July 15, 2026 • 38 mins
Jason Smith and Mike Harmon discuss why the American League Pitching staff deserved Co-MVPS of the MLB All-Star Game, Spain's elite defense leading them to a World Cup Final, and JP Morosi joins the show to discuss the upcoming MLB Trade Deadline.
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Speaker 1 (00:33):
TJ. Clearly, tonight the American League had the National League
in dire straits for the entire All Star Game. TJ
well played hit it Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith
Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. So Cody Bellinger
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with his groundball single up the middle in the first
inning to bring home the first two runs of the
All Star Game. There's your All Star MVP. Ball's got eyes.
It's got eyes, Jason Smith. Just get one extra hit
a month of Texas League or ground bowl and eyes.
That's right. Cody Bellinger wins MVP. Okay gets a nice
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little glass bat and all. But I mean, let's be honest,
like the fact that a guy can get a ground
ball up the middle for a base hit in the
first inning.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Win.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
MVP kind of tells you what kind of All Star game?
It was a great All Star game? Okay, the American League,
I'm gonna but yes, not a game you're gonna go wow.
This is one of the all time greats. Not a
game you're gonna go wow. This was something that I
can really remember. Stuff. But if you really want to
be beholden to the game, right, want to go holding
to the game?
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I know this sounds, this sounds outlandish, but you do.
Why not if you really want to say, okay, let's
award the MVP for this All Star Game, it should
be every pitcher from the American League they three hit
the National League a shutout, fifteen strikeouts, all eleven of them.
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Can't differentiate all eleven of them. Doesn't matter. He pitched
a third of an inning. He put is part of
that game. He was by. When you have guys that
pitch a combined no hitter, they're all the combined, it's
not well. This guy doesn't get invited to sign that
you know the picture, because he only pitched two winnings.
Everybody else pitch at least three innings. No, no, no,
you really want to be beholden to the game. Every
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American League pitcher. I mean, this is as dominant an
All Star Game pitching as I have ever seen. I
don't know they've ever seen a game this dominant pitching wise,
three hits. For a long time, Juan Soto was the
only player keeping the National League from being no hit
fifteen strikeouts. The National League never felt like they had
anything working. I mean, I get it. It's a great optic.
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All eleven guys out there holding the bat almost like
you know what, watching a team win the NBA title.
They're all wanted to touch the trophy, the Larry O'Brian trophy.
Are all back they're playing twister. Yeah, major League Baseball and
said we only have one trophy. Doesn't matter. All eleven
guys will come out, they'll all touch it. We'll all do.
Get them all out there at once, all doing interviews.
Oh yeah, from from Dylan Cees all the way to
Baker at the end. Those are your m v ps,
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and honestly that's what it should be. Can you really
tell me, oh, Bellinger's ground ball up the middle was
the story of the game. No, I mean yes, it's crazy,
but yeah, give it to all eleven pitchers. Why not?
It's all star game? Why not? How about just straight
off the you know, you know what, you know, whoever
had a walk now, you know in the MVP?
Speaker 4 (03:34):
No, no, no, But I'm just saying, like in terms of
the dominance, like it was from the start with Dylan
c straight off the.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Game, right, I mean he had three strikeouts in the open.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
He gave that walk, but Freddy Freeman had that great
at bad and that was it.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
But I like the cut of your Jim.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
I mean you could also just say, hey, Vargas made
it a slam. Uh sure, sure, but you're still within
a slam. That's the old adage. You got to keep
it within a slam.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
It's I mean, this was a tough I get it's
a tough MVP to well, Bellinger drove in two with
that single, Okay, but no, I mean you have a
you have a an eleven man pitching staff. They made
a stand, buddy who came in. Everybody who came in,
there was no wrong move to make. Now everybody you
brought in was throwing gas, was throwing babies, and the
National League looked like there were a bunch of guys
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that were chasing pitches. Bryce Harper looked terrible. It was
so incredible. This is where I go super villain on you.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Okay, you handed to Sanchez had hometown boy, You won
the MVP.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
What'd you do? You gave up a lot of mess
in the first he was responsible for the most runs.
He was the only picture. She was the guy that
gave up to hit the county. Every other picture was that.
They could say I had a pretty good experience with
Gus eight pitches.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Yeah, good experience at the Bran one hit got gone,
Lozardo gone, six pitch inning, Griffin ten pitch inning, Iglesias
nine strikes, and his fourteen pitches. Robleski gave up the
home run, but he also pitched two weeks. I tried
five guys. He can say I had a great All
Star experience. Everybody was a late add and I showed
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up every single pitch.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
I didn't say, hey, they snubbed me, I'm not coming.
Twenty pitchers were involved in this game. Nineteen of them
can say I had a great experience except for him
and Dave Roberts said, are going?
Speaker 4 (05:31):
If I'd only done my Dodgers, thinking here, I might
have won us this game, but wait a minute, this
time it doesn't count.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Telling you man, all eleven pitchers, all eleven, put them
up on It'll look like when when you win Best
Picture at the Oscars and all the producers are up
there that people you don't have no idea. Hey, I
want to thank everybody a day MG management.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
And I thought it was gonna be the end of
Mean Girls where he starts breaking up the crown and
throwing chunks into the crowd.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
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Speaker 1 (06:21):
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It is over in Philadelphia the American League, a four
nothing win. Cody Bellinger's two run single in the first
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inning is enough to win MVP. Back up the box, baby,
the kind of game it was, American League pitching dominating
the National League hitters. Joining us now on the hotline
to break it all down and also give a sneak
peek and what to expect in the second half. MLB
Network insider extraordinaire, who spent most of the day going
over the different permutations and combinations about the Tigers making
(07:31):
the playoffs with his dad, it is John Paul Morosi,
John Paul, It's happening.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Man Happy All Star Game evening, my friends, and I
will admit, I will admit when I saw the Cody
Bellinger base hit there to begin the game, I did
not think, well that that one's gonna hold up. That's
gonna be the only one they need. And there's a
rum VP based on that one swing when the game
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was about four minutes old and Chord Sanchez wasn't locating
very well. The great irony, and I'm a huge Christopher
Sanchez fan, the great irony is the hometown starting pitcher
who gets to start is basically the only pitcher to
take that mound this evening who wasn't exactly pinpoint and
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exacting in his command. He's the only one. Everybody else
was completely dominant. Obviously one big swing later on from Vargas.
But whenever you ask the question rhetorically or directly, hey, hey, John,
why doesn't this particular struggling team call up their entire
triple A roster to give them an offensive jolt, Well,
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the answer is what you saw tonight. Because nobody can
hit this, okay, nobody, And when you look at what
the All Stars are doing, these hitters are the best
in the world. And you just heard what Harper was
saying in the broadcast, which Schwarba was saying on the broadcast.
Just whenever you bemoan the quality of any offense, even
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lately it's been the New York Yankees tonight, just go
back to tonight, play this tape back and realize Oh yeah,
it is darn near impossible to hit in the major
leagues of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Well, I will tell you this. I'll go a little
bit simple. I'll just say this is karma for Philadelphia
fans booing absolutely everything the last couple of days. Okay,
I guess what that sports the baseball God, you're saying
your picture's gonna be the only guy it's gonna have
a bad night in the All Star Game. We're getting
back at you.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
There you go. Well, this is as as Mike knows. Jason,
I am completely stunned by this reaction by a Mets
fan that effectively you're saying, Okay, Philly fans, you boo
Jordan Walker, I'm gonna boo you. I'm gonna do all
of you. That's basically what you're not good. Oh my goodness.
(09:54):
And again it's it's it's very authentic. I remember I
was up told to the story before I was I
was in I was in Delaware actually for a youth
sports event with my daughter earlier this year, and the
Phillies had lost the game, and we were listening to
the local radio station after Phillies lost, and you would
have thought that nobody on that entire team could play
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or had ever played, And nobody could do their job,
not the manager, not the coaches, not anybody. And and
my daughter looks at me and she says, Dad, is
this is this how you talk when you're on the radio?
