1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,760 What up, what up, what's going on everybody? 2 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:06,520 This is another episode for guys and still no clue. 3 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:08,760 We're going to be a little bit different today. 4 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:12,740 Just Gabe today, but we're talking the O's winning the AL East, we're talking the Rangers 5 00:00:12,740 --> 00:00:16,620 big series against the Mariners and the Phillies clenched their spot. 6 00:00:16,620 --> 00:00:17,920 So we're going to jump right into it. 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,240 A few topics to talk about. 8 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:28,920 We're going to have some fun today. 9 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:29,920 Welcome back to the show. 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,080 It's been a few weeks. 11 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,000 I decided that I wasn't going to wait any longer. 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,760 My O's, most of you probably saw my instant reaction on TikTok and Instagram last night. 13 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,800 O's won the AL East for the first time since 2014. 14 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,720 I did a little instant reaction, put that up on social media. 15 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,480 So go check that out if you haven't already. 16 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:52,000 But yeah, I'm going to come at you guys a little short episode today. 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:55,240 We're just going to talk a little bit more about the O's winning the division. 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:58,760 What's going on in the rest of the playoff field, the teams that have clenched the weekend 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:03,320 that's coming up and essentially what to look for in the playoffs. 20 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,040 So I do miss my buddies. 21 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:07,400 They're all out working right now. 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,440 So I had a little bit of free time, decided I want to record about the O's. 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,720 So I'm going to try and do them justice, talk about their teams in fairness. 24 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,880 But outside of that, that's kind of what we're looking at today. 25 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:21,880 Just doing a solo pod. 26 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:24,080 Never done one of these before, so bear with me. 27 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:25,080 But here we are. 28 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:26,080 I'm rocking my O's hat. 29 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:27,200 I got my Drake shirt on. 30 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:28,200 But we're here. 31 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,400 We're going to have some fun. 32 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:37,440 I mean, without further ado, if we jump straight into things, the O's, when they're in the 33 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:43,000 American League East, first time in nine years, they haven't won 100 games since like 1980. 34 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,080 They won 100 games last night as well. 35 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,040 Without boring you guys too much about the O's lore and being an O's fan, it's been 36 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:52,040 a long time coming. 37 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:55,400 It's been a long, long, long time coming to be an O's fan. 38 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:01,680 110 losses two seasons ago in 2021 and now 100 wins two years later in 2023. 39 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,720 So it's been an amazing season. 40 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:07,440 The young guys have come up and made an immediate impact. 41 00:02:07,440 --> 00:02:11,680 The thing I've probably been most impressed with is the pitching. 42 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:15,920 Going into the season, the biggest concern was are the O's going to be able to pitch? 43 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:18,240 Are they going to be able to manage the arms? 44 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:21,360 Are they going to be able to stay healthy? 45 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:27,700 Because in years past, the biggest problem has always been dealing with Ennings Limits 46 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:29,660 and ERA. 47 00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:35,880 Guys like Dean Kramer, guys like Tyler Wells, John Means, Grayson Rodriguez got his call 48 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:36,880 up this year. 49 00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:41,800 A lot of starting pitchers made huge strides forward that weren't really projected to 50 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:42,800 do that. 51 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:47,920 I think it was nice because Dean Kramer, all sorts of quotes came out about the celebration 52 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:50,560 last night. 53 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,800 Dean went up to the microphone last night and had some reporters at the dugout celebration 54 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:59,120 and Dean said, well, it's like, I don't think people expected it to be this soon, but we're 55 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:00,120 here. 56 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:04,280 And I think that that probably accurately describes what's going on with the O's this 57 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:05,960 year. 58 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,400 Nobody really expected it to happen like this, but they're here. 59 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,400 And they're the number one seed. 60 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:15,760 They're going to the home field through the American League runs through Camden Yards. 