Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - Houston's Back at the Top | 711

Episode Date: September 8, 2023

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Hello and welcome to Talking Baseball. Boy, did the Astros look good, and the Rangers are out of the playoffs. It's an NL Friday. Let's talk ball. Hello and welcome to Talking Baseball presented to you by Seatgeek. Today's episode is sponsored by Seekek. Use Code Talking. Go see a game.

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in a minute, Labor Day. And we got some big topics. How are you? Poppy, I'm doing great. It's great to see you and Beavers here, bright and early in the morning. You look younger today, which I like. I'm happy for you.

I don't know, clean shaving backwards hat. You look kind of like a frat boy today. I mean that in the best way possible. Shout out Cole Tucker, back up with the Rockies. A lot of good baseball to talk. And I got great notes today in my. award. I feel like I'm gonna, I'm hitting my stride with my awards now that we're in September, which is, you know, where you want to hit your stride.

Little Jose Abraeu action, you know, you've been. Yeah, me and Jose. You've been one of the worst hitters in baseball. But now you're crushing it. Getting ready for all that matters. October, poppy. Um, that's good. I'm, I'm excited to see your glowing face today. Uh, we had a, yeah, warehouse day yesterday. used to be kind of a big backwards hat guy and now I'm kind of not anymore but I thought you were to say I used to be a good blitzball player let that also applies get into it um okay any housekeeping altouvae four straight homers and four straight innings pepio for your dodgers uh yeah you know what man.

Yeah, I used to be a lot better at Blitzfall, and I don't know if I'm just old or I'm not. That one got you a little bit. He caught up. Jolly got me a little bit. Go check out. We're doing a fun thing every Thursday. Blitzball Blitz on our Warehouse Games channel

where we've got everyone, well, not everyone. You're not there, Trev. But we're having a lot of fun. And it's literally a professional broadcast. So that was fun. And yeah, man, I mean, around the league, Rangers, yikes. And I don't know, I don't know. The Yankees actually had a fun week.

Probably not going to talk about that. But we're in the teeth of September now, Trev. Yeah, I mean, this is, it's for most teams, not for most teams, excuse me. For some teams, it's get ready for the postseason. For some teams, it's battle for your life. and for some teams all the guys are like dude where are we going on vacation there's a lot of different mindsets happening in the big leagues right now and i really do mean that clubhouses are so different this time depending on where you're at in the standings the braves don't give a shit all they're doing is they're staying in the training room saying like make sure i'm healthy debacks cubs giants those teams are fighting for their life every single day at the ballpark is like the playoffs right now and then there are some teams who are just like man where am i going to pack my stuff up.

We're going to send my two-bedroom apartment that I have here. I better get a storage unit. It's about time to go home. Take us home, Poppy. Take us home to some National League baseball, because that's what we do on Fridays. Trev knows it. And Trev knows what's a factor in his life.

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Save yourself cooking time. Save yourself shopping time. and have yourself a nice little meal like I did literally last night. Trev, you mentioned fighting for your life. Giants Cubbies. These are two teams scrapping for the wild card. Maybe the cubby's fighting for the Central. And Justin Steele's fighting for the Cy Young.

We talked about him on all J.M. Eight innings. Zero earned run. Bit of a shootout the next day. Say a Suzuki, you might hear more about him later. Had to earn his keep, and he's been earning his keep. A four-hit day in that second game, and then the Cubbies bring out the broomsticks,

Belly and Saya again. And how about the kid, Jordan Wicks, breaking Cubs rookie records. Cubbies sweep. Giants, be careful. It matters right now. The Philadelphia Phillies take two or three from the San Diego Padres, and unfortunately, that is obvious.

Kyle Schwaber poops on a ball. Taiwan Walker racks up another win. And Bryson Stott, my goodness. The Padres after game two, where they win 8-0 in classic Padre fashion, they had the lowest ERA of a pitching staff in baseball. Put that in their weird caveats for this year because they lost another series.

Zach Wheeler comes out, shuts them down. Phillies get the duffe. as Schwabo and Real Moodo Homer again in that one. Good team, bad team a little bit. Brewers! Be careful, Milwaukee. You can't be dropping two or three to the pirates. And that's what they did.

And a little snaps for the pirates, because you can butterknife their numbers a little bit. They've been playing winning ball for about a month and a half now. They take down Corbyn Burns. Brian Hayes has been playing awesome. recently. He plays well. He homers in both games they

win this series. The game that the Brewers get, Woodruff, seven-in-in-ing Shup Peas, Sal Freelick, two hits, and he's coming to the John Boy Media Office today. Yep. Buckle up. Short Kings, we ride. But Milwaukee,

don't lose two out of three to Pittsburgh, kid. The Diamondbacks take two out of three. Little good team, bad team here. They take the bread games. Fortitude in that first one, Merrill Kelly. How's your seven innings, 12 punchies? And in that last game, they put up a 12 spot.

Tommy Pham. You might have know what he did last night, too, but a big game there. Alec Thomas turns on one. Five RBI. In that middle game, hey, go Colorado, go. Cole Tucker got hit by a pitch. Proud of you, kid. The Dodgers played the hot, hot, hot Miami Marlins.

I think they put up a six-game winner after they win the first two games of the series. They take down Kershaw, Jazz Chishol. Don't throw that in here. He squashes the bug and turns on one. And then they put up an 11 spot the next game. Joey Wendell with his second hover of the season. Dodgers final game, they win 10-0. How about Pepeyo?

Seven innings, shutpiece. Man, a lot of moving parts in Dodgers land. The Miguel Rojas Return Series. We love him. Good guy. Braves Cardinals. Cardinals took two out of three. That's because they hit.

They put up double digits in the first two games. Jordan Walker, Tyler O'Neill, Contreras, Goldie, oh my. Last game, Braves, get it back. Freed gets the quality start. And basically, everybody homers for the brace. That's kind of one of their traditions. And battling it out at the bottom of the National Leagueies. The Mets in Nat split two games.

So, Kintana wins in that first one. And then Jacob Young with the walk-off RBI single. Not in my book. Sorry, Nats fans. Now he is forever. That's what happened in the National League. Let's kick it to Trev for the standings. Trev.

I forgot that I do that now. Oh, my God. I am bad. I'm here, though, pops. I told you, I'm ready. I got so many notes in front of me. It's ridiculous. In the NL East, Atlanta, by now you got to know.

91 and 48. They're 14 games up on the Phillies. Who's at 77 and 62, Miami, behind the Phillies at 72 and 68. Then you mentioned them. 64 and 75, 63 and 77, the Mets and the Nationals, bringing up the rear of that east. In the central, Milwaukee has a two-game lead at 77 and 62 above.

Those Chicago Cubbies who are at 76 and 65, they're up two and a half, three and a half games. Well, I can't do math. Three and a half games on the Reds who are 73 and 69. Pirates and St. Louis bringing up the rear in that division. Dodgers out west, 85 and 54. They have a 13 game lead on Arizona, who's 73 and 68. The Giants dead even at 70 and 70.

Padre 66 and 75, they're 20 games back. Still not technically eliminated for the division. Three game magic number for them. Colorado, see you later. Congrats and Coltecker up in the wild card race. Philly is enjoying a five-game advantage. over Miami. Then it's the Cubs

who enjoy a three-game advantage over Miami. And then it's the Arizona Diamondbacks who are 73 and 68. And they're a half game up on Miami and Cinsey who are 72 and 68, 73 and 69. Giants two and a half game is back. Padres, we already called you a dead. Your seven games back to the wild card. And those are the standings.

Thank you, Trevor. A lot of numbers right there. A lot of numbs. A lot of numbers. Pittsburgh, a half game below San Diego. Crazy. Met's a game behind them. Trevor, you're my notes guy, and we're a cron pot.

And these are two teams you fancy. Your giants get the broomsticks busted out by the Cubbies. Cubbies continue their good brand of baseball. I gave them my award last time we talked. Like, if you keep fending off all these teams coming for you, I'm going to really believe Steel has, obviously won us over. Giants offense has been struggling

lately. What do you got, Hank? Yeah, I mean, the Cubs are kind of rounding into some sort of a complete team here. They looked really good in this series. Obviously, they get the sweep behind steel in game one. Eight innings pitch, two hits 12Ks.

Unreal. We're going to talk more about Suzuki in a little bit, but he was a menace all series long. It was all Cubs in the first game. second game Lamont Wade Jr. says, I'm going to put the team on my back. First pitch of the game, laces the Homer.

