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#11 | The No Good, Very Bad Fortnight of Baseball (and the Giants Season is Dead)
34 Plays1 year ago
The season is coming to a close and both the Yankees and the Giants played some really, really bad baseball. Let's talk about it
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro 1
0:09 Intro 2
1:15 Intro 3
2:46 Yankees lose to the Nationals 1-2
12:39 The Bums's official nick name is stupid
14:01 Andrew declares Giants dead
14:48 Giants make BIG roster moves (RIP Thairo)
18:04 Giants lose to the Brewers 1-2
24:43 Yankees lose to the Cardinals 1-2
41:38 An impromptu family visit saves Andrew from watching the Giants lose to the Marlins 1-2
45:42 Judge's Plaque was stolen
48:50 Andrew OD's on Copium
50:03 Yankees lose to the Rangers 1-2
59:31 Giants lose to the D-backs 1-2
1:04:52 Yankees beat the Cubs 2-1
1:09:48 Giants beat the Padres 2-1
1:20:47 Does Blake Snell re-sign with the Giants?
1:23:53 Next episode's match ups
1:27:39 Outro
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Transcript
Introduction and Catching Up
00:00:06
Speaker
I'm going to show you that again.
00:00:19
Speaker
Hello, and I'm Andrew, and with me as always is Liam. Hi, Andrew. hio How have your two weeks been? Been all right. I'm back back in school still. I got some work done, but ah trying not to watch Yankees baseball. Yeah, it's been rough. What did I what have I done in that that time frame? You know, have I done anything in that time frame?
00:00:55
Speaker
Not really. Just work. I'm going back to Deesha. I'm not too happy about that. Oh, you're not happy about going back to Deesha? Well, I mean, I am, but like... I don't know, man. I just wanna be left alone. Okay.
Podcast Overview: Yankees and Giants 2024 Season
00:01:11
Speaker
Your waveforms are pretty low right now, I'm gonna tell you. Uh-oh.
Yankees Performance and Challenges
00:01:25
Speaker
Hello and welcome to Two Front War, a biweekly podcast that covers the Yankees and Giants 2024 season. I'm Andrew, and with me as always is Liam. I'm Liam! Liam, how have your two weeks been? Been alright, back at school, getting some... Just got my first big project done, other than that. What is it? What's the project?
00:01:46
Speaker
I had to do this like a still life drawing, but with like actual reference. So it's like, it's my first drawing class. And in a bit, it's like a requirement for all majors, but you draw. You draw a naked person. No, that would be the next class I'd take after that. Got it. But I'm like i'm not. Oh, still life. Still life. So like you painted like a bowl of fruit. No, we're in the we're in the figure drawing room. So there a bunch of there are a bunch of nudies all around the place. OK.
00:02:14
Speaker
Hey, you know what? Somebody that I commissioned art from is going to some school in in Florida. Really? Yeah. I just found that out by accident. I'll see if you guys are in the same place. Yeah. And then. You guys probably won't meet, but like. Yeah, ah but I'll be as one of the starting. out Oh, they're already there, so. Oh, I mean, hey, hey, who knows? Yeah, ah you guys are in the same class.
00:02:44
Speaker
Maybe they're right behind me. Liam, do you want to start start this off? Starting off already. Oh, do you want to tell us something else? Anything in the Nationals game.
00:03:01
Speaker
What's wrong with the Nationals? They're easy. they They're pesky. oh They're pesky. That's what you think. That's what they want. you to think That is what they want. You think they are a pesky team. I have a lot of good things to say, but I also have a lot of bad things to say. Okay. Such as such as baseball, the life of a baseball fan.
00:03:20
Speaker
I mean, in ah in a series they lost to, a Yankee's current record is 82 and 61. They started their first series of this little grouping with the Nationals away.
00:03:37
Speaker
Lost the series one game to two. So I guess it's hard job to talk about it. all I put down the dominant game one win. Glaber started it off with a lead off homer. He's in the lead off position at the moment. I think he's going to stay there. I don't think they have a better lead off ah hitter currently. No. No. Stick him in three. I'll happily take him betting third. So happily take him betting second. OK.
00:04:11
Speaker
Yeah, that's how that works. and you there there are some There are some changes to the lineup, so i I'll keep you informed on that one. But Soto got his standing ovation returning to Washington. that's First time as a Yankee, I believe. That's good to see.
00:04:32
Speaker
The, uh, what was the relationship with Soto and and the nationals was just like, they couldn't, they wouldn't be able to afford him when they traded him to San Diego or wouldn't be able to afford them long-term. Yeah. And they wanted some, uh, pieces then so they can be there later down the road. Yeah. Still rebuilding, still rebuilding. I think their current shortstop, who was like their first big, uh, prospect call up is not panning out all that well, but we'll, we'll see how that turns out.
00:05:04
Speaker
This series
Giants Games and Roster Moves
00:05:05
Speaker
taught us a couple of good things. Why is Siri on? Get the fuck out of here. Call for you, Siri. Because he said, Siri's. Siri's. Hey, you jokes, sir. Enough of that. Two big milestones, two big things to note.
00:05:27
Speaker
Judge and Soto lead the league in walks. Did you know that injured? I did not. But I can understand why. That is a deadly one-two punch. Lead the league in walks. And game one saw a judge get his 1,000 hit. That's a lot of hits. and When did he debut? 2017.
00:05:46
Speaker
twenty 2016 I want to say 2016 so that's Like because if your a rod retired in 16. Let me double check. Yeah 2016 Took the spot of a rod a rod retired and just got called up great milestone great milestone and I feel like this is gonna be kind of crazy to say but like it it's insane that the judge I feel like is Just league wise You're just going to be in Otani's shadow because the MLB account just loves to glaze on the Dodgers and Otani. I mean, things could change. Otani could take a different production out of nowhere. Maybe. Maybe never pitch again. Who knows? Yeah, something like that. Because, ah I mean, you also got to think, even with Judge, how many years does he have still left of him yeah going out on the field?
00:06:42
Speaker
before he gets transitioned to DH with a man of his size. like while or he's For pretty good fielder. He's a pretty good fielder, but just at his size, you know, guys built like him transitioned to DHs pretty quickly, relatively. judge Just hitting the weight room every day and just getting even more swole. Yeah. And Nestor. Nestor had a pretty good performance.
00:07:10
Speaker
6.2 innings pitched, one hit, one earned run. That was off a home run, as you can probably imagine, two walks. That's a really good showing. Was it that home run that knocked him out? No, no, no, no. There was a little later on, a little earlier before he got taken take out.
00:07:32
Speaker
My MVP for the Yankee side for the series is Anthony Volpe. He hit 500 with six hits in RBI. Two runs scored in three games. Nice Volpe. Volpe. I feel like he was like a little bit at the doghouse. like A little bit. and ski A little bit. He made a comeback. little bit of to come back. back He passes back, a which I think is also the benefit of having a ah biweekly schedule. Most of these slumps last no more than like
00:08:11
Speaker
a cohort of episodes that we have. yeah so what's So unless it becomes a persistent thing where I'm constantly mentioning it, if I say like, Volpe is doing bad, sometimes it only persists like a week. I think that's the case for most issues. listen of course Yeah, by the time you want to you want to talk about somebody's slum.
00:08:31
Speaker
with our recording schedule. They're probably on the end of it, hopefully. And then everything. That's when it is a slump. Yeah. We'll talk about something that's not a slump pretty quickly. OK. What would that be? We'll get to it. We'll get to it.