61 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:17,840 So I think it's going to be interesting. 62 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,320 We're going to talk a little bit about the starting pitching. 63 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:23,480 We're going to talk about the hitting and the young guys as well as the outlook for 64 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:24,480 the playoffs. 65 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:31,440 So yeah, to finish wrapping up pitching, obviously Felix Bautista was a huge part of the team 66 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:32,440 most of this year. 67 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:37,720 Led the American League in saves, I believe up until class A passed and then after he 68 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:38,720 got hurt. 69 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,600 Elite ERA, elite stuff. 70 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:46,840 You're talking triple digits and a wipeout splitter. 71 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:48,960 And Felix was the guy. 72 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:53,640 I mean, when he went down, I still remember when he went down, it did not look good against 73 00:03:53,640 --> 00:03:55,760 the Rockies at home. 74 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,120 And it was a game that like the O's had wrapped up pretty easily. 75 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,760 But for whatever reason, they still they try. 76 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,740 Felix goes back out there because it's a safe situation. 77 00:04:05,740 --> 00:04:08,840 And he comes up, it's like a one, two count final batter of the game. 78 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,600 And he just throws a fastball, it's up and away outside and immediately like comes down 79 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:16,080 and looks at his arm and I'm like, oh no, what is this? 80 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,080 And then you hear a post game. 81 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:18,080 They're like, oh, it's a forearm problem. 82 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,080 And when you hear a forearm in baseball, for most of you, they don't know you when you 83 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:25,400 hear a forearm, it's usually Tommy John or some sort of elbow injury. 84 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,400 Like there's a ligament problem in your elbow. 85 00:04:29,400 --> 00:04:31,600 But that wasn't the case. 86 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:32,600 Oh, hold on. 87 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,360 Let me let me explain. 88 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,320 It was the case because it was a forearm problem. 89 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,280 It was a UCL sprain or injury of some degree. 90 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:41,760 It was all that they told us. 91 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,440 But Felix has been thrown. 92 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:44,640 He's been out there at Camden Yards. 93 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,040 He's thrown bullpen, simulated games in full uniform. 94 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,040 Full get up. 95 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,280 He hasn't had TJ yet. 96 00:04:51,280 --> 00:04:52,280 So I'm optimistic. 97 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:55,600 The O's play again later today. 98 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,040 But you kind of got to get Felix in some game action before you throw him in a playoff series, 99 00:04:59,040 --> 00:05:01,480 in my opinion. 100 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,520 But if they want to try it, I'm kind of for it. 101 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:07,660 He was that dominant. 102 00:05:07,660 --> 00:05:10,960 So we'll see if he gets activated here these next few days and if they can get him in a 103 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:14,200 game before the playoffs. 104 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:15,520 But Cano stepped into that role. 105 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:19,560 Steele, Nopera stepped into that role, DL Hall stepped up. 106 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,320 And then last night, Tyler Wells got the save. 107 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,520 So kind of an interesting story. 108 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,640 What the Tyler Wells experience has been in Birdland. 109 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:30,640 He had an amazing first half. 110 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:32,600 Maybe the O's best starter in the first half of the season. 111 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:33,640 Rodriguez really struggled. 112 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,200 He got sent down. 113 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,040 Bradish had an injury problem the first few weeks. 114 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,800 And so he was kind of coming back from that. 115 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,000 But Tyler Wells consistently five, six innings, no runs, one run. 116 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,720 And just like slammed the door for those first five, six innings of the game. 117 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:52,600 Like he was just, he was nails. 118 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,880 And he got some fatigue. 119 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:56,940 He had never thrown this many innings before in his career. 120 00:05:56,940 --> 00:06:00,680 So they sent him down to AAA about right after the All-Star break. 