1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,360 Speaker 1: He took a catcher one to one. And who caught 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:03,960 Speaker 1: Game one of the playoffs last year. 3 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: It wasn't athlete, it was mckinn because McCain was significantly 4 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 2: better defensively. 5 00:00:14,640 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 3: Jason Lackhampora joining us right now. Appreciate the time Jason. 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 3: You can hear him on one oh five seven the 7 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,240 Speaker 3: Fan every day two to six Eastern. 8 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:23,200 Speaker 4: So he's coming up. So let's get right to biz. 9 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 3: Jason uh, Brandon Hyde out, and Mike Elias still running 10 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:29,760 Speaker 3: this organization. 11 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:31,440 Speaker 4: What is next? 12 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 5: I don't know. 13 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: Apparently not even a press conference for the GM who 14 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: went for ten days to find any sympathetic podcast in 15 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: microphone he could find to spew his problem in BS 16 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 1: about his FOA accountability and his allegiance to Brandon Hyde, 17 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:50,519 Speaker 1: and then he fires the guy Saturday morning and suddenly 18 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: has no time to do anything. There's a lot of 19 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: fraudulent stuff that's been perpetrated on this fan base for 20 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 1: several years now. You can really take it back to 21 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: the twenty three trade deadline, which is when I started 22 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:05,240 Speaker 1: seeing right through that warehouse and seeing that there was 23 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: not only no there there, but there was no soul there. 24 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: And yeah, so I don't know about this owner, like 25 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 1: you guys know anything about this owner like I. I 26 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: you know, he used to spray people with water guns 27 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 1: and throw hats at them, let them eat cake. Now 28 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,680 Speaker 1: you can't even find him. He's got nothing to say 29 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: about firing a manager. He's got nothing to say about 30 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: a farm system that's stagnate. 31 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:26,880 Speaker 5: He's got nothing to say I guess about. 32 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: Six years of international signings that have maybe produced Sam Pasio, 33 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: but nothing else. He's got nothing to say about all 34 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: of Michaelias's horrid transactions. He's got nothing to say about 35 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: these jokers butcher in this ballpark twice and having no 36 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: playoff wins to show for it. Michaelias is the problem. 37 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,280 Speaker 1: He's the cancer. He's patient zero until they cut him out. 38 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:46,360 Speaker 1: This is all BS. 39 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 6: Does it happen? Do they cut him out? I don't know. 40 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: I have no idea, Like I mean, I would have 41 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: fired him with Brandon Hyde. Why don't you just fire him? 42 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: You're really gonna give him another trade deadline? Like he's 43 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: clearly shown he plays favorites. It's all politics. Certain guys 44 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,680 Speaker 1: get a million chances, other guys get no chances. Coyle 45 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: Stellers and so like if you want to let him 46 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,480 Speaker 1: keep doing this, I mean you can, but like allfull 47 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 1: enough to remember this owner with the richest people on 48 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: the planet from Davo, Switzerland in this offseason saying Michael 49 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: Wis is a genius. He convinced man, I don't have 50 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: to spend money. We don't want to win press conferences. 51 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: Mike's got the next seven years of the American League 52 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: penciled out and we're good to go. I mean, how 53 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: do I compete with that? He's completely brainwashed? I mean, 54 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: I when it is a reality, what really matters? Like 55 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 1: do you want to talk about the fact that, like 56 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: the double eighteen has a fourteen on base? 57 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 5: Do we want to talk about that? They're hitting incubator? 58 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: You want to talk about the high eight team's got 59 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: a three seventeen on base? 60 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 5: We want to talk about that? He's wanna talk about. 61 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: Vince Honeycutt can't hit high a right handed pitching and 62 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,400 Speaker 1: he was supposed to be like a fast starter. 63 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 5: Like it's a joke. 64 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 1: It's rotten to the core all the way through. They 65 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: haven't produced a picture yet, but like does this guy know? 66 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: Does he notice? Is he aware? I don't know, but 67 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,640 Speaker 1: you think Tony Manzelino's gonna fix it. 68 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 5: He kept the hitting coaches. I mean, this, this whole 69 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 5: thing is a charade. 