00:08:50
Speaker
garret that We're getting straight into the lowlights now because this was a series that the Yankees lost that they should have had every intention of winning. Garrett Cole had a rough start in game two, three runs off six hits with one walk, seven strikeouts though across five innings. I was talking about how Nester was going deeper into games as compared to Cole. Cole has only been Bringing down his inning count. I feel five innings now. I think that was I think he was throwing for more last time I was checking in Mm-hmm sloppy infield play in game two with four errors errors will they will lose the game that many that is all on the infield all in the infield
00:09:40
Speaker
Was it a short time second? Game two, it was all in the infield. If memory serves correct, it was everyone but Volpe, I want to say. Wow, Volpe is really a... Which is the theme, which is one of the many narratives of the season. Everyone in Yankees infield is atrocious aside from Volpe. Okay. Who is all-star caliber. They lost game two, four to two.
00:10:11
Speaker
yeah They were in striking distance, but it was just that bad start that kind of put them out of the running, really. In game three, there were some pitchcom issues. And that resulted in some some baulk, some miscommunication with what to do with base runners. And Rodan did not have all that good of a start either.
00:10:36
Speaker
and And even though the Yankees got some gifts throughout, you know, they had, they caught some lucky breaks. They couldn't make anything out of it. Everything just resulted in straining runners or turning to the inning over quickly. So you can get some more at bats and
Yankees Series Disappointment
00:10:55
Speaker
leading just to nothing. Here's either one of the two depends on the inning, but that was game three. I'm giving my LVP to Juan Soto.
00:11:06
Speaker
That's how bad this series was. it was the The series was so bad Juan Soto was bad. Oh no. Off of 12 at bats, he had one walk, three strikeouts, he batted for donut. Juan Soto was happening. Bad series. Bad but series. So Juan Soto, one walk, goes For your 12 at bats, does that include the walk? Or does that just credit it at bats? Credit it at bats. Okay, so he goes over 12 across three games. Gross. At least only three strikeouts, so it could be... It's a strike-upper game. Yeah. I suppose it could be worse, but I mean, we're splitting things at that point. Yeah, I mean, it's just like this.
00:11:59
Speaker
ah Is, is a, is a zero batting average better with three strikeouts or like eight. Yeah. Okay. Well, poor Soto, little, little slum will be just taking everybody's life by the, by the sounds of it. Yeah. he Took the infielders ability to defense and he took sodas ability to hit. Give it back. We'll be, give it back. Yeah. Thief give back give it back. Okay. Um,
00:12:29
Speaker
that so does i mean I guess off on we'll find out in a little bit, but does Soto come out of it? Soto is the least of the Yankees issues. Okay, cool. I want to note that in the script that you referred to the the Yankees as the Bombers, which is their nickname, the Brooklyn Bombers. I just want to say that, yeah the Bronx Bombers. yeah Sorry. It's all the same city. It's like if you ever played the show. Yeah. the um so That's all I want to say is one, Liam, the show free on PlayStation Plus, and it'll still be free on PlayStation Plus when this episode uploads.
00:13:09
Speaker
um you know what You know what the Brewers nickname is, right? What are they? They're the Brew Crew. Yeah, yeah, okay, okay, okay. I thought you were gonna say that they were the the Bombers. No, no, when you go to the, when you open up the show 24, free on PS Plus, not an ad.
00:13:30
Speaker
Whenever you select your favorite team, you know it's got their nickname. And do you know what the Dodgers nickname is? Their official nickname? trolley gang i don't know i'll give you a hint think of the brewers nickname the drew crew they're the blue crew the blue that's such a stupid nickname it's whatever stupid nickname all right yeah i don't i don't think many people are going to be using that nickname either yeah so that there's a consolation prize
00:14:01
Speaker
Giants, they end this little two weeks with the record of 7173. I don't know if I put it in the series or not, but I'm declaring them dead. The season's over. They're not officially eliminated, but as of this recording, 18 games left.
00:14:21
Speaker
um And the Mets, Holy Wild Card number three, very unlikely. Very unlikely. I don't think. The Mets currently hold a wild card spot? ah Last time I checked, I can do a quick check right now. But yes, they are. I'll check. the The Mets are. You can keep going. From when I saw wild card three as of just before recording. But. Before we get into the our series, the Giants have had some ah some roster moves that I think is important to get into.
00:14:59
Speaker
Uh, we'll start with the, uh, the two least, um, two, two, two least impactful or not least impactful. Actually, they're actually pretty impactful, but like least like, uh,
00:15:13
Speaker
ah Newsworthy, I guess and that would be that both Robbie Ray and Jordan Hicks are on the aisle Ray season is gonna be basically over. He's 18 games left and he's on that 15 day. I'll then I forget what Hicks injury was Good news ah wisely and Luciano have have been called up Mm-hmm
00:15:40
Speaker
Now wisely will be at wisely Luciano will be taking turns that second base Matt Chapman signed a six-year 151 million dollar extension So he's gonna finish his career as a giant which I think is great because his defensive abilities have been amazing So very happy about that Now to the the really really bad news wisely and Luciano were called up for a second base and Liam, you might be thinking, but what what happened to Tyro? He's a second baseman. Well, unfortunately, it leaked that both Taylor Rogers and Tyro Strada have been put on waivers. And since they have yet, or since ah they've yet to be claimed, Tyro has just been outrighted to AAA and he will not finish the season with the team.
00:16:34
Speaker
He's been playing a majority of the season hurt. They've been coming back the dugout after a mini at bats Just putting his hands on ice Not a fan of this move Really no, okay like he had a bad year It's his contract here There are already rumors that there the Giants were going to non-tender him and he doesn't have enough play time with the Arizona like the time the the service time to deny being outrighted to AAA. Not a a good way to end their relationship, their business relationship. yeah Again, it's a business and like the season's over, so like you know and you're when your season's over, and this is like another big sign that you know the season's over because that's when you start bringing in the kids and you start bringing start cycling people through AAA and start getting a sense of like what your spring training's gonna look like to see who's like, oh, who we're gonna see.
00:17:35
Speaker
So very very disappointing and we'll see where Tyro goes I Don't think there's gonna be I don't know how he's gonna feel about When he eventually comes back to a Oracle Park in a different uniform I don't think he's gonna get any booze from the fans. I think he's he's a fan favorite and From from what I saw people are not too happy with the vibes that this gives off. I Um, but we start our series, uh, first series against the brewers. Um, and the giants dropped the series one, two, uh, the face off, uh, against a tough team with the NL central division leader. And after, uh, the last episode, uh, this is where the season.
00:18:26
Speaker
I believe unofficially comes to an end. ah this is the seat This is where the season comes to an end, unofficially. The Brewers were grinding on the rotation, and they pulled out a 15 pitch at bat against Webb in the first inning. Giants took game one with a 5-4 win, but dropped the next two games with the series and end the series with a 6-0 shutout, which is a loss. Highlights, Chapman.
00:18:52
Speaker
ah He was on fire this this this series. He went in one of the games. He goes ah solo home run and goes three for four. He has got a two run home run. A shortstop, Tyler Fitzgerald steals now. And Grant McCray. He has a first at bat, first amazing at bat.
00:19:18
Speaker
um the The way it went is he goes, he gets a walk, steals second, a box sends him to third, and then he gets a run. And then he got a solo home run, which makes it my MVP for the series. Lowlights. It was a lot. One is a web getting knocked out early, and part of a 16 pitch at bat that led to a walk. I don't know about you. like I know that you have to worry about If you're a player, you're worried about your stats. If you're a pitcher, you're worried about your your walk to strike rate or a strikeout ratio. I don't know about you, but I feel like once you get to like. An eight pitch at bat. Just walking, just walking. If it's in a low leverage situation. Hmm. I would like to I wonder what the stats are. ah Probably something I should have looked up, but the stats are like.
