1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,000 Speaker 1: We've got to keep reminding ourselves why the Negro leagues 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: came into existence in the first place, and understand that 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 1: that was a dark time in the game's past, in 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:17,840 Speaker 1: the country's past, and we can't forget it. Welcome everyone 5 00:00:17,880 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 1: to this week's edition of Fair Territory, the Monday edition. 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: It will be, I promise you a jam packed show. 7 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 1: We've got contenders, We're going to talk about some of 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 1: their needs. We've got the Yankees, We've got the Blue Jays. 9 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:33,520 Speaker 1: I want to go back in time, well at least 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:35,960 Speaker 1: to last week, talk about the Rick wood Field game 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: in that broadcast. And I would be remiss to start 12 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,919 Speaker 1: this show without mentioning a dork of the Week candidate. 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 1: That would be Edwin Diaz of the New York Mets, 14 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: who is looking at a ten game suspension for the 15 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: sticky stuff ejected before he even threw a pitch on 16 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: Sunday night. Edwin Diaz, your team is one of the 17 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: hottest in Major League Baseball. I love you, You're one 18 00:00:56,640 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 1: of the great people in the game. But this can't 19 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: happen anyway. Let's start the show by talking about five 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: contenders and their biggest needs. Now, before you guys start 21 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: jumping up and down. This is not a complete list. 22 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm not talking about anyone but some top contenders. I'm 23 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,640 Speaker 1: not getting into the massive mediocrity. You can trademark that 24 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:18,640 Speaker 1: name for some of the teams that are kind of 25 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: in that five hundred range. I'm talking about five really 26 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: good teams and what they need, just as a way 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 1: of setting up some of the conversation that we're going 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: to have in the weeks ahead about the deadline. So 29 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: let's start with these five teams. The top three here 30 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: have the same need. Number one is going to be 31 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 1: the Orioles. And I'm not going in any particular order here, 32 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 1: but I'm just talking about these clubs. The Orioles need 33 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: more than anything, in my opinion, a starting pitcher. I 34 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: know they don't have Felix Bautista in the bullpen. Yes 35 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: they need that too, but three of their starters, Kyle Bradish, 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: John Means, and Tyler Wells all have undergone season ending surgeries. Now, 37 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: the Oriols took two of three from the Yankees last week, 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 1: with Al Corbyn, Burns and Grayson Rodriguez throwing a single pitch, 39 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: and then they got swept by the Astros over the 40 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: weekend with Burns and Rodriguez in the rotation. The point 41 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: is those two guys are their big guys. Yes, Cole 42 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: Irvin has been very good. Dean Kramer is on a 43 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: rehab Assigmon he's coming back. But they need at least 44 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,399 Speaker 1: one more and it's going to be something that we're 45 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 1: gonna be talking about in the weeks ahead. Cleveland Guardians 46 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: one of the great stories of the season, maybe the 47 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,480 Speaker 1: best story of the season, honestly, in my opinion, they 48 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,560 Speaker 1: are in even more trouble with their rotation than the 49 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: Orioles are nineteenth in rotation era and perhaps more important, 50 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 1: twenty seventh in innings from their rotation. Only three teams 51 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: with fewer innings from their rotation. The Guardians have Tanner Bide, 52 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:51,120 Speaker 1: he's really good. Ben Lively's been a surprise, Tristan McKenzie's 53 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:54,520 Speaker 1: been a disappointment. But at the same time, they've got 54 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: two guys at the back end who probably shouldn't be 55 00:02:56,760 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 1: in their rotation at all, talking about Logan Allen and 56 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 1: Carlos Carrasco. So the Guardians are going to need upgrades. 57 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: This is a team that kind of acts deliberately. They're 58 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: not always very aggressive, but in the past when they 59 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: have had a chance, they have been aggressive. So I 60 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 1: look for them, maybe not to make the edwind On 61 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: Carnassion or Josh Donaldson type deal as they have in 62 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: the past, but to do something for sure, to get 63 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: some help for that rotation. The Brewers, they aren't even 64 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: more extreme example than the Guardians or the Orioles in 65 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: their need for a starting pitcher and probably multiple starting pitchers. 