Welcome to the Baseball Insiders. Happy All-Star Game. I'm Adam Weinrib joined as
always by fans at at MLB Insider rivalry, and we are both in different places, but also, no,
we are not. We're in different hotel rooms, but we're both coming at you live from Atlanta
ahead of the All-Star game tonight. We were at the home. Derby last night we were at media day
yesterday. We're going to be at the game today and we've picked up plenty of tidbits along the
way. We'll be giving you what we know as well as responding to your questions. Thanks for
joining us, everybody on this show from, as I believe they say, the ATL. Robert Murray, how
are you doing, dude? I'm doing great. It is good to be here. We are in the same city. Adam
and I actually were able to hang out yesterday for, well, not the first time, but it's been
the first time in a very long time. So it's good to spend some time with Adam yesterday and
also or also today as well, so that should be pretty cool. Learned a lot of cool stuff at the
All-Star game and at media day and just in general. So I'm anxious to dive into that,
should have plenty to talk about today. I would hope, I hope Adam Weiner's, uh, his Wi Fi
holds up because sources tell me it is not exactly. Uh, the greatest at his hotel, so
we'll see. But Adam, good to be here with you. How are you doing? Good to be here with you for
as long as my Wi Fi will allow me. Yeah, I feel like there was a lot of noise in here last
night when I got back from the the uh Derby. There's a Beyonce concert in Atlanta. Uh, I
think everybody from the Beyonce concert is staying at this hotel, but I was like, man, a
lot of noise is going on, a lot of sounds being made, and somehow a man podcasting
tomorrow is gonna be the loudest and most annoying of all of them. So hopefully no one
calls uh any hotel security on your boy. We'll have to find out. Hopefully the Wi Fi holds up.
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where there is plenty of content from the All-Star Game from Media Day. Robert, my first
media day yesterday, uh, it was a zoo. But it was doable, right? Like you can navigate
through. We got what we needed. If you check the fan sided YouTube channel, there's a lot
going on. Someone's asking me to sing Hot to go. I'm really not sure why, but maybe I will.
Um, that's a new one. I've got that on my repertoire, so yeah, maybe not. Maybe, maybe,
who knows, uh, maybe it's bad. tonight you'll see me at the yard house afterwards. Um, but
yeah, Robert Media Day went off without many hitches. We were sent to the upper deck to sit
for some reason, so they could get the players in for about 4 minutes and then we went back
downstairs, but after that we started picking up nuggets. No, we, we definitely did. It was
nice to go sit upstairs with, uh, with John Hayman and, and Dave Levin and, and a bunch of
the other guys who I've become friends with over the years and it was, it was some people's
displeasures. But going into, um, going into media day, I wanted to talk to as many of these,
these guys as possible, um, and just get to know them and get to talk to them about
whatever. Uh, but one thing that I really wanted to pick up on. And I know this was
numeral Uno on the run now, so I'll just dive into it right away if you're OK with that, Adam.
It is Jacob Mirowski, and he is absolutely the talk of the All-Star game and, and for reasons
that are good, some people are, are also not very happy that he's here, saying that he's
undeserving considering he's only made 55 appearances or 5 starts. Um, I still think it's
a great thing for the game, but one thing that caught my eye was a report that surfaced that
he was having extension talks or he had. Extension talks with the Brewers and that an
offer was made. I am here to tell you that is not actually the case. Like there was something
very brief that happened, um, but no offer was ever made. Um, so it makes no sense for the
Brewers, um, or it makes no sense for Mirowski to do an extension now. At this point, we got
to put him firmly in the race to win National League Rookie of the Year. He's probably the
like definitive favorite at this point, unless he like bottoms out or whatever, um. And if he
does that, he gets one year of service time, which gets him 1 year closer to free agency.
And I can't imagine any scenario in which he would be doing an extension now. Um, it's a
very similar case to what happened with Paul Ske last year when he got rookie of the year.
