Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - Trea Turner Signs 11-Year, $300M Deal with the Phillies! | 580

Episode Date: December 5, 2022

The Cespedes Family BBQ boys are here to react to Trea Turner's MONSTER deal with the Phillies. What will Dansby Swanson, Xander Bogaerts, and Carlos Correa get now? Use code JOMBOY to get 10% your or...der + free shipping  at https://mugsy.com  Timestamps: 0:00 Trea Turner Signs 11-year, $300M Contract with Phillies 10:30 NL East Landscape 13:30 The Other Shortstops 21:00 Stadiums Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Are you on the record saying you want Fenway Park out? Hashtag Fenway Out. That's true. I think we should do like angry old baseball. Hello and welcome to talking baseball. Hey. You talked through the intro. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:00:14 You just said to keep talking through the intro. And here we are. Trade Turner to the Phillies. Wow. Live at winter meetings. Assess with a family BBQ. What's our BBQ? We have a BBQ.
Starting point is 00:00:28 Jake sucks. Time to come up with one. Is he playing in the WBC? If he's not hurt, he got hurt playing in a winter league game recently. Hopefully he's not done by baseball. He's still not drinking water. Remember that story? Joannis doesn't like water.
Starting point is 00:00:44 Let me say. Welcome to San Diego. Trey Turner just signed. It's a buzz. He did. We got Jordan and Jake from Caspidus family BBQ. Jimmy Jordan, Jake. Four J's.
Starting point is 00:00:56 Rolling Jays. Hello. Getting high. Come on. Gentlemen, we sat in this exact square footage, whatever. Was it the same setup? It was definitely this corner of the lobby. We're re-sitting in this order?
Starting point is 00:01:12 What's changed? Walk us through your last three years. Sure. I am on SSRIs now, which I highly recommend to everyone. Really nice. Jordan's engaged. I'm engaged, that's true. You had a baby since then, right?
Starting point is 00:01:28 Yeah. Hey, you know what? We were sitting in the same ingrat. Well, yeah, you got a Jake. So it was the same thing. It was Jimmy Jordan, Jake, Jake? The last time we talked, I think you guys were working from home and we had an office. And now you have an office and we work from home.
Starting point is 00:01:42 Oh, man. We look so innocent. Look, you can tell on my face that there's a pandemic coming. Yes. You can see. I'm a little worried. Our table was messy. We're talking about like Garrett Cole as if that mattered.
Starting point is 00:01:56 Let's, um. I'm engaged too, man. So chill out. Let's do a tight, let's do some tight, Trey Turner talk, and then we can let, uh, let, uh, it go a little. Highest paid player ever from NC State. Okay, that is, that's not really my headlines. 10 minutes, yeah.
Starting point is 00:02:11 11 years, 300 million dollars. Which is a lot of money. Are we, fill in the blank? What are we going to say? Quick, quick, muffs. 27. 27. 27.
Starting point is 00:02:21 27. No way. Is he going to get number 27? Do we have that update yet? He's getting 12. No, no, they're saving that for Trout. I like Trey Turner. Smart.
Starting point is 00:02:32 I always root for guys to stay on the same team. Like, I want Judge Return. I wanted Freddie to stay. But he already got traded. So now he can go anywhere new. This is the best fit in my opinion. Easy. As soon as it became a thing, it was like, oh, the Phillies are going to get.
