Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - 214 | September 29th Pre-Game Show

Episode Date: September 29, 2020

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There's a nasty, nasty reply to that. Hello and welcome to the Roosevelt Studios here in the Bronx. My name's Jimmy sitting next to me is Jake. We got Trevor from Roosevelt Studios far west and producer Zach in the corner. It's postseason baseball time. This is the talking baseball pregame show. If you are listening to this on the main feed of the main podcast, today will be the only day the pregame show. We'll live here.

Otherwise, it's live on YouTube. It's live on Periscope. It may be live on Facebook, and it's live on the Talking Baseball Pre-game Show podcast app if you can't watch and just want to listen. Baseball's here. Playoff baseball's here, Jake. Are you excited? I am James Trevor, Zach Esposito behind the dish. It's here, man, and it's wild. I think there's so many things just going through my head movies between the teams doing some funny. businesses, not necessarily throwing their ones today. I think we're going to see it's something different. And I think, you know, you're probably going to hear two sides of each take today.

We're not necessarily a hot take pod. And that's because this has never happened. These are three game sets. You know, Matt Shoemaker getting the ball today. Trev's guy, not in the book. But I'm excited for it. I mean, he might be in the the book says Trev. I mean, it's two, two to 11 today. It's noon to about 1 a.m. tomorrow, I'd bet. This is the pinnacle, and it's going to be scary for some fan bases starting in a couple hours, because we're going to have four do-or-die games tomorrow. So I'm, I'm jazzed up. Jimmy's looking like he's getting jazzed up. Trevor, Patrick, Patrick, Cloof. We're talking to Trevor.

I cannot do the yanks. Talking to Trevor. Trev, how are you? All I give are hot takes. Don't say this isn't a hot take pot. I only have hot takes. Let me tell you something. I went up to the beautiful Napa Valley region.

Stayed in Yountville, drank the nectar of the gods, rested my body to be ready for the playoffs. And here we are. Didn't you flick a cigarette into the woods or something that was already lit or something like that? Napa is on fire, which is horrible. It's really, like, devastating.

So, I mean, it's not, like, really a joke, Jake. I wasn't joking. Someone in the chat said that. I don't smoke cigarettes. Everybody knows that. So, listen, the playoffs are starting. Everybody's on the raise. Why is that?

I am the raised. Best team in the American League. Yeah. Finished first. In the American League. Playing the 8th. Before the season, I was on the raise. As where a lot of people.

Let's walk through the games. Then there will be. some homer draft stuff at the end. Freaking weight. Jake, I tried to fill out my bracket and I didn't want to pick the yanks and I can't not do it. I like physically can't. So I don't know if that's even worth. I have them losing in the World Series.

Okay. Maybe I'll do that. I think the Rays will beat the Yankees, but I cannot write that down and put it in writing. I can't do it. You have to. You have to do what you really think. You can't do that. No, I won't.

I'd rather, I'd rather fucking have a bad bracket than not choose. the Yankees and they win and then sit here like a like a jerk face. That's why the Dodgers is win win. Because if the Dodgers win the World Series is right. If the Yankees win, let's go. Yeah. Yeah. Anyway, the first game of the day today is Trev's Twins versus the Houston Astros.

Kenta Mayeda versus Zach Granky. We did just get some news on the Twins roster. JD's not in it, Trev, not on the roster? But Buxton is? That's correct. Okay. Anything with the Astros? Any funny business there?

Anything that, any shocker with the rosters? I don't think so, right? I don't think so. I think they're pretty much full go. Twins. Rich Hill out. They're just not on the roster. Donaldson out with a cat,

well, something with the calf. But good news on Buxton's end and to take Donaldson's spot, We have a young buck. You know I love the young guys. Alex Kirolov coming up. Big left-handed bat can play some outfield, can play some first base. Never played in the big leagues.

I don't think he's ever played about double A. So welcome to the show. Here's a three-game set in the craziest season in history. What's he going to bring? He's a lefty power bat. I don't think he's going to start. He's a break glass in case of emergency for this series, but still exciting for him.

The Astros, they have their roster here. They brought three catchers for this series, Garno, Maldonado, Stubbs. Altuve, Braggman, Correa, Diaz, Gareil, Mayfield, Toro, make the roster. Brantley, McCormick, Redick, Springer, Straw, Tucker, and then they have Granky, James Javier McCullors does make it, Paredes, Presley-Raley, Scrub. They got a scrub and a straw. Sneed and a sneed. Sound like dwarfs.

No-Sai Sneed. Taylor, Erkid, and Valdez. What do you got on this game? The pitchy matchup is incredible. You guys talk about playoff Tanaka all the time on here because apparently this isn't talking baseball. It becomes talking yanks sometimes. But playoff Maeda is no slouch.

You know, he averages like a full strikeout more in the postseason. He's got like a three ERA overall. He kind of just comes to. life and you're matching up against one of the best pitchers of our generation in Zach Grinky. So I'll be curious to see if Zach's calling his pitches from the mound in a playoff game, is he going to be signaling things, what he's going to be doing. But I mean, anytime he's on the mound, it's almost, it's almost a must watch, especially in the playoffs.

Slight like bullpen made is fantastic. This will be his first time starting a playoff game since 2016. But he's long, though. He's long in the, when he's, when he was, coming out of the bullpen with the Dodgers. It wasn't just an inning. He was doing a couple of endings. That was in 2017. In the last two seasons, 2019, 2018, he was

like a half an inning or one inning guy. Very good. They should have went to him over Kershaw last year. So maybe he's got some redemption there, and he also has redemption. If he cares about the Astros, he pitched in the World Series

in 2017. The Astros tagged him in game five for one. earned run, but he did give up a home run. I wonder who that was against, because now I'm interested in that matchup. Let's see. Jose Al-Tuve hit a three-run, home run off of him in the 2017 World Series, which tied the game. Dodgers were up 7-4, 3-run, home run, made it 7-7. So now I'm all in on the revenge.

I don't think it's really a big storyline, but if you want to like, pump it up, I will. I'll buy in. Yeah, and for the talking baseball faithful, I'm sorry that Treb brought up the Yankees so early, and especially when it's so deceptive as Masahiro Tanaka has a 176 era and 46 in 8 starts. And Kenta Maeda has a 3-3-1 ERA and 32 innings. So you would never compare those players in Major League Baseball. So just a bad start, and that's okay. And that's what the postseason's about.

it's getting over that hump. Grinky, Zach Grinky, we talked about him a little bit yesterday. His last memory on a mound in a playoff series is game seven. He had a no-hitter going through six. It gets spoiled and the World Series gets spoiled. Thank you, Will Harris. Grinky has been okay this year, 403RA. I've been going through the splits to see what the analytical geeks are looking at.