121 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:01,960 And we hadn't heard much from him since. 122 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,880 He was thrown sporadically in the minor leagues. 123 00:06:04,880 --> 00:06:09,360 He never really quite got anything going. 124 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,080 Like he was allowing runs left and right. 125 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,280 He was walking guys, not really getting strikeouts, VELOs down. 126 00:06:14,280 --> 00:06:19,040 So the rumor was that he wasn't really going to come up. 127 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:26,180 But on this pass, the O's had a 17-day stretch where they did not have an off day. 128 00:06:26,180 --> 00:06:29,520 So they played 17 games in 17 days. 129 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:33,520 And towards the end of that 17-game stretch, the bullpen is just, you can imagine, in shambles. 130 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:34,800 They don't have an off day. 131 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,080 Everybody's throwing every day. 132 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,080 They're in shambles. 133 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:43,920 And to rectify that, Mike Bauman got sent down and Wells got called up. 134 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:51,720 And there were no statistical proof in the minor leagues that Wells should have earned 135 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,640 a call up, aside from how he performed to start the year. 136 00:06:55,640 --> 00:06:58,680 But sure enough, he comes right up and then they start putting him in in these high-levee 137 00:06:58,680 --> 00:06:59,680 roles. 138 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:00,680 The last two games, he's closed. 139 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:01,680 Just put him in in the ninth. 140 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:02,680 And he's been nails. 141 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,180 He looks great. 142 00:07:04,180 --> 00:07:06,120 And with Felix out, you want a guy that's like that. 143 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,480 And Wells is not going to be a starter for us in the playoffs. 144 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,720 But if he can lock down the ninth and be that guy, I'm all for it. 145 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:13,720 He's a big dude. 146 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:16,160 He's got a 6'7", 6'8", he's like 250. 147 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,640 He's got a whole bunch of mass on him. 148 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:19,640 He can throw hard. 149 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,360 He's got really good command of his change up fastball. 150 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,720 And that's what you want in the closer. 151 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:29,720 Kanoa always worries me because he is a high bat-bip guy, batting average on balls and 152 00:07:29,720 --> 00:07:31,560 play. 153 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:37,540 And he's always, since he had that amazing stretch when he first came up, Kanoa has always 154 00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:41,960 had trouble maintaining that kind of elite stature. 155 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:42,960 He was an all-star. 156 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:43,960 He's a great reliever. 157 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:44,960 Don't get me wrong. 158 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:49,240 But he just makes me nervous because it just seems like a lot of teams get these funky 159 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:54,340 little awkward easy hits that always seem to work out for them. 160 00:07:54,340 --> 00:07:57,960 So I'm glad to see him in the setup role again. 161 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,720 Cieno Perez has turned it around. 162 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:01,920 He's been nails. 163 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,120 And I really love Tyler Wells in the closing spot. 164 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:08,680 So it'll be interesting to see how they play it going forward. 165 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:14,480 But yeah, that is my take on the O's pitching staff to this point. 166 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,280 So 100 wins. 167 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:17,960 I'm moving to the hitters really quickly. 168 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:22,320 I'm going to take a deep breath because I have been spouting here about the O's. 169 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:26,880 I'm not usually this kind of spouter, but this is my show. 170 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:29,320 So I'm doing it solo. 171 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,800 Whatever, right? 172 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,800 But that being said, the hitting probably has been the biggest difference on the stat. 173 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:41,280 There's so many things that you can point to and say that that was why the O's have 174 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:42,720 been in the spot that they're in. 175 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,600 They're scoring about a run more a game. 176 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,600 They're pitching to like one or two runs less a game. 177 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:53,160 All things that contribute to 100 wins and a division title. 178 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:57,200 But that being said, the hitting has been the biggest key. 179 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,960 Gunnar Henderson had a horrendous April and May, but he's turned it around. 180 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:06,360 He's hitting like 270 now on the season, approaching 30 homers. 