Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - Orioles & Mariners are the Stories of Baseball?? | 511

Episode Date: July 11, 2022

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Hello and welcome to talking baseball. The Braves, the Dodgers, the Mariners, and the Orioles are better than your favorite team. Let's talk some ball. Let's talk some ball. Welcome to the show. We're going to talk some ball. Jim Rome. Hello and welcome to talking baseball.

Presented to you by Seatkeek. My name is Jimmy. Sitting next to me is Jake. Behind the dish we have producer BBD. Trevor Plouf is out fishing. Not with us today. Fishing. I think.

I'm not positive where he is. It's fishing with his brother. I think his direct quote was, what, you want me to talk baseball to these normal people? I'm going to go fishing after my Cabo trip. Wait, his family does a camping trip,

like every year around the All-Star break? Oh, playoffs. Yeah. And it was one of the things he never did. No. It's his brother's birthday, I believe, and he agreed to a fishing trip or something.

Hope they catch some fish. They won't. Well, I hope they do. I almost add one. Nice, dude. I caught a big one, but I had to release it. It just looks so sad. Kind fisherman.

So we're going to talk baseball without them. Presented by Seatkeek, as I said. If you use code talking, you get $20 off your first purchase. They got the seats to the events you want to be at. A lot of baseball fans probably listening. Maybe some NASCAR fans. Maybe some fans of the fucking ballet. It's Billy Elliott.

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You might be a Trevor listening. All you good baseball fans. Oh, there's a lot of Trevers. We actually might do really well in the Trevor demo. Hope everyone had a good weekend. Jim excited to talk some Orioles some mariners

Trevor's Mariners listen to this clip from Trevor Plouf back on June on June 16th the Mariners are dead whoa boy since then it's me wow that was the end of the quote that wasn't since then

they've been playing a fun brand of baseball they are in the wild step on my a L I'm not stepping on your a L just don't step on my L I know. That's my A.O. And I'm excited.

The birds are hot in the street. It's a good time to be a Baltimore Orioles fan. I'm juiced up. I'll taste other dudes. Did you hear the latest news out of L.A.? Trevor Plouf didn't catch a fish. No. Oh.

That's not the latest. Hmm. The Dodger Stadium concession workers are threatening to go on strike for the All-Star break. Let's go. Leave them open. A badass. Just set up. They wanted to go on strike last year, but they were like, no, let's wait for the ball.

This will be better. This will be better timing. How much do you think they're scrambling? Who? The Dodgers or Dodger Stadium. Someone is scrambling. Like one person is like scrambling, scrambling. You think this leads to like a blank room in the stadium with two folding chairs, no table situation?

No. All right. Okay. Love a good negotiation. Hope they don't strike. Or I hope they get what they want. want. Right.

I didn't read the article. I don't know what they're upset about. Maybe the food's bad. Hope both sides are happy. You want to tell me about the NL? Sure. Because I have the AL. Trev had the IL.

He's out. Yeah. It's only one series. I watched a couple innings of that series. I watched some of the AL. Good series. I'm only talking about two teams in the AL. Yeah.

No one else deserves any shine. So let's do the NL first, is what I'd say. Tell me all about it. Jim, the National League is brought to by Draft Kings. Draft Kings doesn't come in a jar. Draft Kings comes from who you are. And the action never ends at the DK Sportsbook, especially this summer.

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Details. Details, man. It's one of my least favorite things about the news. Details. Oh my goodness. I was watching the Mets game, which was on Pix 11. Yes. And then the news came on afterwards?

Yeah. Awful. Yeah. Awful. No, it's crazy. end up with three child murders. Yeah. I was just sitting there like, what the hell is this?

Three different ones. It's brutal. I can't believe people watch the news. It's tough. I can't, my cable box pops on one of the news channels to start. And when it's on, it's just like so bad. Mixing a happy story. No, that doesn't sell tickets, Jim.

You've put a team together before. Oh, me and Katie were like, me and Katie were like, we had to turn it off. Yeah. It is horrible, but you don't need to fill my home with all the horrible news. I got my mom for that. She texts me every single death that comes across her screen. I think we have the same provider, Jake. News is always the first thing when you turn on the cable.

It's like the only thing I wouldn't want to see. It's bad. Yeah. Okay. Can't I make it? Can you give me the news on the National League? Yes. Welcome.

Welcome to our news show, Jim. Let's start out in Atlanta, the Breast. Braves sweep the nationals, and that's obvious, sure, but holy Toledo, Jim, your Atlanta Braves are rolling. They are now 29 and 8 in the last two months of baseball, and they took care of the lowly nationals. Charlie Morton, I keep trying to tell you about the Saltman. He keeps doing it. And then young, thick, Austin Riley with the Homer in the second game and the walkoff in the last game. your Braves got Robinson Cano Jim right before the Mets series.

Game and a half back in the Mets. He's walking all over the standings part of the show. Shut up! Washington has lost 10 of 11. Soto has a 13-game hitting streak. He's hitting 409 during that span. But the team stinks. Dodgers!

They sweep the Cubs. Dodgers are in a seven-game winner, and the Cubs kind of fun run of winning a couple series comes to a screeching. Mm. Kershaw with a really good start, Jim. We talk about him a lot. We talk about Tony Gonslin a lot, because he kind of ignored Trevor Plouf,

and now he's one of the best pitchers in baseball. 11-0-1-6-2 on the season after his seven innings. Two earned runs. How about Rake Lamb with two homers in this series? Mookie Betts, I say, Poppy. Dodgers Sweet the Cubs. Ureas got hit around a little bit. Dodgers had a big comeback.

P.J. Higgins hit a grand slam. It's like a kid's name. Padres. We know a JP Higgins. Yeah, that's like a man's name. Okay. Padres. They split with the Giants.

The Padres won the first two games. Jim, can I tell you about some starting pitching performances? Yeah. Musgrove, seven-shut piece. Webb, eight innings, one-earn run. Snell, six innings, one-earned, 11-punch pieces. What? Rodon with the complete game.

One earn run. Darvish, seven innings pitch, one earn. Wood seven shutout, eight K's. It's good to be a Florida gator. None of those guys are, but how about the starting pitching? They end up splitting the series as the Giants to take the second two games on the backs of Rodon and Wood. The Mets split four with the Florida fish. Watch out.

Atlanta's coming. They blew him out in game one. Williams. Friend of the pod, people forget that. People forget that. Okay. People forget that. Marlins, they win the last game in 10. The final two games went to extra innings.

Mets were lucky to escape this with two wins. They could easily lost three in this series. Bassett returns from the COVID-I-L. That's kind of big news. Joey Wendell. Doesn't really deserve to be a shout-out, but he cheers me up every time. Matt's walked off the third game on a throwing error, so some good baseball there. Miggie Roe exits game four with neck tightness.

Don't like that. I like him a lot. I got neck tightness. Okay. Cardinals, Phillies. Phillies win another series against a playoff team or not a playoff team right now. As they take a lead on the Cardinals in the wild card standing, they shut out the birds in the first two games. Jim, you're going to like this one.

I keep telling you things you're going to like. Gibson, our game. guy Gibby. Last time he saw the Cardinals, he gave up back to back to back to back home runs. This time he shuts him out through seven innings. Yeah, right? The birds on the bats can die. Kyle Gibson quote. The game, the Phillies loose. Nick Nelson has an opener. Bad experience with that in his Yankees day. It's two innings pitch-woner, and it's not the reason they lost, but still, stop messing with Nick Nelson. Philly's, they take two out of three in the loo. That's pretty nice. Pirates take two out of three from the brew crew.

What's it all about? Milwaukee hasn't been a tough team in a little while. Pirates, they have a big seventh inning, including go-ahead Ben Gamal Homer in the second game. Yelly gets tossed. Tough check swing call was brutal. And then the rats stretch out the final game, too. Insane.

Debacks, Rockies played four. Snakes got jobbed throughout. Somehow the Rockies snaked out three wins. Lucky. That's what happened. happened in the NL. Wow, lucky. Hey, was this the week of four-game sets?

I think it was. Why? They probably like preps leading up to the All-Star game. Why does the schedule have, like, rhythm and patterns this year? I don't like it. I think they thought they were going to have a pattern, and then they screwed it up with the play.

Some of these maybe got added on. We have more four-game sets because the first two series got to add it on randomly, maybe. Or they were, like, lining up, like, approach to the All-Star game, so they had a four-game set this weekend, and then. Well, because he also got pushed too. Whatever.

You want to start Rocky's debacks? No. All right. Well, let me tell you about the standings. In the National League, the Dodgers are now up eight games. This was a close division at one point. Yeah. Now the Padres can get back in it.