00:20:19
Speaker
how often do these grinding at bats? How do they end? Do they end with an out or a walk? But I think regardless of how they end, you just added, you know in Webb's case, 16 pitches. And in an era, the era of baseball we're at, where pitch counts are so important,
00:20:46
Speaker
yep just just want to get just just just walk second lowlight is going to be uh... herson kyle herson knocked out early going going four point two minutes pitched uh... you know he's really great and then in the force or in the fifth inning he just gave up from like almost four consecutive runs uh... taro uh... man he had a uh...
00:21:14
Speaker
he had a homerun stolen which sucks, dude caught it past the wall. was ah It was a center field hit and just adds to his post injury frustrations, very sad.
00:21:27
Speaker
um Then Fitzgerald ah made a horrible, horrid, horrid, boneheaded error. Did I send it to you on Discord? I did not, so I will send it to you right now. at Liam, you just you need to watch this man this is bad i actually had to go back and i had to uh... had to uh... record recording and good good what's on on on this court and i have a reaction yeah i've reaction i've reaction
00:22:04
Speaker
um runs this time and bailey will make
00:22:10
Speaker
it's here's
00:22:13
Speaker
Brother all righty then No, no shame in throwing home, bro. No shame in throwing a home. Yeah, everyone goes back so they are on on the audio side fish Gerald Catches gets a dude in a rundown from first to to second ah there's a runner on third who I now attempts to go home. And for some reason, Fitzgerald throws behind the runner at Chapman Chapman, who seems to be a little like taken aback because it's like and bobbles the ball, which I did not put that on on Chapman. It's like, why would you throw up? Why
Giants vs D-backs: On-field Issues
00:22:49
Speaker
would you throw behind when you have a clear shot at that Bailey at home? Just just bad, just bad baseball. My LVP for that series is going to be the Giants offense because they got shot out six. So I've been striking out a lot.
00:23:05
Speaker
That is the Brewer series. Where did the Giants rank in terms of a league strikeouts? Giants are 21st in strikeouts with 1,279.
00:23:24
Speaker
For reference, your your Yankees rank 9th at 1,151. And the team with the least amount of strikeouts is the Padres at 944. The most um is the Mariners at 1,461. Consistently, this team is is striking out six times per game. and that just doesn't That just doesn't win games.
00:23:50
Speaker
Lot a lot of you covered a lot in the lowlights. So I think In terms of questions how you can see why um I'm like, okay, we're we're dead now the season's dead every yeah this one series But especially those those That like that Fitzgerald plays just like ah that is not That is not the time to be making those those mistakes. I Later spoiler alert. I've got ah some some beef with ah to with Fitzgerald later That happened like an hour before we started streaming Okay. Yeah. Oh, he say something. Oh, yeah, he did. Oh All right, so throw back to you your next series against the Cardinals the struggling Cardinals I
00:24:43
Speaker
ah struggling They weren't struggling against us. We walked away with one win, two losses for another series loss against the Cardinals. This the series was at home. Another game one win. This is a trend throughout everything here. yank Yankees are good in game one. Yankees can win a game one. It's the rest that they have a problem with apparently. na Not good.
00:25:13
Speaker
Austin Wells for game one had a two-home run game. He's hitting cleanup right now. They swapped where he originally was with where Stanton was and they moved Stanton one down. So Stanton's hitting fifth. They have Wells when he's in the lineup, hitting fourth. He's doing a pretty good job.
00:25:34
Speaker
And there's been some murmurings of maybe potential Rookie of the Year. Rookie of the Year candidate in Austin Wells. Okay. do you The American League Rookie of the Year. Yes. Good job, Wells. Another person who had a good performance was Marcus Strowman. Seven innings pitched, nine hits, two worn runs, five strikeouts.
00:25:54
Speaker
Okay, Stroman continues. You're struggling for a little bit there. and ah he he has a He has his peaks and he has his valleys, but ah solid for the most part.
00:26:09
Speaker
There are conversations of what starting caliber or pitcher but can be moved to the bullpen that can be addressed later on. But I don't think Strom is in that conversation as it stands, at least for this season. That was the main semester, right? We'll see. Maybe Luis Giro.
00:26:32
Speaker
not Not him, but we'll see. Soto came up with a big play in the outfield, which were then followed by re-signed Soto chants. A quote after the game says nothing more than what boils down to, we'll we'll have to see. he's He's searching for money in the offseason, and he's got he's got some suitors. Oh, boy. Yeah, I mean, and you know, the the crowd with that chant is only making his his price go up. yeah Do you think he re resigns? I think i think he res resigns it at the end of the day. I i think so would and know the Mets are looking to perhaps do a big push, which I've been talking about for a bit of the season now. And if I start getting my timelines online filled with Soto Giants rumors, I will commit an act of terrorism.
00:27:31
Speaker
um I'm not falling for it. I'm not falling for it. I don't want to hear it. But what if it actually happens this time, Andrew? Well, then I guess I'll unbomb some public places. Hard to do, hard to do. Stanton comes up with a comes with an inches of a game tying home run in game two. ah Literally inches. it It just boils down to a three run double in. Oh, that sucks. Home run getting turned into a double. A grand slam at that. A grand slam getting turned into a double. I would have tied the game. But that didn't happen. And Anthony Rizzo returns in game three. Hey, how did he do it? yeah He had a pretty good return game. He had a pretty good return game.
00:28:29
Speaker
The man responsible for Arson Judge. His dog,
Yankees Bullpen Dilemmas
00:28:33
Speaker
more like. And I'm giving my MVP to John Carlos Sin, who betted 500. This series, four hits, a home run, four RBIs, two runs scored, and three games. I'm going to do a little little of clap for Stan. All right.
00:28:51
Speaker
It was between him and Soto, but Stanton effectively did more with less at bats. All right, Andrew. What's up? What's up? What's up? All right. What's up? All right, here we go. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Lowlights. Dominguez is still in triple A as of recording. Okay. Dominguez, MLB caliber player. Yes. Omerd. It is first dead bat in the majors off of Justin Verlander, if you can remember. Okay.
00:29:22
Speaker
He is effectively staying in AAA because Yankees have faith in Alex Rudugo. That's fine. I can see why they do. But Dominguez is just as capable as he is in left field and probably a better at bat. Nine out of ten times Dominguez is better at bat than Rudugo.
00:29:48
Speaker
Dominguez is effectively staying in AAA because if he gets 91 or more plate appearances, the Yankees lose control for a year that they would have had if they just keep him down there. And Dominguez also loses rookie of the year eligibility. And if Dominguez finishes top two in rookie of the year voting, the Yankees get a compensatory draft pick. That's the only reason.
00:30:14
Speaker
and when When you have a key at bat that can translate into a win, it sounds like they're doing some more ah draft pick politicking and prospect hampering.
00:30:33
Speaker
And those of us in the know are not very happy about that. Yeah, it sucks seeing someone who's on fire getting stuck in AAA because of sports politics.
00:30:50
Speaker
I've been told to look out around the Royal Series. He might get called up during or after that, so stay tuned. But he's a quality, feature, face of the franchise type of player. He is unreal when he is at his best.