Trevor, you're getting a little older. You're getting away from the baseball. How's your body feeling? Your body takes a couple more days now, right? I'm ready to go at a moment's notice, buddy. Thank you. Don't come at me with that old person. Well, my body is starting to feel like shit.

And that happens as you get older. And we know Zach's getting a little older, right? And his numbers with an extra day rest this year have been lights out. When he's had five days of rest, which he has coming into this start, Zach Grinky, 24.2 innings pitch, four games started with a 182 ERA. On regular rest this year, he's had a 508 ERA. So I'm expecting Zach Grinky to be special.

Last postseason, I went at Zach a little bit because his recent postseason history wasn't great. He turned it on. CS World Series. I mean, I believe in Zach Grinky. Maeda, as well, he's had an incredible year, and he has pitched in the postseason. Interested to see how it looks like and interested is now see that lineup. We're assuming Marwin's going to jump in the lineup for Donaldson. And the other thing for the twins for me is they just had Arias and Garver come back.

Arias has looked lights out. Garver, I know he hit one home run, but his numbers have been a lackluster on the season. interested to see how that all comes together for the Twinkies. You guys have... Treb, what's your confidence here in the Twins? I'm sure you're picking the Twins in game one here. Do you have a lot of confidence? What's your biggest concern?

What's your confidence level on this game? My biggest concern is if the Astros batch just wake up out of nowhere. They still have a really good lineup. They struggled for most of the year, most of the guys. But this is a team that, you know, at any given moment, and they could just wake up. I think one of the cool matchups that everyone's got to watch out for

is Ryan Presley, who's probably the Astro's best reliever, came from the Twins. I played with him there. This is a little bit of a revenge tour game for him. If he comes in there in big situations, he's going to be amped. And he's,

last year is one of the best relievers in the game. And I think that's going to be just like a fun thing. The bullpen's, the bullpen for the twins, has been excellent. and my guy Tyler Duffy has been probably the best of all of them and I tell Duffy this all the time. Never expected that out of you playoff,

but here you are in the playoffs. I'm excited to watch those late-ending high-leverage matchups. I think we're going to get a couple good quality starts here out of the starters, and then it's going to come down to the bullpins and who can score late. So I'm taking the twins. I have them beating the Astros in this series, but Grinky is a hell of a matchup. So they got to come out hot.

Yep. Do we want to make official picks for each game? Like a real baseball show? This is the first one. It's going on both feeds. I'm taking the Astros in game one here. I believe in Granky. Made his first start in the playoffs since 2016.

And he's the number one. It's a whole different look for him. I like May. I think it's going to be a close game. But I think you get, I think it's going to be, you know, if the Astros hitters, I think they're fired up.

Everyone hates him. They got Granky on the mound. I don't really believe in the Astros for the series, but I think they can sneak out a win in game one here. Who do you have for the series? I have twins, but I'm really, I don't know. I'm not strong on either here. I don't want to, I don't like the Astros banking on rookie pitchers

and slumping bats in games two and three. I think the, I think the Astro, the twins have the better matchup in two and three. We'll get there when we get there and see what the bats are doing. but I'm not going to pick against Granky. I mean, the last time we saw him, he had a no-hitter in Game 7 of the World Series in the postseason, and he's got no fans in the stands. If the Astros want to win this game,

they have to come out and score early. I think that's the biggest fear in Twins' territory is them just jumping out to like a three-four-run lead. I still have the feelings I have for the twins that I've been saying, until you do it, you haven't done it. Yeah, and I think. you know, Treve, you're right, the bullpen has been really good, but I still need to see them turn it on for a playoff series.

I have the Astros in this series. I believe in Grinke, and I believe that these Astros feel like they've got free life. They were terrible this season. They were 29 and 31. A lot of the big dudes you know from this team did not have good years, but that can be quenched in one game, and I believe in Granky, and I think the twins are going to be sitting there after today. and being like, what?

We have an elimination game against these guys. And I do think George Springer is hot right now. He's one of the few Astros that is hot. And by the way, he kind of makes that offense go. He's been the top of the lineup guy that's, you know, World Series MVP and all of that. You know, I think the Astros kind of jump them today. And the twins have this weird 2020, like, what the hell is going on?

why are we going to be now in two elimination games against this team? So I'm going with the Astros. I could see it going the other way. And obviously, you could say that with any of these series, though. You can't do that. You can't say the Astros are going to win. Oh, but I could see it going the other way. Trevor, it's fucking baseball.

You get one take. I'm picking the Astros. It's baseball. I know that, but you can't sit here and be like, well, the Astros can or the Twins can. Of course, those are. No, we're not, we're not, we're not, it's not first take, dude. I don't think the Blue Jays, no, Trev, I don't think the Blue Jays have a shot at winning the series. I think the Rays have that series easy.

This one, I can see going both ways. Could you not see the series going? I'm okay with that, I'm okay with that, but you just went on a rant about how they're going to win game one, but then you're like, oh, I can see the twins winning game one, too. The twins have to squash the bug. Aren't they 0-and-16 in their last 16 playoff games or some shit? Yes, yes, they are. So it's kind of what Jimmy said.

I mean, until they do it, they won't do it. And I know that sounds obvious. Stick with that take. Just stick with that take. I already gave my take. I already gave my take. The take is over. Can't wait for this game.

11 o'clock Pacific. Oh, God. Now you're setting yourself up to look bad. Two and a half hours. We did this game, right? We're done. Trev, you're taking the twins? Yes.

I'm on the Astros game one. You're on the Astros game one. We're both like Granky. Well, Jake is on both teams, game one. My God. All right. Game number two. You're all right? You're getting robbed?

Squirrel out there. I want to, he's just trying to. Never mind. Okay. You're robbed by squirrel. You know how I get. All right. Squirrel's already dead.

Moving on to game two. It's official. We got A's versus White Sox in a ridiculous time slot. I don't understand why they did this to the A's. They got to basically play morning baseball for game one of the postseason, which, you know, basically. baseball players, Trev, I guess you can tell me if I'm wrong. It's so scheduled and regimented and like,

this is like completely different than any other game the A's have played. I don't think they needed to do this. It's not like the Blue Jays and the Rays are a fucking moneymaker at the 5 o'clock East Coast time. Seam is fucking the Blue Jays and the race. The fans that are watching are watching no matter the game. Probably not getting a lot of casuals from those markets. Anyway, crazy, crazy time slot for the A's game. and they have Bassett going against who's going.