Starting point is 00:02:46 I was like, oh, Trey Turner has to go to the Phillies. That's going to be a lot of fun. You guys are with the mad dog now. Is Turner underrated or overrated? He's rated perfectly. He's the only guy rated correctly. He is the one player We know exactly how good he is
Starting point is 00:03:02 There is no debate about that I agree with you though Although it's weird because sometimes Like remember last year I was like Oh, Kray's just gonna be on the Tigers And we just said that the whole winter Until he wasn't And then Hobby Baez was there
Starting point is 00:03:12 And he was a lot worse So I spent the entirety of my October Following the Phillies around Okay I was in that clubhouse every day Writing about the Phillies every day They were and I mean this in a nice way One of the weirdest groups
Starting point is 00:03:25 of people I've ever been around in baseball in the best way. I like that. And Trey Turner is not that much of a weirdo, but he fits into the culture of this team perfectly. Well, he's the cool kid that hangs out with the weirdos. Perfectly. He's going to be. Like when they go to the bar, they send Trey,
Starting point is 00:03:42 and he's like all innocent and young looking. And then Brandon Marsh comes in with his wet hair. And then, you know, but you can't lead Marsh's wet hair into the bar. But Trey's cool with everyone. He's bouncing between every group. And obviously he played with Bryce in D.C. and they were very close. Played with Schwerber.
Starting point is 00:03:56 Played with Schwerber. I think Kevin Long was his hitting coach in D.C. And he liked him a lot. So there was that connection. The one thing I want to ask you guys about in regards to this deal. What jumps out to you is the 11 years? 11 years.
Starting point is 00:04:09 How old is he? 29, I believe. 11 years. 29.4. Do you think John Hamm gets a cut? No. Oh, my God. And John Ham, I know he said afterwards,
Starting point is 00:04:19 he's like, yeah, just hope he signs with the Cardinals. It's like, well, unfortunately, that's not going to be happening. now he's probably going to be playing against you again in the postseason. So again, 11 years. They will have 39-year-old Trey Turner on their team. And I am most interested because it's an owner saying, if this is what we need to do to get this deal done,
Starting point is 00:04:38 screw it. Who cares what the 2035 Phillies look like? That doesn't matter. That math doesn't work. Who cares what the 2031 Phillies look like? Let's get Trey Turner for the next three years and try and win a World Series. What position is he playing? Shortstop.
Starting point is 00:04:53 At 36 years old. Second? Couch. Yeah, I mean, he's not. It's not. The other thing. Don't be rude. Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:05:03 They happily shake hands and, like, he's moved on and he's doing stuff with John Boy Media. Well, I would say, there. An interesting. He's playing Blitzball on the warehouse, dog. We should start buying out contracts. That's a great idea. Do you guys just have a list of big leaguers? It's just like, what year could we get this guy in the warehouse, realistically?
Starting point is 00:05:22 That literally happened with three. Pat McAfee, by the way. That's literally exactly what happened. With Turner, like, to your point, oh, you know, I'm not worried about that long. The other thing is, like, 20, what is he's making, 27 million, maybe? Yeah. In 10 years. That number will not look very big in eight years in the same way.
Starting point is 00:05:41 Dude, that was the thing I was doing today. Because, like, I remember when 20 million was like the, you're a superstar? Yes. Now it's not. Now it's 43. Now you're like Kyle Gibson. At the same time. No, it's not going.
Starting point is 00:05:53 It's not going on. up quite as fast as in the NBA, where now it's, we're handing out like $55 million contracts, which deserve it. No problem with that, but like I'm still processing that too. But at the same time, thinking about that long down the road, the thing with Turner think about is right, like, how long will he be one of the five fastest players in baseball? He has never had a year where he's been below 99th percentile sprint speed at any point in his career. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:14 And. But it's not his only game, which is, you know, he's not just, you know, he's not just, you got to arm. He can do all those things. I would say offensively, it's not even the speed that I'm worried about because I think. I think he will still be one of the fastest players for at least the next three, four years. But he was at the, sorry to get two, like, actually real analysis here, but he was chasing, like, crazy in the second half.
Starting point is 00:06:34 He was not great in the second half for the Dodgers. That's where you, like, you start to see the offensive profiles start to fall a little bit closer towards, ironically, Dansby Swanson in a weird way. Now, he has his way better contact skills, obviously, but approach-wise, swinging like crazy, chasing more stuff. He was showing more of that recently. That would be a minor concern. He's awesome.
Starting point is 00:06:54 I mean, he's going to be great. And also just compared to all the other hulking, slow, unathletic people on the Phillies. Yeah. Lovely addition. Yeah, he's going to look great. Lovely edition. I think this deal is a great example of why Dave Dombrowski is good at his job. Being a general manager requires a lot of different skill sets, right?