70 00:03:09,480 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 7: So you think Michae Olias is the guy to get 71 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 7: him to the next level? Is that what you're saying? 72 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 8: I do? 73 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 4: Would? 74 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:14,799 Speaker 1: I think? 75 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 5: I think he needs to be the team president. You 76 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 5: needed Dombrowski him. 77 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, and and then bring in more underlings and let 78 00:03:21,240 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: him work this thing even more. I mean, look, they're 79 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: They're fifty seven and seventy six since beating the Yankees 80 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: in an afternoon game and chasing Louis Hill from the 81 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 1: Bronx last June twentieth, fifty seven and seventy six. They're 82 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: twenty seven and forty at home in that span, including 83 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,160 Speaker 1: the playoffs. Like, you know, who's worse than the Orioles 84 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 1: at home since June twentieth, the last year the White 85 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: Sox the same records the Rock You know. 86 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 7: No, not fair. I can't take shots at the White 87 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 7: Sox and. 88 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 5: No that White Sox are. I mean, at least we 89 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 5: know what the White Sox are. 90 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: They're not trying to propagate a myth like they're doing 91 00:03:58,200 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: what Elias did. 92 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 5: And Elias did what he did to go back to 93 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 5: being the White Sox. It's great, it's genius. 94 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, give him a contract for life. 95 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 5: All right? 96 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,160 Speaker 7: So I mean I do want to know this, Like, 97 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 7: what would you have done differently then? Because we talk 98 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 7: about Dave Dombrowski and aj Preller and some of these 99 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 7: other gms that go out at the EF scene did 100 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 7: it for a couple of times and go out and 101 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 7: make the moves they need to make. But what would 102 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 7: you have done different than what Elias did with the 103 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:22,560 Speaker 7: resources he was given. 104 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 5: Well, we were begging for Avaldi or Pavetta on my show. 105 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 5: We were I look what I have done. 106 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 1: I know he hasn't had a huge start there, and 107 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: I think I might have talked about it with you 108 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: guys a while back. 109 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 5: Gunnar Henderson's a third basement, not a shortstop. 110 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 1: Again, we can propagate myths, we can live in alias 111 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: world and we can live in the real world. I 112 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,719 Speaker 1: would have brought in Willie Domas, got a real shortstop, 113 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: move Gunner to third between Westburg or Jackson Holliday, and 114 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:48,640 Speaker 1: got a decision to make Conjord and Westburg play first pace. 115 00:04:48,680 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 1: If he can, Why is Ryan Malcastle still here? Like 116 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,200 Speaker 1: I would have never made the Stowars trade. Can go 117 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:55,040 Speaker 1: back and listen to my show. I destroyed that trade 118 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: in real time. Nobody was their best second basement at 119 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: that time. Stowars was their best right fielder at that time, 120 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: and Trevor Rodgers is a jump for a arm that 121 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: was never going to. 122 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 5: Recover, especially not with these guys being the ones to 123 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 5: fix them. Who do they fix? I mean we could, 124 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 5: we could go on and on. 125 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: I panned both of their last two deadlines in real 126 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: time and said, this guy made the team worse. I mean, 127 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: do you want to you want to defend Eloy Jimenez 128 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 1: and Austin Slater like we can? I mean, if you 129 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 1: want to take that side, But you tell me what 130 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 1: he's done that's been good, like you tell me at 131 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,200 Speaker 1: the major league level. I'm not talking about tanking to 132 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: pick fifth overall. By the way, the kid they took 133 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 1: second overall can't still can't play corner outfield. I told 134 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: him that in low A. You can find the text 135 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: of Michaelias, like, bro, I'm watching this kid. Is you're 136 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,280 Speaker 1: gonna make them a dh to get the bat up here? 137 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:43,359 Speaker 1: Heston curse Dad? Or if you want to be a 138 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: corner outfielder. Then you better like devote a whole lot 139 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: of time to that. Just go watch him play right 140 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: field the other day. There's nothing that's happened that I 141 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:52,400 Speaker 1: didn't call. Kobe Mayo is not a third baseman. He 142 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: makes two errors, they send him back down to Norfolk. 