On this week’s edition of Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob discusses the San Diego Padres recent swoon, his optimism surrounding the Cincinnati Reds, and the onging calls for robot umpires. Later, World Series champion and SportsNet LA analyst Jerry Hairston Jr swings by. Plus, a conversation with The Athletic MLB writer Levi Weaver, Rob's latest appearance on MLB Network, and a very special Parker Pushback aimed at Super Producer Rob G.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live
in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give
us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop
on major League Baseball. Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame
voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Come on, I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost
forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit,
in LA.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I love this game. Let's go. Welcome into the podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we
have for you Today. We'll catch up with former Los
Angeles Dodger New York Yankee Jerry Harriston Junior he'll drop by,
plus Levi Weaver, who writes the wind up for the
Athletic he'll also come by. Plus we'll do a little
pushback that and much more.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Let's go better up to lead off. It's getting rocked
to keep them on.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Rob's hot take.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
On the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Number one.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
All right, I can't deny it anymore.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I mean, you know, I picked the Padres to make
it to the World Series, and boy, what a bad
stretch they've had. You know, when they pulled almost even
with the Dodgers had this series. They got swept in
LA and then they went two out of three at home.
So I'm feeling better about this whole pick. And now
what a disastrous week they just had.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
But they've lost eight.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
I'll do their last ten coming into Thursday where they
have a day off.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
They just got.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Swept by the Orioles at home. Yes, the Orioles swept
them at home. And then when you add to them
the rash of injuries that they've had. Xander Bogart, he
had to fracture left foot. That's gonna be no one
sure how long he he's going to be out or
will he be able to return to before the regular
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season is over. And then they're set up man Jason
Adam who got hurt a left quadricep tour attendant there.
Like the injuries are piling up losses at home. The
bad teams. You know, I've been talking about the Padres
for years. I keep thinking they got enough. They should
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have beat the Dodgers last year and choked. But I'm
concerned now, like getting swept at homebody Orioles really playing
out the string. These are games you gotta win. So
I'm not gonna throw the towel in on them, but
there's a caution flag for the Padres.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
If they really want to make a.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Real run in the postseason, they gotta get this thing
turned around. Number two Wednesday night is a reason why
every time you look at the Cincinnati whered you think
they just.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Can't get it done.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I mean, had a game last night, up five to
nothing against Toronto. They wind up losing that game going
away like thirteen to nine.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Just a bad loss. This is a team that you.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Thought was making a headway and was going to make
a run into the postseason. Here we are ten game
stretch three and seven. In those ten games, this team
has Hunter Green at the top of its rotation, Ellie
de la Cruz, some other pieces, Terry Francona, a Hall
of Fame manager at some point right who came out
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of retirement to take over the Reds, and basically they
were a five hundred team. You know, into September. I
just expected a little bit more, and that game last
night really stung. You're playing Toronto, you're up five to nothing.
You know, you're trying to win games in September, and
instead you blow a game like that, and now you're
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three and seven in your last ten. I don't know
if the Reds are really as good as maybe we
thought they were, or if they're going to make the
postseason run, or maybe it was just pretend. But I
expected a little bit more from the Reds and we
just haven't seen it.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Of late number three.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
On Wednesday night, in that wild Yankees Astros game, we
saw Yankee reliever Devin Williams get tossed out, Aaron Boone
got tossed out, and on the last pitch of the game,
Jazz chisholm argue with the umpire and a three to
two pitch got called out. Game over, Yankees lose eight
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to seven comeback win by the Astros. But it was
all about the umpiring again.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
And I get it.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Everybody wants the automated ball and strike call when you
see a terrible game like that. And I'm gonna say,
even though it was some questionable calls, I still don't
want to see the automated ball and strike on every pitch.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I just think we need to get better umpires, hold
umpires accountable, and when they great out bad games and
have enough bad games, they should be devoted back down
to the minor leagues to get more seasoning, get a
better eye. And if they continue to struggle and calling,
you know, you're not gonna be one hundred percent right,
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but you got to be in a percentile of probably
ninety five percent right somewhere close to that to really feel.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Good about an umpire.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
But I love the human element, but the umpires have
to be better and we have to hold them accountable.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
It's just that simple.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Here comes the big interviews.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Listen and learn. It's so good. All right, now, let's
welcome into the podcast.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Former Major League infielder, outfielder all kinds of utility stuff,
of course, won the World Series in two thousand and
nine with the Yankees, former Dodger, a couple other teams,
of course. Mister Jerry Harriston, Junior Jerry, what's up, my man?
Always great?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Great to have you on, Rob, Always great talking to
you talking baseball's will how you that?
