1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:04,160 Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. I'm 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal, here with you for the next twenty six 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: minutes or so. And it was just a few weeks 4 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 1: back I was lamenting I don't know if it was 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: on Foul Territory in print, maybe just to friends, lamenting 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: that the races were all but decided that the playoff 7 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:23,400 Speaker 1: field was all but set. Ah, so much for that. 8 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,880 Speaker 1: We are looking at one of the wilder weeks potentially 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: in recent MLB history. Both wildcards are still in play. 10 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:35,319 Speaker 1: The AL Central is big time in play and the 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: AL West seemingly closer to being decided but not over 12 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:41,720 Speaker 1: just yet. And actually the NL West is in that 13 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: category as well. So there was a lot to discuss, 14 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: But I want to start with the NL wildcard and 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: the question I posed in my column today which would 16 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: be more embarrassing the Tigers blowing a fifteen and a 17 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: half game lead to a division opponent that would be 18 00:00:56,760 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: the Cleveland Guardians or the Mets missing the playoffs entirely 19 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: with a three hundred and forty million dollar payroll. Now, 20 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:08,040 Speaker 1: the column is an exploration of which is more embarrassing 21 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: and kind of discusses each team's predicament. But the Mets 22 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: thing is stunning, to say the least. They were forty 23 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: five and twenty four on June twelfth. They had a 24 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: two point seventy nine rotation era on June twelfth that 25 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 1: was the best in the majors. The record was the 26 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 1: best in the majors. Since then, the Mets are thirty 27 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,880 Speaker 1: five and thirty and fifty three thirty five and fifty three. 28 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:34,520 Speaker 1: That is tied with the Chicago White Sox for the 29 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: fourth worst record in the majors. Their rotation era also 30 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,119 Speaker 1: ranks in the bottom five. They have essentially collapsed, and 31 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: not like they did in two thousand and seven when 32 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,319 Speaker 1: they lost seven or when they blew a seven game 33 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: lead with seventeen to play. This has been a slow burn. 34 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: It's really been three months now of inadequate play. So 35 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: the Reds are not exactly a team sprinting to the finish, 36 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: though they've won ten of the last fifteen. It's a 37 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,800 Speaker 1: team that's basically a sub five hundred club. Since early August, 38 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: but they've won ten of their last fifteen. The Mets 39 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 1: have gone four and eleven, including losing two of three 40 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: to the Nationals this week, and you see where the 41 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,200 Speaker 1: wildcard standings are right now, Diamondbacks just one game back. 42 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 1: The Reds hold the tiebreaker over the Mets. So as 43 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: we say, at this time of year, the Reds effectively 44 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: control their own destiny. Of course, these things can change, 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,919 Speaker 1: and we might as well look at the remaining schedules 46 00:02:28,960 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: as well, because they will be telling. For of course, 47 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: all of these teams. The Reds are in a decent 48 00:02:35,680 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: spot as I wrote today, three versus Pittsburgh at home 49 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: and then three at Milwaukee in a time when Milwaukee 50 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 1: probably will be really close to clinching the best overall 51 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: record in the number one seed, if they haven't done 52 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 1: it already by then. They've got a three game lead 53 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: over the Phillies in that race, the Mets, three at 54 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: the Cubs, three at the Marlins, who they only lead 55 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 1: by four games right now, by the way, And the Diamondbacks, 56 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: who have had a trying schedule, the most trying schedule 57 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: of all these teams from the beginning. They host the 58 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: Dodgers for three, and then they're at San Diego for three. 59 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 1: San Diego by that point should have clinched and we'll 60 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: see what the Dodgers come up with this week as well. 61 00:03:12,480 --> 00:03:15,920 Speaker 1: So the NL Wildcard Race, as I've written, it is 62 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:18,520 Speaker 1: brought to you by the New York Mets. The only 63 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: reason all of this is happening is because the Mets 64 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: have stumbled in a way that no one anticipated, and 65 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:28,120 Speaker 1: it's a stumble that will be one of the more 66 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: embarrassing episodes in franchise history if it indeed ends up 67 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:35,720 Speaker 1: with this team obviously missing the playoffs, if it ends 68 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: up with this team getting knocked out early, the Mets 69 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: are not simply in a good place now the AL Central. 