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Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It is July 1st, 2023. We're back here on Four Guys and Still No Clue. I'm joined by Kenji and Joe today. We're recapping the last two weeks in baseball. Domingo Hermon through perfect game. All-star game starters are out. Got a lot of talk about. Let's hop right into it.

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Good morning, my boys. Good morning. Maybe everybody's listening to this in the evening, but we're recording this in the morning. We do not have Brady today. He's off on a family little. What would you call the guys retreat retreat? Yeah, family retreat. We miss him. We'll get away special episode and get him back on here soon. But first and foremost, Kenji.

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How you doing, man? Hi. Hi. Kenji's been up to four in the morning. Everybody went on a sunrise hike. No, no, I woke up at 330 in the morning. You've been up for like eight hours already. Yeah, and I went to bed like one too. Oh, good. Oh, boy. Oh, good. I watched that. You know, good start to your day. Yeah, great start to his day. Two hours. You're realizing like this is like the most depressing looking background. Yeah, I mean, are you being is somebody by?

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Behind the door holding a gunpoint just like this. This is like he's in solitary confinement. No, no, this is just my game. There's nothing here. I need to decorate it. Oh, where's the Lars Newport jersey? All that stuff. It's just not even there anymore. Like, but like, where would I put it though? Because it's like, it's shelves. I don't know. You could just like, hang the jersey and just put something on top of like the there you go on the shelf. So it's like, okay. Yeah. All right. Just a recommendation.

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It looks like you're you're in the process of moving out. Yeah, guys, I'm moving out of my parents basement finally. Yeah, go explore the world for myself.

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Yeah, can you say now he's exploring? Yeah, Joe, how are you my good friend or Resident Rangers fan? I'm doing I'm doing very well. Obviously my room, you can kind of tell it's just like not decorated at all. It's got like a piano right there. But at least I don't have shelves in the background to show how empty my room is. It's just like my empty my room just empty to begin with.

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Yeah, kind of in the same boat. I mean, maybe let the viewers or listeners in on this. There's a spot right behind you where I think the Dane Dunning.

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A little little hook right there. You see that hook right there? Yeah, I think it'll go well. What was the bet Joe the Dane Dunning jersey bet. I think it was about a month ago we were talking in the chat we said, I said, it's Dane Dunning day, the day that he starts and if he throws, I think at least

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six innings with only one earned run. Yeah, one or less. Yeah, one or less. I'll get a I'll get a Dane Dunning City Connect jersey. And although that hasn't happened since that we can I can talk about kind of his outing later this week. But yeah, I'm due to buy a Dane Dunning jersey. So

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you're absolutely due to buy a Dane Dunning jersey. I think that's two starts in a row that he's had some great starts. So I think City Connect Dane Dunning should be hanging on. I think it's finally time. I think it's time. We got Kenji and Otani jersey because you need it. Yeah. Okay, so we'll hop right into the content then. First and foremost, the biggest news over the last week Domingo Hermann threw his perfect game about the worst guy you know that could throw a perfect game.

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But he threw a perfect game. It's the 24th in Major League history. It hasn't happened in 11 years since King Felix did it. It was fun to watch even though if it was against a double A team in the local days. It was fun. Did you guys get a chance to tune in on it?

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So I was working actually I was working that night so I didn't get to see it but I did just go on the MLB YouTube channels saw the last three outs it was electric man like even the A's. It was like it was funny because I was watching it and I didn't pay attention to the stadium what they were playing which was obviously in Oakland and everyone was cheering when he got the final out right and it was like oh and then I realized that they were playing at Oakland and they were cheering which was really cool. It was a really cool experience.

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The baseball community comes together to celebrate this really impressive feat 27 outs in a row. It was kind of cool.

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Kenji do you have any opinion? Did you watch it? Did you even know what happened?

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Watching baseball was happening. I like to hear in there. It shows up one of the hitter going on. But I don't know when I saw Yankees and A's it's like one of the two teams I could honestly care less about.

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Yeah I didn't really want to watch either team to be quite and Hermann is like the worst pitcher to have done it. But I mean he gave up 10 earned runs in the start before and then goes and throws a perfect game and start after that.

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I mean Oakland sucks. That shows you how bad the A's are. But I still thought it was crazy impressive. I mean it's a perfect game. You don't throw a perfect game by just luck.

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There's a reason why it's only happened 24 times.

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Right. I think it's the rarest feat in all of sports. I saw a couple numbers on it. They've been counting stats since the mid 1800s and it's only the 24th time a pitcher has thrown a perfect game.

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Yeah. Which is just crazy. Just crazy. I think I read the stats on the no hitter is a point two percent. Yeah. A point two percent chance of a no hitter. I don't know what it is for a perfect game. I think it's less than point one percent. Oh yeah.

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Was it a perfect game or a no hitter? Perfect game. Perfect game.

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Yeah, perfect.

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When I was 11, I threw a no hitter one time for my travel team. So that was like that's when I peaked. I peaked 10 years ago.

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At Lehigh Vets. I think yeah I was at the Lehigh Vets stadium.

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And I still remember I still have that ball from a no hitter versus I don't even remember what team I played against. That's fantastic. That's when I peaked.

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Kenji, have you ever witnessed a no hitter? You probably threw one didn't you?

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I never threw one. I came close to one before.

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But that was like 14-year. 14-year? 14-year? Okay. Yeah. One of the coaches used to let me pitch. Yeah. That's tough. Not anymore. No. Don't let him near the pitcher's mouth. No.

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Okay. So we can move right along then. The All-Star game Stargers were also released. They're just actually just posted a blog post about the Stargers.

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The actual rosters get released tomorrow, July 2nd. The full rosters like reserves, pitching stats, which everybody should go check that out whenever you're listening to it.

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And then the jerseys. I know we have some design freaks here in this call, which not really.

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But I guess first response to the jerseys, the Navy and the Teal. Joe, Kenji, how do you feel?

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I'm going to look them up. Okay. Okay. Yeah. It says American National on it. They have a little camel green on them.

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Here. I won't look at them. I'll give you a raw. This is a raw reaction. Wow. I'll give it. He just said I'll give it raw. That's okay.

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Okay. Okay. I'm looking at judges right now. Okay. But I think they'll look cool on the field. I got to be honest.

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I think they will. Well, what color are the pants? Do you know? They'll probably be white and gray.

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White for the American League and gray for the National League. I mean, I like the first time that they all wore the same jerseys during the game itself was in 2021 in Colorado,

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where they all had to wear the same jerseys on the field. In years past, they just wear like their own team's jerseys with like a special hat, which I actually am a bigger fan of.

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But I think these I think these look good. If you guys are listening, then go just look up anywhere.

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The All-Star jerseys or if you're watching this on video, maybe we can even crop in an image of the jerseys. But maybe we can't. Can I say something? Yeah, go ahead. These are hideous. They look hideous.

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All right. Let's hear you. I'll hear you out. Kenji. Where are the hideous? It's like a green and a blue, right? I'm making sure I'm looking at it right. Yeah.

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I don't know. It's like the most disappointed looking thing I've ever seen in my life. You think so? I mean, go ahead, Joe. Sorry. Would you rather have like a solid jersey with like a solid color?

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Because maybe you're just not the fan that you're not a fan of like the kind of like the camo. I mean, the camera. It just doesn't feel like an All-Star jersey.