00:31:05
Speaker
that That's where we're at. Ben Rice and Will Warren were sent back down to the miners. um but If Ben Rice takes some more reps in first base while he's down there, I mean, I can i can see some moves being made. Maybe he's a a bench player next year. Maybe he's starting caliber first baseman if he has a good if he has a good spring training, but I want to recheck where Anthony Rizzo is at, especially with his quality of play, ah pre-IL stint. Again, a guy of his size and his age. it's
00:31:52
Speaker
Shaky, shaky deals, shaky deal. Spot track. Give me something here. Give me something here. It is a club option for the 2025 season for $17 million. dollars ah Then he becomes, then he would become an unrestricted free agent in 2026 if that were to happen. But if they don't decide to re-up him, that's that. He'll be 35 in 2025. Somebody keep in mind.
00:32:21
Speaker
how old is chemus thirty-one right now so he'll be thirty six at the end of his contract thirty seven what do you think andrew about uh... resume as a player uh... and he seems like a cool guy i don't really i get most of my uh... inky's news from from you honestly and uh... uh... sometimes i feel like i have a hard time following the giants actually because of their quality of play as of late Yes. And the amount of names that they've had to shuffle on the field. Yeah, that too. Sometimes I'm just trying to figure out like, OK, who do we have? Sometimes you look at a game and you're like, it's like that Patrick meme where he's like, who are you people?
00:33:08
Speaker
ah Well, like with with Rizzo, I don't know. Like, I don't I don't really see like bad things. I don't like when I stumble across the inky sphere, like I don't really see people talking about them good or bad.
00:33:20
Speaker
So he seems to be like a just doing his thing. But he's also interesting. Yeah, DJ LeMay Hughes contract play. Because DJ can also play third, but he can also play first base. I'd much rather him at first base. We have some better third base prospects out there. And I don't know if he can really shove them off with DJ has his on schedule is
00:33:49
Speaker
scheduled to be paid $15 million next year. I don't know. he It might come down to to Cap Crunch. yeah There might just be some better process, but if you if we also want to keep Soto, you know some some changes need to be made.
Giants vs Padres and Future Speculations
00:34:08
Speaker
Rizzo is a person, great player. He's team leader, really. He's got great qualities about him, green great locker room presence. it's you know i He's got those what they call in the business intangibles. Intangibles. Intangibles are off the charts, but I don't know.
00:34:30
Speaker
at bats wise, if his production has fully warranted another 17 million one year club option. Yeah, they might. If they think they can get less, I don't think they'll be picking that up. But I know, you know, who's who's in who's in the market for first baseman right now, you know,
00:34:58
Speaker
Um, rumor has the giant scene, but I don't know where, uh, I'll seriously take time. I don't know where he would, he would really fit in with them.
00:35:10
Speaker
lifestyle
00:35:13
Speaker
Who's the Cubs first baseman right now?
00:35:17
Speaker
The people are going to be going on the market soon, so. Yeah, who who knows what he'll he'll be good. Yeah, so yeah, buddy, balance your current first baseman can be interesting. At least listen.
00:35:31
Speaker
What little else is? What else is going on? Yeah, I really gotta give it time. It's a race war and they're back down to the minors, even though rice not rice, rice, rice was in the lineup for at least one of these games. if yeah memory dude would call. Will Warren got a got a start and he's also my LVP for a series for what he's done in game two. ah just I'll just tell you right now, he'll have four runs on five hits, three walks and three strikeouts in four innings.
00:36:08
Speaker
And he did again slowly start to claw their way back but wasn't pretty good. Will Warren was there to be like Hang on one second. Yeah. The game could have been competitive if he wasn't the starter, but that's how bad that's sellable how the dice shake out.
00:36:31
Speaker
Hainesley, especially in the ninth shot down, the Yankees trying to tie the game. He was just giving them nothing to work with. in game three nester let up five runs on nine hits across four innings yeah bad start from him unfortunate i think that played a very heavy heavy role in what came after which was
00:36:55
Speaker
I want to talk to you about it the moment it happens because there is some some saving grace to it but game three was competitive until it wasn't in the seventh when a bad keenly outing kind of started getting the ball rolling on some some bad stuff and it just turned into an absolute shit show and there is bad fielding everywhere especially considering
Season Expectations and Upcoming Series Preview
00:37:18
Speaker
the grain in game three no But this was an absolutely wittable series that um was ada the i just became, I don't know if it was a delay per se. i was Just a little moist. Yeah. But i and might I think there was a delay for a little bit. what
00:37:40
Speaker
just just bad on competitive baseball is that was persistent for two weeks and I had to sit through a lot of it but I I don't know what motivation I guess people needed sloppy infield play is I think my main like with most of this. Okay. Just because again, the sheer amount of errors in this last in that last series. And then followed that by some boneheaded stuff. Oh, no. Now and like throwing behind the runner.
00:38:22
Speaker
Who's going to home? Throwing past a guy covering the base, throwing it into the outfield, a bunch of bullshit missing ground balls. It's just, you know, we're in a pretty competitive spot. And given all this, our record is only 82-61.
00:38:49
Speaker
We've been neck and neck with the Orioles for so long, and neither of us have pulled out. And the Yankees have an ample opportunity to do that. yeah But it's two songs and dances that they're so privy to doing. it's just makes you It makes you kind of kind of question the postseason prospects.
00:39:17
Speaker
I mean, it's it's a different style of play. It's a different ballgame when you get into the postseason a month of October. Yeah, but but like it's still like this it's like that that that basic stuff that that makes you question. I guess the only saving grace of the Yankees have is that they are far from the only team in contention. Like everyone has like some like massive, massive of hole in in the roster, whether that be starting rotation, or defensive capability, or offensive capability, or the bullpen. Which makes you start looking at match-ups, and specifically like what pictures your teams. Yeah, I feel like that like the post is and the where like analytics kind of shine the most.
00:40:02
Speaker
Yeah. Not like in the regular season where you're like, hey, his game game thirty six start what tening for it's I said episode that I wasn't really scared of that many other teams. And if they are, they were in the NL, not the AL. Going over pitching match-ups and lineups, the Astros A lot of lefthanders left-handers left that I need pitchers, starters, and just in general, bad, bad news for the Yankees specifically. I don't think we're all that good of a matchup. So if someone could please deal with them before they get to us. I feel like that just makes you hate the Mariners even more for not. They, it's crazy to think about, but like in, in what like May, June, the Mariners were in a position to completely shut down the Astros like that early in the series, like before the break.
00:40:58
Speaker
Like people are were, were, were up until like, up until the break, people were like, the Astros might be dead. And then the Mariners just completely bungled it or the Mariners completely bungled it. So, you know,
00:41:16
Speaker
But we'll get to do more post-season talk when we get to the post-season. How's that sound? Yeah. Yep, yep, yep. We told my LVP, but yeah, no, that was a Cardinal series. And we still got two more series after this. All right, Liam. Yep. I'm going to be throwing the ball to you real quick. OK. So because the.
00:41:44
Speaker
ah Giants played the Marlins that call them. Sorry, not previously, but I say the the Mariners. They call the Mariners the Marlins. I do that a lot. No. OK. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think you do. Got it. All right. So the Giants ah go face the Marlins. Gabe Kepler's new team. And Giants lose one to the series one to this was a home is a home game series for them for the ah the Giants.