They're eight games back. The Giants are 12 and a half back at this point. Yikes. And the Dodgers still have a. like fully, fully gone into the best gear? First gear? Not a car guy. Not a car guy.

Milwaukee. Fifth gear probably. That's when you're looking fast, I think. Not a car guy. Milwaukee, some people are so upset. But I'm not a car guy. Took a scooter. Dodgers kind of have gone.

We'll talk about it. They still got more they can go, though. Always. The brew crew, So they actually, they're still in first, Jake. Two and a half lead over Cardinals because the Cardinals lost two games to the Phillies, which brings us to the east where the Phillies are now seven games out. They're in third place.

The Braves are a game and a half out on the Mets. Two back in the loss column. Oh. I think the Braves actually have a better win-loss. No, that's Pythagorean. That's Pythagorean's theorem. Fargarians win loss. Because he was all about baseball, if you remember.

He liked everything. He kind of was just like an activities guy. Yeah. Mm-hmm. What's the wild card look like? Your wild card standings. Padres would be... Padres and Braves would be in and Phillies.

Philly's. Yeah, they got a game up on the Cardinals, two on the Giants. So although they've been dead for a little bit now. That's the expanded wild card there. How about them, Phil? Good for them. Where do you want to start?

You take me around. Jim, let's go Chrono. This will be quick because it's more so building up to what's happening. Tonight, Braves Mets. Braves are a game and a half back of the New York Mets after being 10 and a half back. And they are playing three starting tonight. That's exciting stuff. They sweep the Nats.

I mean, not much to say on the Nats except kind of the Sets. kind of the same thing. Juan Soto really good. He's starting to go after a mass start for him. Team stinks, and the Braves are just winning, dude. I mean, like you said, our debate about a big debate, if the Dodgers have gone. The Braves have gone.

They're 29 and 8 since the start of June. They, in this four-game set, or in this weekend, had the highest team batting average in the National League. And they had a 10% walk rate. That's got to be the highest as well. I only played three. Well, over the weekend. Right.

Of course, the weekend. Right. They had the best offense. Yeah, I mean, they got to face the Nats, which I think helped. And they, uh, Fetty got whopped in the first game. Oh. Brub, br-br-ch-tich-to-my throat. He's sorry about his itchy throat.

Yeah. Michael Harris, Deuce, youngest player in the league. He has a four-hit game in that first. one. He's a one-man wrecking crew. And then Young Thick, he does it in the second and third game. The Braves are here. Soroka rehabbing got hit in the knee by a comebacker. It's like, come on. Did he really? Yeah, it was live BP. So it wasn't a real rehab. We're trying to catch the guy. That's a no-no. Was he you? Remember when Giancarlo Stanton was rehabbing from like a calf injury and a young pitcher had to pitch to him down in Tampa

and like the rehab facility and they said the kid was very nervous and I think we talked to Stan about that the kid was very nervous and he just like hit him. Yeah. And like Stan felt bad. But then he got injured again

and missed more time. Tough spot to be in. Don't hit a comebacker at Soroka. I mean, talk about bad luck. But the Braves are here. Excited to watch. Gonna watch tonight. No Yanks game.

So I watch some Scherzer freed tonight, Jim. I got to binge watch Severance. Severance. Maybe I'll put it on on my phone or something. I am, if Cano's in the starting lineup, I am tuning.

Right. I, you got like officially added to the roster. Yeah. An hour. I, it's just like, they're just trolling and a little bit.

Like, Matt, you're paying Cano's contract. They do kind of have a spot for him because I think it's Goslin that they're replacing him with. Is that who they sent off? They DFAed him and sent down Mike Ford.

Oh, tough. But I like that twist-a-knife storyline. Because you know there are Mets fans that live in misery. Right. That are like preparing themselves for a canoe walk-off. And then like, and then everyone says, you know, you're paying for that. And then it's like, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.

Can you believe what's going on here? We're paying him. He's in homers for the Braves, man. Was he doing anything in AAA? I think he was hitting in AAA. What's kind of doing? Got that dog in him, you know? He wants to play.

Okay. And now he's playing. Now he's playing. I guess we'll keep it in the east. We might as well be eastbound, Jim. He was hitting in AAA. Right? Update, yeah.

854 OPS. Let's talk about your Phillies, if we can. Sure. I wasn't able to make the episode last Friday. little baby James was sick he's doing better but in my notes I listened you and Trev shared it I mean the Phillies starting pitching Phillies pitching has been insane bullpen both sides and Nelson had even been good as a long relief guy when the Yankees started Nelson as an opener he told them I've never done this in my life

Like I think he said like the last time was Little League Like in high school College, Miners never started And they told him the night before He had no idea how to prep How to train what to do He was so thrown

And it's like a messed up move So I hope the Phillies gave him more notice That they using him as the opener this time I think it was the short notice That was a thing Because he had started a little bit in the minor leagues But It was a very weird

Was that someone else then? It might have been someone else. They did it to someone who said they had never started before. Who was it? They're in the early opener times. Tough to say. Maybe that was Holder way back when? Anyway.

Phillies. Wheeler Gibson. They shut them out. The first two games, the Cardinals went through a little slumparoo there. I think there was some funky stat. They went like 40 innings without like an extra base hit RBI or something like that. man, in the Phillies, like we did a whole, you know,

Bryce Harper went down and it was like, oh, I don't know, you know, we'll see, can they tread water? They're doing more than tread water. Their winning series, Schwerbo continues to be nuts, but like you highlighted, they're relief pitching. Philly's relief pitching. Last episode was the first time we've ever complimented Philly's relief pitching.

And yeah, I mean, that changes. that changes the whole Philly season outlook because they had the lineup, they had the starting pitching, and you're like, yeah, you know, this team's kind of going to be streaky. That's not exactly what Gibby alluded to with us, but, you know, when you put the formula together,

sometimes the bats are going to go, sometimes the starting pitching is going to go. When they both line up, this team's going to be really hot. If they don't, it's a bad time. Their defense and bullpen stinks. If they're getting bullpen performances, which they are, I mean, this team's a real tough out. And I mean...

In the last 20 games, they've had four relievers record a save. Do you have it in front of you? If not, can you... Can you... I think I have it in front of me. Damn it.

Sorry. Research. Is that guy's named Sir Anthony? Sure is. It's pronounced Sir Anthony. Yeah. Like he's knighted. That's like a real bullshit way

to have your kids sound important. He is important to this bullseley's bullpen. Like if I have another son, I can just name him, James, spell it S-E-R-J-A-M-E-S. Then I'd have James and Sir James. Sucks for James. Sucks for James.

Maybe like the nickname Baby James Stakes Forever. I don't know if that's allowed. I don't know if, like, if this guy's parents were British or he was in the UK, I don't think this is allowed. I don't think you're allowed to name your son, your son, Sir Anthony. He's from Esperanza in the Dominican Republic. His nickname on baseball reference is it Sir Anthony? Yeah.

Also, he's name. Just, just as his name. name. A little bit of both. Evil Kniebel, Sir Anthony Dominguez, your guy, Andrew Bellotti, Brad Hand, your actual guy putting together another big season. We love that. Nick Nelson's been good lately.

The Phillies are kind of a problem right now. And dude, I'm so excited. We, uh, Jim, in one week, we're going to be at the home run derby. Yep. And then Trade rumor season is going to be going nuts It already kind of is Kind of

Rumors Like Heyman started his bullshit tweets Once the All Star game happens That's kind of it You know Yes yes Now it's trade season Yeah

So that's where I'm excited The Phillies You know a few weeks ago We weren't sure where they were going to be at They are in it now And man You know Dumbrowly

at the helm, like that's a team that's scary. Their chips are in. How are they going to push that even more? I don't know. And, man, that's, it's a horrific. It's what's been so appealing about the Phillies is they are a horrifying playoff team. So they can hit, now they can pitch too.

Because if you get, I mean, you get Nola Wheelered, like the Cardinals did, could not score any runs. And that's what happened in this series. You've got to find out how legit the bullpen is. I know they're having a phenomenal stretch. And I haven't watched him pitch, and I just found out a guy's name was Sir Anthony, so I am not an expert on this and should be taking anything.

But Nola, Wheeler, Gibby, that could be a very nice rotation. Is? It's just like don't pitch Brad Hand in playoffs. Come on. A bit of advice. That's a touch of advice for me, and that's all I'll say. I'm rooting for the Phillies. I think they're fun.