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I don't know. It just looks like a soccer jersey. What's wrong with that? What? It looks like when I first look at it, it looks like I'm going to get a soccer jersey like the one I freaking received when I was like 12.

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Okay. All right. Interesting take. All right. Yeah. I mean, we have no clue what's going on here. That's a given.

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Yeah. So then I guess we can move into the Ross, the actual the starters, the ones that won the voting, which don't give me started. I'll talk for another 40 minutes on how much I hate fan voting.

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That's the most it's utter and complete horse crap. I think it's the worst thing that anybody's ever done because like the Blue Jays. Oh, my goodness. They got Kevin Keir Meyer to the second round of outfield voting.

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Kevin Keir Meyer. I came in like late season for the Cubs or is it the Blue Jays guy? He's a reason for the Cubs. Wait, I'm thinking of talk and I think.

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I mean, he's a Blue J. Yeah. Sorry. I don't know anything about Keir Meyer. No, my camera was just in like 240 250 and he plays a good defensive outfield, but he had no business being in the same sentence as your dog, Judge Trout.

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Yeah, but those kind of guys. So I get I'll run through the starters really quickly. I haven't both pulled up for the American League. Joe will be super happy.

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Very happy for his Texas Rangers are here, including catcher Jonah Heim from Texas.

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Yandy Diaz at first base from Tampa Bay. Marcus Simeon at second base also from the Rangers. Corey Seeger at shortstop from those same Texas Rangers. Josh Young.

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Additionally from Texas at their base.

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So how many is that you have four of the five infielding? We'll get his opinion on that in a second. And then the outfield is Mike Trout from the Angels, Aaron Judge, Randy Oras Arena, and then everybody's favorite designated hitter Shohei Otani.

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So initial thoughts on the starters for the American League. How do we feel about that? Fan voting.

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I think the reason why don't get me wrong, those four guys in the infield, the Rangers guys are really good. You know, they they're really impressive. They've been showing up.

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But I think that us Rangers fans, we got a little too excited with the fact that like we got some suddenly got good this year. Yeah.

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And so I think we were we were the only only like fan base that were just really excited about the voting. So we just took it to another level. And honestly, like, don't get me wrong.

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Like Seeger was injured for, I think, a little over a month in May with his hamstring. And personally, I think what we said did deserve the shortstop spot.

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Really? Well, I mean, he's got the best average. Man, I think the best average in the area right now. Are you really a Rangers fan?

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I mean, like, don't get me wrong. Seeger's my guy. He's on my fantasy team. So as young, I was semi and was but someone else took him for me. And so is Jonah.

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I'm Jonah. I'm on my. Yeah, he's on my fantasy team, too. I just think that, you know, like just because he didn't play for that month, but which has been a little more consistent with the hit and with his war.

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And so I think maybe he did deserve it. But it was a really close vote. I remember. So honestly, I'm happy that Seeger really happy that Seeger took the spot.

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But that doesn't take away from the fact that this is like he's not any any less any any less because of that.

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All right. How good is Bo on defense? Like, pretty sure.

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I guess that's another factor that we can kind of talk about his. I think in 2021, I think he had the worst feeling percentage out of all shortstop. I could be wrong. I'm probably wrong on that. But he did not have a good feeling percentage.

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That's what I remember. I'm looking it up right now. He has on baseball. So Vaughn, which is the site I showed you Kenji for all the advanced stats.

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He is he's in the 20th percentile and out above average, which is how good a fielder you are. So he's a very below average shortstop. Yeah.

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He only has 33 arms. He's in the 33rd percentile of arm strength. So he's just not that great defensive. How has he survived the shortstop for this long?

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I know it's a good hitter, but like, I don't know, because he's a good hitter. Yeah, you can.

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He can move to that second base, like a little bit easier of a position to play on defensively. So he's less of a, because I can remember Tatis played shortstop. Yeah. He's like super flashy.

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You were saying like, me and Joe are on a mission. So like we don't watch him. But I know you talk, you kind of talk to us about he's like the most flashy player ever. And he makes cool plays, but he makes so many.

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Tatis? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, Tatis is dog crap shortstop. That's why they moved him to the outfield because they signed Bogarts, Kim.

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And they obviously have Machado and Cronenworth plays everywhere. So, but yeah, that's I mean, Bogarts, I mean, excuse me, Bichette is a great offensive shortstop, but he does struggle defensively.

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I'm not as familiar with Corey Seeger defensively. Joe, maybe you can speak to that a little bit. I mean, it's just like, it's nothing like super special. It's nothing like Nolan Arnado diving plays that third or Machado throws across the diamond, but it's solid.

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Like he, he covers his ground and he might be, he not, might not be the fastest shortstop out there. Yeah. But honestly, out of all the Rangers games I've watched this year, I don't think I've seen him make an error.

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Maybe, maybe he's made like one or two kind of like borderline, borderline plays. But other than that, it's just like really solid defensively. When he rolls double plays with semi and he always gets the ball quick out of his glove.

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And I don't know, his transfers really quick. He's just overall really solid. Yeah. Shortstop that I mean, MLB is just looking for, you know.

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Yeah. I mean, I'm looking at, I pulled up his stats page now too. First of all, his hitting stats are ridiculous. Yeah. He's no lower than 97th, then in the 97th percent on the league in every category. Exit below, hard hit, slugging, batting average, K's, barrel, on base.

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Like all this K percentage. But he's, he's just barely a better defender than Bo. So he, his stats aren't that much better than both defensively. But yeah, they're just off the charts offensively.

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Yeah. I just watched him and like the ball just flies off his bat. Like every single, like even when he gets out, it's either just like a line drive or like a really deep high fly ball. And like even his grounders that he hits, they're just rockets.

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He produces that much power from like that's such a odd swing that he has. Yeah. It's still unorthodox. Yeah. Yeah. And like talking about like defense, like I don't, I again, I don't watch a ton of baseball, but, and he's not like the most athletic guy, but like I used to watch him a lot because I used to watch a lot of Dodgers games.

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And I used to watch him like he's just, I don't know, it never seems to be the problem. Yeah. And he's always just been solid. I think that's for major league defenders these days, more so than they used to be. It's more, can you just like not be a liability defensively and can you hit?

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Because if you can hit and play like average defense, then they're going to keep you, they'll always have a spot for you and you'll make a ton of money. At least that's what it more looks like to me.

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Yeah. I think I want to say a quick word. Jonah Himes should be starting at catcher for the all star game. I know he beat out Adley Rushman by like 4% of the vote.

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Adley kind of stuffled in June and Himes just continues to rake. He plays a little bit better defensively, plays on a better team right now. Yeah. Jonah's the goat. Yeah. Jonah, I'm going to give it to Jonah. I'm not even mad. I didn't even vote for Adley. I just, I neglected to vote period because I was like, I can't in good conscience vote for a guy that doesn't deserve the starting spot.

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I think Adley should be at the all star game, just not as a starter. And then it was Josh Young. I'm so sorry, Joe. Jose Ramirez should be here 12 days out of 12. Yeah. Yeah. Why does he get Josh Young in there? I think it's fan voting. It's fan voting.

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It's fan voting. And I think also just he was a rookie of the month to two months in a row. Yeah. And he's actually been really, he has, he wasn't that hot during June at all. He definitely cooled down a month in May. He was just going off. He had a bunch of homers. He honestly was consistently just scoring guys, batting guys in.