Starting point is 00:07:12 You got to build a farm system. You got to make good trades, whatever. I think the most important thing a GM can do is whisper to an owner and convince an owner to spend money. You don't hire Dombrough if you don't plan on spending money. Bingo. And that's the thing. Like, Dumbrowski's shown an ability wherever he's gone to, like, get really close. I saw Dumbarowski in the lobby the other night.
Starting point is 00:07:34 Yeah. Post workout with a towel over his shoulder. Dude, he looked presidential. He is throwback. Yeah. And he looks like he has a cup of gin when he, like, talks in his office. He doesn't like us because we're too short and stocky. He, no, I think he might like us for that reason.
Starting point is 00:07:53 Well, he doesn't view us as like equals. Well, someone look at his scouting team. I mean, pull up his guys. I think you'd know. Okay. He might need to be the tallest. What do you want me to Google? Dave Dombrowski's posse?
Starting point is 00:08:08 Yeah, yes. I saw them live. He might need to be the tallest, thinnest. But he's got a presidential level. He's got a good resting face. He does. And there are very few people I've ever met who smell more of aftershave than Dave Dombrowski.
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Starting point is 00:10:16 You know who would never wear mugsy jeans, though, is David Nbrowski. He doesn't seem like he wears a jeans. He likes being stiff. He likes being stiff. He likes being rigid. He wears a suit all the time. He hates how stretchy the pants. I just feels like pajamas.
Starting point is 00:10:29 He wants him to be starchy. What's the deal with the NL East? What is the deal with the NL East? Right. Okay. And what do you mean by that? Did the Phillies just get officially better than the Mets on paper? Interesting.
Starting point is 00:10:42 Straff Kings have them better than the Mets. Did you see what the Mets did? Like 20 minutes before, J. Turner? I did, but that's two of five. Yeah. Turner's every day. Yeah, that's true. Hopefully.
Starting point is 00:10:53 Did they get officially, I mean, right now, I just know there's more Mets moves coming, so. Because Jimmy, here's the. the thing, Bryce Harper's not going to play until June or July. Yeah. Is he not even deaching until then? Yes, I don't think so. Because he can't even, yeah, they're like not actually letting him on the field until then.
Starting point is 00:11:08 So I, you know. Well, that doesn't matter. So, also, I think it matters just like a little, maybe a little bit. Also, he didn't play. Jimmy, who won the division? The Braves. Yeah. Oh, the Braves are the best team.
Starting point is 00:11:20 They're going to trade for, they're going to trade for Sean Murphy, huh? Like, that's going to be the next piece of news. The Mets did something. The Mets did something. The Braves will do something. thing. We're not going to hear a thing. The Braves are going to tweet out their press release. No. Sean Murphy for Contreras.
Starting point is 00:11:34 The Braves are not going to do anything at all. Come on. They think they... They did everything. They love to do stuff. Yeah, they do love to do stuff. I think they'll do stuff. I don't do Lee Murphy. I think the shortstop market's going to go quick because I think that there were teams waiting for one of them to go. Yeah. It's at the market. And now their options get more limited, so it's easier to make a decision.
Starting point is 00:11:55 You know what Lil Wayne said? Real G's move in silence like Anthopolis. Right? Yeah. They really do that. How do they still get it, they still get it past everyone? I could tell you how. No one in the front office really knows a whole lot
Starting point is 00:12:07 besides like Anthopolis and like two other people. Yeah. And so nothing ever leaks out from the bottom. It's working. That's pretty awesome. So you can't be too mad about it. What do you think about GM Jim, Jim Crane, by the way?
Starting point is 00:12:18 Fire it up, man. I mean, dude, if I owned a team, like, after I've seen it enough, I'd be like, well, fuck it. Let's roll it out there. We just want a couple, World Series? I like that.
