TRANSCRIPT: Ep. 27: Brewers vs. Cubs FA 2.0 Kimbrel vs. Hader, Moose, Grandal

Text Transcript of Ep. 27

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Woah to. Welcome to the new best rivalry in baseball. And we’re here with another episode ninety miles podcast ninety miles distance from Wrigley field. The Miller park. And yeah, that, that makes it quite a battle. I mean, you know, I could I could, you know, you could throw throw a pile of poo poo, you know that distance and and. I don’t know where I’m going on this, but I have no idea where you’re going with this either. Yeah, but you know there’s a lot of a lot of BS between us. So I suppose there’s a lot of pooh-pooh. Yeah. Yeah. Alden, the podcast is that really where we’re going. Yeah. Yeah. This is terrible to throwing is beginning already. This is this is serious. I mean, come on, whatever. Oh, it’s serious. It’s it’s, it’s seriously. Not our best opening. Well, that’s it is what it is. So whatever, but and any case. Better than the brewers. So there’s that you know certainly half game difference is. I you know, the standings would say that the brewers are still better than the cubs. Same last year standings did. But, you know, whatever. Yeah. Yeah. It it keeps you can try talking about run differential and say better yard that well great. That doesn’t get into the get into the seventh game in the National League championships. Okay. Well, and that, and that’s all all you got so but anyway, more than you had last year. Calmer than you are anyway. Yeah. Pretty much. Just call down, Walter. Yeah. You know the I guess being a half game up. I mean, it’s, it’s nice to give you some hope for a little bit more of the season. But I think think some things are going to shift here, especially when certain closer gets into season form here and joins the cubs, which will be certainly the cubs needed. A lot of help back into the bullpen was absolutely. I’m not gonna far. I’m not gonna deny that. But there’s still right in there right up at the top of the central so. Yeah. Well, so what news is the cardinals are away a ways back. That’s really the important thing to take away on that. It’s only June. There’s a lot of baseball left to be played. We’re going to talk today about obviously the Craig kimbrel signing, we’re going to kind of pit that against what the brewers did this spring kind of debate. What’s better, what the best value was, perhaps? We’re all. We’re going to do a little bit of a head to head kimbrel versus hater type talk, that’ll be later on. We’ve got a tweet of the week, which really emphasizes what we were just talking about how close things are in the central how already fans on Twitter. I mean all season these fans watch each other. That’s why such a great rivalry. Yes. Rivalry. But we’re gonna get into that get some predictions in. I think we actually have some predictions to wrap up if I’m not mistaken two. We I think he might. Yeah. We do. And I don’t think we prepared for it at all. So you guys get to sit with us sift through that. We’ll get awesome figure it out. But we always do we always do. Let me get the NFL central breakdown. So we’re kind of getting into I kind of liked to call it free agency. Two point. Oh, kaikal and kimbrel coming off the heap. Yes. After wading through the spring long time coming. But, but yeah, I you know I wanna mention before we dive in we do have a giveaway going on where. Where yes, we do though, to ninety miles podcast dot com and subscribe, there’s you’ll see the midsummer giveaway. Go there sign up on the mailing list. Trust me. It’s worth it. You don’t have to buy anything is go there. Sign up you’ll hear about when we have new episodes, dropping and any other fun stuff and we’ll have a drawing while during the actually by the all star game at the end of the night. What is it that night of all star games, July, July tenth, I believe twelve a one central, that’s when the closing if you weren’t signed up if you weren’t a subscriber to the podcast by, then you will not qualify. Yes. There’s some awesome prizes were starting out at the thirty thirty five dollar level. You know, talking really nice shirts hats, and it goes all the way up to a very, very high level based on how many subscribers get so tell all your friends.

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Get your cub fans brewer fans the sign up and don’t forget, let’s just enjoy the podcast. Let’s have some fun. Talk some crab this cubs, smacktalk time. Yes. So the cubs stinks so bad, they gotta go out and blow the entire budget. They claim they didn’t have one on one Craig kimbrel. Okay. So it’s Theo’s league baby. Theo’s league. Right. Come on. We’ve talked about it already. We talked about the fact that and I’ve admitted as much of that, that was one week area. The cubs was their bullpen yet again. They didn’t really have a walk down closer of any kind, you know, in two thousand sixteen when they went out and got Chapman. I mean, that was a huge difference maker, and they needed that. And you know, it’s sort of sort of the same thing this year. I think that was key. And to get one of the best of all time arguably while. While potentially, you know, hall of fame trajectory, you know. Okay. That’s you can’t deny that now I’m not arguing with you. Okay. All right. You bring you bring him in with this mix. You know this is now a couple of things had to happen for this kind of unfold. Now, of course, cubs front office isn’t saying that, that it’s because. Oh, brisk for sure is not coming back or anything like that. I mean Zober does not come back, that does loosen up almost all of this year’s salary for kimbro. So, so I mean that plays a role it did loosen up payroll. But also, they did they did say, you know, sometimes you gotta wait till you get into season and do some further counting. And, and it looked like they, they did have some more money loosen up. So I don’t think they’re in a position to to get. Him earlier, but things changed. And since he was still there. It’s like, well, you have to sure you have to do it. Right. So the, the cubs, basically now have a one hundred twenty one and a half million dollar lockup on their pitching staff. The brewers have about one hundred twenty five point two million for the entire forty man roster. So, yeah, it’s nice when you’ve got the kind of money in the Bank, roll to have borderline dead contracts, your Theo’s league. You got the Darvish thing at least Jason Hayward’s played fairly well this year. Well, you that the Burs can’t afford to make these kinds of mistakes, as my point, I. That’s a mistake yet. And hayward. Yes, that probably is a little overpaid. That’s deeper deeper new that contract at this point. Although he’s been better early this year. He’s been not quite as good lately, although you know, it’s been thrown some sparks again, I think overall, he’s gonna end up with a better offense of your this year. But, but yeah, I mean, helps it helps to have a likeable team in a winning team two thousand sixteen. Yeah. That does that does add to the payroll, unlike, you know, the brewers who you know while like yeah. Whatever the whole point of this segment is for me to argue with you and point out what the Bruce front office did the spring versus signing kimbrel. Yeah. Yeah. What I wanted what I wanted to get at is Craig kimbrel in the next to see this year is gonna make ten million alone. Just for the second half of the season. The next two seasons he’s gonna make sixteen mill each year. The birds highest paid pitcher is you’ll e Zine and he’s. Right around six and a half mil per season. Yeah, but looking no, no, slow let me get to my point here. The brewers looking at things in the spring when this was all going on. There was a time in February where the brewers and crimp kimbrel relieve linked closely together. Now, that’s post the yes, Monte GRANDE all signing, but it is still pre GIO kansallis because that happened during the season and it is still before the stock has thing if I’m not mistaken as well. Stock in grand all filled. Two holes on this team that were pretty massive in the lineup last year for the brewers. If you look at twenty eighteen at the catcher position they finished nineteenth in major league baseball and war the currently sitting at eleventh. It’s a nice jump. Yeah. Yes. Money grand dollars having a fantastic year. If you look at second base, this was a huge hole. They were eighteenth overall in war wins above replacement is with. That means is a great way to evaluate players gives you some good ideas. They’re currently fourth in major league baseball at the second base position. So too big leaps in their life. Lineup. Right. What that did is it opened up and lengthened that lineup big time. No, we’ve had some huge regression from hazo, saggy Lara on the brewers, and some huge regression from Travis saw outside of that. This team is putting up runs at a very good clip.

