TRANSCRIPT: Ep. 5: Pitching Staffs, Bigfoot, Relievers, Cy Young Award

Text Transcript of Ep. 5

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Woah to. Welcome to the new best rivalry in baseball. Hey, welcome to ninety miles podcasts or retire. All cubs brewers. And the fact that the cubs are the better team and here with Jesse. And this is Ryan, and the, you know. Yeah. Basically Jesse lays down to me, and and talks about how much he loves Joe Madden. And and lays down most. Oh, yeah. You i’m. Yeah. You all about you. Ryan you love you, you feel you wish the brewer I remember really really wish the brewers got him. Oh, no. No. No. No. I’m just glad they drove that price up for the cubs because. Oh, right. Right. Feel and cubs fans can eat that contract for few more years. I’m perfectly fine with it. Well, whether we’re eating it or not it’s going to depend on a performs. So which which actually is what we’re gonna get into this episode as we talk about the starting staff and the relief stabs of both the cubs in the brewers. Yeah, we’re gonna hit on a big foot hunting MLB, former L Melby and kind of go with that. We’ve also got some predictions for you. And of course, our our seventh inning this year. We’re gonna reach back in history a little bit again last week, we kind of jumped forward with artificial intelligence managers, but this week we’re gonna go back to the past. We both kind of want to just touch on a couple of our favorite former pitchers from the cubs and brewers. And then of course, a little bit of the the breakdown for the National League central just kinda hit on since. It’s kind of the pitching staff episode. It’s that time of year in spring training where we want to jump in. And see if the staffs are lining up how things are shaking out. But we’ll also just touch on the other National League central teams, even though they suck and sort of. Oh, jeez. You open the episode Rippin me man, come on. Well, why wouldn’t I? Yeah. Yeah. All right. So let’s let’s get going on the starting staff. Well, sure, why don’t you lead it off now? Okay. That was going to get rid of those communities that oh, yeah. It’s bad. That was especially bad. Yeah. Well. You still I’m. I’m. So I’m going to start with you Darvish since since we already brought them up. I’m shocked. Yeah. You’re he’s your man crush. It’s it’s fine. I I am warm on him this season. I think I’m I’m hot. Your hot for you. Yeah. I know this wedding hot. This is getting a little weird already. Okay. Yeah. It is. All right. So, you know, I you know, so far this spring. He’s looked great. I mean, it’s only you know, I’m looking here three point one innings pitched. That’s that’s it not much. But I think the biggest thing is lost -i has been up. And I think that’s a really good sign. And also he’s been doing interviews in English. Which actually I think is a good sign. He he did most interviews last year with the interpreter. So I think there’s a level of confidence there. That’s changed a bit. I think he’s a lot more comfortable with the with his new team now. And I think he’s got a fire. I think he was very frustrated being injured last year. And I just I just really I, you know, I think the main thing is of loss being up in the spring already. Sure that that’s that’s big. I mean, that’s direct evidence that. He’s he’s feeling good. And and his locations been good as well. I mean, I, and he’s I mean, I saw some some video of of a lot of his pitches. And and they’re moving, you know, and I’ve brought up. I brought up before about you know, some of his stats. I mean, you know, his ks per nine are are ridiculous. Career wise shirt. You know, he’s for starter. I mean, he’s he’s up there. And when he’s healthy. And and he’s got the movement on his pitches. And his velocity is up. He is he just strike out. You know, lots of strikeouts. You know? Yes. If you go back to twenty sixteen in before. Yes. Yes. I think than twenty seventeen was not a great year for him. He did okay. With the dodgers down the stretch. But that’s a year. I actually had him.

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And we’ll talk more about it too. I had him that year in a fantasy baseball league. And he deteriorated pretty significantly that last month of twenty seventeen and then got absolutely destroyed in the playoffs. He had won a couple of times where he just. It rocked. He’s got a five point two one. I believe I believe that’s the number ERA in the postseason that’s career. Now. I I just I’m not big of a believer in when he started deteriorating that twenty seventeen year that was when he was going into free agency before twenty eighteen and that’s why I was glad that the brewers. Did not overpay overstretch to get to get him. I think he is a very solid pitcher. I’m not nearly as quote unquote hot on him as you are. Well, you know as far as postseason. I mean, keep in mind, the majority of that was was the end of thousand seventeen you know, he’s got twenty six innings pitched postseason. Yes. Six six games he made appearances. So that five point eight one. You know, most of that what five innings six innings and three innings all in seventeen with the dodgers. And and you know, and in fact, his first to start it was really that very last World Series start that just twenty one point six a, you know, pitch three point one innings that he got rock but against the cubs. He was dominant. He had a one point four two ERA in that game six innings. It was the. Come on. Fine. Whatever. Yeah. Yeah. So I mean, you’re you’re looking at one employee in the World Series against Houston. No, no. I I’m not disagreeing with the entirely. I think he’s a very solid pitcher. I think you’re way too high on them though. That’s I. No. I mean, a fantasy league with some fellas that do a great great podcast. Actually. It’s fantasize fantasy baseball podcast. They started doing it. They got really really good chemistry. There. Really entertaining. Yes. Yeah. Let’s listen to it. Yeah. Check it out there. It’s long. It’s fun and it’s somewhat informative. I think is and that’s their words. So they have a good time. But in that league going into the playoffs. I dropped Yu Darvish going down the stretch. Somebody else did pick them up. They got a okay start out of them in the playoffs. And then he got blown up in the playoffs. No this is fantasy playoffs. So it’s before the dodgers got to the postseason. I’m telling you. I just don’t think I don’t think you is what you think he is. And I’m not trying to overuse you. But it keeps happening. Anyway. Well, carry on, then I you know, we’ll see we’ll see. How goes I I think I think is potential is pretty big. And I’m yeah, I’m gonna remain remain sweaty hot on him. That is. So I think. Yeah. So. Dripping sweat. Okay. Now. It’s getting people are going to turn off the show, man. Okay. All right. All right. Never darvish. No, no just enough about you. Sweating. Okay. What about the rest of the rotation? What do you how I know? I haven’t even gotten into the brewers. The brewers are going to be complicated mess to be honest with you. But you know, I love Kyle Hendricks these, you know, I I like him. In that staff. I think he. He’s not I wouldn’t say underrated. But I think he’s got. I mean, he’s he’s twenty eight. He’s got a number of years. I think he if he keeps kind of going as path, you know, he’s got sort of a, you know, he’s got a Greg Maddux kind of look, which is a nice change in the in the rotation you plug him. It’s a different look a different style. And he’s, you know, he’s just extremely smart, and John Lester, you know, he’s kind of a little bit of a question. Mark is getting up there. He’s thirty four. We’ll see how how he does. But he, you know, some some pitchers these days can put it put together good seasons. Even at that age. Well, he’s also. Yeah. See hamels. I’d be more worried about than Lester if I real, but that’s personal now. Okay. I don’t hate hamels personally. I just have never been as wild by him as the baseball community. Always seems to be I just I mean, he was very solid. With the fills back in the day. Don’t get me wrong. He was a great pitcher for the Phillies. But I was just never blown away by the guy. He had some very nice postseason runs. But since then I mean, I mean, it’s really experience like that in the staff between hamels, and Lester, I think it just helps all the other pitchers, you know, and especially the postseason experience.