143 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:56,239 Speaker 1: Where do you think he plays the next night? First 144 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: base or right field where he is a future, or 145 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 1: third base because Michaellias is a genius, third base because 146 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:01,799 Speaker 1: michaelas is a genius. 147 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 8: Do they have enough offense that if they weren't down 148 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 8: by three or four runs by the fourth inning every night, 149 00:06:11,360 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 8: do they have enough offense to say, you know what 150 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 8: we can put together at bats? 151 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: I was begging for a real bat last year when 152 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: they were high on the hog when they beat the 153 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,280 Speaker 1: Yankee seventeen to five. Because you want to know their 154 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: own base, Since then, in one hundred and thirty five games, 155 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 1: their own base is three eleven, it was three run 156 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: homers or nothing at all. What happens when that drives up? 157 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,160 Speaker 1: What happens when they don't keep Santanderamrount? What happens when 158 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: Gunnar Henderson's no longer on a one hundred home run pace? 159 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 5: Like it. Don't even get me started with Aley Rutchman. 160 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 5: I mean, it's ridiculous. 161 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: It is unseerious, unprofessional and farcical to keep batting him 162 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: third or fourth every night with these quality or lack 163 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:51,080 Speaker 1: quality of at batch. He's also not even an average catcher. Like, 164 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,760 Speaker 1: he's not even an average catcher, and he's supposed to 165 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: be the face of this thing. I mean, he was 166 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: finding from last year's atrocity with arguably a worst start 167 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: to this year. Like, No, they're not an e lead, 168 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: They're not a lead anything. They pla tune all over 169 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: the place. 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So what happened? 202 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 7: Because he was supposed to be the phase he was 203 00:08:42,679 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 7: supposed to be the guy they were going to sign. 204 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:46,720 Speaker 7: He was the one one. I mean, this was their guy. 205 00:08:46,800 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 7: What has happened? Because I like Adley and I think 206 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 7: he could be really good. 207 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: I think he's mentally fractured. I think he's over enabled. 208 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: He had a huge collapse last year. They didn't make 209 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 1: him talk to the media. There was zero accountability. They 210 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: propagated their They kept batting him third or fourth every night. 211 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 1: Things got worse instead of getting better. Did they go 212 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 1: and get him real help with the deadline? No, like 213 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 1: I said, they got Alstin Slater and Eloi Amenez like. 214 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: So that puts even more pressure on the kids. I 215 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: don't think he was in tremendous shape last year. I 216 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,319 Speaker 1: do think he showed up in camp in better shape 217 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: this year. But they also coddled him. Go look at 218 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:22,760 Speaker 1: how few winnings he's actually caught. For someone at the 219 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: beginning of their career. It became pretty obvious last year 220 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't hit many catches. So their response to that 221 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:29,920 Speaker 1: was the dh more bro They took a catcher one 222 00:09:29,960 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: to one, and who caught Game one of the playoffs 223 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: last year? 224 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: It wasn't Adlie, it was mckinn because mckinn was significantly 225 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 2: better defensively McCann's and Triple A like no. 226 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,640 Speaker 1: I think Adlie shattered in the head. I think he 227 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: hit major adversity. I think they were ill equipped to 228 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: handle it. I think they blew smoke up his backside. 229 00:09:49,440 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 1: I think Freddy Gonzalez one of the people who was 230 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: a bit maybe of a bad cop in that organization. 231 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:55,960 Speaker 5: He got tossed out at the end of the season. 232 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,319 Speaker 1: And they've got a younger coaching staff, even less experienced. 233 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 5: And they continue to do the same things they've done. 234 00:10:02,960 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 5: Find me the spot where ADLEI sat for two or 235 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 5: three days in a row. Why is he above that? 236 00:10:08,160 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: And at the same time, Cedric Mallins was their best hitter, 237 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: Cedric Mallins a top twenty hitter in Major League Baseball 238 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: against right handers at home since June of last year. 239 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,319 Speaker 1: And they had Cedric batt Nathan ninth in the playoffs 240 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:21,959 Speaker 1: and he's the only guy delivering. It's politics, it's shameful stuff. 