I said, no, no, no, no, this is Philly. Okay,
it's just different here. You got to understand this, Okay,
So you know all that to say, I love and
(10:38):
and again this this might complicate our relationship, Jason. I
love Philly. I love the fans there, I love the
intensity there. All of it is awesome. And and the
entire baseball world got a glimpse into into just what
that passion does over the past about thirty hours.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Now, I say this with my my tongue planted firmly
in my cheek. But Dave rob Or, how difficult was
it to watch Sanchez struggle because he's got to manage
him for today. But on the other part, he's got
to do Montgomery burns excellent thirty plus pitches, he's rattled
and falling apart, and if it goes badly in the
second half, he's the blame.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
There you go. And of course it was a big
topic of this game, who was available, who was not available?
How are teams massaging their rotation such that, you know,
if they don't want the all start actually pitching the game,
they can make sure that they pitches on that final
someday and then oh my gosh, you got to pick
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the day off and can't throw the extra ending. So
there is peril in the way that the game is
being managed. Now I get it. I understand the teams
that are concerned. I understand sometimes the pitchers themselves who
are concerned. But you're right, this Phillis team, and I'll
give them a lot of credit. This year did not
begin well for them, and you think about last year.
(11:58):
They lose the Dodgers of the playoffs, the Kirkering play,
et cetera. They fire the manager, they bring in Mattingly,
and and they've woken up to the point that it
is a great credit to the Phillies that that that
you even make that point that you just made about
how the Dodgers might see them in the playoffs, Because
if we're being honest here, I do think the Brewers,
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if they upgrade the rotation, you could say, are a
threat to the Dodgers. But there are not, and the
Braves perhaps the same thing. I would say they have
to add a starting pitcher. But the number of legitimate
threats to the Dodgers is quite short. And the team
that probably at least in the in the National League
side of the equation until they got to the World
Series that challenged them the most last year was the Phillies.
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So perhaps there is one more Dodger Phillies series. And
and yes, Dave Roberts will be replaying this game tonight.
I'm sure if he sees a Christopher sangine of the game,
one of an NLCS and.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Weld the network inside of John, Paul Morosi, guess Jason
Smith and Mike Harmon. Now, the other big story from
this game. We got a good update from Junior Cameranero
Ray Star who got hit by a pitch earlier in
this game. X Rays negative day to day, so it
doesn't look like it's something really really bad. But I'll
tell you what, John, Maybe because I'm getting older, I
tell me, Maybe it's because I'm a dad, Maybe because
(13:17):
I'm in my fifties now. But I'm like, when I
get to All Star games, my first photo is always
none of my guys get hurt. Whatever else happens, I'm
fine with, but just as long as Mike don't get hurt.
And I saw that happened to Kamenero tonight and I
just said, oh my goodness. And you could see that
maybe this could have been broken finger, broken wrists, something
that keeps them out. And they're having an incredible season.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
They really are, and they're a team on the American
League side. I've mentioned them before as a possible suitor
for Schoobol. I think that there's a legitimate taste who
made that they should do it. They were in there,
they would have made a significant play for Otani. Actually
potentially cam Banaro would have been part of that. But
you're right, they've got a tremendous base to go from.
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They may be the least flawed team in a very
flawed American league this season. And I had the same
reaction you did. It's it's difficult, though, I realize everybody's
a little bit amped up because it is the All
Star Game. And you know O'Brien clearly there was no
he was just he felt terrible about it, obviously, But
I guess I would say this as much as it
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as much as your heart sinks to see it, I
would say that from an actuarial standpoint, there's probably no
greater risk in a game like this, and it will
be in a regular season game for an injury to happen.
So as a result, I'm gonna try to just say
there's a certain risks whenever you put on a batting
albut and step in the cage or step in the
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batter's box. I just wish, wish it didn't happen tonight.
I don't think it's gonna make any meaningful change about
how we do things going forward. It just does underscore
how hard it is to hitt nowadays and just how
much movement the best, especially the relievers. O'Brien's a guy
that he's got such great armside ride you can't really
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plan for that. And I think that one just got
away from a little bit, and hopefully Camon Arrow was
fully healthy and good to go out. I like the
note that was Jared that Riley went to go visit him.
It's just there's a classy move obviously by him to
go to go check out on him. By I fully
agree Jason and Mike I had the same emotions too.
You want everybody to be healthy, But that was just
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an unfortunate moment in what is still the best All
Star game that we've got in pro sports, and I
expect it will always remain that way.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Yeah, as for that best al team, did you not
see the Vargas home run? All that to say, We've
talked a lot about schoopl in the past. Right they're
three and a half back of that second wild card
spot right now?
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Do you think he gets dealt?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I do. I think that there is a slightly better
than fifty to fifty chance that he gets moved. It's
gonna take a team that really is motivated, that gives
a significant offer. The Tigers are a very deliberate front office.
They are not going to make a hasty decision. I
do think losing the last two games in the first
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half might have tipped the Tigers a bit more into
that selling category. But Jathan was spot on. My dad
and I go back and forth all the time, what
should they do? What should they do? Now? Obviously his
opinion is very sincere the lifelong Tiger fans, but there's
also a rather objective reality to consider. How high do
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the percentage chances have to be? For it to be
a logical play to keep schoobl and Casey Mimes for
that matter. At this moment in time, it's seventeen point
three percent the Tigers chances to make the playoffs seventeen
point three. It's certainly a lot higher than it was
a couple of years ago when they did trade Clarity
and almost traded School, or at least thought about it.
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So I think you have to go down that road.
You're not desperate to trade him, But again, I do
believe it's a slightly better than fifty to fifty chance
that Schooble is somewhere else, and do not be surprised,
and that if that's somewhere else, could be the Rays
in creating a little bit more resistance for the other
co heavyweight in the American League, that being the South
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Siders of one one Mike Harmen.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
All right, So looking ahead, if I said to you,
we've been talking a lot about Schooble, his name will
dominate some of the deadline talk, most of the deadline
talk the next couple of weeks. But if I said
to you, okay, John Paul, give me a big name
that if he gets dealt to the deadline. That's not
gonna surprise you, somebody were not really talking about because
School's getting all the headlines that if this guy gets
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dealt the deadline, it'll be a big story, but it
might not be a big surprise to you.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Okay, I've got a good one for you, Okay, Adlei Rutchman,
Adley Rutchman in Baltimore. I think that there's so they've
got the SiO, they've got different ways they can arrange
their lineup. But this is a team, the Baltimore Orioles,
that while they are not last in the American LEAGUEES,
they're not exactly in an upswing and clearly competing for
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a playoff first this year. There is such scarcity in
the game now for catching that if you can find
a way to put him out there and say, listen,
who which team out there might have interested, it might
have a need. He could also be potentially a DH
type as well for you, So just keep that possibility
in mind. The Orioles to me, have been way too
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quiet and they are stuck in neutral again. It seems
that they missed their window a couple of years ago,
and by the way, they should have traded for School
and so now I do believe that he is a
name to watch. The other team to think about is
San Diego with their bullpen pieces. Adrian Morejone is a
really good pitcher. And listen, wouldn't surprise anyone if AJ
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Preller turned around and traded Mason Miller again one year later.
Have done that with with Soto, So there's there's no
surprise that you can get somebody and then flip them
right right away. You never know what AJ brother is
going to do, and he has to provide this farm
system with new ownership coming in. So keep an eye
on the San Diego padre.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Does Jason get rid of Lindor.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Ha No, No, I don't. I don't. Uh, let's put
it this way, Jason, I don't think anyone is going
to be eager to bail out the Mets right now.
I don't think. I don't think anyone. I don't think
there's Twinter nine. GM's wig up the boy and say,
you know what, how can I help the Mets today?
What can I do to make life easier for them?