181 00:09:06,360 --> 00:09:07,480 He is the spark plug. 182 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,320 I will stand by this. 183 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,040 Adley Rutchman is the leader of the team, but Gunnar Henderson is the best player on 184 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,920 the team. 185 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,400 I think that goes without saying. 186 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,400 He has been the spark plug. 187 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,800 He has been the electricity that the team needs. 188 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:21,800 Adley is the captain. 189 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:22,800 He's the leader. 190 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:23,800 He leads the pitching staff. 191 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:25,040 He's the catcher. 192 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:31,160 But Gunnar just flashes of elite talent all over the place. 193 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:33,160 And Santander has had a great year. 194 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:34,600 He's approaching 30 homers too. 195 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,600 He's a great switch hitter. 196 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,600 He just sits in that three hole and performs day in and day out. 197 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:44,600 Aaron Hicks was a nice little pickup after the deadline when Mullens got hurt. 198 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:45,600 Poor Yankee fans. 199 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:46,600 That's all I got to say. 200 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:50,840 Jaden, Ben, you're probably not listening to this, but I hate the Yankees. 201 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:54,560 And Aaron Hicks was celebrating with the O's last night rather than the Yankees because 202 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:59,160 the Yankees will be on the couches coming to playoffs. 203 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,960 Cedric Mullens, a little bit of a down year. 204 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:03,600 I'm going to be really honest. 205 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,600 Down year for Cedric. 206 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:11,520 He had his 30-30 year in 2021 and then had a decent year last year. 207 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:12,520 Pretty big step down this year. 208 00:10:12,520 --> 00:10:16,480 He battled a couple of different injuries and just hasn't quite been able to get healthy. 209 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:20,160 He started against lefties all the time in 2021. 210 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:21,840 Hasn't really started against lefties this year. 211 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:23,960 He took the seat last night against Chris Selle. 212 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:24,960 He's a great defender still. 213 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:25,960 Don't get me wrong. 214 00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:28,520 But not a very good bat this season. 215 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:30,400 Just not a reliable one. 216 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:31,920 The outfield is loaded with talent. 217 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,920 They got so many young guys that I'll get into. 218 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,240 And so if you just can't hit lefties or you're not consistent, they're going to pull you 219 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:39,240 out of the lineup. 220 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,240 And it sucks because I love Mullens. 221 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,400 He's super fun to watch. 222 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:48,160 But if he can't hit consistently, you're not going to play. 223 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:49,680 Austin Hayes, great season. 224 00:10:49,680 --> 00:10:50,680 First half All-Star. 225 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:58,200 Elite arm, great defender out in left field, especially with that Mount Baltimore out there. 226 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:01,720 But I might be in the minority here. 227 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,040 I'm not in on Austin Hayes. 228 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:08,160 I like him, but I'd like to see some of the other younger guys get more play out there. 229 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:10,360 I like Kerstad a lot. 230 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,720 I love Kauser. 231 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:13,680 Kauser is still just chilling in the minor leagues. 232 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:15,320 Kerstad got his call up. 233 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:21,400 He's got elite power, but I'm just not as big a fan of Hayes because he doesn't hit 234 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:22,480 righties very well. 235 00:11:22,480 --> 00:11:25,840 And even when they put him in against the lefty, he still doesn't really have a whole 236 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:29,560 lot of promise. 237 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:33,240 But Westburg's been great over there at second base. 238 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,800 Mateo had a horrendous stretch during the season. 239 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:39,360 If you listen to the show regularly, you know how much I can't stand Mateo for those few 240 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:40,360 months. 241 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:41,360 But he's hitting 290 in September. 242 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:43,560 I'm just going to say, he's hitting 290 in September. 243 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:48,640 If he gets hot in the playoffs, watch out. 244 00:11:48,640 --> 00:11:50,400 And of course, Gunnar Henderson, Rutchman. 