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But he was really struggling the month of June and, and like, even like despite all that, he's still starting at third. I was, I was really kind of shocked at that. Honestly, I think it's because he's, he's a new face and like people are kind of excited and Jose Ramirez isn't too popular.

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Yeah. I think that's why he, he took the starting spot, but by all means, honestly, I, I have no hate for Jose Ramirez. I think he's a great player and yeah, maybe he did. He did deserve that spot over Young. Listen. I mean, I, I'm not saying Young shouldn't go to the all star game because they'll have like two or three reserves at his position. Yeah. I think he's fully deserving of going. I just, if you look side by side at Ramirez and Young, I just think it's like clear that Ramirez has been the best player in the game.

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I think he's the better offensive third baseman to this point. Young is great and he's, he's been a great rookie to watch. But I think it was interesting. I think it was more fan voting that he was there in the first place.

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Yeah. Additionally, Marcus Simeon, I like him there. Yandy Diaz should be there. Trout. I don't know if Trout should be there. Neither with, neither with Judge. I mean, Judge was great, but he's been hurt the last month.

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Yeah. There's a lot of, a lot of controversy with fan voting. That's for sure. Like whether you have like a whole country, the whole country of Canada voting for the Jays.

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I hated it.

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You know, just people voting for like Judge and Trout because they're, they're big names, even though they haven't been producing as much as they have in the, in the past few years. It's interesting from that perspective.

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Yeah, absolutely. A Rosa Raina should be there. My sleeper honorable mention Austin Hayes should be there.

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He's hitting 315 right now on one of the best teams in baseball in the O's. I think he should be a reserve. I don't think he should start, but he should be a reserve because he's just, he's been a great hitter so far.

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And then Kenji will round off the American league. Ohtani was the leading vote getter for the first round. So he was automatically in. I mean, I think that that's, he's the most insane baseball player I've ever seen in my entire life.

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And we'll talk a little bit more about it later. Touch on that.

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He's really good.

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Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

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I mean, for reference for the, for the listeners, I was with Kenji yesterday and he screamed at me from the bathroom when Ohtani hit his 30th homer.

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Yeah, me and Guy were just chilling on my porch.

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And he ran inside and he was like, Ohtani went yard! Well I had to poo. So I turned upstairs, it was like, it was like an instant poo. And I was like, oh frick I gotta go. And I ran up the stairs.

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And I got ready to unleash and then I saw the notification on fantasy like Ohtani, Ohtani, homerun. And I screamed again that he hit a homerun.

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Which I mean, if we want to, I'm going to get away from Kenji's poop as quickly as possible. And I see double bomb.

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Kenji's been up for now going on nine hours or eight hours.

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It was a 493 foot bomb off a lefty that Ohtani hit.

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It was a nuke. It was his furthest homerun. Absolute nuke. Ohtani, yeah, just, I have no words.

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He's leading the league in homers. Like, and he also seems to lead, he's like top three in the league in strikeouts from, like as a pitcher. And then he's number one in batting average against.

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So it's just, he's, we've never seen anything like him before. I mean, he might be a Hall of Famer if he retired this year.

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Additionally, I guess, I guess we move in nationally. Anybody have anything else about the American league?

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No, I don't think so.

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Catcher, Sean Murphy from Atlanta. I think that's, that makes sense to me.

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First baseman, Freddie Freeman from the Dodgers. Thank you Joe for trading him the baseball.

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Second baseman, Luisa Rice from Miami. That one, I'm just going to read them off and then we'll talk about it. Orlando Arcee at shortstop from the Braves.

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Nolan Aronado from St. Louis at third. Acuna, Corbin Carroll and Mookie Betts on the outfield from the Braves, Diamondbacks and Dodgers.

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And then JD Martinez is our DH.

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So initial thoughts. I know if we, we can just jump right there. Kenji, Orlando Arcee is starting at shortstop.

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He's already shaking his head.

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How do you feel?

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Yeah, go ahead.

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Well, I mean, on paper he looked really good a couple of weeks ago.

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But when I saw that he was somehow voted an All-Star, I was very confused because he looks like just the most mid-tier infielder I've ever seen in my life.

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And he sucks now.

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Yeah. He's at a, he's like scuffled a lot.

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He's below sucking.

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The guy can't even go for a hundred right now.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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I mean, I'm a fan of the advanced stats and Arcee does not blow you away anywhere on the page at all.

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And so for starting National League shortstop, I was surprised that he won.

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But that's fan voting.

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Yeah. I mean, who do you guys think the shortstop should have been for the, for the NL?

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I like Lindor. I like Lindor a little bit more.

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Even though Lindor struggled to and the Mets have been having a rough year. I liked Lindor a little bit better just purely based on statistics.

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But I mean, Arcee is hitting I think 300 on the year still as of this reporting.

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And he plays on the best team in baseball in the Braves. I guess Braves and Rays are like up there for the two best teams in baseball right now.

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But I'm not mad at it. I just, it's just one of those names that I'm like, okay.

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Oh, sorry. Go ahead.

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No, no, you're good. Go ahead. Go ahead.

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I was going to say like looking at like the National League. Like there, there isn't a whole lot of like standout shortstops.

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In the National League, right?

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Swanson maybe.

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Like Swanson's good. I mean, like in the Reds you got McLean. He's playing pretty good. Like he's not all starboard.

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He'll be a reserve for sure. McLean will be there for sure.

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And the Giants, like they've had rotation of shortstops, Padres, yeah, Dynastax, like Perdomo is mid.

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Yeah. And he makes sense. I mean, I guess you could make a case for Stott. He probably honestly has played better than Arcee.

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Over Arcee?

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Arcee or whatever his name is. Yeah.

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Orlando Arcee? I don't know.

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I mean, I get like, yeah. I don't know.

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How do you guys feel about Orlando for like a kid's name?

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Like Orlando Bloom?

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I mean, Orlando Bloom?

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It's the name of a city. What if I name my kid like Denver or like Tampa?

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I feel like most, like girls our age, probably like if you said the word Orlando, they would think Bloom in their head.

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That's fair.

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Yeah. You know, it just kind of pops up. I mean, he's very handsome in Pirates of the Caribbean. I'm just kidding. Caribbean.

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He's very handsome guy. I'm not going to hate on him. Good looking dude. Anyway, without, okay.

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Let's see. JD Martinez, a designated hitter. I thought that was interesting. I know if Brady was here, he'd be screaming for Bryce Harper to be in this spot.

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I'm going to say it just so we can get out of the way.

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There's nobody that blows me away here either.

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For a designated hitter, JD was really hot for a period of time and he's kind of cooled off a little bit since Harper did not deserve that spot. I'm sorry.

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No, you didn't.

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So, I don't know.

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The more time passes by, the more I'm happier that I got rid of Harper.

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You should be.

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Kenji traded Harper away in our fantasy league, which it consumes our lives, everybody.

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Those close to us can tell you fantasy baseball is all consumer.

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And I think just like going back to Harper. Yeah. Well, is he hitting above 300 right now? No, he's in like 280. 280. But even then, like his RB eyes and his his home runs, I've noticed that's definitely kind of a shocking factor.

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There's a lot of hype around him coming back.

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And when he came back, I mean, he had like two home runs in the span of probably like a week, a week and a half. I think ever since that he's been really cold.

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I mean, JD's been hot this past month for the Dodgers. He's helped the Dodgers get to I think second place now in their division, which I think, you know, like, that's pretty deserving out of everyone in the all the DHS.

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And then I think he's probably the number one guy, I would say.

