Season 7, with PSP MEDIA (2024-08-07 14_12 GMT-4)

The speaker discusses various topics related to baseball, including the performance of the Baltimore Orioles, the team's struggles with men on base, the trade deadline, the Toronto Blue Jays, and potential trades for players like Jordan Romano. They also touch on the performance and expectations of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Peter Alonso, as well as the importance of prospects in the major leagues. The speaker suggests that the Blue Jays may need to consider a reboot if they can't find success with their current roster. You know, with his form and with the bases loaded, I'm not saying it would have been another Grand Slam, but at least a multi-RBI hit. I'm mindful that they did get the run forced in via the walk, but that could have leveled up the game. And in the end, that was the difference. Yeah. Wasn't Santander up at one point, though, and it was bases loaded, too? That is true. Baltimore did leave quite a few guys on base. What are your thoughts on that? Having seen the team as long as you have, do you feel like that's improved, or was it the same during the losing seasons for the O's? Honestly, I think it's the same. During the losing seasons, I feel like they didn't really get men on base, so it's good to see that they get people on base, but this whole season, they've struggled, really, with men on third, second, first, runners in scoring position. They have not, I'm trying to think, three, four times, probably, they've had bases loaded, no outs, and they can't score one run, which, they scored at least one last night, but you gotta score at least two in that situation. Yeah, and the reason I ask that question is, I think back to that series against Texas, you know the one I'm talking about, the post-season series, because the regular seasons, we know that the O's are going to the playoffs, you know that, they might even win the ALEs, depending on what happens, it's going to be a 90-plus winning season, but you need to get guys around the corners in the playoffs in the post-season, so that needs to become more of a rhythm. How do you feel after the deadline? After the deadline, I mean, phew, I was intrigued by what Elias did, I thought he was going to get another bat, which I think he did with J.D. Davis, I mean, I'm not digging the J.D. Davis, I brought up his stats for this season, and he has a .218 average, four home runs, six RBIs, .631 OPS, so I don't know what Elias really sees in him, one of my friends was like, oh, what do you think he sees in him, is this a joke? I'm like, hopefully he's the bat that we need, I mean, I know they got Eloy Jimenez, but I don't know why they got J.D. Davis. Yeah, he might be a death feast, I mean, he wasn't quiet before Holiday started this run, he's hitting streaks, so it might just be a case of having more bats than not, because you know, the way the season is usually pretty thin this time of year, but you need all the bats you can get. I do wonder if the bullpen is going to hold up for both of them, I thought they were going to get the reliever situation sorted out, I don't know how you feel about Craig Kimbrell, but I've seen a number of games where he's coming in at the bottom of the ninth, or in the ninth inning, and he's put the team under pressure, or even blown this ace, so that can't be a good situation for the team going into the postseason. I mean, yeah, I don't know if you saw the Marlins game, a month ago almost, I think, they were 6-0 going into eighth, and then 6-3 going into ninth, and then the Marlins tie it 6-6, the O's end up winning in the tenth, but after it's 6-0 in the what, the eighth, top of the eighth, or bottom of the eighth, you should be able to win that game. You shouldn't give up six runs in two innings. 100%, and it also reminds me of a game when the O's were lost in Toronto, if I'm not mistaken, it was May or June, and they had the lead, but it was only the one or two-run game. Kimbrell comes in at the ninth, and he ends up blowing it. The day's walking off. So, I know Yenia Cano is in the rings, I don't know if you guys are going to use him as a set-up guy, but his expertise is missed. So, you're a Toronto fan? I follow the team, I follow most games, because I attend a lot of the games, I'm a Toronto fan, it's not a team I grew up with, I grew up as a Yankee fan, I'll admit that, but at the same time, I'm rational, I know not all those fans exist, there are Yankee fans and rational, but I accept where the team is, and as for the Jays, I think the front office has ruined what was a good team. The team that we're seeing now is a drop-off from what we saw in 2021, when they almost made the playoffs on the last day of the season, they missed out to the Boston Red Sox by one game, and that was a season where Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was on the brink of winning the MVP, he was the second to Shohei Otani. Now, to me, that's actually been a poison chalice, because he started the season in Buffalo, he started in a minor league ballpark, he's mashing home runs, which is great, you play where the league tells you to play, I get that, and the opposition has a chance of playing on that field as well. However, I do think that it has skewed the perception of Vlad in Toronto, and I think fans and others alike are expecting that 2021 type of form from Vlad, whereas I think the Vlad that you're seeing now, he has adjusted his swing since the All-Star break, but the Vlad that we see now is the Vlad that you're going to get. So, talk of him getting $300 million for a first baseman, that's kind of sad. As you know, the first baseman is the weakest defensive position, that's where you go when your defense is not great. So, to ask for $300 million is, you better be hitting like Otani every game, and we're not getting that from Vlad. I would say, if I was Vlad's camp, I'd be looking for $240-$260 million over a certain number of years, maybe 10 years. But, south of Freddie Freeman, north of Peter Alonzo, in that range, because Peter Alonzo is going to want to get paid as well. I do think Vlad's a better hitter than Peter Alonzo, but he's a first baseman. I also think, what is it, Vlad, I think he's more consistent than Alonzo. You can say Alonzo, home run ball, you really just see it in the home run derby nowadays, I mean, he still smashes balls, but I know you can see Vlad and his progress throughout the years more than I think Peter Alonzo. Yeah, I'll give you an analogy for your audience that is into basketball. Peter Alonzo reminds me of Blake Griffin in the NBA. He's okay as a player, but Blake Griffin is remembered for the dunk contest. His dunks and his flashy plays, that's Peter Alonzo. He will be remembered for his home runs, his hitting it over the fence. Everything else in between, it's kind of, meh, it's whatever. So, I know you're from Toronto, so I wanted