Speaker 6 (05:58):
All?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Good? Man? A wild, crazy season we've had.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
And obviously you are a broadcaster on a sportsnet LA
Spectrum sports at LA and do a lot of Dodger
work and cover the team. And this is why I
really wanted to get at you because the Dodgers have
the record, they have the lead in the NL West.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
But Jerry, it.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Just just just doesn't feel good. It's just on Thursday,
have a chance to get swept by Pittsburgh. You know,
Schemes is on the mound for for the Pirates. What
is what is the feel like of what's happening? Yes,
they're winning, but it just doesn't feel as good as
a year ago.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Well, really, the Dodgers really have not played their best
baseball really all season long. Even when they had that
eight game winning streak to start this season, the teams
that they're there were beating, they weren't playing well at all,
and the Dodgers were finding ways to win without playing
their best. So they really have not had a great season.
(07:02):
And I've said it since probably July. This season is
a great season if you're a baseball fan, because there's
not one dominant team. I mean, I think the Brewers
are a really good team. There's several teams. I would
say ten to twelve teams have a legit chance once
they get in the postseason to win the World Series.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Jerry, I agree one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
If anybody can honestly tell you who's going to be
in the World Series.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Didn't lying. I don't think anybody knows. I really don't.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
It could be the Dodgers and Yankees because they both
could get it together.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
It could be the Brewers and.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Mariners, could be a team, yeah, you know, or.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Something like that. Right, it's wide open. I haven't seen
it like this in a long time.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
And it's it's great for the game. Listen to get
back to the Dodgers.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
You know, the bullpen has been an issue and the
injuries have kind of hurt them throughout the season. Injuries
to the first to starter rotation, missing Tyler Glasnow from
a lengthy period of time, not having Clayton Kershaw for
a lengthy period of time, Blake Snell as well. That
puts so much pressure on this bullpen along with the injuries,
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so they've been taxed and now we're starting to see
kind of rear its ugly head with a lot of
tired arms in that bullpen and they've been knocked around.
As you know, Rob in order to win a championship,
you better have a strong and leaked bullpen. Hopefully the
Dodgers can get it together get guys back. Alex Vestia
hopefully returns back from the AL. We just got Blake
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trying back as well. But I'm going to say something, Rob,
I really believe it's heading into the postseason, I think
the Dodgers will make a decision to put Shohail Tani
in that bullpen possibly closed games.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Here's wow as well.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
You have Yamamoto Ezra Ace, then you have Blake Snell,
then you have Tyder glasnal though. Those are your three
horses that you can use to start in the postseason.
And then that allows Choyottani to fully focus on his offense,
and then you ask him to come out and close.
Because really, the Dodgers, because of Tanner Scott's injury, I know,
(09:15):
we just got him back.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
He hasn't really been right all year.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
You can have you can have Tanner Scott be a
closer one day and then have joyotany close ask him
to close out winning.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
He's done it before in the past.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
He closed out the World Baseball Classic in an epic
showdown Betweam Mike Trout. Now, they haven't made that decision,
but I can see them doing that to help out
their bullpen and also help an offense with Shoyoltani that
you know, it hasn't been firing on all soldiers this season,
so I have a feeling they may may do that
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come postseason.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
That's a great call, Jerry. I can't even push back
on that. I like that a lot. It makes sense.
I guess that Jerry Harriston junior of course Spectrum Sports
net LA and of course a former Major league infielder outfielder.
But Jerry, let me ask you, what's the up. Do
we have the latest on catcher Will Smith? I know
(10:11):
what there was a injury. Do we know anything?
Speaker 4 (10:15):
We don't know as of right now.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
I know that he got hit in a hand yesterday,
had to leave the game yesterday. It's unfortunately because he
just started slinging the back. I think it was five
for his last six, including that walk off home run
to end this series. Back on, Dodger stated he's a
guy that didn't desperately need especially with the offense.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
That's butter.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
You know they're in danger heading into Thursday of getting
swepts by the Pittsburgh Pirates. I can't believe I'm uttering
those words, but that's just reality right now. So the
Dodgers can't afford to lose will Smith because he's vital,
not just offensively, but he's one of the best defensive
catchers in all baseball, especially thrown out runners.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
All Right, last thing, I mean, I know it's not
always fair to show hairhead such an unbelievable year fifty
to fifty and you know, and everything, and you know,
you compare that to this year or any other year,
is going to be hard for him to duplicate that.
But is he the National League MVP and you without
question or is there a question?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Could College Schwarber.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Or Juan Soto come out of nowhere and win the
REGU League MVP question?
Speaker 5 (11:25):
I think this month will determine that. Listen, I've said
it before, Shoyotani is the best athlete in the world.