Um, and it's, it's a, it's a big thing for the contract, and I cannot imagine that's anything
that Mirowski's gonna be in a hurry to do. So yes, I do believe that the Brewers are going to
want to extend him at some point, but now is not that time and Um, yeah, that that price tag
continues to go up by the day because this star is just rising and it was, it was very
interesting to see because like usually team PR people don't come to to media day. Um, it's
just a Major League Baseball kind of PR people that that work here. Um, but Mike Vassallo of
the Brewers who's their senior member of their PR team showed up and It was specifically
because Mirowski was here. So it's cool to see Mike, who I got to know when I covered the
Brewers, but his job is very busy right now considering the star that Murrowski is. Yeah,
sessment is barbecue, I think, pointed it out. Various all-stars had different degrees of
security around him yesterday. Like you could go up to Ryan O'Hearn, you could go up to David
Peterson. I, I mean, even the Derby guys, Byron Buxton, I got some time with, but Meraski,
if you want to talk to him, you gotta be 5 ft away from the podium behind a rope. Like they
were really controlling. Hey, you can, you can , you know, if you want to join the scrum, you
can, but you're not getting intimate face time with this dude. We obviously want to make sure
that the crowd does not. To insane because uh yeah, varying range of emotions. You and I
going in the media they were wondering if anybody was going to pop off about the
Misurowski selection, let alone the, you know, the contract information you wanted to get to.
It seemed like no go. I don't think we got anything inflammatory. The All-Stars were happy
to be there. The Phillies uh folks settled their differences and then paid out Christopher
Sanchez and what have you. But uh, yeah, still , they were very careful about who talked to
Murowski and how easy it was to do that. I see a bunch of comments, some of them are mean, one
of them is calling Jason Dominguez mid for some reason, but the unifying theme is about
the Red Sox and Joe Ryan, and, and Joe Ryan in general is is sort of a hot button. I saw John
Hammond talk to Byron Buxton about what if the hometown Braves come calling, you know, how
loyal are you gonna be? Hereaffirmed his loyalty to Minnesota. Uh, but I know you talked
Joe Ryan trade a little bit yesterday too, and you seem a little bit more skeptical than ever
before after talking to people that they trade him. just 47 and 49. I, I had you even fact
check that record. I was like, we sure there are 2 games under? They are. They're, they're
in it. They're they're 4 out of the wild card, something like that, you know, in that cluster.
Uh, so to the Red Sox fans looking for Joe Ryan to be the missing piece, Boston has surged
and seems to be one frontline starter short of being very scary, um, although weird weird
American League, already pretty scary. Uh, what are your thoughts on the Joe Ryan trade
market and the direction the twins go? Yeah, I've, so in general, I've seen a lot of Joe
Ryan trade buzz on on Twitter and it got me wondering exactly how real it was and I was
asking people who would definitely know and the response was that the twins have not had
any conversations about a Joel Ryan. at all, and they also have not had any conversations
about selling at this point. Like they want to contend they are 47 and 49, and yes, as you
said, I had to fact check it too because you questioned it in front of me and I was like,
yeah, it kind of doesn't seem very right. Um, but they are 47 and 49 and Um, they are
actually in the thick of it. They're within a few games of the wild card spot and the next
couple of weeks are going to be pretty telling for them and also just a lot of teams in
general. Um, but I had somebody after I ended up mentioning that in a notebook yesterday, uh,
put a screenshot of the easiest schedule. Going up, um, or going forward, and the Twins
were, were one of the top 5 teams who had the easiest schedules going forward into the second
half of the year. So that is something that has to be on the mind of the Twins' front
office there. So unless things totally bottom out, um, my guess is they, they, they
Probably hold firm. Um, that being said, like, even, even if they do bottom out, I can't or I
can't envision them moving Joe Ryan. Uh, he's too valuable. He's had a great year. He's
controllable for a few years now or for a couple of years. So I don't think they're going
to be in a hurry to move him. They got some bullpen pieces who I think could be very
interesting, should they actually decide to sell, um, but as of this point, they're one of
the many teams who are kind of on the fringe who are just not ready to admit that they're
willing to sell at this point. Doc in the comments saying he thinks the Jays and Bo Socks
are gonna be busy. I feel like after reading that these teams trade deadline strategies for
the past decade or so now, I think they're both going to make maneuvers, but I think the
Blue Jays are going to make larger splashes where you're just like, oh, there go 5 dudes
changing hands. And the Red Sox are gonna have a deadline where their fans will claim it was
underwhelming at the time, and then ultimately it will turn out they got the right pieces. Um,
I, you know, it just feels like, you know, two moves, maybe not that frontline ace, like a
Ryan type, but then, oh wait, that piece actually makes a lot of sense and they improved
the roster. No, exactly, and I, I absolutely think you're right, doc. I think it's gonna be
a busy deadline for both of those teams, even the Red Sox, who they're, I mean, they traded
Denvers, they, they even said on the record as we have kids running around here screaming.