00:42:14
Speaker
you know the the burs that was i was going into that series being like it's we're gonna lose the series it's the burs they're number one in their division they're not gonna fret over that too too much but you know unfortunately some stuff happened that made it that unfortunately had me talking a lot about it marlin's uh not so much uh i this was their sophist team in the schedule this was a series that they frankly had to sweep and that only cemented my beliefs that the season is over for them even more. I did not get to watch this series at all due to a combination of work and my mom making an impromptu visit and took a small trip and by small trip I mean
00:43:05
Speaker
We went to Santa Fe, which is about five hours away. So that was a 10 hour round trip. Not to even count like the like eight hours we were in in Santa Fe. Quick little side, a quick little tangent about that. um more I was on night shifts, right? So my mom gets here just as I left for work on Thursday.
00:43:34
Speaker
No, not Thursday, on Friday. I get off at midnight. i go I try to go to sleep, but because I'm on nights, like I couldn't go to sleep until way later. So I end up falling asleep at about 1.30, 2 a.m. Woke up at 5.45, drove the five hours at Santa Fe, do stuff there, drive the five hours back, and then just immediately pass out as soon as I get home. i just you know We lock our lock ring the dogs and lock everything up. and then
00:44:05
Speaker
just immediately just go to bed. Let's wash my face and go to bed. Um, we had giants, uh, they lost one too. This was not a series that I could, I was able to watch. Um, so I don't have any MVPs, LEPs, anything like that. Just because i I feel like when you go to game day, it's, uh, the numbers don't necessarily tell you the whole story. So, okay.
00:44:32
Speaker
throw back to you sorry for this really short Marlins one why you're you're okay could you can you tell me one positive about one other player for the Marlins one or for just general for the Marlins wonder or either no I didn't get to watch any of these games i mean either or tell tell me something positive about player
00:45:02
Speaker
He has been doing pretty good. He got he got some home runs in the upcoming series, which is really good to see. Better now than never. Or ah Ryan Walker ah killing it. um just Just killing it, dude. And we'll we'll get and we'll get into him and in our last series against the the Padres, because ah he's on a he's on a god tier closing run.
00:45:30
Speaker
or someone who is not who was not supposed to be the closer right so you went and uh... you faced off against uh... was this the uh... world series champions uh... he champions at away at their home the site of the struggling texas rangers he eliminated now i guess unofficially but the effectively eliminated texas rangers And the site of Aaron Judge's record-breaking 60-second season home run in 2022. Did you see his podcast on? Yeah. i can still This is the second time it's happened. And they're giving up. They're not going to have any. It's kind of weird, right? That the Rangers put a plaque up there.
00:46:27
Speaker
What? I think it's it's less like, like. It's because I guess you're celebrating like an MLB moment, but like, yeah. Yes. It was against MLB moment. Yeah, but they're also a rival, so. Yeah, I'm sorry.
00:46:49
Speaker
Maybe this one memorabilia. Maybe they should have secured it better. Oh, they should have instead of just like gluing it down. yeah so just gluing it just Maybe you do something. Maybe it's inlaid or something. Yeah. Put a cage around it. Yeah, something like that. Because I know. Pink chair.
00:47:08
Speaker
and know Pink chair, yinky blue or yinky white. Pinstripes. Hey. Because I know the Orioles have the the plaque on yeah you know the the factory wall where the one home run that was hit that hit the that hit the brick, they replaced one of them and put the put a plaque up there, put a little thing for whoever hit that.
00:47:39
Speaker
It's like, oh, our fans can't get to it. But yeah, I got guess fans can get to and get to this one. It would be another story of that crazy game-winning home run during the Toronto series that season. Was it where it like broke the broke one of their signs off. Oh, nice. Just have it permanently broken. It's replaced the sign forever. You can't advertise on it anymore. It's just Aaron Dredge Black. Was it last year, Otani, when he he broke the build, the Coors Light? Yeah, Coors Light.
00:48:20
Speaker
Billboard. Well, then they released, then they released, I think it was, um, then the Coors Light released a commemorative can that had the square, a black square on the can for where, uh, the ball hit and then broke the screen. I don't know. Pretty, pretty funny. That didn't happen this year. I thought that was, no, I think that was last year. Okay. And that was when Otani was still alive to me. I just lied about it. It could have been a giant. Yeah.
00:48:49
Speaker
Remember that song? I remember that song. Yeah, no, I yeah do. I do. I do. I do. I do. All right. Talk about clean homes. You know, where it was like close to being, close to being taken to. I don't think, I don't think, you I don't think it was. You know what? I'm glad he didn't sign.
00:49:04
Speaker
Because no you know you no it because ah ah his ah his his the the the deferred payments have, I think, done irreparable damage to- Nah, nah. So that's that's just that's just a dodger's thing. I mean, they have- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. He went, every team that he spoke to, those were his terms.
00:49:29
Speaker
He wanted the different that those, yeah that was Otani's term.
00:49:36
Speaker
Like, you know, the giants were interested in it, but I don't think Otani was serious about. You take deferred payments to have Otani. Okay. I mean, not that big. Yeah, that big. No, I'm not that big. Yeah. Absolutely not that. No, absolutely not. Absolutely not. Hashtag integrity.
00:49:59
Speaker
tell me about the rangers tell me about the rangers tell me about the rangers tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Tell me about the rangers Yankee still lost the series. Tell me Won a game to two. And I'm pissed. Yeah, bet. This was the worst series ever. Really? Fucking hate this. Were some of the Nationals? Yeah. We're pretty upset about this. Okay, I'm sorry. What happened? Pretty fucking upset. These are our pace for 91 wins this season. That's good. It's fucking dog shit. Oh. Sorry.
00:50:55
Speaker
the japanese of it Okay, well you remember at the first episode where I was like 83 wins easy and now we don't have our DH that we started that that brought that number up. He's drowning in Atlanta We're once again hoping like maybe one day we'll get to 500 yet again But yes, I'm sorry go on Yeah, anyone wins this season even though like 94 in my opinion would have been like average to underachieving. But this roster with the moves that were promised to have been made and will continue to have been made, a little has been done. I need to take time out to figure out how many ranger players during the series were in the Yankees farm system that Leonard got called out.
00:51:50
Speaker
okay because that's a real thing during like the Joey Gallo and Jose Trevino trade. How many rangers? Current rangers were in the Inky's farm system? Yeah. And the IKF. I think IKF is part of that trade. Well, that would be interesting to see. So Liam's got some homework. That would be fun. Please remind me to do that. I'll do my best.
00:52:15
Speaker
Yankees can barely hit against a lefty starter in game two. That was fucking amazing to see. cool Small ball put Yankees on the board in later innings in that game. had Bad fielding and base running. fucking you You might as well not have done anything. who So when it was like we say about bad base running, was it getting picked off, getting to run downs?
00:52:45
Speaker
not hustling or just like, hey, you could have squeezed this double out of this. Yeah, so yeah, essentially, but it's not just like ah getting caught up after like a ball in out has already been made. So, you know, boy, get get back to your back to your base. Oh, no, he didn't get there in time. Good job. That's a yeah that's a that's a me move in the show.
00:53:12
Speaker
like A little too confident in my pop-up. Some stuff I just get hit with at a point. I say that because what later goes on in the ninth inning of the game is just... ah so So Clay Holmes, even though Boonie, Aaron Boone said we'd get we'd start getting wacky with it,
00:53:36
Speaker
what does that for What does that mean? you gety wacky with ah man maybe maybe Maybe Clay won't be the starter every day all the time. Maybe maybe we'll throw in someone with someone else. for Well, that seems like it was going to be kind of obvious. Like like Boone said, i like in the heat of the moment we said that we're not going to make decisions in the heat of the moment, but like you are.
00:53:59
Speaker
That's just something you tell everyone to like calm down. But like you most definitely are going to make decisions in the heat of the moment. I don't know. some Some other people get some. He leads a league in both teams, right? um I'm getting to it, Andrew. Oh, so I'm getting sorry. I'm sorry. Oh, I'm getting to it. Sorry, sorry.