And then J.D. Davis, the no stride homer, which Giants fans tell me if he does that a lot. I haven't seen it, but I noticed it right away with him. He hits a homer, puts the Giants up 6'4, and then Suzuki ties the game. This is in the bottom of the seventh. And then it was an air on Schmidt.

kind of the get the ball rolling here in this bottom of the set. He tries to go home, bounces the throw, gets past the catcher, and then it's the Morel show. Yeah. Bomb. We have that camera angle that's weird, like you're sitting in the front row

of like the first base side dugout seats. Bat flip comes back. He's got some swag to him. Love that. And that's it. They went 11-8 in that second game, and then they go off. Jordan Wicks has a nice game.

That's a big step for the Cubs to have him throwing the way he's thrown early in his big league career. You know, Assad kind of got, I think it was last night. Yeah, he got kind of roughed up last night, but he's been really good for them. So now we're talking like nice four-man rotation, see what happens with Stroman. The Cubs in that last game were up 6-0 by the 4th. I mean, they put the business down. Brought the Giants down to 500, man. extended their lead as the second wildcard team,

just an overall great series by the Cubs. L6 in the streak column for San Francisco, and they're sitting at 500, 70 and 70, two and a half games back. They're playing the rocks this weekend. Got to handle your business a little bit. But I know Giants fans are in their feelings right now. A couple Twitter replies and DMs that were some people looking to next year,

some people just thinking the offense is toast right now. Bad vibes in San Francisco and now they got to jump three teams to get in the playoffs. It's obviously all still there and if it clicks, it clicks. But man, September 8th, nervous times in the bay. Gabe's got to stoke the fire, do something, get the boys done. You know, you're right. Look, L6, fine. This is baseball people.

I think, you know, whenever we talk about teams like this, you know, the Rangers are one of them. They've been horrible. We'll get into it later. You know, Giants losing six in a row. At this point in the season, like, there's still time. Two and a half games back. You've got to flip the switch quickly, but you can.

Like I said, it's baseball, and they're a good team. And it can be anything that stokes that. Someone can come in and take naked BP in front of the boys and get everyone laughing and all of a sudden you're like, oh, it's just a game. And bam, you go on a winning street. It's stupid stuff like that. You don't have to do that, Brandon Crocker,

but if you wanted to. Oh, I'd watch. I'm just saying, you know how things go in baseball, dude. Trev. Flip of a switch. The Yankees are not a good team. There's seven games out of the wild card. Yankee fans had hope after a five-game win streak.

And then you lost. And then it's all gone. That's not a team like the San Francisco Giants that it points this year has gone. So, yeah, L6 is bad. Throw up a dub six and we'll be hype. We'll sweep the Rockies. Go handle business. Handle your business season.

Speaking of, I think the Phillies, a rematch of last year's NLCS. Phillies take two out of three from the Padres. Trev, I know it hurts our souls a little bit to say it. It's a little bit good team, bad team at this point of the season. And Wheeler on that last day, shutting it down is kind of the difference. Let's, we're going to talk about Wheeler later on in the show. Really? Let's just say we're really going to get into.

That's exciting. Games two and three were pretty lopsided. Padres dominated game two. Tautis hit a fucking laser homer. Lorenzen has been getting roughed up since he had the no-hitter. I believe after the no-hitter, he took some time off. He skipped the start or it was like nine days in between starts or something like that. He hasn't been the same since.

So that's something to look out for if you're a Phillies fan. But like I said, Padres dominant game two, game three is all Philly and Wheeler does this thing. Game one is really kind of where it was. The Philly was up eight to one in the third inning, Jay. Swarver hits his 40th Homer, back-to-back 40th Homer seasons, congratulations. And then it's 9-7th Philly in the eighth inning,

double steel. Tatee steals third, trail runner goes behind him, ball. Yeah. Bad throw, hits Brian Onora, who, you know,

if you know Brian Onora, he ain't getting out of the way of that. You don't have the mobility to get out of the way of that, squares him up in the chest. It would have been a 9-8 game with Mani Machado with a runner on third base

less than two outs. He ends up striking out, but it's a whole different bat game, everything. I mean, as bad as the Padre season has been,

is like, is it been like this Padres fans? Yes. Something like that happens? Yes. Because your team leads all the baseball and starter ERA.

Like there's so many good things that have happened, but so many bad things that have happened to counter it. It's crazy to me. And then even at the end, they have first and third, go ahead run out the plate in the ninth.

Can't get it done. So like, you know, 9-7, they fought back from an 8-to-1 deficit and then just kind of weird play happens in the 8th, don't get the job done in the 9th. It's, um, I, I don't, I can't say good team, bad team, but I guess that's what it is. Padres have been under 500 since May, May 12th.

So I don't know Schwarbo I think he puts out his 41st And they're tank jobs He's got more homers than singles And yet The Phillies homer basically every day And it's almost October

So it's almost time to hear Arod talk about The difference between a good bunt and a homer in the playoffs But those homers play pretty good And our guy Trey Turner Also at one point was seven homers And seven games so yeah more on the Phillies later

let's give snaps for Turner I believe his had a son named Tatum Oh Tatum Turner I believe B's maybe double check that for me It's on his IG page Congrats Tatum term

Nine months after the contract Um Brew crew Pirates Trev Um I was surprised to see some Pirate stats, and again, you guys know your team's better than us. The Pirates haven't been on the forefront for a while.

Confirmation on Tatum, Beeps? Confirmed. Tatum Trey Turner. Who? TTT? High T. Oh, boy. Oh, my. Love that.

Yeah, the Pirates at one point, I think, as of right now, they're 20 and 17 since July 29th. like pirates playing a wild card level form of baseball, even though... Okay, I dig it. I dig what you're trying to do. Hey, that's a decent product, man. That's kind of... As a fan of a team that's been looking for a decent product, that's a decent product. Unfortunately, maybe the most seen highlight from this series was the Bednar Strike 3 to end the game.

That was about a foot outside. So you don't love that. especially if you're a brewer's team that you know you're you're in the mix of this you're trying to hold off the the streaking cubbies behind you um your guy key brian has been going what else do you have from here treb um you know yeah good job uh on that 20 and 17 record pirates i dig it i dig that you know this is a young team still trying to find its footing and they're you know it's in a tough season they started off so well then you just get obliterated to finish strong would be

would be nice for them to go into the offseason with that feeling. That means something. Jack Suinsky is having such a strange year. Game one, he ties the game with the homer off of Burns and the key Brian who was 0 for 15 off of Corbyn Burns, it's the Homer. To put him ahead,

cut RBI double insurance runs. So they get that game. Second game, all Brewers. Woodruff dominates. He's been phenomenal. You know, one of the reasons we love the Brewers, obviously they're starting pitching, and Woodruff is just, he can put a team on his back.

Game three, two strike three run home are in the first for Adama. Milwaukee's like, we're going to win the series, we're going to do it, pirates answer back, and yeah, that's the Bednar call at the end. Yeah. That thing was, you know, it's tough, man. It's tough right there. I saw another call somewhere.

I believe it was hedges. in Texas. God, it wasn't he even close and got one. I could be mistaken on that, but there were some bad calls all around the league.

That's just how it is, people. But congrats to the Pirates, man. And for Milwaukee, you just got to stay the course, two-game lead up on the cubbies. They're not too worried about this. Yeah, they don't make it a bad road trip. Milwaukee heads to the Bronx this weekend

where the, Yanks surprisingly have a little more juice than they have. Don't make it a bad road trip. You know? Like you mentioned clubhouses are different this time of year. It's a long season. I mean, brewers have still very much to play for, but, you know, a bad road trip can sneak up on any team in baseball.

Don't let that happen. Jack Swinsky, if you just look at his slash, 332 OEP, 445 slugging, 777 OPS, you like. you like poppy I like nine bags 23 homers 59 runs driven in

he's hitting 206 yeah so he's getting on base he's walking doing what he needs to do but he's 205 career hitter is this like uh

Joey Gallo light oh is that what we're doing he's got some freaky baseball savant stuff he plays some center field like I yeah that's insane

is this is this a Joey Gallo light type of guy You don't want to necessarily put that on a young player with what... Joey Gallo has been an all-star. Don't disrespect Joey Gallo. With what Joey Gallo is now. What Joey Gallo was doing is a really high compliment. But it's also a risky line to tow because, as we're kind of seeing now,

if you start towing it the wrong way. Well, if it is what it is, he struck out 149 times already this year. I mean, this is, I'm just making a comparison. Okay, well, I know. I don't know how he is in the shower. I was going to say, I know another comparison for Swinsky. He might like. Yeah, 6215.