Starting point is 00:12:30 He immediately broke the union protocol. Immediately, he said, Burlander's looking for Scherzer money, and the whole thing says, don't say the sentence. He's like, X player is looking for ex-player, and he was right away.
Starting point is 00:12:46 He just didn't read the pamphlet. Yeah. If you're going to then be, I mean, I'm fascinated, is he the one here representing the team? We're going to see Jeff Bagwell's gotty strolling around? They're not doing anything. They got to bray you.
Starting point is 00:12:57 They don't need to. They don't need to. I think they're going to be Contreras. I think they're going to get Contreras. Yeah, Contreras. They still need to catch it. It seems like they're ready to move on from Aldenado. That would be their.
Starting point is 00:13:06 Yeah. Yeah, okay. And maybe an outfield or two. Little corner. But he doesn't need to come here to do that. No, but that's the thing. They said they're in on Ben Intendi. Teach him how to play first too.
Starting point is 00:13:15 He doesn't need to come here, but then who's here. No. Which is hilarious. The thing about Contreras there is smallest left. Right. If they're going to play on up there. So if they can sneak him and put him in left, get Alvarez off his feet.
Starting point is 00:13:27 which are big. Big feet. Large feet. You know what they say about big feet, lots of home runs. Dan's is we going to go back to the Braves? No. No,
Starting point is 00:13:37 they would have just done it already, right? Yeah. Can we talk short stops? He reeks. Or can we talk jobs? Let's talk short stops. What about if Zander doesn't come back with the... If he doesn't go to the Reds?
Starting point is 00:13:49 Would they go get Dan's made? I think the Red Sox and Zander, that's done. Like, I think the fact that we haven't earned anything. thing. They haven't made a competitive offer. The reason they got Trevor's story last year so they can slide him over, play him at short. I think they're not in the shortstop market. It's not worth it for them to play at the top of that. I think we're going to see Bogarts. I mean, I think the Padres makes some sense for him. Of all of these guys, the one I want is Bogart's. Well, that's what I wanted to know, because I would love to know your guys is. That's contract and everything all in.
Starting point is 00:14:21 Like, Zander comes out to six for 150 instead of Correa's potential $300 million or whatever it is. That's the guy I want, and here's why. I think 36-year-old Zander Bogartz looks like current Michael Brantley, where it's just the dude just hits. And we forget that before Michael Brantley was what he is now, he was like an athletic outfielder who did all these other things, but he always hit and he's kept hitting. And Bogart's is the same thing.
Starting point is 00:14:45 And I just can't envision him being bad at 36 in the same way. Like the worst version of Trey Turner is just Jacoby Ellsbury shortstop when he's 34. I guess the thing is Bogart's at- Jacobi got lost. Yeah, there's a documentary. There's Bogart. Bogart said shortstop. He just, I know the numbers don't like it.
Starting point is 00:15:05 The eye test kind of hasn't loved it if I'm being. If someone signs Zander Bogartz as the third baseman for that six for one fit or whatever it lands, I'm all in. Yeah. I just think being a Boris guy, he's going to get a lot more than that. Like I sort of understand why he's projected for so much less than. But now we actually have a bar, right? We have a line with 300.
Starting point is 00:15:27 So now, now, am I expected to be a 300? Well, that's the thing. And so the only thing, we assume Correa when he's getting at it last year. It was weird, lockout, whatever. Craig's younger than Turner. Correa is the youngest guy available. He also now doesn't have QO anymore. Doesn't have QO attached.
Starting point is 00:15:39 It's going to wait until Judge. This is what I think. Who are the Dodgers signing? So I think what, it all starts, it all starts with Judge. Yeah, I think so. Because Judge, Judge, Judge, right? You've heard of Aaron Judge. If Judge goes back to the Yankees, I think the Giants will pay for Correa.
Starting point is 00:15:54 And if, if, if Judge goes to, The Giants. He likes a signing. You won't even notice. Jimmy likes the signing that sounded like. That's what I think. I don't like that for the Giants. No.