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It is a very deep offense of staff. Now, the one thing that couldn’t have been predicted Corey Canabal going down. And that’s where brew fans get really upset. Why didn’t you go sign kimbrel? Why didn’t you do this? Don’t you do they brought him who stock us and grand all on one year deals each? That’s how this team has to plug holes David Stearns knows what he’s doing if you lock in criminal, Craig kimbrel. Sorry at sixteen mil per year for three straight years. That is a huge chunk of your salary. I understand why it looks necessary. Turn on the brewers brooding me. That’s making you on what I’m talking about. I understand why they did what they did versus getting kimbrel. Do you want to swallow doll for kimbrel? No. I don’t wanna full grand all full season of moose. You’re making it sound like it’s a waste of money. You know, I mean it’s a it’s a bigger. It’s bigger gamble knows bigger that is hold on a second. The gamble who stock is and granddaughter for one season each to fill some holes, and really put together a deep lineup and that’s exactly what they’re doing. There’s no gamble in it. Because if they fail this season, right train them off or whatever, you know, you don’t have them on the boil next year. You know you play poker go bigger go home. I mean you know you just want to play it safe. Yeah. I mean I also play poker win playing it safe. Well, here’s the thing you can’t win a tournament. If you don’t have a bankroll because he can’t play. The brewers are bankrolling properly, according to what they need to do is my point. Greg kimbrel would have been an awesome signing would love to see him on the Brian. Well, no, I don’t wanna gamble on them for three years. The bruise couldn’t afford to tie up three. I don’t think so, really, you think you wouldn’t gamble on kimbro for three years. Not at sixteen million year. That’s the whole reason they decide them in the first place. I was very excited when they’re looking at them as a possibility in spring. They had his elbow looked at and everything kinda got quiet after that. I don’t know if there is an issue or not assuming that the cubs due diligence indicate on that at this, there is no indication on Corey naval either. So if they found the same kind of issue and in, you know. A criminal could pitch three years at the same problem controlled it because that’s what can did do the thing was. I liked what the brewers did in the long run. It makes sense to build that lineup and go get some help at the deadline. The brewers were in better position bullpen wise, from the get-go than the cubs were the bullpen wasn’t the Bruce biggest need. They had to stay within budget. That’s why I’m urging that I think moose and grand all were actually the right signing verses kimbrel in the spring for Milwaukee. Is this good signing for the cubs? Of course it is. It is for this year for sure we’ll see how it goes down the road. Well, I, I don’t see how there’s going to be an issue. The next two years with kimbrough. I mean unless some fluky stuff happens. I mean, you’re talking about, you know, one of the best closers, potentially, you know, I mean he’s he’s way up there. I mean I don’t wanna get into the specific. With that yet because we want to save it for when we talk kimbro versus hater Shirlow later. But, you know that the Kimbrell signing is it isn’t like a matter of the cubs bullpen, especially closing out games. Of course I knew in spring I mentioned in multiple times that’s the one week spot that’s one week spot, you know. And let’s see what happens and everything. And, you know, the thing is, is, is one person it, it’s not it’s not on kimbrel shoulders to do everything, really, because right? But what it does is it improves the rest of the bullpen is against them. It gives them a better. There’s a better chance at they’re going to be matched up more properly. They’re not going to have to go multiple innings. They’re not going to be coming in and high as high leverage or like closing the game situations that maybe they’re not don’t have kind of the characteristics to do that kind of thing it’s gonna put the rest of the bullpen and a better position. Even for success. And that’s it. That’s exactly huge thing that’s it is a huge thing. And that’s exactly what moves dacas in grand all did for the Bruce lineup. They’re pulling the weight that, hey suze gular pulled last last first half of the season. All right. So that’s kind of my point. They solidified the lineup down. Absolutely. The cubs bullpen has gotten better. You don’t have Pedro stroke closing once kimbrel gets back. Assuming he’s the same Kimball. We know which is fairly safe thing. Everything’s pointing in that direction. He’s been there could be some rest for a couple of weeks, you know. A little bit. But he’s, he’s been working out all this time. I mean he I listened a lot of different interviews with him. I mean he was you know, he’s been throwing the ball.

