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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory.

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Speaker 1: I'm chandeler Roam along with Tyler Stafford, as the Astros

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Speaker 1: finished a loud five and one home stand against both

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Speaker 1: the Phillies and the Cubs. It was they were six.

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Speaker 1: There were five very close games and six and one

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Speaker 1: not very close game. The run differential for these six

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Speaker 1: games was zero. That means that the two teams scored

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Speaker 1: the same amount of runs. The Astros finished five and one,

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Speaker 1: just another testament to their run prevention ability, maybe another

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Speaker 1: indictment on a lineup that sorely needs Jordan Alvarroz back,

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Speaker 1: one that was missing Jeremy Panya for the final two

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Speaker 1: games of the Cub series, but still managed to beat

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Speaker 1: one of the best teams in the National League two

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Speaker 1: out of three. Tyler, Before we get into the on

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Speaker 1: field stuff and the baseball that was played, let's give

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Speaker 1: some well deserved credit. I thought the Ashers did a

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Speaker 1: phenomenal job with welcoming back Kyle Tucker and Ryan Presley.

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Speaker 2: I thought you just meant in general, and I was like,

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Speaker 2: thank you. I agree. Finally you're not whining about the

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Speaker 2: team you kept. No, yes, I agree they did great.

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Speaker 2: Welcome in Back, Go.

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Speaker 1: Ahead, Yeah, I thought it was I thought it hit

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Speaker 1: all the right notes. I thought that tribute video that

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Speaker 1: they did before the first game was as well done

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Speaker 1: of anything as their creative team, their marketing team has

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Speaker 1: done since I've covered them. I thought it was very

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Speaker 1: poignant the way they connected both guys, two guys that

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Speaker 1: got to the organization very differently, like Ryan Presley was

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Speaker 1: acquired at the trade deadline in twenty eighteen and then

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Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker was draft and developed in a homegrown guy.

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Speaker 1: But to tie them together as well as they did

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Speaker 1: with that, obviously, the play that they'll remain synonymous with

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Speaker 1: the Ashers forever is the final out of the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two World series. Kyle Tucker catching it, Ryan Presley

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Speaker 1: inducing it on the mound, and then you know, they

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Speaker 1: played Kyle Tucker's walk up music before his first at

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Speaker 1: that never heard it again after that. And then I

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Speaker 1: thought it was really cool that Ryan Presley ran out

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Speaker 1: to God's Gonna Cut You Down on Saturday, And there

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Speaker 1: were some Ashers fans that were kind of peeved by

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Speaker 1: that that were in my mentions. I think they were

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Speaker 1: just mad that the Ashers got boat raced and they

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Speaker 1: lost the game, and they were just looking for something

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Speaker 1: to be mad at. I thought it was a great touch.

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Speaker 1: I thought it was the perfect situation to do it, too.

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Speaker 1: Like if he would have come in in a one

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Speaker 1: I feel like it would have been a little weird

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Speaker 1: to play his walk up music, But ashers were down

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Speaker 1: I thought, from beginning to end, they handled everything about

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Speaker 1: this weekend as well as it could be handled.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have a couple of thoughts. One, the video

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Speaker 2: You're right, was great. I really liked the editing, like

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Speaker 2: you said, where the first like minute and a half

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Speaker 2: then like focuses on Tucker catching it over his shoulder,

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Speaker 2: that ruled like that. When they were editing that together,

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Speaker 2: they must have been so excited to find that exact

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Speaker 2: really cool. Second thought is, I agree, it's cool that

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Speaker 2: they played Brian Presley's music. Not close to the most

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Speaker 2: offensive thing that the Astros have ever played for a

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Speaker 2: visiting team when they first moved to the AL so

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Speaker 2: was that twenty twelve? I guess is that the first

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Speaker 2: even maybe they hadn't even been in the Alia. It

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Speaker 2: doesn't matter. The point is the Red Sox were in

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Speaker 2: town and they played Sweet Caroline in the seventh inning,

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Speaker 2: and yes, and it was like, what are we doing?

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Speaker 2: Like this is embarrassing. So yeah, you can play Ryan

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Speaker 2: Presley's music when you're down nine and he's jogging in

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Speaker 2: and he's a World Series hero for your team. At

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Speaker 2: least it wasn't Sweet Caroline that was That was significantly worse.

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Speaker 1: They did not play Go Cubs Go after the Cubs

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Speaker 1: went on Saturday, which step up. Good job for them

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Speaker 1: that all parked the Cubs travel In case you didn't understand,

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Speaker 1: cause you didn't know the Cubs fan base, they showed

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Speaker 2: They all live in the woodlands, them in the Red

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Speaker 2: just been the shout out Astros County. That was his

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Speaker 2: his version of fake Houston. No disrespect to the Woodlands,

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Speaker 2: but that that was a long running joke of his,

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Speaker 1: And everyone that was involved in all of the moves

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Speaker 1: did something in this series. They all had their moments.

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Speaker 1: He sat paratus homeward Cam Smith, as we will talk

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Speaker 1: about more in depth that we'll get there. Don't worry.

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Speaker 1: Cam Smith had had a really nice first two games

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Speaker 1: of the Cup series, finally showed some emotion. Like I

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Speaker 1: guess we can just start talking about it now. I

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Speaker 1: loved watching Cam Smith pemp those two home runs because

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Speaker 1: like it seems like we have been waiting for Like

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Speaker 1: he's got personality, and he's got so much athleticism and

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Speaker 1: so much energy, and he's got so much youthful, such

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Speaker 1: Part of it is, you know, he's he's had the

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Speaker 1: he did, it was really fun to see him, just,

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Speaker 1: for lack of a better word, be a kid like

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Speaker 1: you could tell it meant you can tell it. He

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Speaker 1: is anyone that could have fathomed Cam Smith when the

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Speaker 1: Cubs came. If you would have told anyone before the

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Speaker 1: season started, Camp Smith's gonna be getting clean up when

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Speaker 1: the Cubs come to town in June, no one would

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Speaker 1: mean like even people in the Ashers organization.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean, but how great was that that?