70 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: This is the other question I had, or the part 71 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,600 Speaker 1: of the question that I had the Tigers. Where are 72 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: the Tigers on the embarrassment scale? Pretty high, I would 73 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: suggest now they still are in a position where they 74 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 1: have a one game lead over the Cleveland Guardians, but 75 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,880 Speaker 1: they're coming off an own six home stand against Cleveland 76 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: and Atlanta. They're twenty six and thirty seven since July eighth. 77 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: These three games against Cleveland at Progressive Field will obviously 78 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: be critical, and you just wonder if the Tigers are 79 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,799 Speaker 1: going to be able to snap out of it. They're pitching, 80 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: their rotation and bullpen has essentially fallen apart in September, 81 00:04:21,680 --> 00:04:24,279 Speaker 1: and their offense has not been very good in this 82 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: long stretch as well. And here are the Guardians, one 83 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: of the worst offensive contenders you'll ever see. What I 84 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: mean by that is they've got one of the worst 85 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:36,239 Speaker 1: offenses for a contender you'll ever see. They are tied 86 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,240 Speaker 1: for twenty seventh in the Majors in runs per game, 87 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,680 Speaker 1: twenty seventh. And as I wrote, there are only three 88 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: teams in Major League history, and actually this goes to 89 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 1: the start of the Divisional play era that have made 90 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: the playoffs with an offense that bad, and two of 91 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: those teams two of the three did it in the 92 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,600 Speaker 1: twenty twenty season, when there were sixteen playoff teams a 93 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: shortened sixty game season in all of so it's almost 94 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: like that doesn't even count. So it's pretty hard to 95 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: do what the Guardians are doing with an offense of 96 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: the nature that they have, but they're doing it. The 97 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 1: Tigers are letting them back in. So, as I wrote, 98 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: if the Tigers missed the playoffs after being up on 99 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 1: July eighth, they were up fourteen games on both the 100 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: Royals and Twins at that time and fifteen and a 101 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,480 Speaker 1: half on the Guardians. If they missed the playoffs after 102 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 1: holding a fourteen game lead, it will be the largest 103 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: blown lead by a team that did not win its 104 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 1: division or league in modern ale NL history, an all 105 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: time collapse. So again, which is more embarrassing, I'm not 106 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,800 Speaker 1: sure which is more embarrassing, but neither one of them 107 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,520 Speaker 1: is too good. So we're looking at a crazy AL 108 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,680 Speaker 1: Central race. We're looking at a crazy NL wildcard race. 109 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,920 Speaker 1: And in the AL West, quite interesting development over the weekend, 110 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:56,640 Speaker 1: the Mariners and Astros go into the season or the 111 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,240 Speaker 1: weekend series tied tied for the AL West lee and 112 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,360 Speaker 1: you're thinking this series is in Houston. Maybe in this 113 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,800 Speaker 1: particular case, the Astros will rise up again and figure 114 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: out a way to hold down the Mariners. The Astros 115 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: and we're going to talk about them more in the 116 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:16,839 Speaker 1: Inside Dish have been a dominant team really since twenty sixteen, 117 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: from twenty seventeen on, and yes, I know there was 118 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,359 Speaker 1: the scandal in there, but they've dominated even after that. 119 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: So you always have to assume, and we've been talking 120 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: about this all year, that the Astros are going to 121 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: figure it out, that you've got to knock them out, 122 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: and all of this stuff that they have the pedigree well. 123 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: The Mariners led for twenty six of twenty seven innings 124 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: in this series. They swept this series. They are a 125 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,920 Speaker 1: team that right now leads the Ale West by three 126 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: games with six to play. They are in an absolutely 127 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: commanding position. Now, is it possible things go amiss? Yeah, 128 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: it's surely possible. Things can always change, But the Mariners 129 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: are really looking good. Cal rally number fifty eight last night. 130 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:02,280 Speaker 1: His MVP candidacy grow by the day, grows more legitimate 131 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,960 Speaker 1: by the day, more real by the day. And what 132 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 1: we're seeing here is a team that did some good 133 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 1: things at the deadline and are benefiting from it, even 134 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: though he Ajohano Suarez really hasn't been the guy that 135 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: he was with Arizona. So the Ale West the Astros 136 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,080 Speaker 1: have another path to get to the playoffs. Of course, 137 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: the path would be through the wildcard. And let's look 138 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 1: at the ale wildcard standing so I can explain exactly 139 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: where we are. The Red Sox are in this mix too, 140 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: this jumbled mess of a wildcard race. Now the Red 141 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: Sox have a game lead over the Guardians and Astros. 