No disrespect to Pat for Holmes, no disrespect to Jokics
or Methi, but the best athlete in the world is Shoyotani.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
That said, we have another month.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
The Dodgers need to figure out a way to win
the ENO West. If they don't win the NL West,
maybe and let's say the Phillies win the NL East
and Kyle Schwarber has an epic run or flip it
you mentioned, could have it epic month of September, and
as you know, Rob, you have a vote writers love
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down the stretch, right down the stretch heading into the
post GAGELU gets hot, So it's gonna be interesting right now.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
I would give the extra.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
To show hel tany but a lot can happen these
next three weeks, all right.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
His name is Jerry Harrison Junior, covers the Dodgers Spectrum
Sports net LA. Always a pleasure, Jerry Man. We appreciate you.
We'll see you out at the yard my man anytime.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Rob.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Thank you.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
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Speaker 6 (14:52):
I'm good? How are you man?
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Doing great? I'm gonna start here.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
I know we got less than a month of the
baseball season left. It's been a whi weird baseball season
to me, and I think as we go into the
final month, I don't think there's a clear cut favorite
of who's going to win the World Series. I think
we have a bunch of flawed teams. I don't know
who's going to be in the World Series. What about you?
Speaker 1 (15:17):
No?
Speaker 6 (15:17):
I mean, you know, before the season, if you had
asked me that the Dodgers won last year, they reloaded
again in a big way. This year seemed like they
were gonna win about two hundred games and one hundred
and sixty two game season. That hasn't been the case,
and in fact, in the last week. They've more than
a week. It's been like a month of just very
inconsistent play Listen. They're up against Paul Skins tonight. If
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they lose, they got swept by literally the Pittsburgh Virates.
I mean that is talking about a flawed team. I
mean that is a flawed team. There's a lot of
frustration there.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Me no what and you said it earlier. I was
with you, reloaded should win two hundred games.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
I said, all you know, before the season started, they
were supposed to be the Beatles, and guess why there
are Boy George and Culture Club.
Speaker 6 (16:04):
Yeah, and you know, the Padres can't seem to take
advantage all of a sudden, their pitching is gone in
the tank. The Brewers look really great. Honestly, the Brewers
might be the favorite and they don't really hit home
runs like that. It's a weird team to be potentially
the favorite. You know, the Blue Jays are leading the East.
The Yankees and the Red Sox are close, but the
Yankees can't stop blowing leads with the bullpen. The Ale
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West is a mess. The Astros are like I mean,
it looked like from Bervaldez hit his catcher with a
pitch on purpose. They're a mess. But the Mariners and
Rangers aren't taking advantage either. The Tigers were really good
in the first half. They've come back to earth in
the second half. I mean, you know, is it the Phillies?
Like are we looking at the Phillies going like, okay,
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they're the last man standing? Maybe?
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Here's my other thing too, Wan Soto, who I call
Wan so so when it see he's started and you know,
he didn't make the All Star team, and people can
say whatever they want. He got off to a bad
start for what we expect out of want Soto and
the seven hundred and sixty five million dollar contract he
signed with the Mets, and now he's piling up numbers
and whatnot, and people are like, oh, he's got he
(17:18):
should be the National League MVP. I'm sorry, I don't
care what the numbers are. I don't care what The
start was really bad. The batting average is bad, and
the Mets are bad.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
I don't look at him as MVP.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
Well, I mean, the Mets are still in the playoff spot,
you know, like they're not as good as they should
be right now. The problem seems to be that they're
pitching is held together by two rookies. You know, he's
got a great second half. I don't think I think
his first half is going to hurt him in the
MVP voting. But I mean by the end of the year,
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if the Mets make the playoffs and if he had
strong second half and kept them in it, I think
there's some consideration to like, sure, bad first half, but
he kept them in it at the end. There's value
in that for sure. I don't think that one. So
it is a you know, a bad player necessarily. I
think he had a disappointing first half. But yeah, as
it stands right now, like no, I mean you're you're
(18:17):
in l MVP is probably just by default show heo
Tani until he falters big time.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Well, let's go there show Hey, it's it's again.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
A lot of numbers uneven, batting average under It's just
not the same year that we sold last year. And
I don't know how fair that is to judge that
he has to put on that kind of a year
to win MVP. Dodgers are inconsistent, you know, he has
as RBIs are way down from one hundred and thirty
last year. There are a lot of things not to
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like to me, but the numbers and the home runs
and the ops, all that stuff is going to be there.
So it does feel like he's going to win it
by the fall.
Speaker 8 (18:58):
Maybe.
Speaker 6 (18:58):
I mean, I think Kyle Schwarber is putting together a
year that deserves some consideration. Right He's he is over fifty,
may challenge Ryan Howard's Philly's record for home runs in
a season, Otani steals her down. But he's been pitching also,
so you got to save your legs as a pitcher.
That one's understandable. RBI's are just such a and RBIs
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to me, are an indication of two things in tandem.
One is how well do you perform with runners on base? Sure?
Two is well how many of your teammates got on base?