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Speaker 2: He hit one to the train tracks I mean, he

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Speaker 2: just you're right, he's just coming into his own. He

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Speaker 2: big league power and we still haven't even seen it,

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Speaker 2: you know, on a consistent basis. But I mean, man,

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Speaker 2: he just he is good. Like he is, he is

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Speaker 2: very very good. You know, this is not a fair comparison,

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Speaker 2: but he has reminded me a lot lately of Carlos

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Speaker 2: clearly has like raw power that he can get into.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he hit twenty two home runs as a

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Speaker 2: twenty year old as a rookie. Like again, it's not

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Speaker 2: Cam Smith reminds me a lot of Carlos Korea in

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Speaker 2: that rookie year, where like, you can tell there's so

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Speaker 2: much more to still tap into, Like he's performing at

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Speaker 2: this level and you can tell he's still not even

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Speaker 2: and you know, really understands how big league pitchers are

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Speaker 2: gonna attack him. But yeah, he's He's sitting clean up

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Speaker 2: for a team with the second best record in the

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Speaker 2: American League before the All Star Break, a year after

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Speaker 2: being drafted. Pretty pretty good time to be the conductor

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Speaker 2: of the Cam Smith hype train. I can tell you

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Speaker 2: that much.

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Speaker 1: Please don't conduct while intoxicated. Please don't conduct while high

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Speaker 1: on on Cam Smith vibes. Please make sure, please make

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Speaker 1: sure you celebrate dustly away from the train. Sure we

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Speaker 1: don't train bearing off the tracks.

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Speaker 2: It's on a track. I mean, I how how hard

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Speaker 2: could it be?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: It just follows the tracks.

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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe I don't know. It depends on it depends

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Speaker 1: able to navigate it. You were looking it up before

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Speaker 1: we started. I think this weekend put cam Smith firmly

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Speaker 1: in the conversation for American League Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 1: I think he's still got a ways to go. Jacob Wilson,

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Speaker 1: with it. He's hitting about three point fifty. He's probably

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Speaker 1: he may start the All Star Game at shortstop for

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Speaker 1: the American League. He leads all rookies in war according

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Speaker 1: to Fangrafts. Carlos Narvaaz, the Red Sox catcher, leads all

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Speaker 1: rookies in war according to Baseball Reference. So whichever one

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Speaker 1: Remember we were talking about the PPI eligibility in spring

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Speaker 1: Like this is so stupid. Well turns out they have

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Speaker 1: a real legitimate chance here of Cam Smith is PPI eligible,

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Speaker 2: As we have watched pp I again, Pressure.

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Speaker 1: Prospect promotion incentive or initiative excuse me. It basically incentivizes

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Speaker 1: teams to not manipulate service time for prospects and bring

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Speaker 1: It played a part in Cam Smith making the opening

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Speaker 1: day roster. I can say that for a fact there

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Speaker 1: were some confusion on MLB's website, there's some there's some

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Speaker 1: vague language that suggests teams can only get one pp

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Speaker 1: I pick per season. That is not accurate. If both

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Speaker 1: Hunter Brown and Cam Smith finish in the requisite places

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Speaker 1: they need to finish in the Awards voting, the Ashers

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Speaker 1: Cam Smith, however, he has to either win American League

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Speaker 1: in Rookie of the Year for camp Sling. He's got

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Speaker 1: to win it to get the astros A draft pick.

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Speaker 1: He's firmly now in the conversation it is now fully

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Speaker 1: a reality, but he's still got a little ways to

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Speaker 1: go to make up some ground.

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Speaker 2: Tyler look as the biggest Cam Smith defender on here.

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Speaker 2: I would have said he should have been Rookie of

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Speaker 2: And I give you one more arbitrary stat before we

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Speaker 1: I had no doubt that you would find any arbitrary

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Speaker 2: I do. Every single time he does something, someone tweets

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Speaker 1: We will discuss which animals Cam and Tyler are going

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Speaker 1: So it'll be penguins first, and then then maybe the seals.

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Speaker 2: zone is. I mean he in the first inning he

435
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:52,200
Speaker 2: had twelve straight balls, which is not ideal. That's that's

436
00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 2: not what you want to do. Yeah, I mean it

437
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,400
Speaker 2: got to the point where it didn't even look competitive,

438
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,720
Speaker 2: you know, like he it wasn't close, it wasn't like

439
00:24:01,760 --> 00:24:03,879
Speaker 2: he was just barely missing and people weren't chasing, like

440
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 2: balls were just going who knows where. And again, some

441
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,439
Speaker 2: of that is just he hadn't pitched in fifteen days

442
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 2: and you know, was knocking off some rust. So on

443
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 2: the one hand, you can look to that and say,

444
00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,120
Speaker 2: like he just that's the type of picture he is

445
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,600
Speaker 2: is that he's a he's a few base pitcher. There

446
00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,359
Speaker 2: are days where where he just doesn't have it, which,

447
00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:30,320
Speaker 2: if we can whisper real quick, that's why he profiles

448
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,080
Speaker 2: better as a reliever because on the days then who

449
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,439
Speaker 2: doesn't have it, it doesn't hurt him as bad. But

450
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,120
Speaker 2: I didn't say that I whispered it, but I did

451
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 2: turn my mic up per people's suggestions, So maybe people

452
00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 2: heard that I have more concerning stats for you. Uh,

453
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:55,640
Speaker 2: Lancer Colors is at the bottom of Major League Baseball

454
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 2: in hard hit percentage. He is giving up fifty one

455
00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 2: point six percent hard hits hard hair percentage from Baseball Savant. Uh,

456
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 2: that's that's really really bad. And to go with that,

457
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,360
Speaker 2: he is also at the bottom of the league in

458
00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 2: chase percentage, So no one is swinging at the stuff

459
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 2: out of the zone, which is what mcculor's needs, you know,

460
00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 2: he he needs people to look silly on sliders and

461
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:33,439
Speaker 2: curves in the dirt. They're just not doing that. And

462
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:39,320
Speaker 2: when they're swinging, they are tattooing him. I mean, he's

463
00:25:39,359 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 2: he's his walk rate is up. I mean, his walk

464
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 2: rate is always really high. It's it's not like substantially

465
00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:49,159
Speaker 2: higher than normal. I mean it's it's high relative to

466
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 2: big league pitchers, but not not necessarily to Lance. But

467
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:56,040
Speaker 2: the the concern is like he I mean, he is

468
00:25:56,160 --> 00:26:01,439
Speaker 2: just getting tattooed. Just cont ate and people are just

469
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:05,760
Speaker 2: barreling every ball. They're hitting it hard, they're just not

470
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 2: chasing anything. That that is a big, big concern because

471
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 2: a picture with the movement that Lance has. You know, again,

472
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:22,240
Speaker 2: at his best, he was well when he first came up,

473
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,720
Speaker 2: he was all flyball right, but then it turned into

474
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,160
Speaker 2: he was a really good ground ball pitcher. He threw

475
00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 2: that sinker and people would just roll over on the curveball.

