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#13 | All Four Wild Card Games End in an Upset
21 Plays1 year ago
Andrew and Liam convene to discuss the end of the Wild Card Rounds. Three of the four ended in sweeps and the last, between the Mets and Brewers ended after an intense pitcher's duel. Then the two take a look at the Division Series match ups and predict who will win those.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:48 D-Backs eliminated by the Mets not sweeping the Braves
2:12 Tigers SWEEP the Astros
5:14 Royals SWEEP the Orioles
7:34 Padres SWEEP the Braves
11:17 Mets beat the Brewers 2-1
17:56 Which of these games was the biggest upset?
19:22 Who was your MVP out of these games?
21:50 Tigers vs Guardians prediction
26:08 Royals vs Yankees
30:42 Padres vs Bums
35:53 Mets vs Phillies
41:24 A Mad Dog tangent
45:57 Outro
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Transcript
Introduction to 'Two Front War'
00:00:11
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Two Front War. My weekly podcast that covers the Yankees post-season, but they have not started yet. I'm Andrew and with me as always is Liam. Hi Liam. Hi Andrew, I'm Liam. Alright, well Liam, it is...
00:00:29
Speaker
eight o'clock at night my time almost nine o'clock it's ten forty my time nice uh... we just
Wild Card Games Review
00:00:38
Speaker
finished uh... the the wild cards are officially over uh... we've missed the the first rounds of a wild card so we'll go ahead and uh... just cover those real quick and uh... i think for that we should start with uh... met sprays that was an interesting one uh... because the in our in our previous episode, we had the we had the we had the DBACs in Yes. Who did we not have in it? We did not have the Braves. We did not have the Braves. Yes, that's true. And the only way that the DBACs could have gotten in is if in that Mets Braves game, one of the team swept. It didn't matter who just someone had a sweep gets get swept and
00:01:27
Speaker
the the debacks would be in but the uh... the Mets took two out of three games from the Braves and uh... kept the debacks out of it the Braves uh... just squeak on by by taking that third game is a very uh... intense game uh... that one i don't know if you saw it uh... yeah i saw yeah i saw the two double header games yeah that was not in full but yeah yeah uh... that watched the double header at work and that was uh...
00:01:54
Speaker
That was a good, good, good way to kill like six hours. At least it felt like six hours. That was a good game. That was a good game. Those double headers. The teams celebrated on the field, which was really cool. Yeah.
Tigers vs. Astros Analysis
00:02:12
Speaker
Well, let's get into the the actual wild card now. We'll start on the A.L. A lot of upsets this this wild card, I think. That that seems to be the narrative yet.
00:02:21
Speaker
Yes, yes. And maybe does that do those upsets continue? We'll find out tomorrow, I think, starting to tomorrow. Yep, starting tomorrow. So we'll start with the ah the American League. You have Detroit versus Detroit Tigers versus Houston Astros. And Detroit swept the ah the Astros. And it's a three game series. We also got to keep that in mind. So yes, three. Yes, three game series. But like it's the Astros.
00:02:52
Speaker
and the Tigers. You know what I mean? Tigers weren't really supposed to be here? No, they were they had a was a 0.02% chance of making the the postseason in August. August. august and Yeah, they they defied all odds. First time making it into the postseason since 2014.
00:03:16
Speaker
We're now the World Series contenders. Then having to go up against like the dynasty of the past 10 years but a little shy of 10 years. That's like seven or eight years. Yeah for the the Astros. Mm hmm. Yeah. ah I mean, the Astros had a rough season. They kind of mirrored the Braves a little bit this season with a lot of they had injuries. ah They had they just like were falling apart in the beginning.
00:03:50
Speaker
like their their their spiral at the beginning of the season was so bad that people were like you know people were counting them out in like May like they they might be gone but they they have the uh I guess the uh the AL has their own little version of the Mets in the Mariners and uh there's a mariner of of the old Mets yeah the old Mets yeah But the Mariners, it was their division to lose and they did. Damaged if they did. Oh, yeah. That's depressing. Fired their manager.