to ask you, I think Romano just went on the I.L. this week, I'm not 100% sure about that. I was hoping the O's would possibly trade for him, I mean, they're in the division with the Blue Jays, so it's unlikely that would have happened, but would you have thought that would be a good trade if they would have picked up Romano as a closer before the injury? Yeah, so let's live in a world where Jordan Romano is healthy. If I'm not mistaken, he was put on the 60-day I.L. Now, at this point in the season, 60-day I.L. means you're done, you're not coming back. Because the Jays are not making the playoffs, so it's less than 60 games, less than 60 days pretty much. It's an extended offseason for Jordan Romano, and he needs to recover and get back to being the hero that he was. He came into the season a little bit jittery out of spring training. Despite that, Baltimore reportedly was on the phone to Toronto. They're on the phone to GM Russ Atkins, and Atkins isn't afraid of making trades within the division. He did trade away Danny Anson, the catcher to Boston this trade season. Trades are being made with teams all the time within the division. Atkins isn't afraid of that, so he would have entertained a trade for Romano. I think the question is, what is Baltimore going to give back? Because if I'm not mistaken, according to Fangraphs after the trade deadline, the O's have 67 players who are in the top 100 prospects still. It's amazing how you guys were able to eat those 100 lost seasons. You've gotten back to a division contending team, even though a World Series contending team, yet you still have all these prospects that are in the pipeline. And that's another thing, and I'll bring up Ryan O'Hearn in a situation in a second, but just packing the monoleagues, honestly, is not good for the major leagues. Depth is great, don't get me wrong, but there's more players than spots available in the major leagues. So people like Toby Mayo, people like the Heston Kierstad, I mean, they got rid of Stowers, which honestly needed to happen. As much as I love Stowers, huge Stowers fan, it needed to happen. They have so many players right now that are so good too. That's why I was like, maybe if they trade for Romano, it would also help the Blue Jays being a prospect or two, probably two prospects. Probably, I'm trying to think who they'd give up. Maybe if they didn't trade for an Afton or something, like a Baumeister, I mean, he's gone now. Seth Johnson, who's gone now. Maybe, I think the most they could get is a Povich or Chase McDermott, who are both starting pitchers, and they've both pitched in the big leagues. I think McDermott's only had one or two starts, but Povich has three, four starts. He's decent, not looking good. I think he has a bright future, and I think the Blue Jays should have done that and started with their prospect system. With Vlad and Bo, I'm not saying this because I'm an O's fan, and I just want them off that team. I'm saying that these past few years, it's been do or die for the Blue Jays, and they had Bo Bichette and Vlad Guerrero, who are two of the best players in the MLB right now at their positions. Probably top five in both positions, I would say. Bichette, maybe not recently, but if you can't do something with both of them, like I know they got swept by Seattle, I'm pretty sure, in what, 2022 or 2021? That's correct. Yeah, if you can't do anything with both of those players, it might be time to get rid of one, get prospects, and time to start a reboot. And that is something that I've heard since, I would say, this time of the offseason, going into the postseason, where they were swept again by the Twins. The Blue Jays haven't won a postseason game this decade, by the way. But let's just tie a bow on Romano quickly, and I'll get into the front office and the Vlad and Jay situation. Ross Atkins definitely would have done a deal to get Romano across. I think the question was his health, because if I'm not mistaken, in the major leagues, you typically have to have a medical pass for a trade to go through. I do remember a case where Josh Donaldson was traded from the Jays to Cleveland. That was a bit murky because he was injured at the time, but I guess he really wanted to leave. So if Romano's healthy, that deal gets done. The Jays definitely need a hitter, and possibly someone who can help in the corner infield. But those are the kind of prospects that they probably need to look at down the line. Now, in terms of prospects, a team that hasn't won a playoff game since 2016 has made the playoffs largely because the MLB expanded the postseason field to include an extra wildcard in both leagues. If that doesn't happen, I'm not sure the Jays make the postseason last year. I don't know if they make it the year before, but here we are. Yeah, they benefited from that, and that's probably prolonged the purgatory that they're in, where they're not good enough to contend for the World Series because there's not going to be a time where this roster is going to be better than the O's, the Yankees, or even the Red Sox now. I think the Red Sox are past the top end, but at the bottom end, their farm system is so depleted that there's no room for them to trade to get better, and there's no one on the way up, because Alec Manoa, he was a Cy Young candidate. He's now injured. We don't know if he's going to pitch the major leagues again. Ricky Tiedemann, another promising starting pitching prospect, is injured. He's heading for Tommy John. We don't know what we're going to get from him. So the Jays, you're right. You mentioned that they probably should have looked at a reload or tearing it down and starting again. They've kind of kicked the can down the road season after season, and it's started to have an effect on Vlad and Bo, because two or three seasons ago, you were looking at resigning both of them, and it's just a question of numbers. Can you make the numbers work? And this team, Chase, Shohei, or Tommy, they were willing to give $700 million. So the ownership were willing to put the money out there. So you would think they would do the same for these two promising players, which you mentioned in some of the deaths of their physician. They haven't done it yet. We're now at a point where Bichette, in my opinion, has been holding the bat a bit tighter, if that term makes sense. He's not focused on his baseball this season, and his numbers are going down. But he's thinking about his future. We're in an economy where you need job security, and that applies to professional athletes. So Bichette's numbers are going down. He doesn't want to be around. That has come out in the media that he wouldn't entertain a trade. And then you've got Vlad, who has turned his season around in terms of his OPS, and he's hitting. He's getting on base. He's getting guys to move around the diamond in terms of base running with off the ice. But as I said