No, they got no, they don't. They switched it. Dude, every team had the same strategy. It's a lot of funny business going on. I don't like this at all. Gialito versus Lazzardo. I already don't like the A's in this series. I don't like this pitching matchup at all for the A's.

I don't like teams that are doing this. The Blue Jays are doing this. Cardinals are doing this. I don't like the strategy. I don't know. Golito's been really good. He hasn't given up four earned runs in his life. last seven starts.

He's been, you know, double-digit strikeouts and three of his last seven. He's really, really good. Jesus Luzardo. Up and down. Really, you know, he hasn't made it out of the fifth a couple times his last starts. Then he also completed the seven. So I don't know where you want to go. It's...

They're banking on talent. I'll go first and I'll compliment Trevor Plouf so he can maybe chill out over there. Seems pretty nervous about his twins today. Trevor Plu first brought it to you guys, the talking baseball listeners, about how good these white socks are against lefties. And this would have been the easy what to watch for today. The Oakland days are starting baby Jesus Lazzardo, a rookie, probably their most talented pitcher, pure talent. The white socks are 14 and O against lefties this year. And here's my wishy-washy statement for Trevor to hate is that, however, this game plays out, it's either, wow, the White Sox, baby Jesus turned it on, you know, the White Sox lost

their first game to a lefty this year, wow, or the A's are going to look really dumb for starting Baby Jesus. And the White Sox are going to be like, yeah, we mall lefties. Why the hell did you give us that? So, interested to see how it plays out. I still personally like the A's, in this series. The White Sox lost, or the White Sox lost a lot of momentum going in. Again, that can get washed out in the postseason. But excited to see your boy Gialito take the bump today, Trev. I am too.

I was looking all over the internet to see if Eloy is in the lineup today. He's battling some foot-spraying. He said he's playing. Like his quote was, I'm playing, but you can't trust a player. He doesn't make the decision. I mean, yeah, I mean, I love the matchup, and I love that there's already some sort of shit-talking drama going on. Tim Anderson said, did they read the scouting report when they said they were starting the Luzardo game one? Like you said, 14 and O against lefties.

I think Luzardo doesn't have a short leash here, but I had to guess. But definitely excited to see this game. I had another point I wanted to make, but now I can't find it Oh, the 6 a.m thing. I don't understand that. Jim, you touched on it about the start of the game time. They said they had to be there at 6 a.m. this morning to get the COVID test.

Yeah, they have to get tested at 6.30 a.m. Yeah. Why? Because they have to get tested a certain amount of hours before they can play because they have to turn the test results around. Can we get better tests? I don't know.

I mean, that's a pretty good. That's a pretty good. They're not really bubble. Do you see Bauer's streets? He was like, we're just in a hotel with regular old people. Yeah, I don't understand. But it makes no sense. The A.

could have easily been the third game of the day. That's 2 o'clock their time. And then that makes the Blue Jays and the Rays would have been 2 o'clock their time or 3 o'clock their time. Like, there's not that much of a difference. A lot of fans in the chat are saying are mad at me about the Blue Jays TV ratings saying

they have the whole country behind them. Yeah, show me the numbers. If you show me numbers and I'm wrong. They have the whole country of Canada behind them. They don't fucking care. They love it, baby. Don't tell that to Moreno. Yeah.

They do care. If you look at all the Blue Jays social feeds, all the players have massive followings because they're the only team there. They lose out to the CFL in like ratings. Like they don't. These guys are getting up at 4.30 to get tested central time. Like the white socks, like the old guys or the young, I mean, it's already hard to sleep.

You got all this nervous energy. And then you kind of like wake up at 4.30 your time. And like, I think that's going to be weird. You know, I have the White Sox winning this this round in my bracket. I have no idea how today is going to go. This is a strange, strange game to me in early wake-up time, all that, all that. Luzardo going against the lefty masters. I don't know what's going to happen today.

This is one of the ones I have no idea. Because, you know, the A's in the Colistium. Here's this. If the White Sox just bang the lefty pitcher, the rookie pitcher. It is a lot of rookie bats versus rookie pitchers, which is interesting to me. And I think that Gialito, you know, he's also his, dude, it's all fresh, a lot of fresh faces. But if the White Sox beat Lazzardo and like, it's like easy, it's, you better win tomorrow because what?

And then the other way, if the White Sox lose, now it's the A series. Whoever wins this is winning the series, stamp it. Dumb, I hate this cute managing. Throw your best pitcher. You know, Luzardo, I will say this about him, is he's not like a typical lefty. It's not a crafty lefty who needs to spot. I mean, he always needs to locate his stuff.

But, I mean, this guy has fire in the tank. Like, he's not just up there throwing changeups and cutters and whatnot. Like, he's got 97, 98 in the tank. Does that make a difference? I mean, I think it does. When I think about a lefty and how I, I mean, look, I used to mash lefties. One of the only things I did well in my career. A guy that those 97 is different.

So the 14-0 record, I get how it could have some merit to some people, but I think he's just a little bit different. So, I mean, if you're asking me to make a pick today, I have no idea. This is a really tough. This is a really tough game to pick for me. I like the White Sox. Gialito's gone like 110 pitches. His last couple games always breaks 100 pitches.

It will be his game. So if you want to get to him, get to him early. Because if you let him settle in, they will ride him for, 110 pitches, I think. Whereas Lazzardo, you know, I think he's a rookie, and if he gets shaky, they might have a very quick hook. Yeah. I'm going to take him out. I wouldn't necessarily say that as a bad thing. You know, I think G. Alito's going to get his bullets, which again, if he looks great, that's good. If not, that could be scary because he is their one. He is their guy. Lazzardo will have a short leash, which, you know, I kind of like that for him. It's like,

hey, young man, you're getting the ball today, do your best. And, you know, we've got, they've got six, seven guys there fine with using out of the bullpen. So they can piece it together. And Trev, I kind of, you know, I'm not into the start time stuff because it's, hey, go out and win a baseball game. Like, I don't really care. But Trev, when you drop that 430 central time, I mean, man,

and with the White Sox, how their season's been going, you know, in Oakland. like you're looking around that stadium. Like, how did this happen? We were supposed to have home field. We were the one team in the AL for a little bit. And I don't know. I like this A's teams. I still believe in Olson.