00:04:27
Speaker
um Astros a squeak in. um Face the Tigers in in very intense
Royals' Unexpected Victory Over Orioles
00:04:35
Speaker
games. ah but Yeah. So, OK, game two was five two. I wrote mostly. Not really the happenings on, but just like the quality of play. I saw game one Astros couldn't turn a double play to save their lives. Yeah. there's Yeah. um So Detroit takes it that in the in the the first of of I would say I mean, I think I think you could argue that
00:05:07
Speaker
the entire wild card was, it was the first upset. It was the first upset of these four. We can move on to the second one, Kansas City Royals versus Baltimore Orioles. Once again, ends in a sweep.
00:05:20
Speaker
um The Orioles just... they They weren't here. I don't think they they scouted ah Royals pitching correctly. They just had their numbers like throughout.
00:05:34
Speaker
Yeah, because I think the royals, I don't know. Like, man, the royals, they weren't tigers bad, but like I could see why you would overlook the royals historically, at least. oh But, you know, that's wild that that you got the royals, you got who, you know, in that first seed, we thought, do we go for tigers for that one? Or do we go Astros?
00:05:59
Speaker
I went Astros. Okay, we may have but I think we both went Astros. Actually, you know, I can't remember them. I can't remember what I called but I'd say now just through I'd call right now. I would have predicted previously Astros. I don't know. Our memory is terrible. Hasn't even been two weeks. No, so but like you didn't go to Orioles and Kansas City and it's like We I think we both went with Orioles on that one just because it was like Yeah, we do go with the Orioles on that one because it was like They're the Royals Mm-hmm and we have Bobby Junior and everyone else is kind of along for the ride. Don't let Tommy Pham hear that the uh, I mean then you had the Orioles who were You know playing leapfrog with the Yankees for division leader the whole season And then they get swept by the Royals
00:06:57
Speaker
is the it It was really the stamina of the team just falling apart at the the last minute. They couldn't really go the distance. And this series really showed that they look completely at match for the most part. Yeah, not a bad start to the season for the new owners, though. Right. ah here So there's there's ah I guess a little bit of a silver lining there. um Yeah, Kansas City moves on.
00:07:27
Speaker
to go face off failure your Yankees and the Detroit will go face off Cleveland, which will be interesting. And then we'll move on to the third upset of this wild card, Braves versus Padres.
Padres' Sweep Against Braves
00:07:42
Speaker
And Padres sweep the the Braves. You think this is an upset? Yeah, I would say so. I think it's like the least upset of the upsets.
00:07:53
Speaker
I, I don't know how I called it, uh, cause the Braves were, uh, the Padres have been the best version of themselves in a year that everyone thought that they were, they were taking a step back. I think they found what they needed to throughout the season. And I wish, again, we were talking about a very crowded,
00:08:20
Speaker
ah Bay Area, a very crowded California market. and california not you know ah yeah ah and southern california though yeah and and A very crowded California market. And if we're not talking about the Dodgers, which everyone can't stop talking about, the Padres should have gotten a lot more fanfare for what they've done this season. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. i mean We all know who the who the favorite is of this postseason. You know, it was like. They they christened it from the. For spring training, we we knew who was who MLB was hoping to see in the postseason. Well, yeah, I mean, the Braves, they they had that double. I don't like what what sucks about the Braves is that.
00:09:15
Speaker
They didn't move the game. They didn't move their game with the Mets. And I wonder how much of of of an effect that had on players because that led to the double header and then to go from a double header to was it one day off? And then, all right, here's your here's your go. And like the Mets actually like we're putting up a fight against the Braves. So like they had they they had to use up a lot of pitching.
00:09:43
Speaker
ah You know the fact that i was a double-header then like, you know, there's there's even more You know a lot more math going on for your bullpen management and I know that the the kind of Thoughts around the the Braves Padres was that Padres we're gonna at least take we're gonna take game one probably Because the Braves need to rest up their guys. They're their bullpen and Like the real game one would be like game two, but the Padres took it. And yeah. They looked very confident throughout. They had a ah Kyle Higashiyoka of all people who who's been hitting ninth all year go off. He has amazing stats against the Braves, but he had two home runs in this series. Nice. Yeah, this is this was the one series I didn't get to watch at least one game.
