1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: And as for my own personal aspirations and qualifications to 2 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,000 Speaker 1: manage a major league club, there are none. There are 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:10,400 Speaker 1: no aspirations, there are no qualifications. I'm going to stick 4 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,720 Speaker 1: to the day job and try to do it as 5 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: well as I can. Welcome everyone to the Monday edition 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: of Fair Territory. I'm Ken Rosenthal. Busy, busy weekend that 7 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,560 Speaker 1: you might have watched or didn't watch the game I 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 1: was on with Fox eighteen to two Dodgers over the Yankees. 9 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: But on this show today, we're not going to talk 10 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: about either the Dodgers or Yankees. There is plenty else 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,560 Speaker 1: to discuss, And let's start off with Arizona, a team 12 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: dealing with a serious injury scare right now, if you 13 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: didn't see the video, Corbyn Burns left yesterday's game with 14 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: right elbow tightness. Now, this could have serious implications for 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:53,200 Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks in the sense that they're already without Jordan 16 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: Montgomery for the season. Edward Rodriguez remains out with left 17 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 1: shoulder inflammation. And here's a team that is right there 18 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:03,880 Speaker 1: with the Atlanta Braves in the National League for the 19 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: most disappointing in baseball. They're twenty eight and thirty one. 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: They're eight out in the division, they're five out in 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,160 Speaker 1: the wild card, and if they lose Corbyn Burns, who 22 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: has been their best pitcher, that would be a significant 23 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: blow to any postseason chances, any dreams that they might 24 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: have of getting back to the World Series for the 25 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: second time in three years. This is a team with 26 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: a record one hundred and eighty seven million dollar payroll. 27 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: Corbyn Burns, if you might remember, signed a six year, 28 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: two hundred and ten million dollar contract last offseason. He 29 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,760 Speaker 1: has an opt out after the second year if in 30 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,240 Speaker 1: the worst case scenario, he needs elbow surgery. The opt 31 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: out is not going to be an issue. He's going 32 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,839 Speaker 1: to stay. But the issue will be for the team, 33 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: and the issue will be you lose Corbyn Burns for 34 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: the rest of the year, You lose him for next 35 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: year two if he has a major elbow operation, and 36 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,559 Speaker 1: then where are you as a team? Do you shift 37 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: your focus from being a potential buyer at the deadline 38 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: looking for bullpen help to a potential seller the Diamondbacks 39 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,840 Speaker 1: if they do become a seller, and yes I'm jumping 40 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: ahead here, I'm speculating. We don't know the extent of 41 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 1: Burns's injury just yet. But if the Diamondbacks become a seller, 42 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: they have arguably the two best starting pitchers on the market, 43 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: Zach Gallon and Merrill Kelly, to offer both potential free agents. 44 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: Their other potential free agent is Josh Nayler, a first baseman. 45 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 1: That is a position where there generally isn't much need. 46 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 1: But I can think of one team that has a 47 00:02:32,840 --> 00:02:35,080 Speaker 1: need for a first baseman, and that would be the 48 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: Seattle Mariners. So on this Monday, we are waiting for 49 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: the news on Burns, obviously hoping for the best, obviously 50 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: hoping that the Diamondbacks remain a competitive team for the 51 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 1: rest of this season in the National League West. But 52 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: it's going to be a really interesting scenario regardless of 53 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: what happens here, because even if Burns is in the 54 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,880 Speaker 1: best case not heading for surgery, it seems almost certain 55 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:01,399 Speaker 1: after what we saw Yesterd today that he is going 56 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 1: to require a trip to the injured list. And this 57 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: is a team that already is reeling. On the other 58 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: side of the coin, we've got the Milwaukee Brewers, a 59 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: club that was struggling earlier in the season, a club 60 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,399 Speaker 1: that kind of was flummoxing its manager Pat Murphy, who 61 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: said repeatedly I want to see the same edge from 62 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: this team that we saw last year and in recent years. Well, 63 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: here we go. The Brewers have won seventh straight. They 64 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: just swept the Philadelphia Phillies in Philadelphia. Not easy to do, 65 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,640 Speaker 1: and they did it in a variety of ways. Two 66 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: home runs from Christian Yelich on Friday, They just rocked 67 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: haesus Lozardo on Saturday, and then Sunday they got to 68 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 1: the Phillies bullpen late in the game and it was 69 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: just a really terrific all around performance. Injury scare of 70 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: their own, Christian Yelich got hit on the right hand 71 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: and suffered a contusion, but the x rays were negative. 