I like their uniforms. Brad Hand, career postseason stats, 2.1 innings for runs. So I get backed up. Houston and the Yankees. Who do you face in the postseason? If they phase them in this postseason, then the Phillies went on a crazy run. Hey, Brad Hand has been on a team,

has gotten kicked off a team that was in a postseason run before. So crazier things have happened. Okay. Crazy things have happened. Who's next on your list of NL teams? I'm just an East Coast guy, so we should probably finish up with Mets Fish. Uh, texted Jolly Olive.

Shea Station. I was like Jall. Jall Jall Jolly Jolly Jolly. What's up, dude? And he was like, honestly, he's like, we were kind of lucky to get out of that series not losing three out of four. McCann went back to the aisle.

Marte's day. to day. Jeff is on the paternity list. Marlins have kind of been a problem for them in the past. And like, let's be honest, it's kind of been building up for this. They're playing the Braves. They have 15 games left with the Braves to finish this season. That stinks. Starts with Scherzer and Freed tonight. Bassett comes back. That's big. news for the Mets. All the starters pitched well.

Yeah. Yeah, no starters got touched up at all. Well, Castano in the first game. But everyone else, Taiwan Walker, Alkan, Tadda, Carrasco, Garrett, with similar stat lines. Yeah, I don't know. John Birdie, Joey Wendell. They just straight up say Alcantra on the Mets broadcast.

Yeah. That's what Jerry Blevins sold us And then the other broadcaster straight up say Alcantara I feel good that we're not we weren't the only ones Oh no He's so nasty Yeah he's uh I I felt good

Shut up Jake Uh Jim on Friday I talked about I think Alcantra has entered this Rare air Of starting pitcher like it like 2015 Harvey, like de Grom in recent years. When you're on such a high level of a starting pitcher,

it's a race to one both ways. Like if you're the other team and you get one off on Contra, you're like, we might win today. Like, we kind of got them. And if you're the Marlins, you're kind of in a tough spot because you're just doing anything to scrape across one. Because if you get one, you think you're going to win. And that's exactly what happened in this game.

I mean, him and Ty Walker, they both go seven shuddy. Fish end up winning it. Good job by Ty Walker. Did you see McNeil try to do an 02 bunt, bunted first strikeout? It's a new thing. It's the new thing. It's a new fad. When it works, it's good.

When it doesn't, you're out. If it works, yeah. Depending on the situation. Always. That's life. You know, I mean, extra base hits always better. Absolutely. So sometimes they're like, sure, take first.

I don't think that's a good. I would like to, like, let's go back and be like, it's weird to be so small balls not there. And now all of a sudden people are like, let's start burning with two strikes. The numbers say it's good. They leave the field open for you and you get it down. Otherwise you're out.

Otherwise you're out. It kind of them's the rules. Fish. I kind of got, I shouldn't say I've got nothing for you. They, if they want to go, they've got to start going soon. They head into the All-Star break with Pittsburgh and Philly. They're two games below 500. They're four out of that second wildcard spot.

I know Trev likes to talk about them as the last potential team that can make the playoffs. Now scary they'd be with their pitching, but they just, they got to show us more, especially with the rest of this NL East. I don't like the Mets bullpen, man. Not into it. They're just so the opposite hand. Like Joeli Rodriguez comes in, has to face her right.

He has to base hit. It leads to a run. Drew Smith can't hit face lefties. They need the trade for a guy that can get both sides out somewhere. Will bullpen help? Everyone needs it. Maybe they trade for Brad Hand.

I don't think you'd like that, though. No, I wouldn't like that for them. So we'll see. Okay. I think the Phillies want to keep Brad Hand. You'd think that. I guess I would think that. You would think that.

You would think that. Let's see, Timbuck, too. Let's go to the Dodgers. They hosted the Cubs. We already talked about them a little bit. bit. I mean, they sweep. They're winners of seven straight. You could chop up their numbers that they've been in a good stretch. You could chop up their numbers that they've been in a good stretch for the whole season. The Cubbies had been a little pesky, had given them a little love.

The biggest news out of Cubsland, Ian Hap is an all-star. And that's what's important. That's always been the only thing that's important. Happy for them. happy for them Rake Lamb you liked when I said that Yep I've heard I thought it was his real name

And then I realized you're doing it Because rake can be a first name You know a rake Rake Yon Is that his real name? Can't be Can't be No way

He's like a doctor Wild if that was his first name Uh Frederick four hits on the last day Lux is playing really well I think Lux is like the top 20 OBP in baseball, and he's playing so many different positions. Good for him.

Yeah, he's starting to rack up some more of 376 on base. 304 batting average. Did you guys talk about Thompson last episode? Bad. Trace Thompson? Yes. Yes, we did. Because his story is pretty cool.

You know who his brother is? Tristan. No. Bobby. Nope. I'm out of guesses. You're out. Yeah.

Hmm. Because I think you even put in the notes last time, something about Clay. Oh, no, I didn't put that in there. I don't know that. Yeah. That's his brother? Yeah. Cool.

Yeah. Big couple weeks for them. Let's see, Stroman with four shot. There you go, Cubs. Trade him. I mean, is his half going to get traded? Does his life get completely twisted upside down right now? Ooh, he goes All-Star traded?

Yeah. You're pretty wild. Cubs should, I mean, the Cubs. will be trading. That's fun to know, right? Yeah, so they, again, they had a couple winners in a row. They briefly jumped up to third place in the NL Central. They're two games separated from the Reds.

Reds are hot. Reds are hot, but it's over. And, yeah, the Cubs are a plunder team. You got to trade D-Rob before he blows another save. Blew two of his last three. Mm. You gone. I'm rooting for his value to drop.

Is he going Phillies? Yeah. Yeah. David Robertson to the Phillies or the Mets. Ah. Aha. Yeah. You like David Robertson.

Phillies are the Mets. Yeah. That's locked. Locked. First trade reported of the season. David Robertson to the Phillies or the Mets. When it happens, we get credit. Credit us.

That's why Aiman does it. It. Hmm. Ha ha ha. Hearing, just hearing reports. Okay. Braves, Phillies, Mets, Brewers, all teams

likely interested in talking about potentially trading for David Robertson. Mookie Betts is 20-Hen. And that was a tweet. Mookie Betts is 20-11. 20 homers. Do you know that? That's awesome. I'm happy for him. He's good. Still really good.

Do you have Gonson or Kershaw starting the All-Star game? I know this is big for you. Oh, don't care. Okay. I hope Kershaw. Right. I can't do a whole... People are trying to germ up a Kershaw Verlander game. Great. I just don't want to be talking about cats during the All-Star game. I don't want to, like, him to wear the cleats and then like, now I got to look and talk about cats during the All-Star game. So I'm... My votes for Kersh. You think he could put like a live kitten on his cleat and still pitch?

Sure he has. You're not sure he has. At home into the laundry bin or something like that? I'm not sure he has. Padres Giants, Jim. They split a four gamer. Again, a lot of really good starting pitching performances in this one. Man, they should team up.

You know? I think so. Like they should, the Giants should have bowed out. Let the Padres get all four. and just say, let's just not let the Dodgers win this. It'll look Calnaught and Ricky Bobby. Someone's got to come in second place if you want to take down the other team.

A little shake and bake. Giants should have canceled themselves this series and let the Padres go after it. Who are they helping? Splitting. Nobody. Just the Dodgers, actually. Yeah.

They help the Dodgers out. So a bad teamwork out of those two teams. Work together better, guys. Yeah. Rodon, All-Star, snub, oh, he's going to get in, though, because pitchers drop out. So it's okay. It's okay.

He'll be there. He'll be there by the end. Yeah, I don't know. Like these, I think Padres are trying to get to the All-Star break as the Dodgers sprint away from them and get some good Tatis news at some point. And then the Giants, man. I don't know what you do. I liked, uh, was it Trev?

Did Trev say last episode? That the Giants, this year. years giants or we're supposed to be last year's giants. They're kind of the same giants. But because of last year's giants being good, this is like throwing us off. Oh yeah. Like this is who they were supposed to be last year.

Yes, yes. I said what you're saying. Yeah. I like that. I mean, they lost some key pieces and the defense is so bad and. Defense is so bad. Yeah, you saw that they still, the pitcher's still leading FIPP.

Yeah. But they're like the worst ERA. Uh-oh. And it's all weak content. A lot of it, according to, well, I don't care about the numbers. I don't know who it is. It was bad. Sure.

Bunt on them. Maybe they'll positively regress. Defense picks it up. I don't know. They've got Arizona and Milwaukee to finish up. What are my Padres finish up with? Colorado and Arizona. Okay.

Don't lip into the break. Either of those teams. You can't afford it. Who are they playing? Do you have that? Colorado and Arizona, yep, that's who San Diego is playing. In Colorado, though, so a little different. And then Arizona and Milwaukee for San Francisco.