And fewer of his Dodgers' teammates are getting on base
ahead of him this year. So the dip in RBI
doesn't bother me that much. And I would have to
go in and look, and I don't have these numbers
in front of me right now, but like what you know,
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it houses batting average with runners in scoring position.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Right, that's a big number, right, that's and it's not
that great but I've looked at it. I haven't looked
at it recently, LEVI, so I can't give you up
to date, but that would be something definitely that you
would have to look at. I'm just saying to me,
and I'm just going by not the deep die, but
just how it feels and looks.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Soto doesn't look or feel as good as.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
He did with the Yankees a year ago, and Shohy
doesn't feel or look as good as he did last year.
Speaker 6 (20:13):
With the Dog Sure, yeah, I mean, he had a
fifty to fifty season last year. He's never probably going
to look that good again, and especially as long as
he's pitching, he's not going to be stealing fifty bases
in a year that was a once in a career season,
And honestly, by the time he quits pitching, his legs
will probably be too old to steal fifty bases again.
But yeah, I mean, we did get a glimpse of
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what a like catastrophic hitter he is for the opposition
when he's not pitching, when he's only focusing on hitting.
The Dodgers need him to pitch right now. They had
so many pitching injuries. They need sho Heotani on the mound.
But I wonder if there's some consideration of, like, listen,
once we get our pitching rotation healthy and everybody's good,
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if he's that much better a hitter when he's not pitching,
is it worth just making in him a dh full time.
Speaker 8 (21:01):
You're preaching to You're.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Preaching to the choir right here.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I'm the same way that eventually they just said to
Babe Ruth, that's nice. You can pitch, dude. You got
to get in the lineup every day. The guy played
what was it last year? I think he missed four
games or five. You know, he plays every day, and
if he can deliver those kind of numbers, I think
that's crazy. If you can get pitching. Our guest is
Levi Weaver. He writes to wind up forty Athletic. I
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would like to ask about al MVP. I know a
lot of people are excited about the Big Dumpper, but
I don't know how Aaron Judge is an MVP in
American League.
Speaker 6 (21:43):
I'm withholding an actual opinion on this for now, but
I'll tell you what my factors are going to be
at the end of the year. Listen, if Aaron Judge
goes on a hot streak in September and just blows
Raleigh out of the water, and Rally's gone through a
little bit of a slump recently. Then sure, you know
you have to give it to the best player. But
for me, there is some consideration that cal Raally is
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not only you know, hitting fifty home runs, and that's
a nice, wonderful round number to look at. He's it's
the most that any catcher has ever hit. But he's
also doing it while not only catching, which is a
physically demanding position. And if you're a mid tier defensive
catcher and you're hitting fifty home runs, holy col what
a benefit to your team. He is the best defensive
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catcher in in the league in my opinion. His framing
numbers are off the charts. He is not just a catcher.
He is a brilliant catcher. So you provide that defensive value.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Let me, okay, that's fair. That's all fair.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
In a league where people what an average batting average
is two forty two, you have a slugger an Aaron
Judge who's batting three twenty four, have all the other
you know, all those numbers, and as close to fifty
home runs. He don't have fifties close to it, right,
And he missed three weeks or whatever it was in
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the season as well.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
I just look at that.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
That's still unique to me to be able to have
power and hit for average. And I think when you look,
you know, at Kyle Riley Riley.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
It just the home runs are nice.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
The team's kind of scuffling, and there's a lot of
other numbers that aren't nice.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
We just you just said about the slump.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
I think he went through like a one for twenty
two or something, whatever it was.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
It was really ugly.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
And I just I just don't know if that's good
enough for me just to look at the fifty home
runs as you know, as a catcher.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
And say the MVP.
Speaker 6 (23:44):
Yeah, And it can't just be oh, he did a
cool thing as a catcher. But for me, I think
the defensive value of catcher is higher than any other
position on the field. I mean, your catcher is, especially
if he is good at stealing strikes, if he is
good at controlling the running game, if he calls the
good game, and that Seattle rotation has the ability, if
they all put it together, to be maybe the best
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rotation in the playoffs, managing that pitching staff that provides
so much value. Even if cal Raly hit two hundred
with fifteen home runs, he's a benefit, a very valuable
benefit to that Seattle Mariners team. For him to then
add on a fifty home run season, and you know
his on base percentage is three fifty two, that's very good.
It's not Aaron Judge who's on base at forty four
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percent of the time. So Judge' numbers at the end
of the year will be better than Raleigh's. The question
that voters will have to answer is how much is
Raleigh's defense worth when it comes to naming the most
valuable player?
Speaker 2 (24:40):
That's fair, No, that's fair. His name is Levi Weaver
from the wind up at the Athletic and I'm just
going to put you on a limb real quick one.