241 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 1: They need a new set of eyes to come in 242 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,480 Speaker 1: here and figure out who fits and who doesn't. 243 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,200 Speaker 5: And I got news for you. And he might not fit. 244 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: He certainly might not fit a catcher and if he's 245 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: going to first base, homeboy better learned to hit the 246 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 1: ball hard in the air. 247 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 6: Yeah. 248 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,920 Speaker 3: Hey, Michael Isias' computer system's not working out well. Last 249 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: one real quick. I know you got your show, What's next? 250 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 3: So what are you trading? 251 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 6: Right? 252 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,599 Speaker 4: So if you are taking over this team. 253 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:52,080 Speaker 1: Pedrick Mallins, Ethlyn Sigano, Jorge Matteo, Ryan O'Hearn, I mean, 254 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: whatever you can get from Meltcastle. They waited way too 255 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 1: long for that. I mean they should have traded when 256 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 1: he had thirty home months. Again, this is a vision's history. 257 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,319 Speaker 1: I talked about this stuff four hours a day, five 258 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: days a week. And you can check my Twitter feed too. 259 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: It's all timestamp Like I mean, everything that's not that's 260 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: not nailed down, like Batista. I would absolutely trade Batista. 261 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: I mean they like doing business with the Phillies. They 262 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: get fleeced all the time. 263 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 5: But like. 264 00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,080 Speaker 1: I mean, it should be but it can't be him, 265 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 1: Like this guy can't do it. He's the problem. How's 266 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: the problem going to fix itself when he won't even 267 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: admit it's a problem. 268 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, they're gonna go through this trade deadline with with 269 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:28,400 Speaker 3: Michael Oas and you're saying he's going to be the 270 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:29,560 Speaker 3: guy for the next several years. 271 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,719 Speaker 4: And I knows fans like you. 272 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 7: No, no, because the White Sox went through a trade 273 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 7: deadline and then fired Rick On and Kenny Williams. 274 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:37,160 Speaker 8: So true. 275 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 7: I mean, I don't know if that's necessarily true or not. 276 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 7: I mean, you know, you didn't compare the Oils to 277 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 7: the White Sox, so maybe they are on the similar paths. 278 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 7: Never do. 279 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 3: We got to get Jason to a show, but he'll 280 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,320 Speaker 3: be bringing this today, of course to Jason. Great stuff. Uh, 281 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 3: make sure you listen to Jason on the fan in Baltimore. 282 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,079 Speaker 3: Give him a follow to thank you, Jason, appreciate it man, 283 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 3: Thank you for having Thank you love having you on. 284 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 3: Let's hit better than box Score and we'll start with 285 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:05,240 Speaker 3: the Red Sox, who had an entertaining weekends aj after 286 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,839 Speaker 3: you know, they were playing a little bit down and lost. 287 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 4: The Tigers got swept. 288 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 3: Raphael Devers drama kind of continues, even though there hasn't 289 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 3: been much publicly about it. The drama continues because Christian 290 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 3: Campbell might end up being their first baseman. Devers, by 291 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 3: the way, the Big walk off on Saturday, he looks 292 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 3: like one of the better dhs in baseball. So some 293 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 3: people are starting to be like, maybe we don't mess 294 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 3: with this. And cor is talking about how first base 295 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 3: is not as easy as you think, which I think 296 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 3: is also code for I don't think Devers. 297 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,080 Speaker 4: Will be good at this even if he tried. 298 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 3: So what do you think about the more athletic and 299 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 3: younger and I'm happy to be here Christian Campbell trying 300 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 3: out first base so that maybe David Hamilton can play second. 301 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 3: Eventually Marcella Meyer can come up and either him or 302 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 3: Story can play second. 303 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 4: In short thoughts, I like it. 304 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 7: I mean the sir Christian Campbell's young. He'll play wherever 305 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 7: they want them to. Raffie Devers is happy at DH. 306 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 7: It seems like he's swinging the bat much better as 307 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 7: the DH. He's getting used to it. Yeah, sure, listen. 