So both get Arizona? Both get Arizona. Did you hear Al Faro's interview? No. Said a bad word. What do you say? The F word. Fudge?

Yeah. Mackin Island. Led's fudge and go San Diego during his post-game interview after the walk-off. Rude. I mean, Jorge Alfaro, his look in the City Connect uniforms. Didn't he know sheltered children are listening? I'd assume he would, right? Maybe he doesn't, though.

I don't think he did. No, I think he didn't consider it. Is Joe Musgrove a free agent after the season? Because he is 15 starts a 209 ERA. I think he is, right? I think so. Yeah. He might get paid paid.

Heck, I think he will. Huh. First reported. Should I be his agent? Yeah. Hearing reports Joe Musgrove fielding offers in the $200 million range. And you're not worried about the brewers. That division was always going to come down to the last week of the season.

So we're just biding time. Just waiting. Yeah. Waiting on the river to rise. That a song? Yes. Nice. Thanks, man.

Yeah, I mean, the burers have been playing under 500 ball for over a month. now. It's just like, E. They'll make a train and it'll work out. Good news in Brewersland. Let's go, baby. Are you rooting for the Pirates?

To do what? I don't know. Just be a... Be a thorn? Yes. Like O'Neill Cruz, Vogelbach. That picture of Vogue and Rowdy to Les.

Baseball. I mean, Vladis. Vladdy needs to get in that too. Actually, Vladdy's slimmed compared to them now. He's kind of out of that crew. Astadillo. Sure, bro. Astadio could be in any picture.

And, um... Alejandro. Alejandro? You got it. Just hit him with the two short? Yeah, this is a short guy. I mean, I forgot his name. Kirkie.

I love him. All-star. Kirkie. I read like this whole, maybe it wasn't, I don't know what I would, maybe it was a broadcast. They were just like, fat catchers are back. And I was like, yeah. Hell yeah. Come on.

Come on. It wasn't me. It was good, though. I liked it. Yeah. It was great. Good, man. That's what makes baseball fun.

Bligh Madras got option back down to the miners. Bligh. Sir Bligh. Yeah, pretty much. And then, yeah, I mean, snakes, rocks. The Rockies won three, one earned games. They cheated. That's gross.

They've got a whole, like, follow-up Astros scandal going on. Colorado. Can't say that. Can't say that. Allegedly. Allegedly. Kikele went seven innings. Do you like that?

Kikel? Really? Yeah. Yeah, I like that. That's great news. Like Connor Joe, go-ahead RBI singles? I had to explain to my wife why Connor Joe is such a funny name.

Two first names. Yeah, but it's like usually Joe's the end of a nickname, like Moka Joe. Coffee Joe, you know, like Roadwork Joe. There's been a lot of movie characters. Right. So it always usually sounds like adjective, you know, like Skippy Joe.

But this is just his name. Connor Joe. So you kind of say with that rhythm like a nickname, but it's not a nickname. It's just his name. Connor Joe. He kind of have to say the full name. Yeah.

Yeah. He's Connor Joe. Full name, name. Let's go to the AL. I'm ready for it. I'm ready for you. The Orioles sweep the Angels in a four-game set. Lyles, Wells, Creamer, and Voth get it done

because their rotation is the best in baseball since June 6th. Adley Rushman is a ball of energy and fun. It's his first home run in Camden. Angels, losing like crazy and embarrassing facts. The Mariners also on a heater. They sweep the Blue Jays in a four-game set. Gonzalez Kirby. Ray and Gilbert get it done.

Ah, O'Henio Suarez with a walk-off home run. Dylan Moore pops some homers. Carlos Santana with some big go-ahead homers. Mariners are in the wild card if it ended today. The Yankees and the Red Sox. split a four game set. Yankees won the first two. Red Sox won the last two. Drop balls galore and some wild finishes. Fenway did its thing provided a lot of offense. I don't know what the average runs was, but the least amount of runs scored by a team was five in a game. The Astros and the A's,

they played three games and the A's took game two, Jake, which made it a rubber, game three and I was like oh my god are the Astros going to lose a series to the A's no and they didn't they won game three maldonado's been hitting really good ever since they called up the catcher cori Lee so you know a little bump and grind out of the two of them hanging out tigers and white socks they split a series the white socks are getting so untalkable that i don't want to talk about um they're now like nightingale's thrown out reports that the clubhouse is lost and they're saying well nightingale only got that from like the owner and tony to like not put the blame on him white socks fans are just fucking pissed at tone and the rusa they think the

coaching's awful bummer of a time the rangers took two out of three from the twins because no one in the central wants to win no of the none of the winners in the central want to win the royals took two out of three of the guardians damn someone in the central grab the division please it's open. Take it. That's all. McKenzie Gore. I mean, Tristan McKenzie,

six shout out innings. I'm done. You can skip the music. Do you not have that ability? There you go. That's the AO. Great stuff. Standings check.

Standings check. I do have a standings check. I think. I might have deleted the other tab that has. Oh, am I dumb? Oh. Oh, because what I do.

do as I pop two tabs out, one from the last episode, standings, and then one from the current standings. And I just look at them side by side and tell you what's changed. Nothing's changed. Oh, God, don't be so stupid all the time. Mm-hmm. Okay. The Yankees is the same.

14 games back are the Red Sox. Yep. The Rays, they were tied with the Red Sox for 14 games back. They're now 15 and a half. that's the I.L. talking. Toronto is now 16 and a half back. And Baltimore is in last place. Two games behind Toronto.

18 and a half back. In the central, Minnesota remains four and a half up. Cleveland and the White Sox are kind of tied, tied in the wind column. And Houston, their 13 game lead goes down to 12 with Seattle winning, eight in a row. Watch out. I mean, there's not a lot going on in the division winners.

So you got to go to the wild card for the drama that you're seeking. Basically, all the East teams are in, and Seattle is now in. And Cleveland is out, and Baltimore is on the doorstep. Baltimore is one game below 500. I thought they got to 500. They're one game below 500? One game below.

I got to get out of that page. Okay. That page makes me feel different emotions than the ones I want to share. Share it and let's talk about it. Orioles have won eight in a row, Jake. It is their longest single season winning streak since 2005. They had, I think, three walk-offs in this streak. They sweep the angels.

Like I said, they're starting pitching in the last 22 games. since June 16th has the lowest starter ERA in baseball at 250, and their fifth in reliever ERA in that same stretch. I was reading up on what they're saying is the difference from this team in last year, and Wells, the pitcher, and Hyde, they both mentioned the vibe in the dugout, saying that the older guys,

and Ruegner-Dor is there, and he is a vibe in the dugout guy, and they did credit him and some of the older guys that feel more like, established now. So with this younger crew, they are now big brother and like this is how it happens. And they're just saying that they're holding each other accountable. They're happy.

They're having fun. They're cheering and loud. And that's like what they really credit to. I know the pitching's been great. They trade away some relievers. They've been building up relievers. And then what I really liked was looking at the fans and the stands because they were going through baseball emotions, which you don't see a lot.

like on their feet, clapping with every pitch, kind of living and dying. They weren't just like surprised by a nice win or then like shrugging off another loss. And they had bucket hat night, floppy hat night, and it was like a good visual. And I will once again tell you,

Cedric Mullins is one of the most fun baseball players to watch. Agree. Yeah, man, it's a great baseball city. It's why I was so rowdy against the Orioles lining up looking like they were going to have another awful season. And they've gone, man. And kudos to them.

I know you said they're bullpins, been fifth in that time frame. They're also fifth on the year. I mean, Jorge Lopez is going to the All-Star game and he's been one of the best closers in baseball. They have six guys at the top of their lineup for MLB good at bats, Mullins, Mancini, Santander, Mount Castle, Hayes, and Rushman. And then from that, when they're getting starting pitching performances, they have four or five guys they like at the back end of their bullpen. And man, energy is a real thing. Belief is a real thing.

And they have it right now. So in what's the toughest division in baseball, like we would not bat an eye if the Orioles were the worst record in the AL right now. We wouldn't. We'd say the Yankees are having an all-time year. Sox, Rays, and Js are all in the wild card. Here are the Orioles two games back of the Toronto Blue Jays. one of the AL favorites coming into this year.

Incredible. Brandon Hyde, the manager, deserves a ton of love and respect. He went through a couple really bad Orioles years, a couple hundred lost seasons in between with the COVID year sandwiched in. They could have easily been on path for that again. I thought they were, and they are not. All the credit in the world to Baltimore. Good energy in the stadium.