Speaker 1 (19:40):
John Paul, We're gonna be the only team selling at
the deadline. Everybody else has won their way back. The
Red Sox won their big way back into it. The Tigers,
and we're gonna sell everybody, man, where are the big
We're the big garage sale coming up in a couple
of weeks.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
And with all this uncertainty about about what the payroll
structure is going to be, are we gonna have a cap?
The best thing anybody could do is just take on
Lindor's contractor or even Juan Soto's contract Sure, just take
them all on. Now. It'll be a very very interesting
industry to follow, not just for the next several weeks,
but the next several months as well. And that's why
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I love our conversations every week. There's always something to
talk about.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
He's on Twitter at John Morosi, That is at John
MOROSEI MLB Network insider John Paul. As always, buddy, thank
you so much. Enjoy the rest of the week. We'll
talk to you as the second half. Gut's going.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
You guys are the greatest, So I look forward to
this every week. Thanks for everything.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Be well, bru. There goes John Paul, and I'm with
him on Lindor something we get into the next couple
of nights. That's more of a trade that that is
something that would happen at the end of the season.
It's a lot of money, it's a lot off, like
you really have to get through things, so I firmly
expect that could have. But that's an end of the
season thing.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Yeah, nobody's bailing them out now, No, No, let's bail
out Chris Purfett.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
CP three has what's trending in the wide world of
sports right now? What do you got for us getting
bailed out? Hunt? That's great. Let's talk about the MLB.
I bailed you out for real a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 6 (21:04):
That we don't need to talk about that. That that is,
that was supposed to be, That was supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Sorrygation is still on going, all right, very good?
Speaker 6 (21:12):
Yes, okay, let's talk about the MLB All Star Game
and gets you a little highlight.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Now we can talk about it.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Oh god, so only destroyed by Vargas.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Vargas the first time All Star, one of the biggest
surprises Fox TV on the call there, Yes, the American
League defeats the National League for nothing. Miguel Vargas's home
run in the eighth padded a first inning, three run
rally explosion by the American League, Cody Bellinger getting bases loaded,
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getting two runs in from that scenario, and just it
kept going from there. The national league not much doing
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Speaker 1 (22:49):
We should still have that now, we really should say, yeah,
we should still have that instead of I think the
Detroit Lions won two of them. Yeah, but you have
to have stakes there, like, oh, if you win this game,
you get to pick third in the draft. They insert
you into the top half of the first round.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
Somewhere they spin a wheel like a Roulette wheel.
Speaker 6 (23:07):
I'll just give some Disney World things away. Why don't
we just play it in Hawaii like the Pro Bowl.
Just replace the Pro Bowl with the third Place.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
I don't think that stadium is there anymore. We can
get a couple of Cones bond chairs and we're ready
to go play.
Speaker 6 (23:23):
Play it outside the volcano. Sure, no, real quick. I'd
want to see if you guys saw this. So you
guys have seen the video of the bison in Yellowstone
throwing that one old man, Well, expect expect a few
social media teams to step into this. The Tampa Bay
Buccaneers apparently made a social media post with that video
(23:45):
about the team excited for the football season. I think
the the I don't have the clip up in front
of it. That was up for a while. Several outlets
reporting that it was made. It is now deleted. Unfortunately,
I thought it was on come on back to you guys.
Guy's fine coming up next.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Yes, so it is a Cody Bellinger MVP for the
American League Yankee Syankees. How about that? I got a
great hot take for you for the MVP of the
All Star Game. I got a great hot Oh okay,
I can't wait. Coming here right next, Jason to Mike
Fox Sports Radio.
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Speaker 1 (24:35):
John PAULMROSI, John Paul, it's happening, man, how about it?
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Happy All Star Game evening, my friends. And I will admit,
I will admit when I saw the Cody Bellinger base
hit there to begin the game, I did not think, well,
that that one's gonna hold up. That's gonna be the
only one they need. And there's room VP based on
that one swing when the game was about four and
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it's old and Christopher Sanchez wasn't locating very well. The
great irony and I'm a huge Christopher Sanchez fan. The
great irony is the hometown starting pitcher who gets the
start is basically the only pitcher to take that mound
this evening who wasn't exactly pinpoint and exacting in his command.
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He's the only one. Everybody else was completely dominant, obviously
on one big swing later on from Vargas. But whenever
you ask the question rhetorically or directly, hey, hey, John,
why doesn't this particular struggling team call up their entire
triple A roster to give them an offensive jolt, Well,
(25:45):
the answer is what you saw tonight. Because nobody can
hit this, okay, nobody, And when you look at what
the All Stars are doing, these hitters are the best
in the world. And you just heard what Harper was
saying in the broadcast, which Warba was saying on the broadcast.
Just whenever you bemoan the quality of any offense, even
(26:06):
lately it's been the New York Yankees tonight, just go
back to tonight, play this tape back, and realize, oh yeah,
it is darn near impossible to hit in the major
leagues of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Well, I will tell you this. I'll go a little
bit simple. I'll just say this is karma for Philadelphia
fans booing absolutely everything the last couple of days. Okay,
I guess what that sports the baseball God, you're saying
your picture's gonna be the only guy he's gonna have
a bad night in the All Star Game. We're getting
back at you.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
There you go. Well, this is as as Mike knows. Jason,
I am completely stunned by this reaction by a Mets
fan that effectively you're saying, Okay, Phillies fans, you boo
Jordan Walker. I'm gonna boo you. I'm gonna do all
of you. That's basically what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Good.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Yeah, oh my goodness. And again it's it's it's very authentic.
I remember I was, uh, Toby, if I've told you
this story before I was, I was in I was
in Delaware actually for a youth sports event with my
daughter earlier this year, and the Phillies had lost the game.
And we were listening to the local radio station after
Phillies lost, and you would have thought that nobody on
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that entire team could play or had ever played, and
nobody could do their job, not the manager, not the coaches,
not anybody. And and my daughter looks at me and
she says, Dad, is this is this how you talk
when you're on the radio. I said, no, no, no, no,
this is Philly. Okay, it's just different here. You got
to understand this, okay. So uh no, all that to say,
(27:38):
I love and and again this this might complicate our relationship, Jason.
I love Philly. I love the fans there, I love
the intensity there. All of it is awesome And and
the entire baseball world got a glimpse into into just
what that passion does over the past about thirty hours.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Now, I say this with my my tongue planted firmly
and cheek But Dave Roberts, how difficult was it to
watch Sanchez struggle because he's got to manage him for today,
But on the other part, he's got to do Montgomery
burns excellent thirty plus pitches, he's rattled and falling apart,
and if it goes badly in the second half, he's
the blame.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
There you go. And of course it was a big
topic of this game. Who was available, who was not available?
How are teams massaging their rotation such that, you know,
if they don't want their all start actually pitching the game,
they can make sure that they pitches on that final
someday and then oh my gosh, you got to pick
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the day off and can't throw the extra ending. So
there is peril in the way that the game is
being managed. Now I get it. I understand the teams
that are concerned. I understand sometimes the pitchers themselves who
are concerned. But you're right, this Phillis team, and I'll
give them a lot of credit. This year did not
begin well for them, and you think about last year,
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lose the Dodgers of the playoffs, the Kirkering play, et cetera.
They fire the manager, they bring in Mattingly, and and
they've woken up to the point that it is a
great credit to the Phillies that that that you even
make that point that you just made about how the
Dodgers might see them in the playoffs. Because if we're
being honest here, I do think the Brewers, if they
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upgrade the rotation, you could say, are a threat to
the Dodgers, but there are not. And the Braves perhaps
the same thing. I would say they have to add
a starting pitcher. But the number of legitimate threats to
the Dodgers is quite short. And the team that probably
at least in the in the National League side of
the equation until they got to the world series that
challenged them the most last year was the Phillies, So
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perhaps there is one more Dodger Philly series. And and yes,
Dave Roberts will be replaying this game tonight. I'm sure
if he sees a Christopher Sancheine in the game, one
of an nlcs.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
And will the network inside of John Paul Morosi, our
guest Jason Smith and Mike Harmon. Now, the other big
story from this game, we got a good update from
Junior Cameronaro ray Star, who got hit by a pitch
earlier in this game. X Rays negative day to day,
so it doesn't look like it's something really really bad.