00:54:23
Speaker
Clay Holmes gets the fuck out of it. He's in the ball. He's in the bullpen. He comes out of the bullpen. He loves the fucking bases. Nice. OK. OK. Sometimes, hey, sometimes closers need pressure. Defense was too good. So he's like, OK, I got to put some pressure on myself. I can only perform under pressure. Only perform under pressure and give up a grand slam to lose the game. It is risky. Oh, I saw that highlight. Yes, very bad.
00:54:50
Speaker
Clay Holmes is the the pitcher with the most blown saves this season. so He has 11 blown saves. He leads the league. After I said that earlier, I immediately saw the, you the skirt. I was like, oh, maybe I should read this before I start saying things.
00:55:09
Speaker
So my bad. Best case scenario, he doesn't exist. We have Mariano Rivera back. Oh, okay. We're we're already at 90 wins. Okay. Imagine that reality. Okay. Even if he gives up like a, even if he is good and it's like six blown saves, that's still 86 wins we're at now. So it's come down to him 11 times and he's failed.
00:55:40
Speaker
He's he he's cost him the game on it's cost 11 games Well, I guess a bomb say doesn't necessarily lead to a loss but No, no, naed no, oh yeah, so those were eleven loss don' make it Don't make don't make excuses I could go into extras It's the winner with a bomb save fucking die how about that? ah Hey, Joe all got the win and he had a bone safe against the Nationals. Oh OK. I'm sorry. Because now, it's after this, that changes actually start getting to be made. We're experimenting with people whose names escaped me at the moment. Not going to lie. but Just dudes that were like in the farm system. and No, no. like ah established established ah Established closures, if I can find. I think Luke Weaver got to save an opportunity later on. He did pretty good.
00:56:37
Speaker
Yes.
00:56:40
Speaker
Edwin Diaz. No, the, the, the Mets weren't going to treat him. And with, with that contract, I wouldn't want him. Yeah. That, that going on. Maybe you shouldn't have, have ditched Tonkin. You know, dude, this another thing I meant. I meant to mention that last time ah Tonkin got picked up by the twins.
00:57:02
Speaker
He's put on waivers. Yeah, he was put on waivers. I think the twins are the Yankees' most favorable matchup. Not going to lie. I don't think they're all that good. Historically, the Yankees have a really good record against the twins. Really good record against them. I love that. Even though I wish better for the twins. I like Minnesota. They have a really nice park. I like Minneapolis as a city.
00:57:31
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the
00:57:34
Speaker
too Too bad, sorry, twins. And Tonkin, I wish you the best, but that's how it is. But that was only game two. He gave up that walk off in game two. Strowman, game three was not all that much better. Strowman threw too many pitches too quickly. He ended up with like 88 pitches on 3.2 innings. Gave up like five runs, nine hits.
00:58:04
Speaker
That was bad. There was an interesting ninth inning for like, no reason where the Yankees were like starting to make some noise, but don't fuck yourself. This this series sucked. Yeah. Okay. Not a good one. I like that interesting ninth inning for no reason. I'm going to start shouting, Andrew. You have no idea.
00:58:26
Speaker
Did you have hope?
00:58:29
Speaker
No? ah Turn the game off. Things are getting interesting and you're like, you're not going to do it. Yeah. Turn the game off. that this This series got on my nerves. ah Once I saw things, I was i was through with it. Once I heard things that i I immediately tuned out of, I got even more frustrated. But this was pathetic.
00:58:58
Speaker
on many levels, many displays of just pure incompetence, yeah pure incapability to like rest the occasion by Yankees brass and Yankees players. In a point of the season where like you can't be doing this. Yeah.
00:59:25
Speaker
Well, we can' think that's that's the Ranger series. That was, I think, the the roughest series of the season. ah We can go ahead and get you to cool off a little bit and talk about Giants versus D-Backs. Giants lose a series 1-2. Giants stayed home after a day off. We must face the 2023 National League champions, another tough series for the struggling team to face. The Giants dropped two of the games, but much to the chagrin of the D-Backs, just a few lucky hits from a sweep.
00:59:56
Speaker
the role of the Giants for the right by that I mean the Giants were just a few like the DBACs got a few lucky hits and that prevented the Giants from sweeping the DBACs yeah ah the role the Giants for the rest of the season will be that of the spoiler Kyle Harrison with the charge in game one and was once again knocked down out early after 2.2 innings and giving up six earned runs The bullpen, consisting of Beck, Jelly, and Miller, held the snakes back, only giving up two runs for the rest of the game. ah The Giants did attempt a valiant comeback with seven runs. Sadly, a lucky bloop hit brought the D-backs into a win. Tristan Beck made a made his season debut after surgery for an arm mannerism, and he pitched 3.1 innings, only giving up one run, which I think is pretty commendable. That's his first time pitching all season. And 3.1 innings, one run, not too bad.
01:00:53
Speaker
That's drop game to Duval is officially demoted now being used in setup role and He gives up a crucial two runs which gave the D backs the lead and the game and Giants won Game three on what I'm calling a landing root root start after still was pulled after the first inning He pitched 40 something pitches in the first so not good ah highlights ah Bailey throws out the runner attempting to steal second after a pass ball and Anything in Rally brought the Giants back to a one-run game in that the first game, which was awesome. wade ah Wade Jr. made a crazy leaping catch for a line drive that left two D-backs on base. And Wade Jr. also got a two-run homer splash hit, which I think was the fourth of the season, fourth splash hit of the season, which is the the fewest amount, or at least amount, that the Giants have ever gotten in one season.
01:01:54
Speaker
um some lowlights Harrison He only goes 2.2 innings pitch sixer and runs and 73 pitches ah Giants got no hit through five innings They've all allowed it an atrocious steal of second base um And Snell's pulled after one inning and 42 pitches thrown I put my LVP as the ball just to see him go from 70 what 3 saves last year to Being demoted being sent down to triple-a It's ah not good, it's not very good I mean, I won't say it wasn't a very good series like the loss makes it feel way worse than Then it could have been
01:02:44
Speaker
Duval giving up those runs, causing the game to be lost. The D-backs getting the luckiest blue pit in the shallow center field to bring in the winning run. This this series was was I think less about the Giants and more about the struggles of the D-backs.
01:03:07
Speaker
They the I mean, they, they, they got the win that I think they were, that they should have got there that you, you go and expecting that they, they were going to get the two one win, but not, not like that. That was some, some, some ugly, ugly scores. If you're the, uh, the DBX, I think for DBX fan, you're looking at this series and you're kind of, you know, ah pulling out the callers being like, I don't know. That was rough.
01:03:39
Speaker
is a team that's under 500 that spent near the first half trying to get to 500.
01:03:48
Speaker
Well, that's all really all about the DBACs. It was a game two was a little bit boring. It was a boring game. It was just like like that was like there was the game today. Yeah, like like despite the despite the ah the the score being what it was, it was a fairly high score.
01:04:08
Speaker
ah It was still like within, like I think, a one or two run game. it But it was just like a lot of like you know one, maybe two runs in an inning, and then kind of nothing for a little bit. and' just like So it stayed close. with So I will say like all three of these games were pretty good. yeah Even if they didn't start great, they and all of them were pretty close. So Clifford Game 3, I believe Game 3 was a shout out for the Giants. but Anyway, that's the, uh, the city backs. Liam, the last series of, of our no good two weeks. Oh, the cup series was not that bad. Uh, we won the series. Thank God. I almost went two weeks without a series of win.