And yeah, I think on a different scale, I think their fans are kind of doing the 2017 Yankees thing a little bit. You got a little house money. They didn't think they were going to have anything to root for this year and said they got a bunch of young guys they like. They're winning ball games. It's a great time to be in the stands and be more. Complete opposite side of the coin for the Angels.

My God, are they playing bad baseball? Trout and Otani, hitting homers. Megan nice catches. Winning games. Everything else stinks. Well, they're playing winning game baseball, I guess. Winning game baseball. Dude, it's the same story.

It's like it's always been. And Angels fans get upset when we say... Oh, I think they're broken. Well, they've been getting so upset whenever we say, like, until you don't do this, we can't expect anything else. You have to break it before I'm going to sit on a... a pre like this just in next year's PPP or TPP but the angels I'm to say I don't know I don't think they're going to be good until they're good like you're going to have to I'm

going to have to be wrong until I change my dude did you see that one inning I texted you because I was watching in our peacock as I was walking baby James around the park put the phone on the back of the stroller and just watch single E5 double passball wild pitch misplay, balk. Passball, wild play, misplay, balk in like seven pitches. Then another single. It's like, oh my God. This is awful.

Worst record in baseball since May 16th, 11 and 32, after I think a 27 and 17th start. Rendon went down, the pitching lessened, and then it just felt like one wheel kept falling off after the other. And yeah, man, I mean, you know, going to the brawl now and the stretch they've been on, I mean, they are full-blown joke. Mike Trout, after the sweep from the Orioles, the four-game sweep, tweeted out like the airplane emojis, back to Anaheim. It's like, dude, you might be brainwashed.

Like, how are you having fun? Like, how are you having fun? He just likes being up in the weather. The weather, yeah, it's closer to it. Yeah. The atmosphere. I don't know. I don't know if like Nevin's going to last as like an interim manager

because what do you do there? I mean. I mean, you can't. I would guess they just ride it out and then do the same. They drafted a lot of young pitchers last year. Maybe like some will pan out. Dude, I have no idea. Sucks to, like listen to this stat.

Over the last 35 games, the Angels are 5 and 0 when Otani starts. six and 24 when he's not on the mount. The last 35 games, they've won 11 games. Roughly half of them are when Otani starts. You're a good pitcher. That Mers even came up and gave him a good one. There's no winning energy. No, they lose every single one.

They come to the ballpark and they're expecting to lose. Yeah. And they are. Boo. And they are. Adley had a lot of it. his first homer in Camden. I don't know if you noticed it.

They talked about it. They showed it a lot. If you watch like recap, he is an excited little kid. Yeah. And he's a big like chase the runner up the line, things like that. Young kid playing.

Meets the pitcher, like in fair ground. Every last out of the inning. Maybe not everybody, did it a lot to Liles. And it was just so cute. Not saying that like a derogic, like I'm not trying to like baby it.

It was just like, it was cute. Yeah. It's like, you're very excited. They asked him about it. And he was like, oh, man, I'm just excited to be out. He's like, all right. Go get it.

Remember soak it in moment? Yeah, that was awesome. On to the Mariners, also on an eight game winning streak. They beat the Blue Jays, which is different than beating the Angels in a four-game sweep. All four-game sweeps are impressive. All four-game sweeps are impressive. Blue Jays, one in nine, their last 10. Yes.

But they have in their own funk. A lot of talent. in their own funk. The Blue Jays, they've won six consecutive series within a season for the first time since 2016. They've won 15 of their past 18, dating back to June 20th. The Mariners? The Mariners, the Mariners. Six consecutive series first time since 2016.

They've won 15 of their past 18, dating back to June 20th, which ties Dodgers with the most. They're also on their best 18 game stretch in a single season. season since 2003. Carlos Santana had a go ahead to run home run two games in a row. And J.P. Crawford and a lot of people said that he was like a good presence in the clubhouse too. So he's getting a lot of credit.

10 and one since he came over. And then they're all galvanized over the Thai France snub. Right. The whole thing. Everyone like, Thai France has a good quote. He said, I still have not really processed it.

But it is what it is. There are a lot of really good players out there and not to take anything away from any of the them, but I definitely thought I played my way in. It is bullshit that Paulus gets the spot over him. I love the legends going to the All-Star game. I did not think they were going to take a deserving spot away from someone. I thought they were going to be added on.

And then the other is a rise who hasn't played a lot of first base. Tie France among first baseman that I played 50% of the games or first leads in every slash line. I do think he'll get there because there's people that drop out. But it is kind of weird. Does Pauls really take his spot? That's kind of a bummer if it is. I think Ty's going to get in.

It is... But I mean, the Mariners, they're secretly loving this. Yeah. This is their attitude. This is their mantra. Why not? Yeah. No one cares about us.

Yeah. And Gilbert, too. And Gilbert, too. That was a sign I saw. 11 and 2 since the brawl for the Mariners. Yeah, man, I mean, huge. It was kind of, you know, as we go through those first couple months of baseball, we looked at teams, we looked at, we've still looking at the White Sox saying,

go. We looked at the Braves for a while and said, go. Looked at the Mariners for a while and said, go. And they've started to go. Man, the Carlos Santana ad, yeah, really well-respected guy might hear more about him later. J. Rod. blown star, some home run derby rumors around him. We'll see.

Really? But eight straight, right? Yeah. That's pretty good. Who are they going into the break with? They are going nationals for two. Huge. That's huge.

And then four at the Texas Rangers before going into the all-star breakers. That'll be fun. They're starting pitching fifth in ERA now. and offensively, a lot of middle of the pack stuff. 15th and OPS, 12th and on base, 14th in homers, 14 and so on bases. But I think those are all up from where they were. Seawald has turned it on. Munoz has turned it on.

This is kind of the team we thought they were going to be. They just needed an eight-game winner, and here they are. They just needed to face Anthony Banda. Banda, Banda, Banda, Banda, Banda. Vanda. Cheese. Cheese? Toronto traded for him from the Pirates and then used them as an opener.

Didn't go well. Got one out. Gave up two runs. You're funny if the Blue Day's traded for him from the Pirates. Just because everyone trades for pitchers from the Pirates and they get good. But they didn't give them any instructions. Let's try it out. You didn't give any new instructions.

All right, cool. You're good now, right? We got you off the Pirates, man. New uni. Okay. Where else? to go. I mean, those are the two major ones.

The Red Sox and the Yankees, we did a whole episode on Tugging Yanks, if you kind of want to really deep dive in there because we covered it from both sides. I don't think, there's not Trev here, so there's no new opinions to be added. A lot of runs every game. A lot of defensive misplays,

both sides of the ball. A lot of new players playing positions. Like Carpenter played left field for the first time. Arroyo's playing the outfield. Franchies at first. Franchies at first, yeah. Yeah, no, the Fenway Monster was out. A lot of runs scoring, home runs and plays.

The Yankees starting pitchers. Cole, Nestor, and Ty Young, all get hit. Cole, just by Devers. But they get hit, and then, yeah, I mean, I don't know. The Yankees were kind of in smash dominate mode. They were kind of toying with the Red Sox in that second game. Stole a bunch of bases. J.B.J. comes into pitch at the end.

And then Red Sox, they win that final. game in extras. No, third game. And the third game in extras. There's maybe a chance at a Yankees double play ball. Doesn't happen. And then, yeah, on Sunday night baseball, they come back again and score, I think, nine unanswered.

So Red Sox had some of their depth pitchers going. AAA pitchers that they hate and they don't like. Mkowski, Seboldt, Cutter Crawford. Cutter Crawford. I don't know. We talked about this for like an hour and a half last night, so. Yeah. Not everyone listens to both, so we should give it a little love here.

But, yeah, I don't know. I'll give it the same love we give a lot of other series. They end up splitting four. Which, you know, basically kissing your sister. Ooh. Ideal. The Astros and the athletics. Astros took two out of three.

Astros, Corey Lee gets his first three hits all in one game. I think it might have been game three. and Maldonado started hitting since Corley was called up. How about that? Yeah. A little pressure. Under pressure. Did you see the Maldonado mishaps for our dude for Amber?

I did not. Bases loaded, swinging bun. Maldonado grabs it with his glove, turns to tag the runner. To me, it looks like he didn't think the ball was in his glove because he looks down at it to like check it if it's in there, and then the runner just scores. It's a very odd sequence to watch. after that pass ball scores a run which i thought looked like a cross-up and then wild pitch scores another

run and that's how they won three to two framber went eight and those are the three runs bizarre tough yeah really bizarre uh the a's traded christian bethincourt their catcher to the Rays, and Al-Tube now is the most all-star game appearances of any Astro. Didn't all the Astros abstain last year from the All-Star game? And they're going this year? Is that correct? Have to look it up? I don't know on the spot.