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Gimme really helpful. It could be. We’ll see I, you know, it’s an aging staff that you can see it going to ways could be really great lot of experience. I wouldn’t expect all of these guys to get over one hundred fifty innings. I think somebody’s going to slip somewhere. But we’ll just see how much we’ve talked about of the staff, and that’s got some well. Yeah. Well, cantatas twenty nine. Yup. You know, I think. I guess the other kind of backup rotation. I mean, the guys we might see some starts out of the season if need be or even even if mad and goes to like a six pitcher rotation at periods in the season, which he sometimes is done to give a little extra rest in there. We’ll probably see could see Tyler chat would if he really finds a strike zone. I’m. Ooh. Juicy home Rawls. Oh, yeah. What? Yeah. Well, it might be more likely might see Mike, Mike Montgomery. He he’s he’s done. Well, slotting into the rotation. You know, he’s done that couple times past couple couple seasons. But I guess we got a we got a see there’s there has have been little injury issues with a lot of the pitcher’s rights with the cubs. So far this spring. I think he’s got a fuel issue. Feels going to have to do something at some point this the season. I I really think there’s going to have to be something out of cubs management to keep the staff going. Well, I don’t know what the minor league depth looks like. But I, you know, I, I don’t know. Yeah. I would be more concerned with that staff. If I were cubs fans than I think some of the cubs fans, I’m friends with our but not you necessarily. I’m just saying. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, there’s there’s some some options. And there’s a you know, I mentioned before there’s always midseason trades and that so that’s what I was getting at. I think that’s where you’re gonna have to. Yeah. I think something’s going to have to be done. And we’ll see how it going. Cole hamels was picked up you know last year it within the season. I think that and that worked out great. He was he was exceptional. I five six starts with the cubs were were very good performances. So for sure. That’s yeah. But that’s that’s kinda kind of the cantata. I do wanna mention Catanha. I think he’s he’s often overlooked, and I he’s a bit of a brewers killer. If I recall correctly 163 was just fine. I don’t know. The they got 163. Yeah. Okay. Fine. Well, we’ll no no, no, I think yelich went into that game over eight against Kentucky. And I think he left that game three for eleven against them. So it can turn quickly. It can turn very well. That’s true. And this is you know, this brewers lineup is not the same as the beginning of last year. Brewers lineup when the cubs were dominating the walkie. So anyway, but we didn’t want lineups today. If you get back and you were talking about Darvish remember twenty seventeen coming out of that season going into the twenty eighteen season. The brewers did go after Darvish, and I think all they did was raised the price for them. And they turned around and went and signed somebody named you leash seen, and quite frankly, he’s been a bit of a cubs killer has any anyway. Wow. That was sassy. Anyway, I like I like what I’ve seen from seen. He’s been excellent the spring. He is the staff leader for Milwaukee. No doubt about it. And I think in the long run when he. History. Looks back on the contract for Darvish and the contract for seen the contract for secene is going to be by far the better one the problem with that you know beyond scene is the problem with the Bruce starting rotation. I’ve got some ideas of what I think may happen. But it’s really kind of a crap shoot right now with the brewers. You’ve got Zack Davies chase Anderson. Both of whom have struggled the spring both of whom had their issues last year. Then you’ve got the three young guns and Woodruff burns and Peralta, and as recently as I think a couple of days ago Craig counsel, basically said the young guys Bruder burns Peralta were basically all on the same level at this point going towards season to earn spots in the rotation. I think what that means is if the brewers don’t add left arm before game one of the season. I think you might see all three guys in the rotation.

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And that as Bruce fan is both exciting and a bit nerve. Racking, right. You’ve got three guys that have never really. And they’ve all got a little bit of experience from last year. But if all three guys end up in the rotation that’s asking an awful lot of some young guys. So I don’t know Davies and Anderson have got knocked around my good friend Jimmy Nelson. Yeah. Your favorite. That’s now. Talk about me sweating a little bit about you Darvish, but I I’m not even going to comment on what you do about Jimmy Nelson. Wow. Dude. That’s that’s pretty I’m just excited that after five hundred twenty days the guys out there throwing major league hitters, even if he is getting knocked around a bit. So I think the plan all along was to get them. You know, a taste of what’s going on get them in front of some pitcher or some quality hitters major league. Hitters just to see and you’re excited. All right. Okay. Anyway, I’m I’m happy. He’s back, and he’s healthy, his his, you know, his velocity seems to be and that ninety one ninety two range if he can get back to that ninety three ninety four range it’ll be very close to what he was doing before. He slid back into I and the plan with him. I think is too. And it was announced yesterday that he wasn’t going to actually be in the rotation to start opening day. It’s not gonna happen. My my guess is he’s going to stay at the new spring training facility in Maryvale and keep rehabbing and maybe the brewers fans will get to see him in may in a starting rotation position. Maybe June depends on how well he’s doing. And that’s really how you have to bring them back. It’s it’s. But it does leave some pressure on these young guys to step in and perform, my guess is I go ahead. You. No, I think that you know, once he does come back. I’m really looking forward to Schwab seeing meatballs. Yeah. Right, buddy. You know? Oh, yeah. No, sure. This goes back to my prediction couple episodes ago shorter will not hit over two hundred in the first ten at bats against Jimmy Nelson. He will not have anything beyond a double. No RBI. No triple no Homer. Yeah. That’s how it’s going to go. Yeah. Jimmy looked good. We were moving. You know, you wanna talk about Darvish is pitches. Moving Jimmy’s were moving a little bit too. He’s got you know, he’s just got some work to do. I can’t imagine a year and a half off, you know. And then he finally get to see some big league hitters. There’s gonna be a lotta rust. So it’s just well, let’s see that rust get knocked around here yet. Right. Yeah. Even if it does happen. I’m just I’m just happy that he’s you know, he’s made it back to this level. But to close out kind of what I’m talking about. I don’t know that the brewers are going to go to opening day with something that looks like, you know, she’s seen Davies would burns Peralta starting five. I think they’re going to sign one of the two left-handers that are out there yet. I’m hoping in a lot of ways geo Gonzales because I don’t want to necessarily pay for ELA cycle. But he is you know, if you put kaikal into that rotation you go to seen critical, you know, would Peralta. And then when Nelson gets healthy, it’s a really pretty stout rotation with some good depth. If you bring in Jeanne take the cubs rotation over that though. Pretty easily. Well, I’ll take the l still take the bruise overall staff over the cubs overall staff. Okay. That’s yeah. I know you gotta go. Yeah. I get it. Well, the other thing is if they do not get one of these lefties what I suspect is going to happen is every fifth or sixth day. You’re going to see bullpen days out of the brewers. Like you did at the end of last year until Nelson gets healthy the plan is partly to have right like the like the openers. And that that kind of thing maybe it will. I think what they were doing sometimes with Woodruff. And burns was let him go three innings four innings more like that. So you’ll see that in you know, AA able were a pitcher is gonna be set for three innings and other guy will come in for three innings. It’s not my favorite way to do things. But it might be a good way to bridge a gap until you get somebody to step up and really start pitching well and longer term or maybe Davies or Anderson get back to where they’re supposed to be. Or maybe a Josh Tomlin goes down to the minors and gets hot figured some things out and he can come up and start starting. There’s some depth junior. Garrison post the start the year in the bullpen. I wouldn’t be surprised if you see something like a a Corbin burns go three innings junior Garrigo two or three innings in the you’re in the bullpen a couple three times in April. I wouldn’t be shocked at all. But the good news is we’ve got the guy that’s better than you.