308 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 7: If it makes a team better, then I think Christian 309 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 7: Campbe will do whatever he can first base. Listen. Everyone 310 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 7: wants to make first base either really easy or really hard. 311 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 7: It's kind of in between. 312 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 5: Right. 313 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 7: If you can play second base, I feel like you 314 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 7: should be able to play first base. 315 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 8: Now. 316 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 7: Listen is for someone like me that only played catcher 317 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 7: first base would have been really hard because it just 318 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 7: wouldn't have been used to it, and I'm not used 319 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 7: to being on the dirt and moving around and using 320 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,200 Speaker 7: my feet and catching ground balls. But I feel like 321 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:35,840 Speaker 7: for a middle infielder guy like Christian Campbell, this could 322 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 7: be an easier transition than others. And if it makes 323 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 7: the team better and they bring out Meyer or they 324 00:13:40,280 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 7: can put Hamilton there, then yeah, this seems like something easy. 325 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 8: AJ talking about people who moves to first base. The 326 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 8: reason everybody, I think has the misstep of, ah, he 327 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:54,600 Speaker 8: wasn't a very good left fielder, so we'll just move 328 00:13:54,640 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 8: him to first base. Oh he you know, look at 329 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 8: Bryce Harper, he moved to first baseer is athletic. You 330 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:04,439 Speaker 8: can't just move anybody to first base. So I agree 331 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 8: with AJ that Christian Campbell, if you teach him exactly 332 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:13,119 Speaker 8: what's there, because I'm sure Christian Campbell, being the athlete, 333 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,839 Speaker 8: being the you know, future big league prospect that he's 334 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 8: been his entire life. 335 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,120 Speaker 6: Has never played first base. 336 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 8: So learning the little intricacies of waiting to stretch for 337 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 8: every ball, how to get to the bag without looking 338 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 8: down at it and understand the ball might still be 339 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 8: on its way, how to drop step, how to not 340 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:36,360 Speaker 8: go to your right so that you're not vacating first 341 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,400 Speaker 8: base bag. Like, there's a lot to learn, but he's athletic. 342 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 8: I think he'll do fine. 343 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 3: And remember Christian Campbell was one of those guys when 344 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,920 Speaker 3: he first got the call by the Red Sox who 345 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:52,160 Speaker 3: was like, wait, I get my own hotel room. 346 00:14:52,720 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 4: We're traveling private on the team plane. 347 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 3: You know, it's a pup who's excited to be in 348 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 3: the bigs, and of course then signs the extension. So 349 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:07,960 Speaker 3: he's mostly concerned about the team than his individual accomplishments, right, 350 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 3: I mean, I think some of those things do lead 351 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 3: to it being an easier conversation with Campbell, let alone 352 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: the fact that, yeah, I think personally he can handle 353 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 3: the position better than Devers. I don't want to sleep 354 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 3: on the fact that Rafael Devers is one of the 355 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 3: best stayers in baseball but was one of the worst 356 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 3: defenders in baseball for years four years. I think the 357 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 3: Red Sox always saw him as a future DH and 358 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 3: it was just a matter of when not if. 359 00:15:32,920 --> 00:15:34,160 Speaker 4: Is it earlier than we thought? 360 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 3: Sure, but it's not his thing and he's doing well 361 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 3: in the DH spot. 362 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: So now I'm like, we went. 363 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,680 Speaker 3: Back and forth on a lot of things during that 364 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 3: time period for a week when he said he doesn't 365 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 3: want to play first, but it actually might be the 366 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 3: best scenario for all sides to have something like this workout. 367 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:53,320 Speaker 4: Let's hit better than box scores. 368 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 3: And we'll start with the Red Sox, who had an 369 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 3: entertaining weekends aja after you know, they were playing a 370 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 3: little bit down and lost. The Tigers got swept. Raphael 371 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 3: Devers drama kind of continues, even though there hasn't been 372 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 3: much publicly about it. The drama continues because Christian Campbell 373 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,480 Speaker 3: might end up being their first baseman. Devers, by the 374 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 3: way the big walk off on Saturday, he looks like 375 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 3: one of the better dhs in baseball. So some people 376 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 3: are starting to be like, maybe we don't mess with this. 377 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 3: And Corus talking about how first base is not as 378 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,760 Speaker 3: easy as you think, which I think is also code 379 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,560 Speaker 3: for I don't think Devers. 