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He actually had to cut back on doing weights. He was said he was turning into a football player little too much. So, you know, he’s, he’s in shape, he’s not, you know, been sitting around or anything and, but yeah. To get into baseball shape to face major league batters. That is another story. So, yeah, of course, we’re gonna see, but the cubs are in a rush. They are he is going to do, of course some AAA for a little bit. It might be too could be even three weeks before he’s with the cubs. And then. Yeah. Even initially there, you know, see how he does at first that’ll be exciting though. But you know, I’ll take it. I mean I think it’s I mean you know, like Chapman in sixteen. That was at the trade deadline that was later. I mean, I think there’s something about. Kimbrough coming in prior to that, like this, and having some time, you know, of course, having not played for wiles one thing, but, but having some time with the team and to get in there and, and have an opportunity kinda to, you know, he said, one, one draw was the culture for sure there with the cubs and the family oriented sort of, you know, clubhouse and everything like that. And, and, you know, he’s got a wife and kids, a kid and stuff like that. And they, you know that was whole an another piece. So I mean, and, and that’s an also I come on though. Can we can we honestly just say that it boiled down to the money, otherwise you’d have been signed in spring? I you know, I. There might be some elements of that. But, you know, well, I think there’s forty million elements to that. And, and, and if kimbrel work so, well, Jason Heyward can get some credit because he played with kimbro and, and I guess a be sent to big long tax to Kimbrell and kinda persuading him as well. Which I Kim romance should play a role as well. And, and the other thing that I think is good is, is it not being a rental for just a season? And then we’ll see. But that, that they went ahead and got him for the next two years as well. I think that, that makes a big difference, just because it’s like, well, he’s going to be it’s like, well why he’s in Chicago? That’s why is in Chicago. They gave him the gave them three years. And they gave him the money that he wanted. He wanted a long-term deal xactly. My argument is the brewers couldn’t afford to sit on a guy like that. What happens, you know they’ve got Canadian coming back next year. They’ve got hater. They’ve got. Got some guys that have talent in the bullpen now. It’s been a struggle a bit this year. You look at a guy like junior gara-. He’s been a huge huge influence. They also lost a Bobby wall that they traded for there’s been some, some poor luck in the Bruce bullpen. It would have been nice to have Kimball through the stretch. But really, I don’t see him being the value for the brewers that he is for the cubs come next season and the following season. When Milwaukee gets when we’ll walkie is set up a little differently Milwaukee here is up. There’s a reason move stock is a one year deal cast the future at second base. Well already have a better lineup. So that’s why. No, they don’t actually. Burs need is there. I mean you can’t just put everything on yelich, so no. They’ve had a big increase move stocks has a two point three wins above replacement. He’s slugging five eighty nine nine thirty one Opie s borderline career is Milwaukee going to be able to, to resign them next year because, you know, with those kinds of numbers he’s going to decline the mutual option for eleven million. You know. Yes. Money grand all one point four war behind the plate. Those are huge numbers that, you know, I had some it’s a cumulative stat. So point three and you’re sixty some games into the year kidding me. No. I it’s, it’s, you know, moussaka he’s got a nine thirty one Opie s opium twenty home runs. He sitting I think he’s tied for fourth or third and major league baseball fairly fairly even numbers home and away splits. Which which, you know, unlike yelich, you know, thing yellow hit a home. Run last night, park very similar to Miller park minute maid part. Oh, yeah. So the park, the park plays a little role, the players play a little roll share. There’s no great explanation for those split differences. But he’s still he’s still a borderline all star player on the road, and he’s, he’s a Greek God at home, so there you go. Well, misaki? He also has a one ninety four batting average five nine oh, PS versus a cubs. You know, that’s, that’s pretty sweet. And then to seventeen postseason batting average six twenty five so you know, postseason now always small sample size and always playing against the best. But still. I you know is what it is GRANDE.

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Although you wanna talk you wanna talk small sample sizes, he had three sixty four in the divisional series against Colorado. There’s a small sample size for you. Yeah. Colorado to those games were in Miller park, my friend. Yeah. Both ears parks, so. Oh my gosh. Not stock as Mustafa’s for the for the price of kimbrel. The next three years, the brewers, pay one year eighteen mill and eleven mill basically, actually it’s ten so about twenty eight for less than half of that. They get to guys that a one and ending at the end of this season. Could they have put their money and Craig kimbrel? Sure. But they went to strengthen some spots that were holes last year was a whole lineup second base was no the lineup wasn’t week last year. But it had holes second base was a whole catcher was not a productive offensive position. I would like to note to the shortstop positions quite a bit better this this year, Orlando has having a very nice season. He’s got eight home runs on the is batting over to fifty rain about where I would hope he would be well that helps a lot, you need need need that. So, you know, grandma last grand all, you know, we some in the postseason Abed. Well, you did too. Yeah. One, oh, seven batting average in the postseason, four sixty four P s that’s well, they’re not going to two guys having careers. We’ll see. We’ll see in the postseason. That’s true. Although it’s early so career years or not that could just, you know, regression to the mean at some point here. But anyway, and progression progression of the mean for Shaw progression for Aguilar, hopefully, have really struggled. They have really struggled, if you if you take that lineup and you take out of it. You slide shot a I miss dacas the third and you bring hero and put him at second. All of a sudden, you’ve got a lineup that’s basically seven or eight players deep about as deep of a lineup as you’re gonna find in the National League. So it’s exciting. But that is kind of the I mean, I don’t know what else to say about this better for worse. Better for worse. You know, cubs in need offensive help, they needed both and help kimbro, citing is couldn’t be better way to fix that. And to do it for a couple years, three years, you know, that’s while two and a half, I guess, sort of that, that to me is for better by a long shot that just really it’s been. It’s been a while every closer has been one year deals or even a half year deal like Chapman, and writing. And it’s just nice to know that, that back end you know is settled here for some time with one of the best. So that’s for bad. I would I would say looking at the brewers what they did in the off season. Moussaka some grund dollars for the better as well. They could have added a left handed starter before the season. They waited and they got GIO Gonzalez would have been nice to get Wade Miley while. Yeah. Look at the your weight Wylie’s having. But that’s a different story. Yeah, I think I think gay. Gambling on the young pitching was not a bad thing. And to be sitting here nine games over five hundred were recording. Wednesday, June twelfth, I think this wealth more before before games are played, but yeah, Yep. Yep. Half game ahead of the cubs. You can’t complain about what you did with the pitching rate. Now, does does the pitching have to get better from a walkie to go anywhere in the postseason? Yeah. Would would kimbrel have made a difference there, possibly, but wouldn’t have been at the sacrifice for stocks or grand all more than likely. There’s you know, I think they were looking to get after kimbrel for a year. Maybe to the cubs were willing to go three and I’m sure a couple of other clubs were to that was a half a season kimbrel. You know what I would have been nice for Milwaukee to be able to add kimbrel as well. I just don’t think it was realistic, because he had the time line that he wanted with Saxon grand all full season value. And I think that is for the better in this case, even though that means David Stearns has worked to do before the trade dead. Line. Yes. Get some I think some middle relief would be great starter. Might be good to the starters are not healthy right now, should scenes on the injured list. Yeah. You know, Gonzalez is on the injured list when they come back. We’ll see a little bit more. But the nice part is that deadline’s not until the end of July Mike Montgomery or chat would or Mike Montgomery into didn’t somebody hit when Amar’s off of him last night. Yeah. I think I think our buddy Jay Google on. Mentioned the, the habit long long home runs for some reason, I think I think couple of the long runs this year off of Montgomery, who yeah.