476
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,919
Speaker 2: He is just not getting any of that. And so,

477
00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,199
Speaker 2: like I said, you can write off one start, and

478
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,040
Speaker 2: I'm willing to do that. Coming back from an injury,

479
00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 2: you have some rust. But you know, we're we're eight

480
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 2: starts in now, and you know, the the underlying numbers

481
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:56,239
Speaker 2: are really really concerning. When you just look at what

482
00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 2: are hitters doing to him in the box, They're they're

483
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:03,320
Speaker 2: just hitting everything. They're not chasing, they're not whiffing nearly

484
00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 2: as much as they did, you know previously. It's it's

485
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 2: really concerning.

486
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: It should be noted he still does have about a

487
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: forty seven percent ground ball rate, which if he's going

488
00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 1: to give up hard hits, hard hit ground balls can

489
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,639
Speaker 1: go to the best defensive in field in the American League.

490
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,439
Speaker 1: And that that is that helps. So the fact that

491
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,880
Speaker 1: he is still getting an above average ground ball rate

492
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 1: is is encouraging if you want to call it that.

493
00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: He is still generating an above average WIF rate too,

494
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:38,159
Speaker 1: he's missing enough bats when he is competitive. When this,

495
00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,240
Speaker 1: like the problem on Saturday, was like none of the

496
00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 1: spin was competitive. Like he had no feel for the slider.

497
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,800
Speaker 1: You could tell that very early. And when he and

498
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: the slider has been one of his predominant pitches and

499
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: he had to be really change up reliant, and he

500
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: became very predictable. It looked like the Cubs were sitting soft.

501
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,880
Speaker 1: It looked like they were sitting on spin because again,

502
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: like he's not throwing the sinker a bunch, and when

503
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:06,480
Speaker 1: he does serve the sinker, it's doesn't have the the

504
00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 1: giddy up that it used. And again, no one expected

505
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 1: Lance to come back and be throwing ninety five after

506
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,760
Speaker 1: nine hundred days away. But it's he is a work

507
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:18,240
Speaker 1: in progress. As we have said throughout this whole saga,

508
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 1: he would be They're not going to do anything drastic

509
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,560
Speaker 1: after one bad start. It's not going to get any

510
00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,359
Speaker 1: easier because his next start is at Dodger Stadium, and

511
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: that's a very good lineup too, just like the Cubs are.

512
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 1: The Cubs are an excellent lineup. The Astros, I mean

513
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: they they they are a very good lineup. And they

514
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 1: saw Lance one time through and made some adjustments and

515
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 1: you could tell it was it was he had become

516
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 1: a little bit predictable that second time through. But there's

517
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:50,240
Speaker 1: no there, there are no conversations right now of taking

518
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 1: him out of the rotation. Like he is going to

519
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: stay in the rotation. He is going to start for

520
00:28:55,080 --> 00:29:00,720
Speaker 1: the foreseeable future. Everyone's next follow up is, oh, what

521
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 1: happens when Arraghetti gets back and Hobbier and Garcia and

522
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:08,080
Speaker 1: all these guys, Like my My blanket answer is I'll

523
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: tell you. I'll tell you when they're back, Like I

524
00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 1: need that. I need them to get back first before

525
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 1: we can start having this conversation. And you have no

526
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 1: idea what the complexion of this pitching staff is going

527
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:21,760
Speaker 1: to look like in a month, month and a half,

528
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 1: when those guys could possibly be ready to come back.

529
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 1: You could, I mean you hope not, but you could

530
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 1: be dealing with more injuries. You could be dealing with

531
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:32,800
Speaker 1: guys pitching worse than Lance. Lance can find it and

532
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: pitch better. And again it's not as if he's he was,

533
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,760
Speaker 1: you know, pitching awfully before going on the il with

534
00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,440
Speaker 1: the sprain foot. I mean he had a he had

535
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: a three two o e er in five starts before

536
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 1: spraining his foot, like he was pitching five Was Was

537
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 1: there some luck involved?

538
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 2: Was there?

539
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 1: Was he facing some bad lineups? Yes? And yes, But

540
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: he's got a good defense behind him. If he can

541
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: keep the ball on the ground and if he can

542
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 1: be competitive enough with his spin to miss bats, he

543
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:09,600
Speaker 1: is a viable, serviceable member of this rotation. But it

544
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 1: did not look like that on Saturday. A lot of

545
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 1: people got very mad, a lot of people got angry.

546
00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 1: But Saturday was the Saturday was the game to really

547
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 1: showcase the Tucker trade. Tucker, Homer, Paradis, Homer Smith, Homer

548
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: Presley pitched. It was and it was on Fox, it

549
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: was on National TV. They had all the storylines just

550
00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:30,719
Speaker 1: kind of wrapped up for him. It was a great one.

551
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:34,160
Speaker 2: They played Cruel Summer for us, which was which was great.

552
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 2: I don't know if you were listening, I did tweet

553
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 2: that at you just so you knew I pay attention

554
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 2: for you. But you know, we had that going for us. Look,

555
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 2: last thing I'll say on Lance he has to rely

556
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 2: on being able to get people to chase out of

557
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 2: the zone. And the reason people aren't doing that is

558
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 2: he has no idea where his fastball is going. He

559
00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 2: has to be able to control his sinker and his

560
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 2: foreseam and even his cutter when he uses it at

561
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 2: the bottom of the zone, so that when he throws

562
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 2: his off speed stuff and his breaking stuff, it looks

563
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 2: like a strike until it isn't. But right now his

564
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:18,160
Speaker 2: sinker is just down the middle, and so anything that

565
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,440
Speaker 2: starts at the knees or below, people are just not

566
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 2: swinging at all. Again, for reference, the out of zone

567
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 2: swing percentage for Major League Baseball is twenty eight percent.

568
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:35,040
Speaker 2: Lands is at nineteen. So I mean he's he's way

569
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:39,160
Speaker 2: way below just average pitchers and getting people to swing

570
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 2: outside of the strike zone. And that's because there's nothing

571
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 2: that is you can just say like, that's fine, I'll

572
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 2: take a strike at the knees because I don't think

573
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 2: you can do it three times in a row. So

574
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,280
Speaker 2: anything that's starting down people are just laying off. And

575
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 2: it's forcing him, as you have seen some it's forcing

576
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 2: him to bring his slider up in the zone more

577
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,400
Speaker 2: just to try to get swings on it, and people

578
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 2: are just like I said, just barreling it. So you

579
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,800
Speaker 2: hope that he can work that out mechanically and figure

580
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 2: that out. But yes, it was. It was a tough one.