Yeah. That's that Polish? Got a little bit of that in me. Cabrion Hayes, 953 OPS in the second half. Currently has a 3.6 war. Okay. Okay. Got a lot of autograph.

He Brian Hayes rookie cards. That's awesome. Do you still have your plant? No, I got caterpillars got it, dude. Oh, damn. Yeah, it was brutal. They like, get in there. You can't really see them.

They start pooping all over it. Yeah. I got a few nugs. I have a friend, last name Bridges, who's a world traveler. And they posted an IG story with like this crazy looking caterpillar. And it was like, oh, wow, yeah, you're in a different part of the world, sick caterpillar.

And then their next post was like, if this caterpillar, killer bites you, you will die from internal bleeding. Whoa. Love that. So everyone, be careful with your catty pill. Probably in Australia, if I had to guess. That sounds Australian. I think it's somewhere in the Caribbean.

I don't know. I don't know. I know the debacks took two out of three from the rocks. And again, not that it's happened yet, or we can talk about it. They beat the Cubbies last night. Merrill Kelly with a dominant performance. And then, yeah, it's a weird mix of the kids. and Tommy Fam showing up at different times

and GTBT, good team, bad team. Did I see that, let me see this one sec, one sec, one sec. Okay. I'm checking this out. Defensive war leaders, according to baseball reference, has Gabrielle Moreno as the highest rated defender. Is he doing it like that? I thought this guy was supposed to just be a banger.

If you're a war person, 3.3, the OPS is plus from the catching position. And I believe there are some snakes butter knife stats that, because they're one, the snakes worst streak this season. Moreno was out. Trev, how about this? And starts, 47 and 31. Wow. 47 and 31 when Gabriel Moreno is behind the dish.

Yo. I've been to Barquise Miano in Venezuela, bro. They grow them out there. I like that. I've been to the mall in Barquise Miano. How about that? We're wearing a USA baseball jumpsuit. You and Homer Bailey.

Not standing out. Homer Bayley. Where are these guys from, huh? Legit we had armed security guards following us around. We got to the stadium guys with AK-47. This is a different world, Poppy. Might have caterpillars there, too. They might have some caterpillars there.

The catching bubbles on Sionant for Moreno are nuts. 84th percentile blocking, 100th percentile caught stealing above average. Not a great framer. An 85th percentile pop time. So what a, not a great framer, he's just getting that all from blocking the ball? Blocking and chucking. And throwing guys out? What?

Don't say blocking and chucking. You know when I was in Venezuela. Okay. Let's just go on. I had a great time. I really did. love the people there like we hung with like the kids in the stadium

they just love ball dude awesome awesome time um one day we're all hungry and we stopped our bus there was a guy selling empanadas bro got a cart out there and we stopped we bought all of them

totes hundreds of eminadas and just gave this guy a bunch of cash i'd never seen someone happier in my life okay we couldn't believe it greatest empanata I've ever had right there Street empanadas in Venezuela. Gabriel Moreno, here's a cut for you.

Since July 1st, and he missed a little time with injury. Since July 1st, Trev, how's this from your catcher? 330 batting average, 404 on base, 984 OPS. Ooh, I like that. That matters. Okay. That matters. That's a guy guy.

Gordon Roller getting the call. Gabriel Moreno doing his thing. Tommy Fam doing this thing. Everlong Gory, a hottest guy in the show. Dback's called up Jordan Lawler top prospect. We saw a couple top prospects. And hey, this is one of those things. So, you know, we dream about being in an MLB front office

and this is what we do in Cuban ball players. They call up Jordan Lawler, big time prospect. Six overall pick. What's that? Say Jordan Lawler again. I'm struggling with it. Six pick in the 2021 draft. You know who they had to DFA to do that, Traff?

Ooh, I don't. Nick Ahmed. Ten years in the org. September of like one of their up-and-coming seasons. Man, that's a... Tough call to make. Those are tough convos, man. And decisions like that can usually go one way or the other pretty quick.

Let's see what the kid... Let's see what the kid's got. Um, Rockies, you called back up. Wait, hold on. Merrill Kelly's complaining about how hot it is. Don't they play inside? I think he's been cramping a lot, right? Oh, yeah, you're just talking about, got to change my jersey. Pitchers are so funny with that.

We got some brew crew crew dudes in the office, handsome, strong. Nice. Yeah, I know Kelly's been cramping lately. So am I, though. Any position players? out there complaining. Rockies play Cole Tucker. Marlins, two or three from

the Dodgers. Now, Treb, there's some and I think our last two sets really don't matter too much, but Dodgers, we never really talked Eurias on here because we're coming off of Labor Day. Pepio steps up in that final game. Marlins fighting for that last wild card, they put on a nice

little win streak in their 7 and 3 and their back 10 to get back into it, which there was some nervous times there because Solair and Alcantara go on the aisle on the same day. What's the word out in L.A.? I think we'll start with a series before we get into Eureas.

I do kind of want to apologize to Marlins fans. I went into baseball today yesterday and we talked about Sandy and Solair and what that means for the Marlins in typical Chris Rose fashion. He asked me, are the fish pride? Yes. And I said, you know what?

like I hate putting this on teams but I think this is too big of a blow for them to handle us. So there's been their main source of power. You know, we know what Sandy can do, leader there for the rotation. I know not all year is gone as he's liked, but this is still Sandy Alcantara we're talking about.

And then people, man, they got all over me. Jake Berger exists. Josh Bell exists. Josh Chisholm exists. I'm like, you know what, dude? Fine. Yeah. You guys win.

Let's get these guys to step up and be the power threats that they can be. Joey Wendell exists. So are the fish fried? I said, yes, I don't know. You guys might have changed my mind. That's okay, people. This is me admitting that I was wrong yesterday. How about that?

Game one. Speaking of freaking Berger and Bell, they homer to put the freaking Marlins up. And then CT3, he hits a homer to tie it up on an O2 pitch. Puck was pitching all over the place in this series. And then Dela Cruz forgot to mention him. Yeah. He hits a two-run homer.

Chisholm hits a homer. So like, hey, Trev, you're an idiot. The power's still here. When the first game is six to three. Then game two, a fifth inning that saw your guy. Say his name. Ricky Nalasco. I love Ricky Nalasco so much.

So much. Say his name. A little Jilly Wendell. he has a homer and a single all in the fifth inning both rb i's love that chisholm home run sanchise home run arise double joy wendo added another double in the seven they just pour it on the dodgers to take game two and then the game three the dodgers are like fuck this we're gonna we're gonna ask the foul line dude to chuck a ball in the stands for us and they just crushed it pepio you know which will lead us into the urea's conversation pepio steps up has a perfect game through what, like six and two thirds before it gets broken up.

Dodgers show, you know, who they are as a team. But a very nice series for the Marlins. And like I said, you know, there are some teams that are cruising, some teams that are done. The Marlins are right in the thick of it. Every day is a playoff game for them right now. So they did a good job. A little video tribute for our guy, Migi Rojas, Chris Rose rotation. The reason I mentioned Ricky Nalasco, besides knowing how much that tickles your pickle,

second longer Ricky Nalasco and Miggy Rojas the second longest tenured Marlins behind retired infielder Luis Castillo So I don't know Never would have guessed that one Right man that's pretty crazy

Urius Trev We talked a lot earlier in the year About Dodgers starting pitching Then it kind of felt like it came together Around the trade deadline Lance Lynn looked good he gets hit again. And now Eureas, I think his second domestic assault,

he's, we're not going to see him pitch this year. I guess, I don't know, I'm sure you and Rosie talked about it on baseball today, but what did I miss there? Yeah, I mean, I just don't think he pitches for the Dodgers. I think this guy who is a free agent going into this, going into next year, hasn't had a great year, but he still has a track record.

And he was still going to get paid, you know, a hefty bag, but now, I mean, dude, you can't do this. I told Rose, this rule number one for guys. Like, from the fucking jump, excuse my language, if kids are listening, you need to hear. Rule number one, don't put your hands on women. What are you doing? Ever.

It's the easiest rule. Like, no gray. No gray on that one. Yeah. I'm, like, my eight-year-old son already knows that. Ila hits them all the time because I'm like, you can't really hit her back, bro. And sometimes I'm like, Ila, you know,

don't take advantage of this rule of sweet. Ila found a little bit more. Yeah. Like, dude, I'm not trying to like talk about this and just in a contract situation or a baseball situation because there's real world stuff here. And you're just at this precipice of your life

where it's, you're about to make, I don't know, $150 million dollars. and you can't control yourself, dude. Like, it's crazy. I don't know, man. I guess it exposes true character, and this is like, dude, and I'll be the first to admit,

one of my favorite pitchers to watch in baseball. I have touted this guy for so long. You know, big game pitcher. Love what he can do on the mound. But if you're that dumb to put your hands on a woman, I'm out, I'm out, bro. Yeah. And yeah, this is the second time.