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And you’ll e scene deleted everything. So well, we’ll we’ll see. Yes. That will be fun. Let’s see how how they match up. We’ll just as the season progresses. Yeah. It’s gonna be fun. I’m I’m actually excited and nervous at the same time about the Bruce staff. It’s some of these guys have been getting knocked around a little bit. But it’s just spring ball. They’re working on things. They aren’t even really ramped up to you know. Yeah. I mean, I, you know, I think what pitchers is not much more to look at other than you know, velocity a little bit. And and control the some degree, you know, whether you know, rough control at least I mean, obviously seeing any of them just absolutely not being able to get the strike zone. I mean, you can’t really read into it much. You know, I mean, I guess typically hitters get kind of into the zone sooner than pitchers do. But it all it’s all kind of varies in spring training so much, and it doesn’t it’s still. I mean, it feels like it’s not early. I feel like we were. Well, industry training, but it’s still. You know, we can have early week and a half away. What I most pitchers only have like at most eight nine innings of of pitching. And most of those are are not even ones that will probably be on the opening day roster. Well, maybe for the cubs. We’ve got Zack Davies at thirteen in third after last night. He he pitched three good innings and then got knocked around for four runs in the fourth inning against the giants. You know that part of that could be you know, just stretching out right that fourth inning. He’s not used for thinning yet. And that could be part of it because his areas at five point four for the the spring before he got knocked around for four runs in the fourth inning. He was in the threes in the to high twos. So I suspect, you know, just around out my outlined for the brewers. I suspect we’ll have seen. We’ll have Davies Brandon would drift went three innings the other day giving up just two baserunners. I think he’s only to four innings the spring. I think that’s because they’re slowly working him up. And they’re going to start stretching. Him out. I think he’s in. And then I think you’ve got a race between Anderson burns Peralta, and that’s how it’s going to shake out. So that’s where I wrap up with the Bruce staff, of course, like I said though, I still think there’s a very good chance. There’s a left hander. That’s going to be coming off the market wearing a bruise uniform before we open the season. Yeah. Well, I guess we’ll see. Yeah. Well, let’s yeah. Jose. Can we don’t have a tweet of the week? Yeah. Actually, I think can you see. The great big foot hunter. Yeah. Yes. Tweet of the week. Actually, is is basically an entire V tweets that we just thought would be fun to mention and break up all our pitching talk. But break it up slow pitch. Softball hitting talk. Frankly. From former major leaguer. I was just gonna look what let’s see. He’s got a career forty two point four war. He was a great ball player. He was four four hundred sixty two home runs sixty six batting average not bad career. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, and who is was this big leaguer eight sixty seven p s if any. PS? That’s solid. Yeah. Yeah. Actually, he never broke a thousand in a season, but lot of nine hundred Opie seasons looks like he led in eighty eight nine hundred eighty eight with the Oakland. I’m sure mostly of probably figured out who we’re talking about by now, but did have five sixty nine slugging percentage, which let all the majors. So yeah, it didn’t he came up with the Oakland A’s at the same time. Mark. Maguire did the back the bash brothers brother late eighties. Yes. If you haven’t yet. It’s Jose Cain Saco. He’s. Yeah. Our entire tweet of the week. If you’re not following on Twitter, you might want to because it’s it’s something else. If he if he wasn’t a decent baseball player. He would’ve made a an excellent WWF prowrestler. I think he still probably could actually he probably still could he probably has done some wrestling. I in a you know in his he tire meant at some point certainly played softball. Yeah. Yeah. Let’s let’s get into his tweet of the week. What which one is which one is the quote unquote main tweet that kinda gone. The Tim Tibo stuff is is great in the softball and stuff is great.