66 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: They have an entire rotation on the injured list, Brandon Woodruff, 67 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: Wade Miley, Dale Hall, Joe Ross, Robert Gasser, five guys. 68 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: They've got Freddie Baralton, who is an ace. They've got 69 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: Colin Ray, who has been remarkably steady, I would say, 70 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 1: and then they've got a bunch of guys you never 71 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: expected to see pitching in the Brewers' rotation this season, 72 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: so they too need starting pitcher. Tobias Myers has been 73 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: really good. Bryce Wilson has had his moments, but these 74 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: are guys that are not going to carry you to October, 75 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: much less help you win in October. Moving on, all right, 76 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: we'll get off the starting pitching thing for a second. 77 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: Talk about the Dodgers. They have an offensive need. I 78 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,880 Speaker 1: don't know where the need is going to be filled infield, outfield, 79 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: maybe both. But in the outfield there's seventeenth in ops 80 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,719 Speaker 1: overall among their outfielders, and that's with Tao Hernandez well 81 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: over eight hundred in ops. Andy paj has has been better, 82 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: Jason Hayward has had a good June, but they need 83 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: at least one more. And then in the infield, what 84 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 1: happens when Mookie comes back sometime in August? Is he 85 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: your shortstop? Or do you go get a shortstop? Move 86 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,200 Speaker 1: Mookie to second? If that's not possible, and it might 87 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: not be possible, not a great shortstop crop that will 88 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,000 Speaker 1: be available in trade. Then do you go with Miguel 89 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: Rojas at thirty five? Play Mookie at second? And what 90 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:01,039 Speaker 1: about Gavin Lux, who, if he was qualified for the 91 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 1: League leaders, would have among the lowest ops's in the majors. 92 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 1: I don't know that you can keep going with Gavin 93 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,719 Speaker 1: Lux looking toward October. And finally, number five, the Atlanta Braves. 94 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 1: With the Braves, we've seen this act before, right, no 95 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,880 Speaker 1: Ronald Lacuna Junior, But this time they don't have Spencer 96 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: Streider either, so they're gonna have needs in the outfield 97 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: and in the rotation. There's almost no question about that. 98 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 1: In the outfield, they can survive if Adam Duval comes 99 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: on a little bit, which he hasn't so far, if 100 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 1: they get something out of Loreano, who was released by 101 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: two teams this year. Jared Kellnick has been a revelation 102 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,159 Speaker 1: in the leadof spot. He looks like he's finally coming 103 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: into his own to some degree. Michael Harris the second 104 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: is going to come back, but they're gonna need an outfielder. 105 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: And then in the rotation, Spencer Schwellenbach looks like he's 106 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,279 Speaker 1: stabilized the five spot for now. They've got Smith Shover 107 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: who eventually will come back as well, perhaps I Anderson 108 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 1: coming off Tommy John surgery. But with two older starters 109 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,600 Speaker 1: Charlie Morton and Chris Sale sell more of an injury 110 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 1: prone starter than older, I would say, and with Strider out, 111 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 1: my goodness, you need a little bit more. So those 112 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 1: are the five teams I picked for this week. They're 113 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,600 Speaker 1: not the only five with needs. We'll talk about them 114 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: all as we go forward. But it's really interesting to 115 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: see where the starting pitching market is going to be 116 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 1: because the needs are going to outweigh the demand as 117 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: they often do. Now, two of the things I want 118 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,560 Speaker 1: to talk about in this particular segment the Yankees. Now, 119 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: the Yankees are interesting right now because, yeah, they're going 120 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: through a little bit of a lull. They've lost some 121 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: games lately. But the real interesting thing about the Yankees 122 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 1: is how they are trying to determine where exactly their 123 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,279 Speaker 1: needs are going to be at the deadline. They're kind 124 00:06:46,279 --> 00:06:48,559 Speaker 1: of going through some things right now, in part because 125 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: of injuries. Anthony Rizzo hurt early last week, gian Carlos 126 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: Stanton later in the week. So let's look at some 127 00:06:55,360 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 1: of the moves that they've made over the weekend, in 128 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: particular trying to kind of get some answers in their bullpen. 