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Well, I know chase Anderson legs to give a few. So you’re not totally alone on that. It’s all right. Well anyways, I guess we shift into tweet of the week here we done with moose, and granddaughter. I mean, we’re gonna got a lot more kimbro which, you know, we got a lot more kimbrel. I think we stock is and grand all are clearly having excellencies for Milwaukee and without those two in the lineup. There’s no way the Bruce would be anywhere near where they are. Even if they had kimbrel you take away moussaka s- or grand all. And I think he’s still have less wins because those are everyday players. I mean, I yeah, grandma. I mean productive wise is as a catcher. I mean he’s a Wilson contraire as I mean, my God, he’s right behind contrasts. Yeah. Offensively and all the numbers. He’s lashes to eighty two eighty one five forty four a nine. Five. Oh, PS. And he’s got fourteen home runs. He’s rate read on the tails. Yeah. Of well, boy, controllers is far ahead and all star voting. But that’s you know another thing. But anyways, now, you what that’s supposed to even mean not a lot actually on met not shocking that the cubs are winning some of the popularity contest versus you know. They did change it this year because it’s, it’s just those are just finalists that then you know, starters, determined by a what is it by some kind of a panel or something? So they did change not straight up popularity vote, but it is the initial piece. But the fact that Jason Heyward is even on the list, and then Kyle shores even on the list in the outfield tells you how much of a popularity contest it really you’re, you’re telling me, those are two of the best to the top ten outfielders in the National League this year. No, they’ve had oh, case actually shorter hasn’t even had a good year. He’s just barely above eight hundred opium eastern around here. So he’s turning it around, but he wasn’t when the voting started. Yeah. But. Fans turn it around. So it’s, you know, Chicago can enjoy gigantic payroll and it’s big popularity contest. Milwaukee’s just gonna go ahead and win the division again. Nice. Oh, that is not going to happen. You’re right. It won’t be quiet all make a lot of how yeah yeah. Okay. You wanna you wanna. Go ahead with do the tweet of the week. Yeah, we probably oughta so. If today’s Wednesday that means yesterday was Tuesday’s Tuesday’s games for the brewers in the cubs were well, they weren’t exactly great, right? At one point, I believe the bruiser down ten to five the cubs were down even bigger than that. So our friend on Twitter. Good ole ks. So at. G. O D, O, L S has a little tweet there. I’m sure if you’re familiar with, you know, gifts or Jif, whichever way you want to call it. I think they’re both acceptable. Now, if you’re familiar with sports gifts, you’ll know that allows oh morning gift shakes his head. He’s sitting on the bench. Miami is getting beat by Chicago basketball. We’re talking NBA shakes his head a little bit. But then he kinda raises eyebrows. Thanks and like, well, okay, good. Okay. S basically tweeted out thinks about brewers game dot that, that, that, that then looks at club score. You know, so, basically that’s what happened last night for both squads, which those two arena. I did the same thing as like. Oh, go go who Houston? I mean. Yeah. Okay. Right. Yeah. Yeah. So last night wasn’t the best the best for either team. But it’s one of those things it’s, it’s good to have some fun when you’re a half game a little bit on the field game differences fun. And and you know you can only swing more than a game or by as much as a game in one day of both teams are playing. And so this half game difference it makes every day fun. It’s like oh, we’re in for. Oh, you’re now the other teams verse. Oh, it’s like this could go on hopefully not all season awfully cubs. All, you know, special in kimbrough comes in a breakaway and be be five games up on the brewers. But, you know his belt. But for now I it’s fun. It’s, it’s fun for the podcast. Oh, yeah. Well, this is the drama of the season. Right. It’s only June. But both teams are looking at each other. All right. Well, that’s who it is right now is the competition, Saint Louis a little bit out. In fact, I have a feeling not. I mean, I hope not too, I think these two clubs can actually both put space between them and Saint Louis cardinals cubs. Cardinals, Ben interesting basically, wherever has the home park wins, that’s been the story soberly down the line, which is really bizarre, actually.

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But, but yeah to for both. Those teams to be all three series played have been sweeps is is crazy. That’s a little unusual. Yep. But yeah. Hopefully, you know cardinals can struggle there. Way down and get out of the way, I would I would like that. You know we were talking before the season started a, a little bit about I guess we’re going in and I’ll break down slightly right now. Maybe whatever. Yeah. I mean it comes of it comes up. So I you know, we were talking about the, the likelihood of a wildcard coming out of the central being less likely. But actually, I mean it’s definitely possible. Oh yes, we talked about it being possible right now. The way it lays out, it would be that case. Yeah. Milwaukee, I believe is sitting with tied for the second best record in the National League. The cubs are right behind them with the third best record and then you’ve got. Yeah. Philadelphia Atlanta, Milwaukee all tied for the best record. So the cubs would be sitting in one of those right? Yeah. Those two spots, they’d basically be tied with either Atlanta or Philadelphia for the wildcard Milwaukee would have a half game anyway. Long story short. It’s totally possible, especially if these two clubs separate themselves. Yeah. We don’t necessarily expect it, the reason we were saying that is because Saint Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati. All well, everybody did things to improve except for Pittsburgh and actually Chicago didn’t do much. They already had a very good team while they’ve done so but, but. Yeah, right. Was it right to wait or not? And if benzoate doesn’t have his issue doesn’t even happen. There’s all of these different things. How’s it gonna play out in the long run? I still think. Milwaukee’s got a great lineup and they don’t. I don’t think kimbrel signing Chicago affects Milwaukee except in head to head games anyway. And you know it’s. I don’t know. It helps Chicago locked down the back end for sure. Well, yeah. Bullpen, it puts the I mean skip is a good relief pitcher. I just I don’t know if he’s he can quite handle the ninth. You know, see shack great relief pitcher. You’ve always been warm on C shack, and, and, and, but actually, I think it was pet Nisha that a light at mixing up with seashell, because these Shak with the Phillies is the one that’s from Madison. And that’s the guy like. See sidearm delivery and all that. You’ve you’ve said this because I thought he was. Oh, my God to people have names that similar that’s very weird and look like that. And they pitched the. Yeah, yeah. Really weird. But it’s obvious. Why I was confused. Anyhow, it’s all at though. But again, I mean I you know, he’s been put out there to close games which that’s definitely not not his knoll kimbrel. Absolutely lengthens that cubs bullpen provided he does what he normally does. There’s no reason to expect them, not to it doesn’t help the cubs until the second half of the year. I’m looking at it that way by then hopefully Milwaukee has figured out a couple of things on the front end of the staff. So some of these young guys like Peralta can slide back into a middle relief role where he’s more, usable as a fastball curveball only pitcher because that’s what he does. He’s thrown two percent. Changeups this year. That’s not what you want a starting pitcher. But he’s been filling in, you know, well, he struck out seven and four innings last night against Houston. That’s not nothing but he also got dinged up of some bombs. So it is Houston, though. So makes a difference. So the tweet of the week, good ole Casey s or I’m sorry. Good. Ole ks on Twitter. The Lonzo morning tweet was very appropriate. Especially last night when both clubs were getting drubbed relatively early in the game. So, yep. Anything else that added on tweet of the week. I mean we kind of dug into the essential a little bit will dig it. We’ll do a little bit more to the end. But no, I think that’s good. I think that’s all good. I think we I think it’s time for little head to head. We bullpen or bull Oni. I think we wanna use a different there. But Boll poop bowl poop, poop throwing that works throwing episode, I can’t believe you opened with throwing what the heck? I don’t even know. I don’t even know where. Tired or something, I don’t know could be there was something there. And then as I my mouth was moving and words are coming out. I’m like, okay, now I don’t know what do but anyway. Yeah. I kind of let you kind of let the news tighten up a little bit on. I know what is going on here open, buddy. Hoop throwing head to head loaning kid kimbrel versus hater. We, we just wanna look at just them to.