00:10:37
Speaker
But like, I mean, it's kind of like I mean, like I said earlier, like the Astros kind of mirrored the Braves in their season. I think the Braves are kind of like the. I think I would put them a little bit more like the the NLS or the other like the NLS Astros, they kind of like. They're kind of always there, you know, um they're they're they're they're a staple of the postseason and
00:11:06
Speaker
Depending on how the next round goes, I might second that. I might second that opinion. The meat and potatoes of this episode, let's get into that.
Mets vs. Brewers Series Highlight
00:11:20
Speaker
Mets burrs. What a wild three games. The only one that didn't end in a sweep. And I would say that this is another upset, especially with how that game three ended.
00:11:32
Speaker
Uh, the teams have very evenly matched, but I was thoroughly convinced, especially, uh, after game two that the brewers had reached a different gear and that. They were going to, I mean, maybe still give the Mets a run for the money, but I thought they were going to pull it out. And after seven ish innings.
00:11:55
Speaker
I thought that would, that was it after they took that two run lead, but yeah, I was only able to watch the last game of this series. Um, you, you miss, you missed, you missed some pretty good baseball. I'm sad to say. Yeah, I was a very, very unfortunate, but but man, that, that pitcher's dual though on game three scoreless through six innings. And then the Mets pull out their starter as a, uh, Kenyatta and, uh, they pull them out and.
00:12:25
Speaker
The next dude just immediately gives up the back to back homers and it's like, Oh dear God. but yeah the Here we go. Here's who the bets are on their regular scheduled imploding. Former Yankee again, ah Jake Bowers followed by the future face of the Brewers South Freelix. Yeah, that was. Boy, that was crazy. And then it was in the Was it the 8th or the 9th? They don't have my phone on me saying that message where I was like... but When the Mets took the lead with Lindor. Also, that yeah the third game starts off with Lindor getting a double. Which was... and like and They didn't bring him in. He's their leadoff hitter. And they failed to bring him in. I was like, I don't know about this guy. That's not good. that's
00:13:17
Speaker
You know, as someone who watched the Giants do that all season, I'm like, this does not bode well for the rest of the game. Like, you guys kind of set the tone. yeah but the the brewer The Brewers treated Lindor like a legitimate threat. They walked him at least once this series in a pivotal position.
00:13:34
Speaker
They walked him and it paid off. I think it was in game game two, my notes say. But it it was the right call then. mean But I of date with ah through whatever means, whatever stats that they were looking at. That wasn't the case. Game three.
00:13:53
Speaker
Oh, yeah. So I had Lenora. I think it's like the eighth inning. Or maybe it was the ninth inning. The ninth inning. This game came down to the wire, dude. It was brutal. It was crazy. 2-0. I thought after the first home run, I was like, oh, I think like I was like, I was like kind of confident. I was like, I think it's going to be the only run this game. And then they immediately get a second home run. And then I think I kind of have to apologize to the Mets for just jinxing it like that. um But ah yeah, then ah you know comes was this ninth inning, Lindor out.
00:14:32
Speaker
You know, he gets walked I think Yeah, he gets walked Nemo comes up base hit Lindor to third Pete Alonzo three-run Homer Mm-hmm And the Mets are able to score again to a 4-2 and it's like oh Man that was tense that night then he was
00:14:57
Speaker
was crazy. and like okay Okay, so they they walked him at least twice this series, which shows okay, they made a severe miscalculation with that second one. Yes, yes. um But yeah, that met let's move on. wow Queens is is crying happy tears.
00:15:23
Speaker
and i wouldn't i wouldn't I don't think this looks totally bad on the brewers. they This is their first year under new management when it comes to their manager. but they They came in with a lot of questions, but they they answered a lot of them. and If they keep working at it,
00:15:43
Speaker
People were were saying that though they' their championship window, their contending window is closing. if they If they play their cards right, I think it's now nowhere near. In fact, they might even widen their area of opportunity.
00:16:00
Speaker
Still a very young team. Yeah, i mean this was this was kind of like the revenge season against their previous manager. Brewers are another dominant team throughout the season.
00:16:12
Speaker
I believe they clinched their division as well. ah People say pitching wins championships and maybe if they weren't relegated to of this wild card game specifically, then who who knows what might have happened because you know you get into these later series where it's just more games. You know you let more of your pitching staff take a ah pivotal role, show them they show you their money's worth.