72 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: It seems like it's going to be day to day. 73 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: Yelich had just gotten hot last eight games, eight game 74 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: hitting streak. He was hitting four seventy two with five 75 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: homers in that time, so clearly the Brewers want their 76 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 1: offensive leaders to stay healthy. He is a huge part 77 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: of what they do, even though he is not producing 78 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: at the same levels he was maybe in the late 79 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:24,119 Speaker 1: twenty tens. So here are the Brewers. They are red hot. 80 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,120 Speaker 1: They are a team that again always seems to compete, 81 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: and a team, as I wrote Friday, that has an 82 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: interesting surplus of starting pitching that they could be dealing 83 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: with in the immediate future. And I want to show 84 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,040 Speaker 1: you what I'm talking about here, because it's rare for 85 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: any team to be in this kind of position. But 86 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: the Brewers are in a really good spot right now 87 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: with their rotation. Of course, Freddy Peralta is at the 88 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: top of that rotation, is Aaron Savali, Jose Cantana, Chad Patrick, 89 00:04:52,880 --> 00:04:56,839 Speaker 1: d L. Hall. That's the current group, and then TRIPAA possibilities, 90 00:04:57,040 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: Brandon Woodruff on a rehab assignment right now, Logan Anderson, 91 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: who was pitching really well, did not deserve a demotion 92 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: and got one, Tobias Myers, who's kind of trying to 93 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 1: recapture his twenty twenty four magic, and Jacob Miserowski. Jacob 94 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,600 Speaker 1: Mizerowski is their top prospect, a dude who throws one 95 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,480 Speaker 1: hundred miles an hour. So the Brewers are in a 96 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:20,320 Speaker 1: rather interesting position here if all these guys stay healthy. 97 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: Of course, there's no guarantee of that, and there's no 98 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: guarantee that all will continue pitching well enough to remain 99 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:30,679 Speaker 1: viable options. But we've seen the Brewers trade from strength 100 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: at the deadline before. We saw them do it with 101 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: Josh Hater and with Freddie Peralta, a potential free agent 102 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: who is a guy that will be in demand from 103 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: some teams. Yeah, he's got a club option, so you 104 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: can keep them from next year. But he is someone 105 00:05:43,440 --> 00:05:45,840 Speaker 1: that the Brewers might think, you know what, we can 106 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: survive without Freddy Parolta, and we can get something good 107 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: maybe for the present and the future for him. That 108 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,679 Speaker 1: would be something that I would expect they would consider 109 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 1: regardless of where they are in the standings. Remember when 110 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: they traded Hater, they were in a really good spot 111 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: and that Hater trade kind of dismantled the franchise a 112 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: little bit or discombobulated them, that would be a better word. 113 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 1: So they might not want to do that kind of 114 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: thing again. But Savali is a veteran who will be 115 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:13,160 Speaker 1: in demand. They can do some things if these guys 116 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: stay healthy and productive. So the Brewers, as always are 117 00:06:17,120 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: looming as a potential thorn in the cub side. We 118 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: wouldn't expect anything less. And finally, staying in the Midwest, 119 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:27,760 Speaker 1: big news out of Kansas City last night, the Royals 120 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: are promoting their top prospect, Jack Caglion, and here's a 121 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:34,679 Speaker 1: guy that is really interesting, really exciting for a team 122 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: that desperately needs offense. The Royals right now as we speak, 123 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: are pitching great, and they also are tied for twenty 124 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: eighth in the Majors in runs per game, tied with 125 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second worst offense in baseball, 126 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 1: ahead of only the Colorado Rockies. Here's Caglione, a guy 127 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 1: that was drafted just last year, the sixth overall pick 128 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,680 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty four draft, and he's a guy 129 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: with immense power. There's some concerns about his chase, and 130 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: that's okay. We'll see how that all plays out. But 131 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 1: he is someone with vast offensive potential. Let's take a 132 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 1: look at just who he is before I get into 133 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 1: what his role with the Royals will be, because that's 134 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: kind of interesting too. Jack Caglion, as I said, the 135 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: sixth pick of the twenty twenty four draft. He becomes 136 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: the third player from that draft to reach the majors. 