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And of course, they’re damage within their team as well. But. Well, obviously, how they stretch out the rest of their bullpen makes a big difference. And what other pieces are around them. We’ve already covered that Kimbrell is definitely going to improve your team. Oh, hater if the burden have hater they would be. They wouldn’t. Yeah, they be right down there with Saint Louis for sure for sure. If not if not lower. So yeah, let’s get into it. Why don’t you throw some bologna at me? Yeah. While kimbrel. I mean, you know, I he his resumes speaks for itself. I mean three hundred and thirty three saves. He averages roughly forty a year, basically, he’s got a fourteen point seven strikeouts, per nine. Now that’s slightly less than hater. But larger sample size. So to maintain that sexually quite a bit less than hater isn’t it? Fifteen point four is hate her Cambridge fourteen. Career you’re looking at. That’s career. Yes. Yeah. Now hater obviously hasn’t been pitching, his long. So I mean it’s hard to maintain for kimbrel to do that. You know as many seasons as he’s played. That’s that’s pretty impressive. He’s got a one point nine one career ERA, you know, sub- too, but what have you done for me lately? What is he done for you? What did you do for Boston last year? Yeah, well, of course, they’re gonna go there because of the length of his career. How are you comparing Kimble’s career numbers? The haters career numbers. Why don’t we take twenty eighteen I season? They were both very vital to their teams. And look at those numbers. Oh, yeah. Two points, two point seven four ERA very solid for closer is not top of the league. But it’s good forty two saves thirteen point nine strikeouts, per nine innings, which is a very good number. If you’re not familiar with that, that means you’re striking out if you were to pitch nine innings thirteen point nine Geise game, a whip of point nine nine five, those are solid numbers across the board. What I want to talk about though is hater if you want to drink some hater here we go his ERA last year even though he kinda struggled a bit down the stretch was still over point three points better than Campbell’s. He was a two point four three era meeting. He’d gave up less than two and a half runs per nine innings. Helium twelve saves. He had a different role. Eighty one in. I mean can’t compare on Cape or nine. Yeah. Right. Fifteen point eight strikeouts per nine innings, which is ridiculous. And. Whip which is walks or hits per innings pitched for those of you that aren’t familiar, that means how many guys are the non base, basically, parenting, point eight one, which is, you know, a ridiculous. Number Kimble’s was point nine nine five, basically one guy in inning. Haters was considerably less, and it’s only gotten better. He’s at point seven this year. His caper nine is eighteen point two this year and a two point two era with sixteen saves now be used as a stretch guy. Yeah. Go well, I would argue in some ways, though, because the haters role. That, that the leverage the high leverage situations are more. So for kimbrel more often, no, not even close well closing a game. You know, getting in there with a save opportunity is about as high leverage, as, as it can get oftentimes. No, no. I would disagree if you look at the usage for hater he’s brought in when the bases are loaded when there’s problems, whether it be the sixth seventh eighth inning. He’s brought in at the most important points of every single game at least last year. He was this year has been used more as a traditional closer in some circumstances due to the injury to Corey Canabal last year. He was put in literally, the most high pressure situation every single game sometimes that meant closing out the eighth inning. And the ninth inning for two innings. Well, I disagree. I mean I given that though. Then you know if you look at. Haters, Yaar a last year. Two point four three but, but realize there’s probably some runs given up in there that aren’t aren’t earned against him if he’s coming in and with runners on base, you know. So he, he owns that ERA. But I, I think there’s, you know other runs scored there as well. And in situations in that case. Well, that’s why those that’s why those that’s why those moments are even more important. He had very few inherited runners score. If that’s what you’re referring to. He didn’t have a ton. I don’t have the number in front of me. But he was brought in those situations to close it down. And that’s what his biggest role. Was he was used in eighty one and one third innings compared to Kimball sixty two and a third that tells you that he threw longer in certain higher leverage situations. Bright. Right. And, and because of that, I think there is, you know, like like mad. Padden did that last year. You know, different fake outs pinch hitters kind of trying to get get hater in a game knowing that he’s probably not gonna be pitching the next day because because of that, because of.

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Yeah. Because of how they use they use. And, and that, you know, there’s some strategy there’s, there’s an an ability to exploit that to some degree, you know, whereas, you, you look, especially the playoffs, I mean you got you throw kimbro out there, basically, if he’s a traditional one, one inning, which which he is in which hopefully Madden will use them that way. Unlike Chapman and sixteen which was urinating. But that’s another thing you got. I mean, then then you got that I mean he can come out and, and get that ninth every time if needed, you know, we’ll do you really wanna talk about kimbrel last year in the playoffs. Are you sure you wanna go? I’m not going there. But i’ll. Go there for you. How about this over the six years in eight series that Kimble’s pitched in the postseason his areas, three point nine two? That is not what you want from your quote unquote, hall of fame closer. Those are not Mariano Rivera numbers, a whip of one point two five eight Yikes okay, strikeouts, per nine ten point nine a much more average number when he’s facing top line. Well batting last year. Yeah. Last year was a little rougher postseason for a and, and especially against the keys. And, and that’s yeah. I, I will admit that he, he talked about that, you know, he you know, it was a little bit of he you know, just didn’t quite have his control there. And you know, that, that can, you know, especially as fast ball and that, really, you know as the thing I mean, he’s aware of that. I I don’t I don’t see that as a problem again. Playoffs are very small sample sizes against very, very good offenses. It’s tough to, you know, tough to put a lot of weight. I mean, you’re talking about, you know, even in the AL D S you know two point one innings pitched against the Yankees. Yeah. Has eleven point five seventy are a I mean I wasn’t talking about. I wasn’t talking last year, though. What I was talking about was his career. Twenty and two thirds innings is a much bigger sample size a three point nine two ER h a lot of those runs. Well, a lot of those runs did come last year. Yeah. I mean two thousand seventeen you know, a LDS against Houston. I mean he did pitch two innings and gave up a run. But other than that two thousand sixteen nothing thirteen twelve. You know nothing that couple home runs last year. Yep. Yeah. Couple. Well, and that’s you know again started with control. And then then you try to get something over the plate. When? You have to. Yeah. That’s the home runs are going to happen in the playoffs in those situations. But sure. You know. Yeah, yeah. I knew I knew you’d go go there you. Let’s the whole idea is trying to each other down here before we build each other up. I want to talk about hater. I would like to point out. Yeah. Haters postseason his ear as a sparkling zero point zero zero. Well, okay, that’s yeah. And that’s and he’s got he’s got ten innings pitched. So it’s not like he’s got a small sample size compared to Kimball. It’s about half a Kimble’s and has been pitching for nine years, and haters been in this is third year in the in major league baseball. So hater. It moving on. Right. He does have a two point six one Yarra at home, which is interesting now. You’ll say, well, hitter’s park, but, you know, still kind of kind of kind of washes out yelich. It’s kind of balances. What? Not into. The second half. He definitely has a weakness when there’s runners on second base for some reason that split popped out, which is interesting. I’d say, you know. You know. I still trying to recover from it washes out yelich. I don’t even I don’t even know where to start with that. Hey, I’m I’m just. Picking out things just you know whatever but yeah, the two or three home runs these given up completely wipe out the nineteen or so yellow hit there this year. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. You’re right. Totally wipes. Yes. Exactly. Yeah. You actually, you know. Just pull yelich. Not play ’em. Anyway, hater does that three point one five year as second half career? Yeah.