129 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: They signed free agent Tim Hill, They added Phil Bickford. 130 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: They also did some other things as well. The DFA 131 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 1: Victor Gonzalz option Ron Maerinaccio, They brought up Djo and 132 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: Dish Gomez, who gave him a little bit of help. 133 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: The other night, they signed Jason Shreve to a minor 134 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: league contract. All kinds of action going on with the 135 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 1: Yankees bullpen, and we'll see what kind of answers they 136 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: get before the deadline. They've also promoted Ben Rice to 137 00:07:25,080 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 1: play first base, see if he can hold it down 138 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,960 Speaker 1: until obviously Anthony Rizzo returns, and that's the thinking behind 139 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: getting JD. Davis as well. Need some options both at 140 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 1: first base and third where DJ lemayhew seventy six plate 141 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: appearances since coming off the IL zero extra base hits. 142 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 1: So the Yankees know they're going to need help in 143 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: some areas. They're gonna see if they can find some 144 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: answers in the weeks ahead, but ultimately they know that 145 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:56,440 Speaker 1: they'll be hitting the deadline with some particular needs that 146 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 1: they're going to need to address. It's just which order, 147 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: which priority, how badly do you want to go forward 148 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: in some of these areas. 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They've lost six straights, swept by 167 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: the Red Sox, swept by the Guardians eight of ten. 168 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: They are a team that is in last place in 169 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: the American League East by fifteen and a half games. 170 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 1: They're six and a half out in the wildcard and yes, 171 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: over the weekend, one of their top young prospects, O Martinez, 172 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:27,040 Speaker 1: suspended eighty games for using a performance announcing drug. He 173 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: said it was a fertility thing. He was trying to 174 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,040 Speaker 1: use a fertility drug that had an illegal substance. At Okay, 175 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: we've heard it all before. This was a good one, 176 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: but we've heard it all before. Martinez was kind of 177 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,319 Speaker 1: important for them because they're trying to mix in some 178 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: younger hitters here Spencer Horowitz, David Schneider and these guys 179 00:09:44,080 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: as they look for an offensive spark. Were going to 180 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: be a group and are going to be a group 181 00:09:48,600 --> 00:09:51,080 Speaker 1: that they kind of lean on a little bit. It's 182 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: a team that's last in the American League in homers, 183 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 1: last in American League in homers with Flag Guerrero, with Bobaschet, 184 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 1: George Springer and company given up the second most home 185 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:04,319 Speaker 1: runs in the American League. So it's not a good 186 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: combination when you're last on the offensive end, next to 187 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 1: last on the pitching end, and they're twenty second in 188 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 1: the league in era mostly because they're bullpen ranks twenty six. 189 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: This team is a massive disappointment. They are heading toward 190 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: cell territory. Let's not get confused here. This is where 191 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: they're going to be. The only question is how far 192 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,760 Speaker 1: do they go. They're potential free agents Kakuchi and Yimi Garcia. Yeah, 193 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: they could get you something. That's fine, But the Blue Jays, 194 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: it would seem to me, need a deeper transformation, a 195 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: greater overhaul. The Blue Jays have a number of starting 196 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: pitchers that are under contract beyond this season that they 197 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 1: could look at trading. Now I'm not even talking about 198 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: Bashett and Guerrero Junior. That's another category and they probably 199 00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: should look at trading them too, But I'm talking about 200 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,839 Speaker 1: Bassett and Gossman. These are guys who don't want to deal, 201 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: but in this market they're going to have great value 202 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 1: because of what I had at the top of this 203 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: segment talking about the Orioles, Brewers and Guardians needing starting