380 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:32,200 Speaker 4: Will be good at this even if he tried. 381 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:34,800 Speaker 3: So what do you think about the more athletic and 382 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 3: younger and I'm happy to be here Christian Campbell trying 383 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,040 Speaker 3: out first base, so that maybe David hamiltonkh play second. 384 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 3: Eventually Marcella Meyer can come up and either him or 385 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 3: Story can play second. 386 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 4: In short thoughts, I like it. 387 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 7: I mean the sen Christian Campbell's young, He'll play wherever 388 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:54,240 Speaker 7: they want them to. Raffie Devers is happy at DH. 389 00:16:54,320 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 7: It seems like he's swinging the bat much better as 390 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,720 Speaker 7: the DH. He's getting used to it. Yeah, sure, listen. 391 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 7: I him makes a team better than I think Christian 392 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 7: Campbe will do whatever he can first base. 393 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:06,680 Speaker 6: Listen. 394 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 7: Everyone wants to make first base either really easy or 395 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:11,760 Speaker 7: really hard. It's kind of in between. 396 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 5: Right. 397 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,800 Speaker 7: If you can play second base, I feel like you 398 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 7: should be able to play first base now, listen. Is 399 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 7: for someone like me that only played catcher, first base 400 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 7: would have been really hard because it just wouldn't have 401 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 7: been used to it. And I'm not used to being 402 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 7: on the dirt and moving around and using my feet 403 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:26,520 Speaker 7: and catching ground balls. But I feel like for a 404 00:17:26,560 --> 00:17:29,199 Speaker 7: middle infielder guy like Christian Campbell, this could be an 405 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 7: easier transition than others. And if it makes the team 406 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 7: better and they bring out Meyer or they can put 407 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 7: Hamilton there, then yeah, this seems like something easy. 408 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 8: AJ talking about people who moves to first base the reason. Everybody, 409 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 8: I think has the misstep of, ah, he wasn't a 410 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 8: very good left fielder, so we'll just move him to 411 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 8: first base. Oh he you know, look at Bryce Harper, 412 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 8: he moved to first base. Bryce Harper is athletic. You 413 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,560 Speaker 8: can't just move anybody to first base. So I agree 414 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 8: with AJ that Christian Campbell, if you teach him exactly 415 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 8: what's there. 416 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 6: Because I'm sure Christian Campbell. 417 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 8: Being the athlete, being the you know, future big league 418 00:18:09,080 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 8: prospect that he's been his entire life. 419 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 6: Has never played first base. 420 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 8: So learning the little intricacies of waiting to stretch for 421 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 8: every ball, how to get to the bag without looking 422 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:23,720 Speaker 8: down at it and understand the ball might still be 423 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 8: on its way, how to drop step, how to not 424 00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 8: go to your right so that you're not vacating first 425 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 8: base bag. Like, there's a lot to learn, but he's athletic. 426 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 8: I think he'll do fine. 427 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 3: I remember Christian Campbell was one of those guys when 428 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 3: he first got the call by the Red Sox who 429 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 3: was like, wait, I get my own hotel room. We're 430 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 3: traveling private on the team plane. You know, it's a 431 00:18:51,080 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 3: pup who's excited to be in the BIGS, and of 432 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:58,080 Speaker 3: course then signs the extension. So he's mostly concerned about 433 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 3: the team than his individualccomplishments, right, I mean, I think 434 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 3: some of those things do lead to it being an 435 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 3: easier conversation with Campbell. Let alone the fact that, yeah, 436 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 3: I think personally he can handle the position better than Devers. 437 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:13,679 Speaker 3: I don't want to sleep on the fact that Raphael 438 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 3: Devers is one of the best players in baseball but 439 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,960 Speaker 3: was one of the worst defenders in baseball four years. 