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Yeah. Yeah, it makes sense. I'm not gonna hate on JD too much. I just thought it was worth noting that he was in it with Harper, who our other member of this podcast is a Bryce Harper sexual.

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Yes. Harp sexual or whatever.

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Corbin, Carol, Acuna and Betts for outfield. I have no problems with those three at all.

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Kenji, do you have any gripes with Corbin, Carol, Acuna and Betts for the outfield?

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Who's playing center?

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It's just three of them. I bet you they have Betts play center or Carol.

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Doesn't Carol play center in Arizona?

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He plays left.

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He plays left.

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He plays left.

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Gotcha.

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Mookie can I know Acuna can they just put in more. Yeah, trial plates center. I'm completely mixed.

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I was wondering, I wonder if Mookie would if he cut down a swing, how well of an average are you going to hit for?

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You think so?

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I think so because like the guy hitting a ton of homers.

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I think maybe he should be swinging big his first at-bat because he's got a lot of like first at-bat homers in games.

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And then like maybe like the next few at-bats just kind of tone it down, maybe kind of stay within himself, not trying to go all out.

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But I don't know. Yeah.

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I've always wondered about like Mookie Betts like to me like watching him play like he just seemed like the guy that could easily hit 300.

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Like kind of like what Acuna is doing this year, like almost like hit like that consistently just because he's such a good player.

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But like he when he strikes out, it's because like he's got a really big swing.

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Right.

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And like I say that because like Ichiro said that he could easily hit the top of the league and make home runs every year if he wanted to.

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Well, here you go Keji.

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I could hit 250.

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Yeah. So I looked it up.

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So Mookie was on the Red Sox prior to getting traded to the Dodgers.

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He won MVP in 2018.

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He hit 32 homers, 80 RBIs, stole 30 bases and hit 346 on the year.

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346?

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346, 32 homers, 80 rebs.

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Oh my god.

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And he played in 136 games.

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That's insane.

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Had an OPS of 1.078, which is unreal.

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That has to be like one of the greatest seasons, right?

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That's why he won MVP.

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That's just an unbelievable season.

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He only struck out.

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How many at best?

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He had 520 at bad, struck out 91 times.

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30 stolen bases.

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He hit the 30-30 and hit 346, which is that's why he won MVP.

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But yeah, Mookie being there, I don't have a problem with.

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Dog.

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Is that what everybody has to say about the All-Star starters?

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Do we have any snubs who shouldn't be there?

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Or did we already kind of cover RCA?

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Well, I think a snub for me, it goes back to American League.

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I don't think Vladi should be there.

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That guy's done jack crap this year.

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Yeah, but he's not a starter.

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He might be a reserve, but he's not a starter.

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He's not a reserve.

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Oh, okay.

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He made it to the second round of voting.

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I'm glad he's not a starter.

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Those Toronto fans.

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If he would be an out, like, the endy guy.

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Yeah, that would have been like the stupidest.

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Yandy's been the best first baseman in the world.

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Clearly.

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Okay.

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Well, then we can move right along then.

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We can talk a little bit about some other topics in the league.

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We touched on a hair already.

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Ohtani hits 30.

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As this recording, he hit his 30th homer last night.

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We're in the midst of one of the most unbelievable seasons we've ever seen.

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I know we mentioned it briefly when we got together last night,

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but he is on pace with Judge last year, which is, I just, I can't even fathom.

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He's a pitcher too.

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He's like a, he's a really great pitcher.

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But he's not.

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He's top four in strikeouts.

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Yep.

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And he's great in batting average against, as we already said.

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I just, I can't believe it.

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He's, Judge broke the record for American league homers last year.

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And Ohtani is step-for-step matching it while pitching.

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He's just trying to do whatever an ERA is and striking out, you know,

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a hundred on a season and just, I can't believe it.

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I can't believe it.

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It's, it's, it's kind of crazy too, because you see, you have this team like the angels, right?

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They've, these past few years, they've never been good.

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Ohtani comes in and he just like completely turns it around.

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Like even Mike, he kind of has the help of Mike Trout, obviously,

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but this year Mike Trout has been kind of underperforming.

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You know, that angels have a winning record, you know,

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they're kind of neck and neck with the Astros right now in the division.

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And I don't know, it's just something about the angels team is different.

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And I think it's because like, I don't know, Ohtani is just, he's a great leader

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that just naturally kind of leads through his actions and his, his results.

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Where he pitches and the way he hits.

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And I think that's something that I think the other angels players saw

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and they kind of take that and it motivates them to do better.

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A lot of guys have showed up for the angels.

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And you have a lot of, you have like Gio, you got Brandon Jury, you got Mickey Moniac,

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just to name a few, you got a lot of people stepping up.

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And I feel like they've been stepping up because they see Ohtani's like his natural leadership.

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And, you know, they're able to have that good run that they've been on these,

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the first half of the season.

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Yeah. And I mean, they're right there in the hunt.

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We'll get to the standings here in a little bit,

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but they're right there in the hunt for the West.

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And I think that's the back of the Rangers as of this recording.

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And I mean, you're talking, you're close to the All-Star break, six back.

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I think if you're the angels, you take it with how good the Rangers have played to this point.

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And being in a division with Seattle and Houston as well, I think you take it 10 times out of 10.

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Definitely.

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So it's, I know it's been fun to watch.

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I just, every night Ohtani pitches or hits, I just can't believe it when I see it,

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I can't believe it when I see it, I can't believe it when I see it.

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It's like, I know this is a baseball podcast,

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but it's like Patrick Mahomes throwing for 4,000 yards.

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Patrick Mahomes is MVP season, right?

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Yeah. It's like Patrick Mahomes, MVP season.

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But then he also like goes on defensive end and sacks 20 guys.

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Like we've never seen anything like it in any other sport.

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There's no way to describe what Ohtani is doing.

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It's just crazy. It's crazy.

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And like, I know people are like, oh, this is like the next generation of baseball players,

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like more people are going to do this.

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I say that's crap.

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I don't think that this is, he's an anomaly.

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There's no way this is not going to happen.

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I'm sure in the next like 50 years, yes, there will be players who will do that,

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but there's no way that they will come anywhere near the level that he does.

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Yes.

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If he's a pitcher, he's a top 10 pitcher.

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If he's just a hitter, he's a top five hitter, right?

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Yeah. Yep.

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It's just, I don't know how you can be so dominant at two things at once

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when somebody, when some people can't even be dominant that one.

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Right. It's crazy.

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It's unbelievable.

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The influence is crazy too.

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Why do people throw strikes to Ohtani? I don't know.

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You see that clip when they were playing the white socks and,

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what was that? No, it was the Rockies. It was the Rockies.

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And that pitcher threw like the inside pitch and Ohtani hits a home run.

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Oh yeah.

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He's like, how the fuck did you hit that?

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It's true, man. He has such a unique swing too.

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So he can get to that inside fastball better than other guys can.

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It's just, he looks like he can't hit an outside ball.

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Like sometimes he over swings and like he's such an open stance.

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Like he goes all like the opposite way so well too.

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Yeah. He does.

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His body just moves perfectly.

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Like to the ball.

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And like a lot of times too when he goes the opposite field,

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it looks just like amazing. His swing is beautiful.

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Most guys when they go like Oppo, it's usually just like, you know,

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right in front of the right fielder, like right in like the right center gap kind of,

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but Ohtani, he, and like, I guess their swings, they're not as clean as,

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you know, when they go up the middle or when they pull the ball,

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but Ohtani, it's like, it's arguably like almost as good.