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I, you know, go ahead and pick anyone. Okay. Pick one. Yeah. So the one that kind of reminded us of maybe this should be the to the week a few hours ago Jose Conceico challenge. Anyone of my anyone of my age to outdistance Meena softball homerun derby or golf long drive championship. And if you go back a few days on his feet check this out on March fifth Tim tebow. Let me teach you the arts of power hitting in the tech and the technique in the psychology behind it. Yeah. That’s his wording. It’s a little harder to read. Here’s another one ring before that if I can hit a softball five hundred feet at the age of fifty five you can hit forty home runs in the major leagues. If you let me help you. Yes. I’m talking to you. Tim tebow? Would be one of the greatest reality TV shows ever create is if that were to actually happen Jose can Saco being Tim t-boz personal hitting coach. Let’s let’s see that how we should make that happen -absolutely. Yeah. And if you’re if you’re interested, let’s see here. There’s also, you know, there’s a big expedition, we Jose can Canseco another tweet. Hurry up Bigfoot excursion almost full the experience of a lifetime. Call Morgan at seven oh, two three seven four three seven three five Morgan as manager. So if you wanna go on a Bigfoot, hunting expedition with Jose Conceico and discuss the technique of power hitting Tibo, you can you. And you know, just just to to be clear about this. It’s not that. We’re we’re not really making fun of them or anything like that. I mean, it’s just we think these are very entertaining. And engaging tweets as you know, I certainly I I have no doubt that Jose can say would beat the majority of anyone his age in a long drive or softball home run competition. So he’s probably right on that. I in fact, it’s not even surprising. It’s like if I were to think about it’s like, I yeah. Yeah. Jose can say go, I’m sure can crush us off. All that’s not no prising. It’s you know. I’m just glad he’s making it clear for all of us. By sharing it on Twitter. Yeah. There’s video of him hitting five hundred foot bombs at his last softball tournament. That’s oh, yeah. And it’s impressive in its own way. It’s just bull. Yeah. You’re jose. Five hundred football. Yes. Well, that’s why that’s why I brought up is major league stats. I mean, he really was was a pretty decent player. He was really he was great. He was fun to watch back then too. You know and have to give him some credit for helping baseball. Get it self cleaned up when he released that book, he is a major that’s true. A major reason that they went back and actually finally freaking did something about the steroids that were running rampant s he deserves a lot of credit. He’s just a really interesting follow. And it’s just sometimes so. Random. He’s he’s so transparent in you know, in that he doesn’t in a sense that can be considered kind of respectable in a way. He he’s not concerned about his reputation. He’d rather be honest. You know, anyway, even at, you know, on the book, clearly, I mean, you know, and I guess we can say whether whether everything is one hundred percent true. I, you know, I don’t know. But I at the same time. It’s like why would it not be? I mean, it was at his own tarnishing of his own career. So what would be the insana from to throw a bunch of people under under the bus, you know, including himself, essentially, if it wasn’t at least mostly true. Well, you could look at the guys and see half of what he was saying was true at minimum. He exposed the problem and just made a major league baseball was never gonna admit it. So yeah. He he has a role in history and major league baseball needed. He was a hell of a ball player to he really was. And he’s a fun following Twitter. It’s like watching them bounce home run ball off of his head. He’s just he’s a world. If you haven’t seen the video that Jose can say co goes to catch a fly ball in right field at hits his head and goes over the fence who else, but they can Saco can do that. Yes. Yeah. So that’s that’s our tweet or tweets the weezer Twitter. Follow the week. If you’re not following them. You are missing out on some general entertaining. If you’re if you’re baseball fan, just in general, it’s just it’s just like we brought up before just goes to show the range of characters, and and you know, the different types of athletes that have played the game through the years.

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I think it just makes it such a rich interesting sport because of that. Yeah. You you some of these guys you can’t make it up. And that’s actually, that’s that’s the fun part of boat following it’s part of the fun of following sports. Right. If everybody was Jim if everybody was Joe Mauer like, I wouldn’t even know I’m not even sure I would really purely be watching for the entertainment of the game. And that’s it because Joe Mauer was a statue for his career. I think he’s opened up since he’s retired a little bit. But yeah, I’d rather. Yeah. The range from our Kim Saco is is what makes it fun. And also, I’m. I’m not ripping on Jose can Saco for doing Bigfoot hunting expeditions, or you know, finding I would do that. I know. I know it’s not a real. But it sounds like kind of fun. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever we’re not. Yeah. It’s life to have some fun with it. Anyway. Yeah. Yeah. That’s that’s Jose can Saco for the day. I think but. Yeah. If you’re not following. I’m on Twitter, it’s worth it. So, you know, getting back to some baseball stuff that was our break-up for the tweet of the week. We’re going to kind of talk a little bit about the relievers. And I kind of touched on it to earlier when you said you would take the Cup starting staff over the Bruce starting staff, I can’t necessarily totally argue against that. I think the Bruce starting staff has more potential, but the cubs staff is definitely more proven the thing that I would take we’re starting staff. I would absolutely take the overall staff in the walkie has before I’d take the Cup staff. You’re talking about hater Canabal Jeffress those three horses at the back of your pen are going to be what gets you to the playoffs again this year. Then you add a guy like cloudy. Oh, they traded for Texas met Albert had very down year last year, really bad. But if you go through his history, he he’ll tends to alternate. Good bad. Good bad. And when I say good, I mean, really good. He was in the two ERA rain. With the nationals before the brewers signed him the previous year. There’s a young guy named Taylor Williams that comes out and throws absolute gas out of the bullpen, Jake Barnes. The brewers bullpen is nasty. And then, you know, one of those young guys is likely to be one of your longer relievers than you got a junior garra who might end up being your swing, man. The back end of the staff is awesome. I’m really excited I have high expectations same as last year. It was unfortunate. Bobby wall who the brewers got in the canned Braxton trade has torn ACL. He’s one of three pitchers that have torn their ACL will pitching that the bruise medical staff could think of so that was unfortunate. But they’re still a deep bullpen. You’re gonna see some younger guys come up at one point or another Mr Brown will probably be up to make a spot start here there. I wanted to say Zac Brown spacing on his first name, not Zac Brown band. But I would absolutely take the. Bruce overall staff over the cubs cubs have a couple of nights. But there’s nothing like hater able Jeffers at the back end. And then if elder half of what he was two years ago. It’s it’s bullish. It’s tough. Yeah. Yeah. I mean with the cubs. I mean, it is, you know, Steve seashells probably been the most consistent and solid Pedra Strope. Although now, I I heard he has a little bit of a hamstring issue this spring, which is concerning. So we’ll see what happens there Carl Edwards junior. I think still is has you know, is going to be kinda coming on his own. He’s you know, so. Fairly young career at this point. But when he’s on he is he is unhittable. He’s he’s really, you know, he’s got a just, you know, of course, only since two thousand fifteen he does have a twelve point three ks per nine pretty solid. Yeah. You know? I I liked Jesse Chavez last year. It’s too bad. You know, we weren’t able to keep them. He was very solid, but he’s no longer with the cubs. Brandon morrow. Proven. And the times. He did pitch was good. Although now. He did have surgery on his album the off season. So it’s probably not going to be telling to may or so that he comes back. But you know, I I remember seeing them in the playoffs. You know, when he was with the dodgers. And and when he’s on he’s he saw it. So we’ll see how that shakes out. Randy resort. Yo actually made quite a few appearances last season in and he’s a young guy came from Minnesota. And he’s got some good stuff. So that as far as the younger, you know, potential peace there now, Brian Dunne sing and Brandon Kinzler did not do well last year.