I still believe in Simeon. I still believe in Luriano. I think this team has a mission. And in my fairy tale bracket, I do have them playing Houston in the next round. Wow. All right. So official I have the White Sox in this game, Jake.

Oakland. Oakland. Trev. Now we know this is you think it can go both ways. Right, but I got killed for the second. I'm going to make a pick, though. I'm going to make a pick and stick with it.

As did I. As did I. What's your pick? I think the White Sox go with Gialito. Like if he does well, they're going to win, and I think he's going to do well. So I'm taking the White Sox to win this first game. Okay. Did you text him? A good luck text.

I talked to him a couple days ago. But I'm going to put a line out there for him too. I think he's going to go seven innings three runs. Should we be doing over or under for these games? And I think the Garrett croquet, how do you say that guy's name? I think it's crooked face. Crochet. Whatever the lefty out of the bullpen for the White Sox,

get the ball to him. Yeah. And just get out of the way. This is such a, it's like an inexperience fest with Lazardo starting. All right, the over under is seven and a half for this game. I'm going to take the over. Yeah. I can see, I got White Sox six.

A's 3. I'll go over two. I like it. All right. So we're all on the over. Jake's on the A's. Trev and I are on the White Sox. The Astros' Twins line is also seven and a half. I'm taking the under there. I like the over there.

Okay. Trev? I really like the over two. For twins? Yeah. I think, though, I have the Astros winning, and I have Granky pitching really well. And I don't think the Astros are going to bomb a lot. I have that as like a 3-1 Astros win or something like that.

All right. Next game, we're ready to move on? In the next game, we have, wait, we have what? Jays, Rays. More funny business. Oh, the most scared. The most scared. And I get it. I get it because the Jays will only win with this strategy. So they're like, for them to do it, I like it. And that's not scared. That's smart.

It's so scared, but they deserve to be scared. They should be scared. They're going against the best team in the American league. They're outgunned. They're totally outgunned. This is like when Joe Madden coached for the raise and did the most amount of shifts ever. And then he went to the Cubs and did the least amount of shifts.

And they were like, Madden, what's up? And he was like, well, we were pretty bad over there. So I had to be creative. We're pretty good in Chicago. I just play straight up. That's what's happening here with the Jace. They are not pitching Ryu in game one. They are going with Shoemaker.

I love it. I love it. I tried to, again, Jakey dives into the stats to see if anything was going on there. Matt Shoemaker, another player that during his career, he's been better with extra rest, and he's got extra rest, so they're playing that card. He also has two starts against the race this year that ain't bad. And I think the Jays, if they're going to do this, I mean, they need a perfect storm, right?

They need their tough Ritees, who are their, you know, a lot of their best hitters to be nasty on Snell today, which they can be. If you believe in anything with the Jays, it's their offense. And then they need to piece this game together. I mean, it'd have to be Shoemaker to Pearson, to Dolis, to base, to, you know, they need a perfect storm to win this game. and it can happen. And so I like having Ryu in the hole because that leaves you hope no matter what. If you lose this game, you say we have Ryu tomorrow and it's do or die. That being said, Snell has rounded into form.

He's looked pretty good. And I mean, this Ray's team is nasty. Oh, the other thing that I did like about Shoemaker, Jim, was that Shoemaker's splits are almost identical, which I think that must drive the Ray's analytics nuts. Oh, they don't know which way to go. There's such a matchup to you. I like that.

Yeah, Trev, what do you got on this? I said earlier, I hate this game that people are playing. Like, I hate that the Cardinals doing it. I hate that the A's are doing it. I don't think those teams need to do it. The Jays need to do it. If they somehow win this game with Shoemaker on the bump, which they're not going to do, it would be amazing.

And then you have Ryu tomorrow. It would be amazing. I don't think it's going to happen, but I appreciate it. Treve, what do you got on the whole strategy here? like Shoemaker's been bad. I think it's essentially a bullpen day. Like we're looking at him as a starter, but it wouldn't surprise me if he went to three innings,

depending on how he's doing. You're praying for five. You're ready to pull it three. Yeah. I don't think they're even praying for five. I think they're like, if you can get us three with one run or less, like that is, we'll take that.

That's what his last start was against the Yankees, three innings pitch, one run run. It's just going to be a tough road for the Jays. I mean, they surprised me. They had a lot of young guys perform well this year. I think they have an exciting future. Man, you're going up against Blake Snell today? And the stable?

The stable? I mean, you guys know, I've picked the rays the entire year. I just am a big believer in what they do. Kevin Cash, I will say this. Look, Charlie Montoya knows all his secrets. And vice versa. Cash knows all of Montoya. secrets. I mean, they've coached together for a long time. So that's kind of a fun little

game within the game thing. I think it's just that cash just has, for lack of a better term, he's got the horses. So I'm looking for the race to just come and just make quick work of the Blue Jays. Yeah, you got a lot of hot bats for the Jays, which is good. You got Vladdy. Vladdy is really hot in his last week of the season. Gritchick's really hot. Lord of Scoriel's really hot. Those guys have been swinging big sticks. Travis Shaw's been doing pretty well as well. Snow's numbers against right-handed hitters this year haven't been special. I think it's a 700 OPS.

And you've got Vlad Jr., Bichette, Guerrille Jr., Tay Oscar, Gritchuk, don't sleep on my guy, Alejandro Kirk. And I don't like saying that. But, hey, in his nine games this year, he's hit 375. So another right-handed bat. They might make Snell work today. The alternate side to that is the rays don't care. Because if Snell has to work to get through 4.2,

they got better pitchers following them. I like Blake Snell. He's a twin. He's a twin, and that weirds me out. But it's okay. But I don't, when I see Blake Snell, I don't see. Like, Trev, I know that when you hear the name Blake Snell, You think about Syung winner Blake Snell.

That's not the guy that comes to the... I was surprised he was there one. I know I shouldn't be. It's kind of funny business. Yeah, because Glass Now should be their one. You say 700 OPS, not... I mean, that's against the opposite hand. Like, that's not a bad OPS.

Right, but that's, I mean, when we start talking... Because OPS is against lefties. If it's like a five-something... I think it's like a six, which I'm just saying, I think about some of the other dudes we're talking about today. I mean, Shane Bieber. Garrett Cole. I mean, those guys have numbers. I mean, come on, man. Kenta Mayeda, your guy, right?

He's, I think, have a 424 OPS against him. So if we're going to give those guys proper love, it is fair to show it in that light. He has one good start against the Blue Jays this year. His first start of the season was against them, but he only threw 46 pitches because it was, you know, working things out. But, yeah, he's never finished the sixth inning this season. But they have the bullpen to do it, and they don't need it to. I don't know.