00:16:40
Speaker
and I think all things probably probably would have ended a lot differently. Yes, absolutely. Definitely
Biggest Upset Debate
00:16:48
Speaker
agree. I think that ah think that ah kind of like how the Phillies, you know their their whole mindset for the regular season is you know just just hit the ball. right And then that really tends to pay off in the postseason.
00:17:05
Speaker
Yeah, ah I think like there's kind of like that that opposite thing with with the pitchers where it's like you kind of baby the pitchers in the regular season, at least that's where what it feels like a lot of teams do now. And then you kind of got to let them go ham on the in the postseason because it's like you the bullpen needs to be rested.
00:17:27
Speaker
like they need to be on top of it and like your starters need to be on top of it and it's like you're ah like unless you have like an absolute implosion which hopefully you don't like you're going to be staying in for you're going to get as close to six innings as you can whereas like in the the regular season you might get pulled out in the fifth you might get pulled out after like you know 4.2 innings the postings is it's like oh if unless you're imploding absolutely not um
00:17:57
Speaker
So out of these wildcard games, which one do you think was the biggest upset? The biggest upset?
00:18:07
Speaker
Oh, I'll say it was the the Royals' Orioles series. I would agree. I would agree with that. I think everyone kind of figured that the Orioles would figure it out. But that ended up just not happening. Yeah.
00:18:25
Speaker
yeah um Like if it wasn't for, yeah yeah, like, I mean, it has to be the the Orioles, Royals, right? cause Because, uh, at least the Astros, they had that abysmal start to the season. I had very little to say about their performance. I think they just were not expecting what they got. Um,
00:18:49
Speaker
So what yeah, i so I would say royals a Orioles biggest upset. um I think followed by Metz Burs. Hmm. I don't know. I think it's just like the I think you're just i'm just kind of like so used to the Mets being and the punching bag, you know, that's like, oh, OK, easy, easy. um But maybe I should have when they nearly swept the Braves, maybe I should have.
00:19:17
Speaker
Have a little bit more faith in them. Let's take a look at some of these next games. but Before we do that, did do you have an MVP? of Maybe not serious, but maybe just a wild card round. Who do you think really balled out?
Wildcard Round Standouts
00:19:35
Speaker
a Player or team? Either or.
00:19:38
Speaker
um
00:19:42
Speaker
I think i got as a team, I think I'd have to give it to Kansas City. ah just because like the biggest upset and You know you took you you took someone who's who's been trading places as number one in the division all season Number one in baseball for a lot of the season two they were trading in places with yeah the a that That's also true. What what about you?
00:20:14
Speaker
I think I had to give it to a player. I think I got to give it to Kianta, right? Because six dominant scoreless innings. If I were to go to pitching performance, if I were to give my MVP to someone, I'd give it to Michael King from the the Padres. OK. He went seven innings, giving up five hits, no runs, no walks, 12Ks. Nice. um if If I were to go with team, though,
00:20:42
Speaker
I'd have to go through, I'd have to give them to the Mets. They, they showed their fight and they did not back down. Especially like after coming back from that, up that goes back to back home runs, uh, specifically, um, uh, Pete Alonzo.
00:20:59
Speaker
ah not doing, he he he's 4-4-40, I believe, before his home run. who Yeah. so Him and Landor, if I had their stats in front of me, I think maybe one of them would take home like a wildcard round MVP. Yeah, so just like get it together just right right at the end. and
00:21:23
Speaker
Yeah, like all these wildcard teams are. I mean, I guess it kind of goes without saying, but I think just with the way it's panned out, that every single one of these wildcard teams are. It's it's real, like it's it's real now, like good luck to you guys, like. I don't envy. I would not be envious of your position.
00:21:47
Speaker
um
00:21:50
Speaker
So do you want to do like a quick predictions for the next next round?
Tigers vs. Guardians Predictions
00:21:54
Speaker
Sure. We got the things in front of me. So we'll start with the the ale. We'll do Detroit Tigers versus Cleveland Guardians.
