.400 --> 0:45:07.719 and here's the bullpen, and here's the closer, because they're 0:45:07.739 --> 0:45:11.430 going to mix it up. I wish pitching chaos wasn't 0:45:11.469 --> 0:45:13.629 already taken. We need to come up with another term 0:45:13.670 --> 0:45:14.810 for what the Dodgers are going to do. 0:45:15.350 --> 0:45:18.310 It's mix and match. It's puzzle pieces. But Otani, I 0:45:18.850 --> 0:45:19.969 think getting. 0:45:19.750 --> 0:45:23.640 Him in there this early, maybe a little bit unexpectedly, 0:45:24.530 --> 0:45:26.400 tells us they're trying to figure out what he can do. 0:45:26.820 --> 0:45:29.480 Are they building him up? Are they figuring out if 0:45:29.520 --> 0:45:31.580 this role works with the rest of things? I think 0:45:31.600 --> 0:45:33.520 it's the latter. I think they're still trying to figure 0:45:33.560 --> 0:45:36.750 it out, and they're going to use... you know, the 0:45:36.770 --> 0:45:40.799 last week of August here and all of September as 0:45:40.880 --> 0:45:44.279 experimentation ground. They're just going to figure out what they got, 0:45:44.980 --> 0:45:47.400 see how far they can get it. They'll do a 0:45:47.540 --> 0:45:51.460 lot of resting and rotation and we'll see what they 0:45:51.540 --> 0:45:52.440 come up with in October. 0:45:54.469 --> 0:45:57.790 Same thing as they've always done. Yeah, that sounds like 0:45:57.850 --> 0:46:00.370 a rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat. Whatever they got 0:46:00.390 --> 0:46:01.330 in October will be out there. 0:46:02.690 --> 0:46:04.480 I think they gave him his shot. I think they 0:46:04.520 --> 0:46:07.080 gave Otani, we talked about this, they gave Otani a shot. 0:46:07.940 --> 0:46:10.080 Go win a Cy Young. We're going to keep you 0:46:10.140 --> 0:46:14.750 on a six to seven day pitching rotation thing. If 0:46:14.790 --> 0:46:18.009 you can get there, and he did his darndest to 0:46:18.030 --> 0:46:19.850 try to win a Cy Young, and then when it 0:46:19.910 --> 0:46:24.250 was out of reach, the standard things crop up. We're 0:46:24.270 --> 0:46:28.390 going to shut you down, lead you back into being 100% 0:46:28.390 --> 0:46:29.050 for the postseason. 0:46:29.910 --> 0:46:33.730 Hey, Hot Sheet is coming up. At 3 o'clock Eastern 0:46:33.770 --> 0:46:36.569 time today, the Baseball America show has Golden Spikes winner 0:46:36.630 --> 0:46:39.930 and Rockies catching prospect Daniel Jackson. He was taken in 0:46:39.969 --> 0:46:43.750 this past draft at 37th overall. Do you know that 0:46:43.770 --> 0:46:48.470 he was the first catcher in D1 history to exceed 0:46:48.469 --> 0:46:50.090 25 homers and 25 stolen bases? 0:46:50.110 --> 0:46:52.610 But he didn't get to 30-30. He wanted to get 30-30. 0:46:52.650 --> 0:46:54.890 That was the big thing. He was trying to get 0:46:54.910 --> 0:46:55.509 to 30-30. He didn't get there. 0:46:55.550 --> 0:46:55.650 But 25-25? 0:46:55.670 --> 0:46:56.230 No, 25-25 is unbelievable. 0:46:56.590 --> 0:46:57.030 But he won at 30-30. 0:47:01.560 --> 0:47:02.339 But he didn't get there. 0:47:04.420 --> 0:47:08.149 Apparently, he didn't hit his first home run in high 0:47:08.210 --> 0:47:11.230 school until halfway through his senior year. 0:47:12.450 --> 0:47:14.110 The Rhino. Isn't his nickname the Rhino? 0:47:15.050 --> 0:47:17.489 They said they were calling him in high school a 0:47:17.550 --> 0:47:24.500 warning track demon. Well, look, he showed them now. 0:47:24.860 --> 0:47:27.520 And then he went to Georgia where it's like 150 0:47:27.520 --> 0:47:29.700 feet all around and was hitting bombs. 0:47:30.050 --> 0:47:34.210 That's how the demon slays the dragon or whatever. Guest 0:47:34.370 --> 0:47:37.410 taking up most of it today. 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