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Yeah. Last year as that usage kept climbing, he tailed off a bit towards the end of the year. They’ve used them about the same amount so far this year. So we’ll see what happens, but he’s been used a little more as a traditional closer with the loss of control like we’ve talked about a few times, now, so could how it’ll be interesting to see because I think that’s almost like we talked about. I think that’s almost lower leverage than what he had been doing last year. I would like it. If the Bruce did trade for one more good, arm and have that rotating closer or however you wanna look at it. Remember what happened with Jeremy Jeffress to we haven’t even brought him up. He’s having a very very solid season but he’s not being used in the closer role. I don’t know of council is gun shy after last year in the postseason or if it’s just he’s so confident in hater and just really wants these winds that, that’s where he’s going for now. I’m not really I’m not really one hundred ten percent. But I tell you what Jeffers gara- they’ve had. Ahead solid seasons in the bullpen. Yeah. Rambling and I you know, kimbro I mean I mentioned it before lengthen in that bullpen. I mean, Brock has been not good monk Maries, some of them. I mean, you, you, you kinda add that length of the bullpen you get you get curl junior is, you know, he when he’s on. He is unhittable. But when he’s off he is he’s brutal. And this creates a situation where Madden could put in CJ, and if he walks better, just pull them, you got the depth in the bullpen. You got kimbro for the nine so you don’t need to, to keep them in there. You know. But if he’s on than, than keep them in there, you got Strope and see Shak who are especially good, seventh eighth inning kind of guys, you know, and and, and in those situations. And then Brandon Morrow who you know, if he can come back. He’s been on the injured list. He keeps having he’s had some setbacks, it’s you know, at this point, they’re not counting on him coming back. But if he does come back, I mean, you got a guy you know, ninety six ninety seven miles per hour. Okay. Hold on shenanigans. I’m calling. Baloney bull. Oni bullpen. What all of this is if Sinn butts. We don’t know what the cubs have, and we are going to know for two months bull-owner, we’ll take Josh hater a proven commodity one that’s been there his way cheaper than kimbrel. He’s the guy. I want in my bullpen. I am longing for a wing locks that distract were now. I mean you got a little bit of time. I was checking. I mean, he’s, he’s still, you know, has arbitration years and stuff like that. But you know, hater not gonna be cheap later. No, once the rich. Well, it depends to is he going to go down the, the Miller wrote the Andrew Miller wrote where it starts to come apart. I don’t think so. I think they’re being they’re being careful with them. We’ll like you’ve talked about Joe Madden would come after the brewers in a way to try and get hater and game one of the series in a situation where he wouldn’t be able to pitch the rest of the he’s not the only one that tries that crap they rest, they respirator they do rest hater for a reason. And it’s to make sure that he’s good to go to innings if they need them I think the way they use them is safer than how Andrew Miller was used. There’s some similarities I’d have to dig deeper into how Andrew Miller was used. But the prove right now as everything shows, Josh haters, the better pitcher at this moment in history. Now is he the better career overall, of course? Net Kimberley’s bend in the league nine years. He’s done some amazing things. You’re right. He’s outta hall of fame. Trajectory. Josh hater could be two or this could all blow up in two years. We don’t know. But if I had to choose for my bullpen today, I’d take hater over kimbrel. Yeah. Well, I would definitely came over haters, so. I don’t believe you. I believe you. I think you take hater in a heartbeat because of his versatility. I think you’re just saying that because they signed Kimball, you really want to be locked into kimbrel for forty three million over. Yeah. Good within the brewers have hater for way way. With the makeup of the bullpen. I think this is really solid. I do think I do think the cubs probably need another lefty in the pan. You know, there’s been some rumors around. We’ll see what happens at the trade deadline, and then, like I said, big question, Mark with Brandon Morrow you. You get him back in there. I mean if he’s if Brennan Marin comes back and the cubs can pick up, you know, a lefty for the pan. I think you have probably the best bullpen in the National League. While we’ll maybe or or something like that.