245 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,360 James McCann has been an elite backstop as well as that pitching staff. 246 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,560 So they've been amazing. 247 00:11:56,560 --> 00:11:57,560 Those are my guys. 248 00:11:57,560 --> 00:12:03,160 They've won two O's, first division title in nine years and winning 100 games for the 249 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:04,640 first time in 43. 250 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,680 So I think it's an amazing achievement. 251 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:11,480 I was at the clincher last time in 2014. 252 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,600 That was when I lived in Maryland at the time. 253 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:19,200 Like it was right when I was getting on my Orioles kick that would lead me to years of 254 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:25,720 despair and turmoil losing 100 games after 100 games. 255 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,760 But times are good in Birdland. 256 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:28,760 Times are amazing in Birdland. 257 00:12:28,760 --> 00:12:33,560 I can't really think of a better time to be an O's fan, a sports fan in general, let's 258 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:34,560 be honest. 259 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:38,360 End of September, going into October, you get playoff baseball, college football, NFL, 260 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,480 NBA is about to kick off or tip off, I guess. 261 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:43,920 Amazing time to be sports fans. 262 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:47,600 So yeah, that's my coverage on the O's. 263 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,600 You'll probably hear more from me throughout the playoffs. 264 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:54,840 I'll get into the bracket and kind of what I think is going to happen here coming up. 265 00:12:54,840 --> 00:13:01,080 But quickly to Brady's credit, to Brady and Joe, sorry Kenji, we'll get Kenji out of the 266 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:02,080 way. 267 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:03,080 Angels are out. 268 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,720 Kenji's fandom is done now that Otani's cleared out his locker. 269 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,220 He's gone wherever Otani goes. 270 00:13:07,220 --> 00:13:13,320 You guys can expect to hear a full story about that, but Kenji's kind of done with baseball. 271 00:13:13,320 --> 00:13:14,920 He's on our football show every week. 272 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:16,520 We love having him on the football show. 273 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,480 He loves it way more and it's honestly far more enjoyable to talk football with him because 274 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:25,120 he's not constantly depressed about how bad the Angels are being. 275 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:28,480 But that's my Kenji update. 276 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:33,160 The Rangers have put themselves in a pretty good spot. 277 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:40,240 They are leading the ALS by I believe three games, two and a half, three games over Houston. 278 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,840 The Rangers only need to win the rest of the way. 279 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,920 So they have three games the rest of the way. 280 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,940 Only need to win one of the three to win their division and clinch a playoff first. 281 00:13:49,940 --> 00:13:52,460 So pretty interesting there. 282 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:55,400 They lost last night in a heartbreaker to Seattle. 283 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:00,420 Seattle is like kicking and screaming with everything they have because Seattle is essentially 284 00:14:00,420 --> 00:14:03,540 a loss away from being eliminated. 285 00:14:03,540 --> 00:14:07,500 They had a huge series during the week against Houston in Seattle. 286 00:14:07,500 --> 00:14:11,120 They were separated by about half a game going into the series. 287 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,640 In Seattle, Seattle drops two of three. 288 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:20,360 So then Houston left the series now a game and a half without anything. 289 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,840 Seattle couldn't do anything to make Houston lose anymore. 290 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,240 So now they need a lot of help. 291 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:27,520 But they're playing Texas. 292 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:32,960 And if I'm not mistaken, a sweep of Texas for Seattle would lead into Seattle winning 293 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,040 the division unless Houston continues to play really well. 294 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:38,760 But that's what they need to have happen. 295 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,980 They essentially need to sweep Texas and hope they get help from Houston in order to make 296 00:14:41,980 --> 00:14:42,980 things happen. 297 00:14:42,980 --> 00:14:46,960 But Texas probably isn't going to let that happen because they also need to win too in 298 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,680 order to get into the playoffs. 299 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:53,760 So essentially, Texas is magic numbers down to one. 300 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,840 All they need is a win to advance. 301 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,960 Seattle needs to win out basically to advance. 302 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:01,960 So it's a really interesting series going on in Texas. 303 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:02,960 Close game last night. 