142 00:07:37,480 --> 00:07:40,239 Speaker 1: It is possible the Astros don't get a wildcard either 143 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: if both the Guardians and Tigers qualify, and that's possible, 144 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: Let's say the Guardians win the AL Central or the 145 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 1: Tigers win the AL Central. The other team could be 146 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 1: the Wildcard, and the Red Sox their situation is not 147 00:07:52,720 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: exactly precarious, but they have to keep going too because 148 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: those two teams are right behind them. So again, it's 149 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: going to be a wacky, crazy end to the season. 150 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 1: It's the kind of season or the kind of conclusion 151 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: we all kind of hope for at the start of 152 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: the year. Now, if you're a Mets fan, if you're 153 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: a Tiger's fan, you're not happy right now. I totally 154 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 1: get it. But from a broader baseball perspective, you want excitement, 155 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: And as I said a couple of weeks ago, it 156 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: did not look like we were going to be anywhere 157 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: near this kind of excitement. The Mets looked like they 158 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 1: were a lock, the Tigers looked like they were a lock, 159 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: the Astros were in a much better position, and all 160 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: of these things that have happened, it didn't seem like 161 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: they were going to happen. So let's look now at 162 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:41,640 Speaker 1: the ale remaining schedules. We'll close it out with this Cleveland, 163 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 1: three versus Detroit at home. We've talked about that, three 164 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 1: versus Texas at home. Also Detroit not such an easy 165 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 1: go here. They're on the road for six games at 166 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: Cleveland and Boston, and then the Astros. They're on the 167 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: road too in Sacramento, which is not an easy place 168 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: to play against an offense that is not easy to 169 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: deal with the Athletics, and then three at the Los 170 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,560 Speaker 1: Angeles Angels. So there you have it. That's the final week. 171 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: It's going to be a wild one and I would 172 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: expect that most fans are pretty excited about what might 173 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:15,720 Speaker 1: end up going down. 174 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: When you think fair harbor, you should think soft, you 175 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 2: should think buttery liner. But it's not just the bathing suits, 176 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:25,720 Speaker 2: are the shorts. 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And 196 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: today I want to talk about the Astros, but I 197 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: want to start off by talking about the Milwaukee Brewers, 198 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,199 Speaker 1: and I'll explain and try to weave it all together. 199 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: So back in spring training, I wrote a column basically 200 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: saying that if the Brewers stumbled this season, it would 201 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,240 Speaker 1: be the responsibility of owner Marcott Tanasio because he had 202 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: not spent hardly anything during the off season. Now, after that, 203 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 1: they signed Jose Kintana one year, four point twenty five million. 204 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:00,280 Speaker 1: But my premise in that column was, Hey, at some point, 205 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 1: it's going to catch up with that Tenasio. If people 206 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:06,680 Speaker 1: could leaving and you don't replace them with quality people 207 00:11:06,760 --> 00:11:11,400 Speaker 1: in return, well, obviously the Brewers and Mark at Tanasio 208 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:14,439 Speaker 1: are sitting pretty right now. And I approached that Tenacio 209 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago and I said, listen, man, 210 00:11:17,360 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 1: I'm never writing anything like that again. I'm done. I've 211 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:20,160 Speaker 1: given up. 212 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 3: You win. 213 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,760 Speaker 1: And yet he does win. They've got the best record 214 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: in the majors and he's done it his way, no 215 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 1: question about it. So I was thinking, as I prepare 216 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: for this segment, maybe I should have written that column 217 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 1: about Astros owner Jim Crane, because look at what has 218 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:39,439 Speaker 1: happened to the Astros over the last five years. Springer 219 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 1: gone to free agency, Korea gone to free agency, Tucker traded, 220 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,680 Speaker 1: Reregman gone to free agency. Those are four significant players, 221 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: parts of the Astros core, part of the reason they 222 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: were so successful in the late twenty tens and early 223 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenties, and now those players were essentially gone. So 224 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: I thought about that, and I thought about Crane and 225 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: some of the signings that they've made under him in 226 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:08,400 Speaker 1: this time. Josea Bray was not a good signing. Rafael 227 