before, he's a fresh baseman. How much can you pay a fresh baseman, even though he is a young fresh baseman? It would be bad business for the Blue Jays to put so much money into Vlad if that means they can't spend elsewhere. Yeah. And I know you were backing up Vlad with his hitting. I think it's an 18-game hit streak he's on right now after last night. He got a hit last night, right? I believe he did, yes. So it'd be 18. I just think, yeah, Vlad, they need to keep Vlad. I think that's a centerpiece, and you've got to build around him. The thing you said with Bichette that throws me off a lot is that, yeah, his stuff's going down, his average has gone down, OPS. But he doesn't want to be there, of course. So in my opinion, why would you not play your hardest to try and get trade? Exactly. Put yourself in the shop window and show the rest of the league that this is what I can do. This is how good I am on both sides of the ball because he's playing shortstop. That's one of the most important positions. I personally thought that the Dodgers were going to get him because Mookie Betts, the current shortstop for the Dodgers, is injured. Bichette is a perfect fit as a hitter and also as a defensive player. I thought that was a logical move, and Toronto gets him out of the American League. So it doesn't hurt them in the long term, I guess. There's probably a question of what the Jays get back, but we'll never know. And Bichette was injured as well. Maybe it's also a medical situation where he would have been passing the medical exam. But I could see a situation where he's moved on this winter. His contract is coming up. He's indicated that he wouldn't extend a trade. I don't see why he wouldn't leave during this winter time in the hot stove. Now, the single hot stove, Baltimore has new owners. I'll never forget when I was walking through Camden Yards, someone had a t-shirt that said, I survived the Angelo's era. The Angelo's, they, as someone put it, they were cash pourers owners, which does not sit well when you're up against the Red Sox and the Yankees in that division. What can we expect from the O's, this hot stove? Are they going to spend? I think they will. You saw with Burns what they did just for a rental for one year. And they paid him what? $13, maybe a little more, a lot more. I don't know exactly the contract. I would think it'd be awesome if they extended him. I don't see them extending him. You need to sign Adley and Gunner. But again, Gunner is a Boris client. So I'm thinking, okay, he's going to go test free agency. I think you got to sign Adley sooner or later. I mean, I think he's a year ahead of Gunner. So I think that's one of the first things you got to do. Burns, you got, you got to sign at this point. And I wish it wasn't like a must do, but with all these injuries now, Grayson, last night getting scratched, saying he's not fine. I think he was just sick. But Grayson, Bradish, Wells, which Wells wouldn't be a starter, but the bullpen. Bautista in the bullpen. All these pitching injuries. And honestly, I think the O's have, it's not a big difference, but I think they have three or four more wins without the injury. Yeah. And John Means is another one. He's a top player when he's healthy, but health has been a concern pretty much since he threw the no-hitter. He kind of went down and hasn't come back up, which is sad. Speaking of no-hitters, someone I thought was a potential option was Blake Snell, because Blake Snell was available to be traded under the waiver rules after the deadline, because he signed late. And he goes for a borrower's claim, by the way. So he could have been someone who could have helped the O's for the rest of the season, but he then goes and throws a no-hitter. I don't think he's leaving San Francisco anytime soon. He does have an option where he can opt out at the end of the year. I'll say this, you guys definitely need to get all your prospects paid. I don't think there's any, maybe you can chime in, but I don't think there's any one of them that should not be paid. All those young top prospects, yeah, you build around them. Don't do what Toronto did and let their contracts run to the end. Give them that security and then find other pieces. Now, Corbin Burns, he's now your ace. Whether he likes it or not, he's your ace. And it's a case of getting guys into building around him. Or ideally, if not getting a prospect, you can come up and help him out. So I know the borrower's situation well, because Juan Soto's coming up to free agency, obviously, for the Yankees. But there are four or five guys who didn't get signed last winter. They all signed late. And that kind of made Boris look bad. So they all had to take handcuffs. Like Matt Chapman was one. Snow is another. Jordan Montgomery, I know his situation is with the Diamondbacks. So he might be someone who could help, because he's pitching the ALEs with the Yankees before. He would be helpful for the O's, I believe. J.D. Martinez is a client who also signed late. There's one other player I'm thinking of. Snow Chapman. Snow Chapman Montgomery. Who was it? I know who you're thinking of, but you can't think of it. There's five or six of them. Anyway, Boris has taken a reputational hit this offseason. His ability to come in and say, I'm Scott Boris, and winter meetings aren't starting until I get deals done, may have taken a hit. So maybe the new ownership group can get a discount for the prospects. Also, considering that Soto's going to be the priority. Right. He's going to want to squeeze the Yankees and Ole Miss for what they've got. So maybe a sneaky Baltimore front office can get some extensions done in that time. I think the future is definitely bright for the O's. One thing I will say is, Bullpup means biggest screens. That's top of the list. I'm sure that's probably like a holdover from the Angels. There are a couple of things that I noticed when I was there that were probably holdovers from the previous. But as a viewer, I need to see pitching stats. And right now, the Bullpup has reasonable batting stats. But I'd like to see, I want to see how the last battle got out. I also want to see the pitching stats in terms of number of pitches. This is the basic stuff like that. So maybe another screen, another screen for that, and a larger video board. So they do have the number of pitches and like the mile per hour. On like one of the side small screens, which I hate. I think it should be on the big screen, like you said. I don't know if you were there. Were you there before the All-Star break or after? After. Okay, so you saw the Tebow price sign? Yes. What did you think of that? That's new. So what did you think of that? I think it's pretty cool. I think it looked like a classic American bullpup sign. You know how in St. Louis, they have Bullish on this side. These are the classic ones. Cleveland has a progressive sign. Hmm. I went to Detroit