I just know that Treve really thinks of Cy Youngsnell when you think of them, and I'm the opposite because the Yankees can kind of get to him, and I've seen him leave so many games really early. I think the – I have the raise. I'll make my pick. I have the race in this game. I do think the shrewd and fruit, what's the German word, for when you, like, love the – you know, like, want to watch the world burn.

I have a lot of want to watch the world burn in me. Right. So if the Js win this, I will be doing evil. Vulgiddy laughter. Like, Oh, and I'm excited about that. It won't happen, though.

This is a series that, like, everyone expects one thing to happen. So, yes, if the other thing happens, it's going to be fire in the streets on social media. I think of Blake Snell as Sall Young Blake Snow, because I believe he still has another one in him in his career. Yeah.

Sure. He's a confident, confident dude, and it's exactly who I'd want on the bump in game one for me. I have the raise and the over. It's seven and a half. I think it's Shoemaker and the pen And the Reyes may dick around

And just put up a big inning Where it's like The Jays feel like, Are we ever gonna get someone out? I have like this game lined up for an inning like that Where you're like, fuck, they just fucking beat the shift there And beat the shift there and hit and run there And swing and bunt there and an error by Vlad or something like that.

You know, just one inning where the Jays are like, Oh, this blow. That's my premonition for this game. I got the over and the Jays or the raise. Jake, what do you got? I'll go under in the race. They got the horses in the back. I'm taking the under and the raise as well.

And I got Keirmeyer doing something special today and just popping off after the game, saying something silly and I'm going to eat it up. He popped a little beforehand. He's on one and I love it. They're confident. They're a freaking confident organization as they should be. They got anyone that's hot?

They don't have that many hot. No one plays every day. So it's hard to look at it this because I usually go by most played appearances hot. Little tidbit here for you. How do you say Randy Ara Zerania? Ara Zerania. Ara Zerania. He's been good.

Sutsugu plays every day last week and he's been bad. Joey Wendell's been lighting it up. And hot. Other than that, they just dip and dick around on you. No one's like lighting it up in last week. I'm only doing last week. Who cares about that, I guess? Sometimes you get in the postseason and you'll see like a reliever,

like a closer struggle. So then like he gets the ball again. You're like, oh shit, like what's going to happen here? You know? The race set the major league record. Remember, this is only a 60 game season. They set the major league record for people with the save this year with 12. They don't give a shit.

They don't have a closer. That's a great pull. They have people that get out. It's crazy, man. So like if someone's struggling, okay. We have everybody else. Yeah, I love it. I love it.

And the last game of the day, the prime time matchup is Yankees versus Indians. It's Bieber versus call. Sy Young winner this year versus should have been Cy Young winner last year. Best pitcher in baseball. This year versus best pitcher in baseball last year, per my data. It's crazy in the AO.

It's crazy. It's a good matchup. The Yankees have a lot of talent in their lineup, but they're all pretty struggling, and it's very hot on or off offense. The Indians are incredibly top-heavy, and only Jose Ramirez and Cesar Hernandez are, like, banging right now, and Ramirez is going crazy.

Interesting stat here, Trev, that I, ran into yesterday on our episode of Talking Yanks that scares me is Cleveland has five hitters in the top 40 for pitches per plate appearance. They lead the MLB in pitches per plate appearance. And if they spoil a lot of two strike pitches and see a lot of deep counts on call, we've seen that be his not, it's not really kryptonite, but we've seen that affect him this season. I forget who it was. I think the Braves might have done it. I think the Orioles did it where he just couldn't get out of innings.

Like he never got that seven pitch inning, 10 pitch inning, 12 pitch inning. So I'm a little worried about how many pitches the Cleveland sees. The Yankees are the fourth in pitches per plate appearance. So it's two patient offenses versus two demon pitchers. I could see that coming to fruition, James, during this game. If they end up doing that, last postseason I did a deep dive into Garrett Cole's numbers. How could you beat this guy? Nobody could beat him last year.

And so I searched everything. How do you beat this guy? How do you beat this guy? The only thing I can find was when his velocity dropped into the 94, 95 mile and hour range, his fastball got slugged at like a 700 clip or something like that. Something way higher than when he's sitting in the 96 to 98 range. So if they do work the counts, maybe tire him out a little bit. I could see that happening today.

But man, it's really like this pitching matchup is just ridiculous, dude. I don't know. I just don't. Both these guys could go eight innings. No runs. Like we could see this coming down to bullpens. and then you got to kind of give it to the Yankees. Brad Hand's been really good, but you got Chapman and Britain and everybody else.

The Yankees got, shoot. The Yankees pen isn't as scary as it used to be in past years. They still have the dudes at the end, which on a Garrett-Cold day, he's going to get you there. You know that. So that's nice. Beaver's nuts, man. I mean, the question that I'm wondering is, like, is it, how special is it going to be? Is it seven innings to earn runs?

Or is it eight innings, zero earn runs, 13Ks, because he has that in the bag. And Trev, just to show you some consistency, someone like Carlos Santana, who, you know, this year hasn't been great for him, a 199 batting average of 699 OPS. Kind of what I was saying about the Astros and their hitters, I don't care about that. That's still Carlos Santana. He's been a slugger, and I think he's saying, okay, that 60 game, whatever that regular season was, is done. And that's Carlos Santana back in the batters box. Frankie Lindor finishes with a 750 OPS.

I don't care. That's Francisco Lindor. That's a stud. I think that top of the lineup is going to be interesting, and I almost pivoting off of that, they're going to see pitches. They're going to have good at bats. They're going to draw a walk or two.

They're going to have a hit or two. The rest of Cleveland's lineup this year has been pretty atrocious. So for me, it's what can they get from that? You know, can they get a Roberto Perez slap singular? or something that kicks it back up to Frankie Lindor. Because I think those are really going to be the backbreakers when you see, okay, no outs and you've got, you know, Loplo and Perez on the bases, that's when you really find yourself in trouble

because you've got Lindor and Santana and Ramirez with big chances to drive and runs. So I'm interested to see how it goes. In baseball being baseball, there's almost no way you could picture this game, getting to 6-4-5-3, and, you know, that's when baseball normally rears its ugly head, and you find a game like that. But, man, with these two pitchers, with the rested bullpins, I mean, it's tough to not picture this coming down to 1-2 plays and being a 3-1 game.