Beyonce concert out out there in Cobb County. Yeah, that's exactly it, and it's um but as far
as the Red Sox go, they traded Des. They had Craig Breslow say that they thought they were
going to win more games without Des on the roster and so far, I mean, that's actually
proven to be correct. And we've seen a lot of people recently state that they think that the
Red Sox could be. A World Series team if they continue to make a move or two, and it would
make me think that our oldest chapman probably does not get moved if that is indeed the case,
and that they end up looking to buy, whether it's in the rotation or adding another bat or
or getting a first baseman. There's a lot that they can do here, and I expect them to buy. I
expect the Blue Jays to buy because I mean how could you not? Um, and even Vlad Junior said
yesterday it was that it's a really exciting thing for him. Uh, for that team to be able to
buy, uh, because last year, obviously they were not a position to buy, they were
struggling, uh, but this year they're contending, they're doing very well and they're
going to add pieces around him and and build around that course. So that's, that's an
exciting deal, um. And also Adam, this is, it's very rare that I can do this, do this for
you, so I got, this is off script, so I apologize for that, but I want to know what you
learned at media day yesterday because I know you were running around like crazy. You were
doing your thing, and I want to know like what what stood up for you. Yeah, I had a, I had a
really fun time of it and I feel like, uh, like it's my first one. I'm trying to get
comfortable and you know you have a limited time to speak to these guys, um, and so you're
trying to figure out, OK, the big names, you know, probably not gonna happen, and also how
much groundbreaking stuff is Aaron Judge talking about at media day, right? Like is
anyone gonna get him to be like, I'm actually 56. No. So I'm not gonna use my time there. I'm
probably, I'm gonna try to get FaceTime with the guys who I know. are probably gonna have
slightly less of a crowd, and also I'm interested in first time All-Stars. Like
there's a comment here that said, you know, the All-Star game means less to me from
obviously a burner with all the the dropouts. It, it doesn't mean less to me and it means
more to me that we have more interesting narratives at the game, spin zone, obviously,
like you don't want to see these waves of replacements, but I don't think they're
undeserving names who got added and you know, I think I'm so glad I got to talk to Zach
McKinstry. Casey Ms. and it goes deeper than that. You, there's 6 tigers. I talked to Casey
Mi, told him it pretty much felt like a tiger's flight, just a road trip on the way
over here. But if there's anybody on his team, like we didn't even go deep enough. Like he
thinks Spencer Torkelson should be here, and he's right. Uh, you know, I mean, the roster
Machinations don't work themselves out all the time, but yeah, I think Spencer Torkelson
absolutely deserved to be here. There are people here other than Juan Soto, who did not
get the call. We could. would have gone even deeper. Um, so I learned some lessons in terms
of behavior. I, I sat in front of Kyle Tucker for a couple of minutes, maybe a minute too
long, couldn't get a question and couldn't decide, OK, when do I leave, when do I, you
know, should I stay? Um, and but then by the second, by the time the AL came out, I started
to figure out the pattern, some face time with those guys, Josh Hader, Byron Buxton, David
Peterson, Andrew Abbott was really cool from the Reds. Talk to him about the honor. What it
meant to him to get into the Reds opening day parade last year, which I'm still not sure why
he was the guy in the car, but it was amazing after his rookie season, he got to, you know,
see what baseball means to Cincinnati, uh, see what baseball means to these smaller market
teams, and Brendan Donovan stood out as a guy who Just has so much Cardinals pride. Um, I
asked a whole bunch of players, McKenzie Gore, Hunter Goodman, what it means to wear their
team's jersey in this year's game instead of the warmups tomorrow, and a lot of people gave,
you know, cool answers about it's what it looked like when I was a kid. Max Freed said
something like that, but Donovan and Zach McKenry were the two who really said. Yeah,
this means the world to me not only because of , you know, the iconic look, but because of what
the Cardinals franchise means and what the Detroit Tigers franchise means, in McKenry
talking about how it goes all the way back to Central Michigan with him, and they're one of
the oldest franchises in baseball, and he feels the lineage and and Brendan Donovan.
