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Hey guys, back with another podcast this week.

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Nothing really new, besides the fact that the Angels still can't win a game.

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We're hurting each other now.

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The organization hurting, you know, the best player in the world, then CABBAGE hitting CELCIF.

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It's pretty tough out there, but yeah, let's get into it.

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That was brilliant, Kenji.

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That accurately sums up what I think he's going to be talking about today.

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There's a lot of news surrounding the Angels, a lot of injuries surrounding the Angels.

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But yeah, welcome to maybe a little more depressing episode of the show.

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Two of our favorite teams had huge key injuries this week.

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But without further ado, we're going to go straight into Shohei.

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That's the big news.

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Shohei, did he tear his UCL or was it like some sort of other injury?

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What's going on?

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I thought it was a tear, but I heard stuff about how there's a chance you might not have to get Tommy John surgery.

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It was a partial tear, so it wasn't quite all the way torn.

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I think they're getting a second opinion.

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They should get every opinion.

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They should get every opinion outside of the organization, because the organization is a bunch of bums.

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Oh my goodness.

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Yeah.

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So Shohei needs probably Tommy John.

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So we probably won't see him pitch until 2025.

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That was my understanding.

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Price Harper 2.0.

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Price Harper 2.0.

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But he's still hitting.

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I guess that's the good news, right?

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How's he been hitting?

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I know you said he 0 for 4 today.

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He actually did pretty good yesterday and the day before.

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Because of what?

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Right before he tore his UCL, I mean, he hit a home run.

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But he has definitely slowed down lately.

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He's still hitting around 300 and like an OPS over like a thousand something.

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It's unreal what he's doing.

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But a lot less.

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I would just say it's a lot less entertaining to watch him hit now, but he's still hitting really well.

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I mean, I think he went like 3 for 4 yesterday, like two doubles.

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And so he's hitting still really solid, just not as entertaining.

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I did see the craziest part about the whole injury thing to me was that he started that game, the first game of the double header, and then he got hurt.

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And then he came out of that game, got the MRI and knew that he tore his UCL, like knew he wasn't pitching again, but still went out and hit in the nightcap of the double header.

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That was like the most like show hay thing I think I could have ever found.

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Like he was out there talking to Ellie De La Cruz and he literally knows he's done.

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Real. Yeah.

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It was so cool. But he like he knows he's done and he's just getting, you know, I thought that showed his character a little bit.

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But I think that effectively seals the deal and the angels.

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I know we were we've already been kind of out the door on him, but they're done.

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Right. Yeah.

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No way. Yeah.

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We don't have a reliable starter. Right.

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Because everyone's up and down.

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Gatmers is up and down and he I guess technically he's our best now.

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Right. We never is and he's he's great one game and he's horrendous the other.

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So yeah, it's still gone to no trout.

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Yeah. Trouts back on I.L.

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I came out for a day.

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Shani well or I want to come to show me well.

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Whatever his name is, a new guy. So I mean, he's great. He has like a seven game.

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Yeah. Not good time in Angel Land.

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I did see two so in detriment to his hopes of our angels fans of hopes of resigning him.

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Did you see the report that came out yesterday about like how they went about the injury or like in the past little bit.

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He hadn't had an MRI done previously or even like any test done while he had like like he came out with some cramps and he was like, I can't some shortened starts.

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They never tested his arm.

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But and so that was already bad.

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But then the the angels came out yesterday.

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The GM came out yesterday and said that effectively Shohei and his agent declined like getting any imaging done like the last time because he recommended it after he came out of his last short.

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And start and then Shohei and his agent were like, No, I don't worry about it.

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So the angels GM just like effectively snitched on Shohei and his agent.

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So everybody was like, there's no way he's resigning now.

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But I think that's kind of like the nail in the coffin almost.

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I mean, I think I think the upper management is a bunch of bums. First of all, I mean, I've watched what one year baseball and I can I can tell.

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Yeah, it's pretty bad.

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They've been bad for a long time.

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So yeah, I just feel bad that Mike Trout has to just stay on this team for as long as he's been there for so long.

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Yeah, the guy deserves freedom more than I think.

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He deserves a championship is what he deserves.

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He deserves positivity in his life in September.

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You know, that's what we sat.

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Brady, correct me if I'm wrong.

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The only time he was in the playoffs was against the Royals, right?

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Like 2014 or something.

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Yeah, they got swept that year.

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2008 or something, wasn't it?

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Or like 2014 was the last time.

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Same thing, right? Ages ago.

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It's like half a decade.

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Ask Juan De Franco about a six year difference.

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Oh, my goodness, Brady.

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Welcome to the episode, guys.

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Welcome to the episode.

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Welcome to the show.

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I guess we should do a little check-ins.

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We jumped right into show because I know Kenji's not doing so hot.

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But I guess it's been a week.

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We've still got the same crew here.

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Joe, how's it going first and foremost?

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About as good as Kenji, I'll be honest.

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Rangerland is not happy today.

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Rangerland is struggling a bit.

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You know, as of today, the 27th, they're playing the Twins.

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I'm watching the game.

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Actually, it's the top of the ninth.

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We're up five to four.

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We were up five zero.

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But Royce Lewis had a grand slam.

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Chris Stratton gave up a bomb in the, I think, the sixth.

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So it's another close game.

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Didn't need to be close.

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But you know, we're hanging in there.

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The Mariners are right there with us.

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And they also happen to have the easiest schedule going into September.

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So it's going to be really tough fight.

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But, you know, at this point, I'm just hanging on by a thread.

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Day by day.

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Rangerland is not doing so hot.

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Definitely not.

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We're going to talk about the division a little bit later.

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Brady, how's it going?

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Oh, you know, we're doing just fine.

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Phillies are doing it again.

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Getting hot in August.

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Just in time for the postseason.

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But just in time to be a first round exit.

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If you think we're losing to Milwaukee in the first round, I think you're so wrong.

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All right.

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Well, that's going to let's go to Vegas and go bet on that real quick.

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First round loss.

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Phillies swept by the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Who's it?

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I'll bet.

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Can you imagine?

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Phillies do not make the World Series and make a bunch of money on it.

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See?

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Bet on something like that specific?

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I think there's probably some way you could.

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The odds are probably high.

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So you probably can't make too much money unless you bet a bunch.

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But yeah, I just we'll get to the playoff picture a little bit later today.

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That's part of what we have planned.

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But certainly, I mean, Phillies are they'll be in the playoffs.

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Nobody knows what what what will be at those.

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So transitioning then this is we're going to hand this off to Joe for a lot of it.

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The AOS.

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So you touched on it briefly.

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West has gotten really interesting, really fast.

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Seattle has been on an all time tear of weight.

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Houston's had some struggles in Texas.

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Your struggles have been well documented.

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If you win today, how does that end the eight game losing streak or nine game losing streak?

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What are you guys? So so we won yesterday.

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It was to to go into the ninth inning and then we managed to score four runs.

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I think we didn't even we didn't even.

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We're seeing the ninth. Yeah.

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Walks sacrifice fly.

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Someone got hit hit by pitch.

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But hey, that was a dub.

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We're still in first place somewhere.

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I'm just going to ignore that.

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But you know, the AOS is definitely interesting.

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Before I knew it, I swear last week and I was checking the schedule.

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Mariners were still below 500, but I am so wrong.

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And they're clearly right on our tail.

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And as well as the Astros, too, I think they're only a game back.

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But at first, you know, going in kind of June, July, I thought it was just going to be us and the Astros the whole time.

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And so it's just these three teams where it's a dogfight.

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I'm going to be honest.

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I think we play the Astros again in a few weeks, maybe one or two weeks.

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I don't know if it's a four game series or not, but it's going to be tough.

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It's the most exciting part of the season, though, that's for sure.

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Besides the postseason, this is kind of where is do or die.

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It's going to be a lot of fighting and the division.

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So I'm excited. Certainly.

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I think I'm looking at the standings right now.

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So obviously, Texas has to finish their game today and Seattle just got underway against Kansas City.

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And I think Houston's actually playing Detroit right now, too.

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They beat them 17 to four.

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Do they play them in football?

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Yeah, they have like 24 or 25 hits.

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Is that two touchdowns?

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Two touchdowns is a field goal.

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And you could tell in his football knowledge.

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I'm looking for training.

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What's a field goal?

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It's worth one point.

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No, but you guys are separated by three games.

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Seattle and Texas are tied at the top.

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Houston's a game behind you guys.

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So all three teams separated by one game going down to the wire.

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Texas is two and eight in their last 10.

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Seattle's nine and one in their last 10.

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That's the difference.

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I got a question about the Rangers.

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Did Will Smith finally lose the closing or the closer job to Chapman?

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I really hope so.

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Because he's closing right now and he went into ninth inning yesterday, too, with the four run lead.

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So I'm guessing Will Smith finally.

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And yeah, Chapman is actually he's actually on the mound right now.

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Bottom of the earth.

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It's five four.

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And hopefully he can close this game out.

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I think Will Smith after he gave up all those homers against the Giants, against the Brewers, I think.

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Honestly, I get why Bochy wanted to keep Will Smith in as the as the closer, you know, because he's been doing so good.

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But like when you get a cold streak, it's hard to get hot again to get back on track.

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And so I think Bochy is just trusting the veteran Chapman to get it done.

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I hope he can he can fill that role that Smith had a problem with struggling to to fill.

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Keep my wife's name.

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Now that's our guy.

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That's a good point, though, like if a closer has a hard time, it's probably harder to get out than it is for a starter because you have what?

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One inning to pretty much fix your entire or do you think it's easier for like a closer or reliever to get out of a cold?

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No, I don't.

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You pitch more often.

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You will you pitch.

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I think the thing is you pitch more often, but it's the first four innings of the game.

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You don't feel as much pressure.

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I think my opinion when it gets to seven, eight, nine, when your offense doesn't have as much as many chances to score runs, that's when there's pressure.

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There's also pressure when someone a guy before you leaves runners on base strike three.

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And so.

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Thanks, Kenji.

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Oh, well, all right.

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I just lost my train of thought, but I just see it's hard for relievers.

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They really have it tough because, you know, they want to be a starter.

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They want to have like the main role on the team, but they have to be consistent in all the late innings of the game, whilst being able to handle the runners they may have inherited from the past pitchers.

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So I think it's a really tough position for them.

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I would hate to be a closer or to be a relief guy in the MLB.

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Because I'm pretty good at pitching, I think I could be in the MLB.

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So just speaking from a guy that's.

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Totally.

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I think.

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I think they.

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Oh, go ahead, Brady.

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No, you're good.

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I was just gonna say, I think it was only a matter of time before Chapman got the job.

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Like even Atlanta Will Smith wasn't.

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Yeah, I feel like.

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Isn't solid.

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Yeah, I feel like Gabe can attest to ever.

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Will Smith's entire career.

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He's never been that guy to be in the closer role.

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I feel like.

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Right.

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I feel like he's just not a closer fit guy.

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He's definitely an early relief guy.

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That's where he was in Atlanta.

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Because they had Ricell and Kimbrough and Kenley.

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He's just never been in that role.

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And so it's been interesting.

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Yeah, I mean, I think a premier major league closers Will Smith's name does not come to mind.

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I think of I think of Hader.