in May. They got the Comerica one, obviously. Yeah, I think it's pretty cool. Yeah, I thought it was cool. Not just that, but they didn't rename the bullpup TD price puck. If they want to do that, that's up to them. If they want to make the money off that. But a name like Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It's classic. It's classic. It's like iconic. Like Yankee Stadium, Dodger Stadium. If they, if Rogers ever sells the SkyDome. These are bullpup names without the corporate branding. So you know where you are. Because not everyone knows where the great American bullpup is. Degenerates like us, we know that's the Cincinnati. But not everyone knows that. Yeah. I also, so you were talking about prospects and how the O's should sign all prospects. Visayo. Love Visayo. I don't think they should get rid of him. But if you look, and I've told a lot of people this. If you look at the past five World Series teams. Their backup catcher is a veteran catcher. And that's one piece I think any World Series team needs. Is a backup catcher who's a veteran. It could be James McCann. It could be Salvador Perez. I mean Perez is probably the starting catcher right now in Kansas City. Of course, I'm pretty sure he is. But I feel like you need that veteran presence. Whether it's a catcher. I mean it's usually that catcher or pitcher. Um, and that's the only reason why I don't know if you sign Visayo right away. Possibly use him as trade bait. Again, I don't want to see that happen. Um, but I think first of all, he needs to sign Adler. I think you're not going to get another catcher. Until what? 30 plus years probably. Yeah, look. Catcher is one of the hardest positions to fill. And I'll share with you the Toronto experience. Because they've done it very badly in the last three years. Anyone on the street will tell you how badly it was. Because there was a time when they had three catchers. Alejandro Kirk was still on the team. Danny Anson is now in Boston and is a pending free agent. So maybe both of them became up because he's a veteran presence. And a young prospect by the name of Gabby Moreno. You may have heard of him. He was in the World Series last year. I know he left one of the games earlier this week. But he's on the rise. He matches. And he's a pretty good framer for pitches. So as you know, the Blue Jays traded away Moreno and Lotus Guerrero Jr. for Dalton Basho. Yeah. I'll probably never ever get the war out of that. It's a bad trade. And Anson's also gone. So we don't know who the next catcher is going to be for the Blue Jays. Do not put yourself in that position. He definitely has someone who can. Because Alejandro Kirk, by all accounts, is a great defensive catcher. He's good at framing. He's good at, you know, getting the pitches through the innings. He's good at picking off. But you've seen him in the base house. What should be a double is a single for him. It is what it is. And that can be killer, especially down the stretch when you're trying to enter the postseason. But yeah, the O's, they could look at the Anson. Someone like Jose Trevino. I know his throwing is not great. But if you wanted to give Rushford a DH day or something like that. I mean, McCann's pretty good. McCann's pretty good. He's a really good backer. I mean, especially this year, I think he's picked this stuff up. For sure. He's a dog. He took a 100-mile-an-hour pitch from Yariel where he gets to the face, and he still got up and kept playing. He's a dog. That's insane. So I know we talked about the O's. We talked about the Blue Jays. I kind of want to go with the Yankees. I mean, because you're a Yankees fan. So I kind of want to hear your opinion about the trade deadline. Because I thought the Yankees would be buyers. I really did. I thought you'd see Tanner Scott go to the Yankees, not the Padres. I was so surprised. And I think it's because the package that they wanted for Tanner Scott was insane, as you saw from the Padres. But the Yankees, did they really get pitching? I mean, I think they got one release. Yeah, the Yankees had an interesting deadline. They got two pitches. They got Leiter from the Cubs. And they got another gentleman. His name escapes me right now. Someone might say that they're going to get some pitching shortly that will feel like new signings. Because Ian Hamilton should be coming back off the aisle soon. Clark Schmidt might come back before the season ends. So that will be like a big boost for them. Because he was holding that team up as a lefty. He was at the back end of the rotation. But he was holding it up when they had that stretch from April through May, where they were on that Seattle takes. Seattle 1998 takes. He's a righty, but he was dealing with the lefties. So I don't get it. Oh, continue, continue. I was going to say, if Garrett Cole can get it right, because he does look like he's in spring training form right now. He doesn't look like Cy Young, Garrett Cole. If they can get that right, I think the pitching is fine. I would have probably liked one more reliever. I know closes are hard to trade for. Someone like Jordan Romano might have been in the mix. Although I don't know if he wanted to shave, because he's got quite a beard. I think Clemson will be fine. He just... I'm surprised that's Clemson's experience. He's going to give up hits. He might give up a run or two. Looking at the hitting side of things, Giancarlo Stanton's back. He was a big loss when they saw that slump at the end of May. Because he got injured, they went downhill. Because it was him, Soto, and Judge. Everyone talked about Soto and Judge, but Stanton was the one that was really forcing the issue for opposing pitchers. He comes back now. You've also got Diesel LeMay. He's going to walk off against the Jays on Sunday. That was pretty big for his confidence. I don't know if we're going to see Anthony Rizzo anytime soon. Ben Rice is filling in pretty well for him. There is the issue of catch-up. Because Austin Wells is doing well. Wells is my name. Wells is my nature. Jose Trevino, we saw him get lit up in that Sunday night game against Boston. Everyone else has been testing his arm on the day's halves. He's also got an IL stint at the moment. It is interesting to see how Gleyber Torres goes. He didn't hustle last Friday against the Jays. He got pulled from the game. Violent counts. That was like a light bulb moment for him. So it will be interesting to see if his defense can hold up. I think the addition of Jaz Chisholm, I think they robbed Miami. Jaz Chisholm is a good player. It's just that he's been in the wrong environments. So if you look at what Miami did this deadline, besides that, besides the raise, that might have been the craziest deadline for them. They got a lot. Whether it was Jaz Chisholm, Trevor Rodgers, Tanner Scott, they really got a lot of prospects. Especially Connor Norby, who was O's number 5th prospect. They got