581
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 2: But we'll we'll move on there. We'll we'll see him

582
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 2: again in a couple of days and and we'll we'll reassess.

583
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 2: There's some lefties in the Dodgers lineup, uh, And I

584
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,720
Speaker 2: I think true Lance mccolors is against lefties when he

585
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,040
Speaker 2: gets to use the knuckle curve, that's that's good Lance.

586
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 2: So the more lefties are in there, the better.

587
00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: Lance has good memories in that stadium too.

588
00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 2: So I got RBI once he did.

589
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 1: He did. He'll remind you too that he got an

590
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: RBI and Dodger stadium in a pretty consequential game. One

591
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,960
Speaker 1: thing about Lance and and this dovetails to a lot

592
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 1: of different issues is a strong word, but things going

593
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 1: on with the team, like because they have put themselves

594
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: in a position where they are six and a half

595
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: games up in the West and like they're they're in

596
00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: a pretty comfortable spot with like they don't have to

597
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 1: have all this urgency like, oh, we've got to replay

598
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: like it, like Lance is on borrowed time because we

599
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 1: have to win these games. Like yes, they would like

600
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,960
Speaker 1: they would love to win every time they go out there.

601
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 1: But remember last year when jose A Breu got option

602
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: to West Palm Beach and then got DFA like a

603
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: month later. That was because that team was desperate and

604
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,479
Speaker 1: they needed to win every game they went out and played.

605
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,719
Speaker 1: Christian Walker remains in the everyday lineup and getting every

606
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: day at bats, albeit further down like the batting order,

607
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 1: but he remains in the lineup because they can't. Like

608
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: they have they have given themselves that luxury of being

609
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 1: able to do this because they've put themselves in a

610
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 1: good position in the driver's seat in this division. Same

611
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,080
Speaker 1: thing with the iinor Diaz. It's going to be the

612
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: same thing with Lance mccullors. Like they they have got

613
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: they have put they have an advantageous position that they're

614
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: in to have runway for guys that are struggling to

615
00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 1: find it. And Lance will get that, Christian Walker will

616
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,440
Speaker 1: get that. That doesn't mean they're not to go at

617
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: the deadline and try to address some of these areas

618
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:06,120
Speaker 1: where the struggles are more pronounced than others. But for now,

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Speaker 1: I don't envision a ton of barring injury. I don't

620
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:14,120
Speaker 1: envision a ton of like overhaul of the rotation or

621
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Speaker 1: the lineup or playing time, because they keep winning, like

622
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:21,359
Speaker 1: they keep winning and the division league keeps growing, and

623
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Speaker 1: there is just not that sense of we've got to

624
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: win every night, so we've got to put our hands

625
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 1: all over the roster and do this like there's a

626
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Speaker 1: reason that they're taking it slow with Alvarez, that they're

627
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,839
Speaker 1: taking it sow with all these injured guys because they

628
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 1: don't need They don't they're not in a desperate need

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Speaker 4: an active subscription. Free meals are applied as a discount

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Speaker 1: So Tyler, I don't think the Ashers could have could

653
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: have asked for a better June. Maybe they could have

654
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 1: gone undefeated, but that was probably unrealistic. As it sands,

655
00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 1: they went nineteen and seven and they finished it all

656
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: off with as we talked about, they beat two of

657
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: the best teams in the National League and a National

658
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:08,719
Speaker 1: league that is far superior to the American League in

659
00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 1: every conceivable way. They beat two of the best teams

660
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,720
Speaker 1: in the National League on their home field. What stood

661
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,399
Speaker 1: out the most to you about what they did this month?

662
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: Is there a player? Is there a way that they won?

663
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:24,840
Speaker 1: Is there just what? Holistically? What stood out to you

664
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: the most about what they did this month.

665
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:31,400
Speaker 2: It's the consistency. Man, They've won what eleven straight series?

666
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 2: I mean, they just just every day you you go

667
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,520
Speaker 2: in thinking, well, they got a good shot of winning,

668
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 2: and if they don't win this one, they're you know,

669
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 2: pretty sure you're gonna win tomorrow. I mean, they've won

670
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:51,240
Speaker 2: eleven straight series. I mean that The thing that stood

671
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 2: out to me the most is maybe an underrated one,

672
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:59,880
Speaker 2: but it's the guys outside of Fromber and Hunter Brown,

673
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 2: like your carousel of other starters who are coming through.

674
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 2: They're not gonna blow you away, but they put you

675
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 2: in a position every game that they go out there

676
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:13,799
Speaker 2: to win the game. And that's all you can ask

677
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 2: for for guys who are filling in in roles that

678
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 2: you know, the team was not expecting them to have

679
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 2: to do coming into the season. So the fact that

680
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 2: they can go nineteen and seven in a month where

681
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 2: you know most of their rotation is on the il

682
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:35,600
Speaker 2: they're missing your it on, you know, it's remarkable. They

683
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:40,319
Speaker 2: have been consistent. I mean, I don't know what's left

684
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 2: to be said about Josh Hater that that guy is

685
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 2: just nails. Easiest hot take of the year was prior

686
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 2: to the season, me just putting my foot down and saying,

687
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:54,840
Speaker 2: Josh Hater is good. That was a hot take that

688
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,160
Speaker 2: I had to have for people looking pretty good on

689
00:37:58,200 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 2: that one. He's a good pitcher. But I mean, they

690
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 2: they just like I said, they're just a machine right now.

691
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 2: They're just rolling over other teams right now, and it's

692
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,240
Speaker 2: it is. It is fun to watch. They should continue

693
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 2: to do this. In my opinion, I think if they

694
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 2: they want to have a good season, they should just

695
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 2: do what they did in June the rest of the year.

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Speaker 1: This is why we pay you the big bucks's that's

697
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 1: sort of insight. So go to your first point. Colton

698
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: Gordon made four starts in June and had a two

699
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: fourteen ERA. That'll play. Brandon Walter made four starts in June.

700
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: He allowed eleven runs in those four starts. Seven of

701
00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: them came in one start, so the other three he

702
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: was very very good, including on Friday against the Cubs,

703
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: going six innings of one run ball. Again, it is

704
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 1: a testament to their pitching infrastructure. It's a testament to

705
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,759
Speaker 1: their major league pro scouting side, which they don't have

706
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: a traditional pro scouting setup, but they do a lot

707
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: of video scouting, they do a lot of waiver wire combing.