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I think of Bautista.

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I think of Diaz.

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Like those are the guys that I put at the top of my like a list and I'll be closers.

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But Will Smith has been a reliable guy.

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I mean, he's getting older.

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It's easier to kind of game plan for him because he's just fastball slider.

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His VLOS ticked down.

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His spin rates ticked down.

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And so I think people just kind of figured it out.

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And I think it works in the Rangers favor having a guy that is virtually the opposite.

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Like Chapman is like fastball.

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And he's got a.

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Chapman is a heavy slider, but it's completely different in terms of like how he attacks hitters.

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So, I mean, I'm curious to see how it turns out.

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Chapman in the past couple of years is good for like one nasty blown save in the playoffs.

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Just fair warning Rangers fans like he just do for like one atrocious loss a year.

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But just hope you don't face Houston because Houston kind of owns that man in the playoffs.

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Houston does own that man.

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Chas McCormick this year, Al Tuve and was it 2017?

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Yeah, I don't really want to talk about it.

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Bang, bang.

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It's as long as we don't play Houston.

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Hopefully like Julio or I don't know, Suarez or T. Oscar.

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Don't hit a bomb off of him in the playoffs.

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Whatever.

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Your division is loaded with really great right handed bats like Seattle with how good they've been playing.

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I think Seattle is a worse matchup for you guys in Houston because at least your Don out of the bullpen is tougher for him to get hits from Will Smith or Chapman.

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Kyle Tucker though isn't too terrible against him.

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Lefty, lefty.

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Yeah, never mind.

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Gauntlet, man.

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You want to be that number one seed.

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You've got to be one or two seed because it does not get easy.

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But that's the deal with the AL West.

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Rangers lost eight straight.

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They've since righted the ship hoping to win another one today.

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It's yeah, it's not looking so good.

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It's not looking good.

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I think just balked.

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Yeah, just balked.

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Yeah, runner on second one out to account.

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Live reactions here on the four guys.

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No clue.

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I'm going to talk briefly.

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The other news this week, another big injury.

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Felix Bautista had some some degree of injury to his UCL, which is the owner collateral ligament.

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That's the injury that people get Tommy John for.

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I was watching that game and it looked like it was so weird because he's thrown 101 102 and it didn't look like he super hurt anything.

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He just like threw 102 and it was like way it was up and away.

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Just looked like he kind of fell off.

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And then he immediately like asked for time.

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He like goes behind the mound and he's checking up.

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He's like flexing his hand, which usually like form stuff usually means like UCL.

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And I was nervous from the beginning because there were two strikes and two outs in the bottom of the top of the night.

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So I knew that they were going to take him out.

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It was going to be something serious.

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And yeah, they yanked him out.

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Although it was strange because everybody in the clubhouse said that Felix was in good spirits.

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They didn't expect it to be anything like crazy long term.

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But then the report came out yesterday that he had some degree of injury to his UCL and we placed on the 15 down.

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If I'm Felix, I'm like, dude, just shut it down for the year.

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I'm like, I don't care if you do TJ or whatever.

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Just shut it down for the year.

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I'm not messing with it, which it's really too bad because when healthy, he's one of the best closers in the game.

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I do like the opportunity for you near canal to take a chance.

353
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Yeah, I don't know.

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I'm not going to save today.

355
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True.

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But you didn't watch the game today.

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Gunner's fault, though.

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Gunner Gunner was going to make a terrible throw.

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And then Gunner made a horrendous error and then can now got three quick outs.

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And it just so happened that the that the runner scored the hit that got the runner in was like a 20 foot like chopper shop rounder that scored the runner.

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So he doesn't get charged for that, though, right?

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Because no, it's an honor.

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Yeah.

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I liked Cano. He came in yesterday and did a great job saving the game yesterday.

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And I mean, he was an all star for a reason.

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He has great stuff.

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So I think he's not as good as Bautista, but I at least trust him to hold it down.

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I just but it certainly is a huge blow and just means that the rest of the bullpen has to step up, which that'll be.

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He's going to take Cano's role.

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Do you think who you take as a role or do you think somebody else is going to take Cano?

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Maybe they just called if I was going to mention it's going to be my player to watch today.

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And I'll talk about it more at the end is DL Hall.

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They just called him up from the minors.

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He's a big time lefty prospect for the O's for a long time as a starter.

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But they transferred him to a relief role in the minors and he throws like 98, 99 from the left side.

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He's got a sweeper and a change up.

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And they brought him in yesterday in the eighth and he looked pretty good.

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So hey, that's a good.

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Yeah, I think they have some ideas on what they want to do.

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They got some other guys.

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John Means is coming back from injury and he threw a no hitter two years ago.

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He's been kind of in and out since.

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Yeah, he threw a no hitter too and he's not even in the league.

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Sure. Never mind.

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I guess the point is, is they got some help coming.

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So I'm interested to see what they do.

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But I think if you're an O's fan, you got to be realistic and think that your title chances just took a big hit with Felix going down.

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Because he's like just an automatic guy that you can trust to go in there and get outs.

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I was going to ask you that like from a Baltimore fan.

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Felix, like where would you put your chances?

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Because like we've talked and I've said like I think Baltimore has a pretty good chance to take it this year.

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Maybe. But I don't know.

393
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Without Bautista, I don't know.

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I'm nervous. I'm not going to lie. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little more anxious.

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I think we need bullpen guys to step up.

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It's a good thing to have all of September to kind of get settled into their role.

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But I need Kenoda to show me that he can handle that ninth inning role and that Fuji can get it done.

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Because I know you guys are big Fuji fans.

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He just kind of gets rocked.

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Like I don't know what it is.

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Like he has such great stuff, but he just kind of gets shelled.

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It's like everyone knows what he's throwing.

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They can just see. Everything is strong.

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Even though he throws like what? 98-ish?

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He averages like 80, 90, 100.

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Yeah.

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People just like just see the ball.

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I don't know why. I don't know why. I don't know how.

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It must just be so flat.

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It has to be. It has to be pretty flat.

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It's so flat.

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It's what he either he either comes in as a relief pitcher gets three K's in one inning.

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Strikes out the side or he gets like he goes.

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He gets one out, three hits like four earned.

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Yeah. One walk.

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The craziest part to me is that he'll come in and he'll throw like you said, he'll strike out the first two guys.

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And then the very next hitter will just like turn around like 101 for a home run out to left field.

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And you're like, what the heck just happened?

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You just you don't even know what happened because he looks so good.

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And then he just gets shelled.

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It's crazy.

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If bipolar was a closer or a relief pitcher, that's just how it is.

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It would be Fuji.

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That's just the reality.

425
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Yeah.

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No, I yeah.

427
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But we'll see what happens.

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I think the chances take a hit.

429
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But at the same time, injuries is a part of the game.

430
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So if you can't really deal with having injuries to your team, then you don't really deserve to win anyway.

431
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Like you look at Tampa, Tampa is still right in the hunt, but they lost like four or five starters to start the year.

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And so Tampa is still right in it.

433
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Texas has dealt with their first year of injuries to both pitching and hitting.

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Seattle has had their first year as well.

435
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So I think it just kind of just kind of happened.

436
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It sucks.

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But next man up kind of mentality out in Baltimore.

438
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Moving right along, then Mookie Betts.

439
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I know Griff is having a great time today with his fantasy team.

440
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But Brady, maybe you could touch a little bit on how good Mookie has been since the All-Star break, really.

441
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But especially like the trade deadline and start of August.

442
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Isn't it about 300 now?

443
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Yeah.

444
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Yeah.

445
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Well, side note here, we definitely forgot to talk about the only non injury prone team we have right now.

446
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First of all, we can touch you guys.

447
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I have it on my list here.

448
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It's in two.

449
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Oh, yeah, we can talk.

450
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But Mookie Betts has been unreal.

451
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Freddie has the most doubles in a year and we're still in August.

452
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In Dodger history, right?

453
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Yep.

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And we are still in August.

455
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Those two are getting real hot, real fast.

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They're going to be team to watch if the pitching can stay consistent.

457
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Yeah.

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That's their biggest problem.

459
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It is.

460
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Yeah.

461
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But you know, some guys have stepped up for them.

462
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But they got some guys, man.

463
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Lance Lynn has been great.

464
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Yeah.

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Like they've got some dudes they acquired the deadline that have been absolutely fantastic.

466
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Lance Lynn, he was a ranger, by the way.

467
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So when was he a ranger?

468
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Go Dodgers.

469
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I think he got traded in 2020.

470
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Oh, my goodness.

471
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Yes.

472
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He was there.

473
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He was their ace in 2019-ish, I think.

474
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I did not know that.

475
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Don't call me on that.

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But yeah, he was a ranger before he went to the West Oaks.

477
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The return of Joe Kelly.

478
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Didn't he go on I.O.?

479
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Joe is a dog.

480
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Probably.

481
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Joe Kelly is?

482
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Yeah, I think so.

483
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I think he's on the I.O.

484
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Yeah, he was the mean mug and when he mean mugged Carlos Correa, that was fun.

485
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That was fantastic.

486
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That was fun.

487
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Now, OK, Brady, here you go.

488
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We're just going to bump your guys up so you can feel like you're validated.

489
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That's what we're here for.

490
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,000
The Phillies set a home run record in a month.

491
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000
Brady, take over.

492
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,000
Yes, sir.

493
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,000
47 home runs this month and the month's not even over.

494
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:25,000
Most home runs in a month in franchise history just in time for the end of August.

495
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:26,000
Just in time.

496
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,000
Great time to get hot.

497
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000
Great time to get ready.

498
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000
Especially with our chance right now.

499
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:39,000
I think this last week, since we last had our other episode, we won two out of three

500
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:40,000
against San Francisco.

501
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,000
We're playing.

502
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:47,000
We've won two against the Cardinals right now and about to win the third, it looks like.

503
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000
That's difficult.

504
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000
Yeah, real difficult here.

505
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000
And get this, we're not even done.

506
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:55,000
We get to go play against the Angels to start this week.

507
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,000
So I know Kenji's just in fear right now.

508
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000
He doesn't care.

509
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000
He's done with the Angels.

510
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:03,000
He's done.

511
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000
He's so far abandoned, but very excited for that.

512
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000
I moved on to my color goldfish.

513
00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,000
Yeah.

514
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,000
Sponsored goldfish.

515
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:12,000
There you go.

516
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:13,000
There we go.

517
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,000
Not sponsored goldfish, but you couldn't.

518
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,000
Yeah, then we go back to our division games.

519
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:26,000
I think we have another set of division, another series against each of the teams and to round

520
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000
out the year.

521
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,000
Hopefully we can squeeze a few from Atlanta.

522
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,000
Do you play Atlanta again?

523
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,000
When do you play?

524
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:34,000
I believe we play them at home.

525
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:39,000
I could be wrong, but I believe we play them at home for a three game set here in early

526
00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,000
September.

527
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000
I need to watch that series.

528
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,000
Yeah, that one will be.

529
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:45,000
That one's going to be good.

530
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,000
I'm excited.

531
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:51,000
But then we play, I think we play the rest of the division and maybe a couple other teams.

532
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,000
And then we head in.

533
00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000
So hopefully we can keep it strong.