pitching, 204 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: and other teams too, Because over the weekend we saw 205 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: the Marlins louse Hayes us Lozardo, we saw the Angels 206 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: lose Patrick Sandobal. There is going to be an extreme 207 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: shortage of starting pitching available. So if you're the Blue Jays, 208 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:25,720 Speaker 1: in my opinion, you at least have to look at 209 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: trading a starter beyond you, say Kakuchi. If you do 210 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: that and you're the general manager Ross Atkins and you're 211 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: the team president Mark Schapiro, then you're basically admitting that 212 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,960 Speaker 1: you failed. And Atkins and Shapiro are nearing the ends 213 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,319 Speaker 1: of their contracts, they're not going to want to admit 214 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: that they failed. It's a really interesting scenario all around. 215 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,080 Speaker 1: I don't know which way they're going to go. My 216 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 1: guesses they're conservative. They just trade their free agents. That's 217 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: kind of how they roll. But man, they need to 218 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:57,960 Speaker 1: look at a bigger, bigger kind of deadline, one in 219 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,320 Speaker 1: which they sell dramatically and one in which which they 220 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: kind of start over and rebuild around some of these 221 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: younger players. And keep in mind Baschett and Guerrero their 222 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: free agents after next season. You're going to have to 223 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: make a decision on them at some point as well. 224 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:13,680 Speaker 1: Time now for the Inside Dish. This is the part 225 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: of the show where I talk about maybe a story 226 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: I've written, a trend in the game, or perhaps a 227 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:21,440 Speaker 1: big event that recently took place. We had a big 228 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 1: event recently take place in Major League Baseball. It was 229 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 1: the Rick Wood Game, the one that took place last 230 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 1: Thursday night. Obviously, we had it on Fox, and it 231 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 1: was a huge night in the sport, arguably huge night 232 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,439 Speaker 1: in the sports history. Of course, there was a lot 233 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 1: going on here and we had a huge responsibility. Responsibility 234 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 1: first because this was a tribute to the Negro leagues. 235 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: Also because just two days before Willie Mays had passed, 236 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: and we wanted to celebrate his career and honor him properly. 237 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,280 Speaker 1: And we wanted to do justice to Willie and all 238 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: of the other players from the Negro Leagues, and we 239 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: wanted to tell their stories properly. Now, you couldn't do 240 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: all this without touching on why the Negro Leagues existed 241 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: in the first place, and why did they exist. Well, 242 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:10,880 Speaker 1: they existed because black players were not permitted in Major 243 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: League Baseball until nineteen forty seven, until Jackie Robinson, and 244 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:20,160 Speaker 1: you couldn't tell that story without touching on the greater 245 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: story of segregation and the difficulty that Negro League's players 246 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: endured in their travel and simply just trying to play 247 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 1: the game that they loved. Now, this was tricky, and 248 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: it was tricky for a number of reasons. First, this 249 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 1: was a baseball broadcast. We had a game to cover 250 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 1: as well, and not an inconsequential game between the Cardinals 251 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: and Giants. It was not meant to be just a 252 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: three hour history lesson. That wasn't what we were going 253 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 1: to do. It's not the History channel. We were Fox. 254 00:13:49,880 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: And at the same time, we all knew what had 255 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: to be done what had to be said, and at 256 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: various points during the broadcast, pregame and during the game, 257 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: we touched on the history Oracle elements. Most notable among 258 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: them was the one moment that went totally viral, the 259 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: Reggie Jackson interview on the pregame show, in which he 260 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:12,319 Speaker 1: gave a searing account of his time in Birmingham as 261 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: a minor leaguer and what that was like in the 262 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 1: sixties as a black man in the South. We also 263 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,080 Speaker 1: had other elements as well. The Derek Jeter opening with 264 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: a number of black players talking touched on some of this. 265 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 1: Tom Verducci's