708
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 1: And it's they're finding these guys like Brandon Walter, it's

709
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 1: guys like Steven Okert, It's guys like you know you

710
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,240
Speaker 1: look in the Bull Brian King, Like, they find these

711
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,959
Speaker 1: these gems, these these things that they think they can

712
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:23,399
Speaker 1: make small pitch pitch adjustments to sequencing adjustments too. And

713
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: it saved them because so much of their rotation is

714
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 1: on the injured list. Lance, as we talked about, is

715
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 1: going to have his ups and downs. And then I mean, look,

716
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:37,320
Speaker 1: I it's funny I was thinking about kind of everyone

717
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: keeps asking me how they're doing this, How are they

718
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:41,680
Speaker 1: doing this? How are they doing this? Because everyone just

719
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: thought in the off season, you trade Kyle Tucker, you

720
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: let Alex Bradman sign elsewhere, it's just going to be

721
00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: a step back. Like, yes, there's some like voodoo magic

722
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 1: going on here. There is some there're a ton of

723
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,640
Speaker 1: it should be attributed to culture, like and I know

724
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 1: it's really hard to quantify it. I've been trying for

725
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: like eight years to be able to really articulate kind

726
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,479
Speaker 1: of what the culture is in there, And we asked

727
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 1: Josh in the last episode that helps. It helps that

728
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:09,759
Speaker 1: they come to the ballpark every day, no matter who

729
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: is in their clubhouse, no matter who's putting unim they

730
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:14,800
Speaker 1: all come with an expectation to win, like that doesn't

731
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:18,279
Speaker 1: happen everywhere, And Josh talked about it last last episode.

732
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Speaker 1: Culture is a big thing. But also like they have

733
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Speaker 1: two of the best starting pitchers in the sport. They

734
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,919
Speaker 1: have the best closer in the sport in the back

735
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 1: end of the bullpen. They have the best setup man

736
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,720
Speaker 1: in baseball, and Brian and Brad You. They have Jeremy Pania,

737
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 1: who is a legitimate top three MVP candidate, and they

738
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:39,879
Speaker 1: have Cam Smith, who we just talked about as a

739
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 1: legitimate American League Rookie of the Year candidate. It's not

740
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: as if this is a bunch of pluck and grit

741
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 1: and they're just underdog guys going like no, this is

742
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 1: like they've got really really talented players that are just

743
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:57,080
Speaker 1: on their really good players are playing at such an

744
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 1: elite level and are producing at such an elite level

745
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: that it can almost compensate for the lack of depth

746
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 1: around them. And it becomes even more crazy when you

747
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: look at Josel Twove has not had the first half

748
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,399
Speaker 1: that you look at in his career that would becommesurate

749
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: with his standing. The IDA is the same thing. Christian

750
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: Walker has been an absolute wasteland for two and a

751
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 1: half months. Yet Christian Walker hit fourth, the DA has

752
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 1: hit fifth, and jose Al Tuove let off in your

753
00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,800
Speaker 1: opening day lineup. Those three guys have combined for negative

754
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,960
Speaker 1: war in the first half, and you are still fifty

755
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:40,280
Speaker 1: and thirty four because you've got the other elite players

756
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 1: on your team are performing at an elite level and

757
00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 1: maybe at a super elite level to where it is

758
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,319
Speaker 1: so to where it's maybe negating that out a little bit.

759
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: So to ascribe all of this to just, oh, it's

760
00:41:53,600 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: it's Astro's inevitability, it's it's the voodoo black magic. No, like,

761
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,919
Speaker 1: they have really good players. They do have. They still

762
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 1: have really good players that are playing at an elite

763
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 1: level right now.

764
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's easy to win seventy percent of your games

765
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,600
Speaker 2: when forty percent of them are started by two of

766
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 2: the best pitchers in baseball. Like that's that you know

767
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,399
Speaker 2: you're gonna end up winning a lot of games when

768
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 2: you've got Hunter Brown and Promer Veldez, who are just

769
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 2: just elite. There's no other way to say it. I

770
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:30,480
Speaker 2: mean they they are incredible. You know Fromber had those

771
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,000
Speaker 2: kind of two blow up starts at the beginning of

772
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:36,399
Speaker 2: the year. He gave up five runs in his second

773
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:38,359
Speaker 2: start of the year. Then he had that seven run,

774
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 2: four inning game. Since then, in those twelve games, the

775
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 2: Astros are nine to three. He has a two point

776
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 2: three to three er. You know, he's he's been unbelievable,

777
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:59,640
Speaker 2: exactly what you would expect. Hunter Brown is just mowing

778
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:03,239
Speaker 2: people down left and right. So, yes, that that's why

779
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 2: you're winning a lot of games. And you're right that

780
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 2: the elite level guys are, you know, carrying the team.

781
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 2: You know you can count on a Jeremy Pania clutch

782
00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:17,360
Speaker 2: hit just about every game. Jake Myers is still hitting

783
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:20,040
Speaker 2: above three hundred. You know, you've got guys that are

784
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 2: playing really well, but you know what could help them

785
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 2: play even better is having some guys back. Uh, And

786
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 2: so I want you to talk about Payinya a little

787
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 2: bit and give us an update there. But I saw

788
00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:37,400
Speaker 2: that there was a large man taking batting practice today.

789
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 2: Can can you tell us a little bit about.

790
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:42,880
Speaker 1: That, don't smergysock paratus like that. He was taking some.

791
00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,680
Speaker 1: He was taking some. He's not large, he's.

792
00:43:45,600 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 2: Just I'm on the record that I think he has

793
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:55,799
Speaker 2: the ideal male sport physique. You want a little gut in.

794
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:59,520
Speaker 2: I think that's good for for a hitter, especially at

795
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 2: third base, Like that's what you want. So don't don't

796
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 2: try to throw me under the bus. I've been on

797
00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:07,839
Speaker 2: record about that. But tell me about the other big man.

798
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, Jordan Alvarez hit on the field before Sunday's game.

799
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: To my untrained eye, it looked good.

800
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 2: It sounded good.