534
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000
Looking pretty hot right now.

535
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000
Let's see if we can keep it going.

536
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,000
Yeah, you get Atlanta at home for four.

537
00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:05,000
August, or September 11th through the 13th.

538
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,000
You have a double header on a Monday.

539
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:13,000
Yeah, because we had a, we had a postponed game that had to get put there.

540
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,000
Gotcha.

541
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000
Yeah.

542
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:18,000
But four against Atlanta at home.

543
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,000
That'll be big series for you guys, especially.

544
00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:23,000
Oh, and then the next week you go to Atlanta.

545
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,000
Oh, you have seven against Atlanta in a week.

546
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,000
Wow.

547
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:28,000
Yup.

548
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,000
In a week.

549
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,000
That's what I'm saying.

550
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,000
Yeah.

551
00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000
They play them for the 11th, 12th and 13th.

552
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,000
And then they go to St. Louis over the weekend.

553
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:39,000
And then the next Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, they're in Atlanta.

554
00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:42,000
So it'll be a real fun.

555
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,000
That's going to be fun.

556
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,000
I can't wait to see your record.

557
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:46,000
You're absolutely plumbing.

558
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,000
Yeah.

559
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,000
I feel like the Marlins are going to take second, the NLE.

560
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:56,000
Hey, don't count us out against them yet.

561
00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:02,000
We, if I do recall this happened last year too, or we faced them, I think a four game series.

562
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:03,000
Yeah.

563
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,000
We beat them.

564
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:06,000
Yeah.

565
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:09,000
It's a great time to get hot.

566
00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:10,000
We love doing it.

567
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:16,000
You said that like last year, the Phillies are in like the same spot of like, they got really hot at the end.

568
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,000
Right?

569
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,000
Yeah.

570
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:21,000
We kind of struggled in the beginning because we got Schwaber and Castellanos.

571
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:25,000
So kind of the team just needed a form.

572
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:32,000
And then around August, September, we just turned on the jets and went crazy.

573
00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:39,000
If it's any, if it's any consolation, you do have those seven games against Atlanta, but the rest of your schedule is not

574
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:40,000
too shabby.

575
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000
So like you said, you get the Angels to end August.

576
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:49,000
You have a tough matchup in Milwaukee Friday, Saturday, Sunday, this next Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

577
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,000
And then you go to San Diego, who's playing bad.

578
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000
You get the Marlins at home who they've been bad.

579
00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:01,000
And after the Brave series, Cardinals, Mets, Pirates, Mets.

580
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000
That's not bad at all.

581
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:08,000
So you can easily, even if you struggle against the Braves, you can come out of that like with a really good record.

582
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,000
And then be in good shape.

583
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000
Yeah, I'm excited.

584
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:17,000
I think we'll be able to at least compete with Atlanta the way we're playing right now.

585
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:24,000
If we keep it up, I think we'll play pretty well because they, they're still hot as ever.

586
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:33,000
But I mean, like your offense is so hot and their pitching is mediocre right now, honestly.

587
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,000
So honestly, you guys could put it on them.

588
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:37,000
Yeah, it could happen.

589
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,000
And I think it could.

590
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000
I think we could do it because we got what seven.

591
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,000
My only hope is to.

592
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:52,000
I have a hope and dream that we would take the seven take four out of seven.

593
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,000
But is it realistic?

594
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,000
Is it realistic?

595
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,000
I do not know.

596
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000
But that is the that is the hope.

597
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,000
That is the dream.

598
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,000
That's tough, man.

599
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000
I think it'll be interesting to see Brewers Phillies, though.

600
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:15,000
I got to be honest, because after all the crap we talked either when we started or before we started about you guys having to play Milwaukee in a wild card, I think that'll be a little sneak peek.

601
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:16,000
I'm interested.

602
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:21,000
It will sneak peek of the divisional divisional round.

603
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:22,000
It'll be wild card.

604
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,000
Yeah.

605
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,000
And you would go to Milwaukee.

606
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:29,000
So this will be like the setting that it'll be if everything stays the way it is.

607
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,000
Yeah.

608
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:43,000
Which, honestly, though, I do like the spot, so if it were to end today, I know we're going to talk about our playoffs later, but if it were to end today, we'd have Milwaukee and then the Dodgers, which I don't hate.

609
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:47,000
I'd rather face either of those than the Braves again.

610
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,000
Yeah.

611
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000
So it'll be good.

612
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,000
All right.

613
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:55,000
That's the Phillies update from our resident Phillies fan.

614
00:29:55,000 --> 00:30:01,000
We're going to touch on this briefly and then we'll get into our like firm playoff predictions with one month to go.

615
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:06,000
Paul Skeens first start in double A Altoona.

616
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,000
Pretty struggled.

617
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,000
I mean, to say the least, he struggled.

618
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,000
It was like two tenths of an or two thirds of an inning.

619
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:16,000
A couple of earned runs, a couple of walks, not that many punches.

620
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:22,000
Brady, you're a college football guy and our Paul Skeens expert because he's dating with you.

621
00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,000
And there you go. But that's not why we enjoy him.

622
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000
That was a good detail to add in right there.

623
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000
Yeah, I know.

624
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,000
Media is interested in him.

625
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,000
I don't know.

626
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000
What's going on? Is he going to be good in double A?

627
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:39,000
Is he just like, are they getting married anytime soon, Brady?

628
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,000
You know, I don't know.

629
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,000
I just all I know is that man is really good.

630
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000
Obviously, he was picked number one for a reason.

631
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:54,000
But I think he'll find his way up the chain pretty quickly here.

632
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,000
I think it's just one of those where you have to keep adjusting.

633
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,000
You have to adjust. It's brand new. It's a higher level.

634
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,000
Yeah.

635
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,000
You just got to find a way to adjust.

636
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,000
Right. Yeah.

637
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:14,000
I know, Joe, was it you that on the last episode, you said you think he starts next season in the rotation?

638
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,000
He knows.

639
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:19,000
I mean, why would I say that?

640
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,000
That was Brady.

641
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:23,000
Yeah, he's saying they should take it over Keller.

642
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000
I stand by it.

643
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000
That's crazy.

644
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,000
You guys see how Keller's been pitching his past like three or four outings?

645
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000
Brady, put me on it.

646
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,000
You won't.

647
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:41,000
What Skeens has done before, I think if he starts working his way up, if he is in triple A here in September, I think there's a shot.

648
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,000
We'll see though, after the outing that happened.

649
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,000
We will see.

650
00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000
You never know.

651
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000
That's a step back, that's for sure. Two steps forward, one step back.

652
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,000
First of all, I like his post today.

653
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000
What?

654
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000
Did Paul Skeens have a bad outing?

655
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,000
Yeah, that's what we were talking about.

656
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,000
He didn't throw a full inning.

657
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,000
I wasn't understanding.

658
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,000
He didn't throw a full inning, Kench, and let up a couple runs.

659
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,000
Oof.

660
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:13,000
I don't think he was really going to throw a whole lot to begin with, but you never know.

661
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,000
I think it was three hits, three earned.

662
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,000
I could be wrong.

663
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000
Two tenths of an inning, two tenths.

664
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000
Why am I talking like two thirds of an inning?

665
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:19,000
Yeah.

666
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,000
I ain't doing math.

667
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,000
Okay, that's our stuff on Paul Skeens.

668
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,000
Those are pretty much the headlines we wanted to go over.

669
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:32,000
What we really wanted to focus on was almost a who's officially dead and who's going to be in the playoffs.

670
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000
We did the little tier list last week.

671
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:40,000
We were talking who might be on the fence, but this week we're going to get really firm with our predictions.

672
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:44,000
We're going to say this is who's in, this is who's out, this is what the playoffs are going to be like.

673
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:49,000
If we have time, we'll get to what the actual World Series might look like.

674
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,000
Here I am.

675
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:58,000
I'll give you guys some context for everybody that is listening and to you three idiots on the call.

676
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:01,000
I'll tell you what the current playoff picture looks like.

677
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:05,000
Then what it could look like, like who's in the hunt.

678
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:14,000
For the American League right now, the two buys would be Orioles and Rangers because you guys own the tiebreaker over the Mariners.

679
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000
That's it as it stands right now.

680
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:23,000
The wild card series would be Twins at Astros and Rays at Mariners.

681
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:26,000
I don't know if it's at.

682
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:27,000
I have no idea.

683
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,000
It just says versus on here.

684
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,000
Yeah.

685
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:36,000
But that would be I think it would be in Minnesota for the Astros Twins because they won.

686
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,000
Yeah, I think it's at the higher seat.

687
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:44,000
So it would be at Minnesota and then at Tampa for those respectively.

688
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:50,000
So do we think anybody else sneaks in in the A.L. and takes a spot on one of those teams?

689
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,000
I mean, hear me out.

690
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:57,000
I don't know with the consistency, but I feel like Minnesota.

691
00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:02,000
So I feel like Houston has been very like hit or miss lately.

692
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:06,000
Like they've been really hot and then really cold.

693
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:12,000
So I think if they go cold enough, Toronto might sneak in.

694
00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,000
Maybe.

695
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:17,000
OK, both has enough to push, though.

696
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,000
Oh, they don't.

697
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,000
But both are both are so inconsistent.

698
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:25,000
It's going to come down to here in the next month.

699
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,000
Boston's been hot, too, do we think?

700
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000
Excuse me. Is Boston out?

701
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:34,000
Yeah, Boston's out. They don't have they don't have some four and a half games back of Houston for the young.

702
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,000
They're too young.

703
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,000
All right.

704
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:45,000
I just don't think they're pitching will uphold like even Toronto and Houston like have dogs.

705
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:51,000
But I just feel like the Red Sox don't like they got rid of you, Volby.

706
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:52,000
Chris sale.

707
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,000
It seemed to stay healthy ever.

708
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,000
They just don't have pitching.

709
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,000
This is what it comes down to.

710
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:03,000
You got Kenley Jansen in the bullpen, and that's really about it.

711
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:08,000
He can give up a lead just as well as he can block it down.

712
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,000
OK, so Boston were declaring officially dead.

713
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000
Boston's dead.

714
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:14,000
Is that consensus?

715
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,000
Boston's out completely.

716
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,000
I feel like there's a chance they can make the playoff, but they're not going to go anywhere.

717
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:25,000
I think there's a chance, but that means that Seattle, Texas or Houston has to be has to be worse than them.

718
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,000
And Toronto has to be better.

719
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:30,000
And Toronto has to be worse than them the rest of the way.

720
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,000
Then yeah, it's a large push.

721
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,000
I don't have teams that have to be bad enough for that.

722
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:41,000
Yeah, it's either Boston has to be insane or those teams have to be drastically underperformed.

723
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:48,000
And even given Texas has been bad lately, I don't see them falling out because Joe like it or not.

724
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,000
Sure.

725
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:54,000
It's a very realistic possibility that you guys could miss the playoffs.

726
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,000
No, it's like these this 10 game stretch.

727
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:00,000
I've seen how bad the Rangers can be.

728
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,000
I just like how bad the bullpen can be.

729
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,000
I've also seen how good they can be.

730
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:12,000
But then again, you can't in the playoffs in the postseason, you can't have a team that's just so up and down.

731
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,000
So bipolar like that.