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He goes right back up the middle or hits the right side of the field.

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And I don't know. Ohtani is just such a unique, unique guy.

362
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,000
He's so strong.

363
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000
It's crazy.

364
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:08,000
Did you see that? Like he pretty much hit like Oppo against the wide socks.

365
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:15,000
One hand, like when he hit a second home run in the day, like I just.

366
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:20,000
Also the sound, the sound of the ball coming off the bat.

367
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,000
Whenever he hits a no doubters, it's just like, it's music to my ears.

368
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000
Yeah. It's the best sound.

369
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:28,000
Yeah.

370
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:34,000
Like see that 493 feet home run. Just that swing was beautiful.

371
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:39,000
And I know Apple probably like plays up the audio just a hair,

372
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000
but that Homer sounded so good.

373
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,000
Especially the one yesterday, like it just, the crack was perfect.

374
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,000
Yeah.

375
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,000
And the pitcher knew he just put his head down and he was like, yep.

376
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,000
And then he's like, next ball.

377
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:57,000
Yeah. So, I mean, well, we can sit here and talk about Ohtani for another hour

378
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,000
because of what he's doing.

379
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,000
We're going to move along because we'll have the rest of the season.

380
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,000
We're just going to keep talking about it because he's unbelievable.

381
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000
So I'm going to quickly touch on this.

382
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:10,000
The Pittsburgh Pirates, their city connect jerseys are absolutely horrendous.

383
00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,000
The PGH jerseys, I've never seen anything like them.

384
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000
They're just disgusting.

385
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,000
Even though they did win a game yesterday and I'm Carlos Santana.

386
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,000
Joe, your opinion?

387
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:23,000
Yeah. I mean, just looking at them, it kind of reminded me of the B movie.

388
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:27,000
I don't know why it was just like so yellow.

389
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,000
I don't know why that just came up in my, came to my head.

390
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,000
But I mean, like Kenji just saw them in real time.

391
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:35,000
Kenji just saw it and is reacting.

392
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,000
How are they Kenji? Let's, I want to hear your opinion.

393
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,000
Live, live reaction, raw reaction.

394
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,000
These are worse than the All-Star jerseys.

395
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000
Yeah. No, they're, they're really bad.

396
00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000
These are actual soccer jerseys.

397
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,000
That's a great, I like the B movie.

398
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,000
Yeah, that's a good one.

399
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:59,000
What kind of like, what changes would you guys make to the jerseys to make them like, okay?

400
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:05,000
I think personally, it's just too much yellow.

401
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,000
It's just too much yellow.

402
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,000
Like you need a balance.

403
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,000
I mean, excuse me. What the hell is PGH?

404
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,000
It's going to be Pittsburgh.

405
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:18,000
I think so. I think that's like the abbreviation.

406
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,000
The abbreviation of a Pittsburgh.

407
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,000
But like looking at the patch they did on the left shoulder is just a P.

408
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,000
Like there's not, it's just a Pirates logo.

409
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:36,000
There's like, there's no creative. It's just, it's like, they just slapped like a weird acronym for Pittsburgh on the front of a jersey.

410
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000
They changed the yellow a little bit and they called it good.

411
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:44,000
They didn't even change the hat. It was just the same logo with the Jersey pattern on it.

412
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,000
It looks cheap.

413
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000
It's so lazy, man. It's so lazy.

414
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:57,000
It reminds me of like the alternate jerseys you see, like when you play like Madden or NBA 2K, like compared to the actual jerseys, they're just like a lot more simple.

415
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,000
They got like a simple logo and then a number and that's it.

416
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000
It's the color of those jerseys. Yeah.

417
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,000
Yeah. Literally.

418
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,000
I would have liked to see, I mean, Pittsburgh's jerseys.

419
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,000
I like what they've done in the last couple of years.

420
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:11,000
They've switched to like a more script across the front, which I like.

421
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,000
Yeah.

422
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:26,000
But I would have liked to see almost like an all black uniform or all white or something, because you can do like Pittsburgh has such a rich history of like the Steelers and you know, like teams like that where you can do like the steel city or the steel curtain.

423
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,000
And you can get super creative with that.

424
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000
Just about PGH.

425
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,000
The heck man.

426
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,000
Not a fan. Not a fan.

427
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000
And the letters are just hideous too.

428
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:39,000
Like it's just so ugly.

429
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:43,000
It reminds me of like kind of Great Britain's jerseys in the WBC.

430
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:46,000
Great Britain, you know.

431
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,000
It just seems like a really budgeted Jersey.

432
00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:57,000
It's like a superlative travel ball team that like, you know, wanted to kind of save on save a little bit on money and decided to go with like the simplest jerseys possible.

433
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,000
Yeah, it just usually has a really good jersey.

434
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,000
Like I like their jerseys. They're cool.

435
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:02,000
They do.

436
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,000
I agree.

437
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,000
I think that they have a good, they have a good color scheme.

438
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,000
They have a beautiful like backdrop on that stadium.

439
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,000
Like they could have gone so many directions with this.

440
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000
And it just seemed like such a lazy take on it.

441
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:18,000
I mean, here, I actually, not that this is planned, but I have the O's one right here.

442
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:21,000
I have those one right here.

443
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:26,000
But the part I like is even though it's like, it looks like the Great Britain Jersey from the front.

444
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:31,000
They have all this, they have the coloring on the inside and there was like an actual beam to it.

445
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,000
This is just like, they just slapped yellow.

446
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:35,000
PGH.

447
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:36,000
PGH on it.

448
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000
And then that weird yellow and they were like, that's it.

449
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:39,000
That's the one.

450
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,000
Ta-da.

451
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,000
It's like they ran out of font or like they just couldn't put pirates on there.

452
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,000
Like, oh, what can we do?

453
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000
PGH in fat letters.

454
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,000
Yep.

455
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:48,000
Yeah.

456
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,000
I want to see like the sales go to like the MLB store and like see the actual analytics

457
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000
on how many sales we offer.

458
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000
Zero, zero, zero.

459
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000
They've got to be on sale by now.

460
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000
I'd buy a Rich Hill jersey though.

461
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,000
Okay.

462
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:02,000
Rich Hill.

463
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000
Rich Hill, Dick Mountain.

464
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000
That's what I like to call them.

465
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000
Moving into the standings.

466
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,000
Yeah.

467
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000
So we'll go over the standings briefly.

468
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:21,000
We'll try and get everybody in and out of here in slow because we are already over 40

469
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000
minutes.

470
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000
So this stuff has been fun to record.

471
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,000
I'll start with the Ale Beast.

472
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:31,000
Tampa Bay still leads 57 and 28.

473
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,000
The Orioles are still in second place.

474
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,000
They're six and a half back at Tampa.

475
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:40,000
But I do worry as an OZE fan, maybe I do my own OZE like Op-Ed on the blog.

476
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,000
But the starting pitching has been bad lately.

477
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,000
Do you think the OZE have what it takes to make a playoff run?

478
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000
I don't know if they have what it takes to make a playoff run.

479
00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000
I like the offense.

480
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,000
They've been a little cold lately, but when they can hit, like when Mullens is fully healthy,

481
00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:00,000
when Santander is good, like Richmond's been struggling, I think they can, they can, yes.

482
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:01,000
Yes.

483
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,000
Kenji?