00:22:06
Speaker
This is interesting. what what What are you thinking? Because after. the the The Tigers have a very unique way of throwing out their pitching. They only really have two traditional like starting pitchers that can go like five plus innings. but they they I saw a video ah a little while ago that was just dissected. like maybe their style is like a new feature to the game, or at least a new way for managers and teams to build their pitching staff around. And i you know I'll say, I think they might, I think they carry the momentum they have in the wild card round into this round. I say that they're gonna take this series in six, not six, because it's the best of five, take the series in,
00:23:01
Speaker
There are four games. Four games? OK. Four games. Do you think that there are so between the Tigers and the Royals, who do you think is like the bigger dark horse?
00:23:14
Speaker
Tigers, I think, are the bigger dark horse. um Yeah, I don't know. Like. It feels. Feels kind of weird because it's like it kind of feels weird seeing Cleveland in, you know,
00:23:31
Speaker
But it's like a team that you really associate with the postseason. um Man, that's a tough one.
00:23:44
Speaker
I think I'm going to go Cleveland. What do you think sends him over the edge? I think it's just that.
00:23:58
Speaker
the The Tigers, despite facing the Astros, were facing a significantly weakened an Astros that was not all there. i ah That had problems from the beginning of the season that they just couldn't overcome. And I think that's not to take away from them, you know, for their win, because that was not easy. But I think the the Astro's like early stumblings hurt them more than then people kind of realized.
00:24:39
Speaker
and i the um I think that will dominate the the postseason narrative around them like how much that start really colors the rest of the season and where they now have to make improvements now because all the success that they've found in that middle part of the season is basically all for not now yeah you might as well not have happened at least in the eyes of the grand republic yeah i guess in the grand republic but i think that But I mean, to add the Astros defense, I also think that like it shows that this is also a team that. Even even at their weakest, you you have to be even at their weakest with with where they were, that first game was still a one zero. And that's something that I think that if you're playing against them, that that's something that you should very much be concerned about. What's the first game? I believe it was one zero.
00:25:38
Speaker
I want to say 3-0. 3-1. It was 3-1. OK. I guess I got it mixed up. The one series I didn't write down, getting rating scores. OK. Well, I mean, regardless, I think that you think that you'd have a bigger run gap, I think. Particularly with how soft the Astros division is,
00:26:08
Speaker
Alright Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
00:26:13
Speaker
can um does I'll say this, I think sports media wise, there's there' is a heavy distinction between the narrative surrounding the AL side of the bracket versus the NL side of the bracket.
Yankees vs. Royals Forecast
00:26:31
Speaker
okay I think everyone's going to be calling for the Yankees and Guardians to get business taken care of. And in their mind, at least the ALCS is already spoken for.
00:26:43
Speaker
Yeah. do Do you think think we're going to have a repeat? are Do you fear a repeat of last postseason where all the buys got knocked out? No, and I hope not. God, I hope not. Does the seeing Baltimore fall to the Royals, does that concern you about the Royals or does that just confirm your suspicions about the Orioles? Yeah, that confirmed my suspicion about the Orioles. I think just the the stamina, they didn't have that.
00:27:13
Speaker
the, the, the last leg of the season, they didn't just like have it in them this year. Is there anything in particular? I'm not going to discount them next year. So oh yeah ah is there anything about the Royals right now that concern you concerns you?
00:27:28
Speaker
Um, they have, uh, uh, players with. That have histories with like getting hits in big spots. Yeah. Uh, Bobby Whit Jr. Is the, is the name he leads the league in batting average for the regular season. Cedric Mullins also a name to look out for and Tommy fam. You can't discount Tommy fam for anything just because he's kind of like ah the guy to come up in these situations, you know, an unfavored team in a do or die spot. We saw it with the Diamondbacks last season with him. So it's that, but if the Yankees pitching is as good and it as it has been throughout the season this year, I fully expect them to be in a spot to capitalize and get business taken care of.
00:28:28
Speaker
I have a question.
00:28:32
Speaker
Nestor, is he okay? Will he be able to pitch? I know he got injured. Not, not from what I'm seeing. Not from what that literally happened. Like a couple of minutes before we started recording the last episode, it was a rule that Nestor would be headed. We take a trip to the aisle.