Feels the importance of wearing the birds on the bat in the All-Star game. I had a bunch of
Cardinals fans and my mentions all last night talking about, you know, Cardinal for life, and
this just proves it 100%. And those are the kind of little things you can pick up if you're
not maybe stuck in that scrum, trying to talk to Otani and judge. No, exactly, and like I
know so many people who spent their entire time around those guys and and getting those
stories is is a cool deal. And it reminds you, and it's something you've heard me say on this
podcast a lot, and I'll say it again, that these guys are people too, and you can, they
all have stories, they all have families, they all have goals, they have dreams and and
getting to the All-Star game for the first time actually is like what it's, it's a huge
accomplishment for them. It's like a um a sense of pride and they should absolutely. be
celebrated. I'm right there with you on that. Like it's, it's never gets old, it's a really
cool deal, but I'm also glad that you guys experienced it yesterday and even today now
we're going to be talking a lot, uh, talking to a lot of these guys and be on the field, so
that'll be, that'll be fun. Um, but one thing you said that I wanted to pick up on is, is
Spencer Torkelson definitely deserved to be in the All-Star game. Like he had 21 homers and I
like at the start of the year people were writing them off and they were. It was a lot of
questions about whether or not they move on from him or if he was even going to be in the
majors at this point, but he's had a great start to the year in Detroit. He's been a huge
part of their, their surges to start the season. So I'm right there with you deserve it.
Yeah, I think like It sometimes the best trades are the ones you don't make, and a lot
of people wanted the Tigers to sell low on Torkelson and drop him in the offseason and
just cut bait on the experiment. He's a huge part of the, you know, the reason why they are
at the forefront of that division. I talked to Casey Ms too about, you know, how do you even
stay focused when you're like 1213, 14 games up and and they've slipped a little bit closer
to 500 in recent weeks. Bottom line, it's, it's AJ Hinch for them, just the fact that he
instills, you know, his mantras is to never get. Comfortable and to treat every challenge
like you are meeting, you know, a new goal rather than this overarching, OK, got to get to
the finish line mentality. Um, so I would expect them to, if they don't maintain their
pace, at least maintain their edge, and he singled out, look, we saw it last year with us.
We were a team with a 0.2% chance of making the playoffs in mid-August. So that means that
right now, when there's like a 0.2% chance we miss it, still a chance. So I would expect.
Tigers to stay focused this year as well. Uh, whether or not they make big additions, they do
seem to have that locker room that is is built to survive a long season and a postseason. Um,
I want to bring another one to your attention that you mentioned in your column yesterday too.