732
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:15,000
Yeah, there's a there's a fair amount.

733
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:21,000
There's a there's a lot of consistency with consistency with the Rays, Baltimore with the Braves Dodgers.

734
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,000
That's what makes them stand out.

735
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,000
That's something that the Rangers are lacking right now.

736
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:29,000
Maybe be due to injury or just, you know, fatigue from from the long season.

737
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:34,000
But there's there's something that's just pulling them back.

738
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,000
OK, all right.

739
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,000
Because I mean, realistically, let's be really honest about this.

740
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,000
Texas, Houston and Seattle are all right there.

741
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:48,000
All it takes is you to get a couple of games back and then Toronto sniffing your tail for that last wild card spot.

742
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,000
And then you guys are in trouble.

743
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:55,000
And even if if it gets separated, like, say, Seattle continues to take off, then it's between you and Houston.

744
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,000
And it comes down to I don't know what your schedule looks like.

745
00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:01,000
But then it gets close to you have to beat Houston basically for a wild card spot.

746
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,000
I don't know.

747
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,000
Yes. Yeah.

748
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,000
So we I think we got Houston in the three game series.

749
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:13,000
But the thing is, our last 10 games, yeah, our last 10 games, we play Seattle seven times.

750
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:24,000
Oh, my goodness. So it's going to be if the if this kind of like, you know, half game, one game back keeps up for about for like a few weeks.

751
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:28,000
It's going to be real interesting to see the Seattle Rangers series.

752
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:31,000
Oh, Joe, you know, plays out, man. You guys got a golf.

753
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:35,000
We got this. I don't know when you'll be of all these going to be back.

754
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,000
I mean, we got the I think we have the angels in between the Mariners.

755
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,000
I think you've all got a schedule.

756
00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,000
I think everyone's got a vision.

757
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:56,000
Even if even if you have all the comes back in the next week and a half, it takes time for starting pitchers to get back on on a roll, which you have all the he's been struggling the last few starts.

758
00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:06,000
So cautious with them, like because he's he's he's he's arms ready, right? Like he's not hurting anymore. But he's he's on bullpens.

759
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,000
Right. But but it's it's the other still being really cautious.

760
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:17,000
I think they're just trying to test out a lot of the guys like, you know, the new you got Jordan Montgomery, you got Chris Stratton.

761
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:28,000
Also, just kind of pushing the starting pitchers and also in relief, like who can who can get the job done. And so they're just kind of tailoring them on who?

762
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000
Josh Young.

763
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:41,000
No, it's been I think it's been two and a half weeks, almost three weeks since he got his surgery. But I honestly don't think he's going to be he's not going to be 100 percent.

764
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:50,000
Now here, this is the schedule, Joe, for you guys the rest of the way. So you get the Mets at the end of starting tomorrow, which is that's an easy one.

765
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:54,000
You should get what you feel like. I feel like we would get swept by the Mets, though. That's like such a ranger thing.

766
00:38:54,000 --> 00:39:00,000
You know what I mean? I have zero faith in my team, guys.

767
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:06,000
Joe has zero faith in the Rangers. Yeah. But your September respectfully is really hard.

768
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:14,000
So you guys get the twins again, right? You get the division leading twins at home and then you get Houston at home.

769
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:19,000
You get a gimme of a series right after Houston because you have a day off and then three against the Athletics.

770
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,000
So you should. That's like a nice little break. But that's the only break.

771
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:33,000
Because then you go to Toronto for four. That'll be that'll be the Blue Jays chance to like close the gap in a hurry because they'll get you for four.

772
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:38,000
You go to the Guardians. Guardians are kind of out of it, but that's they're still a little pesky.

773
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:44,000
Home against Boston, who that might be their last ditch effort is Boston those last two weeks.

774
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Like, yeah, creep in. And then the Mariners at home for three to the Angels and then at Seattle for four.

775
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:59,000
That's a tough. That's a tough break, man. That's tough.

776
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:07,000
I don't know why. I don't know why on God's green earth, God allowed that schedule to happen for the Rangers.

777
00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:12,000
But I'm really like that's going to be tough.

778
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:23,000
Toronto series is going to be really fun. That'll be a fun one because that'll be I mean, essentially, if it stays kind of where we're at, Toronto could leapfrog you in the standings with taking three out of four.

779
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:37,000
Yeah, it could. So and that would be that would put you guys on the fringe, which would be and I think I think the three game series against Houston to that could be kind of like what sets off that battle with Toronto.

780
00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:43,000
It's either that or, you know, we're we're able to kind of, you know, stay ahead of Toronto.

781
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:50,000
And that's if we're talking about like, you know, Seattle and Astros not getting cold. They're staying hot the way they are.

782
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:56,000
We'll see what happens, though. It's Seattle. Seattle could very well bury you the last week.

783
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:02,000
They could and they might. They probably I think there's a good chance.

784
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:15,000
Because if you think about it, it's at home. And that's huge. All the guy all the fans are coming. No one's going to know it's at stake. I get four at the end of the year. That's dude. That's a tough break, man.

785
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:20,000
So this is what we asked for. This is this is what September is all about. It is.

786
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:26,000
It is what September is all about. All about. It's going to be fun. It's coming. It's fun coming down to the stretch.

787
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:32,000
So then so officially make your predictions, everybody. We got to be official with this is what we promise people.

788
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:44,000
I think the Astros are winning it. Astros beat Texas for the wild card like World Series Astros World Series Astros over who?

789
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000
Who could they play? I don't know.

790
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Atlanta, Atlanta, Atlanta, Dodgers, silly, silly. Oh, who?

791
00:41:54,000 --> 00:42:00,000
Never heard of them. I think I'd say the Dodgers Dodgers.

792
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:05,000
Houston over. I believe that Dodgers more than the Braves. So Dodgers beat Atlanta.

793
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:17,000
Brady or Kenji. Yeah, I think their pitching is better than Atlanta's pitching and the way the Dodgers are just playing lately, I think they demolished the the Brits, not demolished, but like

794
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:26,000
Braves won eight out of the last 10. Yeah, but they're hitting right. It keeps them alive or they're playing bunk teams, aren't they? They're having an insane offense. Yeah, they do.

795
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:40,000
I mean, the Giants have like the worst offense in the league. They score like two runs, maybe at night on a good night. All right. So there's another 60, 60, 60.

796
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:49,000
To 63 is like because they're pitching, right? It's just keep some of the flow, but they're essentially Kenji. Do you think it stays the way it is?

797
00:42:49,000 --> 00:43:00,000
Like the Seattle win the division, Texas and Houston, and then Houston just kind of wins out or does Houston win the division? Does Houston like because they're one game back?

798
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:11,000
I don't know because the way the way the way Seattle's hitting is just disgusting and the way they're pitching is performing is disgusting. Yeah, they had to really, really suck.

799
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:25,000
Right. To take third place in that division now or in that race. And I think Seattle could win it, but I also have seen them play before and how they look just absolutely terrible.

800
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:33,000
I don't get it. I don't I don't know, but I just think the Astros are going to win the World Series because their offense is just disgusting. All right. Okay.

801
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:37,000
Brady, Joe, is there a consensus?

802
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:53,000
Is this like who's winning the World Series? I mean, I'm just gonna leave it up to you. You can tell me who your World Series pick is, who over who, or you could tell me what the playoff picture is going to look like, who wins the division, who's the wildcard teams, whatever you guys do.

803
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:59,000
Well, I mean, you know me ALS kind of guy, but just looking at the American League.

804
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:02,000
Yes.

805
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:07,000
The T stands for Tampa, by the way, not Texas.

806
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,000
But, I mean, just looking at it.

807
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:14,000
I think it's going to be the the O's right. I was the number one.

808
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,000
Number two.

809
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,000
I think I gotta say Seattle for this one.

810
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:24,000
Okay, and then three Rangers for Houston.

811
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:25,000
All right.

812
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,000
And then Tampa's in there.

813
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,000
Oh yeah, sorry I forgot about Tampa.

814
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,000
Houston's four.

815
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:42,000
Twins are going to be in there because they're going to win that. Yeah, twins and then it's going to be Toronto. Like I think the ALS is locked in.

816
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:45,000
Wait, is that is that 17? I think.

817
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,000
Does it sound like seven?

818
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:52,000
That sounds okay because one of the ALS either has to be Baltimore, Seattle.

819
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:58,000
And then you got Tampa, Texas, number four.

820
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:02,000
And then I'll say Minnesota and then the twins.

821
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:05,000
Sorry, Minnesota and the twins. Minnesota and Toronto.

822
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,000
Okay. Minnesota and Toronto. I think it's locked in.

823
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:12,000
All right. Okay. We can do the AL first and then we'll go over the World Series.

824
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,000
Yeah. I think.

825
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:16,000
Brady, what do you think it ends up?

826
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:24,000
I firmly believe I think one of these wild card teams here is going to drop.

827
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:28,000
I think Toronto's going to squeak by one of the teams that's in here right now.

828
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:33,000
I'm not sure which. I would love to say Houston.

829
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,000
I would love to say Houston. Really?

830
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:41,000
Yes. I would love to say that too. I'm sorry, Kench, but it's going to have to happen.

831
00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,000
Who pitches on Toronto?

832
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:46,000
How about Manoa?

833
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:47,000
How about Manoa?

834
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:51,000
He's going to come out of the minors and just absolutely pitch like a god.

835
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,000
Comes out of rookie ball?

836
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,000
Yes, straight from rookie ball.

837
00:45:54,000 --> 00:46:01,000
Yeah. They have Bassett and Gosman and Kikuchi.

838
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:06,000
And then they do have Romano. I think Romano is very interesting.

839
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:10,000
I don't know if I like him or hate him, but I think they'll squeak by Houston

840
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,000
because Seattle is running too hot.

841
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:18,000
I think Texas will just squeak enough to where they stay in the wild card.

842
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,000
I hope so.

843
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:24,000
We all hope. And then the rest of it just stays the same.

844
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:31,000
All right. Well, hey, for the sake of conversation, briefly, what does the Blue J September look like?

845
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:34,000
Oh, my goodness. This is easy.

846
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,000
Yeah.

847
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,000
Oh, my Lanta. Nationals.

848
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,000
I'm telling you.

849
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:42,000
Nationals, Rockies, A's, Royals.

850
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,000
Rangers, Red Sox.

851
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:48,000
Rangers, Red Sox, Yankees, Rays, Yankees.

852
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:51,000
Yankees will be out at that point.

853
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:59,000
And the end of September will be kind of tough for the Blue Js, but it's, I mean, their next 12 games.

854
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,000
Jeez, man. They could really do things.

855
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:06,000
If they can look at the next 12 games stretched like 10 wins or something, I think, yeah.

856
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:10,000
I mean, look, they got the Nationals, Rockies and A's and Royals.

857
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:11,000
Gosh, that's a trick.

858
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,000
Wait, where are they playing the Rockies?

859
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:14,000
At Colorado.

860
00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,000
At Colorado.

861
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,000
Well, then I think that changes the story a little bit, right? I know the Rockies.

862
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:18,000
Colorado is bad.

863
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:19,000
But it's Colorado.

864
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,000
It's Colorado. Come on.

865
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:22,000
I firmly believe.