Starting point is 00:16:04 Why not? Why not? All right. Nice. They're like, they're like classy. Ooh. Oh, I see what you're kind of saying. Besides the Bond stuff, which whatever.
Starting point is 00:16:15 But they like have like, that's not the right word. I mean, Correa is WWE. Correa. If the A's, yeah, if the A's were good, he'd be a good A on a good A's team. But like, he's not the Giants. What about the Cubs? Dan's me. I'm just talking about the fans.
Starting point is 00:16:31 No, I know. I'm talking about us with Correa in terms of fit. I thought about this a lot. I thought about this for Correa in terms of fit because you can plug in Turner, Swanson, Bogartz, for any team, any fan base. They're all be like, awesome, cool, they're here, wonderful. We love it, right?
Starting point is 00:16:45 But Correa comes with all this other stuff. Doesn't matter. I mean, I think it's worth it. I don't think the front offices are that worried about it, but I do think it's interesting. I don't think it matters at all. We talk about fit, culture, and whatever. This dude was on the twins last year.
Starting point is 00:16:57 And it was great. Well, no, they were awful. Well, no, but he was great. Yeah, he wasn't the problem. He was really good, and he seemed to like it there. I think the twins are going to do everything they can to keep him. But remember when he seemed to like it there? And then on the last day of the season, he was like, I go shopping for nice purses.
Starting point is 00:17:11 And everyone's like, hey. He's like, I'm the prada. You pay top dollar for me. It was powerful stuff. What do you want me to do? Go to Louis Vuitton in Minneapolis? He didn't like it there. We all agree, right?
Starting point is 00:17:24 It was tough because he just hooked all the twins. fans because they were like, damn, like for 158 games, Korea's kind of been all in. And then he was like, I'm a Louis Vuitton. This guy's pretty great, you know, I like watching him play. I think he liked being the guy. I mean, he was the man, right? What he didn't like is that he was sitting on the couch on October 15th instead of in the ALCS.
Starting point is 00:17:44 He's in the worst team in the worst division. Yeah. The what? One of the worst teams and one of the worst divisions. Thank you. I don't know how much Detroit Tigers baseball you watched this year. Yeah. Well, I guess teams are supposed to have hope.
Starting point is 00:17:57 Yes. Can I ask you about the Yankees? I have just some judge stuff. We might hard cut then. Is there anything else? Like Dansby goes where. Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm getting ahead of myself.
Starting point is 00:18:06 Danesby goes where. I think the Cubs are certainly going to be in the mix there. Oh. How do you say, because no, the Red Sox have a story. They're going to slide them. They're like, play sack. That's true. That's true.
Starting point is 00:18:17 We're getting rid of his hand. Where else could he go? Let's think. Cardinals are going to be a no. Padres. No, I think the Cardinals like so much sense. Why don't they do it? Why don't the Cardinals do it?
Starting point is 00:18:27 Because they're going to win the division with, like, me and you playing third base. I love that Danesby's going to get slightly less money than other guys, and he's going to be such a chip on his shoulder. I know. Oh, yeah. He's going to get, like, $100 million. He's going to be like, well. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:41 I mean, he cubs make sense. Like, to me at this point, the Cubs have to get one of them. Cubs have to get one of these guys. The Cubs feel like they have pretty players, and Danesby would be. Him and in Hap would be, like, very good. And Nico Horns and stuff. Yeah. I imagine that there's.
Starting point is 00:18:56 an offer from the Braves on the table. And the Freeman thing last year does not help Dansby, in my opinion. Because the Braves showed that they will walk away from the guy who matters to the team. There is no sentimentality at all. Same agency, too. And so if I'm Anthopoulos, right, he's probably putting a well below value contract for Dansby. And it's like, hey, if you want to stay, this is the cut you're taking. If not, Von Grisham's playing shortstop or Orlando RC is playing shortstop.
Starting point is 00:19:26 Have a great time in Chicago. Right? And, like, Danesby has to play that game, which sucks for him. Yeah, they're kind of like... It's ruthless, but it's why they're good. Like the mob. The Braves? If you don't take this offer, there's not a second one.