I thought last year they all didn't go to Fresh. So other than that, Astros win. Altuvan Correa skipped last year's All-Star game. El Tuven-Crea opted out. Brantley got her and Ryan Presley went on the paternity list right before. Faked it, baby. Erkidi eight innings pitched. Valda's eight innings pitched.

Oterizzi's seven-shot. Rikidi, Erkidi's top three guys in the league. I just want to see what his body looks like under the uniform. Oh, I can picture it really well. I don't know. I think it go a lot of different ways. I think he's got one of those bellies that's...

I search her kiti shirtless once a week. I think he's got one of those bellies that's rounded, but firm. He could be in awful shape or incredible shape. I think it's a mixture. That's what I'm saying. I mean, the answer probably lies somewhere. Baseball uniforms are so deceiving. I think it's a short torso.

Baseball uniforms are so deceiving because Jose Trevino looks kind of chubby and is. his baseball uniform. They showed his, and he came to the office. And then, like, look at the video when Boone told him he made his all-star, and his legs are insane in his shoulders. Like, he's just like a ball of muscle.

Thick. And, like, Gary Sanchez used to look chubby. And then he'd post a picture of him on the beach. Same with Voight. And they were, like, ripped. Like, like, fucking, like, so muscular and in shape. Baseball uniforms are deceiving. Sure are.

So, yeah, or could you? Fucking show us your body. That's all I want. You don't want to see France. Amber? I can picture it. I pretty much know what's under them. Or Kiti, it's a point of curiosity and needing to know.

Okay. Tigers and the White Sox split four games set. I don't know. Dylan Seas got snubbed. Oh, so last episode. The White Sox. Yeah. So I know they just play the Tigers and they split at home,

which, I mean, that sums it up. coming out of the All-Star break, they play six of the easiest teams. So, like, they've kind of got hope throughout. It's like A's. Bad team, bad team, bad team, bad team. Yeah.

I don't have hope for them, but I'm glad they have hope. Yeah. I mean, they just haven't been able to do anything. Right. Like, you would think maybe this Tiger series. would get them some momentum. No, they hate momentum.

They remind me of the 21 Yankees in that way, who were around 500 at this point. But yeah, I think maybe out of the All-Star break, they get a little hot, gets them kind of where they need to be in the Central, because like you're saying, I mean, the twins haven't been stretching it out at all. The Guardians have gone back after being young and fun.

They're 20 and 21 against teams under 500. 21 and 22 against teams over 500. Losing ball. Yeah, but that's kind of a la the Mariners. If they have one 11 and 2 stretch, they're in first place, you know? It's true, but I mean, you and I, Trev said they were dead.

We like the Mariners pitching. We're like if any team could do it in that division. I like the White Sox pitching. I guess I do too. Jayalido Cease, Lynn. I don't know, man. It just feels like awful vibes. Well, yeah.

But, like, last year's Yankees felt like awful vibes. They didn't really overcome it. They had one stretch. They had one good stretch. Yeah. Which I think it's kind of lining up that way for the White Sox. Okay. Interested to see it.

Tigers. Talk about them at all? No? Not really, but I'll say this. Okay. Have you ever seen a tiger? I hope they continue to play slightly better baseball than they did to start the year. Hobby Baez is starting to have fun hitting homers. Like, this is kind of off the reservation.

Like, I'm back on the A.L. Central's so-so bad train. I could see the Tigers getting involved. Like genuinely. I think the twins are just going to at one point take it. I hope. I don't know if I hope. I just want someone to win consistently. A little, I guess this is kind of fun.

The Twins and White Sox play four heading into the All-Star break. It'd be funny if the White Sox could actually turn on for that series and we could go into the break like, This division. Holy shit. Yeah. I just looked at the Tigers' baseball reference page. Yeah.

Saddest page on the internet. And the offensive numbers. Yeah. Dude, that's like bizarre. Yeah. Look at these OPS pluses. 56. It means 44% worse than the average player.

72, 63, 77, 66, 71, 62. Shout out to Victor Reyes, 11, and Mickey Caps, 99. Holy smokes, man. 30th and runs, 30th and homers. 28th and stolen bases. Awful. So they got to trade fulmer. I was looking at their trade pieces.

He's the only one that's, like, playing well. That's a rental. so he should be gone. I think they had a quote that was, they're just going to try to retool this whole thing, but we'll see what happens. They've got a couple interesting bullpen pieces. Soto, Chafin.

I honestly, win a couple games, Detroit. Then what? Get to like seven games back, and I'll start talking Tigers Ball. Right. Okay. Trade some guys.

Trade some prospects, load up. Trade prospects. You even go for it? You want to go for it? Get me seven games back, Detroit. Chafin's been good. His ERA's worse than his actual performance. So trade him.

You know what's going to happen, man? What's that? The Orioles are going to, like, do fan service and steal one of these relievers from a team that is going to be in the postseason in a trade. Okay. And Erod disappeared from them, yeah. Someone in the chat said that that's a weird situation.

Yeah, we talked about that last step. Is there any developments? Just weird? Not that I know of. I think everyone's waiting for an update. Damn. All right. Twins and the Rangers,

the Rangers win the first one with the Grey Off, John Gray versus Sunny Gray. Rangers win the game two. And then with Bundy on the bump, the twins win game three. Not that he was especially great in it. A rise makes the all-star game. Buxton makes it as well.

Sony Gray has two rough starts. On the Rangers side, Garver season-ending forearm surgery. And it's rumored by Hayman that they are willing to trade back for Gallo. Set it up. Set it up. I don't have much on these two teams.

I was focused on so much on the Orioles and the Mariners. Sure. And the Central just needs, you know, let's have someone win. We like a gray off. Yeah, I like the gray off. Bundy and Dunning. Twins. I mean, that's the Storylli Bowl.

Dunning Bundy. That's my Super Bowl right there. That is. You like those guys. Who's thrown with what arm? Hmm. And the Guardians and the Royals and the Royals take the bread games from the Guardians. Guardians.

And the Guardians are on a little bit of heater. Now they're not. One and six road trip. Not good. But Granky had five shutout innings. I wonder if people are going to call about him, want him to trade. Already introduced him.

Yeah. He's reaching 50,000 career pitches. What? Verlander is the only other active player to reach that milestone. They asked him about it, he said, it's pretty neat. I haven't paid attention to any of those milestones, but it sounds like a high number.

The 500 starts was more interesting to me, but it's pretty cool. I'm with him. Who the fuck cares about career pitches thrown? First time I've heard it talked about. Yeah, I mean, I think it's cool at the end of the day. If you're the guy that's like I have the most career pitches thrown. Jamie Moyer doesn't?

I mean, it's got to be one of the old guys, you know. Black and white photo? Yeah. All right. Who's the, can you research? Si young. You research who's got the most pitches thrown without a black and white photo? Oh.

I'm going to have my research team. Jake, get on that for us. he'll get back to us later in the show. Edwin Jackson threw 149 pitches in 2010. That was the most since 2005. Is that what you wanted? Wrong. That was right.

No, it was wrong. It was right. No, that's a faulty source. That's all, man. We can do the IL now. The IL is pretty interesting. BBE. You want to take us through it?

Otherwise, Jake and I can do every other word. I got it. Okay. The raise and... and Reds faced off in Cincinnati. This one was like a bag of Swedish fish. All Reds. They go to a 2-1 walk-off, 5-4 walk-off before finishing off the sweep 10-5.

Game 1 was a heavyweight matchup. And Castillo and McClan-delivered, it went 1-1 into the 10th before Whistler boxed the game-winning run home. Game 2 went back and forth with the Red scoring 3 in the bottom of the 8th to tie it up. We need 10 to get this one done too, and Senzel finishes off. the walk-off, RBI single to right. Then we'll get into all the game stuff. Wander Franco, he gets hurt. That's sad.

Goes on the IEL. He's going to miss six to eight weeks. Bad for my team in the office fantasy league. Kiermire also goes on the aisle. The rays are so injured. It's really upsetting for them. Tyler Stevenson returns for the Reds, a friend of several programs around here.

And Vladimir Gutierrez, who's, been talked about on the show. He's having T.J. Votto, sit the whole. Sad the whole series. Vladdy guts. Good job by BPD. Trevor was kind enough to write a script for you. That was nice.

That was really nice. Swedish fish was so mid. You have a jar of Swedish fish behind you. Yes. All right. Other ways you could have gone with that. You could have mixed in a Liverpool joke. You also could have done.