484
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:06,000
So I don't want to take away from talking about all the records, but I'm curious because

485
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000
that's a bit more interesting.

486
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:12,000
So like for your team to make a playoff run, what do you need?

487
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,000
Like who are your team, because trade deadline, right?

488
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000
Starting pitching. That's what I want.

489
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,000
Who do you think would be a good pitcher to go get?

490
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,000
I mean, I know we talked briefly about it yesterday.

491
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:25,000
I think Dylan Cease is a fascinating option.

492
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:29,000
The White Sox have said that they don't plan on trading their starters.

493
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,000
Idiots, idiots, idiots. That's why they suck.

494
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Because I think Cease would be really interesting.

495
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,000
I think there's some other teams. I mean, who else is going to be selling?

496
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:43,000
I think we're in a unique spot this year because there are so many teams that are like within like six games of a playoff spot.

497
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:46,000
And so they might not be as motivated to sell.

498
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,000
What about Scherzer?

499
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,000
I think the Mets are going to hold on, man. At least until, because they're dead.

500
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000
What is Scherzer going to leave though?

501
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,000
Like if you're still pitching that good.

502
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,000
I don't know if people want to pay him. I don't know if people want to pay him that much money.

503
00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,000
How much is he getting right now?

504
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,000
He's getting like $40 million a year.

505
00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:05,000
And the thing is, he's getting old. He's arguably, he's past his prime.

506
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:10,000
Yeah. He's had a few quality starts so he's strung together in a row now.

507
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000
But he's just old and he's expensive.

508
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,000
Are the Blue Jays still in playoff contention?

509
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000
Yeah, Blue Jays are carrying anybody.

510
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:22,000
Red Sox might, but I don't know if they have, Red Sox are too prideful for that.

511
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,000
They're not even like one of those teams that will sell.

512
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,000
They're like a retool kind of team.

513
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,000
So they won't blow up anything. They'll just kind of retool.

514
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:39,000
I mean, you could go to the AL Central sucks, but I don't really want any of the Royals pitchers or Tigers pitching.

515
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:43,000
I know that the Guardians are highly considering trading Bieber.

516
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,000
Because he's old, right?

517
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,000
Yeah, because he's getting older. He's not striking out as many people.

518
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000
So I think that would be interesting to see.

519
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:55,000
But I think it's a small market for like starting pitching at the deadline.

520
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,000
And it'll be interesting to see who goes where and what happens.

521
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:03,000
Because I think if you are, say you're the Guardians and you're selling Bieber,

522
00:43:03,000 --> 00:43:06,000
you know that there are going to be a lot of teams that are after your pitchers.

523
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,000
So you can ask for a high price.

524
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:11,000
So I think that they can get a good haul for that.

525
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,000
Definitely a demand of starting pitchers, especially at the trade deadline.

526
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,000
So yeah, it'll be interesting.

527
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:18,000
Look at Lake Snell, dude. That guy's on a, he's destroying.

528
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:19,000
Lake Snell's on a tear.

529
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,000
They're stuck right now, right? They're not making the playoff, I don't think.

530
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,000
Yeah.

531
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,000
He's kind of older.

532
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,000
We can run through the, I'll just go quickly through the divisions.

533
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:33,000
It's not that impressive. Yankees 10 and a half, 10 back.

534
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:36,000
Blue Jays 11 back. Red Sox 15.

535
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,000
It's crazy how good the East is.

536
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:41,000
Ale Central.

537
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Twins are one game under 500.

538
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:47,000
They're 41 and 42, but they're winning the division.

539
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,000
And then there's Guardians, Tigers, White Sox, Royals.

540
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,000
Royals are one game ahead of the A's for worst record.

541
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,000
What an awful division that is.

542
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,000
It's so bad, man.

543
00:43:57,000 --> 00:44:01,000
And then the Orioles are, that division is absolutely disgusting.

544
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:02,000
Yeah.

545
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,000
Whoever created them was idiots.

546
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:08,000
I mean, the last team in the Ale Central, the Red Sox, have the same record as the

547
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:11,000
Twins who are 41, 42 and are leading their division.

548
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,000
That's so stupid.

549
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:13,000
It's nuts.

550
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,000
Yeah.

551
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,000
Yeah.

552
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:20,000
I guess I'll leave Joe for the Ale West and some of those other ones.

553
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,000
Go ahead.

554
00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:22,000
Yeah. Sounds good.

555
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:26,000
I mean, we've got the Rangers first four, nine and 33.

556
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,000
They've been doing so hot recently.

557
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,000
Kind of been on a downhill slope.

558
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,000
That's all right.

559
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:32,000
Houston on their tail.

560
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:33,000
Yeah, they are.

561
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,000
Honestly, you know what?

562
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,000
Yeah.

563
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,000
I do.

564
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:42,000
I will mention that yesterday, yesterday I was on my way to work and Gabe texted,

565
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,000
Gabe texted me.

566
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:48,000
He's like, yo, Chammons to the Chammons on the Rangers now, which was kind of nuts.

567
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,000
We traded Cole Reagan's a bum relief pitcher for him.

568
00:44:51,000 --> 00:44:55,000
And some I'll feel that from AAA, but anyways, I'll get to the standings.

569
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:56,000
Yeah.

570
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,000
We got Rangers for nine 33 and then Astros four games back.

571
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,000
They were kind of five and six recently Rangers.

572
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:07,000
We weren't doing so hot, but like neither were the Astros Astros.

573
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:08,000
They've they've been on our tail.

574
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:12,000
They've been kind of fighting Rangers Rangers or sorry.

575
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,000
Now Rangers angels are six games back.

576
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:19,000
And then we got the Mariners 10 games and athletics with the surprising, surprising

577
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:20,000
28 games back.

578
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:21,000
Really?

579
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:23,000
They're pretty close.

580
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:24,000
Yeah.

581
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,000
They're kind of, we got to kind of watch 11 at home.

582
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:30,000
Hey, hey, hey, after the all star break, they're going to turn it around.

583
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:31,000
All right.

584
00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,000
Three is starting 300 and everybody else is going to hit 230.

585
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:35,000
Yeah.

586
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,000
Okay.

587
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,000
All right.

588
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,000
All right.

589
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,000
Good buddy.

590
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,000
All right.

591
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:42,000
I'll take, I'll, I'll take the NL East.

592
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:43,000
Okay.

593
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:44,000
Yeah.

594
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:46,000
We got, we got Braves second best record in baseball right now.

595
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,000
They're 54 and 27.

596
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,000
They've been so good.

597
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:54,000
It's just math, you know, all those, all those guys, you know, all the things.

598
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:57,000
Riley, Albie's Albie's.

599
00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:59,000
I see you.

600
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:00,000
Not RC.

601
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,000
Everyone.

602
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,000
And they don't even have Max Fried yet back.

603
00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:06,000
Free that even back their best pitcher.

604
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:07,000
Oh, really?

605
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,000
Yeah.

606
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,000
Yeah.

607
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:10,000
He's not even back yet.

608
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,000
Yeah.

609
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:12,000
Go ahead, Joe.

610
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,000
So yeah, I got the Marlins next team, seven games back, which is impressive.

611
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,000
Marlins been, they've been putting on a show recently.

612
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,000
They got jazz back.

613
00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:21,000
You know, they, they've been putting it up.

614
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:24,000
You got the Phillies after that 11 games back.

615
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,000
Doing this, doing pretty good as well.