But I'll tell you what, John, Maybe because I'm getting older,
I tell me, maybe it's because I'm a dad. Maybe
because I'm in my fifties now. But I'm like, when
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I get to All Star games, my first photo is
always none of my guys get hurt. Whatever else happens,
I'm fine with. But just as long as Mike don't
get hurt. And they said that happened to Kamenero tonight,
and I just said, oh my goodness. And you can
see that maybe this could have been broken, finger, broken, wrists,
something that keeps them out, and they're having an incredible season.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
They really are, and they're a team on the American
League side. I've mentioned them before as a possible suitor
for Schooball. I think that there's a legitimate case who
made that they should do it. They were in there,
they would have made a significant play for Otani. Actually,
potentially cam Banaro would have been part of that. But
you're right, They've got a tremendous base to go from
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and they may be the least flawed team in a
very flawed American league this season. And I had the
same reaction you did. It's it's difficult, though I realize
everybody's a little bit amped up because it is the
All Star Game, and you O'Brien clearly there was no
he was just he felt terrible about it, obviously, But
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I guess I would say this as much as it
as much as your heart sinks to see it, I
would say that from an actuarial standpoint, there's probably no
greater risk in a game like this that it will
be in a regular season game for an injury to happen.
So as a result, I'm going to try to just
say there's a certain risk whenever you put on a
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batting albut and step in the cage or step in
the batter's box. I just wish, I wish it didn't
happen tonight. I don't think it's going to make any
meaningful change about how we do things going forward. It
just does underscore how hard it is to hitt nowadays
and just how much movement the best, especially the relievers.
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O'Brien's a guy that he's got such great armside ride.
You can't really plan for that, and I think that
one just got away from a little bit. And hopefully
Cameron Arrow was fully healthy and good to go. I
like the note that was Jared that Riley went to
go visit him. It's just there's a classy move obviously
by him to go check out on him. But I
fully agree Jason and Mike I had the same emotions too.
(32:25):
You want everybody to be healthy, but that was just
an unfortunate moment in what is still the best All
Star game that we've got in pro sports, and I
expect it will always remain that way.
Speaker 4 (32:36):
Yeah, as for that best al team, did you not
see the Vargas home run. All that to say, we've
talked a lot about schoopl in the past. Right they're
three and a half back of that second wild card
spot right now?
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Do you think he gets dealt?
Speaker 3 (32:50):
I do. I think that there is a slightly better
than fifty to fifty chance that he gets moved. It's
gonna take a team that really is motivated, that gives
a significant offer. The Tigers are a very deliberate front office.
They are not going to make a hasty decision. I
do think losing the last two games in the first
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half might have tipped the Tigers a bit more into
that selling category. But Jason was spot on. My dad
and I go back and forth all the time, what
should they do? What should they do? Now? Obviously his
opinion is very sincere the lifelong Tiger fans. But there's
also a rather objective reality to consider. How high do
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the percentage chances have to be for it to be
a logical play to keep schoobl and Casey Miles for
that matter. At this moment in time, it's seventeen point
three percent the Tigers chances to make the playoffs. Seventeen
point three it's certainly a lot higher than it was
a couple of years ago when when they did trade
Clarity and almost traded School, or at least thought about it.
(33:58):
So I think you have to go down that road.
You're not desperate to trade him, but again, I do
believe it's a slightly better than fifty to fifty chance
that Schooble is somewhere else, and do not be surprised,
and that if that's somewhere else, could be the Rays in
creating a little bit more resistance for the other co
heavyweight in the American League, that being the Southsiders. Yes,
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of one, Mike Carmen.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
All right, So looking ahead, if I said to you,
we've been talking a lot about Schooble. His name will
dominate some of the deadline talk, most of the deadline
talk the next couple of weeks. But if I said
to you, okay, John Paul, give me a big name
that if he gets dealt to the deadline, that's not
gonna surprise you. Somebody were not really talking about because
School's getting all the headlines that if this guy gets
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dealt the deadline, it'll be a big story, but it
might not be a big surprise to you.
Speaker 3 (34:48):
Okay, I've got a good one for you, okay, Adlei Rutchman,
Adley Rutchman in Baltimore, I think that there's so they've
got Thesio, They've got different ways they can arrange their lineup.
But this is the team, the Baltimore Orioles, that while
they are not last in the American LEAGUEES, they're not
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exactly in an upswing and clearly competing for a playoff
berth this year. There is such scarcity in the game
now for catching and if you can find a way
to put him out there and say, listen, who which
team out there might have interested, it might have a need.
He could also be potentially a DH type as well
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for you, So just keep that possibility in mind. The
Orioles to me, have been way too quiet and they
are stuck in neutral again. It seems that they missed
their window a couple of years ago, and by the way,
they should have traded for schoogl And so now I
do believe that he is the name to watch. The
other team to think about is San Diego with their
bullpen pieces. Adrian Morejone is a really good fisher and listen,
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wouldn't surprise anyone if aj Preller turned around and traded
Mason Miller again. One year later. He had done that
with with Soto, So there's there's no surprise that you
can get somebody and then flip them right right away.
You never know what aj brother is going to do,
and he has to provide this farm system with new
ownership coming in, So keep an eye on the San
(36:15):
Diego Padre.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Does Jason get rid of Lindor?
Speaker 3 (36:20):
Hah No, No, I don't. I don't. Uh, let's put
it this way, Jason, I don't think anyone is going
to be eager to bail out the Mets right now.
I don't think. I don't think anyone. I don't think
there's twenty nine GM's wig up the boy and say,
you know what, how can I help the Mets today?
What can I do to make life easier for them?
Speaker 1 (36:41):
John Paul, We're gonna be the only team selling at
the deadline. Everybody else has won their way back, the
Red Sox won their big way back into it, the Tigers,
and we're gonna sell everybody. Man, where are the big
We're the big garage sale coming up in a couple
of weeks, and with.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
All this uncertainty about about what the payroll structure is
going to be Are we gonna have a cap? The
best thing anybody could do is just take on Lindor's
contractor or even Juan Soto's contract Sure, just take them
all on. No, it'll be a very very interesting industry
to follow, not just for the next several weeks, but
the next several months as well. And that's why I
(37:16):
love our conversations every week. There's always something to talk about.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
He's on Twitter at John Morosi, That is at John
Morosi MLB Network insider John Paul as always, buddy, Thank
you so much. Enjoy the rest of the week. We'll
talk to you as the second half GT's going.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
You guys are the greatest, So I look forward to
this every week. Thanks for everything.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Be well, brother. There goes John Paul and I'm with
him on Lindor something. We get into that at couple
of nights. That's more of a trade that that is
something that would happen at the end of the season.
It's a lot of money, it's a lot of like
you really have to get through things, so I firmly
expect that could have but that's an end of the
season thing. Yeah, nobody's bailing them out. Now, no, no,
let's bail out. Chris Purfett. CP three has what's trending.
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Speaker 1 (00:33):
TJ. Clearly, tonight the American League had the National League
in dire straits for the entire All Star Game. TJ
well played hit it Fox Sports Radio The Jason Smith
Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. So Cody Bellinger
(00:56):
with his groundball single up the middle in the first
inning to bring home the first two runs of the
All Star Game. There's your All Star MVP. Ball's got eyes.
It's got eyes, Jason Smith. Just get one extra hit
a month of Texas League or ground bowl and eyes.
That's right. Cody Bellinger wins MVP. Okay gets a nice
(01:21):
little glass bat and all. But I mean, let's be honest,
like the fact that a guy can get a ground
ball up the middle for a base hit in the
first inning.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Win.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
MVP kind of tells you what kind of All Star game?