Just a simple answer.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Okay, just give me two teams that are going to
be in the World Series.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
I mean, I'm not going to hold you to this
because I think it's wide open.
Speaker 6 (25:03):
I mean, give me the Brewers in the National League.
I want to see it. I want to see yeah,
I want to see the Brewers. If it can't be
the Brewers. I want the like I want the teams
I haven't seen in the World Series before. The brewis
just so happened to also be the team that I
think has the best shot to knock off the Dodgers.
My more realistic side says the Dodgers will put it
together in October, that they were going to be very,
(25:25):
very difficult to beat. But yeah, if I'm going out
on a limb, let's go with the Brewers. In the
National League. The American League is more tricky. I could
I mean, I could see the Yankees doing it. I
could see the Tigers doing it. It's hard to argue
against the team that's got Trek Scoobel in the rotation. Yep,
you know what, Give me the weirdest World Series of
(25:47):
all time? The Blue Jays mash. Their pitching is just okay.
Their bullpen is a real mess right now, but they
have the best offense in the league for the last
month and a half. Give me the Blue Jays and
the Brewers. I want a weird World Series.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Weird off the charts, all right, LEVI I'm not behold
you to it, but this will be in according.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
In case it does come true. You will be the
guy out.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
We're gonna get Yankees Dodgers again, but I want Brewers
and Blue Jays.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
All right, LEVI, I thank you, my man, appreciate you
as always.
Speaker 6 (26:16):
Thanks, all right, take care.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
In case you missed Rob Parker on the MLB Networks,
here's his latest appearance on Mlbina.
Speaker 8 (26:27):
Rob Parker is back in the show down.
Speaker 9 (26:29):
Rob I said at the top of the show, I
anticipate a little dust up.
Speaker 8 (26:32):
Are you ready to go?
Speaker 2 (26:34):
I'm ready to go, you know it, And you know
what what, I'm gonna hit one out and I'm gonna
look at it when I hit it out.
Speaker 8 (26:39):
You are that type of guy.
Speaker 9 (26:41):
And I'm gonna say you keep running, Parker, just run
it out, all right. Framber Valdez, his agent, says, no way,
Framber drilled his own catcher.
Speaker 8 (26:48):
Do you believe it, Rob, I.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Don't believe it.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
I know because of the you know, the home run,
that grissome.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Head and you know, and and the catcher asking him.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
The step off or back off for a second. So
it looked like, okay, they had a miscommunication.
Speaker 9 (27:05):
So you're saying you believe Valdez's agent or you don't
believe him.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
I do believe him.
Speaker 10 (27:10):
You don't think you hit him on prayer. You don't
think he crossed up his own catcher. I don't, And
I'm gonna tell you why. Why was it the second
pitch not the first pitch? If you were mad at
the guy and I'm gonna do something to you.
Speaker 9 (27:23):
Maybe he called a pitch he wanted on the first pitch,
not the second one, and he's like, now I've had it.
Let me ask you this, how often do you see
a catcher just take one in the abdomen, Just take
a fastball and go, No.
Speaker 8 (27:34):
What was that?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
You don't see it that often? And it did look strange.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
But I'm just saying, if I really wanted to get
at you, right, if I really wanted to and I
was really upset, I think it would be initial.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
You wouldn't go, oh, fourth pitch in I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Something dirty to mess up my catcher or to try
to get back at him.
Speaker 8 (27:54):
What pitch he's called?
Speaker 9 (27:54):
Let me ask you this, Rob, We play a thing
called up to no good, right, And where I always
you can tell intent by the body language of the person.
Your body will give away your true intent. When he
hits his own catcher. Your natural reaction is to go, whoa, whoa,
you're right, Wow, how did we do that? When I
thought you called for this, I called it one, I
told it.
Speaker 8 (28:14):
I threw that. Instead he turns around and turns the
other way. What's with that?
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Yeah, I mean, I'll give you, I'll give you that.
That that's probably not everybody acts. I think in that
whole situation, it was all off. It was off with
the pigeon sequence, the grand slam, like the whole inning,
not stepping off. Like if you look at that whole sequence,
it wasn't normal or natural.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
It just seemed like there was something. Nah.
Speaker 9 (28:40):
I think he's ticked off of whatever. He's detached, he's angry,
and he handled it like have a conversation or push him.
You know, you're better off better than throwing a fastball
when he expects a curveball. You're better off having an
argument with your own guy on the field.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
No.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
I agree that's the way it should have been handled.
But in this I just can't believe seriously that that
would be your intent.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
I'm going to try to hurt my guy behind the plate.
Speaker 9 (29:06):
But I don't think he was trying to hurt him.
But I think he's saying, oh, you want this pitch.
I'm telling you I want to throw my fastball. I'm
telling you, can you better listen to me. I think
that's what it was. He was obstinate anger. Oh you
know you tried to wave me off. I threw a
grand slam. Now this game is lost. I'm a free agent.