137 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,840 Speaker 1: Cam Smith, of course, was the first. He broke Opening 138 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: Day with the Astros and Nick Kurtz currently on the 139 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: IL with the Athletics was the second Caglione six foot five, 140 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifty pounds sounds like some dude out 141 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: of the WWE. And finally, his combined stats at Double 142 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: A and Triple A in this his first full professional 143 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: season slash line three twenty two, three eighty nine, nine 144 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: twenty four, fifteen homers in Double A and Triple A. 145 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: Has actually been even better at Triple A than he 146 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: was at Double A. So this is an exciting guy. 147 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,840 Speaker 1: And yes, he'll chase. Of course, he chased in the minor. 148 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 1: He's chased at Florida. That's a concern. He's gotten better 149 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: with that, but that's going to be the question offensively. 150 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: Defensively is really interesting too, because he is a first 151 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: baseman and a DH mostly. He also pitched in college 152 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: at the University of Florida. But with the Royals, he's 153 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: not going to play first base or DH, primarily because 154 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: they've got Vinnie Pasquentino and they've got Salvador Perez who 155 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: sometimes plays first sometimes DHS. So what the Royals have 156 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: been doing is playing Caglion in the outfield, and they 157 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 1: feel he'll be able to hold his own out there. 158 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: He's not going to be great at least initially, but 159 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 1: he did some one on one work with the Royals 160 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: great longtime coach Rusty Kuntz in the minor leagues and 161 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 1: they feel that he is ready enough. Let's put it 162 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: that way, that he'll be adequate at the position. 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Well well, well. 190 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 1: Well, time now for the Inside Dish, the part of 191 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: the show where I focus on maybe a story I've written, 192 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: maybe a trend in the game, maybe something else entirely. 193 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,679 Speaker 1: And today I want to talk about something that has 194 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: been going on for quite some time that has been 195 00:10:16,240 --> 00:10:20,200 Speaker 1: chronicled by the Athletics Chandler. Rome Chandler also hosts Crush 196 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:24,079 Speaker 1: Steady Territory on this network. And it's a rather disturbing 197 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 1: issue because it kind of has layers to it, and 198 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:30,439 Speaker 1: it's an issue that involves the Houston Astros and their 199 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:34,679 Speaker 1: lack of transparency and seemingly a lack of competence on 200 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: the medical land and you see the headline there Hereddan 201 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: Alvarez's small hand fractor adds another chapter to the astro's 202 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,840 Speaker 1: ambiguous medical history. This goes back to last year and 203 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 1: even beyond that, which I'll get into. But last year 204 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker, the astro said for almost three months that 205 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker had a shin contusion, and the club eventually 206 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: had to acknowledge that he had a fracture in the 207 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: chin area because Chandler was about to report that he 208 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,160 Speaker 1: had a fractor. So only then did they go public. 209 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,679 Speaker 1: Now where they went wrong with the diagnosis, how they 210 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 1: all played out not exactly clear, but what they said 211 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,080 Speaker 1: and what actually was going on were two different things. 212 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:21,480 Speaker 1: And for Kyle Tucker it was rather disturbing, I would imagine, 213 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: since they're saying he's got a contusion and fans are wondering, 214 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: you've got a contusion and you're sitting out three months, Well, no, 215 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,920 Speaker 1: he had a fracture. Well here we go, with Halvarez 216 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: history repeating itself. Suffers the hand problem in early May. 217 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: His last game was May second, hasn't played since then. 218 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: On May sixth, he gets imaging. It shows inflammation and fluid. 219 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 1: The team calls it a muscle strain on the top 220 00:11:46,480 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: of his hand. Now, in fairness to the club, you 221 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 1: can't always see a fractor when they're swelling around the 222 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: area that is affected, because the swelling needs to go down, 223 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: and only then on the imaging does the fracture become apparent. Well, 224 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: Alvarez was working his way back. He takes live batting 225 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: practice on Friday and guess what his hand hurts. Again, 226 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 1: goes for more imaging and you look at here, he 227 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: has a fractor. Now the question that comes up here 228 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: is why didn't you send him for imaging before he 229 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: started hitting off live pitching? Again, at that point you 230 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: could have detected the fractor. Why didn't you send them 231 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,960 Speaker 1: for imaging the moment the swelling went down to see 232 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: exactly what was there? These are fair questions. Now, the 233 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 1: astro general manager, Dana Brown came out and said, this 234 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 1: is sixty percent healed. They hope he is back quickly. 