It was a great All Star game? Okay, the American League,
I'm gonna but yes, not a game you're gonna go wow.
This is one of the all time greats. Not a
game you're gonna go wow. This was something that I
can really remember. Stuff. But if you really want to
be beholden to the game, right, want to go holding
to the game?
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Now?
Speaker 1 (01:50):
I know this sounds, this sounds outlandish, but you do.
Why not if you really want to say, okay, let's
award the MVP for this All Star Game, it should
be every pitcher from the American League they three hit
the National League a shutout, fifteen strikeouts, all eleven of them.
(02:10):
Can't differentiate all eleven of them. Doesn't matter. He pitched
a third of an inning. He put is part of
that game. He was by. When you have guys that
pitch a combined no hitter, they're all the combined, it's
not well. This guy doesn't get invited to sign that
you know the picture, because he only pitched two winnings.
Everybody else pitch at least three innings. No, no, no,
you really want to be beholden to the game. Every
(02:33):
American League pitcher. I mean, this is as dominant an
All Star Game pitching as I have ever seen. I
don't know they've ever seen a game this dominant pitching wise,
three hits. For a long time, Juan Soto was the
only player keeping the National League from being no hit
fifteen strikeouts. The National League never felt like they had
anything working. I mean, I get it. It's a great optic.
(02:55):
All eleven guys out there holding the bat almost like
you know what, watching a team win the NBA title.
They're all wanted to touch the trophy, the Larry O'Brian trophy.
Are all back they're playing twister. Yeah, major League Baseball and
said we only have one trophy. Doesn't matter. All eleven
guys will come out, they'll all touch it. We'll all do.
Get them all out there at once, all doing interviews.
Oh yeah, from from Dylan Cees all the way to
Baker at the end. Those are your m v ps,
(03:16):
and honestly that's what it should be. Can you really
tell me, oh, Bellinger's ground ball up the middle was
the story of the game. No, I mean yes, it's crazy,
but yeah, give it to all eleven pitchers. Why not?
It's all star game? Why not? How about just straight
off the you know, you know what, you know, whoever
had a walk now, you know in the MVP?
Speaker 4 (03:34):
No, no, no, But I'm just saying, like in terms of
the dominance, like it was from the start with Dylan
c straight off the.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Game, right, I mean he had three strikeouts in the open.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
He gave that walk, but Freddy Freeman had that great
at bad and that was it.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
But I like the cut of your Jim.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
I mean you could also just say, hey, Vargas made
it a slam. Uh sure, sure, but you're still within
a slam. That's the old adage. You got to keep
it within a slam.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
It's I mean, this was a tough I get it's
a tough MVP to well, Bellinger drove in two with
that single, Okay, but no, I mean you have a
you have a an eleven man pitching staff. They made
a stand, buddy who came in. Everybody who came in,
there was no wrong move to make. Now everybody you
brought in was throwing gas, was throwing babies, and the
National League looked like there were a bunch of guys
(04:29):
that were chasing pitches. Bryce Harper looked terrible. It was
so incredible. This is where I go super villain on you.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Okay, you handed to Sanchez had hometown boy, You won
the MVP.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
What'd you do? You gave up a lot of mess
in the first he was responsible for the most runs.
He was the only picture. She was the guy that
gave up to hit the county. Every other picture was that.
They could say I had a pretty good experience with
Gus eight pitches.
Speaker 4 (04:56):
Yeah, good experience at the Bran one hit got gone,
Lozardo gone, six pitch inning, Griffin ten pitch inning, Iglesias
nine strikes, and his fourteen pitches. Robleski gave up the
home run, but he also pitched two weeks. I tried
five guys. He can say I had a great All
Star experience. Everybody was a late add and I showed
(05:18):
up every single pitch.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
I didn't say, hey, they snubbed me, I'm not coming.
Twenty pitchers were involved in this game. Nineteen of them
can say I had a great experience except for him
and Dave Roberts said, are going?
Speaker 4 (05:31):
If I'd only done my Dodgers, thinking here, I might
have won us this game, but wait a minute, this
time it doesn't count.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Telling you man, all eleven pitchers, all eleven, put them
up on It'll look like when when you win Best
Picture at the Oscars and all the producers are up
there that people you don't have no idea. Hey, I
want to thank everybody a day MG management.
Speaker 4 (05:51):
And I thought it was gonna be the end of
Mean Girls where he starts breaking up the crown and
throwing chunks into the crowd.
Speaker 1 (05:56):
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It is over in Philadelphia the American League, a four
nothing win. Cody Bellinger's two run single in the first
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inning is enough to win MVP. Back up the box, baby,
the kind of game it was, American League pitching dominating
the National League hitters. Joining us now on the hotline
to break it all down and also give a sneak
peek and what to expect in the second half. MLB
Network insider extraordinaire, who spent most of the day going
over the different permutations and combinations about the Tigers making
(07:31):
the playoffs with his dad, it is John Paul Morosi,
John Paul, It's happening.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Man Happy All Star Game evening, my friends, and I
will admit, I will admit when I saw the Cody
Bellinger base hit there to begin the game, I did
not think, well that that one's gonna hold up. That's
gonna be the only one they need. And there's a
rum VP based on that one swing when the game
(07:57):
was about four minutes old and Chord Sanchez wasn't locating
very well. The great irony, and I'm a huge Christopher
Sanchez fan, the great irony is the hometown starting pitcher
who gets to start is basically the only pitcher to
take that mound this evening who wasn't exactly pinpoint and
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exacting in his command. He's the only one. Everybody else
was completely dominant. Obviously one big swing later on from Vargas.
But whenever you ask the question rhetorically or directly, hey, hey, John,
why doesn't this particular struggling team call up their entire
triple A roster to give them an offensive jolt, Well,
(08:43):
the answer is what you saw tonight. Because nobody can
hit this, okay, nobody, And when you look at what
the All Stars are doing, these hitters are the best
in the world. And you just heard what Harper was
saying in the broadcast, which Schwarba was saying on the broadcast.
Just whenever you bemoan the quality of any offense, even
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lately it's been the New York Yankees tonight, just go
back to tonight, play this tape back and realize Oh yeah,
it is darn near impossible to hit in the major
leagues of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Well, I will tell you this. I'll go a little
bit simple. I'll just say this is karma for Philadelphia
fans booing absolutely everything the last couple of days. Okay,
I guess what that sports the baseball God, you're saying
your picture's gonna be the only guy it's gonna have
a bad night in the All Star Game. We're getting
back at you.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
There you go. Well, this is as as Mike knows. Jason,
I am completely stunned by this reaction by a Mets
fan that effectively you're saying, Okay, Philly fans, you boo
Jordan Walker, I'm gonna boo you. I'm gonna do all
of you. That's basically what you're not good. Oh my goodness.
(09:54):
And again it's it's it's very authentic. I remember I
was up told to the story before I was I
was in I was in Delaware actually for a youth
sports event with my daughter earlier this year, and the
Phillies had lost the game, and we were listening to
the local radio station after Phillies lost, and you would
have thought that nobody on that entire team could play
(10:15):
or had ever played, And nobody could do their job,
not the manager, not the coaches, not anybody. And and
my daughter looks at me and she says, Dad, is
this is this how you talk when you're on the radio?
I said, no, no, no, no, this is Philly. Okay,
it's just different here. You got to understand this, Okay,
So you know all that to say, I love and
(10:38):
and again this this might complicate our relationship, Jason. I
love Philly. I love the fans there, I love the
intensity there. All of it is awesome. And and the
entire baseball world got a glimpse into into just what
that passion does over the past about thirty hours.
Speaker 4 (10:55):
Now, I say this with my my tongue planted firmly
in my cheek. But Dave rob Or, how difficult was
it to watch Sanchez struggle because he's got to manage
him for today. But on the other part, he's got
to do Montgomery burns excellent thirty plus pitches, he's rattled
and falling apart, and if it goes badly in the
second half, he's the blame.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
There you go. And of course it was a big
topic of this game, who was available, who was not available?