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No at all, no end of Kim slur, actually, Ty ninety miles together. I ninety miles Miller park to Wrigley field. Kinzler was traded by the brewers to get Travis Shaw to the Red Sox. So then he ends up finding his way to the cubs. So there’s a little bit of a tighter that’s kind of kind of interesting. So, yeah, I don’t mind, I cheered for Kim slur at one point in time. And no, I’m happy to watch Shaw knock them row, and it’s fun. Yeah. He’s on the twins the twins briefly as well. That’s true. But yeah, it didn’t. So far hasn’t worked out all that. Great for for the cubs. But you know, actually came from the nationals. Yeah. He’s a he’s bones around a bit. Now, he hasn’t hasn’t quite phoned. What he had in Milwaukee for a couple years. There will yells have got dinged up. I believe his second year in Milwaukee. And that’s one of the things that maybe led to him getting traded for Shaw. And I’m pretty sure the Red Sox have mostly regretted that deal. But that’s okay. Yeah. I don’t mind the Red Sox. Yeah. They do need some crap when they do something wrong too. Oh, yeah. Well, you know, the interesting thing about the cubs relief staff, though is a large amount of the pitchers relief. Pitchers on the cubs have experienced as closer, which is interesting. I think that’s a unique experience come in in that situation and at different times in their careers mo-. Most of the cubs relief pitching staff were the primary closers of other teams. Sure. So in include including Kim slur. He did that a little bit with Minnesota, Steve see Shaq Brandon Morrow who closed for. I thought he was actually thought he was always a setup guy. Okay. I totally be released nose back quite a ways ago. With miami. Oh, wow. Twelve two thousand twelve to fourteen. Okay. And then and then Seattle in two thousand sixteen he did get twenty five saves while they’re so. Yeah. Kind of a that’s an interesting interesting guy for closer with that delivery. That’s pretty cool kind of ties back to last episode when we were talking about the managers and the aqua looking guys how how much grittier they can be just gets. Yeah. Yeah. You know? Yeah. That’s cool. Even got he got four saves at the cubs last year. Of course, the cubs. It was almost kind of a closer by committee situation much of the year with kind of Pedra sto Strope taking the bulk of them. But but yeah, he did get four saves. See shack did with the cubs last year as well. So excellent. But it, you know, that’s an interesting makeup of of you know, to have. That kind of experience there. It’s it’s absolutely. You know? No. I don’t think I think the cubs have a pretty solid staff overall. I would definitely take the Bruce bullpen over the cubs bullpen, but that’s you know. I can I can see your argument that the cubs. Have a good bullpen. I don’t think they have what I would consider a great bullpen, which is what I think Milwaukee has now, you know, you want to argue staffs back and forth. We could probably do it all day. Yeah. It’s it’s two different ways to approach it. Again, you’re getting in. You know, the brewers are going to do some weird things with their starters kind of by need by necessity, and it can work. I am I’m interested to see if bullpen and can work. We keep bringing up Tampa Bay every episode and it’s interesting, but the opener making it work making it happen. Yes. It’s something that competitive teams are going to do Tampa Bay one over ninety games last year. They’re a good club. They’re just buried with the Red Sox and Yankees and that division, otherwise we’d hear a lot more about it. We hear a lot of negative bulleting. I don’t believe in bullpen and global. You know, what I think it’s gonna work. I think it’s gonna work in the rate situations. It’s I think you need I think ideally, a good solid winning team is going to have a combination of both a little bit. And that’s where that fourth and fifth start. Or if this if it’s, you know, if there’s a little weakness. There or if you know certainly in situations with injury where you’re bringing someone up or given rests, you know, going to like a six six starter rotation in a situation where it really I mean, four five or even in some cases, the six starter might might not be the kind of pitcher that is expected to go very long.

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So you almost it’s almost like they’re more of an opener than a starter. In a way, a lot of long relief on the front end. Exactly. Yeah. Like a four inning guy. That’s what I’m that’s what I expect. I expect the bruise to do that in April. If they don’t bring in one of these two left handers that are still out on the open market. I would suspect your fifth guy, whoever it is whether it be even Josh Tomlin. You know, you’re who they brought in as a project. I don’t expect them to make the opening day roster. But it could be a gara- Tomlin kind of three innings four innings each. And then you get to you know, Claudio or or whomever one of the guys in the bullpen. I expect I expect to see some Bulla pending from the brewers, and I also. I think it can work. I absolutely believe it can work. You do need the right personnel. And you need the more importantly need the right management’s, you need to be able to shuffle people up from the minor leagues and shuffling back down spot starting. It’s really a forty man roster. You know in that situation. So anyway, anything else to add on that kind of relief staff breakdown? Anything you wanted to touch on? I think we covered everything I wanted to. Yeah. No. I think that covers covers it. I think you know. That kind of lays out the the roadmap pitching, staff wise. I think for both teams pretty good. So yes, I think I think we can head to the seventh inning stretch here. Well, do we want to do the prediction? We got some other. No, let’s you gotta I jumped the gun. Yeah. Let’s let’s get some predictions in here. Yeah. Let’s let’s let’s break up the segments just a little bit. What’s your what are you working on this week? It sounds like you got one up your sleeve. Yeah. So I’m gonna just go right in. I mean, we’re obviously talking about pitchers, and you might have guessed what I might might say we’ve we’ve had some exchanges on Twitter regarding you Darvish a little bit. Who? Starting to sweat. All right. Grow. I’m gonna go ahead. I I have a prediction. I have a prediction, but I wanna put a contingency on it. Let me know if you’re gonna accept my prediction with a with a slight contingency. I I will allow conditions. I think I know what’s coming you. Go for it. Okay. Okay. We’re not the swim. No too much. Top ten Cy Young award voting. You Darvish with the contingency that he is not on the D L for the season. Okay. So like no deal stints or like, can you have a ten day or a couple of days? I mean, sometimes, you know, okay. No, no, no more than a ten day deal. Okay. So you can go on the ten day deal a couple of times. Yes tops. If if he’s on the deal longer than that than than the avoids prediction. I think I can let you have that. Because I don’t think he’s gonna sniff the top ten regardless. But the okay, you know, and the other thing about it is he is a little bit injury prone. So it’s kind of unfair to give you that out. But you know. Well, I okay. I I let you we adjusted. He can go on the ten day de L. Okay. He can go. I mean, if he does I mean, it’s it’s that’s just missing a starter too. That’s why I’m saying, you know, that could that could be, but that could read, you know, depending on why that could reciprocate and his other starts, and basically, you know, take them out of the running altogether. Meaning meaning I would lose the prediction, and it would go, you know, so. If you’re if you’re okay with I guess, I guess so I’m just sitting here thinking, I don’t know why I don’t know. You know, given how cold you are on what what you’re concerned with. I’m not. I mean, well, I think that you could make that kind of prediction about thirty National League pitchers that oh this guy’s one hundred percent healthy all year. He could have shot at being in the top ten for the National League Cy Young. You can say that about thirty guys problem with it. But no, no, no. I I am cold on you dervish. I think even healthy all your he will not be in the top ten for the the young. And in fact, it leads me to my prediction. So my prediction is with the same parameters of your prediction. My prediction is you’ll leash seen will finish higher in the Cy Young voting. Then you Darvish will. That’s interesting. Yeah. I think contingency now. You added that in because I had the contingency. I I’m guessing right. Well, I guess that’s makes sense. I guess that’s I mean come on. Yeah. But I think she’s seen is. I think it’s hard. Well, yeah. It’s hard to make a prediction on on site young.