235 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 1: But again questions about the astros and just what they 236 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: are doing in their medical evaluations. And Chandler had an 237 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 1: interesting line in his story about this whole situation in 238 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: which he said, nowhere in Dana Brown's team written biography 239 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 1: does it describe any medical education in the past. Yet 240 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: he sat atop a bench on Saturday afternoon attempting to 241 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: explain how it two billion dollar entity has now twice 242 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: failed to discover a fracture in one of its franchise 243 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: players now again. In fairness, general managers often speak for 244 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: the medical staff, not all do, and Chandler has pointed 245 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: out on Twitter, at X and other areas as well 246 00:13:16,760 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: that other teams make medical personnel available on a frequent basis. 247 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 1: The Reds are one, the Pirates or another. There are 248 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: a couple of teams that do that. Rather than let 249 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 1: the general managers speak. It's better to have the expert talking. 250 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 1: And it's also better to be transparent with what's going 251 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: on with your injuries. I want to show you here 252 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: the Tigers injury report, and they issue this, I believe 253 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: twice a week, two separate injury reports. And I don't 254 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 1: know if you can see this exactly in detail, and 255 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 1: you certainly can't read it all, and I'm not going 256 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:51,319 Speaker 1: to do that on the show. But it's a very 257 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: detailed injury update on where each injured player stands. This 258 00:13:57,160 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: is what every team in the Major leagues should be 259 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,480 Speaker 1: doing if they want to be transparent, and by the way, 260 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 1: in an era of gambling, maybe a little bit more 261 00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 1: transparent it would be even more welcome, so people know 262 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 1: what the heck is going on, what the heck they're 263 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: betting on. Now, in the NFL, there is an injury 264 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: report that is provided every week. Now, granted, these injury 265 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,640 Speaker 1: reports don't always go into the detail we'd like you hear. 266 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:26,000 Speaker 1: Sometimes lower body injuries, sometimes stuff like that, but it's something. 267 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 1: And the NFL has an injury report policy, and I 268 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: want to read you from that and show you exactly 269 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: what it says. The policy requires that teams provide credible, accurate, 270 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: and specific information about injured players to the league office, 271 00:14:41,400 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: their opponents, local and national media, and the league's broadcast 272 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: partners each week during the regular season and postseason. Not complicated, 273 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: that's the way it's done, and that's the way it 274 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: should be done in baseball. But in baseball, what we 275 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: see too often, and not just with regard to injuries, 276 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:02,640 Speaker 1: is the sense in the league allowing the teams to 277 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: do essentially whatever the heck they want. You want to 278 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: open your clubhouse at a certain time, do that you 279 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: want to announce injuries, do that, do whatever you need 280 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: to do. We're not going to stop you. We're not 281 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 1: going to set policy. There are any number of areas 282 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: in which the clubs, I won't say run a mark, 283 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 1: but are too independent. Put it that way. They have 284 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 1: too much control, and it's time, high time for the 285 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: league to take control. And it's really high time for 286 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:31,600 Speaker 1: the Houston Astros to get it together with regard to 287 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: what they're announcing about injured players and more importantly, the 288 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: way they're diagnosing injured players. Alvarez is going to come back. 289 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: The team is in really good position right now, even 290 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: though they've played about a month without him, even though 291 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: they've been incredibly right handed without him. But this whole situation, 292 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 1: it seems, is another example of the Astros not getting 293 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:56,760 Speaker 1: it right on medical. You need to get it right. 294 00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: We all acknowledge, all of us, we've all been through 295 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,720 Speaker 1: this in our own lives, that sometimes diagnoses are not accurate, 296 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 1: that sometimes you have to go to a second opinion. 297 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: Sometimes things just don't work out the way they should. 298 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: But in the Astros case, when they didn't send Alvarez 299 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: for second imaging, when the swelling gets subsided, I don't 300 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,080 Speaker 1: see how there's just any good explanation for that. Tune 301 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: into the latest Crush Citty Territory episode for more on 302 00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: your Don Alvarez's injury fallout. 