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,679 Speaker 1: Montero not a good signing. Both were free agents, and 228 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: you wonder, okay, as the Astros sit here today in 229 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:20,839 Speaker 1: this precarious spot, seemingly facing an uphill fight for sure 230 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 1: in the ALE West and even threatening to fall out 231 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: of the playoff picture entirely because their wild card chances 232 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,320 Speaker 1: are looking bad too. They don't hold any of the 233 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: tie breakers in these scenarios. And when you consider it 234 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: all and wonder and ponder the Astros situation, it almost 235 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: seems amazing that it went on for this long and 236 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,040 Speaker 1: what happened to the Astros this season. It took like 237 00:12:47,120 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 1: this incredible cavalcade of injuries, an amazing run of injuries 238 00:12:51,920 --> 00:12:55,880 Speaker 1: that really no team can withstand, and they've withstood it 239 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: actually pretty well. And as I wrote, or as I 240 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: said in the first segment, they went into that weekend 241 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: series with Seattle tied. Now they are no longer tied. 242 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,760 Speaker 1: They are three games back, and they appear to be 243 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: ready to be dethroned as ALE West champions in a 244 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 1: full season for the first time since twenty sixteen. Think 245 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: about that, they've won every AO West title in a 246 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty two game season since twenty seventeen. 247 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: That's really hard to do. And yes, I'll say it again. 248 00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:28,840 Speaker 1: We can talk all we want about the trash cans, 249 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:32,200 Speaker 1: and we have and we will, but not all of 250 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:37,000 Speaker 1: this was accomplished in that fashion. So you wonder and 251 00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 1: you think about this team and where they are right now, 252 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: with a weekend farm system and with kind of an 253 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 1: aging injured corps Altuve and certainly you're don Alvarez. How 254 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: do they get back and how did this all happen? Well, 255 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 1: according to Baseball perspectives, and this was in Chandler Rome's 256 00:13:56,800 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: story today, no team has lost more value to injuries 257 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: season than the Houston Astros. It's not even close. And 258 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: the Astros at one point had eighteen players on the 259 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,199 Speaker 1: injured list. This was in late July. At that time, 260 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,440 Speaker 1: eight starting pitchers were on the injured list. They lost 261 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:17,559 Speaker 1: Jordan Alvarez for almost three months, Jeremy Panna out for 262 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: a significant time. I Zach Parade's the same, and Jeremy 263 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: Meyer a pretty good I'm not Jerry Meyer. Jake Myers 264 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: a pretty good center fielder, a guy who emerged this year. 265 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 1: He too was out for a long period of time. 266 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 1: Josh Hater has been out since August eighth, on and 267 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 1: on it has gone. I believe it was last week 268 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: when I talked about Joe a Spot being the favorite 269 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: for AL Manager of the Year. Well, he still might 270 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: win it, but it's not going to look as pretty 271 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: now if he does. And frankly, right now, Steven Vote 272 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 1: in Cleveland, John Schneider in Toronto, there are other candidates 273 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 1: who are looking better. AJ Hinch was the popular choice 274 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: for a while too. That's how topsy turvy this whole 275 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: thing has become. The Astros. They acquired at the deadline, 276 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:06,840 Speaker 1: Carlos Carea, they required him. They brought in Hazus Sanchez, 277 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:09,200 Speaker 1: who has not been much of a contributor at all, 278 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: and Ramon Urdi is the same. He has not done 279 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: much at all. The biggest issue for this team and 280 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: it has to do somewhat with the Alvarez injury and 281 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: with the loss of pain here for a month, but 282 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: not completely. The offense is the biggest issue, and this 283 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 1: has been a perplexing thing with the Astros. Now Parades 284 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: was brought in, as was Christian Walker, to improve their 285 00:15:30,880 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 1: plate discipline, to make them less of a free swinging 286 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: operation Paraders is a guy who sees a ton of pitches. 