I think you know he's a human being. I think
he was upset anyway, all right.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
I do think it's a lot that people can look
at after the fact and go into all those things.
But the way I watched that whole thing unfold, it
just seemed like he was off hinged in the very beginning.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
Everything was just not right, and it did him off
with strange. But I still don't believe that that was
his intent.
Speaker 8 (29:45):
I don't we disagree, all right. I know we're going
to disagree on this too. I like what Kyle Freeland
did for the Rockies.
Speaker 9 (29:51):
I think Dever's styling on the worst team in baseball
is bad form. It's bad for the Giants, too, bad
for the Rockies, bad for the Giants that you need
to rub it in their face by chilling and watching
your home run go out on a team with ninety
nine losses on Labor Day.
Speaker 8 (30:08):
The bad form by Devors, not Freeland, but Freeland.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
Well, he's a home run machine. He's giving up twenty
one home lines. Be better. That's not that's not your response.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
You can't be mad at Devers because you own a
bad ball club and.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
You're three and fourteen.
Speaker 8 (30:24):
He's mad because he's rubbing it in his face.
Speaker 9 (30:26):
He's mad because he's styling and dancing on his graves,
dancing around.
Speaker 8 (30:29):
Oh yeah, how do you like this?
Speaker 4 (30:31):
How do you like that?
Speaker 8 (30:32):
No, it's not.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
And you know what if you don't.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Want them to dancing of front of him, profile, get
him out, be ca stop giving up this.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
Yes, you're right, you're right on the whole.
Speaker 9 (30:42):
Yes, I'm very much against then beam ball retaliation for that,
and you'll let by the time you look down and
look at the rosenbag, the runner is moving and all that.
But I understand and I look at it worse. For
if I'm on the San Francisco Giants, you have to
be thinking. I know, Matt Chapman came out and pushed him.
You know you got suspended for that, But imagine being
one of the Giants and going now I have.
Speaker 8 (30:59):
To go out and fight for this guy. These are
the Rockies.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
We pummeled them last night, we're pummeling them today. We're
already up and now we got to go out and
fight this picture.
Speaker 8 (31:07):
Now we got to go out and push people around
because he's doing this. If I'm a giant, I'm angry.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Yeah, but if but if you heard the announcers, they
even kind of gave the extra juice on how majestic
that was.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
It wasn't just a cheapiet and he's rubbing it in
and I get it, and I get it.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
It's it's the Rockies, but they were a major league team,
bad form. All I'm saying is Freelan, get somebody out.
Stop giving up dingers.
Speaker 8 (31:33):
I liked it he showed some fight.
Speaker 9 (31:35):
Like I'll say this too, you're losing it.
Speaker 8 (31:37):
It's September.
Speaker 9 (31:38):
Everybody's I kind of nobody's quitting on at the.
Speaker 8 (31:40):
Major league level.
Speaker 9 (31:41):
I get it, but it's easy to like shut it down.
I liked that he showed some fight, whether his manager
did or not. Imagine I had to go and get
extra pictures. He seemed upset. I like that Freelance showed
a little fight, all right, Aaron Judge moving up the
Yankee home run leaderboard, moving up on Joe Di Maggio
for fourth. So here's the list, Ruth Mental, Gary this Debajo,
there's Aaron Judge, there's Yogi and you're saying you think
he passes Babe.
Speaker 8 (32:02):
Ruth tell, yeah, give me that.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
I know people think I'm crazy, but I'm gonna say this,
and I'm going to find a video on posting on
social media on FS one.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
This was five years ago.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I put Aaron Judge in my top five lists of
sluggers of all time. People thought I was crazy five
years ago.
Speaker 8 (32:24):
A lot and he was injured at Aaron Judge.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Has done home runs per at bad. I mean, he's
missed time and his numbers are incredible. And now we
know he got hurt this year. But he's been a
lot healthy over the last three years. And here's my point.
Speaker 11 (32:38):
Okay, him passing Yogi Beart when I'm tying Yogi Berra
a thousand games less, A thousand games less is incredible
pace to be on.
Speaker 9 (32:48):
No question, he's hitting like Mantle. I gotta be careful.
Bob Costas is right here. I don't want to make
him run over with the car. And hit me over
the head with his Mantle card. But he's hitting like Mantle,
which is high praise. But he needs do the bath.
He has six more years after this under the contract,
he'll be so then after that he'll be forty. So
he needs fifty home runs a year for the next
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six years. You think he's thirty three, now, you think
he's hitting fifty a year all through his late thirties.
Speaker 8 (33:17):
That's asking a lot.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
I do because I think he'll get to play longer
than that. He'll get to play if, of course, staying healthy.