First time, nothing happened. charges drop or never filed, whatever. You know, maybe at that time, you know, hey, it's a mistake, man, I don't know, whatever. Like, you maybe give a little leeway, even though you really shouldn't. Maybe you don't know all the facts, but a second time around, come on, man.

Trev, I'll tap into my, you know, Chris Rose had an all-time rant, not on this topic, and I won't even say the name because they shouldn't be lumped in because it's totally separate. But man, the privilege of being a good MLB player and then hit free agency.

Like to hear the players around baseball talk about that. Like you put in so much- You never hit free agency. You put in- There's, it's a 1% of players that hit like a true right free agency. And this guy had a chance to like set a bar for players after him for the contract he could have potentially got. Your ERA leader from last year at age 25,

a guy that ended World Series games. And none of that matters now, because you're just a bad dude. And so, yeah, where I've found myself landing in anything like this, each person has their own barometer of how you deal with this. Maybe you see Julio Ureus in a couple years, and you forgive him and he's become better

and people make mistakes. Maybe he's out for you. And I don't know if that's wrong. I don't know if that's wrong. Oh, he's out for me. I mean, talk about screwing the pooch, man. He was on his second chance. Out.

And now, you know, let's talk about it for the Dodgers. You know, now your rotation is going to look a lot different. You got Kershaw, you got Bobby Miller, and you have Lance Lynn. Those are like your three guys that have made a bunch of starts. Pepio now kind of enters the mix. Now it's like, can Walker Bueller come back and be something for us?

Because we kind of need it. He ain't going seven innings when he comes back, though. Like he might piggyback with somebody. Like the Dodgers are going to have to dig deep, which they do better than anyone. Dig into their organization and find people to fill innings and to fill spots and vacancies. but I think this is going to be difficult, man.

I know Julio hasn't been great all year, so it's not like they're losing an ace. But, I mean, he is an ace. In the playoffs, give me that guy. If Julio had his first playoff appearance, he's one, two, three in the first, we'd all go, oh, there he is. There's that guy.

Screw him. Damn. I think last two NL series, there's Braves Cardinals. I mean, snaps for the Cardinals. for bringing out the big sticks and win in a series and everyone patting their stats, some of the kids,

Gorman, Jordan Walker, Braves, I mean, they have a chance to clinch this weekend. It's a reminder at September 8th. So I don't have much to add there. And then Mets and Nats, they played two. So I'm kind of good on that as well. All good besides Spencer Strider, making me look silly.

I voted for you for your. Yeah. Peddle on the all-j-j-M team. Then you go have a stinker. Six earned runs in two-and-thirds. Yeah, I mean, Braves don't care. Like I said, they're coasting. Mason win, first MLB home run. That's a name you might have to get used to around baseball. Nolan Gorman, you know how many homers he has on the year, Trev? Ooh. Got a great rookie card if he has signed. I don't. I'm going to say,

22. 27 ding-dongs for Nolan Gorman. Hello. I did want to say, I saw a tweet. This is a Yankees Twitter tweet. From somebody. Gosh, I wish I had the handle. I don't.

They're going to know who they are if they're listening to this. They tweeted out about how Wayne Wright might have pitched the worst first pitch ever in a ball game, throwing 86 miles an hour down the middle to Ocuna who just rocketed it out to the second. I mean

I saw that too with BAD maybe search for that on Twitter quick first word worst first pitch ever it should pop up X excuse me because yeah it's a tough for a Cunoz setting lead off records to get 86

down the dick from Wayno that's that ain't it We know everybody respects you but I don't think they're going to respect a O'O pitch down the middle like that but I love Wayno dude this guy Tell you what Wayno's going to be in front of your face For a long time

Because he's going to be a media somewhere He might be Smolz's relief pitcher Might be Your relief pitcher Me and Wayno on here Oh Shower boys So on the hunt for that tweet

But Cessbitist guys tweeted For Wayne Wright at Bats Versa Cunia tonight 86 mile power fastball down the middle Homer 86 mile power fastball middle in Groundout 71 mile an hour curveball low and away Almost a Homer

71 mile power curve ball Low and away again Homer Yeah Tough It's kind of on a different planet right now Tough to pitch to that guy right now No it's not tough Rhone

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and they got the house blown down. The Houston Astros sweet the Texas Rangers. You know why, Trev? Why? 13 runs, 14 runs, 12 runs. Yo. Every Houston Astro was eligible for, standout performance in Enfuego.

And, okay, so you know, you got Frambert in that middle game. Altoove has a two-homer game, and so does Maricio DuPont in the first. But if you're Texas, here we go, Scherzer Verlander. Let's tee it up, fellas. Nope. Scherzer gets knocked around. He gives up a seven spot. Corey Seeger and Marcus Simian give their best efforts in this series, and it's not enough.

Dolies Garcia is hurt. Josh Young, they're calling up a top prospect, but the Texas Rangers have fallen out of the playoffs. Oh, my job. The Tampa Bay race, they faced off with the Baston Red Sox as the Red Sox try to stay in it, and they do on Bayo Day, and that's obvious. Tristan Kossis has won us all over, along with Yoshida, They battle for some rookie of the year's honors, but B. Lau.

Brandon Lau goes walk-off three-run tank job in the 11th. And then Tyler Glassnow, little teaser might hear more about him in a little bit because he went six innings, three hits, 14 strikeouts, hence a really good hitting game. Rafael, the prospect for the Sox. He has a big game in there. but Rays take two out of three in Boston. If they want to stay in it, they can't be dropping sets. The Minnesota Twins take two out of three from the guard dogs.

Let's go, twins. That first game is a disaster for baseball. Our guy Lucas Gialito gets knocked around. We don't love that. And frankly, I don't love David Frye, pitching four innings of relief as the backup catcher. That just ain't it. Royce Lewis keeps hitting Grand Slams.

That's pretty cool. And hey, Gavin Williams, like him a lot, Cleveland. He helps them get the win. And a combined two-hitter in that final game, kind of hate the guard dogs again. Blue Jays, two out of three from the Oakland Athletics. My goodness, they win that first game in extras. Santiago Espinole.

with the tie-breaking double. Pinch hit. That's some big boy stuff out of him. Your Blue Jays win that second game behind the Bassett Hound. My favorite signing of the offseason, eight innings, one earn run. A's! Okay. Behind J.P. Sears and Kevin Smith and Carlos Perez,

get it done in the last game to salvage the set. Blue Jays, you did enough. You would have liked one. more. And then the series everyone's talking about, how is this above the Orioles? Royals take two out of three from the White Sox. I don't know. Cole Reagan's has been doing awesome things. Edward Olivieris, Olivares, I think I added a syllable in there. He's been raking. So is Melendez, Nelson Velasquez in that middle game. White Sox take the last one. You already turned off your years. The Baltimore Orioles, they sweep the angels, and unfortunately that's obvious.

A gray rod, Grayson Rodriguez, go check out his splits recently. Kyle Gibby with the quality start in that last game, and they won the middle game in in extra innings. Man, hey, a shout out for our switch hitting king Renhifo, who's coming off a player of the week. We talked about him a little bit. Austin Hayes had a four. Four-hit day, I mean definition of good team, bad team, unfortunately. Nolan Schnuel. And the Yankees take two out of three from the Tigers. They win five in a row.

The kids are up. The energy's different. This city. This city. They lose the last game to the Tigers. Carlos Rodon gets rocked. Season's over. Trev, you want to tell them about those American League standings?

As soon as I get there. poppy. Still struggling with that one. In the AL East, the Baltimore Orioles had the best record in the AL at 88 and 51. Tampa Bay Race four games behind them at 85 and 56. Those Blue Jays,

11 and a half back in the division, 77 and 63. Then it's Boston at 72 and 68 and the Yankees at 500, 70 and 70. In the central, greatest division that's ever been assembled,

73 and 67 for the twins. They're six and a half games up now on the guard dogs who are 67 and 74. Detroit is 64 and 76. I can't even read the rest of these. It's bad people. White Sox and Royal. It's bad. Can't.