I jumped to a little kid playing poker and misunderstanding the rules and throwing down their cards and saying all reds. Oh, wow. But that's because I'm creative and not a fisherman. Well, it is nice that he tied fish

into his segment while he's out fishing. Yeah, but those aren't like water fish. Sure they are. I have to go to the bathroom. I'm going to do it. All right. Jake's going to the bathroom, so I will walk you through the Raisin Red series. Brandon Drury had six hits,

four extra base hits and a home run. Trade that man. You make it to the All-Star game? No, he was on, passed and tweeted his, like, 10 biggest bus list and he was on it. Big talk in the office about Brandon Drury today because of some preseason conversations we had around here. Who's the NL third base? I mean, that's a pretty tough position. Yeah, third base is just a lot of good ones.

Yeah, I think they're both on the team. I think has he been playing a lot of right outfield? There's just a lot of outfielders. All right. Hey, tough shit. Jerry, there's people better than you. Having an awesome season. I think he's going to get traded too because he's making no money.

It's like 400 grand. I think he's making. So you probably like pro rated. It's probably like 180 grand if you pick him up and have to pay for him. So good job by Jerry Stevenson comes back. One of the only catchers I can really hit. Good job by him. The balk off was incredible.

I have it to make a breakdown, but I haven't started it. but like it literally looks like he asked for the signs again with his glove. Yeah. Like the balk was called because he like half comes set again, right? Like that's. Yeah, but he's like twirling the ball in his hand. And then like just wiggles his glove like give me the signs again. I didn't look like I didn't really dive into it.

I think it's because he like full stopped for a second there. Yeah. And that I think that if you're the ump though, just fucking eat that. Yeah. Bases loaded extra innings. A little bit of, you know, poise. Both games go extra innings. I watched some of this stuff.

I was very unimpressed with Mejia's framing. Yes. I thought he cost his pitchers a lot of strikes. I have been watching Jose Trevino for the Yankees who leads the league in stealing strikes. And it's the only time I've been like visually able to tell what framing. He got that one. Yeah, like, oh, that was a framed strike. Like he tricked the old man.

And Mejia was not tricking that old man. nicer guy than Trevino, I guess. Honest. Honest. No, it wasn't a strike. Don't worry, but it was. That's the thing. So maybe he was lying.

Could have been. I feel terrible for the race. They're dealing with so many injuries and they lose Wander and Kiermeyer. I got so many people on the injured list are ready. Nice to see Castillo have a good start because I want him to get traded and McClanahan good start because I like that he's in Syung contention. So I want someone to go pole to pole. And that's the raise reds.

We will be taking no more thoughts on the matter. None. No more thoughts. Nicklodolo. Fun name, huh? Yeah, and he might be good. They got a lot of young pitchers. Hunter Green did another thing where he threw a lot of fastballs fast.

Hard. Is his fastball still getting lit up? Because that's my thing. I said that the first time he pitched and people were mad at me and they're like, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, well, fastball not good. It's like, who cares about fastball velocity, if that's the only thing you got.

And then last time I checked the standings on him, his fastball was getting lit up. I hopped out of the room for a second. I don't know if you saw that. Did you tell the people that you said the rays are dead? I didn't say the razor dead. That's what right before the show, you were screaming. Nope, that's not something I said.

Oh, you said, Ray is dead. My grandma's boyfriend who died? No. Well, yeah, apparently. You did die. Yeah. His name was Saul, actually. Went by Ray.

Went by Ray because his stepdad was anti-Semitic. Change his name. Tough wife. Good guy. Heart will standoffish, a lot tattoos, motorcycle guy. Proposed to my grandma twice. She said no both times. Yeah, 644 slugging off on her greens fastball.

Not great. Not good. 301 batting average. So here's my thing. None of that information. None of the recent information was great. All fact. That's fine.

A single lie told. Who said you lied? They came to visit us in Australia. They swam in the Great Barrier Reef, scuba dive together. He proposed on our back porch in front of the family. She said no. Stayed together. He loved her.

Stop tweeting me about Hunter Green's fastball if it's a bad pitch. That's my request. And told the results are good, we can't be just be like, he threw 20 pitches over 100 miles per hour the most ever. Well, his fastball is getting rocked. 615 expected slugging, 644 slugging. 290 expected batting average, 301 batting average. I'm a little like out on that.

Yeah, it's, it's cool he's throwing so hard, but outs are also cool. Yeah. A little old school. Reds fans. Sup. Are you guys like enjoying Reds baseball? Because, I mean, it's been better than the start of the year. And there's a lot of young guys.

Is Mitch here? We got a Reds man in the office. Lodolo? I don't know. Ashcraft. Luis Castillo's been good. Remember when they were, they started the year 3 and 22?

The Reds? Yeah. What have they been since then? Let's see. They are now 32 and 54. So minus 3 is 29. 54 minus 22 is 32, 29 and 32. They've been 500 team.

A little under. Alex Laughlin, always Laughlin. Okay. You should change his username to Always Laughlin. He's not enjoying Reds baseball, he says. Okay. Not enjoying it. Brandon Drury.

Not an All-Star. Luis Castillo is. He's good. Might have screwed him because they need one. Red and Castillo took the, took their spot. Let's get Luis Castillo on a contender. Oh, wow. Luis Castillo comes to the Bronx this week. Comes in red, leaves in pinstripes.

They finally do that ceremonial trade thing you've been talking about. On the mound. Sears is on the roster, right? It's like Castillo and Gallo walk out to home plate together and then just undress. Jersey swap. And then put on each other's uniform. You think the Yankees like a day? Someone in her comments.

Anything else? No, that's all. We can go to the second half of the show. Jim, the second half of the show, some individual stuff. Ooh, no, it's individual. Coffee.

Coffins? Coffee. Oh. Everyone. Everyone takes their coffee different. Jim, how do you take your coffee? Alone. Alone.

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Yeah. They have 450 different kinds of live and ready to ship coffee every day. There's not a perfect cup of coffee for everyone. We got a bunch of people in the office. I can't just give everyone the same cup of coffee. Could. I could. They wouldn't like it, though.

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I'm walking on sunshine. Whoa. You have a standout performer? I do, Jim. And I'm going to go to the world of music for this one. Okay. I am going to the rhythmic stylings of Carlos Santana. James, there was a trade.

Trade alert. Do you remember? Yeah, I remember. The Braves got a bunch of draft picks for a prospect. Carlos Santana was traded by the Royals with cash to the Mariners for William Fleming and Wyatt Mills. Early settler name. That's actually both of them. William Fleming and Wyatt Mills.

Wyatt Mills way more. Carlos Santana has come over for Seattle in 12 games, 282-404. a 943 OPS. Royals fans are having flashbacks to Solair. Hey, why don't you just play good for our team? And maybe things could have been different. And Jimmy, he hits two home runs against Toronto, three RBI.

They win that game six to five. He has the two-run homer to take the lead in the eighth inning. Like you said, well-respected guy throughout baseball, and now in the Mariners Clubhouse. and yeah, I mean, since joining the team, he's been, he's been bawling out. So Carlos Santana, been a part of this. He's eight in one as a member of the Mariners. That's good.

Wait. But they're 10 and 1 since he came. So even just being on the bench. Right. Present. Yeah. He's always doing, he's always, like, giving good advice and stuff. Good vibes.

Good standout. Excuse me. They're 11 in one since he's been to Seattle. You're excused. Thank you. My standout? Yes. He's going to a guy who struck out his season high, 12 men.

Pitched nine innings. Only gave up three hits and one run. Carlos Rodon. Yeah. Put him in the All-Star game, you know? Yeah. Seriously, though. Couple Carloses.

Yeah, it's Carlos up. His first complete game of the season, I believe. And guess what the first batter did? A six-pitch walk. And you're watching it, you're going, well, at this pace, we'll never get out of this game. Rodon's toast. Never fear.

Groundout, strikeout, fly ball. The next inning, first batter. single second batter single oh my god rodon doesn't have it today strike out another single oh no the bases are loaded fielders choice the run scores ground ball double play he's out of it and then after that one two three one two three one two three one two three one two three one two three one two three one two three one two three one two three one two three four game over should have scored when you had the basis loaded

and no outs. Dumbies. There's one out. It's one out. That's what I never got. Why didn't they just score when they had the bases loaded? Carlos Rodon. If he hits 110 innings pitch this year,

he has an opt-out in his contract if he wants it. He's currently at 100 innings. He needs 10 more. I think you'll get it. I could see him passing that threshold. My brother's calling me. What do you think he wants? I don't know.

It's like we do the show, same day. Right. He works here. Pick up. Pick up. Shame him real quick. Hey, what's up? You're live on talking baseball.

Will you impress with Carlos Rodo and start? Yeah, so super impressive. Okay. And who's your standout before? Should have been an all-star. Wow. Oh, wow. Deep knowledge.