866
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:24,000
The reason why, like.

867
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:31,000
The least home field advantage team in the MLB is the Colorado Rockies.

868
00:47:31,000 --> 00:47:34,000
Because the ball flies everywhere there.

869
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:36,000
They play in outer space, yeah.

870
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:37,000
Everywhere.

871
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:42,000
So does it really help the home field advantage when everyone just hits home runs and you're pitching sucks?

872
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:45,000
I thought Colorado plays really good at home is what it was.

873
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:47,000
I'm sure they do.

874
00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:54,000
But you just can't rule out the fact that teams are just going to hit bombs like crazy there.

875
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:59,000
Colorado at home this year is five games under 500.

876
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:01,000
They suck on the game.

877
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,000
I don't want to talk about their 20.

878
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:09,000
Would actually remember how to hit like he was hitting last year, then I'd have a lot more confidence in the Blue Jays.

879
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:11,000
OK, that is true.

880
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:15,000
But Boba Shet has stepped up big time.

881
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:20,000
Everyone on that team, I think ever since he came back from injury, I don't think he's been the same though, right?

882
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,000
I haven't heard much about him since.

883
00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:28,000
But yeah, I know George is out of his like giant slump and play pretty good.

884
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:33,000
I do. I do like Toronto a lot for where they would be in their positioning.

885
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,000
You can never sleep on them.

886
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,000
You can never tell them.

887
00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:42,000
I would probably say they'd go up against Texas in the first wild card.

888
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,000
That would be fun.

889
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:46,000
That would be a very long series to watch.

890
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,000
Who knows how that would end up?

891
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:52,000
Both have hotter offenses than they do pitching staff.

892
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,000
We played them about a month ago.

893
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:55,000
We took two games off.

894
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:59,000
They took one off us, but it was never like, oh, this is an easy win.

895
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:06,000
Like, I think we won by like a four or five runs one game, but it seemed like we were just like neck and neck the whole time.

896
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:14,000
So that matchup, if it does happen, well, it's going to happen, you know, in about in about a month.

897
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:19,000
The Gosman matchup would be insane.

898
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:27,000
Or Manoa and who sucks? Dunning and Jorhini.

899
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:30,000
Warren Perez, he's not a starter anymore.

900
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:33,000
I'd be excited. That's going to be fun.

901
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:35,000
That'll be fun, man.

902
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,000
Whoever wins that goes to Baltimore.

903
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,000
Yeah. Oh, my goodness.

904
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:43,000
That would be fun.

905
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:47,000
That's going to be an electric five game series to that one in Baltimore.

906
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:50,000
It's going to be a fun postseason.

907
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:51,000
Who do you think the twins?

908
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,000
Who do you think Minnesota is going to be playing then?

909
00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,000
Minnesota will be playing Tampa.

910
00:49:55,000 --> 00:50:01,000
Minnesota right now is playing the Astros.

911
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:04,000
If everything stays the same, it's twins Astros.

912
00:50:04,000 --> 00:50:10,000
Yeah, I think they'll play Tampa is my prediction.

913
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:13,000
Rays and Mariners is an interesting one.

914
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:15,000
Yeah, I do like it a lot.

915
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,000
It could be Rays Rangers, too, is what it could be.

916
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:21,000
Because Tampa is going to be the number one wild card.

917
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:22,000
I think that's easy.

918
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:27,000
I think that is too. So they're going to play Minnesota.

919
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,000
And then the winner of that would go to Seattle.

920
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:32,000
Wait, hold on. Minnesota is the third seed, though.

921
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:35,000
Yeah. But so it's how it's set up.

922
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:37,000
So you have the one in the two seed get buys.

923
00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:38,000
Yeah.

924
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:43,000
The last division plays the first wild card and then the bottom two play each other.

925
00:50:43,000 --> 00:50:47,000
Yeah. So three plays six, four plays. Yeah. Three, six, four, five. Right.

926
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:52,000
Yeah. You think Astros is going to be Houston's going to be six then, Rudy?

927
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:58,000
Houston. No, I ruled out Houston. I said, Oh, I guess actually we're getting confused.

928
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:02,000
No, I think Tampa, it would be Tampa playing Toronto.

929
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,000
Then it's what it would be.

930
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,000
Tampa playing Toronto. No, no, it's the twins.

931
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:11,000
Twins are third seed. It would be the last wild cards.

932
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,000
It would be twins.

933
00:51:13,000 --> 00:51:15,000
I think Toronto has shot.

934
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,000
I'm lost.

935
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,000
It would be twins Blue Jays is what it would be.

936
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:27,000
Yeah. I think the Blue Jays could squeak out of the first round and head right on to the divisional.

937
00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:29,000
That would be in Baltimore.

938
00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:30,000
It is. It is.

939
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:33,000
I'll be quick with my synopsis.

940
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:36,000
I think Seattle keeps their spot.

941
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,000
I think Houston gets in.

942
00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,000
I think Texas stays in.

943
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,000
I don't think Toronto sneaks in.

944
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:43,000
I think it stays the way it is.

945
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:46,000
That's it with the American League.

946
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:50,000
Nationally, Brady's going to have a lot to say here.

947
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:54,000
As it stands now, Atlanta, Dodgers, Milwaukee are leading here.

948
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:59,000
I'll read you the matchups as they would be today.

949
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:00,000
Hang on.

950
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:06,000
Yeah. So as it would stand today, the Braves would play the winner of the Phillies and the Cubs.

951
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:12,000
The Dodgers would play the winner of the Brewers and the Diamondbacks.

952
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,000
Yeah.

953
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:19,000
I just realized I am the only one who cheers for a team in the National League here.

954
00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:20,000
Yeah. Yeah.

955
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:22,000
But I mean, we still all watch.

956
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:23,000
Of course.

957
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:25,000
I'm just saying I just realized.

958
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:28,000
But anyway, I'll kick it off, I guess.

959
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:29,000
All right, Brady.

960
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:30,000
Let's hear it.

961
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:33,000
I think the top four stay how they are.

962
00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:37,000
I'm going to leave my biased opinion of Phillies keep the number one wild card spot.

963
00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:39,000
I think that's a lot.

964
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:40,000
You're four up.

965
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,000
I think that's a safe statement.

966
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,000
Makes sense to say that.

967
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:49,000
Back in July when we talked about our teams that we thought about the playoffs,

968
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:54,000
I said both Cincinnati and Arizona are in the wild card there.

969
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:56,000
I think they stay.

970
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,000
You think the Cubs leave then?

971
00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:01,000
I think Chicago's out.

972
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:04,000
I think I think they I don't think they have it.

973
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:09,000
I don't think they have it to keep it on unless they have a really easy schedule.

974
00:53:09,000 --> 00:53:12,000
I don't think I was going straight to the schedule.

975
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:15,000
If they have an easy schedule, it might change the opinion.

976
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:19,000
But I think they I think they're out.

977
00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:23,000
OK, Cubs have the Brewers at home to end August.

978
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:26,000
Then they have the Reds for four.

979
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,000
That'll be big.

980
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:33,000
At home against the Giants, home against the Diamondbacks, at the Rockies,

981
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:38,000
at D-backs, home against the Pirates, home against the Rockies, at Braves,

982
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:39,000
at Brewers.

983
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:41,000
So it's not it's not bad.

984
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:42,000
It's tough.

985
00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:43,000
It's not bad.

986
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:48,000
That's why I think they're I think they'll fall to all of the big teams.

987
00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:53,000
I think Cincinnati and Arizona will take enough away to keep themselves in.

988
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:58,000
I think I personally would like to rule Miami out, but that's just me.

989
00:53:58,000 --> 00:54:00,000
They're playing terribly right now.

990
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:01,000
Is there not any dead?

991
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:02,000
We're calling Miami dead.

992
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:04,000
The three and seven in the West End.

993
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:07,000
Yeah, yeah, they're not playing great.

994
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,000
And they're so boring to watch.

995
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,000
They're a few games out already.

996
00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:14,000
I think I don't think they have what it takes even to say.

997
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:16,000
I mean, he said, yeah, hold on.

998
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:17,000
Yeah.

999
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:21,000
If you if you look at the Marlins schedule, they got the Dodgers,

1000
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,000
Brewers, Braves.

1001
00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:26,000
They are there.

1002
00:54:26,000 --> 00:54:27,000
They're there.

1003
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:35,000
They're just have to get like have one of the nastiest months of September we've ever seen.

1004
00:54:35,000 --> 00:54:36,000
Yeah.

1005
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:42,000
And even if San Francisco, even if San Francisco does make it into the sneak into the wildcard spot, they're not going anywhere.

1006
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:52,000
No, that's the thing is they they might be my team to pick that has nothing to contribute to the postseason.

1007
00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:59,000
I think every other team has a quality of some sort to bring into the postseason.

1008
00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:07,000
Like, I mean, I know they have Logan Wade and they have Camillo and their offense is very either really hot or cold.

1009
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:08,000
But OK, here's this.

1010
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:15,000
This is this is the Diamondbacks schedule for so they end August in L.A. against the Dodgers.

1011
00:55:15,000 --> 00:55:20,000
Not good. And then they get the Orioles at home.

1012
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:22,000
So you go Dodgers and then O's.

1013
00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:30,000
You get the Rockies. Then you go to the Cubs for four who are fighting for a spot with them to the Mets for four back home against the Cubs,

1014
00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:38,000
home against the Giants, who they're about to share a spot with at the Yankees at the White Sox and then the Astros to end the regular season.

1015
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:41,000
I don't hate it. That's tough.

1016
00:55:41,000 --> 00:55:43,000
That's tougher than the other ones we've seen.

1017
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:48,000
That's it. They play the Cubs seven times.

1018
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:50,000
Yeah, it all depends how that goes.

1019
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:55,000
If it all depends on those seven games go down the Giants, you play the Giants.

1020
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,000
Who's schedule is that?

1021
00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:00,000
That was a Diamondbacks Arizona.

1022
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:06,000
I think I'm going to stick by what I said in July because I think it'll be hot.

1023
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:10,000
I like it. So you got what it would be is in order.

1024
00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:18,000
The three division leaders would be Atlanta, L.A., Milwaukee, and your wild cards would be Philly.

1025
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:21,000
I don't know. In order. Cincinnati, Arizona.

1026
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:24,000
You got to pick an Arizona that determines the matchups.

1027
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:28,000
OK, well, then Cincinnati over Arizona.

1028
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:31,000
Cincinnati over Arizona. OK, we would play.

1029
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:35,000
You would play Arizona or no. Wait, no, you play.

1030
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:39,000
You would play since you play Cincinnati, Milwaukee.

1031
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:43,000
Yep. Which would that would still put us would that put us against the Braves still.

1032
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:46,000
That's right. Right.

1033
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:49,000
I don't like that. I don't like playing.

1034
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:54,000
But I don't either way, it's going to be a dogfight with them or L.A.

1035
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:58,000
So man, the playoffs are going to be fun, man.

1036
00:56:58,000 --> 00:57:01,000
It's going to be a good postseason.

1037
00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:05,000
But I got to be real honest, Brewers, Diamondbacks, I'm never watching that series.

1038
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:09,000
That sounds so boring. Yeah, that would be so in general.