Yep. Jake, they just announced the roster. Ford, Monty, Crats are all on it. Surprised by Monty. Is Wade on it? He made it, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, he was a lot. Got to have those legs.

Can I say something real quick? Please. Yeah. We just talked about the Indians, being patient. Did you say they saw the most pitches in MLB? Yeah, as a team. Yeah, I believe so. Francisco Lendora is going to swing at the first pitch today.

I have this weird feeling, man. You know how that is. Cole, like, you've seen it happen. You can get to him early. Maybe I'm totally wrong about that. I just have this vision in my head with Francisco then door maybe seeing a ball first pitch and then seeing that second pitch

double. So we talked all about their patience. But Francisco Indore, the top of the line up, scares the heck out of me, man. Yeah, they're scary. What the recipe for a cold start is he gives up a home run to someone in the bottom of the order on just a get me over fastball

that gets jumped. And that's like been his kryptonite. I mean, it's picture. seeing a lot of pitchers. He's giving up home runs. Like, I wonder what his home run log is this year. I see if I can bring it up because some of the names on it will gross you out. And our last talking Yanks episode,

admittedly, it's a hype episode. It is supposed to be Yankees, dumb bias. Get excited, right? It's a playoff series. I will say this. Like you're saying with Cole, the Yankees are saying the same thing. This is Bieber's first playoff start. And it's different. And the Yankees

will open up with DJ LaMayhew, who won the batting title this year. And you know what, if he can poke one out to right, like he's done all year, then you're going to have Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and home run champ Luke Foyt, trying to make it a two-oh game early. So I do think that is going to be one of the Yankees' biggest opportunities in the first inning. If Beaver's feeling it a little, and you're coming out with those big guns to start. Is, uh, did you guys do a lineup for them?

The Yankees? Well, the interesting thing is Higgies catching that have person. personal catcher for Cole, so Gary Sanchez isn't going to be in the lineup. The biggest thing is who's going to start Brett Gardner or Clint Frazier. Clint's been the better player on both sides of the ball, but Gardner's got experience, be it not great, but he sees a lot of pitches. He's a lefty. He's hot.

He's hot right now. He's the hottest Yankee over the last 17 days. So we're not even talking a seven-game sample. Over the last half of the month, Gardner's been the single hottest Yankee. So that's the big question about. the lineups. I hate personal catchers for this very reason. Me too, Trev.

I hate personal catchers. I can't even understand that the Yankees allowed themselves to get. I like Higgy, but you can't even allow yourself to get to this place. Now, Coles needed a personal catcher every stop of the way. And when you see him interact on a game day, you understand it. The dude is intense talking to his catcher after every single inning, like spends, like the catcher's like, dude, I got to go fucking hit. but Cole just hogs all their time and attention.

And the other thing is, you know, you know why this happened? Gary Sanchez. Not hitting. If Gary Sanchez made this happen. If Gary Sanchez was hitting as the fastest A.L. player to hit 100 home runs, this would have never came up. But guess what? He's still that guy.

He's still that guy. And we talked about just flipping the switch. It's the postseason. This is what matters. You just said it about Carlos Santana. Francisco Lindor. Hey, you got to have the guy that's the fastest player ever to 100, home runs in your freaking lineup man

Garrett Cole we paid you 400 million dollars now we got to give you your own personal catcher and take offense out of our lineup I don't love this man I don't I don't like it I mean either yeah I guess I didn't even think about it no you know we knew he was doing this during the season but usually you know like didn't the Mets

have that going on when they made the postseason a couple years ago and like Cindergarde wanted a personal catcher and like actually no we're going to put Wilson Ramos yeah you can hit and although the you know, worldwide, these numbers don't hold up. In eight games with Gary Sanchez this year,

Garrett Cole has a 391 ERA, 46 innings, and four games with Higashioka, 27 innings, a one flat ERA. So when Gary Sanchez isn't bringing it with a stick, which he has in all year, you know, you're going to lean that way. So unfortunately, Gary Sanchez is the reason that there's this situation. I wonder how much of a talk was that, A discussion was that? Was that like a tough decision for them?

They made it two weeks ago. When they pitched Higgy with Cole three games in a row, they decided then they were going to do it in the playoffs. Otherwise, you can't even do it then. So that's why I was mad then. But go Higgy. Higgy's fine. I really, you know, Higgy's not going to make or break the Yankees winning this game offensively.

It's going to be what's staying. He probably gets two at bats, and then they're probably going to go to Clint or Gary or whoever it is. Well, I wasn't asked that. If Garrett Cole throws five. five innings today. New pitcher comes in. Does Gary come in with a new pitcher? They'll figure it out.

I mean, it depends if Gardy or Clint, you know, who sits there. Is Gary available? Yeah, no, the Yankees will be using their bench for a pinch runner. They'll be using it for Gary probably coming in. And yeah, Higgy, hey, as much as Gary forced the narrative, so did Higgy. Higgy had a three-home or day. He swung the stick decently this year. I'm happy for him.

100%. But no, they did a whole thing that the catcher situation's day to day, and then that day they pinch hit for Higgy with Gary Lake, because Gary is a better hitter. So we'll see. I think, you know, if it works, it looks genius. If it doesn't, it looks dumb as all hell. The Yankees have so many, like, make or break type of things.

When you're looking at their lineup, it's like, is our judge and Stanton, like, ready to go? If Aaron Hicks shows up, I don't, I mean, this is one of the deeper lineups in baseball. If he's hitting in the middle of the lineup doing what he can do, they're a very scary team. As I'm looking at the lineups matching up against each other, I've picked Cleveland to win this series,

but the Yankees are damn good. So they're going to have to, I mean, I banked this series on the Indians having a little bit better starting pitching. That's the way I go when I do my playoff picks. But I think it's going to be a hell of a series, man. I can't wait to watch this game. Here's the stat about, Garrett Cole's home runs. He gave up

14 home runs this season and hold on, I had it. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven of those 14 came against guys that didn't hit more than five home runs all season. They jumped them.

Eight, eight of the ten of the fourteen, or no, 12 of the 14 came against guys that didn't even have double digit home runs. So it's people he tried to throw a first pitch fastball or a fast pitch, fast pitch, fastball over the plate and they jumped him. I mean, Adam Eaton, Dwight Smith Jr., Jay Bruce,

Jose Martinez, G. Manchoy, Mike Zanino, Kevin Kiermire, DJ Stewart was 0 for 17 without a hit when he hit his and Bizio. I mean, you got Ozuna Swanson and Dan's were the only the ones that have like, and Verdugo, only ones that have like double digit. Yeah. Yeah, it was bad, so. I don't know. Again, this won't be hot takey enough for Trev, but both of these teams start with their ace.