01:05:03
Speaker
But I didn't watch the the one loss that came today. I caught the highlights, which pretty boring game from what I could gather. Game one of the series was all that bad. It was quite entertaining, actually. It was Rizzo's first game back to Wrigley Field since being traded back during the 2021 season, I believe. First trip back there. How was he received?
01:05:35
Speaker
Warmly, warmly. Chicago, very sentimental about their ballplayers. Might be his his future home next season. well Who knows? Who knows? That'd be pretty crazy. I don't know if they're in the market for a first baseman with Cody Bellinger taking some stints there.
01:05:53
Speaker
Who knows? Who knows? Wells again being moved to that ah cleanup spot. Still looking amazing. Had a two run single in the third in game one. There were pinches on the field at one point. That was weird. It kind of like flocked away after a bit. Oh yeah.
01:06:17
Speaker
Glaber has also improved after being moved to the lead off spot. He had a good, he had some good at bats. Clark and Nestor. Alright, here's the thing. be It's kind of a low light. I don't really have a LVP for the series. What, Ltake, Nestor being moved to the bullpen? Okay, I didn't read that in the script, so I guess I called that earlier. Yep.
01:06:40
Speaker
yeah um He took it like a champ, even though he is pretty upset about it. He doesn't want to leave his team out to dry, though. He says he's been working harder than he thinks any other pitcher on the team. But is he's willing to do whatever if it means that'll help his team win. And that was kind of like what game two was. It was Clark Schmidt, first start back since coming off the IEL.
01:07:07
Speaker
It was him for a couple of innings. And then they put Nestor in for the other half of the game. So only two pitches this game. Okay. And Clark did. good That's great. Clark did all right here. Above average number of hits, I want to say for him, for at least his ah production since he, where he left off. But Nestor came out looking great. I think it was like 4.2 innings and no hits. There was a revenge return.
01:07:37
Speaker
Pretty impressive stuff. I am interested to see if they roll with that some other time before the regular season is over. I don't think that's a postseason-type move that you can pull off. What is the mindset of Nestor getting moved to the pen? Because it does feel like it's a little late in the season to be doing that kind of stuff, especially for a time that we'll be going to the postseason.
01:08:05
Speaker
Quality starters coming back. You know you maybe maybe you swap out nester with Clark go into the bullpen for a bit, but It just yet you got quality you got Yet heal you got Clark you got nester. You got Strowman. Yeah, we're gone. I guess one benefit whole one benefit of nester in the pen is that ah when When you have that inevitable bullpen game in the postseason, you can just start with Nestor. Yeah. And it it would basically just be like youre you've got a six-man rotation going on. Yeah. As long as he stays decent. But he he's definitely someone that you can use you know like as as an unofficial starter to to the not just give the the rotation the rest, but also ah possibly the bullpen.
01:09:00
Speaker
Some interesting stuff with Vanessa over there. Pretty good role for game two. It was interesting to see. Fun. I'd characterize it as fun. Yeah. ah My MVP goes to the starter in game one, which was Luis Hill, who had no runs off one hit, two walks, seven strikeouts across six innings. His first start after missing two, and he took a brief IL stint and some rehab appearances.
01:09:29
Speaker
ah This did the series, uh, kind of turn your mood around. No, it mellowed me. i want to say it It turned my mood around. It mellowed me out. No,
01:09:44
Speaker
not not feeling any more optimistic, though. That's very unfortunate. Would you like to hear about the padre series? Let's hear about the padre series. The padre is the
01:09:57
Speaker
Favorites to beat the the Dodgers Padres. Yeah, so Giants win the series first series wins since the white Sox um They to one I was in able to watch game one because it was on Apple TV and I do not have that and I also didn't feel like listening to the radio, but I did watch game two and I caught the very end of game three because I did not think I would have to watch game three, but then I did. But some some interesting stuff. ah Yes, in game two had a wild throw from third or from right field going to third base to try and tag out for far. And they nearly nearly succeeded. Grant McRae. Great dude. ah He had a three run homer in the second.
01:10:42
Speaker
ah Duval dominated in the eighth inning. He had two strikeouts, one ground out. um And then today, the Giants got three homers in one inning, which is the first time this happened this season.
01:10:57
Speaker
ah and MVP is going to go out to McCray. I have two MVPs, actually. Grant McCray, he got a two run homer in the ninth inning.
01:11:09
Speaker
and he gained two and got boos from the crowd, which was great, because they were in they and San Diego. But then the other one, Ryan Walker, who you you you sent me that post of he's not the he's not the step closer. He's the closer that stepped up.
01:11:27
Speaker
and
01:11:30
Speaker
Since getting promoted to closer, Mr. mr lee um Ryan Walker, 14 innings pitched, zero earned runs. Oh, hey. Yeah, isn't that? He's going to be next year closer. He's going to be next year closer.
01:11:51
Speaker
i Low lights. Game three. Oh, boy. All right. Here's why I didn't get to watch the game today. Because I was at one, I was at work for like half the game.
01:12:07
Speaker
So just want to be able to Give it as much attention as I would like Which is kind of the story of me being on a night shift but uh When I when I look at the MLB at Giants were up six zero Let's go I get home it's the eighth inning it is It's like it's like six four six five or something like that or it's like seven six. I so like okay well now i gotta watch what happened how do they blow this up and uh... one of the uh... the ways that they they they did that was uh... just horrible horrible defense and and liam i want you to uh... look at something i sent it to you uh... is uh... the video above uh... the one with uh... fish are thrown behind the runner and it's going to be the uh... the Padres uh... chance projects
01:13:02
Speaker
um that's That reaction. That reaction. Pop up. Knocking to each other. There we go. gerald nobody at second base both run score for standing What is that? What is that? OK. You got to call it. Their their mouths are shut. they Someone's got to be calling it. Well, OK.
01:13:34
Speaker
so absolutely ridiculous is this whole this whole kerfuffle dude and then they they they exchanged some words and it didn't get like too heated but for like the Giants dugout like pretty heated by giant standards typically a very mellow dugout between those two between Fitzgerald and Luciano ah so what happened is a It's a pop-up and it is on, it's like a third between second base and first base. It is where the ball's at, right? In the grass. Luciano is going to do it. He gives a hand motion saying that he's going to grab it. Fitzgerald, who's a shortstop, runs like 50 feet, tries to get the ball.
01:14:27
Speaker
They have like a little collision and then they just stare at each other. The ball just on the ground, live ball on the ground and and heads up play by by center fielder Luis Matos because he actually ran and finished the playoff, which scored two runs. And then after this, then Luciano and Fischel to go back to the the the dugout, they they exchanged some words and then ah Matt Williams has to. You know, separate them.
01:14:59
Speaker
And then in the next ending, or the the next half of the ending, Luciano gets subbed out, which I think was going to happen anyway. I don't think he got benched, because I think that if he was going to get benched, that Fitzgerald was going to get benched. But the only issue with that is there is no shortstop depth. so and And there is for second base.
01:15:23
Speaker
after the After the game, um Bowmel was asked about it. And pretty quickly, he turned from um from from being like, yeah well, he he said like you know just bad communication, unacceptable, which it is. I think he's going to get that fixed, which has been a thing consistently in in the outfield and a little bit in the infield as well with communication like that. A lot of collisions that happened this season. um But ah you know Bob Melvin, he he said that Fitzgerald went too far, which is as close as you're going to get to the manager, just calling someone out on that, like that on on TV.