287 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 1: Walker had that reputation as well, but it hasn't happened 288 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: for the Astros, and for whatever reason, their offense all 289 00:15:43,440 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: season long with Alvarez without has not really clicked. They 290 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:52,040 Speaker 1: are twenty seventh in the Majors in runs per game 291 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 1: since the deadline, twenty seventh since adding Carlos Carea and 292 00:15:56,040 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: Jesus Sanchez. That's not what they intended when they made 293 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: those moves. They were trying to bolster their offense and 294 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 1: it just hasn't happened. So the Astros, is this the end? Well, 295 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 1: we're gonna find out over the next I don't know, 296 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: a week or so. But it's been an amazing run, 297 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,200 Speaker 1: and even this year, it's been amazing what they've accomplished 298 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: considering what they've been up against. And all teams go 299 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 1: through this, you guys know this. All teams have years 300 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,120 Speaker 1: that are off years. It's just been such a long 301 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: time since the Astros had one of these seasons, and 302 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: it looks like this is turning out to be one 303 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: of them. Even if they get in, how far are 304 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: they going to go from Barvaldez has struggled in the 305 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,120 Speaker 1: last I don't know month or so, Hunter Brown legitimate Ace, 306 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: but they don't have much out there beyond those guys. 307 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: So it's been a tough season for the Astros, no doubt. 308 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: It's been the kind of season with the Astros that 309 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: we just haven't seen from them in a long, long time. 310 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:58,200 Speaker 1: All right back with grilling Ken right after this tod Father. 311 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 2: You and me grew up in Jersey. 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And if you're in the cards, 327 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:43,200 Speaker 5: this is something you really need to get into right now. 328 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 2: You can get twenty percent off your first slap pack 329 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 2: or card purchase by going to arenaclub dot com, slash 330 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 2: foul and use code foul like Todd Father is talking about. 331 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:54,360 Speaker 2: With those slap packs, every pack is a grail that's 332 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 2: at least twenty x the price of the pack. Check 333 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 2: it out. 334 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,360 Speaker 1: Time after grilling Ken the part of the show where 335 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: I answer your questions, let's get right to them. First 336 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: question from JS Big One, will Ben Sherrington be back 337 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,680 Speaker 1: with the Pittsburgh Pirates. I do not know the answer 338 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: to that, Jay, but after six seasons and six essentially 339 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,959 Speaker 1: disappointing seasons, the Pirates certainly would be justified if they 340 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: made a change. Now. That said, they have built a 341 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 1: collection of young arms that is really the envy of 342 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: the sport. They also have played better under Don Kelly 343 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: than they did under Derek Shelton. They've had their moments 344 00:18:38,359 --> 00:18:41,239 Speaker 1: since the change in managers. I don't know that it's 345 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,199 Speaker 1: enough to save Ben Sherrington's job, and I don't know 346 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:46,240 Speaker 1: that it should be. Ben Sherrington is one of the 347 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:50,160 Speaker 1: most respected people in the game. He's a guy everyone 348 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 1: will tell you is an extremely high character. At the 349 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: same time, the performance is what the performance is, and 350 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,960 Speaker 1: they have not done enough with limited resources to maybe 351 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 1: justify him staying on as GM. You look at Cleveland, 352 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: you look at Milwaukee, you look at Tampa Bay. In 353 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 1: most years, you look at Cincinnati. Right now, these are 354 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: all teams in similar markets and they're doing better than 355 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: the Pirates have. So obviously this is question number one 356 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: for the Pittsburgh Pirates when the season ends, I would 357 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 1: not be surprised by a change, and I would also 358 00:19:22,680 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: not be surprised if Bob Nuttings stayed the course. He's 359 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: not exactly the most predictable owner in the sport. Actually, 360 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:31,320 Speaker 1: I should correct that. Pirates fans would say he is 361 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 1: the most predictable owner in the sport in terms of 362 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:36,239 Speaker 1: spending money. I don't know that he's that predictable with 363 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,000 Speaker 1: regard to what he might do in the GM spot. 364 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,639 Speaker 1: All right, the next question, this one it's from Armand 365 00:19:43,680 --> 00:19:46,080 Speaker 1: who asked if the Mets and Tigers don't make it, 366 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,719 Speaker 1: do you see coaching staff firings with Hinch and Mendoza 367 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: staying that would probably be armand the way that these 368 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: teams would go, And certainly with the Mets, I don't 369 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: know where the the dysfunction or the problem is exactly, 370 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,879 Speaker 1: and I talked last week about maybe a chemistry issue 371 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:09,239 Speaker 1: being there, and that's not on the coaches. But in 372 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: a situation like this, if the two teams do indeed 373 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: miss the playoffs or end in the playoffs in a 374 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: disappointing fashion, I would expect certainly that there would be changes. 375 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 1: David Stearns has been pretty public about backing Carlos Mendoza. 