1039
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:16,000
Brewers, Diamondbacks and Philly's Reds would be fun because the Reds fans would go crazy along with the Philly fans.

1040
00:57:16,000 --> 00:57:23,000
But I'm an A.L. guy. I don't think I don't think the National League is going to get interesting until the division series.

1041
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:28,000
Yeah. But even that is going to be like Philly, Atlanta and like L.A.

1042
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:32,000
Milwaukee, L.A., L.A. Milwaukee, L.A. just kind of Milwaukee.

1043
00:57:32,000 --> 00:57:36,000
They're going to hammer down on Milwaukee. They're going to run a train on them.

1044
00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:40,000
That's why I would love to play the Dodgers, but it doesn't work like that.

1045
00:57:40,000 --> 00:57:44,000
I think Dodgers, Braves is the NLCS.

1046
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:54,000
It's going to be it's going to be because then Brady, you would have to win three out of five against Atlanta with three of the games being in Atlanta.

1047
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:59,000
So you would have to win them both at home and get one on the road if you hope to be.

1048
00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:03,000
I don't hate it. I don't. I don't. I'm sorry. I don't.

1049
00:58:03,000 --> 00:58:06,000
Yeah, well, you don't like it either. You don't like it either.

1050
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:10,000
It's not it's not bad. All right. OK.

1051
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:14,000
I still stand by my the American League is better than the National League.

1052
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:17,000
Yes, the National League is super top heavy.

1053
00:58:17,000 --> 00:58:25,000
Yeah, it's very, very, very top heavy because you got Royals, A's.

1054
00:58:25,000 --> 00:58:27,000
Yeah. Yeah. Anyways.

1055
00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:30,000
OK. Well, so then to quickly like summarize it.

1056
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:36,000
So Kenji already gave us his World Series prediction, but I want to hear from the two of you, Joe and Brady.

1057
00:58:36,000 --> 00:58:38,000
What's your World Series prediction?

1058
00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:44,000
So you kind of have the brackets, you have the matchups laid out as it stands, as we kind of had it.

1059
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:50,000
Braves play the winner of what would be the Phillies and Cincinnati.

1060
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:54,000
And then the Dodgers play the winner of Milwaukee, Arizona.

1061
00:58:54,000 --> 00:59:03,000
That's the consensus we're going. I like Chicago over Cincinnati, but I still think Philly beats either one.

1062
00:59:03,000 --> 00:59:07,000
All right, I'll go. I think this is the World Series, right?

1063
00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:12,000
Yes. Let's hear your World Series. I'm going to go with I'm going to go with the head to head.

1064
00:59:12,000 --> 00:59:17,000
I'm going to say Seattle, Seattle and Atlanta.

1065
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:19,000
What is all up, dude?

1066
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,000
Seattle and Atlanta.

1067
00:59:21,000 --> 00:59:22,000
Seattle and Atlanta.

1068
00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:28,000
And then I think I think Seattle takes in six.

1069
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:31,000
That's just kind of what I'm going for.

1070
00:59:31,000 --> 00:59:33,000
OK.

1071
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:35,000
A Seattle World Series.

1072
00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,000
Seattle, Atlanta. I think Seattle has what it takes.

1073
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,000
They OK. Hear me out. They sucked at the beginning of the year.

1074
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:45,000
They sucked. They were not good, but they picked it up.

1075
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:47,000
They're tied for first right now.

1076
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:51,000
The Rangers game is still on the top of the 12th.

1077
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:55,000
So they're still in first for now.

1078
00:59:55,000 --> 01:00:01,000
They sell the game, obviously, but they're pitching.

1079
01:00:01,000 --> 01:00:04,000
Insane. First of all, all those stars are great.

1080
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:06,000
You know, your hitters, too.

1081
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:10,000
Every single person in a batting order can hit.

1082
01:00:10,000 --> 01:00:12,000
They can produce.

1083
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:17,000
And although the offense may not be as good as Atlanta, I think they're pitching.

1084
01:00:17,000 --> 01:00:20,000
And they can slow Atlanta down a little bit.

1085
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,000
Interesting. All right.

1086
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:28,000
Atlanta, you know, like they're they're pitching is it's a it's good.

1087
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:30,000
It's good. Don't get me wrong.

1088
01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:34,000
But it's not like the Seattle caliber.

1089
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:36,000
Interesting. In my opinion.

1090
01:00:36,000 --> 01:00:39,000
So, I mean, you know, just like it's October.

1091
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:41,000
Anything can happen in October, you know.

1092
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:52,000
And so I think that Seattle, they can, you know, like because watching them take that wild card spot last year, that walk off home run like that instantly made me like like the Mariners.

1093
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:54,000
You know, I'm saying we're in the same same division.

1094
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,000
They're in the same division as Texas.

1095
01:00:56,000 --> 01:01:05,000
So I just think that Seattle has what it takes, especially now that they have all the momentum kind of going into the end of the season.

1096
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:10,000
They can make a deep playoff run. Yeah, they can get past they can get past the O's.

1097
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:17,000
O's are Tampa or Houston, whoever is going to be on the on the bottom half of the bracket.

1098
01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:20,000
But yeah, that's kind of my hot take. I know.

1099
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:26,000
Seattle Atlanta. Seattle does not have fun with the postseason though. I'll tell you that.

1100
01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:28,000
Here. This is. Wow. I just have a stroke.

1101
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:32,000
This is Seattle schedule on its way out since you've gone over everybody else's.

1102
01:01:32,000 --> 01:01:35,000
They don't have it easy. They do have the A's to end August.

1103
01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:38,000
But then they get the Mets and that's like their last gimme on.

1104
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:49,000
But then they have at the Reds at Tampa Bay for four versus the Dodgers for three at the Rangers for three Astros for three Rangers for four.

1105
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:52,000
That's not like you do have the Angels are sprinkled.

1106
01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:57,000
The Angels have a three game set sprinkled in there and then you have another A series.

1107
01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,000
I guess you find out if they're legit or not.

1108
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:03,000
Yes, you effectively have to be a test.

1109
01:02:03,000 --> 01:02:07,000
You effectively have six gimme games where those are just like, OK, you can win.

1110
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:11,000
But then everybody else is against contenders, guys that are fighting for the same spots that they are.

1111
01:02:11,000 --> 01:02:17,000
The thing is, the Mariners did sweep the Astros about a week or so ago.

1112
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:20,000
That's impressive.

1113
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:24,000
That was the start of their big streak, though. I don't know if they'll be that hot in September.

1114
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:34,000
Yeah, I mean, they they won series against Boston, Arizona, Minnesota, even Toronto as well.

1115
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:35,000
Minnesota.

1116
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,000
O's took three out of four.

1117
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:38,000
Just saying.

1118
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:40,000
They did. But O's are O's.

1119
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:42,000
I took two out of three. What do you mean?

1120
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:44,000
O's took two out of three.

1121
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:48,000
If Seattle does what Joe is saying, Ohtani is definitely going to be in Seattle next year.

1122
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:50,000
Oh, that's a great point.

1123
01:02:50,000 --> 01:02:57,000
Kenji, even if they make a run, if they do, I think he will be like, that's my chance.

1124
01:02:57,000 --> 01:03:00,000
If I'm in that lineup, that lineup is disgusting.

1125
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:05,000
I think even if they make a run, doesn't have to go there.

1126
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:06,000
Just make a run.

1127
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:07,000
They're setting themselves for great.

1128
01:03:07,000 --> 01:03:08,000
And then why are you on that?

1129
01:03:08,000 --> 01:03:12,000
Now you guys are on that Seattle train, Seattle postseason train a little bit.

1130
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:14,000
It goes to Seattle.

1131
01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:15,000
Seattle fan nature.

1132
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:22,000
So same a very difficult road because they are not they have not had a good track record in the postseason.

1133
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:23,000
Yes, agreed.

1134
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:26,000
That is not change that man.

1135
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:29,000
It's not always on the angels as of now.

1136
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:30,000
That's true. All right.

1137
01:03:30,000 --> 01:03:32,000
Good. Brady, who do you want me to go?

1138
01:03:32,000 --> 01:03:33,000
Do you want to go?

1139
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,000
It's up. You can go.

1140
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:36,000
I'll close it out.

1141
01:03:36,000 --> 01:03:37,000
I'll bring it.

1142
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:38,000
I'll close it out.

1143
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:40,000
I'm scared of what Brady's in the cell.

1144
01:03:40,000 --> 01:03:43,000
I'm going to be a homer.

1145
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:49,000
Orioles lose to Atlanta in the World Series.

1146
01:03:49,000 --> 01:03:54,000
I know it's kind of like an easy one because they're both the one seed, whatever piss off.

1147
01:03:54,000 --> 01:04:00,000
But I think Atlanta has shown year in or like this entire season how lethal their offense is.

1148
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:03,000
And that crowd in the postseason is going to be raucous.

1149
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:08,000
I think it's going to be really tough to win a game at Atlanta.

1150
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:12,000
And I know the O's played them there way earlier on in the season and they played them tough.

1151
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:14,000
But I think it's just I think it's brutal.

1152
01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:19,000
And I think Atlanta would easily take one or two in Baltimore from us.

1153
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:22,000
And that would leave us losing the series.

1154
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:28,000
O's because I'm a homer, but they lose to Atlanta because Atlanta is an absolute juggernaut.

1155
01:04:28,000 --> 01:04:31,000
Yeah, can't argue with that.

1156
01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:34,000
Here we go.

1157
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:45,000
I for my postseason take, I am a Toronto heavy guy, but I really I think they are very good and they're going to make a run.

1158
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:48,000
But I don't think there's any way they creep past Baltimore.

1159
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:50,000
I don't.

1160
01:04:50,000 --> 01:05:01,000
I think I in my head right now, thinking of Gosman and Bassett, I think with Romano at the end, I think their pitching can go a long way for them.

1161
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:04,000
It just depends on how the bats can sit.

1162
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:06,000
I do.

1163
01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:11,000
But I think I don't think there's any way they creep past Baltimore.

1164
01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:17,000
And in the National League, I think it is the winner of the Braves Philly series.

1165
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:20,000
I don't think L.A. is going to be either one.

1166
01:05:20,000 --> 01:05:24,000
I don't think it loses to either one.

1167
01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:28,000
I think whoever runs that half of the bracket gets there.

1168
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:41,000
So for my prediction, since last year exists, my prediction, I think in seven games, the Phillies break it out against Atlanta.

1169
01:05:41,000 --> 01:05:46,000
And I see the Phillies Orioles World Series.

1170
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:48,000
How do you leave this chat?

1171
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:50,000
How do you leave this thing?

1172
01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:52,000
Philly Orioles World Series.

1173
01:05:52,000 --> 01:05:53,000
Oh, my God.

1174
01:05:53,000 --> 01:05:55,000
Imagine if we ran that game.

1175
01:05:55,000 --> 01:06:03,000
I'm formally announcing my retirement from the Four Guys Still No Clue podcast after hearing this preposterous tape.

1176
01:06:03,000 --> 01:06:06,000
I got to go to dinner.

1177
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:08,000
It's almost four.

1178
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:13,000
All I'm saying is if you saw it last year, you'd know.

1179
01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:15,000
You can't rule it out.