a lot. So I think with the Marlins, they should be looking at their future right now. They did have that woman GM, and then they fired her. I don't know why. It must have been something. I don't know. So she was in the Yankees organization. She used to work with Brian Tashman. You're talking about Tim Umle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The first female GM in Major League Baseball. So when Derek Jeter became part of the ownership group in Miami, she was headhunting to go and work with that team. Jeter, as you know, is a competitor. He wants to win. They also have that shiny new stadium, Lone Depot Park, down there in Miami. They want to fill it. They want to fill it with a winning team. Well, at least the previous ownership did. Now, there was a butting of heads at the top level, and Jeter slowed out. He left because he felt that the team was focused on the wrong details. So when he left, so did that winning attitude. Tim Umle was one of the casualties last season. The current ownership decided, we're going to bring in our guy, and he's going to do it our way. Now, I did see some disturbing comments from him at the start of the season, suggesting that floating around 500 was good. In a division where you're up against the Mets and the Braves and the Phillies, that is not acceptable. That is not a place to be. If he was suggesting that they're going to reload and run it back with prospects, fine. But to stay at 500 with that new ballpark, that is suicide for a franchise. They did trade Trevor Rodgers. What do you think of that for the Oaks? See, it wasn't Tanner Scott. I wanted Tanner Scott. And what you've seen with the White Sox, you've seen this with the Marlins. These trade packages that they want these days are insane. Also with the Tigers. If the Oaks wanted to scruble, they'd have to give up holidays, which is insane. That asking price is way too much in my opinion. Especially the market, this trade deadline was just terrible. You really haven't seen that in the past trade deadlines where it's like one team gets so much from another team for just one or two players. And honestly, I think the values have been thrown off. And it's just really, really odd. I don't like that. I want more even trades. Not like, okay, we'll give you this amazing pitcher for a holiday. Why can't they do scruble, right? For maybe a Desaio and maybe a Mayo, which are two of the Oaks' best prospects. But giving up a holiday and having to give the number one prospect for a pitcher that's going to be a rental makes no sense. Yeah, and it's really interesting because they're a little bit like the Oaks. They had a few heavy seasons where they were eating 100 losses and they were scooping up these prospects in return. I know the rule has changed since then that you can't have two consecutive seasons where they're taking the top 10 of the lottery. So I don't know what the struggle the White Sox are doing, by the way, they're not going to be doing that. They got their lottery pick this year. They're going to be asked for the top 10 if they keep this up, because they're going to finish well below 500. Anyway, back to Detroit. I think they're trying to build something there. And they brought in Andrew Chase and the reliever. He's pretty good. I saw him in Arizona doing his thing. But scruble is seen as the ace. I know they have Jack Flaherty as well. Flaherty's on the Dodgers now. Thank you. But before the deadline, those two are going to want to punch. So they probably see scruble as someone to build around as they continue to rise. I do wonder if now that we're, I'll say in the post-COVID year, because during the peak of COVID, I do feel like the trades are a bit more balanced. Teams are just doing their best because there are no fans in the stands. Baseball is a sport that relies on attendance. So it was a little bit more even. But now fans are back in the stands, watching games, get that revenue coming back in. The MLB has improved the TV product. It's now faster. So more people are watching it. Ratings are improving. I do think we're seeing that imbalance a little bit where, I'll say the little guys, if you will, they're trying to fleece the big guys again, because that's how they compete. I totally do agree with that. As a Yankees fan, so I wanted to bring this up. You think Nastya Kotez is gone after this year? So his name was coming up at the deadline, which surprised me a little bit. I mean, this is a team that is contending for the World Series. This is a team that some people are saying is all in because one sort of could potentially walk. Although if I was him, why would I go to the Mets when I'm in an organization like the Yankees? I'd definitely stay in New York if I was him, because you can get endorsement deals and all that kind of stuff. But sitting next to Aaron Judge, that's... Insane. That's going to be insane. That's not something he gets to do every day. Nastya Kotez, is he gone at the end of the season? Nastya's a lefty. He's a player that is not easy to replace, in my opinion. I think what he does on the mound is special. I think he's had a rough go this season, but at the same time, his overall ERA is 4.16. His ERA at Yankee Stadium is 2.48. With a short porch, I think that's pretty good. And I will be trying to bring him back, but it'll be a team-friendly deal. So maybe this is a blessing in disguise for Brian Cashman and Hal Fibrenicus. Hal has shown that he doesn't want to spend like his father did. He doesn't want to get the checkbook out and pay everyone and anyone in order to win. He's doing it very... not frugal, but he's doing it fiscally responsibly. The Yankee payroll is hovering around 50% of revenues in 2023. Now, if you told someone that, then they'll say that you're on crack, or you'll hire somebody because of the reputation of this organization. But they have rolled it back from being a big spending organization to a team that grows from within. That's why you're seeing the likes of Cortez, George, Guido Torres, Anthony Volpe, all these guys coming up to the minor leagues as opposed to being bought at the... as opposed to being overpays from another franchise. And that's the thing with the Yankees. I mean, I haven't really seen it recently, is I feel like they used to just go out and get big names. And I mean, they can do that with their payroll. I mean, how big that franchise is, just everything they have, all their fans. They can do that. They can go out and buy big pieces. You can't really do that with the Rays right now. You can't do that with the Reds. I mean, possibly the Red Sox, but the Red Sox aren't really in that position. The Orioles aren't really going to do that right now. And I still think, honestly, and I think Angelos was scared after the Davis contract of just spending money. I mean, he never did. And I think that's what Rubenstein's still looking at, is that Davis contract, you