essay to introduce the game certainly touched on segregation, 266 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: and in my interview with the Reverend Bill Grierson in 267 00:14:32,400 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: the game, we also got into this as well when 268 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:38,360 Speaker 1: I asked him what it was like to travel in 269 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,640 Speaker 1: that time. Some of this was planned. Tom of course 270 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: planned his essay. I planned the interview with the Reverend 271 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: Grierson and what I wanted to ask him, but not 272 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: all of it was planned. It's live television, it's not scripted, 273 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: and the Reggie interview was certainly in that category. Alex 274 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 1: Rodriguez on the pregame show asked Reggie a question, and 275 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: the question was how emotional is it for you being 276 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: back in Birmingham. I don't know that Alex got the 277 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:09,160 Speaker 1: answer he expected, but he got the answer that we needed. 278 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: And what Reggie said had a lot of meaning because 279 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,320 Speaker 1: it was a reminder, a reminder of all that went 280 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: down during those times, a reminder of why the Negro 281 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: Leagues existed, a reminder of the difficulty that these players endured. 282 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: And that was a heavy moment. Now from a personal 283 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: standpoint in doing what I had to do during the game, 284 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: some of these interviews, those were a little bit tricky 285 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: as well. The first one was with Reggie Howard, former 286 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:40,800 Speaker 1: Negro League's player, and I had two questions to ask him, 287 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,360 Speaker 1: and on the second question he kind of went on 288 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: and on, and he was enjoying it. He was talking 289 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: about being back with some of his old teammates and 290 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: old rivals, and the problem was that I didn't want 291 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: to interrupt him, and at the same time I knew 292 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: we had to get going the game was about to start. 293 00:15:57,960 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: I hopefully handled that properly, with the proper respect, but 294 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: it was tricky. And then with the Reverend Grierson, I 295 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: would consider that interview one of the highlights of my career, 296 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: to be perfectly honest, and going into it, I had 297 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: literally no idea how it was going to go. Reverend 298 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: Bill Grierson is ninety nine years old, and I met him, 299 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: and I met Reggie Howard as well before the game. 300 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: Just kind of introduced myself, and I found like it 301 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: was hard for him to hear me. We didn't really 302 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: have much of a conversation, and I'm thinking, hmm, I 303 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: don't know how this is going to go. I told 304 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: our producer, I don't know how this is going to go. 305 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 1: And then, as you saw, he could not have been 306 00:16:37,040 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 1: more eloquent major League Baseball. I told me he had 307 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: been on this Today show. He was going to be fine. 308 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: But this was not a controlled environment. This was out 309 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: in the crowd. It's noisy, and yet what the Reverend 310 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: said was so eloquent and so meaningful it just really 311 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,120 Speaker 1: struck a chord for a lot of people. Now through 312 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,240 Speaker 1: all this there is a greater concern here, and it's 313 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 1: a concern that with the incorporating of negro league statistics 314 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: into the official Major League record and with the Rick 315 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 1: Wood Game, a concern that has been voiced by a 316 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:15,439 Speaker 1: lot of people, and the concern basically is that MLB 317 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:19,760 Speaker 1: is trying to whitewash history. And Bill Barnwell, in speaking 318 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:23,520 Speaker 1: on ESPN's Around the Horn, address this matter rather pointedly. 319 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 2: It feels a lot like Major League Baseball wants the 320 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 2: theme park away the racist elements of their past and 321 00:17:29,680 --> 00:17:32,399 Speaker 2: the past of baseball. We saw a celebration of baseball 322 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:35,160 Speaker 2: in Birmingham, which is great, but did not actually reckon 323 00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:37,399 Speaker 2: with the racist and that was inherent there. It feels 324 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,639 Speaker 2: like Major League Baseball, if they really cared about this issue, 325 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:43,080 Speaker 2: if they really want to change things and create an openness, 326 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 2: giving people's spaces to tell their stories is incredibly valuable. 