The Braves sell off. Obviously we, we are in Atlanta and and Braves fans have faced the
reality quite a while ago that this is not going to be a front-running and at least team
if they are going to be in the postseason mix, it's going to take a bit of a Tigers-esque
miracle even with all that talent. Uh, but what is their current take on players who are
controlled beyond 2025? They are beyond adamant that they're not going to be moving
players who are signed beyond 2025. Like they have firm um intentions on contending in
2026 and beyond, so the Braves will not be moving anyone whose control will be on this
year. So You can take that off the off the radar. They're not moving Chris Sale, they're
not moving around the Junior. They're not moving Sean Murphy. None of those guys are
going anywhere right now. So um we can, we can put that noise to bed. Um, it was a fair
thought considering where they were at and I thought maybe a team like the Padres couldn't
making a play for Murphy because they obviously need catching. Um, they, and there's
no ruling. legitimate options at this point. I maybe Gary Sanchez could be a fit, but he's
hurt. He's going to be sad that for quite a while. Um, but that was just me connecting, but
the Braves have made it clear that none of those guys are going anywhere, but they have a
couple of pieces. Iglesias, they have Marcelozuna, and they have a few others who are
on expiring contracts and And and July is, is for sellers is is what I was told, and that
or July is for is for um. Uh, rentals is what I was told, and I would look at those guys,
uh, being potential candidates here, but the twist here with Ozuna is that he has 10 and 5
rights, which allows him the right to veto any potential trade. And I, I think he's going to
be selective with what he ends up doing, um, but he is open to waiting it for the right
opportunity. So I would look, um, I will look at Ozuna being a a prime candidate to be moved,
um, but he'll be, he'll be selective with where he ends up going or where he wants to go,
uh, if the Braves do indeed actually come to a deal. Talking about dudes at Media Day
yesterday who were swarmed, I mean, again, it's, it's Murrowski, it's the biggest names,
it's, you know, little controversy. I'll add one more to the mix. You see him in the
comments, Eugenio Suarez, everybody wanted to talk to that guy because you can uh look, there
were features to be written. There were fun little quirky games to be played. There was
hilarious content going on, a lot of MLB content creators having, you know, players
respond to all sorts. The funny things, uh, but in terms of, uh, you have precious few
opportunities where all stars might actually get swapped in the coming days, and, and you
definitely have precious few opportunities where that All-Star might net the biggest haul
of anyone if the Diamondbacks do decide to make them available. I see Mongo commenting at
the Yankees trade Spencer Jones for Gino Suarez, I'll drink bleach. I don't know if a
lot of people are gonna be drinking that bleach along with you. That's, you got to give
to get and you might be selling Spencer Jones at his high point. Uh, that said, Suarez is a
rental like you noted, I do not think he's Brian Cashman's cup of tea for that reason, but
did you get a sense at all of his market, or, or if you have in the days prior, what what are
you feeling like the Diamondbacks are thinking with him, with Zach Galen, their rentals. They,
the Diamondbacks are going to be very busy, and they, I don't think they've they signaled
that they're going to be selling quite yet. All the teams around the league expect them to
ultimately do so, uh, but when they do, um, Suarez is going to be probably the most coveted
guy at the deadline, unless somebody becomes available that nobody expects. Uh, but he's a
power hitting guy. He's great in the clubhouse , um, and he, he can provide an instant bat to a
lab that needs it or just needs an infusion of talent at third base and I will look at teams
like the Yankees because he was asked about the Yankees plenty yesterday. I will look at
the Mariners and he even said a part of his heart is still in Seattle. The Brewers make a
lot of sense there as well. They're like almost every contending team that is in need of
a bat is going to probably have interest in this guy and he'll end up going for A fair
amount. I still don't know if it'll be a Spencer Jones type player because parting with
that level of talent for a rental is tough, although we've seen that happen with, with
bullpen guys in the past. So if it happens for a bullpen guy, why can't it happen with an
impact bat like Suarez? So, um, he is someone that I definitely expect to be moved if the
Diamondbacks do indeed signal to sell. Um, but 11 note on the on the Diamondbacks is they
still They still very much want to be competitive next year and then going forward as
well. And I don't think they're going to have like this big epic sell-off that we saw like
the Marlins have last year or that the Orioles could potentially have this year. Um, and even
Ken Rosenthal noted that he, they only want to move if they sell, they want to move one of
those starting pitchers, either Gallen or Meryl Kelly. So um it could be a limited sell
off there, but they have plenty of pieces and I'm not kidding when I say this every