Anything else? That's it. Okay. Is that why you're calling? Jake wants to know why you're calling. Secret warehouse initiatives. Questions. Wow.

Cool. All right. Well, we'll get to those later. I'll let you know when we're recording another show and then you can call us on. Wow. Okay.

Thanks, guys. Bye. Hey, Luke, look, look. Flockas I'm asking about Ray. Secret warehouse. Probably the minigulf tournament we're hosting. Next up, I'm not hooked up to the board, BPD, so can you hit Slump Watch? Mow, Bown, Bown, Bown, Slump Wats.

AJ Pollock was on, you guys skipped it last step? Yeah. Well, I just, are we done with it? Like half. Not into it anymore? Just showing guys that are slumping. I know there's a motivational thing to it, but a lot of other stuff we're covering on the show. Do the audience like it?

Because I can scrap it easily. You'd have to ask the audience. All right. If you listen to the podcast, go to YouTube, leave a comment. We'll see if people like it or don't like it. What about Enfuego? Sound off. I kind of like in Fuego.

Dirt Nasty's on Fuego. That means I'm on fire, baby. Like Waco. Corey Siger, Chris Bryant. Hot, hot, hot, hot. hits three homers each. Yeah, I like that. I didn't know Corey Seeger was doing that.

Well, him and Simeon both had good series for the Rangers. Matt Carpenter, seven for 14 with two homers, played left field for the first time in 10 years. Juan Soto, you heard all about him, five for 10 with two homers. Jake talked about it. Aaron Hicks, five for 13, two homers,

a triple, a double. So he hit for the cycle. Four walks for Hixie. Austin Riley. Six for 14 with two bombs and a doll ball. Ryan Jeffers. Not into that name. Being honest with you.

Yeah, no, you aren't. Five for eight. Me and boots. Two homers. Gavin Sheets. I like that name. Five for ten, two homers. Tony Russo said the minor league hitting coach did a great job with him.

Sent him down, came back up. He's hot. Good job, minor league hitting. coach. That carpenter. Mm-hmm. That dress. He's been really good. Corey Seeger. Weird year, man. The stats still don't, like, line up.

Okay. Like, he's got a 120 OPS plus. 245, 317, a 773 OPS. Okay. Ovir de Stati-Eash. What's your award, man? Jim, awards are brought to you by Draft Kings. Draft Kings

They don't come in a jaw Especially Actually Cover that for a no recap We're going to be in L.A. Oh, the All-Star Game VIP party? You already did? He already did Draft Kings read?

Yeah, at the four minute, 22nd mark. Is that start? Yeah. Egg on Jake's face. Heak. Trade coffee? We're going to the All-Star game. If you don't know, now you know.

And we're doing a VIP party. Limited tickets. We only did a hunch. 100 tickets. If you want to come through, I think we've sold more than half of them already. We're going to have our whole squad there. Name some of the people, Jim. Kelsey.

Yes. Pita. Yes. Blev's coming? Blev's coming. Chris Rose? Chris Rose will be there. Trader Joe's?

Trader Joe's will be there. Connor Joe? Connor Joe Probably not there. Trevor Flouf, the fisherman. I'm going to be doing a Swedish accent in Jolly. We got ice. Good ice.

Jake will be there. The last in Denver, I don't know if the vibes will be the same. It's kind of up to everyone else. I don't know if there's an alley. Although there is, did we, is the bar allow the alley?

Because I kind of chose that bar for the alley. Alley. Chose it for a few reasons. Well, yeah, my reason was the alley. We got to bring, Because last All-Star game, we were just in the alley outside the bar, pitching to people in Blitzball, and that was so much fun. Yeah, I think there's going to be a lot of bigno.

I think they're a big part of this. We're going to be having fun, and the All-Star game will be on. So we're doing the VIP thing beforehand. If you want to come to that, buy a ticket. If you can't, we'll see you after and during the game. And we're just hanging out. It's a really good time. It's good seeing a lot of the people that let us do what we do.

So if you're in the area, come through. check out the link in the description and we're going to have a bunch of giveaways and all that jazz and all that jazz all that jazz so you have an award correct I do and you're going to like

give it out I'm giving out the sister sister award Tia and Tamara yeah sister sister twins all time show

They're twins. Sister sister, the nanny, everything else for me. Yeah. Go on. When we sleep in hotel rooms together, we watch the nanny. And it wasn't on in the hotel room in Boston.

And I flipped through the channels for like two hours straight, constant flipping because like where was the nanny? And it wasn't on. So I'm a little still upset about that. This is going to just as twins? Taylor and Tyler Rogers playing catch for their first time on an MLB field. You're all around it. I just want to remember the TV show, Sister, Sister, because it's all time.

And Jim, we have on the National League, brother comma brother, the contraris will be starting. Wilson and William will be starting for the National League in the All-Star game. Wilson behind the dish. William will be D-Hing in replacing Bryce Harper. They're the first set of brothers to start in the All-Star game since the Al-Amar Bros, I believe in 93. Last set of brothers to be in the All-Star game since Aaron and Brett Boone.

Might be familiar with them. And, yeah, I mean, it's kind of, it was 98 with the Alamars. Excuse me. But, no, I had it right the first time. God, years. I was just difficult being you. Don't even know. But it's all these guys are brothers.

They're starting in the All-Star game together. That's pretty nuts. And I don't know. I mean, I think we've, for a couple years, we've thought of Wilson as just a potential trade candidate. That's kind of all he's been for the last three seasons and a lot of baseball people's heads. And he still will be for the next couple weeks.

He's going to be an interesting one. But shout out to baseball. Baby bro who's been killing it for the Braves. We talked about him a little bit in Trevor's Award last episode. But, I mean, he's been raking this year. He's got a 924 OPS in 43 games. So Contreras Bros. Good job.

Is there a third? I can look it up. They should get on that, challenge them, Molina Bros. Contreras brothers. Yeah, let me know if there's a third. Okay. What's your word? There's an,

it looks like there's one older than Wilson. Like a Manning's breath thing. Wilmer, Wilmer, Wilson, and William. Awesome. That is awesome. Man, I'm a, I wish that he was a baseball player. I'm giving out the, whoa. The discipline on that.

Young Guy Award. Whoa. The discipline on that young guy award. Do I have it right? Yeah. You actually nailed it. Juan Soto. Wrong and...

So you don't think Juan Soto has good discipline. Of course I do. Okay, so it's not wrong. I also think that Dylan Sees is an All-Star. He's not there yet. Goes to Joey Gallo. The least amount of outside of the zone swing percentage of any batter who had 10 played appearances over the course

of the weekend. A 9.1% swing rate at pitches outside of the zone. Does that sound good? Want to trade for it? He's got discipline. Best in the whole league this weekend. If that interests you, call Brian and let him know. you can have that on your team tomorrow.

I did not see that coming. Why not? I didn't see it coming. The worst discipline this weekend? Who had bad discipline this weekend? Joey Wendell. 67% of the pitches outside the zone. He swung at.

Made contact with 84% of that 67%. So maybe it wasn't that bad. Yeah. Maybe not bad. Ed Strudis said that this was tampering. The Joey's 10th. Yeah. I shot it up there, though.

That's the show. Who's our best friend in the week? Trevor Williams, 7 shut, 7Ks, 2 hits, no walks. First time he's been best friend this season. Really? Real. Happy for him.

Good job. Big week for a lot of friends. Him, Gibby, Taiwan Walker, and Odo all had seven innings of them. shut out work. Wow. Way to go us. Good performances.

No walks, I think, put them over. Okay. MLB teams are on the wheel and I'm going to spin it. And if you get an elevator with a man wearing this hat or a woman or child or an animal, the Oakland Athletics.

Ooh. Here's some scuttle butt. The owner of the Warriors has been offered or considering buying the team or something like that. Standing offer from Joe Lacob. As a standing offer to buy the A's from John Fisher.

What does that mean? They got drunk at a bar and he was like, you could buy them whenever you want, man. I'm a rich man and I will buy your team. You make an offer, I'll consider it. Sounds like a John Heyman report. I think Lacob would have to give that offer. What do you mean?

Talk about Paul Blackburn, who's making the All-Star game. He's an All-Stars numbers are far better, home, wait, his away numbers are far better than home numbers. Wow, he doesn't like the foul territory, nor the cats. Him and Gonsolin won't get along. 1-28-ERA and 10 starts on the road.

He is the A's representative and they traded Christian Bethancourt to the raise and guy in our office, hoodie Glaber, is convinced the Yankees are trading for Ramon Luriano. Three starting pitchers. Montes, Blackburn, and Irvin, having nice years. That's A's baseball.

sucks.