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You know, when a an injury derailed that that was my that was what I was saying on Twitter. I’m like it’s March. What do you do you really? We’re talking young already. But if you wanna make that part of the prediction that’s fair. I yeah, let’s let’s go for it. So if you wanna make that. Yeah. So you’re in the Cy Young voting, then you Darvish and also same contingency, no more than ten ten day. Right. Disabled list. No more than ten days stint on the deal. And I think yeah, I should seen sh- ASEAN will finish ir than you. Darvish in the in the voting. As long as he’s healthy. No that means to if if seen only has one stint on the deal for a ten day spot. They call. They don’t call it the DL anymore. I forgot about that whatever they’re gonna call. They don’t know disabled list is out they’ve replaced it with something more politically. Correct. That I can’t remember. So I’m just going to continue calling it the deal. But anyway, the D L. Okay. So we’ll have to see I think she’s going to finish higher than him regardless as long as he doesn’t go on. Okay. Absolutely. I think I think she’s seen is gonna get some get some votes this year to be honest with you. I think he’s gonna have a very big year. It’s his contract your he was very good down the stretch last year. Excellent. And the postseason I think he’s got a legit shot as legitimate of Shad as the steadily declining. You Darvish that. You’re so hot for so. Okay. Whatever. Whatever whatever. All right, whatever. Yeah. Yeah. All right. Go back and check out our predictions. We’ve got a list of them going on the website at ninety miles or ninety miles podcast dot com. Make sure you hit it up. We’ve got our predictions going back. There is going to be some consequence to who wins at the end of the season. We’ve yet to determine. Yeah. And dates for these. But we we’re gonna we’re gonna work on that feel feel free to let us know. What you think is? Necessarily putting money on the line. We we’d rather it be maybe something humiliating for for that. Jesse Esa do when he loses that would be that’d be fun. I’m not gonna lose man, you’re digging your own. Okay. You’ve got some ideas or some suggestions, you can hit us up. My Twitter handle is at brew crew winning at brew crew winning hit us up on Twitter. That’s where we do. Most of our our boxing are jabbing are going back and forth. Yeah. Let us know what you think the punishment should be. What’s your handle again? Ryan at wraps cubs win. That’s our AP S Y S. Yup. Cubs win. And yes tweet at us. Let us know let me know what Jesse needs to do when he loses because I’ve been trying to think of a couple of things I got a couple ideas. But we want to we want to hear from you. So exactly let us know feeling feeling Mike and Glenn from the my fan. Shies fantasy baseball podcast will have some ideas. We have we have snow. We have a trophy for last place and in that league. So and really it’s more important to me to not finish last than it is the win the league. Even though I want last. Veer just Pat on the back. It was good. It was a good season. But I don’t know how to explain that trophy to my five year old, and I’m just gonna leave it at that. It’s not okay. Well, yeah, we we’re trying to keep it clean here. Easier on that don’t over imagine. It’s not that crazy. But yeah, it’s not something. I’d be able to explain to a five year old. It’s daddy. What’s that trophy? Moving on to the seventh inning. Let’s thinning strat. So we we just wanna talk about a couple of relievers of the past. Yes. Yeah. I’ve got a good one for the brewers. Actually, there’s there’s been some really great historical brewer relievers. But one of my favorites from my youth personally when I was a kid. I was I’ll just tell it. I’ll tell you hold Amazon born in seventy nine so in the years eighty seven eighty eight you know, in that time period, I was growing into a baseball fan watching the bruise with my dad, this is before the strike when I got kinda turned off baseball for brief time in high school. But yeah, the eighty seven eighty eight eighty nine era I was watching Robin yon Paul Molitor hanging out with my dad watching some Bruce baseball, and it was some of my better memories. Actually as a kid are doing some of that stuff with that. And it was cool, and we still watch games together. And then it’s great when. We can get together. But going back a reliever that I think is under appreciated and Bruce history is Dan police act.