327 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 1: I don't know that I agree with it. First of all, 328 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,800 Speaker 1: we did allow people to tell their stories on Fox, 329 00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: and that was part of what was going on here. 330 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:56,160 Speaker 1: That's part of Major League Baseball. On this particular night 331 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 1: right where the broadcasters Bob Kendrick was on from multiple innings, 332 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: I meant all the other elements that we had. The 333 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:07,080 Speaker 1: league's intent here actually is pretty good, in my opinion, 334 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: trying to recognize those players by incorporating their statistics, having 335 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:13,800 Speaker 1: this game where we can go through all of this, 336 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:17,639 Speaker 1: but certainly what Bill Barnwell is saying there is a 337 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: legitimate concern. If there's anything we take out of this game, 338 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: out of that night, which was a special night, it's 339 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,320 Speaker 1: that we need to keep talking. We need to educate ourselves. 340 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: We need to remind ourselves of just what happened in 341 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:36,080 Speaker 1: that era in which the negro leagues existed, in which 342 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: they had no choice but to exist, if black players 343 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: wanted to play baseball, if we're going to go forward here, 344 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: if we're going to make true progress, and I know 345 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: we've made a ton of progress over the years, but 346 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: I don't know that anyone would suggest we're all the 347 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: way there. If we're going to get to that point, 348 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: get to that point where we're kind of truly enlightened, 349 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: we've got to keep talking. We've got to keep educating ourselves. 350 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: We've got to keep them minding ourselves why the negro 351 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: leagues came into existence in the first place, and understand 352 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 1: that that was a dark time in the game's past, 353 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 1: in the country's past, and we can't forget it. 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One 388 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,920 Speaker 1: comes from Stephen Campbell, who asks, as another American League team, 389 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: should I be concerned about the Astros or is this 390 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,560 Speaker 1: just a hot week for them? Interesting question from Steven. 391 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: I don't know which team he represents, but it's a 392 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: question that is quite relevant. The Astros are on a 393 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 1: bit of a roll here. They've won five straight, just 394 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 1: swept the Orioles. They're thirteen and seven in June, and 395 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,240 Speaker 1: even with all their starting pitching injuries, they look like 396 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,560 Speaker 1: they might be coming around a little bit. And it's interesting. 397 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,920 Speaker 1: The Rangers are the same way. They're playing a little 398 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 1: bit better. They got Max Scherzer back yesterday. But the 399 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,040 Speaker 1: question is about the Astros, And yes, I believe other 400 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: American League teams should be concerned because this is a 401 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:26,200 Speaker 1: team with a history, with a recent past of great, 402 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:31,199 Speaker 1: great performance and championship play. So are the Astros good 403 00:21:31,320 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 1: enough right now to catch the Mariners in the Al West? 404 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,399 Speaker 1: Probably not, But I do expect them to be buyers. 405 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to sell. That's been something 406 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: that's been pretty much ruled out by their general manager 407 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:45,160 Speaker 1: Dana Brown already, and I don't really expect him going 408 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 1: back on that, although it's possible. And Joel Sherman of 409 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:49,960 Speaker 1: The New York Post had an interesting column this week 410 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,800 Speaker 1: pointing out that certain teams over the years we never 411 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 1: expected to be sellers. They didn't announced they were going 412 00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: to be sellers, and suddenly they were sellers. It's just 413 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: not in the Astros. So do the answer your question, Stephen, Yes, 414 00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: the rest of the American League should be concerned, maybe 415 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:09,639 Speaker 1: not overly concerned, but the Astros are playing better. The 416 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:12,800 Speaker 1: next question, this one's quite interesting too. It comes from Primetime, 417 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 1: not Deon Sanders, but Primetime SC two, who asked will 418 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: Royce Lewis be an All Star now, Royce Lewis has 419 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:26,359 Speaker 1: had an amazing season so far. Unfortunately he has played 420 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: only eighteen