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It's funny it looked 326 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: like the Braves had turned their season around when they 327 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: went nineteen and ten nineteen and ten from April eighteenth 328 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,200 Speaker 1: to May eighteenth, But in their last eleven games, even 329 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:01,240 Speaker 1: with a Kunya and Strider back, they've gone three and 330 00:18:01,400 --> 00:18:05,080 Speaker 1: eight and raising fan concerns yet again about just where 331 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: this season is going. I would say to any fan 332 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,879 Speaker 1: that is concerned about the Braves to keep in mind 333 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 1: that the Mets and the Astros at this time last 334 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,360 Speaker 1: year were just taken off. The Mets were pretty horrible 335 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: in their first two months. The Astros had their own struggles, 336 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 1: and both of those teams eventually found their way. It 337 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,080 Speaker 1: is not too late for the Brave to do the same. 338 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,280 Speaker 1: And akun You're being back is certainly helpful. Strider eventually 339 00:18:30,320 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 1: will find his stride, so to speak, and that will 340 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,959 Speaker 1: be helpful as well. So I expect that the Braves 341 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:37,640 Speaker 1: are going to be in the thick of this thing, 342 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: maybe not for the division title, but certainly in a 343 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: wild card scenario. And if you get in and you 344 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: get hot, and you're playing well at the right time, 345 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: as we have seen, you can go a long way 346 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,679 Speaker 1: in the postseason. The Braves clearly need to be playing better, 347 00:18:53,119 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: and at times this season it's almost seemed like that's 348 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 1: not their year. But again I would stress that we 349 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:01,680 Speaker 1: felt that way about the Mets last May, we felt 350 00:19:01,720 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: that way about the Astros last May, and then as 351 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: a turn to June, things started to turn right before June, 352 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,400 Speaker 1: in fact, for both those clubs. So I would expect 353 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 1: again that the Braves will be there, if not different conversation, 354 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:19,439 Speaker 1: and we'll have that conversation in July. All right, Next question, 355 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: should the Reds sell more than their rentals? Kyle essentially 356 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: is asking should the Reds give up on their season 357 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: and really go into a full rebuild mode. I would 358 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:32,199 Speaker 1: say no to that question, and yes, the Reds are 359 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:34,199 Speaker 1: in a four and seven stretch right now, and they 360 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,040 Speaker 1: got outscored in their final two games against the Cubs 361 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: after winning the opener, outscored nine to three. Scoring runs 362 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:44,240 Speaker 1: has been a problem at various points this season for Cincinnati, 363 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: but it's weird they still entered Sunday. Actually, even right now, 364 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: they are a top ten offense. They're tenth in the 365 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:54,920 Speaker 1: majors in runs per game. They are seventh in the 366 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: league in rotation era. So if you've got a top 367 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: ten offense and a top ten rotation, why would you sell. 368 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: You'd look for more consistency in your offense, and certainly 369 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,439 Speaker 1: they need another bat, we've been saying that since spring training. 370 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: And you'd also look to fix your bullpen, something that 371 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:13,040 Speaker 1: they've been working on and something that they can keep 372 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,760 Speaker 1: working on through the deadline. But I see no reason 373 00:20:15,800 --> 00:20:17,639 Speaker 1: for them to sell, and I see no reason for 374 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,439 Speaker 1: them at this point to look at selling beyond the 375 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,919 Speaker 1: players who are potential free agents. They don't even have 376 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:29,040 Speaker 1: many of those. So again, Cincinnati is not in quite 377 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: the same kind of place as Atlanta is. But they've 378 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: been an inconsistent team. They've been disappointing at times, but man, 379 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,840 Speaker 1: they've got a terrific rotation. And when you've got a 380 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: rotation that good, and when you've got an offense that 381 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: has the potential to be quite productive, you don't give 382 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: up on a season. All right. Next question, This one 383 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: comes from Jake Wilson, who asks, as we wait to 384 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 1: hear about Burns, are we seeing the end of long 385 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 1: term contracts for pitchers? Jake, The answer to that is no, 386 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: But your raise a really interesting point. David Stearns, the 387 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: Mets president of baseball operations, he basically has seen the 388 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: end of long term contracts for pitchers. He doesn't give 389 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 1: them out. The biggest contract he has given a free 390 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,119 Speaker 1: agent starting pitcher since taking over with the Mets is 391 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: three years, seventy five million, and that was for Sean 392 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: Maniah in free agency this year. Three years. Again, that's 393 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: a short term seventy five million. Nice aav for Sean Maniah, 394 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: but not anything crazy. So Stearns is basically pivoted away 395 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: from that, and the Mets, because of their great pitching development, 396 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 1: have been able to kind of keep things going and 397 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,440 Speaker 1: develop new guys each year, kind of make something out 398 00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: of nothing in many cases, Griffin Canning being the latest example. 