304 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,600 Texas had it down, I believe, to the ninth with the lead. 305 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,920 But Chapman came in and blew it. 306 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:13,440 So we'll save you guys the depression of Joe complaining about Chapman coming in and blowing 307 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:14,440 the lead again. 308 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,320 That is my biggest concern with Texas in the playoffs. 309 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:18,640 As an O's fan, I would not mind to play Texas. 310 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:19,640 They can hit. 311 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:24,600 But pitching in the playoffs is usually the king. 312 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,720 So hitters kind of get stifled a little bit. 313 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,600 It's about those bullpens. 314 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,280 And I think the O's have a better bullpen than the Rangers. 315 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:34,040 I'm going to be really honest. 316 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,040 The Phillies. 317 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:36,040 Philadelphia. 318 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:37,320 They clinched a berth. 319 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:38,320 They made it. 320 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:39,960 So Atlanta's been clenched for a long time now. 321 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:44,920 Atlanta clenched the home field throughout the entire postseason last night. 322 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:48,200 But Philly clenched earlier this week with a walk off win over Pittsburgh. 323 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:49,400 That was an electric win. 324 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:51,800 I encourage you all to go look at the highlights from that game. 325 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:57,980 I'm sure Brady will be sitting here telling you guys all about how amazing it was to watch. 326 00:15:57,980 --> 00:15:59,320 But Phillies in the playoffs. 327 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:01,280 I think it's great for the sport. 328 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,360 Philadelphia always brings an amazing crowd. 329 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:07,160 The Phillies are a great team and they showed that they can get to the postseason. 330 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,840 They showed that they can excel in the postseason like last year. 331 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:13,120 Their pitchers somehow put it together in the postseason last year. 332 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,240 Their bullpen held it together. 333 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:18,800 And that's kind of where they're at. 334 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:20,280 They're on the verge. 335 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:26,000 They're going to get a series with likely Arizona in Philly to start the playoffs next 336 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,680 week. 337 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,360 And I like Philly at home. 338 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:32,300 But then the winner of that series will go to Atlanta. 339 00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:33,600 And that's not going to be easy either. 340 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:35,760 That's going to be real tough. 341 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:40,760 So I really like Phillies chances because they always kind of have that puncher's chance 342 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,960 with the lineup that they have. 343 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:47,880 And those fans, those guys in Philly, they'll just electrify everybody. 344 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:53,080 But I think they're in an interesting spot because they get relatively an easy team that 345 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:54,160 first round. 346 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,240 But then they got to go to Atlanta. 347 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:57,760 And I believe it's Milwaukee. 348 00:16:57,760 --> 00:17:03,040 And then probably the Cubs will play in a matchup between the three and six seed. 349 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:05,440 And then the winner of that will go to play the Dodgers. 350 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,400 So playoffs aren't easy by any means. 351 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:09,840 Phillies have a particularly tough road. 352 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:10,840 I know. 353 00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,960 Yeah, I think Brady would sit here and he's going to tell you they're going to win the 354 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:14,960 World Series. 355 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,520 This is probably a good time. 356 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:21,500 We can jump into the bracket and we're going to go talk the Major League Baseball bracket 357 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:22,500 for the playoffs. 358 00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:25,280 I'm going to pull it up. 359 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:26,280 But yeah, this is raw. 360 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,520 This is real here on the Gabe and Kenji show. 361 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:33,000 We're going to do the playoffs schedule right here. 362 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,520 Hope you're all having a great day, by the way. 363 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:40,520 I know I didn't really sleep great last night after the O's won. 364 00:17:40,520 --> 00:17:41,640 I wish I was out there in Baltimore. 365 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,280 I would have gone out and party with the team or something. 