616
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:27,000
Shout out Brady.

617
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:33,000
And then you got, uh, Mets Mets going to met with 18 and a half games back.

618
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:38,000
And then, and then the Nats with a 33 and 48, 21 games back.

619
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,000
Wow.

620
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:43,000
So kind of, kind of an interesting, a lot of, a lot of diversity in the.

621
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:47,000
I mean, I don't know if I would have predicted Mets being fourth at the start of the year

622
00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,000
and the Marlins being 13 over 500.

623
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:56,000
Um, what I do want to note about the NLEs, the Phillies have won some crazy high last

624
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,000
number of games.

625
00:46:57,000 --> 00:47:01,000
Like they've, they're winning at a great clip, but they're still losing ground to the Braves,

626
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:05,000
which is the Red Hot, but the Braves are still pulling away from them because they've just

627
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:06,000
been on another planet.

628
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,000
I mean, they've been nine and one past 10 games.

629
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:09,000
Yeah.

630
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,000
Yeah.

631
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:13,000
And then you look, there's the Mets two and eight in their last 10.

632
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:16,000
Um, they just can't win the series in life.

633
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:21,000
It's, I, it's anyway, um, I guess I can take, I'll take the NL central then.

634
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,000
Um, Cincinnati has been super fun to watch.

635
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:27,000
If you're bored and you're a baseball fan, tune, tune on to Cincinnati and they're actually

636
00:47:27,000 --> 00:47:28,000
really fun.

637
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:33,000
Um, Ellie de la Cruz, uh, Hunter Green, when he comes back, Matt McLean, Spencer Steer,

638
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,000
they got some studs over there.

639
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:39,000
Uh, they're winning at a 43, 44 and 38 Brewers one game back.

640
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:43,000
Pirates four and a half, Cubs five, Cardinals 10.

641
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,000
Cardinals being that bad is crazy.

642
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:50,000
Um, I, my heart goes out to, out there to any Cardinal fans.

643
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:54,000
Uh, and then, and then NL West, maybe the most surprising one of the whole year, Diamond

644
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,000
backs, um, two ahead of the Dodgers.

645
00:47:57,000 --> 00:48:00,000
Um, and the Giants are two and a half back.

646
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:03,000
Uh, Padres are 11 and a half back.

647
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,000
And then the Rockies are 16 and a half back.

648
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:07,000
Padres are two and eight in their last 10.

649
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:11,000
Um, it just feels like they have, they lose heartbreaking games.

650
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:13,000
Is that what it is?

651
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,000
They're just, they're not hitting in.

652
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:16,000
They're not pitching.

653
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:20,000
Like they're pitching, I think is the big thing, but it's like they, when they get a

654
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,000
good pitching performance, they can't score.

655
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:25,000
And then when they get, when they score, they don't get a good pitching performance.

656
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:26,000
That's right.

657
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:27,000
Cause he has two wins on the season.

658
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:31,000
Even though he has struck it out, I think like 60 guys and his last like four outings.

659
00:48:31,000 --> 00:48:32,000
Yeah.

660
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:36,000
I mean, it says right here, Padres are 20 and 22 at home, 17 and 23 on the road.

661
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:41,000
Um, so they're not one score differential that they have.

662
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:42,000
Oh, I don't know.

663
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:45,000
I mean, it, it can't be, it can't be good.

664
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,000
No, it can't be good at all.

665
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,000
No.

666
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:50,000
Um, but yeah, so that's, that's a bit of the division recap.

667
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,000
We're running out of time here.

668
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:57,000
So we're going to quickly run through, um, our DFA watch and players to watch.

669
00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:59,000
So everybody go back through Kenji Joe.

670
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,000
I don't know if you guys have a player off the top.

671
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,000
Is DFA the one that sucks and then you say it out?

672
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,000
Don't say Arcia.

673
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:07,000
Um, he's an all star.

674
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,000
You can't DFA an all star.

675
00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,000
But, uh, obviously terrible.

676
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:21,000
Give me a player you would think that should be gone from their team and then a player to watch over this coming week.

677
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:23,000
Okay.

678
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:29,000
Uh, well, I'm going to say, uh, Wilson Contreras should probably just get cut and kicked out from the league.

679
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:33,000
And he sucks.

680
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,000
The cardinals are so bad.

681
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:37,000
What makes you say that?

682
00:49:37,000 --> 00:49:39,000
Are you just hating on him?

683
00:49:39,000 --> 00:49:44,000
Dude, I, at the beginning of the year, the cardinals were fun to watch and I watched like almost every game.

684
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,000
I was like, wow, he seems good.

685
00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:47,000
Yeah.

686
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,000
I mean, most of the tries are just terrible now.

687
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:54,000
I mean, yeah, he's had a couple of games in here there, but like, I mean, he's in like 212.

688
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,000
Yeah.

689
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,000
How much money did he get?

690
00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:02,000
I mean, to put it in perspective, to put it in perspective, that's still better than Muncie and Kyle Schwaber.

691
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:08,000
So like you kind of have to take that the average South Korean assault.

692
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,000
Yeah. Yeah.

693
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:23,000
Like the cardinals, like, like I've watched a couple, like the announcers talk about like the deal about Contreras and how like teams were very hesitant of paying him because he sucks at catcher.

694
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:30,000
And yeah, like I know the cardinals pitching staff have told this, like the front staff, like we don't want Contreras to catch me.

695
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:31,000
Yeah, they did.

696
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:32,000
No, they did.

697
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:33,000
Right.

698
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:35,000
And like, if you can't catch, you got to at least hit.

699
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,000
Well, he's not even hitting anymore.

700
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:38,000
And they paid him a ton of money, right.

701
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,000
From the Cubs.

702
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,000
So to me, he's like, just.

703
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:42,000
Well, they're in a tricky spot.

704
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:49,000
I mean, just to touch on it briefly, they, because they have like shot his whole confidence, like they destroyed his confidence.

705
00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:54,000
But now they're in a spot where no team wants to take that, so you can't trade away his contract.

706
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:58,000
You have to like find a way to build him back up now to be productive.

707
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:02,000
But you're only positioned in baseball, but hey, it's okay, bud.

708
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,000
Yeah, I don't even know how you do it.

709
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,000
They and he has impossible shoes to fill because you try.

710
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:11,000
They signed him for Yadi Molina, who's like one of the best defensive catchers of all time.

711
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,000
So it's I think they're in a tough spot.

712
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:16,000
So Kenji, do you have a player to watch or should we go to Joe with his guy?

713
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:17,000
I go to Joe's.

714
00:51:17,000 --> 00:51:19,000
Okay, Joe, who are you?

715
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:20,000
Who are you DFA?

716
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:21,000
John King on the Rangers.

717
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:22,000
Relief.

718
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,000
He's a relief pitcher.

719
00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:27,000
So I don't really want to get into it over a series with New York.

720
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:32,000
I think we were up 4-3, like going into the game ending.

721
00:51:32,000 --> 00:51:38,000
And then John King came in, came up, I think, two hits and two earned losses.

722
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,000
Game.

723
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,000
And again, versus Detroit, I think two or three days ago.

724
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,000
He threw two innings for us.

725
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:46,000
First inning he did great.

726
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:49,000
Next inning three hits, four earned.

727
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:51,000
One walk.

728
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:59,000
I think maybe the Rangers optioned him to go to Round Rock and AAA.