00:28:48
Speaker
Yeah. They put him ah on the 15-day IL, but I think they're keeping him there last time I checked. OK. So he will not be pitching? I don't think he'll be pitching. But did he did he did he make the roster or no? Like after the 15 days? I'd imagine he'd he'd be on the roster. OK. That's good. Because Verlander did not. And that was another thing that the Astros were missing. Yeah, Verlander was left off. Verlander was out.
00:29:15
Speaker
No, maybe not the postseason roster, but yeah the wild card. Yeah. ah Okay. um So you think that the but so Tigers, Guardians, you think that the Tigers take it in, you said four. Four. That's a big prediction for this person. What about Royals, Yankees?
00:29:37
Speaker
fuck it. I'm a good, I'm a good, sweet Yankee, Yankee, Yankees in three. Come on, baby. Let's go. All right. Let's go to your, uh, your, you'd be pitching Garrett Cole.
00:29:50
Speaker
Stroman, uh, Garrett Cole. Uh, he's in the bullpen. I'd imagine they'd have to move them out. Yeah. Yeah. I think, I think the current lineup is Garrett Cole.
00:30:07
Speaker
ah Carlos Rodan. I'm blanking on a name right now. But Jericho and Carlos Rodan are the two. I think Carlos Rodan might even have game one. Oh, interesting. OK. OK, so bold prediction. The Yankees sweep the Royals. All right. All right. Thank you, sweet. I think the Yankees will take it. I think they take it in four. Oh, you're going with me. Yeah, I think. Yeah, I think so.
00:30:35
Speaker
i know i'm not not with me in in four and three the idea for what but yeah i don't think it'll be a sweet uh...
Padres vs. Dodgers Prospects
00:30:42
Speaker
let's get the ugly one on the nl side first uh... Padres vs Dodgers Padres in six and that's six fucking five others are kissing home boiling i hope you're right that the Padres when i hope they're able to do it at less than five you know what guys fuck it uh... well card games are now five games and all the other games at the postseason or seven And the World Series is 13 games. No, it can't be 10, because it ends in a title. 11. 11 games. um So Padre's bombs.
00:31:19
Speaker
um
00:31:23
Speaker
i want I want to say Padre's. like Oh, I want it to be the Padre's. The Dodgers starting pitching is very questionable, right? Yes. They don't have glass now.
00:31:35
Speaker
their bullpen is questionable, you know, at the best of days. I think their best picture, their best starting picture right now is Yamamoto, even though he came back from a from taking time off for an injury for a little bit. And I don't think they have a big enough sample size. They're either going to come back. Do you know when he come came back from injury? It was just before the season ended.
00:32:01
Speaker
okay so i did you not have anywhere near and i believe she and i believe you know i can't believe he came back and that was his last start before the season ended uh... i think you went he went five innings he went five innings and i think he is being said he looked very very strong but that's one game it's one
00:32:31
Speaker
and Talked about this last episode of what I think the the media story is gonna be ah around these ah blue bums um That it's just gonna be about and it doesn't matter what what the Padres do or what the rest of the what the rest of this this tournament tree does. It's all goingnna be going to be like how it's all about Otoni. Yeah, it's about how the the pitching or the the lineup failed to support him. They him. They failed him. And if they win it all, he single handedly won the World Series. They couldn't have done it without him. It was a foregone conclusion. We knew it from what?
00:33:14
Speaker
January when he made his announcement or December whenever it was So Padres were we're looking at you I don't mean to brag but ah Aaron judge has has a higher war than Shohei Ohtani. No, he doesn't care that that's the name of the podcast Andrew. It's the two front and i hit ah it's a different Yeah, but
00:33:44
Speaker
when judges be going i guess he could be your d h uh... what cuz i was only a d h yeah i was on his own in the end and and uh... judges the position player uh... for now wait until show his arm explodes in four or five years uh... would you have any do you think like what what do we think right now is are the padre's uh... weaknesses as a
00:34:16
Speaker
If it's defense, that's not good. I i want to say defense simply because they were there was still a portion of the season where they were throwing out Xander Rogart in very key role in the middle of the infield. But I maybe lower half of the lineup. Let me double check.