don't want to give Adley a contract like that, whatever, 10 plus years, and then he just does not produce. Yeah, and that will always have owners clutching, you know, clutching the bag a little bit. They don't want to release the strengths. I will say this about the other teams in the division, the Rays will never be that team that spends. They had a loss deadline. They were selling aggressively for a team that is not that far off the wildcard, I thought that was surprising, but that's the Rays do. They have this amazing analytics department that is able to find prospects, build them up to a level where their value increases, and they trade them on. They don't give out the big contracts. So guys like Glass, now, or Rosarena, when it's your time, you can go get the big contract elsewhere. The Yankees, they have the capacity, but Howell is very keen to stay out of the tax. He doesn't want to pay three or four times per dollar that you're over the luxury tax. So what I can see with them is Stanton, Giancarlo Stanton's on a big deal. He could be someone that could end up somewhere else because they paid Cole, they paid Judge, and they're going to have to pay Soto. I'm thinking 400 to 450, maybe 500 if you want to keep the Nets at bay. Now, as for the Red Sox, they're interesting. I was sitting with someone in Massachusetts, and there is talk that John Henry could go out and buy the Celtics. So that is one reason why the payroll has diminished. I don't know if that's the reason why they traded bets. That was still a weird decision, but you'll notice that they haven't really put the money out. They didn't do that for the Bogarts. They've let guys go. And even with the other parts of the family, that is the Red Sox, the family sports group, Liverpool, the football club, hasn't spent big. They've been quite economical. They brought players in at a good price, and they sold them at a higher price. It's been good business for that club. I do think this winds up in a situation where Fenway Sports Group does have a crack at the Boston Celtics, because that would be another iconic franchise. Then you have three iconic franchises under that umbrella, Liverpool, Boston Red Sox, and the Boston Celtics. Yeah. So we talked about the Rays, talked about the Yankees, Blue Jays. Actually, we didn't really cover the Rays that much. This deadline, what the Rays are doing, it's kind of weird. I mean, it's like they were like sellers mostly, but I don't know what the Rays are really doing with their future. I mean, when you lose your starting shortstop, one of the best shortstops that was in the league, you know what happened. Everyone knows what happens. But when you lose your best shortstop, yeah, I don't know. Last year, that team, Rosarina, Wanda Franco, that team was insane. Brandon Lowe, Glasnow was on that team. Yeah. Armstrong in the bullpen. That team was insane last year. Again, I don't know, beginning of the season, I guess Rosarina was injured at one point, but they didn't really give Rosarina the time that they gave him last year. Last year, he was insane. And that's kind of like the Blue Jays a little bit. In the 2021-2022 season, they were great. And in 2023, they just fell off. Yep. So what do you think the Rays are doing? I think they're just rinsing and repeating. They're doing the thing where they've brought in a lot of prospects this deadline. They obviously have their process in terms of finding the guys who are going to fit in the organization and are going to help the team succeed on the field. So the fact that they're still above 500, and will probably end up being above 500 and when it's all said and done, it says something about the organization, how they do things. I do think there's going to be a reckoning though, because you may have seen that the city of St. Petersburg has agreed to build a new ballpark. I don't know about you, but it's already hard enough to get people down to the top kind of field. The field that it is. Now you want to get people down to the new ballpark, you better have some marquee signings, because right now, I don't know if you're going to get in the door to see Andy Diaz and Keith Sandbach to close up. You better have some names. So they might want to consider getting some marquee names as we get closer to that new ballpark being opened. Yeah. And then before we continue, I want your opinion on this. I know we were talking about Flaherty a little bit. We covered that. Flaherty, the Dodgers was so out of the blue. I was not expecting that. What was your opinion on that? Yeah. So we're at the point now with the Dodgers where we have to start asking the question, is this good for baseball? Because I don't know if you remember, but first week of December, it was all about a party. It was allegedly Toronto Blue Jays who were in the race with the Dodgers. I do think the agent was using Toronto to get the right price for the right contract for Ohtani, which he did in the end. But the message coming from a lot of reporters from that was, this is good for baseball. This is good for baseball. A team that's hovering around 90 to 100 wins each season now gets the face of the sport. And this is good for the game. And what have they done since then? They've kept acquiring stars. They got Yamamoto in. They've got Teosca and Andes in the mix. They continue to trade for these players. This is, in my opinion, this is the evil empire. I don't know why they don't get booed when they go around. Man, it's a pretty Yankee fan. But it's the evil empire on the West Coast. Now, in saying that, they needed clarity. So despite having Yamamoto, he's injured. Walker Bueller, injured. Clayton Kershaw came back briefly. I'm pretty sure he's injured now. Did he get beat last night? He might have actually. I don't always watch those West Coast games, so I won't lie. I thought I saw him on the scorecard last night. I can check. While you do that, Dustin May, injured. So they definitely need that help with the starting part of the rotation. The bullpen's OK. Joe Kelly's in the mix. Lake Trinidad should be back for the playoffs. But this is a team that has had problems with locking down teams, locking down oppositions in the playoffs. We can see the runs, especially when Mookie Betts comes back. They'll have the runs. They'll be fine with runs. Can they stop the team from scoring, though? So Kershaw did start last night. 