00:50:01 – 00:55:01

I don’t know. You know. Oh, no. You know, the cubs are gonna add Will Smith to. Yeah. Why don’t you guys just have everybody? I mean. Yeah. That would day what today’s bullpen or do you went today’s baloney. I’ll take hater everytime over kimbrel. I two pounds just ridiculous. I would take him over Hillary isn’t all day. No, you wouldn’t say would if you switched this, if you switch this in the bruise at signed Kimbrell, and you guys had Josh hater in your bullpen you’d be arguing exactly my course. And that’s my argument is correct. Why mine is, of course you would though because I wouldn’t choose kimbrel overhand which team they play for kimbro pays for the cubs. So kimbro win. That’s it. There’s. There’s. Gonna agree on. No, I is a fun view. If the cubs had hater and the brewers head kimbrel. I’d be happy. The Bruce had kimbrel, but I don’t think I could honestly tell myself that I’d rather. Oh, that is the biggest. Yeah, I call baloney on that one. Well, we might argue boated that way for the sake of the podcast. But I don’t think in my hearts or year. Heart-to-heart s-. My heart’s. I’d take Imber over hater. But you know below Fulton. Hogwash, heart-to-heart your very data that kimbrel landed on the cubs because I think I think if the brewers are going to get them I think you even might have said this. You hope he didn’t you were wishing he wouldn’t end up and then I’ll central but, but he did. And of all teams on the cubs. So we both said that we did both actually I think you said that. I did. Yeah. Well, it’s true. I said, if yeah. Kimbrel isn’t gonna land on the cubs. He’d better not land on the brewers or any other team. And then L central and, and luckily, worked out, you congratulations. You’ve got the fourth best closer in the developed. Let’s move on. We’re closer in the defense. How that is. Yeah. Hall of fame should be third. Third. All right. You know what I think let’s go to predictions. We got some work to do here because I don’t even know what. What we got. All right. So episode twenty six you made a prediction, but Jimmy Nelson. Yeah he lost that day. So yeah, you can chalk that up as a as a big l for me that in his first while it was a pretty bold prediction. And then he made it even more more difficult. But yeah. Predicted that Jimmy would it wasn’t even client innings. Well he went for innings and gave up four runs or something like that. I don’t remember you know, his first start back in almost two full years as six hundred and some days back in the major leagues. It’s a success. Just the fact that he made it all the way back. However, he did not get the win. He did not get the necessary number of strikeouts. Or lease keep them under three earned runs. That’s an L I now. But it’s a win for the brewers. Yeah. Episode twenty two I said about Kris Bryant winning and player of the week this week is over, although he’d have to be a monster every day for the rest of this week, which is. Yeah, that’s light. I mean it’s not done, but it’s not not looking might as well be. You had brewers go nine three the next twelve games. I they are currently seven and four because the last night’s loss. So that’s, that’s no, no there. That’s a loss for you. It was a close one if the brewers win tonight. Well, if they split with Houston, and then it just comes down to one of those unforeseeable Miami games. I don’t even know how that. Yeah. That was schedule right? Easy scheduled. I don’t know what happened there. I honestly don’t know rent into a strangely hot Miami, Marlin team. And I. Strangely brewers team. Maybe not that strange. Well, it was right after the hero demotion, but hero, went to made a difference in those kinds of Ganz, the first two were massive. It was, it was very strange anyway. And I think one of those games was the Jimmy Nelson start wasn’t. I’m not sure. Yeah. Okay. And yeah, so let’s see other than that. I, I still got Anthony Rizzo hit ten home runs or more beginning June fifth. My think he’s got. Oh, I had looked. I’m trying to remember now I think he had. Let me see real quick June.

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So june. He’s got one so he just needs. It nine more before the end of the month. So. He’s. Pretty good. So we’ll see. I mean you know, you go on a run, but you know that was bold. It was bold. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Other than that, you got Jimmy Nelson record two wins by the all-star break. That’s still that’s still possible cast in here at ten plus home run side, also break probably not. Well, no, actually, I think that one’s more likely than the Jimmy Nelson, one. And here’s why. Travis Shaw is still improving, but Hase’s Aguilar is not sooner or later, they’re going to do something, and I suspect that it will be. Soon, I think within the next week, maybe to hero. We’ll be up that will give him a couple of weeks, which is, you know, it’s possible that he can hit five more in that span of time. He’s gone down and played well at AAA again, Jimmy Nelson did not pitch. Well, I think he actually got bumped from his scheduled start. So I’m not one hundred percent. Sure, I got, you know, let me take a look. We’ll you kind of talk about what you want your predictions. Yeah. Well, I just wrap up a couple others. We got going, we got cows shore bird nine hundred opium, greater by the star break that he’s trending in the right direction. Now he’s been looking a little, he’s not gonna make it. We’ll we’ll see. It’s not going to get to nine hundred c. Oh. He’s certainly still could definitely could move. Stock is absolutely raking and he’s only at nine thirty one. You’d he needed a better start if he was gonna hit that nine hundred but anyway. Sorry. Kris Bryant twenty five or more home runs by the all-star break. And he sits at thirteen right now. So he would have to go on quite a run as well. But that was a bold that was a bold one. Yeah. I did double check on Jimmy Nelson. He is scheduled to start here in about three days. So he hasn’t been totally bumped out of the rotation. They’re going to give them every chance to get worked up to a longer lather. Because what the Burs need right now is pitching. And Jimmy Nelson is a quality pitcher if he’s healthy and going. Well, you have to let them play it out. That’s another reason that you go back and you look at our Masako granddaughters. Kimbrel talk, the fact that they add Jimmy Nelson coming back eventually made it easier to gamble on the batting instead of having to force something in pitching right anyway. He’s still got a chance to win. I thought he had been bumped back. But anyhow, all right. Well, anyway. I I’m ready to make action. I got a little quick back story. I don’t know. I might not this might not have come up, but I, I might as well mention it for those who don’t know. I actually live. Well actually just north of Los Angeles in the mountains. But I’ve been in LA for since two thousand eleven or nothern California area at least and. Yeah. So that, you know, let you know, I mean, I grew up in Minnesota dad grew up in Chicago. I got family in Chicago, and so forth. Anyways, yeah, I have a blog post on the ninety miles podcast dot com website talking about how I became a die-hard cubs fan anyways, I usually make it some cubs Dodger’s games every year. And the cubs and dodgers play this weekend. They play four game set here in LA, I already set big weekends. Yes. And that’s going to be. Yeah. I mean that’s some big games against a very, very good team. The dodgers easily the they’re the class of the National League. And I don’t think there’s any shame and saying, no. I mean, hey Ed, you know, I’d rather don’t want to say, but you kind of have to say, I don’t have I don’t have hard feelings against dodgers. It’s got, you know, I got a lot of friends here dodgers fans and baseball fans and, and we talk about it. And of course you know they’ve played the dodgers. Well on the brewers to, you know, post-season postseason dodgers. That’s that’s something else. Yes, I, I went to I’m not a dodger fan at all. Yeah. I don’t have to be nice to my LA friends. So I can say this. I hate the. Let’s heated up the whole thing, that’s, that’s for sure. You know, playing a the same team in the playoffs a lot. And of course, I’ve gone to some of those games. And, and I gotta say at least the dodgers fans are generally fairly classy, I’ve gone full blown cubs playoff games, and I’ve not felt threatened. So that’s, that’s a plus at least, you know, it’s been it’s been fun. You know. Yeah. Well, if you put on San Francisco. Another.