729
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:08,000
I mean, it's just like, I don't know, the Rangers relief is, I guess, the only thing that's kind of holding them back.

730
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,000
Because you've got really solid starters on the Rangers.

731
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:23,000
And if you like their outing doesn't mean anything if you don't have a solid outing from the relief pitchers and able to not let any guys score.

732
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:31,000
So, I mean, like that was the kind of the big takeaway watching the Rangers games this past week is our relief, our bullpen just really needs help.

733
00:52:31,000 --> 00:52:35,000
And that's why they picked up Chapman.

734
00:52:35,000 --> 00:52:38,000
Yeah, I feel it's like that's why they picked up Chapman and they gave up Reagan.

735
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:41,000
Obviously Reagan's wasn't too bad for us.

736
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:45,000
I think arguably he was one of the better ones.

737
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:47,000
But recently he was doing badly.

738
00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:52,000
They actually I think maybe last week he was optioned for AAA.

739
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:53,000
Okay.

740
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:54,000
So they were finally done.

741
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,000
And yeah, I mean, I think bringing Chapman was a good move.

742
00:52:56,000 --> 00:53:02,000
Hopefully they can kind of kind of bring a spark to the dying Rangers bullpen.

743
00:53:02,000 --> 00:53:04,000
We'll see. We'll see what happens from here on out.

744
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:06,000
Okay. All right. I can take that one.

745
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,000
I'll be brief with this one.

746
00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:10,000
I'm going to go with another Oriole this week.

747
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:11,000
Keegan Aiken.

748
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,000
I hate his guts.

749
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:14,000
I hate him.

750
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:15,000
I want him thrown.

751
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,000
Ship him off to Korea.

752
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,000
Get the KBO and he's starting pitching.

753
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:20,000
I want him gone.

754
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,000
I want him off the team.

755
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:23,000
He's been in our bullpen.

756
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,000
It's kind of our long reliever lately.

757
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:26,000
What's his name?

758
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,000
Keegan Aiken.

759
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:31,000
Any guy named Keegan I have a problem with to begin with.

760
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,000
Sorry, Keegans.

761
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:36,000
But he is so to give you a sense.

762
00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:40,000
So June 21st, he played in Tampa Bay.

763
00:53:40,000 --> 00:53:42,000
So those are playing in Tampa Bay.

764
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:46,000
He went an ending in two thirds to earned four point two two year.

765
00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:57,000
And then he went out two days later at home against the Mariners to he got two outs, two tenths of an inning, six earned seven runs total one walk six point five five.

766
00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,000
He's just getting rocked.

767
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,000
He's getting rocked.

768
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:05,000
And then his last game just the other day we were playing the Reds in extra innings.

769
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:09,000
We like the huge rally at the end of the ninth to bring it close.

770
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:12,000
And then we put him in the tent and he gives up like four runs.

771
00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:15,000
He's given up 18 runs already.

772
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:20,000
Yeah, no, he's just 18 runs in 23 and two thirds innings.

773
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:23,000
Just so bad.

774
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,000
I've never seen anything like it.

775
00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,000
Tell me you don't have a better pitch than a guy.

776
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:28,000
That's what I'm saying.

777
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:32,000
I'm like, that's what I'm saying.

778
00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:35,000
I'm like, this bum is not the O's actually just the other day.

779
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:36,000
He didn't get DFA.

780
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:47,000
But yesterday he got put on I.L., which is kind of funny because it's like it's like the old like when you just have to make him fake an injury because we don't want to actually send you now.

781
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:49,000
It's like we'll put you on I.L.

782
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:52,000
Just say you're back is so we can bring up another guy.

783
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:55,000
And if he's better than you, we're going to keep him.

784
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:56,000
But they did that yesterday.

785
00:54:56,000 --> 00:54:58,000
I hate Keegan Aiken every time he comes in the game.

786
00:54:58,000 --> 00:54:59,000
I turn it off. I'm not even joking.

787
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:01,000
When he came in the other day, I just turned it off.

788
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:07,000
I was like, yeah, we lost putting him in a tie game in the tent with the runner on second is the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

789
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:09,000
He just I don't even know.

790
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,000
I want to see.

791
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:16,000
I wonder what is like batting average against is really quickly batting average.

792
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:23,000
We have at least 300 at least has to be.

793
00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:28,000
He's given up 35 hits in 23 in this part.

794
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:30,000
One point seven whip.

795
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:34,000
Thirteen point three hits per nine.

796
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:37,000
Just yeah, it doesn't look like they have.

797
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:40,000
Thanks. Booth him.

798
00:55:40,000 --> 00:55:42,000
Yeah, you conditioning down a double.

799
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:43,000
Oh, I'm gone.

800
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:46,000
Not even can send him to China.

801
00:55:46,000 --> 00:55:48,000
Taiwan probably need players.

802
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,000
Taiwan probably needs players.

803
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,000
Yeah, yeah.

804
00:55:53,000 --> 00:55:55,000
But yeah, so that's that's my DFA for this week.

805
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:56,000
Really quickly.

806
00:55:56,000 --> 00:55:57,000
Thirty seconds.

807
00:55:57,000 --> 00:55:59,000
Kenji, who's your player to watch?

808
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,000
All right.

809
00:56:01,000 --> 00:56:03,000
His name is Patrick Bailey.

810
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:05,000
The catcher on the Giants.

811
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:06,000
Okay.

812
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:07,000
He's playing really good.

813
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,000
Okay.

814
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:10,000
Joe, I must say Jonah.

815
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:14,000
I'm obviously he was called the he's going to be an all star.

816
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:15,000
But yeah, I'm watching him.

817
00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:16,000
He's been doing really good.

818
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:21,000
He has one of the best averages with runners in the scoring position in the league.

819
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:24,000
I think it's for it's above 400, maybe even above 450.

820
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:26,000
But yeah, I'm like, I don't know, man.

821
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:27,000
His his two strike approach.

822
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:31,000
He's actually hit so many home runs against him on two strikes.

823
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:40,000
And so it's just nuts kind of seeing that that player being able to stay calm and like, you know, be able to get the ball and play and much more hit the ball out.

824
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:43,000
So yeah, Jonah Heim, he's a great catcher defensively.

825
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:45,000
He has a great bat and all around.

826
00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:46,000
He's just he's awesome.

827
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:47,000
That watch.

828
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:48,000
Okay.

829
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:49,000
Jonah Heim.

830
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,000
I'm going to go with Ellie de la Cruz.

831
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,000
I think he's the most fun player to watch in baseball right now.

832
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,000
He can he's super fast.

833
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,000
He's got electric.

834
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:58,000
He's he's in for contact right now.

835
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:00,000
He plays a good he's a switch header.

836
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:03,000
I think he's one of the most exciting players to watch right now.

837
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,000
So I got Ellie and they're playing the Padres today.

838
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,000
So you get to watch Tati's now.

839
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:11,000
So yeah, that's what he says.

840
00:57:11,000 --> 00:57:12,000
Bad.

841
00:57:12,000 --> 00:57:14,000
Padres are playing bad.

842
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:16,000
Anything else from you guys?

843
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:19,000
Well, otherwise, we'll catch everybody next week.

844
00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:20,000
You guys got anything to say?

845
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:22,000
I feel like Kenji has something to say.

846
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:23,000
Go to the gym.

847
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:25,000
Everybody go to the gym.

848
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:27,000
Yeah. Get your workouts in.

849
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Hope you guys have a great week.

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Take care, fellas.