01:16:10
Speaker
um i think we're and and this make that uh... the show's gonna be my lvp cuz one he's been he's been slipping pretty bad honestly what really what really got me today was his postgame interview now i don't know if what what kind of of say the manager has on on who the media is going to talk to him after a game um but if it was up to me I would've told both Fitzgerald and Luciano, like, you're not talking to the media, you're not tweeting, you're not gonna be anywhere near the cameras when they talk to players in the clubhouse, right? Until we until we solve this problem, you know, in-house. Fitzgerald gave a, I think a bad, bad post-game interview when he asked about it. He basically came off as like, as a, I'm sorry, you were offended.
01:17:09
Speaker
um He he blamed Luciano without Actually blaming like without saying the words um I understand I understand that the the shortstop is kind of like the captain of the infield or on that side of the the infield And despite that ball being so far from shortstop being you know almost halfway between second and first that that it under like, you know, the rules on the baseball that was shortstop's ball. I don't believe that that second, that that's the second baseman's ball all day. He tried to Fisher was talking about Luciano using hand signals and say that that's more of like an outfield thing. And it's like, you know, like, okay, whatever, but
01:18:06
Speaker
You're, you're the one that has to move way farther than he does. So you should be probably the one looking to see who's getting called off. Right. Um, and then that happens and then they just stare at each other. Like the, like the power button got hit. Yeah. And then runner score is like ridiculous. Like the fact that then eventually have you played by the plan to be completed by the center fielder? Yeah. You know, good, good job on Matos for,
01:18:35
Speaker
for you know paying attention. Taking the initiative. Taking the initiative there. Good job, Matos. But like yeah with it with that whole thing is just just ridiculous. the the the Immediately, the online discourse around it was was terrible. um I Just just when you're when when when you're heated like that, when when you're you got players kind of barking at each other in the dugout,
01:19:02
Speaker
it The best case scenario is to get both of them to just shut up, and you're not tired you're not doing an interview. One thing that was kind of ah noted by by everyone in the live thread for the game was nobody spoke to Luciano. now is is ah he he He speaks Spanish, so like I don't know where his interpreter was, or or if the media even wanted to talk to him.
01:19:28
Speaker
I don't know what's worse. I like I don't think Fitzgerald or Luciano should have had an interview. ah But if you're in an interview, if you're going to interview people for, you know, when they get into like a little spat like that, I don't know what's worse if you interview both of them and possibly cause a rift or if you only interview one of them and then cause a rift. So I think that's going to be an unnecessary story.
01:19:57
Speaker
for the rest of the season and hopefully that doesn't leak into next season but I think that's just bad bad. Bad defensive plays and also Fitzgerald has already made a bad defensive play a really bad one against the Brewers in the last two weeks. Luciano also and has had a lot of defensive problems. I'm not gonna look either way on that but I don't know it's just
01:20:29
Speaker
It was just bad. And not i I'm not a fan of the postgame interview that Fitzgerald gave. um But before we move on to our next section, Liam, I have a question for you. OK. And it's about Blake Snell. Ooh. And just kind of like you as an outsider looking in.
01:20:58
Speaker
Do you think Blake Snell stays with San Francisco? Um, he was asked this question by the media and he said, quote, a deal would be nice. Just finishing the season strong is what's most important to me. Yeah. If that's something they want to talk about, I'm always open to it. I've enjoyed my time here a lot. So I know that fans have been hounding me for it, but it's truthfully up to them. Unquote. And then referring to the giants, the team itself.
01:21:28
Speaker
Well, if he, he, he mentioned a deal, so it would seem like he would be opting out of his second year option. Okay. So do you think that he opts out to get a better deal from the giants to come back in? If he opts out, he's get, he's looking for a better deal from whoever. Okay. I think he is listening to multiple teams. If he does that.
01:21:56
Speaker
Um, kind of interesting that ah ah both him and Matt Chapman, both um mosta represented by Scott Boris in an interview with Alex Pavlich.
01:22:13
Speaker
um
01:22:16
Speaker
Scott Boris said that ah when it came to the Matt Chapman deal, that Chapman was the one that was really driving driving that deal.
01:22:25
Speaker
So, I don't know, I'm not sure how.
01:22:31
Speaker
I would like Blake Snell to come back. It was a really fun interview. Not the greatest season for him. However, post-injury. Uh, really great season great. That unfortunately just hasn't barely miss out on, on Cy Young talks or being eligible for, for the Cy Young award. But I think that if he was eligible, he just came, you know, a few games early that like, we'd probably be talking about him winning the Cy Young again, which would be insane yeah after that start. Uh, but yeah, I feel like what would the thing that would keep Blake Snell in San Francisco the most is the team winning. Uh,
01:23:12
Speaker
Not necessarily the World Series, but making it to the postseason. I think that would that would have cemented him. Or even even having a winning record. And now we're talking about, are we going to get to 500? And then on top of that, they're talking about people there's rumors just racing around about Farhan being fired. And I don't know about that. I don't know how I feel.
01:23:37
Speaker
and
01:23:39
Speaker
You know, I think that if you fire far on that, don't expect to win for a while. just It's already been a while. We'll see. but We'll have plenty to talk about ah when when the time comes. Liam. Yes. I was going to throw it to combined arms, but we are at the end of the season.
01:24:05
Speaker
The next episode will be the last one of the regular season. Yeah, so I think we should kick it off to that. We'll kick it off to that and we'll get our final regular season team. How's that sound? That sounds good. We'll talk about our next lineup, our next lineup, our next match-ups, and our next team match-ups, our schedule match-ups. I forgot to update in the script here to look it up, so I can go first if you want.
01:24:34
Speaker
well well unless you already have yours up now okay so I'll go first I'm next is going to be a three-game series in Baltimore and see Orioles after that will be a three-game series against the Royals over in Kansas City and then it will be a three-game series against the DBEX and Phoenix and then the last series of the of the season. The regular season will be against the Cardinals at home. Three game series. Unfortunately, the Cardinals released Brandon Crawford. And so he will not be here for this this last home game and get his standing ovation because he did spend all but one season with the Giants.
01:25:28
Speaker
And that kind of sucks. <unk>lls are but The I I don't know how that would be. Maybe next year. Do the right thing. Do the right thing. And what about you? ah What day does your season end? My season ends on Sunday, the 29th, September 29th. Mine does, too. Yeah, it should be. Or the regular season, at least. The giant season probably officially ends soon. Probably against the Orioles.
01:25:58
Speaker
Our next recording is the 22nd, right? No, the 29th. The 29th? Yeah. Okay, so we're recording on the 29th? Yeah. Okay. We're taking the 22nd off.
01:26:17
Speaker
Oh my God. Yeah. No, I went forward in time. Sorry. Oh, my God. I thought we were a week ahead. We recorded from two. We played the Padres. Sorry. Yes. So I lied. My series is going to be three games series against the Brewers at home, then another three game series against the Padres and then a three game series against the Orioles and then finishing off with a three game series against the Royals. Sorry.
01:26:54
Speaker
My B. What about you? ah I have a three game series against the Royals at home. Followed by a four game series against the Red Sox at home. Followed by a three game series against the Mariners away. Ending it off with a three game series against the A's.
01:27:19
Speaker
And then after that it's a three game series against the Orioles. and a three-game series against the Pirates. All right, so we we should talk about ah episodes after the 22nd. Yeah, that's going to be a weird one, isn't it? um and We're going to format this. We can talk about that later. Yeah. All right, ah so we have anything else to add before we we head out? Yeah, anything you think on that i mean you want people to reach yet?