It's Bieber, it's Cole. Cole is supposed to be what was different for these Yankees going into this year. Bieber walked into the Cy Young this year. Whatever team, I know it sounds dumb, whatever team loses today is going to be completely devastated because their one rock going into a playoff series is that guy. I am banking on experience helping the Yankees in the series. It's the only thing in convincing me.

Cole is an experienced playoff pitcher, Tanaka is an experienced playoff picture. Bieber isn't. Plesec isn't. Cookie only has two starts. They're really good. I'm talking myself into that. I will take, I'm definitely taking the under.

It's six and a half. It's the lowest on the day. It's the only one. It's six and a half. I'm taking the under. Full bullpens, full starters, offenses that neither team fan base has incredible confidence against.

I think it's going to be like a two nothing, three, one game going late and we'll see. It's six and a half. I'm taking the under. They're baiting the over there. And then obviously, this doesn't count. I'm taking the Yankees because I'm not going to not take the Yankees. I don't care about being right or wrong when it comes to Yankees. I'd rather take the Yankees and be wrong than not take the Yankees and be right. So just, you know, don't put any stock into it. It's fair. Yeah. Any other, any other, there's two teams that I would pick

to beat the Yankees in the opening round. One's the Cleveland Indians and the other one's the race. Yep. This team's good, man. This team's really, really good. I think it's like Cole and they're at full strength. Cole versus an offense that has like an 89 weighted runs created.

Bieber versus an off. This will be one of the weaker offenses that Cole sees all season. It'll be one of the best offenses that Bieber sees all season. I read that somewhere and I was like, okay, I'll put that in my bank. I'll buy into that. I'll give me, feed me more of that.

But yeah. Stakes! Stakes! They're high. I enjoy them. I can't pick it. Every time I think I have a pick for game one, I'm like, wait, but, but Cole, but Bieber. It's like, dude, how do you pick this game?

Yanks in the under, babe. That's what you're going with? I think I'm picking the Yankees today. Wow. I think I'm picking the Yankees today. And I, but then I think what? I don't know, man. I mean, it's,

All three of us going against Shane Bieber sounds pretty dumb, but two of us are big Yankee fans, and I don't want to corner you into that, Treve, so I appreciate you. It should be the marquee match. I know we've spent more time on this and people always get up. It's the marquee matchup of the day. Here's something, Trev. If Bieber makes DJ LeMayhew look stupid.

I don't care. You look crazy right now. You look like you have makeup on nut job. Crazy. All right. Good. It was okay. It was cool.

I liked it. It looked like you were posterized, like the Photoshop effect. If Bieber, if DJ gets out in his first app bat but doesn't look stupid, I'll still be like, whatever. If Bieber makes DJ Lemayhew look stupid, Glass now did it to him. And it was like, oh, shit. It's hard to make DJ Lemayhew look out of his element, even when he gets out, even if you strike him out, even if he puts the ball in play but bad contact, if he has him

like off-kilter, I'll be doom and gloom for a while until the Yankees's like to change it. And it's very likely. Beaver's the best pitcher in all of baseball. Who's the umpire? Jordan Baker, tallest umpire in all of baseball. I did a whole video on. You did that thing.

Okay. Yeah. That's why I remember that. Yeah. It'd be interesting. I'm taking the, I'm taking Yankees game one and then they're hard to get ripped out from their chest the following two games.

I don't know if you heard in there talking baseball playoff preview. This was my pick. the AL for a series that I think we'll go three games. Just because fucking twist the knife into my heart as much as possible. I'm rared. Okay. Zach, whose picks do you like the best?

Oh. Out of everything that we just did? Just everything. I barely keep track. Out of the hour of stuff. Yeah. You can say it. You can say it.

Yeah. It's fine. You can say it. I don't know. Jake Scott. I like Astros. I forget. Yeah.

Well, Astros, A's, Ray's, Yankees. Astros, White Sox. You have Astros. Ray's, Yankees.

Trevor has Minnesota. Twins. Yeah. White socks? White socks? Twins, White socks.

Rays. Yankees. I like Trevor's, actually. Nice. Yeah. Oh, fantasy champs. I forgot that you both had Houston.

I don't think Houston has the first game. I like cranky. I just love attack cranky. All right. Homer draft, it's the homer draft. Now, we really haven't figured out how we're going to do the homer draft in the postseason. Zach has. We also had a tie to end the regular season.

A late home run by my dude Cole Cahoon got me tied with Trev for first place. last place, John, wins it. First place, Jake finishes in last place. How about that? Unbelievable. It's still going. You stink. Let the gamekeeper. Jake thinks that he gets to go into the tiebreaker,

even though he didn't tie with us. You think I don't. Well, it's only common sense. I don't know what's... I'm just, like, sitting out the last game. What is... I'm actually pissed at Mike Trout. Ballinger did that. Soto did that.

Like, all of my picks did that. It's dumb. Mike Trott, I'm especially mad of you. you because why weren't you playing? Zach, what do we have going on here? Okay, so there was a conversation. Is Jake going to be in the tiebreaker because he is not tied?

Well, he didn't tie. He's not tied right now. Zach's talking. The way I see it, Jimmy and Trevor have won the division and Jake is the wild card. So... What's our advantage? Your advantage is Jake has to tie

or pass you guys in the... wild card round of games in order to go on to the next round. If he doesn't, then he's out. But we have a 1-0-0 lead over him going into the points. You're one-up. Right. So you are a lock for the DS-CS World Series tie-breaker rounds. If Jake doesn't tie you or pass, he's out in the first wild-card round.

That's not that much of an advantage. Just one point, advantage? I mean, you know, every team jumps into a three-game playoff. It's not much of an advantage, you know? I think Jake needs to like, if he needs to get home. Zach spoke. Thank you, Zach, and we'll move on. That's insane that you're a part of this.

It makes me sick to my stomach. This is American. I thought we were going to do a, I thought we had six point days. We've got a lot going on. Yeah, we're playing by the rules. The rules are going to send you a participation medal in the mail to you. Well, you're going to have to send me a first place medal. I thought we were going to do a postseason home run or draft that we're all starting fresh.

Well, you thought that, but Zach set the rules. Me and Trev have a tiebreaker for the wild card round. No. And that was wrong. So we'll move on. So who's up first? Fuck, I didn't even think about picks. I didn't even think.