00:34:43
Speaker
I mean, they have the power of friendship on their side, too. We also got to take that into account. It's the intangibles here, you know. It took a long time to get there, though, I feel like. Yeah, had to change in team culture. Yeah. Well, but but we we will see. ah I think Blake Snell would feel if the the Padres won the World Series. Very silly. Little bit silly.
00:35:09
Speaker
You kind of feel a little silly. I think so a boy think the best thing that could happen, the the thing that gives the Padres ah a good shot against the Dodgers, is the the fact that they played against a significantly weakened Braves, considering that they just had that double header. And then all their injuries, they didn't have Spencer Strider for like the season whole season, pretty much. um And took it in a sweep.
00:35:36
Speaker
so while they get some good rest but not as much rest as the daughters could get or would get and like last year showed sometimes all that rest can actually hurt you. Yeah. I can understand that. All right and we'll go on to the last one, Metz Phileas.
Phillies vs. Mets Series Predictions
00:36:00
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This is like, I think
00:36:07
Speaker
Padres Dodgers is gonna be the real blockbuster, but the the whole al-nl divide here, I think The sports media is really gonna have a field day with the NL side of this bracket Yeah, I mean I I'm expecting this this series to be like Matt match the the other one In terms of fireworks, okay What are you thinking for Mets Phillies? Yeah, I think I got to go with Phillies as like as As amazing as that third game was and and the Mets, you know Having a really good show, I mean Take two out of three from the Braves take two out of three from the Brewers but like I don't know there's something just about this last game is kind of like hey like your your offenses and
00:37:01
Speaker
Not doing the numbers that I think you need to play against the Phillies. Throughout the game, yeah. like Throughout the game, it's like, yeah, you guys need to get a lot more. You cannot you cannot do what you did today and squander yeah a lead off double.
00:37:20
Speaker
That well in that and you also got to think about like uh, the they've had The latter half of the bullpen trouble all the people whose job it is to close out the seventh eighth and ninth They have yes, we've been like not there Yes, you have where they should be you have your starter out there for six dominant innings and then immediately give up back-to-back home runs like The Phillies are not that that that that's going to show to wear at this part of the season. Just like said, you want the savvy to be going out there for seven innings in October. That that's a lot to ask of a guy. Yeah. oh well Especially this like how much gas does he have left in the tank? Can he really go that extra mile? And he's proven me wrong in the past him specifically, but ask that of however many guys you're going to ask that of is demanding.
00:38:14
Speaker
I mean, the the the Mets today in this last game against the Brewers, like they brought out Edwin Diaz in the like seventh eighth. So he's going to be down for at least this first game. So.
00:38:36
Speaker
i I wanted to, i was at the start of you talking, I was like, can i can I say Mets to be different? But that we've we've seen throughout the past couple of years, the Phillies aren't traditionally built for their regular season. They are a post-season constructed team. And I think, um I'm gonna say Phillies in,
00:39:03
Speaker
five or six. And it's going to be awake. I'm expecting a wake up call. You mean four or five? Four or five. God damn it. Seven game series here on not MLB. Come on. Everything. Seven series. Seven games. Kill the extra inning, the 10th inning and beyond runner on second. and They do that for the postseason. They don't have that.
00:39:28
Speaker
they do that forever do it forever do it forever you're a manford runner guy no i'm saying kill him oh okay no he actually killed a runner if a runner even touches second and it's the and it's the 10th inning or beyond of a baseball game in october or just shoot him only way you can win is through home runs in extra inning. It just becomes a home run derby. Yeah. um But Philly's in three or four. And it's going it's gonna I think it'll be a wake up call to everyone reminding them that hey, so you can do whatever you want. But Philly's in
00:40:16
Speaker
You know, playing October ball is the only thing that matters to them. I'm going to say get out of the way. Yeah, I'm going to say the Phillies sweep the Mets.
00:40:27
Speaker
I think that ah I think this is a really good time right now. I think this is like a really good position where the Phillies are in, ah where they can kind of tell like the rest of the NL is like, hey, if you're the wild card,
00:40:45
Speaker
That just means you get a lose to us.