440 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 4: Four years. I think the Red. 441 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,679 Speaker 3: Sox always saw him as a future DH and it 442 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 3: was just a matter of when not if. Is it 443 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:29,840 Speaker 3: earlier than we thought? Sure, but it's not his thing 444 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 3: and he's doing well in the DH spot. 445 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,120 Speaker 4: So now I'm like, we went. 446 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 3: Back and forth on a lot of things during that 447 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 3: time period for a week when he said he doesn't 448 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 3: want to play first, but it actually might be the 449 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 3: best scenario for all sides to have something like this workout. 450 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 4: Let's get to the Royals. 451 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 3: They lost two starters in the past what forty eight 452 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 3: seventy two hours, and they're two of the top five 453 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,919 Speaker 3: last year in Cy Young voting. Reagan's is off to 454 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,200 Speaker 3: a slower start although this injury could be a part 455 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 3: of it. Seth Luga and Cole Reagan's both to the 456 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 3: shelf and it's a left groin strain for Reagan's apparently 457 00:20:05,240 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 3: it's been bothering him for a bit. Sprained middle finger 458 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 3: for Seth Lugo. 459 00:20:09,720 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 4: Royals have been. 460 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 3: Streaky actually as a team. Aj I mean they had 461 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 3: the what six gamer at one point in mid April, 462 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 3: and then they won what was. 463 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 4: It sixteen out of eighteen? 464 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 3: I want to say something crazy here, I got it 465 00:20:23,000 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 3: sixteen out of eighteen, and then now they're in a 466 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 3: rut again. So thoughts on if the Oriols are gonna 467 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 3: be okay. 468 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 7: The Royals I think are. I mean they're over five hundred, 469 00:20:35,119 --> 00:20:37,200 Speaker 7: they're twenty six and twenty two. As long as they're 470 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 7: bullpench six together, I think they'll be fine. They're gonna 471 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 7: need Endings Walking needs to stay healthy. But yeah, losing 472 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 7: Reagan's and Lugo is a big blow to this team. 473 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 6: But Bubich has. 474 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 7: Been really good for him. I don't think this kills him. 475 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 7: But they're in a tough division. I mean there's fourteens 476 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 7: over five hundred in the Al Central and then there's 477 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 7: the White Sox. So I think they're gonna be okay. 478 00:20:55,720 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 7: They're gonna be in it till the end. JJ Picolo 479 00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,480 Speaker 7: go out and make a move if he has to 480 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,199 Speaker 7: as a deadline gets closer. But this is an ideal. 481 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:04,280 Speaker 7: They need these guys back as quick as possible. 482 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,159 Speaker 8: They need to just play the game that they have 483 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 8: been built to play. I mean, I think they strike 484 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 8: out the second least of any team in baseball. I 485 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 8: think they need to up there on base percentage as 486 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 8: an offense. But we're talking about losing two of your starters. 487 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,959 Speaker 8: What team can lose two of their starters, let alone 488 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 8: two that essentially carried them last year. And it's gonna 489 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 8: really to me, it's really going to test the depth 490 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,840 Speaker 8: of their bullpen because these guys were going out there 491 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 8: and giving them length and giving them innings two out 492 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 8: of every the every five times through the rotation. 493 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,560 Speaker 6: It's going to really test. 494 00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 8: It because they're not going to They're not going to 495 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 8: sit there and you know, let different guys go as 496 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:55,520 Speaker 8: deep as Lugo and and Reagan's were going. So I 497 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 8: think it's really going to test that bullpen because they're 498 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:00,800 Speaker 8: just not blowing teams out. You're you're playing a lot 499 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 8: of close games. Even during that fifteen and two stretch, 500 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 8: it wasn't a lot of runs being scored, which puts 501 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 8: more pressure on your pitching. 502 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, that is a really good division. The American League 503 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 3: Central in a different way, right, But the ALE Central 504 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 3: is really good. NL West obviously, I think is probably 505 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,960 Speaker 3: the best division this year. But the ALE Central stands 506 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 3: out just like they did last year. Lastly, AL West, 507 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,879 Speaker 3: the Astros are missing your Don Alvarez, and this has 508 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,199 Speaker 3: seemed to come up year after year. Chandler Rome, who 509 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,360 Speaker 3: covers the team of the Athletic and of course hosts 510 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 3: Crush City Territory, brings this up, as do many others. 