Starting point is 00:19:40 Yeah, but everyone wants to be in this mob. Everyone wants... Every single player in baseball... Could mob. ...wants to be on the Braves, man. It's a good family to be a part of. Why do you think everyone's extending there? The gun under the table.
Starting point is 00:19:55 Oh, yeah. Could be that. Hey, what do you guys think about Johnny Quedo? Quato? I'm going to love him on the Red Sox this year. Ooh. Yeah, probably. Him and Rich Hill.
Starting point is 00:20:06 Richel going back. Dude. Cluber. Cluber. Anytime we see a Red Sox fan, we're like, congrats on Cluber, Grinky. Cluber's going to the Orioles or the Red Sox. Are you excited about Clueber?
Starting point is 00:20:17 I haven't thought about him at all. He's going, he's on an ALE's tour right now. Interesting. And he loves the big wall. I'll bet against Toronto. He loves the big wall. He loves the big of all. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Starting point is 00:20:27 Well, he doesn't think it's going to benefit or hurt him at all. He just is interested in playing it from it. He gets off on weird stuff. He's like, that's radical. Yeah, I've never played in front of such a big wall. That is the biggest wall. Yeah. Look at the size of that thing.
Starting point is 00:20:39 Let's move it back and let's raise it up. He wants left field to be a crapshoot. So it's Fenway or Camden. And he just wants to dive in. Yeah. Houston. Interesting. He just wants it to be weird.
Starting point is 00:20:51 Houston's kind of like. I could see him going to Houston. He could go to the polo grounds. They don't. I don't need, oh, yeah. It's pretty close. Bring it back. No, not open anymore.
Starting point is 00:20:59 Bring it back. What are we doing? Oh, do you think it's time to get rid of Fenway? Yeah. Oh. Are you on the record saying you want Fenway Park out? Hashtag Fenway out. Whoa.
Starting point is 00:21:10 Like wenger out. Make that the first five seconds of the show. Fenway out. No, they should keep Fenway. Here's a real take I have. Bogartz can go. They should keep the Coliseum in Oakland. There should be one legitimately horrible,
Starting point is 00:21:24 crappy baseball stadium in existence in the league at all times. So that we have... Tampa's going to have that title forever, man. We have some comparison because if everything looks like Nat's partner, city field, it's just, it becomes, you know, monotonous, and I need one stadium to suck, and it should always be the A's. Keep them there and keep them in that stadium forever. Maybe it's not the A's, though.
Starting point is 00:21:45 Maybe it's like... We're going on A's Cats later. You're going to say that time. Maybe it's like battle of like last place. Ooh. We're going on A's cats. Some of the cats in the stadium. Like they flex whoever's the worst team
Starting point is 00:21:58 at all 30. Yeah, has to play. Ler Bowl. Yeah, they flexed the loser bowl to the Coliseum. No, they just have to play in that city's football stadium for the year. Or like worst team, like spring training isn't like a public park. Like you don't get, you don't get like the real facilities on privacy. People are cutting in on drills.
Starting point is 00:22:17 Coliseum is pretty bad. That's competitive balance right there. But it's got character. It's not. and I'm like, have you been to other places? No, but it's bad good, dude. It's bad good. It's only bad good.
Starting point is 00:22:29 That sounds like a Bay Area rap song. The weather. It's bad good. It is bad good. Dude. He's a dude at the end. Dude. Maybe.
Starting point is 00:22:37 It felt like it in the song. It is bad. It's bad good. It's not a lot of good. The only good is the actual fans. Yeah. The fans that show up are really good. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:22:47 And they let them go down to the center and like make that bowl environment. But other than that, There's no view. No. It's freezing. The Seagulls attack you as soon as the sun goes down. Yeah, it's a tough place to play. It's a home field advantage.
Starting point is 00:23:02 And there's so much foul territory. Wasn't there a year? Did the Yankees go play the wildcar game there one year? Or was that it? No, the A's came to... If you had to go play a wildcar game in the Coliseum... Verlander had to do that, right? Yes.