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No, it’s kind of a ninety miles tie here too. Because he did end up eventually pitching for the cubs doing some broadcast stuff. I think from oh five to eight or something like that. But if you go back to that. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. There is some good teams in Milwaukee in nineteen eighty seven eighty eight in that era. Teddy Higuera, I think was pitching. If you go back and look Dan police act, you know, his second third fourth year in the big leagues were all star seasons as brood reliever. He completed twenty three saves and eighty seven thirty and eighty eight thirty three and eighty nine Hughes this big left-handed kid that could bring it in the mid nineties. You’ll see him on MLB network. I find him pretty entertaining actually to on television. But yeah, three all star appearances really a tough guy as far as pitching goes his era to six one two four one two three five. He was. He was one of my favorite guys when he saw him coming in. You knew the brewers locking down victory. And he’s just one of those guys that he gets forgotten. He gets mixed lost in the shuffle. When brewer fans talk about the mid eighties the late eighties. They’re always talking like, I said, the yawns the Molitor is Jim Gantner guys like that. Right. Set gets overlooked a little bit. He was a very very good pitcher. Do you have any memories of him? As a cub at all. I think it was like ninety three ninety four that he pitched for you guys. I yeah. I was looking at that. And I’m trying to recall. I mean, I certainly was watching games. Then I don’t have a lot of memories. He wasn’t closing for the cubs during that period of time. No. And he was not particularly good for the cubs, actually, which is kinda funny. He went for Milwaukee his last season in Milwaukee was two nine six area. He went to Chicago and caught the suck bug apparently went up to four seven four. It happens. Maybe maybe the wind was blowing out every time. He came out to pitch something. Like that. Could be be that. Yeah. Yeah. It’s just the. Yeah. From my youth. I remember police AC well. And then when I started paying attention to MLB network came out. I was really happy to see that. He was there hong-kun for the brewers every week. And it’s always fun to have somebody on those networks that actually roots for your team, especially when it’s Milwaukee you don’t get as much love from the ESPN’s of the world and things like that. So it was always nice to have right? Lisa pulling for. Yeah. So that’s good. It is. Yeah. Who is your reliever who kind of wanting to talk about a little I you know, I was really going through and trying to trying to think I mean, I was trying to think of ones that I can really remember and. You know, I, you know, it’s worth mentioning Bruce suitor, of course, he pitched from seventy six to eight nineteen eighty was closed for the cubs. He had one hundred and thirty three saves with the cubs and a two point eight three are a during that stretch as pretty pretty ridiculous. Yes. Of course hall of Famer Lee Smith from nineteen eighty to eighty seven. So I kind of remember towards the end the last few years, he he actually holds the the franchise record for saves with a hundred eighty during that stretch, he played for the cubs from eighty eighty seven, you know. And I kinda got a mentioned Ryan Dempster. You know, he got eighty seven say’s with the cubs. He was with them from two thousand four to two thousand eleven although he was only a closer. He was mostly a starter. But he closed from five to seven and he got those those. Three years yet thirty three twenty four and twenty eight saves Joe Borowski was who I I think we’re talking he he closed for the cubs for a couple years. Oh, Tudo three. So he was closer in that two thousand three season briefly talking about that the other night, you know, actually like five guys who I didn’t even mention Burs. I wanted to mention to of course, everybody remembers rally fingers and don’t forget Trevor Hoffman, bro. Or set the saves record in Milwaukee. It’s kind of an overlooked just the close Mike out on police AC he had a career war of seventeen pitched over eighteen years. His era was three six four and logged one hundred fifty eight saves. So he was he was actually very very good. I didn’t quite get his stats in there. But go ahead and finish up on who you’re going to focus on Kobi’s. I, you know, it’s. I, you know, it’s. He’s not particularly good. A good pitcher. He only was with the cubs for two years. But it’s one I remember the most as a kid, I, you know, I was born in nineteen eighty kinda similar spans of years that I really kinda remember and was really paying attention. But it’s funny because the time, of course, this actually there’s in a weird way ninety miles time. Maybe it’s a little bit of a stretch. But he was known as Wild Thing. And would have that song play when he’d come out to pitch Mitch Williams? Yes.

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He’s fun. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, he was he was bit of a character. He eighty nine and nineteen ninety. He pitch for the cubs in one thousand nine hundred ninety at thirty six saves. He made the all-star game ninth in the Cy Young award voting ninth place. They’re not easy to do for reliever. Good. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And two point seven sixty are a and that’s that’s with eighty one point two innings pitched. So he was you know, he was he was a character. You know? And of course, that I guess the really loose ninety miles tie being two major league. Right. Yeah. Yeah. Of course to the famous movie filmed in Milwaukee with about Bucur is one of the stars. Exactly. And it’s a stretch. Didn’t he have a pretty classic mullet? Remember, right. Wasn’t that? Mitch. Yeah. Yeah. That was business in the front part. That was. Yeah. Oh, yeah. He had the he did have the Wild Thing. Look going generally looked angry. He did kind of look like he could’ve spent some time in prison, you know, going back to. Yes. Yeah. So I mean that I just remember I really remember because I know we had d- WGN, and we had cubs games. All the time. You know, like you mean, my dad watched many many cubs games, and we had constantly had. It was all summer WGN was on the TV, you we’d be in and out outside playing outside and everything and in and out in just always a cubs game on I always remember Wild Thing coming in and the song playing and. So I kind of a more obscure choice in a way, not necessarily, you know, he didn’t have like a hall of fame career or anything. But well, he pitched for he not end up in Philadelphia for a period of time on some pretty good team. Yes. He did. Very good teams affair remember. Right. Yeah. No, Mitch Williams headed pretty decent career. And yeah, he was always kind of kind of kind of your a little scared watching. I wouldn’t I wouldn’t wanna step in the box against them. You know, not at all. We had a three point six five career ERA. He played for eleven eleven seasons. You know? And he he ended up with hundred ninety two career saves cluding. Oh, philadelphia. Nineteen ninety three forty three saves. Yes. That’s that’s where I remember them from. I didn’t realize he had bitch for the cubs. So that was that’s news. And yeah, that’s that’s crazy news to me. But just a let’s kind of that’s kind of the fun of the seventh inning. Exactly we’re by. We’re not we’re not historians or experts. Yeah. It’s just like when we were kids, and you flip over the back of the baseball card, and and just be like. Oh, wow. Look at what he did in that year, and whatever. And exactly exactly. Yeah. Just I had no idea for instance on. Yeah. I’d no idea that police act holds many records as he does for the Burs. He’s actually number one in career Yara. He’s number one in hits per nine. He’s number one saves until we decided to do a segment on relievers didn’t realize I mean, I knew he was good. And I remembered him when he was one of my favorite pitchers and all of that. But I had no idea how pivotal he was in Bruce history. So it’s one of those things that when we discover stuff like that. That’s what the seventh innings about. We wanna share it. Yeah. Yeah. And I think that brings us into kind of wrapping up the episode with touching base on the other, you know, our divisional opponents, the enemies and their rotations. And bullpens I know for my money when I look at it. I think Pittsburgh’s got. A great starting staff. They have the potentially the the best foursome at the front end their their rotation. I don’t know what your feelings are. No, Saint Louis has a solid one. Where are you? Who do you fear more as a starting staff who’s the of the other three teams who do you fear the most if you’re the couple, I I, you know, it’s it’s hard to say I ’cause I just liked the cubs lineup. So good. I don’t really fear any of you who do you suspect you’d have the least success against I don’t know how to phrase this. Yeah. You know? Well, let’s take a look here. You know, the cardinals have Mike Michaels who they just signed to nice deal. Carlos martinez. They believe flare. Wocka and Wainwright Wainwright still around pitch. And he has not been the same guy for number of years.