4.2 innings pitched, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 earned run. No walks, 5 Ks. Yeah, I mean, I'm a big fan of Clayton Kershaw. I know he gets a lot of flack because he allegedly has a bad postseason record. But let me tell you something. Part of that is run support. And if he doesn't have run support, why is it on him that he has an allegedly poor postseason record? If the bats aren't awake, that's not his fault. Maybe the front office has seen that and has moved in that direction. I would like to see, I know I've called him the evil empire. I actually don't hate the Dodgers. I actually like the Dodgers. I think they're pretty cool. Like when I'm at a bar late at night and there's a 10 p.m. Eastern game and it's them, I'll watch it. I would like to see Kershaw get another ring before it's said and done, because he deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. He's one of the greatest pitchers of our time. And the narrative that he's no good in the postseason is a narrative. I don't believe it. There's numbers to refute it. And I hope that he has the success that gets him to prove his time, because he deserves to be there. And then, so we have time to talk about it. I want your opinion on Cam Yerkes. I know it's your first time, and I know you DMed me about it. Yeah, well, that's the thing. I knew you were at Surf City, so heading down there, I always like to ask a local, because I know I can jump on Google or in this current age, I could even ask some AI bot to tell me what to see and what to do. But nothing beats having that local knowledge. So it's a great city, by the way. Oh, it's beautiful. It's a beautiful city. It's right on the water. There's so much history there. And the home of the Star Spangled Banner, I didn't know that that is where the album was inspired from it. But it makes sense, because every time I was playing the National Anthem plays, all you guys start yelling, oh! Yeah, isn't that cool? Yeah, that'd be nice. The O is awesome, especially in the playoff. It's insane. I can imagine. That's the one thing that Baltimore does that's awesome. I mean, people think Baltimore is so bad because of the bad parts of Baltimore. If you don't go in the bad parts of Baltimore, you're fine. Yeah, that's the thing. We didn't. My buddy and I, we drove from DC. And we stayed across the ballpark at a hotel there. And it was, yeah, The Wire is one of the greatest TV shows of all time. But it hasn't given Baltimore a bad name. I get it. But in saying that, Cannon Yards has a lot to offer. Like, it really is the ballpark that shaped other ballparks that came after it. It was one of the first ballparks that did not focus on maximizing attendance. It was all about the fan experience. So being able to go to all those concessions. I'm not sure there's a bad seat in that ballpark. I don't think there's any obstructed view from what I saw. I think wherever you sit in the stands is good, front or behind the plate. I will tell you, though, if you are sitting, I guess, right-field, you can't always see the right fielders and tenders. If he makes a catch near the garage, you can't always see that. But yeah, the obstruction, there's not really an obstruction besides that, I would say. Yeah. And I think what the organization did in retaining the warehouse on Utah Street. So if you've never been to the ballpark, you'll see that big building in right field. And that was part of the old Cannon Yards Rail Yard, which has reasons for the name. Cannon Station. It's a big warehouse storing the food that was transported around Maryland and America. And retaining that, putting the front office in there, putting in different businesses and concessions there. I think it's a great way to maintain the heritage of it. And then another thing the organization's done very well is the home runs of the head on to Utah Street. Now, the most recent one is Jackson Holiday. Yeah. Actually having a marketplace there, that's pretty cool. So you can see like Ken Griffey's there. Also one Soto's there. Sometimes there has three or four. All these guys who are great hitters of our time, from different eras, even from the steroid era, right to today. There's a, if you, I don't know if you saw it, but there's a Devil Rays one. Yeah, I did see that. It says Devil Rays. It doesn't even say Tampa Bay Rays. Well, not just that. Not just that, but coming from Canada, seeing the Montreal Expos. There you go. That's a team that we may never see again, as in being based in Baltimore. I mean, they're based in Montreal. I know they're not the Nationals, but the Montreal Expos, they are based for history. So I like the fact that the ballpark has acknowledged that and honored that. I did like the statues at the front. The food is quite nice. Seeing the books. Getting one of your former players to have a restaurant there, that's pretty cool. Even the fried chicken stand underneath one of the stands was quite nice. I had the crab nachos one day. That was pretty cool. A city that has such a crab-based economy. I quite like that. What's weird is, I know like Phillies have like crab fries. I'm just like, why do the Phillies have crab fries? It makes no sense to me. I guess they're jealous, but at the same time, I would like to go to the Citizens Bank Park. That's pretty cool. That's where you got an atmosphere you always hear it on the TV when you're watching. Which ballparks have you visited? I've been to Citizens Bank, of course, Camden Yards, the Nationals, Ed Smith Stadium, which is Sarasota for the O's. I've been training. San Diego is really, really nice. Bush Stadium, where the Cardinals play. What am I missing? Milwaukee. And then, am I missing one? Oh, the Yankee Stadium and then the Cubs. So Wrigley. Okay, so let's leave Camden Yards to the side for a second. We'll come back to the Oriole Park there. Which one of those ballparks is your favorite out of the ones that you went on the road to see? I want to say Wrigley. Just because of the history. I mean, I've never been to Fenway. I think Fenway would be another insane one I would love to see. Wrigley. I did love Milwaukee's ballpark. I just love how it's built. I know we were talking about Lone Depot. I took a tour of that before my cruise last December. I took a tour. That's a really cool stadium, especially with the roof opening and closing. I don't know if you know this, but they have the 42 in center field. On the tour, they were saying that's the only light in the building that's always lit up, no matter what. I was like, that's really cool. Yeah. I didn't even know that. And they told me. I was like, that's cool. I know they also have a bobblehead collection at Lone Depot, which is super cool. Having a bobblehead collection. I know they traded with other teams for bobbleheads and stuff. So that's really cool. I'm trying to think, what else? Wrigley. Of course, the grass wall. Just that whole site was awesome. We sat, was it 200? I think 200s. But the 200s is like low level behind home plate. I thought 200s would be like, not sweet level, but like up there. You know what I mean? You wouldn't think it's as low as it is. So I thought that was really cool. I guess they kind of do that with Sarasota, but not as much. Also the troughs in Wrigley. The big like baths that people pee in. I think that's cool. And the beer things that they have. Like a whole, it's like a glass, like a plastic tube with beer. I