366 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:47,080 Find out where to go. 367 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:48,280 All right. 368 00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,040 So Tuesday, October 3rd. 369 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:51,120 This is what we're talking. 370 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:55,960 We got teams already filed in here. 371 00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:00,400 As it stands today, Houston and Minnesota will play in the wild card round with the 372 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,200 winner playing the Rangers. 373 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:08,120 Toronto and Tampa Bay will play in the wild card round, the winner playing the O's. 374 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:13,200 Miami and Milwaukee will play in the wild card round with the winner facing the Dodgers. 375 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,040 And Arizona and Philly will play with the winner facing the Braves. 376 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,320 So I think this is really interesting. 377 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,760 I am a huge fan of October postseason baseball. 378 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,920 It's kind of strange because you play 162 games. 379 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,960 You have this full season. 380 00:18:27,960 --> 00:18:31,000 In order to win the World Series, you just have to win 13 games. 381 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,000 That's it. 382 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,120 It's relatively small sample size compared to the rest of it. 383 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:42,040 Like the NFL playoffs go about two months and the NBA playoffs, I swear, take four 384 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:43,040 months. 385 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:46,320 So it's quite a while, but it's always fun. 386 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,520 I'll go match up by match up here along with what can happen the rest of the way on some 387 00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:51,520 of these tiebreakers. 388 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:52,520 Like who can sneak in? 389 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:53,520 Who could? 390 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:56,120 Arizona, I mean, not Arizona. 391 00:18:56,120 --> 00:18:58,320 Houston and Minnesota. 392 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,000 Houston is going to win this series. 393 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:01,120 Excuse me. 394 00:19:01,120 --> 00:19:02,920 I think Minnesota is a good team. 395 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:04,320 They have a great pitching staff. 396 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:05,960 Houston's battle tested and proven. 397 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,960 I'm going to take Houston here. 398 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:09,960 Excuse me, man. 399 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:12,400 Food coming up. 400 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,920 And then Toronto and Tampa Bay, they're going to play each other. 401 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:20,480 Tampa Bay should win this series in my opinion, although I will be rooting for Toronto. 402 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:24,960 The O's went 10 and three against Toronto during the regular season and eight and five 403 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:27,280 against Tampa Bay during the regular season. 404 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:33,400 So my prediction is that Tampa Bay should win the series, but I'm going to be rooting 405 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:34,400 for Toronto. 406 00:19:34,400 --> 00:19:39,040 So that aside, Miami and Milwaukee. 407 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:40,080 I'm going to stick with Milwaukee here. 408 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:41,080 I love their pitching staff. 409 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,360 I think they can actually make a deep run. 410 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:44,560 I think they could beat the Dodgers in the next round. 411 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:45,560 Sorry. 412 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:48,360 I have some, I have a friend of mine who's a close Marlins fan. 413 00:19:48,360 --> 00:19:49,520 I don't think they're going that far. 414 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:53,600 Sorry if you're listening to this, Alex, that's directed at you. 415 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,320 Arizona and Philly, as I said before, Philly is going to win this series. 416 00:19:57,320 --> 00:20:00,080 They have the pedigree to do it. 417 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:01,480 They have the pitching staff to do it. 418 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,640 Philly will win that series. 419 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:08,000 And then based on what I just said, I'm going to have Houston playing Texas, Tampa Bay playing 420 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:13,840 Baltimore, Milwaukee playing Los Angeles and Philly playing Atlanta. 421 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,080 And given all of those, Texas beats Houston. 422 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,080 I'm just going to give you my gut reaction for the rest of these series on the rest of 423 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:20,080 the way. 424 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:25,040 They're going to make a deeper and deeper into the series as they come across in October. 425 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,120 But Houston and Texas, Texas wins. 426 00:20:28,120 --> 00:20:30,520 Tampa Bay over Baltimore, Baltimore wins. 427 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:35,040 Milwaukee over the Dodgers, Milwaukee wins and Atlanta, Philly, Atlanta wins. 428 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:40,120 So and then moving along really fast here, Texas and Baltimore. 