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And then they’ve got some depth. Yeah. They’ve got some depth with believe it’s Alex raise as well. He’s lining up right now on the depth chart to look like a number six kinda guy. I feel like Saint Louis has a very very solid rotation. And I think they’re rotations pretty pretty decent. I I mean, I think there, you know, I think they in some ways have kind of a scary relief staff, though, possibly more so than their starting staff. But okay, we’ll talk about that. What what’s what were the about the cardinals and the backside? Well, I, you know, Andrew Miller is of course, getting up there, and he’s not been the same. But. But I just you know, I I’ve always been one to think that just a presence an experienced presence just rubs off on other players, and I just feel like his presence is going to going to be an impact even if he doesn’t necessarily personally do as much, but which I still think think he can. I mean, but yeah, I think Andrew Miller one of the things about Andrew Miller’s. He’s kind of the prototype for what? Now for Milwaukee. You was the Josh hater type Andrew Miller is not not the same guy that he was your you know, I mean he started pitching in the big leagues back all the way back in two thousand six he didn’t really start getting a ton of credit for what he was doing until about twenty sixteen was as I also appearance. He was you know, that’s when you had a one point four five year. But really it was because he was being used in kind of some unique role as he wasn’t a closer until twenty fifteen at thirty six saves with as a. I think as a Yankee. And then he ended up getting traded, right? So. Andrew Miller is one of those guys that can go to innings sometimes three innings for you. He’s a high Cape or nine guy. I think his career last year. You know, it might be we might be getting towards the downside. We’ll see in seventeen he was still a one four four year ace still striking out a lot of dudes. The I but strike over nine was still thirteen point six and twenty seventeen twenty eighteen last year rough year four point two four ERA was only striking out eleven point nine, but it’s still a lot. So I don’t know if his velocity was down. He is a scary dishes. I agree to that. Saint Louis cardinal bullpen. Yeah. Yeah. I think it’s it’s more like I said kind of presence thing than anything. But well, then you’ve got Hicks up. They’re throwing in the one one one zero two range as their guy can bring some absolute gas. I remember from last year. I don’t I don’t remember his pitches moving ton. But it was just flat gas, Jordan Hicks can absolutely bring an easy young guy. He’s only twenty two years old. I think he’s going to be the one doing most of the closing this year for Saint Louis if I’m not mistaken. But yeah. Between him and Miller, they should be the should be good at the back end. I think they’re middle relief is where they get a little iffy. I still think I like the pirates as far as rotation a little better. But Saint Saint Louis is Saint Louis has an offense Saint Louis. The is the one that actually has a chance to win this division. I don’t see Pittsburgh doing anything without an offense. They right, right. Remind me a bit of maybe the Mets a little bit last year. Now, the you know you have Jacob degrom type dominating. But you can’t score enough runs. They’re in a direct relation to the Mets. I think the pirates have a better overall rotation than the Mets assuming. Well, that boy that’s a tough statement. I should say that anyway. Yeah. Well, I mean, you know, I think there is something to be said, I mean it. Well, it’s kinda why we don’t really look at wins and losses for for Cy Young. You know, as far as pitchers, you know, because I think that the the offense of the team has a big impact on the performance of the especially the starting pitchers because I there’s got to be a completely different mentality. If you’re going out there with an early lead versus being behind all the time. It’s just it’s just you know, it’s such a psychological game. That’s just going to have such an impact. So if you’ve got a week offense. And and that’s the team you’re pitching on. I think it does put you at a very slight disadvantage in a way. I think it’s just harder harder to to perform in that way. You know? But I don’t know. You know, I I’m sure they they work on different things. So. So as to not have that be such an effect. But I think that’s when you’re looking at at Pittsburgh, that’s sort of sort of thing Cincinnati. You know as little more in sing. I mean, in a way they’re offenses better.

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Yeah. They’ve improved vastly. But you know, I don’t I don’t fear Cincinnati either. I know I still think they’re going to they’re going to be the most entertaining team in division. And I think it’s going to because they just absolutely implode. I don’t know. I yeah. I could be totally wrong on that. I I can’t expect Matt count to have another year. Like he had last year though. I don’t think that’s terribly realistic. Right. And you get into their pitching. And I’m trying to pull up their depth chart as we speak here. Actually, they’re better than they were by a lot you add sunny, gray, and Alex wood and Tanner, Roark, right? Yeah. There is a good threesome there. And you got to Lacey says you’re closer the back. End of the bullpen is solid that way. But again, I don’t know the lineup for them is is excellent. It really is. And you’ve got Barnhart. Volvo Suarez Peraza scooter Janette. They’re going to be tough going to be tough. Yeah. I yeah. I I agree. I it’s just if the pieces hold together there. But I think you can honestly in case that Milwaukee has the weakest looking on paper starting rotation and the division. Yes. I’d I’d absolutely agree with you on that. But the also like like we talk about every week, but they also work around it in different ways, and they get to their strength faster. Which is the bullpen. We’ll see how it goes. We’ll see. Yeah. Yeah. We’ll see. Anyway. I don’t know. I think that’s enough. Talking about other teams. I’m tired of talking about the hated cardinals. Yeah. Yeah. The pirates whatever the reds will be whatever chaining. But that’s. Yes. But not as good as the cubs. So that’s the cubs are going to be well, they’re gonna suck the Cup suck. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah. Good luck with your with your non existent starting staff. Whatever go took way stop thinking about you service. All right. All right. I think that’s another day. So hit us up on Twitter. You know, hit us up on the Twitter, and let us know what you think proper punishment would be something embarrassing next week. We got a great episode plan. We’re gonna hit hit a little harder core. What our true feelings and predictions are for the overall season for all of our teams we’ve kind of danced around a few times. It’s time to talk about the schedule. It’s time to talk about some things that are coming. Opening days coming up we’re gonna get to some games that count. So we’re going to dig in and get it. Get current. Yes. Yeah. We probably won’t talk about Jose can Saco or Bigfoot next week. Yeah. Well, although that was we could talk about it might come up. You never know. Yeah. Well, ninety miles podcasts dot com. The site. We got. Yeah, they go subscribe there because we love that we love you to subscribe to the podcast, in whatever way you listen to podcasts. But if you subscribe to the mailing list, we got a lot of other fun stuff on there as well. Ryan just wrote a great blog. Go read it go. Check it out that went up on believe Saturday about how you became a cubs fan. It’s a good read even though the cubs suck. So enjoy it’s you know, he reminds me every week. You know, the cubs used to suck. I still think they do. But he said they used to. Either way. It’s a good read go check that out. I think I think that’s about it. I I’m I’m fried. What do you got nothing? Anything got nothing. Let’s talk to you later talk to you later. Cups.