801
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:19,560
Speaker 1: It sounded good off of his bat. There were line

802
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:24,560
Speaker 1: drives being peppered to both gaps. He smiled and thumbs

803
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,319
Speaker 1: up and said it felt good. So he got on

804
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 1: a plane during the game on Sunday. He flew to

805
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:33,319
Speaker 1: West Palm Beach, where he is going to stay for

806
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: the next few days and take live batting practice off

807
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:41,040
Speaker 1: of some of the Astros rehabbing pitchers like JP Frantz

808
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:45,680
Speaker 1: and Christian Hobvier. So he's going to see He's going

809
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:49,319
Speaker 1: to see live pitching at a major league caliber of

810
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 1: a major league caliber arm. So they need to see

811
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 1: how that goes first. You know, they tried to do

812
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 1: this before, and we don't need to take you back

813
00:44:56,680 --> 00:44:58,960
Speaker 1: that he's faced live pitching before in this build up

814
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,240
Speaker 1: and then they discovered his hands broken. Who knew?

815
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 2: So there have they done additional imaging? We have we

816
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,840
Speaker 2: looked at it again. Is it above sixty percent healed?

817
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 2: Now do we have a do we have a new percentage.

818
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: I'm kicking myself for not asking that today, But I

819
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,279
Speaker 1: also know if I would have asked that today, I

820
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:20,880
Speaker 1: would I would have risked physical harm. So I presume

821
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:24,319
Speaker 1: that they they are doing various imaging on him and

822
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: he is okay. But presuming anything with this is a

823
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,359
Speaker 1: dangerous thing, so maybe I shouldn't presume. But so he's

824
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 1: going to stay in West Palm for at least the

825
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 1: next three or four days doing that. Dana Brown went

826
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: on the Astros pregame radio show today. He said there's

827
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,879
Speaker 1: a possibility Jordan Alvarez could join the Astros in Los

828
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: Angeles this weekend for the Dodger Series. He said that

829
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,960
Speaker 1: is not. His exact quote was, that is not a

830
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: likely scenario, but it's one that we're not going to

831
00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: take off of the tape. I'm going to go back

832
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,600
Speaker 1: to what I said in the last segment. You're six

833
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,480
Speaker 1: and a half games up in the division. You're about

834
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 1: to go play the worst team, what is going to

835
00:46:05,040 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: be the worst team in modern Major League history, in

836
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:09,839
Speaker 1: the Rockies. So I can only imagine that that lead

837
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:12,840
Speaker 1: at worst is going to stay at six and a

838
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 1: half this series. And then you go to the dot like,

839
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,960
Speaker 1: there is no need to rush him back. There is

840
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:22,359
Speaker 1: no need to if there is any doubt, if there's

841
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:23,799
Speaker 1: like hey, if he even says like, hey, you know,

842
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: I think I feel better if I like with a

843
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:27,279
Speaker 1: triple A for a couple, Just send them a triple A.

844
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:28,840
Speaker 1: Just send them to sugar Land. They could use the

845
00:46:28,840 --> 00:46:32,400
Speaker 1: ticket sales, like the guys playing in the on the

846
00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 1: team could use a nice spread that I was going

847
00:46:34,200 --> 00:46:36,880
Speaker 1: to buy for them, Like, send them to the minor leagues.

848
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:39,279
Speaker 1: Let him take a few at bats there, get back

849
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 1: to game speed. This dude has not played in a

850
00:46:41,280 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 1: major league game since May second. Like, you can do

851
00:46:44,160 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 1: all the live vps you want, You can do all

852
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 1: like the hitting off of the machines you want. It's

853
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:52,480
Speaker 1: different when you're in an actual game setting. So if

854
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,040
Speaker 1: I were them, what I would do is I would

855
00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: get him some at bats in a rehab game. I

856
00:46:57,880 --> 00:47:00,560
Speaker 1: my informed opinion is that is what's going to happen,

857
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 1: is that he's going to take some live vps this

858
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 1: next few days. Maybe by this weekend he can go

859
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 1: out to a minor league affiliate and look, he doesn't

860
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:11,759
Speaker 1: need five or six minor league rehab, he probably only

861
00:47:11,760 --> 00:47:15,000
Speaker 1: needs one or two. And then getting him back for

862
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:17,800
Speaker 1: that six game homestand right before the All Star Break

863
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 1: would seem pretty logical. I don't know if they'll get

864
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 1: him back on Monday when they open the series against

865
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: the Guardians. Maybe it's a little bit later in the week,

866
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:29,160
Speaker 1: but it would to me that would be the most

867
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:33,399
Speaker 1: proven route because as they are not they need him back.

868
00:47:33,400 --> 00:47:35,920
Speaker 1: Don't get me wrong, but they are not desperate to

869
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: have him back right now because of the results, Like

870
00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 1: they're not in we need to win every game mode

871
00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:44,319
Speaker 1: to climb out of the cellar and not sell at

872
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,440
Speaker 1: the deadline. They are they're in right now kind of

873
00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,920
Speaker 1: maintenance mode, like just keep your foot on the pedal,

874
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: keep it on cruise control, don't veer off the road.

875
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 1: But that's how I would handle it. I five with them.

876
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's how they're going to They

877
00:47:57,080 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 1: want to keep this pretty tight lipped. Jeremy Panna, on

878
00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:03,080
Speaker 1: the other hand, should probably play on Tuesday in Colorado.

879
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 1: He got hit in the ribs with it was kind

880
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:10,240
Speaker 1: of funny. Everyone was a I don't know, people, people

881
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:13,840
Speaker 1: online are crazy. They were. There were some people that

882
00:48:13,880 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: were upset today that he was given two days off

883
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,520
Speaker 1: because he hit by a breaking ball and not a fastball.

884
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:21,520
Speaker 1: I don't want to get hit by anything in my

885
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:23,560
Speaker 1: ribs thrown by a major league pittuer. I don't care

886
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:27,279
Speaker 1: if it's spinning, straight change up, I don't care. I

887
00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:29,560
Speaker 1: don't want to get hit with any like I challenge

888
00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: you to get hit with anything that a major league

889
00:48:31,719 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 1: pitcher is throwing and see if you can just bounce

890
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 1: back in a couple hours. But I think they wanted

891
00:48:40,560 --> 00:48:42,880
Speaker 1: to be proven again. He came in today, he was

892
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 1: never gonna play Saturday after after it happened, he came

893
00:48:45,719 --> 00:48:48,560
Speaker 1: back in Sunday, and you know, just they said he

894
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 1: took a couple of swings and was pretty sore. So

895
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 1: they said, no, what they have an off day on Monday,

896
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,160
Speaker 1: open the series on Tuesday. I'd imagine he's playing on Tuesday.