We're only taking one guy each, right? Mm-hmm. And this is for today's games, not the whole wild card. Today's games. One guy each. We also said that we want, when it gets to the division series, we want to do everyone picks. You can take it up.

If you took them in the wild card, you can take them. You guys can pick first since you guys need, you know, more advantages or whatever. Feeling slided by the gamekeeper. Okay. It's tough, huh? Tim Anderson. Wow. Talk that talk, walk that walk that walk.

I love it, Trevor. Wow. Fuck. Almost went in Indoor. Fuck. Who's the worst pitcher on the? board. Shoemaker.

But the Ray's sock at hitting home runs. Fine. You know what? I'll take. Is Yondi Diaz going to play? Ooh. That's, they're just debatable.

I don't know. We haven't seen it yet. Because he had two homers in the wild card. No, I like the thought process. He was the lefty smash or the smasker. I know, but he's got a homer off shoemaker. All right.

Put him in then. He hasn't played all of September. Is he hurt? Yes. Let's lean away from Yondie. Fuck. That's what I'd say. Give me Cruz, which goes against Granky.

Ooh. He hasn't played in a while. What the fuck? Jesus. No, he's playing. He's playing. But he just hasn't played in a while. He hasn't played in like a week.

Well, that even makes me want him even more. He doesn't care. Let's go. He's a veteran and he's just going to go bang against Cranky. I don't like it at all. I should have prepped more. I will, uh, I'll join you in the same game. I'll go Matt Olson.

righty lefty Geolito probably gives up one donger today my bet would be it's Maddieo I want to think I want to get more time to think I don't know you can have more time to think Why no no no no no okay Trevor You just think right now This is the show we're putting on a show for people

Put it on for the people Thousands of people Maybe millions because postseason is going to bring us a bump Is that baby day Oh, man. Oh, we're really digging deep. Bug bug! Have you guys made your, like, picks for, like, the World Series?

Trev, I was doing it as we started the show, and I'm being a homer. I'm taking the Yanks over the White Sox in the A.L. And the Dodgers over the Reds in the NL. And then the Yankees over the Dodgers. Nelson Cruz or George Springer, home run today. Springer. I like Springer.

No, who would you rather? Springer or Cruz. Cruz versus Granky, Springer versus Mayeta. Springer. I'm taking George Springer. Springer was my other pick. Good job, Buggy.

Thanks, Bugbug. Trevor, who are your picks for the playoffs? Mine are out there. They're probably. I have the Rays over the Dodgers in the World Series. I think everybody pretty much has the Dodgers getting to the World Series. I have so.

this is why I just it's hard for me to do this you can't get me to drop my biases you just can't get me to not be like I don't believe in the rays nor the twins until they force me to believe in them so they'd literally have to win the World Series

for me to think they can win the Yankees they haven't won a World Series since 2009 I don't Treve I told you already I'm not going to pick the Yankees and I'd rather pick the Yankees and be wrong than not pick the Yankees and be right I don't believe the Yankees. You guys keep saying, like, they haven't won anything.

These guys haven't won shit. What, Brett Gardner is the only one? I have been on record, right, multiple times. I don't think the Yankees will go deep in the playoffs this year. I hope I'm wrong. But I'm going to pick them off my bracket. I think I've been as honest as I can be.

He's picking a biased bracket. Yes. Dodgers, Yankees, Dodgers and six. And I really want Cubs Reds and I really want Dodgers Padres. So I'm picking those. Even though I think I think the Cardinals are going to beat the podgers. is round one and just be like, we're the established dudes.

Cardinals are beating the puckers. Go fuck yourselves little kids. We'll do that tomorrow though. Dodgers, eight consecutive NOS championships, two World Series appearances, two losses in the World Series, possibly again this year. That is heart-breaking.

They're going to be playing some nervous games, especially if Milwaukee scares them tomorrow. You'll find out more about that on tomorrow's talking baseball. Do we want to do a dumb prop bet at the day? You tell me, Big Daddy. You think of it. I got one more point to make here. Okay.

Are we giving out the trophy for the hockey pod? They won the NHL Stanley Cup. Dumb prop bet of the day award? Did you win that? Yeah. Jake won Jimmy's dumb how is it over? Why is it over? Oh yeah. Let's keep it going. Yeah, you're only one. Then I think I have a three point lead,

so that's fine. To my point, though. I like 20 on Trev. Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup. Lakers going to win the NBA championship. It is tough to have two teams in the same city win major sports championships. So the Dodgers and the race? I don't know.

Everyone's picking them to be there. Or maybe it's just a Florida year, Trev. Maybe it's the heat. Maybe it's the lightning. Is anyone else upset that we don't? don't have a theme song for Jimmy's dumb prop bed of the day. Boobach, what the fuck, man? Wow. Boobok is on my shit list.

Oh, Kuiper, Colverse Bieber. Can't do. It's too obvious. I'm doing, I'm doing West, I'm doing Central versus East total runs, and the Jays and the rays play each other. But the White Sox play the A's, the twins, play the Astros, and the Indians and the Yanks

play each other. All the games get involved with this one. Central versus East. Three teams each from the and three teams. You want more runs. More runs. Who's going to score more runs?

Central. I think Central's the pick because the twins and the White Sox play the A's. I do love Granky, though. And I took the- I took the over in the Jay's race. So I'm taking the east as well. Good. I need to try.

Yeah, it's great for you. All right. Hey, that's the show. Thank you guys very much. If you're listening to this on the main Talking Baseball podcast app, and you enjoyed it, you can find it every other day for the postseason on the Talking Baseball pregame show podcast app, YouTube, and Periscope if you want to watch live. Trev, a final note from the chat.

You know, the Tampa Bay football team's got a new QB this year too. Took it, swept it? I don't know if you guys saw that. Chiefs play last night, but... All right. Can you hit the... We need that doodoo-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-button. Chiefs in Seattle, those are the teams.

Baby, all of Seattle can actually get so many points. See you guys tomorrow. We'll probably be live at different points today. Watch Trevor Periscope. He's setting up a camera in his bedroom. We'll see what happens. Take care of the kids, probably. Just a little tip of the dick and then his face.

Is Chris Archer coming over to watch baseball? they? I don't know. Safely. The sequence episode just dropped. Just dropped. See you guys. Love you. If you're a Yankees, if you're a Yankees fan or an Indians fan talking Yanks pregame show around 3.34 o'clock as soon as lineups drop. Full freak show at the plow phone today?

Ooh, it's always a freak show at the Plouf household, baby. Plufe Manor. I can put my robe on. Take it off.