1180
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:17,000
OK, Brady, who wins?

1181
01:06:17,000 --> 01:06:20,000
Who wins?

1182
01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:21,000
Come on.

1183
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:25,000
You flip a coin.

1184
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:28,000
I know Gabe said they fall short to Atlanta.

1185
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:30,000
I just don't know how.

1186
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:32,000
Those would be the one seed.

1187
01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:35,000
And they would have more home games.

1188
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:39,000
I don't want to give Gabe that hope, though, that I think they would win.

1189
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:42,000
But I don't think you have another option.

1190
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:48,000
This is such a personal postseason kind of call.

1191
01:06:48,000 --> 01:06:54,000
I have the Rangers losing like probably before the division, the division series.

1192
01:06:54,000 --> 01:06:56,000
Rangers have rained up.

1193
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:59,000
But just like I'm just saying it how it is.

1194
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:02,000
I made emotional and personal decisions.

1195
01:07:02,000 --> 01:07:15,000
But after like going through baseball season with Brady and playing fantasy baseball with Brady, now I can fully say that he makes more personal and emotional decisions than I do.

1196
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:18,000
Absolutely.

1197
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,000
He would have the angels winning like the ALCS or something.

1198
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:28,000
Hey, the you can't deny that the Phillies were the funnest team to watch in the postseason last year.

1199
01:07:28,000 --> 01:07:33,000
We beat the we smacked the Padres in the postseason.

1200
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:36,000
I don't care. Padres are still more fun to watch than the Phillies.

1201
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:37,000
They were not in the postseason.

1202
01:07:37,000 --> 01:07:38,000
They weren't.

1203
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,000
I do like watching the Phillies play, though.

1204
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:41,000
I will be honest, Brady.

1205
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:42,000
I do like watching the play.

1206
01:07:42,000 --> 01:07:45,000
I mean, I like the name.

1207
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:53,000
I think the Atlanta Phillies series will be one of the funnest series to watch all year long.

1208
01:07:53,000 --> 01:08:00,000
That series right there, that seven game series will be one of the greatest series to watch.

1209
01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,000
Phillies Atlanta would be a five game series.

1210
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:04,000
Oh, well, still five.

1211
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:06,000
Maybe four.

1212
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:12,000
I think your offense could do it and everyone's clicking because you do have a lot of great names.

1213
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:14,000
You're pitching. You're pitching.

1214
01:08:14,000 --> 01:08:16,000
I just don't trust Phillies pitching.

1215
01:08:16,000 --> 01:08:17,000
It's been so up and down.

1216
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:20,000
It has been very up and down.

1217
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:23,000
Either great or horrendous.

1218
01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:30,000
I don't see Ranger Suarez throwing any more than three innings against Acuna, Matt Olsen, Albies.

1219
01:08:30,000 --> 01:08:38,000
He won't have to throw if we don't want to. We'll have Wheeler, Nola and Lorenzen.

1220
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,000
You think Lorenzen is actually good?

1221
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:42,000
Yes, you don't.

1222
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:44,000
Domingo Hermann kind of vibes.

1223
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,000
No, he's actually good. He's actually good.

1224
01:08:46,000 --> 01:08:51,000
He's not as bad as Domingo Hermann, but I'm just saying Domingo Hermann threw a perfect game.

1225
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:52,000
He did.

1226
01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:53,000
Lorenzen had no header.

1227
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:54,000
And so did Framber.

1228
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:57,000
Framber gave up like seven runs to start before that.

1229
01:08:57,000 --> 01:09:06,000
You know what I'm saying? So I don't think he could validate a pitcher by if they threw a no-hitter.

1230
01:09:06,000 --> 01:09:13,000
I think he's solid. He's had one bad outing since being on the Phillies.

1231
01:09:13,000 --> 01:09:14,000
Just one.

1232
01:09:14,000 --> 01:09:21,000
He threw eight innings in his first start for him and then the first home start he threw a no-hitter.

1233
01:09:21,000 --> 01:09:24,000
So he's not bad by any means.

1234
01:09:24,000 --> 01:09:31,000
I think he'll be able to get the job done for at least a few innings to start that game.

1235
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:35,000
At least four, maybe five to start the game.

1236
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:43,000
You know the craziest thing about all this is that Joe, you're kind of staying away from the Rangers because they played bad of late.

1237
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:50,000
But you know what could happen? They could go scorch earth on people in September and then run the table in October.

1238
01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:59,000
They could. But I'd rather keep my expectations low and be kind of a downer because if they do happen to make it to the ALCS.

1239
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:04,000
That's all I could ever dream of.

1240
01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:08,000
Rangers, Orioles would tear our friendship. So would Phillies, Orioles.

1241
01:10:08,000 --> 01:10:11,000
Oh yeah, I would block you on everything.

1242
01:10:11,000 --> 01:10:14,000
I would say so many things to you, bro.

1243
01:10:14,000 --> 01:10:15,000
Exactly.

1244
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:26,000
I would. I would come knock on your door after like when like game seven or something on a walk off and rub it in your face.

1245
01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:28,000
Suck it.

1246
01:10:28,000 --> 01:10:29,000
There you go.

1247
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:30,000
That'd be awesome to watch.

1248
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:31,000
Flexing on you.

1249
01:10:31,000 --> 01:10:38,000
I do love the approach. You can ask Gabe. That was me all of last year and it turned out incredible.

1250
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:39,000
And it works, right?

1251
01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:41,000
It works. It does.

1252
01:10:41,000 --> 01:10:49,000
I feel like this year has been just an add on to exactly what we did last year.

1253
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:57,000
The same thing, but we added pieces to make it that just enough better to where hopefully we can get over that hump at the end.

1254
01:10:57,000 --> 01:11:02,000
I think you're right about that. The Phillies, you can never sleep. You can never count them out or sleep on them.

1255
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:06,000
But getting past Atlanta is like where I'm kind of like.

1256
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:18,000
I know as we talked about last podcast, we are two and four against them right now, but we play seven games against them later, four of which are at home.

1257
01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:28,000
Yeah, I think that's going to be the telltale sign of who's really going to take that series or who's going to have the confidence going into that.

1258
01:11:28,000 --> 01:11:31,000
Exactly. I think the divisional series.

1259
01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:37,000
I think if Atlanta, I think I agree with Gabe. If Atlanta wins the series, they take the World Series.

1260
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:40,000
But if Philly doesn't, I think it'll be quite the run.

1261
01:11:40,000 --> 01:11:43,000
I don't even know if I can give an honest answer, even if I wanted to.

1262
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:45,000
But then Phillies Dodgers would be close.

1263
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:50,000
Like, I feel like I don't know, bro. That's the best part about the postings. You never know.

1264
01:11:50,000 --> 01:11:51,000
You never know.

1265
01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:56,000
Phillies are you guys are getting high at the right time, but we also have another month to go.

1266
01:11:56,000 --> 01:11:58,000
So a lot could change in the next two weeks.

1267
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:02,000
You can never count out Chicago out. You can never count out Arizona out either.

1268
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:06,000
Like we talked about them kind of being low tier, but they're still in the wire.

1269
01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:07,000
They're still in it.

1270
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:14,000
They are. That's literally the essence of why the season's so long.

1271
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:24,000
It don't matter until the very end. It's who gets hot at the right time is who's going to run the table.

1272
01:12:24,000 --> 01:12:26,000
It's going to be fun.

1273
01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:30,000
Now you guys are going to watch the Rangers game. It's wild.

1274
01:12:30,000 --> 01:12:37,000
I'll give you guys a little update. It's 6-6 going into the 13th inning.

1275
01:12:37,000 --> 01:12:42,000
The runners were on second and third. Someone grounded to third to Ezekiel Duran.

1276
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:47,000
He tagged the guy out at running to third, but the guy on third scored.

1277
01:12:47,000 --> 01:12:52,000
So those runners on first, a guy gets a hit. It's first and second.

1278
01:12:52,000 --> 01:12:56,000
Carlos Carrera just grounds out into a double play to end the inning.

1279
01:12:56,000 --> 01:12:58,000
And it was played by Semien and Seager.

1280
01:12:58,000 --> 01:13:02,000
So, sorry, just a little Rangers moment.

1281
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:09,000
Tenge, you got any more opinion on your choices?

1282
01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:14,000
Yeah. Do you want to revise Houston over LA or are you sticking with it?

1283
01:13:14,000 --> 01:13:21,000
It's the boring answer and I would not want to watch it because I feel like anytime I've actually watched postseason baseball,

1284
01:13:21,000 --> 01:13:23,000
I've either watched the Astros or the Dodgers play.

1285
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:30,000
And I love watching the Dodgers play. Not so much this year because I really liked watching Trey Turner and Corey Seager on the Dodgers.

1286
01:13:30,000 --> 01:13:33,000
It was just a fun team, right? It's like the same thing as the Warriors.

1287
01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:38,000
You can either say, I hate them, but you got to like, in the end of the day, when you watch them play, it's so fun.

1288
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:41,000
It's fun baseball to watch them.

1289
01:13:41,000 --> 01:13:45,000
Dodgers aren't fun to me to watch anymore. I would not want to see it.

1290
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:49,000
Seeing the Phillies would be fun. I really would love to see the O's in there.

1291
01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:57,000
I really, really would. I don't really want to see Braves, but I would not sleep for the entire month of October.

1292
01:13:57,000 --> 01:14:04,000
Yeah, I think it's going to be because I just think Kenji is the only one who will be sleeping.

1293
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:08,000
Yeah, to be honest, sorry, Kenji.

1294
01:14:08,000 --> 01:14:13,000
Yeah, well, if the Rangers don't make it, I'll be snoozing from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. every single night.

1295
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:15,000
He'll be crying all over his pillow.

1296
01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:24,000
Yeah, I'll be crying on my Ranger pillowcase, wiping my tears on my Rangers blanket.

1297
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:25,000
On that dang Dodgers.

1298
01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:28,000
Your Corey Seeger stuff.

1299
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:37,000
As I'm laying down with my Rangers hat on, I'm just staring at my phone on TikTok with a Rangers case on.

1300
01:14:37,000 --> 01:14:38,000
Okay.

1301
01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:39,000
It just never ends.

1302
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:45,000
You're good. Well, we're going to let everybody go because I just turned on the Twins and Rangers game too.

1303
01:14:45,000 --> 01:14:47,000
And I think it's going to be fun to watch.

1304
01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:50,000
Hold on, should we do DFA's and...

1305
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:51,000
No way.

1306
01:14:51,000 --> 01:14:52,000
...

1307
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:53,000
...

1308
01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:54,000
...

1309
01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:55,000
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1310
01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:56,000
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1311
01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:57,000
...

1312
01:14:57,000 --> 01:14:58,000
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1313
01:14:58,000 --> 01:14:59,000
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1314
01:14:59,000 --> 01:15:00,000
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1315
01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:01,000
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1316
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:02,000
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1317
01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:03,000
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1318
01:15:03,000 --> 01:15:04,000
...

1319
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:05,000
...

1320
01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:06,000
...

1321
01:15:06,000 --> 01:15:07,000
...

1322
01:15:07,000 --> 01:15:08,000
...

1323
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,000
...

1324
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,000
...

1325
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:09,000
...