In the West, a little bit better out here. Houston, 80 and 61. They're a half game up on the Mariners now who are at 79 and 61. Texas 76 and 63 following a bad stretch of games here. Angels, Oakland, bringing up the rear of that division. Oakland's won 43 games. In the wild card, it's the Tampa Bay raise at the top. Then the Seattle Mariners, who are two games above Toronto,

who has the last wild card spot as of now at 77 and 63. Really the only threat there, it's the Texas Rangers who are a half game back. Boston, can we add you in at five games back? I guess. That's the standings in the Yale. Thank you, Trevor. Yeah, we got some Yankees Red Sox games coming up,

so it might just be mutually agreed destruction coming up in a little bit. But for now, let's jump back to the top. Because the biggest topic, and, you know, there's a lot of little things in these series, nothing too major, except the Houston. Astros sweeping the Texas Rangers, and it's one of those almost a lump in your throat moment

where it's like, okay, so the Houston Astros are in first place in the West again. All right. At 80 and 61, half game up on Seattle, so I don't want to get too dramatic in this right now. The Texas Rangers are three games back of Houston out of the dance. We said the Blue Jays.

They hit, they were two and a half out of the, the wild card. And we said, hey, it's not scary yet, but no mistakes. They don't. They hop back in. And if you're the Texas Rangers, man, I don't know, Trev. Adelis goes down. You lost Josh Young, two guys that are just like impact players. They call up one of their top prospects to try to stop the bleeding. And hey, tough spot to put a kid in if we're being honest. But there's another part to me that says like, hey, if he's, if he's a guy and he's close to being ready, you kind of got to make your move. So, uh, where are you at with this series and both these teams? I think you just start off by congratulating the Houston Astroes. That was an ass

whooping. You're getting your guys healthy again. Brantley's hitting homers. Jose Brayu over the last 11 games since coming off the IL, 256, 333, 581. He's got 18 ribbies. I know it's it's it's a, uh, booed by a big game here. But like, if you get a semblance of Jose

Abraeu, the guy that you signed to that three year 60 million dollar deal, I mean, we're talking about just adding Jakey Littics. Another good bat to that vaunted lineup that you have. So, uh, I thought that's very important. Jose Altuva. I mean, you could just mention anybody.

Hey, great series. Altuva is a freaking study. He's a hall of famer. He is. He's a Hall of Fame. He's a stud. He does everything on the field well. He's really done everything. I don't know, man.

I could go on and on about Jose Al-Tuvae. Rangers hit, excuse me, the Astros hit 16 homers in the three games. They just, they just whooped them, bro. They whooped them. And for the Rangers, I mean, I got some stats. Okay. Since July 1st. Their record.

41 and 43, Poffey. We're talking two full months and a little bit into September. Sub 500 team. Bullpen's been a huge part of it. Now, the offense was able to mask the bullpen before. Starting pitching is actually been pretty good for the Rangers, but they've been banging the ball around. And, you know, when the offense comes back down to normal life

and the bullpen's blowing games, I believe they have more blown saves than saves. I think that's right. So I've been talking on baseball today about how, like, I don't care about that. Because I think if you get into the playoffs, like things happen. We've seen it just time and time again over the last, you know, five, six years. Oh, the bullpen's a problem. It's going to blow up.

Then you just find the right mixture of guys and guys, you know, like something changes and they go off. The problem is the Rangers got to make the postseason for that to happen. Yeah. Like something has to change. some of these guys, there's actually some decent pitchers out there in that bullpen. They just got to get it done, dude. And they're not. And that wasn't really the case of this series.

They just got absolutely crushed by Houston's offense. But, dude, if you're the Rangers, I mean, it's go time. Like, you got to figure something out. Bochie's got to, you know, be, you know, that manager that everyone thinks he is, dude. Bochie's managed teams that didn't have, you know, stars and pitching before. I guess they kind of did have pitching. This is a different type of setup for him. And so he's got to navigate this through September,

figuring out some way to wake up a struggling bullpen or else they're not going to make the playoffs and then you won't have the chance to turn it on when the bright lights come out. So it's been a struggle, man. It's really been a struggle. I'll do a little bit of decent news for Texas. And then I've got some good news for baseball.

fans and then I'll I'll taste the Astros up. Sim mean and Seeger still are hitting and doing their thing. You still have Nathaniel Lowe like Garver. And they're about to play three against Oakland at home. So like you can almost pencil in two out of three. We'd like to see three out of three. Do not lose that series, Texas, because then it's almost like, it's over.

After Oakland, the Texas Rangers are playing four games. in Toronto. That's playoff baseball. I mean, it is. Avaldi Bassett, Shurzor Ryu, Monti Cacucci, John Gray Gossman. That's basically a five-game set.

So baseball fans, get yourself ready to get a second monitor up for that one. Get through the weekend, Texas. Let's see what Evan Carter, the kids got. Maybe he can provide a spark. On to Tasting Houston. Tref, do you remember there was a point in the middle of the summer that their offensive numbers just weren't there?

Like they were just middle of the pack, almost like lower than that. They are now fourth and average, fifth in on base, sixth in OPS, fifth in runs. Yordon was out for a while. Bregman has started to go nuts. Altuvae missed time and now he's starting to go nuts. Jose Abraeu, I mean, that's just spring. at this point, who is a guy that can give you a two home or seven RBI day, Michael Brantley is back, one of the cleanest hitters in like baseball history, Dr. Smooth.

Chas McCormick has been having an awesome year. Dusty, giving him kind of back hands in his quotes. I don't know if you saw that. He basically said Chas McCormick isn't a guy for our team, but he said that as a compliment to Altovae and Tucker and Brickman. Like he was like Oh, Chaz is like, you know,

he can be a guy. Like, he's nice. Chaz right now slides into their eight hole in their perfect lineup. And we've been raving about how good he's been all year. The bad man is back. I mean, were they ever gone? We talk about teams

that don't care about the regular season. They don't, dude. They just don't. They know they're going to be there. It's 162. I think they've taken. that's a heart in Houston. It's 162. Cream rises to

the top, man. And they constructed a great roster. They just need to get healthy. They need to trade for Verlander. That helps. Yeah. Framber, Verlander, and then Javier their whole bullpens there. Yeah. And it might

be teeing up. Seeing Baltimore jump back up to four games above Tampa, I don't know. I uh, God, if those two teams link up. Baltimore took some of Houston's front office.

That would be, uh, that would be fun. How about just getting Yiner Diaz going? Like, talk about a bonus piece. You're talking about Abrae, you're talking about Chas McCorn down on the eight hole. This is a guy who's,

has an 843 OPS, 21 bombs as a catcher. How many games does he play? He barely has any of bats. I'm going to read this off quick. 92 games. These guys got 21 homers. Houston loves.

Maldonado, he handles the staff. I still believe in catchers. I think we're still undervaluing parts of their game. Here's, if Houston wanted to roll out their hitting lineup, this is what they could do. Altuve, Pena, Yordan, Bregman, Tucker, Abraeu, Brantley, McCormick, Diaz. That's nine.

That's nine. That's everyone. That's every app bat. That's a problem. Do you put that on the same tier as the Braves? Yes. See you end of October, huh? Are we going to get it again?

Houston Braves? Interested to see how Dodgers operate this October because the Mooky Freddy thing, like two guys having that specialist seasons. I think that's dynamic. I think the Phillies still have a little chance of just being fuck you everyone. Little rematch.

Phillies are exactly where they want to be. Oh, I love the Phillies. In the AL, we might be getting close to like magic has to happen to get off Houston. They're there every year. The Baltimore Orioles have to happen. Yeah. Yeah, they do.

And you know what? There's some fans in... Twins. There's some fans in Tampa raising their hands right now, especially what our guy Glass is. he's been doing. Trev, I don't know what you want here. This is a little bit of,

I mean, this is in Tampa. The Lao walkoff is an absolute backbreaker for Boston in the 11th. What else do you have? Boston keeps tolling the line of like coming right back in the thick of things and then kind of going back where it's like, oh man, you're almost too far out of it. But I think they're still there.

I'm not ready to declare them out. of it yet. Ray's do take two or three. Bayo looks great in game one. He actually gives up three in the first inning. So it looks like it's going to be a rough start. He ends up going six with just those three earned runs. So he settles down after that. Yeah, Tristan Casas, who's been just incredible. It's a three-run homer to put him ahead, then a single to put him ahead even more. Then Yoshida gives him the insurance two-run homer. Like, they have the recipe, man. I saw Justin Turner's got 91 ribby's a career high for him. What a freaking signing that. was,

yeah, game two was the walkoff, back and forth game. Ureas, I believe, gives the Red Sox the lead in extras, and then B. Lau says,

I got game, walks it off. And then game three, maybe my favorite pitching matchup all year, just two alphas going at it, full pension Piv

versus Tyler Glassnow. Are you kidding me? Yeah. Glass now decides to strikeout 14 and 6, though. Tampa does their thing, man.