429 00:20:40,120 --> 00:20:41,240 I'm going to take the O's. 430 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:42,680 That's my bias coming in. 431 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,240 And then Milwaukee and Atlanta. 432 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:45,960 I'm going to Atlanta. 433 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,520 I think those are the two number one seats. 434 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:53,040 It might sound a little cliche, like Milwaukee makes it close, but I'm going to have the 435 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:55,080 O's and Atlanta in the World Series. 436 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:58,760 And I'm going to save you guys my World Series prediction because you already know who I'm 437 00:20:58,760 --> 00:20:59,760 picking. 438 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,120 I'm not even going to delve into that because you already know who I'm going to pick to 439 00:21:02,120 --> 00:21:04,560 win. 440 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,680 That being said, playoff schedule. 441 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:10,880 This is going to be a really fun week because you get four games essentially each day of 442 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:16,520 this wild card series because they all play three straight days, all at home sites. 443 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:23,400 So game one of all of them, Tuesday, October 3rd, the times haven't been set yet, but they 444 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:24,440 know all the home sites. 445 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:32,280 So it's going to be NL Wild Card 2 at Philadelphia, AL Wild Card 2 at Tampa Bay, Milwaukee and 446 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,280 then Minnesota all host games as well. 447 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:41,520 So four games at Philly, at Tampa Bay, at Milwaukee, at Minnesota all Tuesday, all Wednesday, 448 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:42,920 all Thursday. 449 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:46,760 And then Saturday, looks like Friday's an off day, Saturday, October 7th is when the 450 00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,040 Division Series start. 451 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:54,280 So you're going to get Atlantis playing, the Dodgers are playing, the O's are playing. 452 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:57,960 And of course, the winner of the AL West will also be there. 453 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,400 So that could be Texas, that could be Houston, that could be Seattle. 454 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,160 Nobody knows. 455 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:04,800 And so that's going to be the start of the real fun. 456 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,440 I will be a nervous wreck on October 7th, so pray for me. 457 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:11,720 It's a week from tomorrow when I'm recording this. 458 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,520 But that is what I think is going to, that's the schedule. 459 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,480 That's your brief synopsis of what I think is going to happen in the postseason. 460 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:24,240 I'm going to delve a little bit into it deeper with my guys when they're around. 461 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:30,160 But I knew I had to get something out to all my fans, all four of you, all four of my TikTok 462 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,760 listeners, my mom, my girlfriend, whoever's listening to this, I had to get something 463 00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:35,760 out. 464 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:36,760 Had to. 465 00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,480 Those are my guys that won that division last night. 466 00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:42,640 And yeah, that's, that's, that's I think all I have for you. 467 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:47,400 I don't want to make this too long, too long winded, but, um, Oh, is I got to make it a 468 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:48,400 deep play out front. 469 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,000 I will be a nervous wreck. 470 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:51,400 Uh, go Phillies. 471 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,240 I love to see a Phillies O's World Series. 472 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,240 That would tear my friendship with Brady apart. 473 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,320 He would probably never talk to me again. 474 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:02,200 Um, but that's a bit, that's the, that's the update. 475 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:07,160 So thanks for listening to four guys and still no clue, but really only one guy today. 476 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:08,160 Just Gabe. 477 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,800 I'm going to get the rest of the guys on here soon and we're going to come at you with an 478 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,240 update on everything that's going on. 479 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,800 All these, the fans of these different teams, we're going to talk about it. 480 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:19,360 Uh, we'll see if we can get Kenji back on, but he's not that big of a fan. 481 00:23:19,360 --> 00:23:21,520 So I'm going to, I'm going to get him to watch playoff. 482 00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:26,280 So I promise you that, uh, that being said, you'll have a wonderful weekend. 483 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:27,280 Have a wonderful week. 484 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:30,800 We'll come at you guys soon and I'll get you some more playoff coverage. 485 00:23:30,800 --> 00:23:40,200 So everybody take care.