1326
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1327
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1328
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1329
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1330
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1331
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1332
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1333
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1334
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
...

1335
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:10,000
Just kidding.

1336
01:15:09,000 --> 01:15:11,000
The guy that sucks.

1337
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:13,000
Let's see...

1338
01:15:13,000 --> 01:15:15,000
I think Travis Dankowski needs to be cul...

1339
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1340
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1341
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1342
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1343
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1344
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1345
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1346
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1347
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1348
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1349
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1350
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1351
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1352
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1353
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1354
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1355
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1356
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1357
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1358
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1359
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1360
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:20,000
...

1361
01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:33,000
Notquis

1362
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:36,920
Rangers games and I watch angels games lately because they're on it at a better

1363
01:15:36,920 --> 01:15:41,480
timing. But, uh, yeah. Anytime I feel like I've seen Travis come up in an

1364
01:15:41,880 --> 01:15:48,120
important situation, just gets out. I still think he contributes to the team

1365
01:15:48,120 --> 01:15:51,000
anymore. Then he just kind of, I don't know.

1366
01:15:52,000 --> 01:15:58,120
Jane Caskey. Let's go. Who's your player to watch?

1367
01:15:59,400 --> 01:16:00,560
Uh, I haven't thought of one yet.

1368
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:03,480
Okay. We'll come back to you, Joe. Who's getting cut?

1369
01:16:04,480 --> 01:16:08,960
Um, I actually don't have a DFA guy, but player to watch, he's up to the, he's up

1370
01:16:08,960 --> 01:16:12,520
to bat right now. I'm going to say Mitch Garver. Oh yeah. Mitch Garver's hot.

1371
01:16:12,520 --> 01:16:16,560
He's kind of taking over the main starting role. He's hot. The Rangers

1372
01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:18,000
catcher. He's really hot.

1373
01:16:18,280 --> 01:16:18,920
You're looking.

1374
01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:20,480
No.

1375
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:22,600
No.

1376
01:16:23,160 --> 01:16:23,760
Good looking guy.

1377
01:16:27,200 --> 01:16:28,400
Stop guys.

1378
01:16:28,400 --> 01:16:36,640
Oh, guys. I'm, I'm really, really straight. I'm just going to say it right now.

1379
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:37,040
Okay.

1380
01:16:37,760 --> 01:16:42,640
What if in like five years, five years, I just like come out as gay rainbow.

1381
01:16:42,680 --> 01:16:44,800
This, this real is like put on the internet.

1382
01:16:45,800 --> 01:16:50,160
I promise I was straight, but I'm just like, anyways, that's okay.

1383
01:16:50,160 --> 01:16:51,840
Going back to Mitch Garver.

1384
01:16:52,600 --> 01:16:54,400
He's yeah.

1385
01:16:54,400 --> 01:16:58,280
He's, I think he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's,

1386
01:16:58,280 --> 01:16:59,120
he's better than Jonah.

1387
01:16:59,120 --> 01:17:01,120
I'm hitting wise catching wise.

1388
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:02,360
I do think times a little better.

1389
01:17:02,520 --> 01:17:06,640
He's got a better glove than him, but his bat, he's on a hot shake right now.

1390
01:17:07,360 --> 01:17:08,000
He's doing good.

1391
01:17:08,240 --> 01:17:10,760
He's my player to watch DFA.

1392
01:17:11,040 --> 01:17:12,520
Anyone in the Rangers bullpen.

1393
01:17:12,640 --> 01:17:15,600
I'm not named or all this Chapman.

1394
01:17:16,400 --> 01:17:23,560
He, I know I, I would say half DFA Will Smith make him not a closer anymore.

1395
01:17:23,600 --> 01:17:25,440
That's just going to be my, there you go.

1396
01:17:25,440 --> 01:17:26,440
I DFA today.

1397
01:17:26,720 --> 01:17:27,120
Okay.

1398
01:17:27,480 --> 01:17:27,760
Ready?

1399
01:17:27,760 --> 01:17:32,720
I like, um, my DFA has got to be Trey cabbage.

1400
01:17:34,720 --> 01:17:35,840
It's gotta be.

1401
01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:37,000
Yep.

1402
01:17:37,040 --> 01:17:38,760
How do you, he's got a good arm.

1403
01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:41,640
Got your picture in the head on the front of third base.

1404
01:17:41,640 --> 01:17:43,600
I don't have a rocket on him though.

1405
01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:46,720
I will say he has a, that was crazy.

1406
01:17:48,720 --> 01:17:50,080
demolish his balls.

1407
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:55,880
What if, what if he, what if the angels like put him as like a relief picture?

1408
01:17:55,880 --> 01:17:58,600
I wonder if GM is stupid enough to just think of that.

1409
01:17:59,600 --> 01:18:00,560
Anyways, keep going, Brady.

1410
01:18:00,560 --> 01:18:00,800
Sorry.

1411
01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:01,960
Anyway, no, you're good.

1412
01:18:02,280 --> 01:18:06,520
I don't know how you can do that and not want to DFA him.

1413
01:18:06,520 --> 01:18:12,840
Anyways, um, my player to watch is, uh, Zach Gelof for the Oakland A's.

1414
01:18:14,720 --> 01:18:16,000
Did you say like two weeks ago?

1415
01:18:16,200 --> 01:18:16,480
Yeah.

1416
01:18:16,480 --> 01:18:17,600
Loss been, been a stud.

1417
01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:19,600
Hey, it's a nice, you don't have to switch it on.

1418
01:18:21,320 --> 01:18:25,240
How many times Travis Jan Kowski's come up in this segment and Trey

1419
01:18:25,240 --> 01:18:28,120
Turner and who's and literally who's draft is coming to check out.

1420
01:18:29,240 --> 01:18:29,480
Yeah.

1421
01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:36,840
Zach Gelof has hit like 315, 310 on the, in the month of August.

1422
01:18:37,240 --> 01:18:40,640
He has like double digit doubles.

1423
01:18:41,080 --> 01:18:43,720
He's got like a crazy amount of RBIs.

1424
01:18:43,720 --> 01:18:48,160
I don't know off the top of my head up for the month, but he's been going crazy

1425
01:18:48,560 --> 01:18:50,920
despite having the rest of their team suck.

1426
01:18:50,920 --> 01:18:55,760
So Zach Gelof, cool.

1427
01:18:56,040 --> 01:18:56,960
Kenji, you got a deal.

1428
01:18:56,960 --> 01:18:58,760
You got a player to watch or should I just go?

1429
01:19:00,000 --> 01:19:00,440
Oh yeah.

1430
01:19:00,440 --> 01:19:01,120
I had one.

1431
01:19:02,040 --> 01:19:02,560
You have one.

1432
01:19:03,480 --> 01:19:06,360
I had one DFA.

1433
01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:08,520
I can't believe you're Joe Ryan, baby.

1434
01:19:08,520 --> 01:19:11,080
Joe Ryan, injury.

1435
01:19:11,400 --> 01:19:16,160
It's great against the Rangers and he's going to have twins.

1436
01:19:16,160 --> 01:19:17,080
Make a push baby.

1437
01:19:17,120 --> 01:19:19,720
You watch he, he old Joe Ryan no more.

1438
01:19:19,720 --> 01:19:20,880
He healed.

1439
01:19:20,880 --> 01:19:21,800
He ready to dominate.

1440
01:19:22,800 --> 01:19:23,120
Okay.

1441
01:19:23,120 --> 01:19:25,440
Even if the twins make a push, I ain't going to be watching.

1442
01:19:27,160 --> 01:19:28,080
I'm going to keep it a buck.

1443
01:19:28,680 --> 01:19:31,600
You're watching Joey Gallo for fun in October.

1444
01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:33,680
No, no, absolutely not.

1445
01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:38,360
Who's Byron Buxton?

1446
01:19:38,360 --> 01:19:39,000
Just kidding.

1447
01:19:40,440 --> 01:19:40,880
All right.

1448
01:19:40,920 --> 01:19:44,080
Well, I'll go my DFA, uh, Adam Frazier.

1449
01:19:44,320 --> 01:19:44,960
I've said them before.

1450
01:19:44,960 --> 01:19:45,560
I hate them.

1451
01:19:46,120 --> 01:19:48,960
Every time he comes into bat, I can't stand looking at stupid face.

1452
01:19:48,960 --> 01:19:55,200
Um, I'm glad they sent down Mike Bauman, who I was an honorable mention last week.

1453
01:19:55,200 --> 01:19:59,400
Uh, who just, every time I feel like a Washington bitch, he just got shelled.

1454
01:19:59,880 --> 01:20:01,360
Um, and he had a stupid face.

1455
01:20:01,360 --> 01:20:03,480
Uh, so I'm glad you got, I'm glad he got sent down.

1456
01:20:03,480 --> 01:20:06,360
Um, that's a Kenji thing to say, but I'll take it.

1457
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:07,160
It's personal.

1458
01:20:07,640 --> 01:20:08,400
It's personal.

1459
01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:13,040
Um, my player to watch, I S I kind of hinted at this already earlier, DL Hall,

1460
01:20:13,320 --> 01:20:15,760
um, lefty new relief pitcher for the, for the O's.

1461
01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:18,680
Um, he's an absolute stud.

1462
01:20:18,720 --> 01:20:22,920
He was like in 2016, he was in the system.

1463
01:20:22,920 --> 01:20:24,040
So he's been in there for a while.

1464
01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:26,800
He was a starter, had some injuries kind of bounce back and forth.

1465
01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:28,360
And then they just decided to screw it, dude.

1466
01:20:28,360 --> 01:20:29,800
We're making a relief pitcher.

1467
01:20:30,160 --> 01:20:31,800
Um, and he's an absolute monster.

1468
01:20:32,080 --> 01:20:36,400
So, um, hopefully he does good in the wake of a Felix Bautista going out, but

1469
01:20:37,360 --> 01:20:39,680
that is all the content we have.

1470
01:20:39,680 --> 01:20:44,400
So, um, these, you three idiots can get out of the chat and, and

1471
01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:47,640
get out of the chat and saying stupid things right next to me.

1472
01:20:48,480 --> 01:20:53,120
Um, but, uh, yeah, go turn on the Rangers twins game.

1473
01:20:53,240 --> 01:20:55,240
Um, a lot of good get serious to watch this week.

1474
01:20:55,240 --> 01:20:58,080
We haven't covered that, but a lot of good games, a lot of fun

1475
01:20:58,080 --> 01:20:58,920
playoffs stuff coming up.

1476
01:20:58,920 --> 01:21:03,040
So I'm looking out for a lot of new content and, uh, we'll catch you guys next week.

1477
01:21:03,280 --> 01:21:04,320
So, and we got anything to say?

1478
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:08,200
You already know it's always a bad day to be baseball.

1479
01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:10,760
Yeah.

1480
01:21:11,680 --> 01:21:12,920
Ready to be Yankee hater.

1481
01:21:12,920 --> 01:21:14,160
Yeah.

1482
01:21:14,160 --> 01:21:16,400
All right.

1483
01:21:16,400 --> 01:21:16,880
Thanks for listening.

1484
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:17,600
Always a great day.

1485
01:21:17,600 --> 01:21:46,640
Thank you, Jayden and Ben.