897
00:48:56,200 --> 00:48:59,680
Speaker 1: But again, even if he's not not that big of

898
00:48:59,719 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: a d at this point, you can be prudent and

899
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,680
Speaker 1: you can be reasonable when you have this lead in

900
00:49:06,719 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 1: the division.

901
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 2: It's also far away, like he's going to Florida and

902
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,400
Speaker 2: then to fly him all the way to Los Angeles

903
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 2: for his first game back without any big league pitching

904
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:22,360
Speaker 2: like that is that is something. While you were talking

905
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:27,000
Speaker 2: you you mentioned, you know, the homestand right before the

906
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 2: All Star breaks, I pulled up the Astro schedule and uh,

907
00:49:31,160 --> 00:49:32,640
Speaker 2: I would like you to do him in the honor

908
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:35,200
Speaker 2: of sharing your screen and clicking on the link that

909
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:40,000
Speaker 2: I sent you for the Astros uh promotion for the

910
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:43,919
Speaker 2: for the second game Tuesday, July eighth, which is Friends Night,

911
00:49:44,920 --> 00:49:47,400
Speaker 2: the the NBC Show, And I'd like you to just

912
00:49:47,440 --> 00:49:51,720
Speaker 2: take a look at the bobblehead that they are giving away.

913
00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:59,080
Speaker 1: Oh wow, that's a good one, but they're not giving

914
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: it away fifty You can add on bobblehead package for

915
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:04,160
Speaker 1: fifty three dollars.

916
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 2: That is haunting for those of you listening, it is.

917
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:14,520
Speaker 2: It is Orbit with just a raw turkey with sunglasses

918
00:50:14,560 --> 00:50:18,200
Speaker 2: for a head that I assume bobbles it is. It

919
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,719
Speaker 2: is terrifying, but yes you can. You can hopefully see

920
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:26,839
Speaker 2: yourd on and pick you up. Uh this Orbit Turkey bobblehead.

921
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: If anyone in the astros like finance office or creating

922
00:50:31,560 --> 00:50:34,160
Speaker 1: apartment is watching this, and you can track how many

923
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:38,520
Speaker 1: bobblehead add on packages you get after nine to thirty

924
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:42,000
Speaker 1: four pm on July. On June twenty ninth, you should

925
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:43,280
Speaker 1: do that and we shouldet commissioned.

926
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, give us one. I want it up on your shelf.

927
00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,279
Speaker 2: It's back there. Yeah, we we need that one. Are

928
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:50,040
Speaker 2: you a friend's guy?

929
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:50,960
Speaker 1: No?

930
00:50:52,360 --> 00:50:53,800
Speaker 2: Is there is there a rivalry?

931
00:50:53,840 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: You can't be you have to be one or the other.

932
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,360
Speaker 1: I feel like they're kind of the same show. Seinfeld

933
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:00,360
Speaker 1: is obviously better, but I kind of feel like you

934
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:01,880
Speaker 1: have to be one or the other. And I've been

935
00:51:01,920 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 1: a Seinfeld guy for a very long time.

936
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:08,200
Speaker 2: I missed both as a as a child. They were

937
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 2: a little bit before me, but I have since watched

938
00:51:10,920 --> 00:51:16,200
Speaker 2: them all. We watched all of Friends after having Olivia,

939
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:19,520
Speaker 2: our first kid. We probably watched the entirety of Friends

940
00:51:19,560 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 2: in like the two or three weeks after having Olivia,

941
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 2: because it was also COVID at the time, so there's

942
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:28,880
Speaker 2: literally nothing else to do. So I saw all the Friends.

943
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:33,400
Speaker 2: I couldn't tell you what any episode is because they

944
00:51:33,400 --> 00:51:35,879
Speaker 2: all just kind of ran together. But it was good.

945
00:51:37,200 --> 00:51:41,520
Speaker 2: But yes, I felt like you needed to see that bottlehead.

946
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 2: Someone needs to get us one so we can have

947
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:45,279
Speaker 2: it for the show.

948
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,680
Speaker 1: I feel like the irony is going to be lost

949
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 1: in everyone that the guy named Chandler is not a friend,

950
00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,279
Speaker 1: he is not a Friends fan, But you know, it

951
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:54,840
Speaker 1: is what it is. I could have been named Kramer,

952
00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:56,440
Speaker 1: I guess, and it could have been It could have

953
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:57,600
Speaker 1: been a whole lot easier.

954
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:01,800
Speaker 2: You definitely have Kramer in her for sure. Yeah.

955
00:52:02,640 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 1: Interesting, interesting, and weird.

956
00:52:05,640 --> 00:52:09,400
Speaker 2: Yeah no, I you're not remotely Yeah, not not close

957
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 2: to Kramer.

958
00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:15,680
Speaker 1: You're looking forward to course field watching maybe the worst

959
00:52:15,760 --> 00:52:18,360
Speaker 1: Major League team ever assembled to play the Astros for

960
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:19,399
Speaker 1: three games.

961
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:23,560
Speaker 2: M I wish that Jordan were healthy to come back

962
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:29,000
Speaker 2: to hit at course, that would be fun. But yeah,

963
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:31,799
Speaker 2: that is a that is a rough team out there now.

964
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:33,680
Speaker 2: Of course, the Astros are going to lose two of three.

965
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:37,440
Speaker 2: Now that we have mentioned that, who who's starting for

966
00:52:37,480 --> 00:52:39,320
Speaker 2: the Astros over these games?

967
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 1: They will go Colton Gordon, Hunter Brown and Brandon Walter. Okay,

968
00:52:44,960 --> 00:52:48,759
Speaker 1: that's Brown, Hunter Brown. Pitching against that team at Coursefield

969
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:52,719
Speaker 1: should be like hide the children. That should that should

970
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:57,200
Speaker 1: be pretty nasty. Yeah, the Rockies do The Rockies do

971
00:52:57,360 --> 00:53:00,359
Speaker 1: nothing well. They are as in common up in it

972
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:03,960
Speaker 1: as any team I have ever seen. I saw the

973
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 1: White Sox last year. This team is worse. This team

974
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:10,560
Speaker 1: is worse, I asked, I'll say this. I asked someone

975
00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:14,879
Speaker 1: in the sport that is affiliated with another team. They

976
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:18,120
Speaker 1: had just this team had just played the Rockies. This

977
00:53:18,200 --> 00:53:21,640
Speaker 1: team also played the White Sox frequently last year. I

978
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:24,560
Speaker 1: texted this person and I asked, who's worse? He said,

979
00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:29,120
Speaker 1: the Rockies have more talent and are worse. So that's

980
00:53:29,160 --> 00:53:31,799
Speaker 1: that should tell you what you're about to watch for

981
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:32,960
Speaker 1: three games at Coursefield.