games, sixty six at bats. But you see 421 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:34,240 Speaker 1: all these highlights here. He's got ten home runs, several 422 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:38,199 Speaker 1: of them quite dramatic. So should he be an All Star? Well, 423 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,160 Speaker 1: if he's healthy, I'd like to see him in the game. 424 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,720 Speaker 1: And I've had this conversation on foul territory, most recently 425 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 1: with Jason Kipness, and he's an interesting conversation because guys 426 00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:51,240 Speaker 1: like Kipness look at this and say, wait, a guy 427 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,119 Speaker 1: like this, a guy like Paul Skeins, for example, not 428 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,840 Speaker 1: enough at bats, not enough innings to really be All 429 00:22:56,840 --> 00:23:01,360 Speaker 1: Stars this year. There's no limit, no minimum that we're 430 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,920 Speaker 1: talking about. The fans can vote in whoever they want, 431 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: that's one thing, So can the players, and the Commissioner's 432 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 1: office can add whoever they want when all is said 433 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: and done, as well, generally you'd like to see a 434 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 1: little bit more production or a little bit more playing 435 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,119 Speaker 1: time than Royce Lewis has done, even Paul Skeans. But 436 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: I said this to Jason on the show. My feeling 437 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: is this game is about stars, it's about entertainment, it's 438 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,560 Speaker 1: not always about the most meritorious picks, because if it was, 439 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: we wouldn't always get the best choices. And when you 440 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 1: have a rule that says every team must be represented, 441 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 1: were away from that already. So yeah, I want to 442 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 1: see the stars. Royce Lewis has a couple of more 443 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: weeks here. If he keeps doing this, he's got to 444 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,000 Speaker 1: be in the game. Paul Skeens has to be in 445 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: the game. And Jason made the point, well, if you 446 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: do this, if you put guys like this in, then 447 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:55,480 Speaker 1: some other deserving players are going to get left out. 448 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,639 Speaker 1: But as I said, then, my goodness, we end up 449 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: with about eighty All Stars every year. Once the guys 450 00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: start falling by the wayside, whether it's injury, whether they 451 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 1: back out one thing or another, everyone gets a participation trophy, 452 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: it seems, so I don't worry so much about that. 453 00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: I want to see the most exciting best players in 454 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: the game. And frankly, Royce Lewis and Paul Skeines right 455 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: now are two of those all right. Final question, this 456 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:25,640 Speaker 1: one comes from Tom Tom asks can Otani win MVP 457 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,320 Speaker 1: as just a DH This question is becoming more relevant 458 00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: by the day, especially with the Mookie Betts injury. Now, 459 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,200 Speaker 1: there has never been a player win MVP exclusively as 460 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,040 Speaker 1: a DH. You can say, well Atani did, No, he 461 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: was a pitcher too when he won those two MVPs. 462 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 1: So if he does it this year, yes, it would 463 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: be exclusively as a DH. Marcelazuna is right there with him, 464 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:53,040 Speaker 1: not right there, but pretty close to him in ops, 465 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,200 Speaker 1: and he's having an MVP type season two for the Braves, 466 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 1: but Otani's having the better season. Can he do it? 467 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,960 Speaker 1: I don't know. Ortiz, David Ortiz was a top five 468 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:06,679 Speaker 1: finisher five straight years from two thousand and three to 469 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 1: two thousand and seven. We've seen other dhs finish in 470 00:25:09,760 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: the top five. Frank Thomas, Victor Martinez I believe did 471 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: one year, and most recently Jordan Alvarez finished third just 472 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago. But it's going to be 473 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 1: a big reach for voters to vote a DH MVP. 474 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 1: It's just not likely in this age of Winds a 475 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: bo replacement. When we look at offense and defense and 476 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: base running the overall player more carefully than we once did. 477 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,000 Speaker 1: Otani once again is going to test the boundaries. And 478 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:41,000 Speaker 1: if anyone can do this, it's him. I want to 479 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: thank you everyone for watching, Thank you everyone for listening, 480 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,560 Speaker 1: Thanks for your questions as well. You know where to 481 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: find us. I say this every week. 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