He'll get to play until he's at least forty three,
which will change.
Speaker 9 (33:29):
Those guys don't do that now without steroids, guys are
not doing that anymore.
Speaker 8 (33:35):
Guys are not doing that anymore.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
I think he would have a chance because of all
of the miss time.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
The miss games will add up at the back end.
Will he be able to still play. He's missed a
lot of games and.
Speaker 8 (33:47):
Not as many miles on the odometer.
Speaker 9 (33:49):
You're saying, Okay, by the way, I know your last
thing was. I just want to say, you're right. You're
watching the Dodgers every night. I know there was supposed
to be the Beatles. They're disappointing. Go ahead ten seconds
on that.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
They really are. It's a bad watch.
Speaker 8 (34:02):
I mean, they've looked amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Four of the last five series to teams under five hundred,
and the one series that they didn't lose it was
a to two tie with the Rockies.
Speaker 3 (34:12):
They've been awful to watch.
Speaker 8 (34:13):
Yeah, they I wanted to give you that. They wanted
to wrap me. But I want you because I want
you to be right once in a while. Rob. Oh
see that's me styling. Oh how do you like this?
Say Rob, I'm just watching my phone. I'm styling. I'm styling. Rob.
You don't like this to you? Hey, Rob, take care?
Thank you, ed good to have you on.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
This is blowing.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
It's the Parker pushback shot. The Rob tackles the outlandish
takes in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
Shut up this week.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
I'm pushing back on all those people who want to
standardized stadium for all Major League teams. They don't want
teams to have unique stadiums. All because of Trevor Story
hit a probably one of the shortest home runs in
baseball history out in Fenway and in the stackcast era.
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It was the shortest home run and it would not
have left any other ballpark in the Major League. So
everybody wants to standardized length. No baseball is unique that way.
I love the Green Monster, even in Fenway with the
pesky pole in the short right field or Yankee Stadium
and the short right field porch and all that.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
And the proof is in the pudding the Red Sox.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
They're not a Red Sox player who leaves the American
League in home runs every year because they play in Fenway.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
You can't even it's it's moved around.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
It's not based on Oh yeah, Aaron Judge wins all the.
Speaker 3 (35:43):
Time because he plays at Yankee Stadium.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
He plays half the games there, and no, he doesn't
win the MVP every year and showhey or whatever. It's
the dimensions do not make the player. So I get it.
Trevor story was a nice fun story to have some
fun with for one day. But let's let the ballparks
be dimensional, uniquely dimensional in every single way.
Speaker 3 (36:08):
I'm Rob Parker and that is my pushback.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
In the words of New York TV legend the late
Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until
next time.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
Rob Parker out d can't.
Speaker 8 (36:28):
Davin this could be an inside the Parker.
Speaker 6 (36:30):
See you next week, same bat time, same Matt's station.
From the Berkshars to the sound from wherever you live
in MLB America. This is inside the Parker. You give
us twenty two minutes and we'll give you the scoop
on major League Baseball. Now, here's Baseball Hall of Fame
voter number fifty seven, Rob Parker.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Come on, I've been covering Major League Baseball for almost
forty years now, in New York, in Cincinnati, in Detroit,
in LA.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
I love this game. Let's go. Welcome into the podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
I'm your host, Rob Parker, and what a show we
have for you Today. We'll catch up with former Los
Angeles Dodger New York Yankee Jerry Harriston Junior he'll drop by,
plus Levi Weaver, who writes the wind up for the
Athletic he'll also come by. Plus we'll do a little
pushback that and much more.
Speaker 3 (01:01):
Let's go better up to lead off. It's getting rocked
to keep them on.
Speaker 4 (01:07):
Rob's hot take.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
On the three biggest stories in Major League Baseball. Number one.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
All right, I can't deny it anymore.
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I mean, you know, I picked the Padres to make
it to the World Series, and boy, what a bad
stretch they've had. You know, when they pulled almost even
with the Dodgers had this series. They got swept in
LA and then they went two out of three at home.
So I'm feeling better about this whole pick. And now
what a disastrous week they just had.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
But they've lost eight.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
I'll do their last ten coming into Thursday where they
have a day off.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
They just got.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Swept by the Orioles at home. Yes, the Orioles swept
them at home. And then when you add to them
the rash of injuries that they've had. Xander Bogart, he
had to fracture left foot. That's gonna be no one
sure how long he he's going to be out or
will he be able to return to before the regular
(02:04):
season is over. And then they're set up man Jason
Adam who got hurt a left quadricep tour attendant there.
Like the injuries are piling up losses at home. The
bad teams. You know, I've been talking about the Padres
for years. I keep thinking they got enough. They should
(02:25):
have beat the Dodgers last year and choked. But I'm
concerned now, like getting swept at homebody Orioles really playing
out the string. These are games you gotta win. So
I'm not gonna throw the towel in on them, but
there's a caution flag for the Padres.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
If they really want to make a.