contending team will call the Diamondbacks looking to see if they'll sell because if they
do, it's going to change the entire market because at this point, it's pretty, pretty
underwhelming, um, but they could single-handedly change it with just the amount
of talent that they have. Yeah, and Josh Naylor noted in the comments why obviously a
burner as well, like Meryl Kelly and Gallen and Suarez and Naylor could be four of the
biggest names, if not the four biggest names exchanged at this deadline, uh, like the
comments said pending the Alex Bregman Garrett crochet Joe Ryan picture. to fruition. I think
I watched that happen, and I think I know who took it, and I don't think any of you will be
surprised because they're stirring up business . Uh, but, uh, Naylor and yeah, Naylor and
O'Hearn, probably the two, you know, O'Hearn another all-star who could be on the move,
probably the two biggest first base names that could be exchanged. What, say that again, sorry,
you cut off there for for. Oh, just Naylor and O'Hearn probably the two biggest first base
names that could be exchanged, and, and you have to anticipate that both are going to make
significant waves. Yeah, both will, will definitely get plenty of interest and Naylor
for sure he'll get a lot of interest as well. And O'ern, um, he's going to make it as
difficult as he can for the Orioles to trade him. And like when he's when I say that, he is
going to like he's going to perform very well. Um, he is loved in and around that
organization. I learned that pretty clearly yesterday and it's easy to see why. I watched
him within a five-minute span, um. He was asked to draw the Orioles logo from memory and
then was asked to blow a bubble while being recorded and like he was, it was bizarre. It
took him like a minute and a half to start chewing the gum and blow the bubble. It's a
great sport about it. And then he got asked a question by a puppet. So it was, it was
definitely very strange and that puppet person , um, actually cut off Adam yesterday. So that
was, that was not great. Um, yeah, that puppet was kind of ridiculous if I'm being totally
real, um. But he is a great clubhouse guy, a great player, had a huge year and there's going
to be plenty of teams interested in there. I would look at the Padres. I look at the Brewers.
I mean, there's so many different people like the Astros can make some sense there as well.
So I'm looking at those three teams, but they're surely just going to be a ton of
interested teams and rightfully so for a player of that caliber. Yeah, puppet got the
last question in on Max Freed and uh you know what, that's all right. At the end of the day
we all have to move on. We all learn things. Um, one question I'm gonna bring your attention
is because it's been asked a few times. Jose Ramirez, uh, waving his no trade clause. We've
heard for years this will not happen. I just want to confirm from you right now that nothing
has changed there and JAM is happy and comfortable in. I would, I'd be, I'd be
remarkably stunned if he was moved. So I would get that out of your head. I think the
Guardians could do some other interesting things. Stephen Kwan could be an under the
radar trade candidate. Um, Emmanuel Close as a reliever, obviously tremendously talented. I'll
be asked about plenty with the Guardians kind of falling off here. Um, so there's still
plenty of, of interesting players with the Guardians, but I do not expect Jose Ramirez to
be traded. Um, yeah, that would be stunning. Oh, your thoughts person running
in the hallway. Do you have a, do you have anything to say? Um, yeah, yeah, that was tough.
That uh that's being on the road for you right there. Yeah, look again, I'm on a phone hotspot
right now draining my battery because the Wi Fi, you know, it's bad when you connect to the
Wi Fi and it, it requires a password, but you didn't put the password in and you're like,
that's not good. I don't. I know what I'm on, but here we go. Uh, I even got to the hotel
last night so late, uh, the Uber situation was an absolute disaster coming out of the battery
yesterday. It's probably going to be terrible again today. It took me an hour to get in a car.
I had to a Lyft, picked up someone who wasn't me and claimed it was me and then changed the
destination, and I was like, yeah, cause it's not me. And then I got charged for it. And
refunded, refunded. I had to chase a guy, my car couldn't move, and he was like, do you want
to just come find me? And I was like, whatever , it's already past midnight, like I'll do
whatever. I got to the hotel, couldn't find, I went to a floor that I don't think had rooms,
couldn't find my room. It was just it was a tough hour, but you know what, this is what we
go through, uh. Elevator would come down and it wouldn't be able to pick me up because it'd
be full of people and the elevator would say too much weight. Look, I don't want to get into
it. The hotel has been lovely, uh, but yeah, I'm on a weird Wi Fi. This is road life, uh,
people running around yelling, but this is why we do what we do, so we can go ahead to the
ballpark later and pick up some more nuggets. Uh, and yes, uh, RG, I am, um, we're gonna. the
yard tonight, I promise you we're gonna make that happen. If, if not we, then at least me.