399 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:46,120 Speaker 1: So here's the free agent class coming up, and it's 400 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,399 Speaker 1: a pretty good one of starting pitchers Zach Callen, Merrill, 401 00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 1: Kelly Michael King, Dylan Ceese from ber Valdez, Seth Lugo. 402 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: If he does not exercise a player option. Are all 403 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:00,480 Speaker 1: teams going to take the approach of Stearns and and say, 404 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: you know what, we're just not doing this. I seriously 405 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 1: doubt it. The market is what dictates contracts for starting 406 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:10,160 Speaker 1: pictures and other players as well. It's Saijan Soto got 407 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 1: his amazing deal. It was the market. And when you 408 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 1: have a shortage of quality starting pictures, as this sport does, 409 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,400 Speaker 1: quality starting pictures who can stay healthy, that's an even 410 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: bigger shortage. Well, you're going to see teams bid and 411 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: bid up. That's just the nature of the game. Will 412 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: they be reluctant to do it, Sure, they'll be reluctant 413 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:33,119 Speaker 1: to do it. And will they perhaps be inclined like 414 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,880 Speaker 1: the Orioles were with Burns to go short term, high 415 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: dollar Remember the Oriols offered Burns four years, one hundred 416 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 1: and eighty million dollars. Now you could say, well that 417 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,400 Speaker 1: would have been better in some respects. It's less risk 418 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: in terms of the term the length of the contract, 419 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 1: But here's Corbyn Burns if he had signed with the 420 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,800 Speaker 1: Orioles and was in the same physical situation, facing at 421 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: least the question of a major elbow operation. If you've 422 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:03,119 Speaker 1: got on a four year deal, you're losing two years 423 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,840 Speaker 1: pretty much. That would have been almost calamitous for the Orioles. 424 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: So there is no great answer here. We all know 425 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 1: that starting pictures get hurt, we'll leaf pictures get hurt, 426 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,439 Speaker 1: and the sport has yet to find a way to 427 00:23:16,520 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: do a better job. We're not going to ever avoid 428 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: injuries entirely, but to do a better job of keeping 429 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: pictures healthy. Let's hope one day we get to that 430 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,800 Speaker 1: point where they are healthier and able to keep going 431 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: in a better way. I don't know how it's going 432 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,159 Speaker 1: to happen, if it's ever going to happen, but until 433 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,359 Speaker 1: then we're going to face these questions, and teams are 434 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:38,320 Speaker 1: going to face these questions about how to pay their 435 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:42,320 Speaker 1: starting pictures. All right. Finally, the last question of the 436 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: day from Jeff Wax, who asks are you available on 437 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 1: short notice to manage the Boston Red Sox? And I assume, 438 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: because this is grilling Ken, and because I am the 439 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: host of this show, Jeff is directing that question to me, 440 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: Am I available to replace Alex kra as manager of 441 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: the Boston Red Sox. Ladies and gentlemen, you often have 442 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:07,840 Speaker 1: problems with the way I do my present job, So 443 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 1: why would I take a job for which I have 444 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: no qualifications, for which I could not do on my 445 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,880 Speaker 1: best day and manage a team and a team as 446 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: good as the Boston Red Sox, or as well regarded 447 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 1: a franchise as the Boston Red Sox. Kidding aside, I 448 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: know what you're asking, and you're asking the question. A 449 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,000 Speaker 1: lot of people are asking, Hey, what's going on with 450 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: Alex Corar? Why aren't the Red Sox playing better? There 451 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: are a lot of reasons for that, and sure, maybe 452 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: Cora is one of them. They just have not played 453 00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 1: to their potential yet. But Cora is in the first 454 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,640 Speaker 1: year of a three year extension. He's not going anywhere 455 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 1: anytime soon. If they have a disappointing season, if they 456 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: get off to a bad start next year, could I 457 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: see him being in jeopardy. Yes, but not just yet. 458 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: And as for my own personal aspirations and qualifications to 459 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: manage a major league club, there are none. There are 460 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: no aspiration. There are no qualifications. I'm going to stick 461 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: to the day job and try to do it as 462 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 1: well as I can, so I don't get crushed on 463 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 1: X and in comments and everywhere else for just what 464 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: a poor job I do covering this sport. Want to 465 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: thank everyone for their questions, even the one about me 466 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: becoming a manager. Thank you for listening, for watching, and 467 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,240 Speaker 1: know where to find us YouTube, Apple, Spotify. We'll be 468 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 1: back on Thursday with our normal live show. 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