982
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:39,799
Speaker 2: Would you like to guess anyone with just a positive

983
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:43,560
Speaker 2: war on their team? Can? Can you name someone who

984
00:53:43,640 --> 00:53:48,799
Speaker 2: has had an above average season for them? Ryan McMahon, Yeah,

985
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:51,920
Speaker 2: he's at he's at one point four. He is leading

986
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:56,839
Speaker 2: their position players. Some some man named Jake Bird who

987
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:58,480
Speaker 2: is their setup guy.

988
00:53:58,719 --> 00:54:00,719
Speaker 1: I guess I think he's gonn there. I think he's

989
00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:01,520
Speaker 1: gonna be their all star.

990
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:05,319
Speaker 2: Which he's not the closer, he's the he is the

991
00:54:05,440 --> 00:54:08,560
Speaker 2: setup man. But yes he is the team leader in

992
00:54:08,640 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 2: war at one point seven? Uh not good?

993
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,760
Speaker 1: How many? How many? How many of their qualified hitters

994
00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:18,120
Speaker 1: have an ops plus over one.

995
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:25,439
Speaker 2: Hundred uh three? Barely Mickey Moniac is at one o two.

996
00:54:25,719 --> 00:54:29,440
Speaker 2: But Hunter Goodman, who is their catcher? Is that a

997
00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:33,680
Speaker 2: one twenty four? Respectable? Someone named Jordan Beck is at

998
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:37,399
Speaker 2: one twelve. But then it is it is really there's

999
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:41,040
Speaker 2: a it's a guy. Oh he's he must not even

1000
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:47,040
Speaker 2: be uh play, it's it's rough. Uh, it's it's not good. Uh.

1001
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:52,200
Speaker 2: Jacob Stallings, if you remember him, has a nine ops plus,

1002
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:58,520
Speaker 2: So that's not good. Yeah, a lot of a lot

1003
00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,319
Speaker 2: of fun. We're we're gonna be You're you're gonna be there.

1004
00:55:01,400 --> 00:55:01,920
Speaker 2: I presume.

1005
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:04,680
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I would not miss a trip to Course Field.

1006
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,120
Speaker 2: I mean it's awesome.

1007
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:07,400
Speaker 1: It's a beautiful ballpark.

1008
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 2: I got that cool purple row.

1009
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 1: Yep, you know. And this I don't know if it's

1010
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: sad or funny, but like.

1011
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:17,320
Speaker 2: They still have twenty people. Yeah, yeah, it rules.

1012
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:20,919
Speaker 1: The fans love it. I don't know why. Maybe because

1013
00:55:20,920 --> 00:55:23,440
Speaker 1: it's so scenic and beautiful, but like, why would you

1014
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:25,239
Speaker 1: ever go to that on your own free will?

1015
00:55:25,640 --> 00:55:27,319
Speaker 2: I will say one time I went to a game

1016
00:55:27,360 --> 00:55:30,600
Speaker 2: there and I bought tickets I don't know, fifteen rows

1017
00:55:30,640 --> 00:55:34,120
Speaker 2: back from home plate for like sixty dollars. The way

1018
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:38,040
Speaker 2: that the the way that the you know, lower bowl

1019
00:55:38,239 --> 00:55:41,239
Speaker 2: is configured. They have a good number of seats right

1020
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:44,480
Speaker 2: behind home plate. Unlike you know, the Astros. You can't

1021
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:47,920
Speaker 2: you literally can't sit behind there unless you are the

1022
00:55:47,960 --> 00:55:51,719
Speaker 2: CEO of a company somewhere. But you know it's it's

1023
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:56,800
Speaker 2: a great or self furniture. That's true. The mattress mac curse.

1024
00:55:56,880 --> 00:55:59,880
Speaker 2: That's why. That's why they lost the one game. That's it.

1025
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:03,640
Speaker 1: You need a mattress. I cannot recommend more Texas mattress makers.

1026
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,080
Speaker 2: And they're on the radio. Do you do you hear

1027
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:07,200
Speaker 2: those ads? I do.

1028
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,640
Speaker 1: I could not recommend them more. If you need a match,

1029
00:56:09,680 --> 00:56:11,759
Speaker 1: I would not go anywhere else in Houston to get

1030
00:56:11,760 --> 00:56:14,279
Speaker 1: a mattress other than Texas mattress Makers. They don't advertise here.

1031
00:56:14,280 --> 00:56:17,320
Speaker 1: They didn't ask me to say that. Texas Mattress Makers

1032
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:18,760
Speaker 1: is the place I would go to get a mattress

1033
00:56:18,760 --> 00:56:19,480
Speaker 1: I loved in Houston.

1034
00:56:20,000 --> 00:56:25,240
Speaker 2: Facebook Marketplace, just get a used bed on on theirs

1035
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:29,800
Speaker 2: come with that or no? I mean, look at this point,

1036
00:56:30,160 --> 00:56:32,880
Speaker 2: you're you're getting a mattress on Facebook Marketplace. You know

1037
00:56:32,920 --> 00:56:35,120
Speaker 2: what you're you're in for. But uh, there we go.

1038
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 2: That's what we'll end it on. Everyone. We got some

1039
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:41,600
Speaker 2: words of wisdom for you. Have fun off day tomorrow.

1040
00:56:42,360 --> 00:56:43,799
Speaker 2: I don't know what what what are we gonna do

1041
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:44,359
Speaker 2: on an off day?

1042
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,920
Speaker 1: But I'm flying to Denver, so that'll be like a

1043
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,800
Speaker 1: good bit of my off days flying. Okay, but I'll

1044
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:53,520
Speaker 1: Megan Fell with I Land. I may get into some

1045
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:55,879
Speaker 1: fun when my land who knows I land early enough

1046
00:56:55,920 --> 00:57:00,120
Speaker 1: to explore Denver at night, and then we'll get to

1047
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:02,360
Speaker 1: watch a Rockies team that may have been bought on

1048
00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:06,319
Speaker 1: Facebook Marketplace. So who can say? But I'll be there

1049
00:57:06,360 --> 00:57:09,000
Speaker 1: to watch it and we will talk about it next

1050
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:11,880
Speaker 1: week on Crush City Territory. Thank you guys as always

1051
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,600
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1055
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