Tampa is. scary. It's a good Red Sox lineup. Yeah, Tampa and another thing that when there's a good Tampa team, in the last two weeks, Fangraphs has three of the top

three of the top five relievers in baseball coming from Tampa. Fairbanks, Colin Poshay, and Robert Stevenson. So yeah, mix that in with a little glass now, Savali-Eflin. Okay, I'll hear you out, Tampa. I'll hear you out, Tampa.

Twins, guards, I mean, this is your specialty, so I'll stand back. This is a series that basically the Guardians had to sweep to get back in the race. Twins have a very easy schedule going forward, and then the game one, they just came out and just crushed him. 20 to 6.

You mentioned Fry coming in in the 6th inning. He threw 64 pitches, I believe. Yeah. he threw four innings of ball in this game. And honestly, I just, it's within the rules. And like Tito, like congratulations, because you made the right move. You can't blow your bullpen up in a game that was already lost.

So he is operating within the rules. If you're down, you can bring a position player in at any time. If you're ahead, you can only bring him in in the night. Or later. So Tito's like, I'm losing this game. Fry comes in, just lobs meatballs. Joey Gallo hits one. Of course he does.

to the freaking moon in that one. Royce Lewis has just been incredible. The second game, Sunny Gray does this thing. Twin score again. It's kind of a little bit of everybody. Donovan Solano has a big game. Miles Straw tries to come in and catch a ball.

And he's a great outfielder, but just misreads it gets by him. Solano clears the bases. And then Guardians of Bowers, avoid the suite, but I don't think it's, it's enough. Gavin Williams is filthy. They actually have some really good managers. They do.

You got to give it to them. I'm still, I'm mad at the Guardians too because going into this, you still like had a realistic shot at the division. If you just put up some some numbers here, I don't know, man. They punted and then they went for it. Like, what a weird season for Guardians

fans. Seriously, what is this? And they won't say we punted. And they're, and the front office will say, oh, we didn't want to acquire talent because it cost too much in prospect capital. These guys were strictly financial. Do more financial moves. What about free agency? I say this as a compliment, well, to your twins, because I don't know if I believe in it. But this is good team, bad team.

The Cleveland's run differential is down to minus 30. That's like the same as the Mets. their offensive stats, which Jakey Liddick's all year, 27th in OPS, 28th in runs, 30th in homers, 30th, they're out. No, they're out. Yeah, it's... And the thing is they, like, spent some money on a guy that can hit homers,

and then they trade him away. He ends up going off, you know, in Miami. I don't know, man. Royce Lewis hit... What are the stats? Weird stuff. Second player ever with five homers and three grand slams in an eight-game time frame. Joining Lou Gehrig.

This guy's special, dude. Royce Lewis is really, really good. He's a one-one pick. Like he has the pedigree. He's just been hurt. He's believing now. You see it's changed. Before it was like, all right, I'm here.

And I'm surviving. And, okay, this is the big needs. Once guys feel comfortable with the talent level like he has, look out, dude. Like, he can hit the ball out of the park in any shape, any part of the park. He's just one big fast-twitch muscle, dude. Confidence is key. I like the twins, man.

Like, if they can get healthy, I know we're going too far on twins. I'm sorry. I'm just looking to stay in the bullpen in kind of like an Andrew Miller type role the rest of the year. So he's going to come out. He's thrown 100 miles an hour. Minnesota boy.

Go Twins go. I'm going to not comment on you comparing Louis Varlane to Andrew Miller. I'm just not. Just not. Okay. But watch. Okay. I want that to be right.

Andrew Miller at his peak is one of the best relief pitchers to ever play baseball. Oh, okay. I said in how he's going to be used. Okay. And his role. and his usage. And honestly, watching Louis Varlane, he's going to be like a multi-inning guy, too. He can do either high leverage early in the game or multi-inning.

They're going to be able to find different ways. It's just a great weapon to have as a manager is what I'm trying to say. Go, Louis, go. Trev, these last four. Jays Oakland, White Sox, Royals, Orioles, HALOs, Tigers, Yanks. I'm talking a taste of Blue Jays in a little bit. And I don't know, Davis Schneider, you're the man. Blue Jays handle their business.

The other is one of the worst series you could tune into. Orioles, sweep, sweep. And then my Yanks, I'll be honest, there was some fun this week, but Yankees Tigers, no. That's something that needs to be talked about today. A lot of call-ups for your Yanks. Kyle Gibson's going to be on the Rose rotation so for Oriole fans

definitely check that out. I wanted to give a shout to somebody else. My guy Lawrence Butler hitting some bombs for the A's We're friends. Okay. And I don't know. That's it. Jason Doming is as cool. And last Yankee moment.

Jankarlo is staying 400 homers. I know it's I know everyone's in a little bit of a weird spot with Big G. still, it's fucking insane. Is Reid Detmer's like the best pitcher who's like not that good? Statistically. Like, have you watched like him pitch?

Like there are times where he's freaking dominant. I would love to know from Halo fans because I wonder if it's like he has on nights and off nights or if it's if it's something else. He loses it. Like he's like I think it's a third time through the order type thing. But I've just seen him throw just. just he lights out he's unhittable at times it rhymes me of like a Blake Snell ish type thing

so he just has some blowups man like his numbers are just they're not great right now it's making all his starts I don't know yeah Angels fans I mean he's got a couple seven I see right now since July 1st or July 8 he's

giving up seven runs in the game three times so just a little Orioles aria Stark before we move on um Henderson Mount Castle Hayes

Santander Rushman Ureus uh Held Jordan Westberg Did it Arias Stark Yeah just list in the names

The I like that I like that Trev I didn't half lie to you there was only one IL series I don't think we need to hit the music uh

Reds take two out of three from the Mariners Red's trying to stay in it uh Mariners obviously same same and this had a little fun if you like the youth Noel V Marte who was traded in the Louise Castillo trade

he's just recently been called up for the Reds playing a little bit has a couple nice games and him and Julio posted a cute picture because they were like literally children in the Mariners minor leagues and their buddies so that's always one of those things that's pretty cool and I know you have a few connections like that you and Billy Butler are still best friends

me and Billy Butler go way back He was in a... I know. He ate a bunch of those empanadas down in Venezuela. I know he did. Trust about 10 of those bad boys. Oh, Billy B. How about that?

This was a great series. Aesthetically pleasing. I like... Ooh. Usually red and green, bad. But it's not really a green green, it's more like a sea green. And it goes.

It goes. I liked it a lot. Game one, it was 5-0-0-reds in the second. Spencer Steer hitting homers. Seattle had chances at the end of the game that the tying run at the plate in the ninth, didn't get it done. Game two,

Julio puts the Mariners up five, one in the fifth with the three-run homer. He hit another one later in the game. But in Carnassian Strand, Novo Marte, they homer in the bottom of the sixth, I believe, yeah, get him up closer. Then it was Nick Martini. Yeah.

Love me an espresso martini. I really do. Not a liquor guy, but give me an espresso martini. I'm all about it. Three-run homer off the best. bench and the 8. Yeah. Ties the game.

Then Strand beats the shift, walk off. He's got Elliott of the crew at second base. Just fucking put the ball in play. He's scoring. He did. Game two. And then game three, Crawford. J.P. Crawford.

Pod. Three-run Homer puts the Mariners up six, one, and the fourth. Big dumper hits a Homer. They win eight four. Kind of all Mariners last game. But a great series and I mean, I wouldn't be stoked if this was the World Series, but I like the matchup.

Maybe in like two years. Yeah, give us some time. Lillian. The Reds are like all the way here. Yeah, that CES walkoff was funny because he, I mean, he just blocks it the other way it gets through. And you're like, okay, outfielders kind of shallow. Who's running?

It cuts to Ellie in your side. Oh. He slides head first, bro. His feet are still halfway down the line, but his fingers are touching the plate. What's up with that? Yeah. Illegal.

Illegal. Casual two homer game from Julio. And Mike Ford just keeps homering. So, ripping homers. That's what's going on in Seattle. Ian Gabo, big body. Hey, T.J. Anton back and twirling it for Centsy.

Making guys look dumb. He always does that. Well, two-winning opener. Good for you, kid. Trev, that brings us to our standout performances. Standout performance. And my standout performer is Blue Moon. Blue Moon is getting ready for the playoffs.

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I told you I was going with a cub. And I am going with my guy Seya Suzuki. Do they call it the friendly confines of Rigley? Where are the friendly confines? I think that's Rigley. People get mad at you when I said he didn't go to the Phillies because it's hard to play there, but he went to a team with their stadium described as The friendly confines.