Starting point is 00:23:15 The Rays... No, the Rays had to go play there. Yeah. That was the Yondie game. They almost flexed that's at 8 a.m. They're like, we don't want anyone. series. We went on the Padres radio show earlier and they were like, yeah, we could have a Padres Orioles World Series. And I was like, Rob Manfred is not salivating over that. What's the worst possible World Series for Rob Manfred? Rockies Cleveland. No, not Cleveland. Rockies Ray's Ray. The Ray still have to.
Starting point is 00:23:41 Rockies race. No, Oakland. Oakland has more appeal than the race. Yeah, I think they're not. Actually, actually, I might argue Arizona even more than Colorado. Shut up. Don't do that to G. No, I'm in on, I'm a, I'm a snakes guy too. It's our year. Oh, we? We?
Starting point is 00:24:00 Talking sweet? I like how happy that made you. Is it, is the whole like, I'm rocking my brain for worse matchups. I think Ray's Rockies, like on a national level. Yeah. If you, nobody that does not watch, there's people that don't watch any regular season baseball, but they just tune in for big events.
Starting point is 00:24:15 Race Rockies would be. There's no one. No shot. Unless, unless there's some storyline. of like, you'd have to search. There'd be like two brothers on both teams.
Starting point is 00:24:26 Yeah. The Nolas. Two others. But also like, you know the Nolas are related? I will say, I will say, though,
Starting point is 00:24:31 about Rockies fans. That was a takeaway from All Star last year was, like there are, Rockies fans do exist. Yeah. It's weird. Like,
Starting point is 00:24:38 and I do feel bad big time because they're, again, the most rudderless franchise. But the other weird thing is. But they don't, outside of Rocky, you know what I mean? No, exactly.
Starting point is 00:24:46 There's no interest. No, I think Rocky's race. A couple moons ago, they were on a nice path. It was Aeronado and Storia and Blackman And they were winning games They didn't like that
Starting point is 00:24:54 They tied the Dodgers And there's a lot of pressure The Tony Walters game The Rocks The beating the Cubs in that wildcore game Is one of my favorite Postseason victories of the last 10 years That was like
Starting point is 00:25:04 That was like, especially like the Cubs Marlins raise Ooh You kind of cut Florida off And you're just like Ugh This isn't for me All the media people are driving
Starting point is 00:25:14 Across the state There's buses Quickly on the Rockies I don't think anyone in like I think Marlins raise is a great I don't think anyone in the other farther away regions from Florida is watching that. Unless they're already baseball fans. You don't think that's doing numbers in Pensacola?
Starting point is 00:25:31 No. They should have like a... Like Texas doesn't watch that. They should throw an impromptu, like, music festival in between. So here's... Here's my thought about the Rockies. They might be like, let's just play at the same stadium. There's no home field anyway.
Starting point is 00:25:44 Like, no one's showing up. I still feel like the D-Back. I mean, I like the D-Backs, but... And they're irrelevant, too. I'm telling you, you, listen, talking snakes. Talking snakes. Every day. I can say nice things about them.
Starting point is 00:25:57 It's just not about the marketability. The next thing that might happen is that snakes outfield trade that everyone's been rumored on. I'm all, that's been the number one thing. I'm talking, just talking to Nick Picor about it. I just like how they ever, like, they're into catcher outfielders. Some team had to do it. It's a great kink. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:26:14 All right. All right, that's the episode. Go follow, Cespitist family barbecue. And then we're about to talk yanks. Let's talk yanks. Talk yanks, talk yanks. Yeah. So quiet.
Starting point is 00:26:27 Ken Rosenthal said orgy. I can say kink. Oh, yeah. Same every one. Did you hear him say orgy? No. You didn't see the video with him saying orgy? No.
Starting point is 00:26:37 This account I follow called Talking Baseball tweeted out. A block. Super mid. Not taking baseball. Who does this music? Mikey Rotano.

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