Phillies' Postseason Strategy
00:40:48
Speaker
and I think that's something that would work very well with the Phillies. Kind of like with their culture and kind of like the way that they they play. They're a very aggressive team. when what and When did they lose last season? The Phillies got knocked out by the Dbacks in the NLCS. They were ah they were a wildcard team. They swept the Marlins. They took they beat the Braves 3-1.
00:41:15
Speaker
And then they went all seven games against Arizona against Arizona. Okay. I remember that more vividly now. I remember Chris Mad Dog grew. So yeah, he said that he was going to retire. He said he was going to retire if the D-backs made it to the world series. And he didn't, and he could have, he could have had a funny little gag going, but he didn't because he's an idiot. He should have said he was retiring and then make who does he work for MLB? He works for yeah ESPN. ESPN made maybe ESPN go through the whole rigmarole and announce a new new dude have that dude do one episode and the next one he comes back and kills the guy that replaced him. I would ah I would have turned it into like a big thing like ah he he he started doing it he was doing like odd jobs around the ESPN like production facility like he's
00:42:12
Speaker
he's the intern, he's like the coffee runner, he's like the cameraman or whatever. I would have kept going, kept going to like the nth degree. And, you know, maybe throwing like a Arizona based charity donation there throughout the first pitch out of ah one of the games and and ended on a high note be a good sport about it. does But he did like the opposite of that. Does does it end like like in the ends like full circle or like The ESPN like president is just like, this guy's got what it takes to be on TV. How would you like a show? That would have been funny. yeah That would have been pretty funny. But he doesn't know funny. Yeah.
Media Personalities Mention
00:42:51
Speaker
He talked with, a what's his face?
00:42:56
Speaker
Mike and the Mad Dog. Mike Francesca. Mike Francesca, they were in New York ah talk radio guys. And he he talked a lot opposite Mike Francesca, who I i hate. Mike Francesca, you suck. I hope you hear this. OK, he won't.
00:43:15
Speaker
um All right. Well, Liam, that was a fun little talk.
Upcoming Podcast Schedule
00:43:23
Speaker
Next game is going to be Saturday, October 5th. Also, Liam, we don't have D and&D. and is food And if you're not back at home,
00:43:33
Speaker
then uh... it's a record saturday after that game after the the the first book it's gonna be really late for you it's uh... pot padres dodger starts at eight p m eastern eight thirty eastern now we're gonna record after that game if you want i prefer prefer i prefer i prefer to just to get the editing done it'll be a late night for me to or are you doing it after every game now uh...
00:44:01
Speaker
I think we could do it after the last game where we could do a quick recording, just like do, you know, different inserts throughout the for the different games. Do we want to cover like every other team's game or do we want to stick with Yankees for right now? And then if the Yankees end up losing their series, we'll cover the rest of that round. We could just do i mean we can do like in depth the Yankees, but like the other ones just kind of do it now and be like, oh, here's what the scores look like.
00:44:33
Speaker
All right, well, yes. Yeah, well, OK, we'll figure it out. We'll figure it out. butll We'll get it. We'll get it done. but we will but We will get in depth with the the Yankees games for sure. Like it's almost like a traditional episode. OK, Liam, how's your how's your weather going?
Personal Anecdotes and Plans
00:44:53
Speaker
My floor is made of water. Oh, that's not good. OK, so you got a little bit of flooding going on.
00:45:00
Speaker
No, that was a joke. but I don't know where you live. ah and my my My area of Florida didn't get hit all that hard for those who who may be maybe worrying, but i worry I'm OK. OK. It veered off, right? Yeah, you were. Yeah, it veered off. It only really hit the closest part to me, like St. Pete. That's where the race played.
00:45:25
Speaker
Yeah, you know, yeah my area, that's the closest part. They got hit really bad. We just got like ah a lot of winds and rain. All right. And guess what, guys? Because Chad, guess where this nerd's going tomorrow? You. You. Me? because Yeah, I guess where you're going tomorrow. Universal. mar Universal. Loser. I'm going to go get scared during. Yeah, I know. Like during during postseason baseball.
00:45:54
Speaker
even though there's no game tomorrow. There is no game tomorrow. All right. ah Liam, do you wish for anyone to find you online? No. Okay. Do not look at my search