Just saying I might have been on to something. If you remember correctly. Anyways, I'm talking about a game. He hit all series long. Went four for five with a double homer three RBIs in this game. That's Tuesday on the fifth. But really all series long. And really, it goes back even farther than that.

August 4th, Dave Ross comes out and says, hey, man, like, not really working out there. We're going to bench you a little bit. we're going to see some other guys at that time 717 OPS you know like hadn't been doing the things he needed to be due to do offensily so now he's fighting for time August 4th he plays goes 0 for 3 August 7th he pinch hits goes 0 for 1 August 9th is the next time he starts okay since August 9th through September 7th so now it's a full month of baseball this dude has 347ed it. 363, 405, 735 for a 1.1-1er, 7-homers, 21 ribbies in these 27 games. He's a stub, man. Sometimes you need to get sat down.

Little reality check, little wake-up call, whatever you want to call it. It worked, man, because this dude's going off and the Cubs have reaped the benefits of that. So I guess snaps for Dave Ross for no one. what to do, but also stands for Seizziuki for saying, this is my position. And he ain't coming out of lineup again, I promise that. Trev, I love it. Sayas' career stats are really solid.

His numbers this season are really solid. Which, you know, we've talked about coming over from Japan. A, I think it's less of a burden than it used to be. but B, this guy's hitting. And man, I still believe in taking away the game from someone is a form of punishment, man. If you're saying a Suzuki showing up to the ballpark and sitting on the bench, you know, there's, I don't want, this is something I just stumbled into, so I don't know the actual significance.

But this guy's, you know, kind of an international star to a degree in baseball, right? like a star Japanese ball player in Chicago, you know, there's some people that buy tickets to go to a game. There's people in the stands that want to see Seya. And if there's a day he's not in a lineup, that's tough. So for him to come back and play and earn his keep and ball out, he's been great. And this is completely unrelated, but related.

Luis Renhifo got benched earlier this year, totally different. wasn't hustling, gets benched. Suzuki was just like, hey, we got a lot of talent here. We're going to shuffle you in and out. Since Renhifo got benched, 322, 378, a 971 OPS. I don't know.

Could be blind luck. I'm sure there's players that have gotten benched, and when they try to come back, they're awful. It's baseball. There's something there, man. Playing the game matters to these guys. You spend your whole life doing it up into this point.

So I love your standout, Trev. Can I give one more example of this? I feel like I've talked about before. 2016, it's May 24th. 22nd, excuse me. I'm going into Kansas City. Brian Dozier has been struggling. He leaves Toronto or leaves Minnesota playing against...

Is this even right? Okay. Hold on. Yeah, I got it. Okay. 199 batting average 606 excuse me 602

OPS Paul Malder says we're going to give you a few days bro like you don't even don't even worry about this like you need some time and Dozer doesn't want that they almost sent him down 199 batting average 606 I mean nothing was working for this guy Molly sits him out for a game he ends up pinch hitting

the next day then he finally finally gets back in the lineup. And then from May 25th to the rest of the season, the numbers. He's 38 homers, 977 OPS. Sometimes you need a wake-up call. After the bench. That's the A.L. Mark for second baseman at homers. After the bench, there's only like one or two places you can go.

So I don't know. Keep balling out, say a chunk, a big part of the Cubs success. Although they're just, they're hitting on every chord. We got the Swanson's throwing out the first pitch. Like, it's a good time to be a Cubs fan. Treve, there was a lot of good options for standout. God, everyone on Houston. Literally everyone on Houston.

You know I'm a sucker for Bryson. Stott. Royce Lewis. Tommy Fam. I felt like I haven't given a pitcher, a proper standout in a while. and I'm going to go to a guy who stands out. I'm going to Tyler Glass now. 14 strikeouts against the Red Sox offense.

I mean, yo. That is no joke against a team that absolutely bangs with the best of them. Tyler Glass now in his last 12 starts, 74.1 innings pitched. He's got a 24-2. He struck out 101 in that time frame. And like we talked about with playoff baseball coming up, lining up your rotations, what's your matchup? A Tampa Bay Rays game with Glassnow on the bump,

it's going to be tough to favor the other team. He's special, special. When he's on, he might be my favorite pitcher to watch in baseball, and he was on on against the Red Sox. Love that. We just haven't had the chance to see him, like, really. I guess I take that back. Recently, we haven't had the chance to see him in, like, real awesome, meaningful baseball games.

And we forget just how dominant this guy can be at times. Like, this guy can be maybe the nastiest pitcher in baseball. like best stuff best stuff best stuff like glass down's up there right I can't forget how special this guy is the fastball jumps out of his hands and now that it's curveball and slider

it gives the hitters two different looks like it's it's nasty it's nasty and he's so hot nice just like a cool dude if you want to see a real nice baseball savant page

go check out Glassnow, a lot of red. And there is still a chance. Like sometimes it takes pitchers a while to click, especially the big boys. Like, Tyler Glassnow could just be starting to be Tyler Glassnow. He's 30 years old. I forget he grew up where I grew up. I always forget that.

No wonder he's got that dog in up. You guys are both, high. Both cerebral thinkers. You don't really get a lot of cerebral thinkers out of the Santa Creight of Valley. No offense to people living in the Santa Crete Valley. I'm one of them. I grew up in cast steak, bro. I grew up on a truck stop. Something in the water. I don't know.

Trev, there is something in the water with this next group of players. Dirt nasty's on Fuego. That means I'm on fire, baby. Like Waco. For the series, I'm glad

to mention this guy again because he deserves all the flowers. So is A. Altoob. He went seven for 15 with five homes. in the series. All solo shots, though. What's up with that, Astros? He tied the Major League record with five homers in a two-game span.

First player in the expansion era to Homer in four consecutive innings. Wow. I'll say for the cycle, people, like a week ago. Yeah. Kind of do it all. How about Edward Olivares

for Kansas City? Five for nine, two double, or excuse me, eight-double, three homers, five RBI for a two-dour. Whoops. He had a two-run homer in the 8th day on Wednesday. The first pinch hit homer for the Royals since May 13th, 20-22.

Wow, that's interesting. Nolan Gorman, second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, five for 12, a double, three-homers, six RBI, seven runs in this series. That's nice, Nolan. Thank you very much. For the week, Seiz Suzuki, just kind of talked about him a lot, but he went 14 for 33, five doubles, three homers, ten RBI. He's batting 3-42, with eight homers and 24 RBI in his last 30 games.

I just said that. Yeah. I just said it. Should have looked at the sheet. Mitch Garver! Love me some Mitchie boy. D.H. Catcher for the Texas Rangers

in a bad series. For them, a good series for Garver. Seven for 18. Three homers, six RBI, four walks for a 1.3. Since the break, 301 average, 12 homers, 25 RBIs and a 1-daughter.

It's 10th in the MLB during that span. That's nice. That's a word, Garv. How about Philly relief pitcher Jeff Hoffman? Four games, three and a third innings pitch, seven Ks, no hits, no runs. Since August 1st, Hoffman has a 12.1K per 9 and only allowed a 113 opponent's average. Philly getting more weapons. For the two weeks, we're not going to the first guy because I'll talk about him in a second.

Seattle's starting pitcher Logan Gilbert. Are we always talking Logan Gilbert on this show? the new J.P. Crawford. Three games started. 19 innings pitched. Five earned runs, 25Ks. He's not recorded a loss

since June 28. He's 8 and 0 with a 289. And then finally, our guy, your daddy, Yordaun Alvarez, 18 for 47, three doubles,

four homers, 13 ribbies, 11 walks for a 1.2er. Astros, Yordon, getting it done. That's who's in Fuego. Magical stuff.

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A lot of late nights with me and noodle. This is unrelated and not a normal portion of the show, just because you mentioned him in Enfuego. Jose Altuve on the years at 69 games. Nice. 316, 403, a 555 slug for a 958 OPS. He's still Hall of Fame, Altuve.

Yes. The I.L segment, which you guys know I can be a difficult be on sometimes. Our guy Cutch got banged up. I think he's out for the year. We hate that. Patrick Bailey for San Francisco. I talked about how much I value a good catcher. He goes on the IL. Alcantara and Solair. Mike Soroka, no, man. No. Ryan Stanick in that Houston bullpen. Cookie Carasco for the Mets. a couple guys expected to go on the aisle. Adelis, that was a weird injury up against the wall.

We hate that. Potentially Gary Sanchez for the Padres. And then returning from the aisle. So we liked this. Nate Doggivaldi, although it was kind of a tough return. A couple other pitchers, but not a lot of big names. That's a... Mason Miller.