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Another staff, of course. Yeah. I won’t wearing brewers gear and Wrigley field is dangerous time. So, yeah, well, I mean, not literally, but, you know, those are more San Francisco and LA have some history there with their face. But anyway. Yeah. Well, so yeah, so cubs dodgers plan. I’m going to be at the Sunday game as it stands right now, whether I go to another one of the games or not, I’m not sure yet, but definitely am I already got take it going Sunday with a group a cubs fan. So that’s gonna be awesome. You know, be there Repin the cubs and. Yeah. So anyways, prediction, I’m gonna say, and, and this is both a prediction, but it’s also it’s more of a desire. And it’s also something I think that could could be a huge spark I’m gonna, I’m gonna go ahead and predict the cubs, they’re gonna take three of four or better against the dodgers in this four-game series in LA against probably are. Arguably the best team in the National League and. Yeah, is that bold enough for you? I don’t know four you made me go aid ODA twelve this is three no nine hundred. Angeles against the dodgers. The cubs. But you give me you give me a hard time because the brewers only one two to three in LA. You gave me crappy out or game series. Another story, though. There’s some above four game series that. Oh, no, no, no. You made it all about playing the angels and saying, well, it was a two and four road trip. So. You’ve already lost to the Rockies. I guess probably a little bummed out about it, you know, kimbrough’s not going to be there. So you got bullpen and stuff, you know it’s, it’s. You know, I think three or four is bold. But what he say? I don’t know how to make it more bold. That’s what I’m trying to figure out as their away, you can make it more bold than that. I don’t know. How can you make it more bold? They win three out of four and well you like run differential. Okay. Okay. So they, let’s see here. Three out of four and the run differential for the series needs to be. Well, see indeed, be at least plus three in order to plus two. How about a how about a minimum plus five run differential on their two plus five cumulative over the four-game series? Sure, score five or more runs than the dodgers a whole series and they win three or four. Is that to bolt said too much for you? No. I’ll do that. I’ll do that. I mean, they win if they win three out of four there, at least, well, they’re at least going to be plus three plus I mean, no, plus too, because they could they could win by one run and throw who’s by one plus two is the right so plus. Laws can’t be a blow out right? Yeah. Right. Yeah. It’s it’s bowl. Yeah. I think that’s, that’s pretty great. That is a pretty. Okay. All right. That was a big push there. So we’ve been talking a little bit about wins above replacement things like that of that nature. Of course, your big big fan of your cubs catcher, which makes sense. Right. All right. That’s best and L in possibly though, majors right now. And he’s just he’s just getting going. He’s just getting going so here expecting his numbers to keep getting better. You know throughout the entirety of the the season, and I’m just looking, and I’m thinking about wins above replacement as a catcher, there’s so much more to winning ball games than there is at other with that. Because if I look at yeah, if I look at as money grand, all’s offense of Warren defensive ores offense, voice, two point three defensive wars, negative point five. That means he’s been a little bit deficient on the defensive set. Well, the basics but he’s been a huge boost on the office side. Well, and that kind of I mean, there’s usually that’s where contraire us is, is impressive, actually, if you go two years ago he was one point two positive on the defensive side last year point six he’s not normally negative catchers, my point, there are some things that happen. He does allow more passed balls than your average guide does, and it can drive people nuts. Now, I don’t know exactly where Wilson contrary us is right now on his war, but I’m going to predict. This. Yes.

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Money, grand all is going to have the best catcher war. In the entire National League at the end of the season. Overall war offense and defense combined. It’s a cumulative stat. He’s gonna catch a boatload of games, but he’s also going to have to be better than every other catcher in order to win that prediction. That’s basically saying the brewers signed the best catcher in the off season for the National League. Now I think he’s done it before. Well right now, he’s saying war, he’s gonna have the highest war of any catcher in the NASCAR wrecked. He’s. Yeah. Because catching is catching a lot more than offense. And I wanna make sure that we put all of it together, I think right now. He’s like one point four overall. Yes. He’s one point four controllers is one point seven. Who else is in that list, I can’t find the list baseball reference dot com. That’s anyway. That’s deep dive. But I think I think that’s a pretty bold prediction that he stays above everybody else and wins the National League war. Is it bold enough for you? Do I need to combine it, why I know? No. I think that’s that’s. I think that’s probably. No, I think that’s probably bold enough. ’cause I, I don’t even think you’ll have a better war than contraire us let alone. Well, I think can sure she’s gonna come back down to earth a little bit. I also think he has money as well. I do. I, I think if I said, yes, he’s gonna finish top three in the National League that wouldn’t be good enough because he’s that good of a catcher and we both agree on that. He’s gonna put up those kinds of numbers where the offense will rake and look good. I think I think number one overall nationally war. That’s my prediction. For a catcher, you know, he’s not going to beat, you know, yelich in war right, right? Yeah. If you need me to see if you need me to combine it with twenty five minimum home runs. He’s already at fourteen. That shouldn’t be a problem. But, you know, there’s injury possibilities or things like that, too. It is a grinding grueling position to play every day. Yeah. I guess. Yeah. I guess I’m okay. I guess I’m okay with that. Well, I want you to be one hundred percent okay tops in the National League and catching war. How about this combined with twenty eight total home runs? Basically, doubling what he has. Now, I don’t know if I expect his home run totals to continue to pile up as they are. He’s been hitting from the right side of the plate. He’s a switch hitting catcher, which increases value in weird ways. If you don’t understand how that works in a, an a batting line-up. It’s huge having a catcher that can hit from both sides of the plate. But he’s been hitting from the right side better than he has basically ever in his career. And I’m not sure I expect that to continue so double the home runs twenty eight total home runs and the tops in war that should be more than bold enough. Are you giving what am I doing wrong here are right? All right. I find. Well, what did you want to add, what do you want to add instead instead of twenty eight home runs? There’s something else you wanted to do. No, no. I’m going to to. I’m good with that. Let’s, let’s go ahead and. Let’s put it on the books. Okay. Yeah. All right. All right. So we’re, we’re over an hour into this episode. We’ve hope you’ve been joined at a lot. We’re having a lot of fun with it. I think we’ve covered a lot of ground today. Don’t forget to get signed up at the ninety miles podcast dot com. Website get on the subscription list, so you can win some cool prizes. We also are a member of patriotic if you’re really enjoying the content you can go there and contribute to the program. If you’ve noticed, we don’t have any direct types of advertising. We are open to that. So if you’re considering you do that, if you considering you should do that, and happy to do some reads for jesse’s Jesse share. He’ll, he’ll donate to the brewers front office. So, you know, maybe they can do something I do winning TV do get some of my money they get enough money. They’re fine. They’re fine. Take your payroll and well, you can, you know. That it’s a huge man. It’s the second biggest baseball and you’re acting like, oh, poor kkob’s. One more guy, just need one more guy, you know what I think we covered the National League central we talked about I’m already, let’s you know, Pittsburgh’s terrible Milwaukee swept up.

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It’s a it’s a beautiful thing or did they take three to four. Either way, Milwaukee’s been dominating. Pittsburgh, Saint Louis is doing Saint Louis things. We’ll see if we see them again, Cincinnati, usual stuff anything you want to add for central. No, I don’t. I don’t think so. I don’t think so either. We’ve covered the two best teams in the division and it’s not even close. We’ve done it thoroughly today. We hope you enjoyed it, some nice breakdowns on how all of these pieces fit in pits against each other David Stearns, obviously better now, mighty house. Cardinal brewers guide. Let’s get out by yeah.