How are teams massaging their rotation such that, you know,
if they don't want the all start actually pitching the game,
they can make sure that they pitches on that final
someday and then oh my gosh, you got to pick
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the day off and can't throw the extra ending. So
there is peril in the way that the game is
being managed. Now I get it. I understand the teams
that are concerned. I understand sometimes the pitchers themselves who
are concerned. But you're right, this Phillis team, and I'll
give them a lot of credit. This year did not
begin well for them, and you think about last year.
(11:58):
They lose the Dodgers of the playoffs, the Kirkering play,
et cetera. They fire the manager, they bring in Mattingly,
and and they've woken up to the point that it
is a great credit to the Phillies that that that
you even make that point that you just made about
how the Dodgers might see them in the playoffs, Because
if we're being honest here, I do think the Brewers,
(12:20):
if they upgrade the rotation, you could say, are a
threat to the Dodgers. But there are not, and the
Braves perhaps the same thing. I would say they have
to add a starting pitcher. But the number of legitimate
threats to the Dodgers is quite short. And the team
that probably at least in the in the National League
side of the equation until they got to the World
Series that challenged them the most last year was the Phillies.
(12:44):
So perhaps there is one more Dodger Phillies series. And
and yes, Dave Roberts will be replaying this game tonight.
I'm sure if he sees a Christopher sangine of the game,
one of an NLCS and.
Speaker 1 (12:57):
Weld the network inside of John, Paul Morosi, guess Jason
Smith and Mike Harmon. Now, the other big story from
this game. We got a good update from Junior Cameranero
Ray Star who got hit by a pitch earlier in
this game. X Rays negative day to day, so it
doesn't look like it's something really really bad. But I'll
tell you what, John, Maybe because I'm getting older, I
tell me, Maybe it's because I'm a dad, Maybe because
(13:17):
I'm in my fifties now. But I'm like, when I
get to All Star games, my first photo is always
none of my guys get hurt. Whatever else happens, I'm
fine with, but just as long as Mike don't get hurt.
And I saw that happened to Kamenero tonight and I
just said, oh my goodness. And you could see that
maybe this could have been broken finger, broken wrists, something
that keeps them out. And they're having an incredible season.
Speaker 3 (13:38):
They really are, and they're a team on the American
League side. I've mentioned them before as a possible suitor
for Schoobol. I think that there's a legitimate taste who
made that they should do it. They were in there,
they would have made a significant play for Otani. Actually
potentially cam Banaro would have been part of that. But
you're right, they've got a tremendous base to go from.
(14:00):
They may be the least flawed team in a very
flawed American league this season. And I had the same
reaction you did. It's it's difficult, though, I realize everybody's
a little bit amped up because it is the All
Star Game. And you know O'Brien clearly there was no
he was just he felt terrible about it, obviously, But
I guess I would say this as much as it
(14:23):
as much as your heart sinks to see it, I
would say that from an actuarial standpoint, there's probably no
greater risk in a game like this, and it will
be in a regular season game for an injury to happen.
So as a result, I'm gonna try to just say
there's a certain risks whenever you put on a batting
albut and step in the cage or step in the
(14:43):
batter's box. I just wish, wish it didn't happen tonight.
I don't think it's gonna make any meaningful change about
how we do things going forward. It just does underscore
how hard it is to hitt nowadays and just how
much movement the best, especially the relievers. O'Brien's a guy
that he's got such great armside ride you can't really
(15:06):
plan for that. And I think that one just got
away from a little bit, and hopefully Camon Arrow was
fully healthy and good to go out. I like the
note that was Jared that Riley went to go visit him.
It's just there's a classy move obviously by him to
go to go check out on him. By I fully
agree Jason and Mike I had the same emotions too.
You want everybody to be healthy, But that was just
(15:26):
an unfortunate moment in what is still the best All
Star game that we've got in pro sports, and I
expect it will always remain that way.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Yeah, as for that best al team, did you not
see the Vargas home run? All that to say, We've
talked a lot about schoopl in the past. Right they're
three and a half back of that second wild card
spot right now?
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Do you think he gets dealt?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
I do. I think that there is a slightly better
than fifty to fifty chance that he gets moved. It's
gonna take a team that really is motivated, that gives
a significant offer. The Tigers are a very deliberate front office.
They are not going to make a hasty decision. I
do think losing the last two games in the first
(16:10):
half might have tipped the Tigers a bit more into
that selling category. But Jathan was spot on. My dad
and I go back and forth all the time, what
should they do? What should they do? Now? Obviously his
opinion is very sincere the lifelong Tiger fans, but there's
also a rather objective reality to consider. How high do
(16:35):
the percentage chances have to be? For it to be
a logical play to keep schoobl and Casey Mimes for
that matter. At this moment in time, it's seventeen point
three percent the Tigers chances to make the playoffs seventeen
point three. It's certainly a lot higher than it was
a couple of years ago when they did trade Clarity
and almost traded School, or at least thought about it.
(16:57):
So I think you have to go down that road.
You're not desperate to trade him, But again, I do
believe it's a slightly better than fifty to fifty chance
that Schooble is somewhere else, and do not be surprised,
and that if that's somewhere else, could be the Rays
in creating a little bit more resistance for the other
co heavyweight in the American League, that being the South
(17:18):
Siders of one one Mike Harmen.
Speaker 1 (17:21):
All right, So looking ahead, if I said to you,
we've been talking a lot about Schooble, his name will
dominate some of the deadline talk, most of the deadline
talk the next couple of weeks. But if I said
to you, okay, John Paul, give me a big name
that if he gets dealt to the deadline. That's not
gonna surprise you, somebody were not really talking about because
School's getting all the headlines that if this guy gets
(17:42):
dealt the deadline, it'll be a big story, but it
might not be a big surprise to you.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
Okay, I've got a good one for you, Okay, Adlei Rutchman,
Adley Rutchman in Baltimore. I think that there's so they've
got the SiO, they've got different ways they can arrange
their lineup. But this is a team, the Baltimore Orioles,
that while they are not last in the American LEAGUEES,
they're not exactly in an upswing and clearly competing for
(18:12):
a playoff first this year. There is such scarcity in
the game now for catching that if you can find
a way to put him out there and say, listen,
who which team out there might have interested, it might
have a need. He could also be potentially a DH
type as well for you, So just keep that possibility
in mind. The Orioles to me, have been way too
(18:33):
quiet and they are stuck in neutral again. It seems
that they missed their window a couple of years ago,
and by the way, they should have traded for School
and so now I do believe that he is a
name to watch. The other team to think about is
San Diego with their bullpen pieces. Adrian Morejone is a
really good pitcher. And listen, wouldn't surprise anyone if AJ
(18:56):
Preller turned around and traded Mason Miller again one year later.
Have done that with with Soto, So there's there's no
surprise that you can get somebody and then flip them
right right away. You never know what AJ brother is
going to do, and he has to provide this farm
system with new ownership coming in. So keep an eye
on the San Diego padre.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Does Jason get rid of Lindor.
Speaker 3 (19:19):
Ha No, No, I don't. I don't. Uh, let's put
it this way, Jason, I don't think anyone is going
to be eager to bail out the Mets right now.
I don't think. I don't think anyone. I don't think
there's Twinter nine. GM's wig up the boy and say,
you know what, how can I help the Mets today?
What can I do to make life easier for them?
Speaker 1 (19:40):
John Paul, We're gonna be the only team selling at
the deadline. Everybody else has won their way back. The
Red Sox won their big way back into it. The Tigers,
and we're gonna sell everybody, man, where are the big
We're the big garage sale coming up in a couple
of weeks.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
And with all this uncertainty about about what the payroll
structure is going to be, are we gonna have a cap?