376 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: Joel Sherman had a note today in The New York 377 00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: Post in which Stearns said again that Mendoza has done 378 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: a very good job. Doesn't mean that others below him 379 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,200 Speaker 1: will not be held responsible for this. Hinch two would 380 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,000 Speaker 1: seemingly be one of the more secure managers in the game, 381 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: but they too could look for coaching changes. I would 382 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: not expect if these two teams end the season in disappointment, 383 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: that things are just going to remain status quo. That 384 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: is rarely the way it works in baseball. All right, 385 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:55,640 Speaker 1: next question from rpg Man forty five. If you had 386 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,679 Speaker 1: to pick who's out in the Astros, Tigers, Red Sox 387 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,760 Speaker 1: or Guardians. Wow. Now this is an aj Perzinski type 388 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 1: question the kid where you just put me on the spot. 389 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,840 Speaker 1: If I had to guess right now, I'd say the 390 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,880 Speaker 1: Tigers because they're playing the worst of these teams. Now, 391 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 1: you could say the Astros are as well. Yeah, that 392 00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:17,040 Speaker 1: would be a fair point to make. But my hunch 393 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: is the Tigers just because they're gonna go into Cleveland 394 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:21,600 Speaker 1: and I don't know how that's gonna go for them, 395 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,200 Speaker 1: and then they're gonna go into Boston needing to win, 396 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:26,439 Speaker 1: I would presume at that point, and I don't know 397 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,439 Speaker 1: how that's gonna go for them, because the Red Sox 398 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: also will be playing for a playoff berth in that 399 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: scenario at Fenway Park where they are very good. That's 400 00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,720 Speaker 1: my guests watch. I'll be wrong. I'm usually wrong when 401 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,600 Speaker 1: I make predictions of this nature. All right, let's go 402 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:45,880 Speaker 1: to the next one. Now, this one comes from foul Territory, 403 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 1: which asks will the Orioles keep Tony Mansleino. I don't 404 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 1: know the answer to this question, and certainly the Orioles 405 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,359 Speaker 1: have played better under man Seleno than they did under 406 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:59,639 Speaker 1: Brandon Hyde. Since late May, they are above five hundred. 407 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Now you can say the young players 408 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: have stagnated, the young hitters have stagnated, but he stabilized 409 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:10,639 Speaker 1: that team. And in addition to that, we've seen in 410 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: the second half Trevor Rodgers emerge as one of the 411 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 1: best pitchers in the entire sport, and Kyle Bradish come 412 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 1: back from Tommy John surgery along with Tyler Wells. Not 413 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 1: all of that, of course, as Mansollino is doing, but 414 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: it's the stuff that he inherited. Now, what I like 415 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: about Mansollino is what he told us in our Fox 416 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: interview with him last Thursday night when we were Camden Yards. 417 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: I asked him about being an interim and he said 418 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 1: my approach was this, I was going to do the job, 419 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: not to save my job or not to help myself 420 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,160 Speaker 1: get an extension. I was going to do the right thing. 421 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,920 Speaker 1: So what he means by that is do the right 422 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: thing by players, make the right decisions for players and 423 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 1: for the team, and not necessarily make decisions that might 424 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: help enhance his chances of returning. I love that, and 425 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: to me, that is the sign of someone who is 426 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: secure in himself and someone who has a feel and 427 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 1: someone who seemingly has the respect to that clubhouse. Now, 428 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 1: I expect Michaelias will at least conduct some kind of search, 429 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: but he might have the guy that he wants right 430 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 1: in the dugout at this moment. All right, we'll take 431 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 1: one more question and then we'll say bye bye for 432 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: the day. Let's see what we got here. This one 433 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 1: comes from John, who says, which do baseball fans love more? 434 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:31,000 Speaker 1: Seeing their team win or laughing at other teams or 435 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:35,760 Speaker 1: other fan bases upset with their team losing. Fans should 436 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 1: want their teams to win more than other teams to suffer. 437 00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: But back in my days as a fan, I knew 438 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:46,679 Speaker 1: that I enjoyed a great deal when other teams are 439 00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: the rivals of the team I was rooting for suffered. 440 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,760 Speaker 1: So I can see both sides of it. But yeah, 441 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:54,479 Speaker 1: let's be positive here. Let's root for the teams that 442 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: we want to win, and let's not just take extreme 443 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:02,160 Speaker 1: joy at other's expense, even those Sometimes that's a lot 444 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,119 Speaker 1: of fun. All right, that's it for today's show. 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