511 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 3: But you've got fans like what's up with jord Don 512 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 3: Alvarez and Chandler Rome's tweeting, Hey, is this going slower 513 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 3: than expected? He asked Joe spot Out of spot Is said, 514 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 3: I just want to make sure it's completely going away. 515 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,520 Speaker 3: We don't want to go back to where if you 516 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 3: feel something again, we have to restore the start the 517 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:51,440 Speaker 3: whole process. 518 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 4: He said. It's there, but every day it feels better, 519 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:54,359 Speaker 4: you know. 520 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 3: And then you've got other fans replying to Chandler being like, yeah, 521 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:01,159 Speaker 3: that's what they said last year about Kyle Tucker. I 522 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 3: actually think this just goes to an organizational slash medical 523 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,600 Speaker 3: staff decision from the Astros in particular AJ, who say, we're. 524 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 4: Not going to give you much. 525 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 3: You know, it's almost football style, even though it doesn't 526 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 3: really affect things the same way. Right, Like if a 527 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 3: guy's hurt in football or hockey and then he comes 528 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 3: back or he's playing, you can pick on him. That's 529 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,880 Speaker 3: not really a thing in baseball. So I think from 530 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 3: a fan perspective and even from a beat writer perspective, 531 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 3: they're like, why can't you just tell us what's really 532 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 3: going on? Like Kyle Tucker didn't have you know, a 533 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 3: little booboo on his knee last year. He had a 534 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:33,359 Speaker 3: fractured what shit or something like that. It was a 535 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 3: significant injury and it was kind of hidden for a while. 536 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 4: Isn't it weird? 537 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:40,560 Speaker 7: Uh? You know, teams want to downplay this as much 538 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,520 Speaker 7: as possible because they don't want people to, you know, 539 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,840 Speaker 7: think this guy's hurt. They want hope, right, and if 540 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 7: you're not, I mean, didn't he have a hand, like 541 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:50,399 Speaker 7: he has a bruised hand or he has an injury 542 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 7: like I've never heard of it. He's been out for 543 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 7: for a long time, and yeah, you don't want it 544 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,159 Speaker 7: to pop back up. But yeah, you'd like teams to 545 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:59,160 Speaker 7: be honest, but let's be honest. No one's honest all 546 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 7: the time, So not gonna They're not going to give 547 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,679 Speaker 7: you everything you want at all times. 548 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, it is a hand, but it's a muscle strain 549 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 3: in his right hand. And he's been on the aisle 550 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 3: since May fit. I mean, it hasn't been that long. 551 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 3: But people look at what they say publicly Crafts and 552 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,040 Speaker 3: they're like, is that really what the injury is or 553 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 3: is it something worse? Because you lose trust when you 554 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 3: have a situation like Tucker and that wasn't even the 555 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 3: first case. 556 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 8: But what but what does I'm going to go on 557 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,679 Speaker 8: the team side here, Why do we need to disclose it? 558 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 8: Why do we need to disclose exactly what it is? 559 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:36,240 Speaker 3: You don't we can say whatever we want, right every 560 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 3: team can just say dude has a booboo, he'll be 561 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 3: back sometime soon. But that's not really the protocol for 562 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 3: most they say what the actual situation is? 563 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 4: I mean, obviously normally you have. 564 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 7: To share it normally you have to tell what the 565 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 7: injury is because you don't want a fake ill. That's 566 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 7: why you usually have to come up with even though 567 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 7: teams just make something up, as we all know, but 568 00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 7: normally that's why you have to tell the injury so 569 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 7: they can have a doctor sign off of and say, oh, yeah, 570 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,240 Speaker 7: this is really what's wrong. 571 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 3: Yep, which you can disclose I guess privately with the league, 572 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 3: with other teams when you're looking at medical stuff like that. 573 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 3: But I don't know, people just want some transparency. I 574 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 3: see both sides, but I'm gonna go on the fan 575 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 3: side here. Just tell us what's really happening, and for Alvarez, 576 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 3: this is probably what's really happening. It's just that you 577 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 3: get a lot of fan mistrust when they dealt with 578 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 3: what they did last year with Cocker,