The best thing anybody could do is just take on
Lindor's contractor or even Juan Soto's contract Sure, just take
them all on. Now. It'll be a very very interesting
industry to follow, not just for the next several weeks,
but the next several months as well. And that's why
(20:14):
I love our conversations every week. There's always something to
talk about.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
He's on Twitter at John Morosi, That is at John
MOROSEI MLB Network insider John Paul. As always, buddy, thank
you so much. Enjoy the rest of the week. We'll
talk to you as the second half. Gut's going.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
You guys are the greatest, So I look forward to
this every week. Thanks for everything.
Speaker 1 (20:31):
Be well, bru. There goes John Paul, and I'm with
him on Lindor something we get into the next couple
of nights. That's more of a trade that that is
something that would happen at the end of the season.
It's a lot of money, it's a lot off, like
you really have to get through things, so I firmly
expect that could have. But that's an end of the
season thing.
Speaker 4 (20:47):
Yeah, nobody's bailing them out now, No, No, let's bail
out Chris Purfett.
Speaker 1 (20:52):
CP three has what's trending in the wide world of
sports right now? What do you got for us getting
bailed out? Hunt? That's great. Let's talk about the MLB.
I bailed you out for real a couple of weeks ago.
Speaker 6 (21:04):
That we don't need to talk about that. That that is,
that was supposed to be, That was supposed to be.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Sorrygation is still on going, all right, very good?
Speaker 6 (21:12):
Yes, okay, let's talk about the MLB All Star Game
and gets you a little highlight.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Now we can talk about it.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
Oh god, so only destroyed by Vargas.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Vargas the first time All Star, one of the biggest
surprises Fox TV on the call there, Yes, the American
League defeats the National League for nothing. Miguel Vargas's home
run in the eighth padded a first inning, three run
rally explosion by the American League, Cody Bellinger getting bases loaded,
(21:51):
getting two runs in from that scenario, and just it
kept going from there. The national league not much doing
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(22:35):
Eastern in Atlanta Stadium, And as our minder, the loser
of that game goes on to play France in a
third place game, because we have a third place game
in the World Cup. Did you know we used to
have a third place game in the Super Bowl way
back in the day, the playoff Boy.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
We should still have that now, we really should say, yeah,
we should still have that instead of I think the
Detroit Lions won two of them. Yeah, but you have
to have stakes there, like, oh, if you win this game,
you get to pick third in the draft. They insert
you into the top half of the first round.
Speaker 4 (23:02):
Somewhere they spin a wheel like a Roulette wheel.
Speaker 6 (23:07):
I'll just give some Disney World things away. Why don't
we just play it in Hawaii like the Pro Bowl.
Just replace the Pro Bowl with the third Place.
Speaker 1 (23:14):
I don't think that stadium is there anymore. We can
get a couple of Cones bond chairs and we're ready
to go play.
Speaker 6 (23:23):
Play it outside the volcano. Sure, no, real quick. I'd
want to see if you guys saw this. So you
guys have seen the video of the bison in Yellowstone
throwing that one old man, Well, expect expect a few
social media teams to step into this. The Tampa Bay
Buccaneers apparently made a social media post with that video
(23:45):
about the team excited for the football season. I think
the the I don't have the clip up in front
of it. That was up for a while. Several outlets
reporting that it was made. It is now deleted. Unfortunately,
I thought it was on come on back to you guys.
Guy's fine coming up next.
Speaker 1 (24:04):
Yes, so it is a Cody Bellinger MVP for the
American League Yankee Syankees. How about that? I got a
great hot take for you for the MVP of the
All Star Game. I got a great hot Oh okay,
I can't wait. Coming here right next, Jason to Mike
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Jason Smith
Show with Mike harmon weekdays at ten pm Eastern, seven
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Speaker 1 (24:35):
John PAULMROSI, John Paul, it's happening, man, how about it?
Speaker 3 (24:38):
Happy All Star Game evening, my friends. And I will admit,
I will admit when I saw the Cody Bellinger base
hit there to begin the game, I did not think, well,
that that one's gonna hold up. That's gonna be the
only one they need. And there's room VP based on
that one swing when the game was about four and
(25:00):
it's old and Christopher Sanchez wasn't locating very well. The
great irony and I'm a huge Christopher Sanchez fan. The
great irony is the hometown starting pitcher who gets the
start is basically the only pitcher to take that mound
this evening who wasn't exactly pinpoint and exacting in his command.
(25:23):
He's the only one. Everybody else was completely dominant, obviously
on one big swing later on from Vargas. But whenever
you ask the question rhetorically or directly, hey, hey, John,
why doesn't this particular struggling team call up their entire
triple A roster to give them an offensive jolt, Well,
(25:45):
the answer is what you saw tonight. Because nobody can
hit this, okay, nobody, And when you look at what
the All Stars are doing, these hitters are the best
in the world. And you just heard what Harper was
saying in the broadcast, which Warba was saying on the broadcast.
Just whenever you bemoan the quality of any offense, even
(26:06):
lately it's been the New York Yankees tonight, just go
back to tonight, play this tape back, and realize, oh yeah,
it is darn near impossible to hit in the major
leagues of twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Well, I will tell you this. I'll go a little
bit simple. I'll just say this is karma for Philadelphia
fans booing absolutely everything the last couple of days. Okay,
I guess what that sports the baseball God, you're saying
your picture's gonna be the only guy he's gonna have
a bad night in the All Star Game. We're getting
back at you.
Speaker 3 (26:34):
There you go. Well, this is as as Mike knows. Jason,
I am completely stunned by this reaction by a Mets
fan that effectively you're saying, Okay, Phillies fans, you boo
Jordan Walker. I'm gonna boo you. I'm gonna do all
of you. That's basically what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (26:52):
Good.
Speaker 3 (26:53):
Yeah, oh my goodness. And again it's it's it's very authentic.
I remember I was, uh, Toby, if I've told you
this story before I was, I was in I was
in Delaware actually for a youth sports event with my
daughter earlier this year, and the Phillies had lost the game.
And we were listening to the local radio station after
Phillies lost, and you would have thought that nobody on
(27:15):
that entire team could play or had ever played, and
nobody could do their job, not the manager, not the coaches,
not anybody. And and my daughter looks at me and
she says, Dad, is this is this how you talk
when you're on the radio. I said, no, no, no, no,
this is Philly. Okay, it's just different here. You got
to understand this, okay. So uh no, all that to say,
(27:38):
I love and and again this this might complicate our relationship, Jason.
I love Philly. I love the fans there, I love
the intensity there. All of it is awesome And and
the entire baseball world got a glimpse into into just
what that passion does over the past about thirty hours.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
Now, I say this with my my tongue planted firmly
and cheek But Dave Roberts, how difficult was it to
watch Sanchez struggle because he's got to manage him for today,
But on the other part, he's got to do Montgomery
burns excellent thirty plus pitches, he's rattled and falling apart,
and if it goes badly in the second half, he's
the blame.
Speaker 3 (28:17):
There you go. And of course it was a big
topic of this game. Who was available, who was not available?
How are teams massaging their rotation such that, you know,
if they don't want their all start actually pitching the game,
they can make sure that they pitches on that final
someday and then oh my gosh, you got to pick
(28:37):
the day off and can't throw the extra ending. So
there is peril in the way that the game is
being managed. Now I get it. I understand the teams
that are concerned. I understand sometimes the pitchers themselves who
are concerned. But you're right, this Phillis team, and I'll
give them a lot of credit. This year did not
begin well for them, and you think about last year,
(29:00):
lose the Dodgers of the playoffs, the Kirkering play, et cetera.
They fire the manager, they bring in Mattingly, and and
they've woken up to the point that it is a
great credit to the Phillies that that that you even
make that point that you just made about how the
Dodgers might see them in the playoffs. Because if we're
being honest here, I do think the Brewers, if they
(29:22):
upgrade the rotation, you could say, are a threat to
the Dodgers, but there are not. And the Braves perhaps
the same thing. I would say they have to add
a starting pitcher. But the number of legitimate threats to
the Dodgers is quite short. And the team that probably
at least in the in the National League side of
the equation until they got to the world series that
challenged them the most last year was the Phillies, So
(29:45):
perhaps there is one more Dodger Philly series. And and yes,
Dave Roberts will be replaying this game tonight. I'm sure
if he sees a Christopher Sancheine in the game, one
of an nlcs.