Remember how good he is? Hot. We're talking about him with the A's. Sure. Nasty. Velo. Yeah. Trev, let's...

Oh my God, I was going to say let's start the week. Let's start the weekend. How about this? Last series of the year, twins go into Colorado. They should have already swept, or clinched, excuse me by then.

Me, Kelse and Kotuck hanging out. Name a better, like, party of three than that. Tough too. Okay. I need some audience, participation for my award. Okay. It's called the,

Okay, China Award. Oh, boy. Now, when I, when you think it's appropriate to say, okay, China, I want you to say it. I think we're going to have

a pretty good spot that the audience and you guys are going to know when to say, okay, China. So we're talking about inventions here. Some of the, you know, better inventions, Why do people say best things since sliced bread?

I never really understood that. I like sliced bread, but a lot of other things better than that. You can talk about, I don't know, air conditioning seems appropriate for me because it's a thousand degrees out here in Los Angeles still. I don't know. The airplane. The internet. Who invented the internet?

A lot of people say Al Gore, but I'd never, what's that about? Who invented the internet? I really want to know that. I'm pretty sure it's the U.S. military. I don't know. probably the military BVD chimes in this. Okay, China. No, close.

That's good. I would take accepted. Accepted right there. Another great invention. They really kind of changed things. It was done by the Mesopotamians. Or in Mesopotamia, by the Sumerians, excuse me. Right.

In 4200 BC. Do you know what it was? Water. They didn't invent water. That's Jesus. We talked about Jesus before. That carpenter guy. Right?

They invented the wheel. Jake. Right. Initially it was used for pottery. Then they figured out if they stuck a stick through two wheels. They could move things around. And then 2,000 years later, apparently it was also independently

invented in China. Okay. Independently 2,000 years later, Ha! You know, we're talking about Europe not too far from China. Like, there ain't no big bodies of water between Europe and China. You don't think in 2,000 years,

what do you call people? Wheelers? Do you think they stole a wheeler? And we're like, I like that. Let's take it. We independently thought of that. Okay, check. Not buying that for a second.

I think you stole a wheeler. And took the invention for yourself. You know who else stole a wheeler? Philadelphia Phillies. They stole a wheeler from the rest of Major League Baseball when they signed him to a five-year, $118 million contract when they're paying him low 20s. in the millions per year

because this guy is worth 40 something that's what aces are getting paid nowadays they're getting a 50% discount they stole a wheeler just like China did do you know what this guy has done since he's been in Philadelphia tell me what's my least favorite word right now in baseball

FIPP posting posting posting Sick of people saying that. This dude's posted. Okay, he comes over. 2020, weird year. We've tried to forget about 2020.

Well, he makes all of his starts there. 292 ERA. 2021, those are the most innings in all of Major League Baseball, has three complete games, two shutouts, leads the National League and strikeouts, leads all the baseball in batters face, Cy Young 2 in 2021. 2022 misses a few games still gets 26 starts at a 282.

This guy is worth so much freaking money. 2023 comes along. He's got a 3,4, 9, he's made all of his starts. He's already had 170 innings pitch. He leads the National League and whip. Like, we talk about the Phillies for a bunch of different reasons, man. They got bangers. We talk about freaking Trey Turner and Bryce Harper shaving his beard.

He looks bad, by the way. Don't do that, Bryce. What are you doing, man? We talk about Kyle Schwarver. We talk about J.T. Orumuto being a hop-wife. We probably even talk about Aeronola. Before we talk about Zach Wheeler.

But Zach Wheeler has been there doing that at like 23Ms a year when he should be making 43Ms a year. This guy is an absolute stud. I wanted to make sure everyone knew it. And just like China back in 2000 BC, the Philly stole a wheeler. Okay, China.

Trev, I would have loved to see if you went to Stanford and presented that in front of a classroom because I think the professor might have just resigned on the spot. I win. Give you the keys to the classroom. It's yours now.

2,000 years later independently. You're connected. It's not like, you know, the pyramids, like they're separated by bodies of massive bodies of water. those are definitely by aliens. The wheel? I think I tend to be with you. If I had to guess,

I would bet someone in those 2,000 years might have brought the wheel along. Maybe we're wrong. Maybe we're the assholes. Mesopotamia slaps. You could... You know where modern-day Mesopotamia is? Iraq.

At least, yeah. Oh, like, literally. literally location-wise, right? Yeah. Oh, not the place that slaps like Mesopotam. Yeah, I thought you were talking about like the modern misfiel. I thought you were doing like a BuzzFeed article. What's the new Mesopotamia? It slaps, just like Atlanta.

It's Botswana. I gave it a quick Google. Conflicting reports on if the military invented the internet. Google says the military did not invent the internet. This misconception comes from the fact that the Department of Defense funded the organization that worked on the earliest iterations, which sounds like the military invented it. And then a different article said,

and yeah, the guy who invented it had military intentions behind it. So it sounds like military... Why does Al Gore come up in my mind? That was a saying for a while. Yeah. That is something I've heard people say. I think he might have claimed that at some point, and I think people called BS.

He claimed the internet? He claimed the internet? He's at the office. But it goes back, like, all I know is like old 1997 episodes of SNM. they would joke about Al Gore inventing the internet. So I think there's something there's something there. I can look into that part. Trev, we have, as you and I have done many times,

we've tagged up on something beautiful here. And horribly unfortunate, because I was going to give the Charlie Sheen off the wagon award. Remember when Charlie Sheen just went nuts and, like, America was just tuning in every day? Like I think we had cameras outside Charlie Sheen's house, and it was like, yeah, there's been 14 women in there for three days. And it was just like, what are we doing?

And he had the, you know, the tiger. What was the tiger? Tiger blood. Tiger blood. And the other thing was winning. There's two pitchers I want to highlight who got wins this past week. One is a teammate with a guy you just mentioned, Zach Wheeler.

Our friend Big Taiwan Walker, he's been racking up the dubs this season, and I know pitcher wins and blah, blah, blah. He's got a 4-1-5. And guess what? For the Philadelphia Phillies, that'll get you a 15 wins this year. Big Taiwan Walker is 15 and 5.

He also got off to a little bit of a slow start. He has been electric for a while now. You know, his last 15, a 3-2 ERA. He's been starting to get hit a little more, but he's racking up dubs. He's 13 and 2 in that stretch. Taiwan Walker 15 wins on the year. That's incredible for a starting pitcher, right?

Trev, do you know who leads the American League and wins? Leads the American League and wins. Oh, boy. Logan Gilbert BBD I don't know My favorite signing of the off season Chris Bassett

Leads the AL and wins With a 369 Very very fine ERA He has He's 14 and 7 So he's got 14 wins Chris Taiwan Walker has 15 wins

Trev and this is where things get gross because we didn't coordinate this at all Where did uh Where did both those guys pitch last year? Oh, the Mets The Mets. That's a team that's been looking for some wins this year. I know it hasn't just been pitching.

Wow, dancing on the grave of the Mets. Maybe it's because Jolly clipped me yesterday. But Trev, no one else I didn't. Where to, you mentioned how good that Zach Wheeler contract. Oh boy. Now you're just doing it. It's one of the best free agent pitching contracts kind of ever. Where did

he, uh, where did he come from? People were laughing when the Phillies sign. He came from the Mets. People were laughing. It's almost like when Brian Cashman said, Gior, a great player. He's no Josh Donaldson. There was uh, yeah, man.

I mean, both those guys are racking up dubs this year. I know it's not exactly how it works, people, but I think I saw some Mets people posting like, hey, weren't those guys are, our three and four last year? We like them. Now do the A's roster from three years ago. Now let's do our all A's team to close it up.

Treve, we're not going to do that, but we're going to tell people, go to draft Kings, get your final bets in on this baseball season, or start placing some NFL bets because the NFL season is here. We're doing our against the spread league again. I was last year's champ. Trevor Plouf got on the board last night with his lions covering. I think I went with Norlands this weekend. I kind of like them.

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Are we stimming? I don't know if we have that prepped. No, no, no, it's too sexy. It's too sexy. We're not prepped for the stim. You have to ask, don't know how to time for that. We're going to have to. We're going to have to.

Stim on Monday, because it's almost that time of year, people. Playoffs are coming. Enjoy the weekend of baseball. I hope your team has many wins, if that's what you want. You're a lot. Martian siding in the Bronx, Trev. I don't believe anything from like that time period. I don't, because nobody was even like taking records.

They were like drawing pictures on some stones. Like, come on. And the pyramids were built? I'm okay. Okay, pyramid builders. We can. Pyramid builders.