didn't get one, but that's cool. I'm trying to think what else. Uh, Bush Stadium. Awesome. Um, I don't think, have you been to Bush? I have not, not yet. So seeing the arch in the background is so cool. They also, what they have is, um, they have this building outside. I don't know what it's called. Um, if you said it or whatever, it's like, uh, I think it's called Ballpark Village. And they have big TVs in there, restaurants. And which way did you walk in from Camden Yards? Uh, so, you know, Pickles and, uh, 771. So it was usually seen there, but one day we, one day we did walk around the car park on the M&T Bank Stadium side, just to see what that side looked like. So we, we did see it from all sides. So on the M&T Bank side, or not M&T Bank, uh, Pickles side, um, when you walk in, there's a big building that's right next to Camden Yards. That used to be the Babe Ruth Museum. Um, I think, and my dad's been saying this too, is they should redo that and make that like a Ballpark Village. Like how cool would that be? Like TVs in there, restaurants in there. I think that would be awesome. Yeah, uh, Ballpark Village would be pretty cool. So one, one thing that they have in Toronto at the Skydome is they have a hotel. So there's a marina where rooms back onto the, onto the field in terms of viewing. And they also have a restaurant. It used to be an old hard rock cafe, but now it's Sportsnet, the broadcaster and part of the ownership for the Blue Jays. They, they've turned that into like a bar and restaurant. So you can also watch the game while eating a meal there. So I think it would be pretty cool to have facilities that, that back onto the ballpark like that. In saying that, I did like the tailgate idea that Pickles and the... Pickles is awesome. Yeah. And, and the other bar I have that is across the road, because tailgating technically is not legal in Ontario. So it's, it's a different experience when you go to America and you see that kind of like party before the game. It's really cool. Cause like you, you could have went up to anyone, mainly any Orioles fan. I think the Orioles fans are really nice. I mean, there's some... Hundred percent. There's some rude Orioles fans every now and then, but if you went up to an O's fan and like, Oh, Hey, like what should I get? Or like anything, they'll always talk to you. And I think that's really cool. Like that environment is like, you can go up to people and talk to them and they'll be fine with it. And that's what we experienced. Like we were there for the doubleheader last week and also the, the two games after that. And from, from the security to the, to the attendance staff, to the fans in the stands, everyone loves ball. Like they know ball, they love the Orioles, but they're also happy to talk about ball. So like there's no adversarial attitudes if you're wearing different colours, like everyone's there to watch the ball and everyone's talking about the team and the game. So that was something that I really enjoyed because some ballparks you go to, it's more of sometimes you'll go there just because it's summertime and it's something to do, which is fine. Because when you go to winter, it makes you appreciate someone more. But to go, to be there with like, you know, 30,000 plus baseball fans and just everyone is talking ball, that's something to be cherished. So, uh, obviously when Cowsley comes up, they move for him because cows are cow. What did you think of that? Uh, it took me a little while. At first, I wasn't sure what was going on. I thought it might be in the next stack coming up, but then I realized what was going on. I thought it was pretty cool. Yeah, I was cool with that. I'm just trying to remember, it does remind me of, uh, I don't know if you know Lars Neupahr from, I don't know where he is nowadays. Uh, Cardinals right now. Yeah, on the Cardinals, it's a similar thing. Like when he comes up to that, it's new. That's so cool. So I like that. I do like that. I think that's cool. And I mean, you saw the splash zone. I think that's cool. Yeah. Especially on a hot day. Cause on a hot, yeah. Yeah. That part of the Northeast is, it's very humid. Very humid. It can be awful sometimes. I also like that, um, I don't know if other ballparks have this. Um, but candy yards, I don't know if you saw it, you probably walked past it. It was called like the marketplace and they have like all different beer things that you can get and you just go in there, whatever, pick which one you want and then obviously go out, order it. But I think that's really cool how you can just easily go in, open the fridge, grab it and then pay for it and come out. Yeah, the self-service. Yeah. So I'm not sure if you're aware, but the SkyDome has undergone renovations over the last two seasons. They did the upper deck last year and they finished off the lower bowl last winter. So as part of that, they have started to install more of the self-service options. You just grab and go and you pay, you tap. I want you to tap or if you like me, you can use your pin, but it's a quicker experience. You can get what you want. It's a quicker way to get from the concession to your seat. In some areas of the ballpark now, you can actually have food and drink delivered to you, like you use an app and then you order it. So it's definitely more about the fan experience. And that's what it's about. I think the baseball owners have realized that if they want to get fans back to the stands, they have to make it more about them. It's not about the game. The game's fine, but you need to improve the fan experience. I think what the O's did was having like a playground in one of the outfield areas. That's pretty cool as well because, you know, young families, it can be a bit challenging. Two and a half hours, a three-hour game. You want to keep people entertained, especially if a runnish team like the Blue Jays are in town and it's a blowout. And then I know they also have for kids, they also have like pitching things like you can do and like hitting things, which is really cool. It's like behind the playground, I'm pretty sure. Um, yeah, besides that, is there anything else that we didn't cover? Um, I feel like we covered quite a bit. Front office, postseason, ballpark experience. Ah, so this is the part where you give me and your audience a prediction. What's going to happen in the postseason because Baltimore is going to be right in it. Are they going to win the division to beginners? And how far are they going in the postseason? Well, putting me under pressure here. So first off, I was a little thrown off when I looked at the standings. I don't know if you checked the standings. Um, your Yankees are actually a half game. They're in first place right now. Yeah, technically they are. It's my half game. Um, I don't know. I mean, the Orioles have been up and down last season. 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