Robert, anything else you want to touch on before I see you in a couple of hours? Actually,
yeah, let's say, let's say we do, we do go to the yard. If if anyone's watching this and is
actually in the Atlanta area, come and join us . Why not? Let's let's have some fun. Yeah, no,
I've, I've got nothing else really in my notebook. Actually, I got one other thing. Um,
I've actually heard, and this, I've heard from three different people about Foster Griffin and
I was, how good he looked with the, I don't know, the Giants over in Yomiuri I
butchered that one. But um, but he's he's pitching fantastic. He's got an ERA under 1.
And from everything that I've gathered, he's already got teams eyeing him up in Major League
Baseball for, for this coming offseason. So I would definitely look at him to be a name
that's going to be mentioned around plenty. I even had one person call him most under the
radar name heading into free agency. So that is, uh, that's one name to definitely keep in
the back of your mind. Appreciate that tip, and again, when Robert says it, it is something
to keep an eye on. We've heard it plenty this weekend. Uh, thank you for joining us,
everybody on the Baseball Insider. Stay tuned for our next stream. We will keep you posted.
We'll let you know in the Discord as well, but turn on your notifications if you're subscribed
here, we'll let you know when we're going live . I can guarantee. We're going live next Monday
and Wednesday at 3:30 Eastern and 1 o'clock Eastern as well as the prospect show on Tuesday
at noon, hoping to have a fun interview for you there, um, or if not next week, then the
week after, working on it, uh, spoke to uh futures game participant. I'll leave it at that
and we'll see what we can do for you. Um, but we might even do a Friday show next week as the
trade deadline comes closer. I'm gonna guess we're probably going to do a Friday show, start
picking it up. So no better time to subscribe to the Baseball Insiders and join us then right
now, Robert, we gotta go and head up to the battery and uh, oh wow, interesting, the
comments letting me know the Yankees were 10+ games over the Sox. Now it's like 2. That's
weird. Yeah, I knew that. Thank you though. Did you know did you know that Adam? Yeah,
thanks for the reminder, it's crazy. Same thing happened last year. To be fair, uh, and
the Sox ended up further back than that. So it's not over yet in either direction, but yeah,
one team looks better. When Craig Breslow, uh, said that thing about how they're going to play
better without Des, do you think he knew that the Red Sox had a Rockies and Nationals
upcoming 6 game slate in front of him? Do do you think he knew that? I feel like you
probably had a good idea. I like 3 and 7 after the trade and all of a sudden they just played
those teams and just went, they went on a 6 game losing streak and then they played two
pretty bad baseball teams and then whipped the Rays and look, the Red Sox are good, but yeah,
I think Craig Breslow maybe knew what he was talking about there. No, for sure, he
definitely did, but we'll, we'll see if it's sustainable. We'll see if they actually hold
course and buy or if Chapman will be on the move, but as of this point, I don't expect
Chapman to be moving quite yet. Um, so we'll see, but I am anxious to get to the ballpark to
learn more. I also need to shower because spoiler alert, I stink. Um, boom, so yeah, Adam,
I appreciate you, uh, Sean, our lovely producer for the day, we appreciate you. Adam,
I'll, I'll see you in an hour. Yeah. Uh, yeah, Red Sox, a 10 game winning streak
not sustainable, contention sustainable. Uh, sweeping the Rays doesn't count. No, I just
said I credit the Boston Red Sox for sweeping the Rays. That was extremely Impressive. They
also got themselves revved up by playing 6 games against extremely bad baseball teams.
What would I do if the Yankees missed the playoffs? I don't know. I would accept reality
because they've already blown their whole lead on the playoffs. So I don't think you'll see
much freaking out for me. Although if you follow me on Twitter, you probably will see a
little bit. Uh, probably not there year, but hey, what if it is? What if they have a
transformative trade deadline? We don't know, and we will be back on the podcast over the
next couple of weeks to try to figure it out until the next show. Thank you so much for
joining us, everybody. We will catch you on the Baseball Insight.