Speaker 1 (29:59):
And will the network inside of John Paul Morosi, our
guest Jason Smith and Mike Harmon. Now, the other big
story from this game, we got a good update from
Junior Cameronaro ray Star, who got hit by a pitch
earlier in this game. X Rays negative day to day,
so it doesn't look like it's something really really bad.
But I'll tell you what, John, Maybe because I'm getting older,
I tell me, maybe it's because I'm a dad. Maybe
because I'm in my fifties now. But I'm like, when
(30:21):
I get to All Star games, my first photo is
always none of my guys get hurt. Whatever else happens,
I'm fine with. But just as long as Mike don't
get hurt. And they said that happened to Kamenero tonight,
and I just said, oh my goodness. And you can
see that maybe this could have been broken, finger, broken, wrists,
something that keeps them out, and they're having an incredible season.
Speaker 3 (30:39):
They really are, and they're a team on the American
League side. I've mentioned them before as a possible suitor
for Schooball. I think that there's a legitimate case who
made that they should do it. They were in there,
they would have made a significant play for Otani. Actually,
potentially cam Banaro would have been part of that. But
you're right, They've got a tremendous base to go from
(31:01):
and they may be the least flawed team in a
very flawed American league this season. And I had the
same reaction you did. It's it's difficult, though I realize
everybody's a little bit amped up because it is the
All Star Game, and you O'Brien clearly there was no
he was just he felt terrible about it, obviously, But
(31:21):
I guess I would say this as much as it
as much as your heart sinks to see it, I
would say that from an actuarial standpoint, there's probably no
greater risk in a game like this that it will
be in a regular season game for an injury to happen.
So as a result, I'm going to try to just
say there's a certain risk whenever you put on a
(31:42):
batting albut and step in the cage or step in
the batter's box. I just wish, I wish it didn't
happen tonight. I don't think it's going to make any
meaningful change about how we do things going forward. It
just does underscore how hard it is to hitt nowadays
and just how much movement the best, especially the relievers.
(32:02):
O'Brien's a guy that he's got such great armside ride.
You can't really plan for that, and I think that
one just got away from a little bit. And hopefully
Cameron Arrow was fully healthy and good to go. I
like the note that was Jared that Riley went to
go visit him. It's just there's a classy move obviously
by him to go check out on him. But I
fully agree Jason and Mike I had the same emotions too.
(32:25):
You want everybody to be healthy, but that was just
an unfortunate moment in what is still the best All
Star game that we've got in pro sports, and I
expect it will always remain that way.
Speaker 4 (32:36):
Yeah, as for that best al team, did you not
see the Vargas home run. All that to say, we've
talked a lot about schoopl in the past. Right they're
three and a half back of that second wild card
spot right now?
Speaker 1 (32:48):
Do you think he gets dealt?
Speaker 3 (32:50):
I do. I think that there is a slightly better
than fifty to fifty chance that he gets moved. It's
gonna take a team that really is motivated, that gives
a significant offer. The Tigers are a very deliberate front office.
They are not going to make a hasty decision. I
do think losing the last two games in the first
(33:11):
half might have tipped the Tigers a bit more into
that selling category. But Jason was spot on. My dad
and I go back and forth all the time, what
should they do? What should they do? Now? Obviously his
opinion is very sincere the lifelong Tiger fans. But there's
also a rather objective reality to consider. How high do
(33:36):
the percentage chances have to be for it to be
a logical play to keep schoobl and Casey Miles for
that matter. At this moment in time, it's seventeen point
three percent the Tigers chances to make the playoffs. Seventeen
point three it's certainly a lot higher than it was
a couple of years ago when when they did trade
Clarity and almost traded School, or at least thought about it.
(33:58):
So I think you have to go down that road.
You're not desperate to trade him, but again, I do
believe it's a slightly better than fifty to fifty chance
that Schooble is somewhere else, and do not be surprised,
and that if that's somewhere else, could be the Rays in
creating a little bit more resistance for the other co
heavyweight in the American League, that being the Southsiders. Yes,
(34:21):
of one, Mike Carmen.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
All right, So looking ahead, if I said to you,
we've been talking a lot about Schooble. His name will
dominate some of the deadline talk, most of the deadline
talk the next couple of weeks. But if I said
to you, okay, John Paul, give me a big name
that if he gets dealt to the deadline, that's not
gonna surprise you. Somebody were not really talking about because
School's getting all the headlines that if this guy gets
(34:43):
dealt the deadline, it'll be a big story, but it
might not be a big surprise to you.
Speaker 3 (34:48):
Okay, I've got a good one for you, okay, Adlei Rutchman,
Adley Rutchman in Baltimore, I think that there's so they've
got Thesio, They've got different ways they can arrange their lineup.
But this is the team, the Baltimore Orioles, that while
they are not last in the American LEAGUEES, they're not
(35:08):
exactly in an upswing and clearly competing for a playoff
berth this year. There is such scarcity in the game
now for catching and if you can find a way
to put him out there and say, listen, who which
team out there might have interested, it might have a need.
He could also be potentially a DH type as well
(35:30):
for you, So just keep that possibility in mind. The
Orioles to me, have been way too quiet and they
are stuck in neutral again. It seems that they missed
their window a couple of years ago, and by the way,
they should have traded for schoogl And so now I
do believe that he is the name to watch. The
other team to think about is San Diego with their
bullpen pieces. Adrian Morejone is a really good fisher and listen,
(35:54):
wouldn't surprise anyone if aj Preller turned around and traded
Mason Miller again. One year later. He had done that
with with Soto, So there's there's no surprise that you
can get somebody and then flip them right right away.
You never know what aj brother is going to do,
and he has to provide this farm system with new
ownership coming in, So keep an eye on the San
(36:15):
Diego Padre.
Speaker 1 (36:16):
Does Jason get rid of Lindor?
Speaker 3 (36:20):
Hah No, No, I don't. I don't. Uh, let's put
it this way, Jason, I don't think anyone is going
to be eager to bail out the Mets right now.
I don't think. I don't think anyone. I don't think
there's twenty nine GM's wig up the boy and say,
you know what, how can I help the Mets today?
What can I do to make life easier for them?
Speaker 1 (36:41):
John Paul, We're gonna be the only team selling at
the deadline. Everybody else has won their way back, the
Red Sox won their big way back into it, the Tigers,
and we're gonna sell everybody. Man, where are the big
We're the big garage sale coming up in a couple
of weeks, and with.
Speaker 3 (36:55):
All this uncertainty about about what the payroll structure is
going to be Are we gonna have a cap? The
best thing anybody could do is just take on Lindor's
contractor or even Juan Soto's contract Sure, just take them
all on. No, it'll be a very very interesting industry
to follow, not just for the next several weeks, but
the next several months as well. And that's why I
(37:16):
love our conversations every week. There's always something to talk about.
Speaker 1 (37:19):
He's on Twitter at John Morosi, That is at John
Morosi MLB Network insider John Paul as always, buddy, Thank
you so much. Enjoy the rest of the week. We'll
talk to you as the second half GT's going.
Speaker 3 (37:30):
You guys are the greatest, So I look forward to
this every week. Thanks for everything.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
Be well, brother. There goes John Paul and I'm with
him on Lindor something. We get into that at couple
of nights. That's more of a trade that that is
something that would happen at the end of the season.
It's a lot of money, it's a lot of like
you really have to get through things, so I firmly
expect that could have but that's an end of the
season thing. Yeah, nobody's bailing them out. Now, no, no,
let's bail out. Chris Purfett. CP three has what's trending.
Speaker 2 (37:58):
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