Speaker 2 (02:45):
Real run in the postseason, they gotta get this thing
turned around. Number two Wednesday night is a reason why
every time you look at the Cincinnati whered you think
they just.
Speaker 3 (02:56):
Can't get it done.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
I mean, had a game last night, up five to
nothing against Toronto. They wind up losing that game going
away like thirteen to nine.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Just a bad loss. This is a team that you.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Thought was making a headway and was going to make
a run into the postseason. Here we are ten game
stretch three and seven. In those ten games, this team
has Hunter Green at the top of its rotation, Ellie
de la Cruz, some other pieces, Terry Francona, a Hall
of Fame manager at some point right who came out
(03:28):
of retirement to take over the Reds, and basically they
were a five hundred team. You know, into September. I
just expected a little bit more, and that game last
night really stung. You're playing Toronto, you're up five to nothing.
You know, you're trying to win games in September, and
instead you blow a game like that, and now you're
(03:50):
three and seven in your last ten. I don't know
if the Reds are really as good as maybe we
thought they were, or if they're going to make the
postseason run, or maybe it was just pretend. But I
expected a little bit more from the Reds and we
just haven't seen it.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
Of late number three.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
On Wednesday night, in that wild Yankees Astros game, we
saw Yankee reliever Devin Williams get tossed out, Aaron Boone
got tossed out, and on the last pitch of the game,
Jazz chisholm argue with the umpire and a three to
two pitch got called out. Game over, Yankees lose eight
(04:30):
to seven comeback win by the Astros. But it was
all about the umpiring again.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
And I get it.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
Everybody wants the automated ball and strike call when you
see a terrible game like that. And I'm gonna say,
even though it was some questionable calls, I still don't
want to see the automated ball and strike on every pitch.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
I just think we need to get better umpires, hold
umpires accountable, and when they great out bad games and
have enough bad games, they should be devoted back down
to the minor leagues to get more seasoning, get a
better eye. And if they continue to struggle and calling,
you know, you're not gonna be one hundred percent right,
(05:13):
but you got to be in a percentile of probably
ninety five percent right somewhere close to that to really feel.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Good about an umpire.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
But I love the human element, but the umpires have
to be better and we have to hold them accountable.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
It's just that simple.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Here comes the big interviews.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Listen and learn. It's so good. All right, now, let's
welcome into the podcast.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Former Major League infielder, outfielder all kinds of utility stuff,
of course, won the World Series in two thousand and
nine with the Yankees, former Dodger, a couple other teams,
of course. Mister Jerry Harriston, Junior Jerry, what's up, my man?
Always great?
Speaker 5 (05:53):
Great to have you on, Rob, Always great talking to
you talking baseball's will how you that?
Speaker 6 (05:58):
All?
Speaker 3 (05:59):
Good? Man? A wild, crazy season we've had.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
And obviously you are a broadcaster on a sportsnet LA
Spectrum sports at LA and do a lot of Dodger
work and cover the team. And this is why I
really wanted to get at you because the Dodgers have
the record, they have the lead in the NL West.
Speaker 3 (06:19):
But Jerry, it.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Just just just doesn't feel good. It's just on Thursday,
have a chance to get swept by Pittsburgh. You know,
Schemes is on the mound for for the Pirates. What
is what is the feel like of what's happening? Yes,
they're winning, but it just doesn't feel as good as
a year ago.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
Well, really, the Dodgers really have not played their best
baseball really all season long. Even when they had that
eight game winning streak to start this season, the teams
that they're there were beating, they weren't playing well at all,
and the Dodgers were finding ways to win without playing
their best. So they really have not had a great season.
(07:02):
And I've said it since probably July. This season is
a great season if you're a baseball fan, because there's
not one dominant team. I mean, I think the Brewers
are a really good team. There's several teams. I would
say ten to twelve teams have a legit chance once
they get in the postseason to win the World Series.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Jerry, I agree one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
If anybody can honestly tell you who's going to be
in the World Series.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Didn't lying. I don't think anybody knows. I really don't.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
It could be the Dodgers and Yankees because they both
could get it together.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
It could be the Brewers and.
Speaker 4 (07:41):
Mariners, could be a team, yeah, you know, or.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Something like that. Right, it's wide open. I haven't seen
it like this in a long time.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
And it's it's great for the game. Listen to get
back to the Dodgers.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
You know, the bullpen has been an issue and the
injuries have kind of hurt them throughout the season. Injuries
to the first to starter rotation, missing Tyler Glasnow from
a lengthy period of time, not having Clayton Kershaw for
a lengthy period of time, Blake Snell as well. That
puts so much pressure on this bullpen along with the injuries,
(08:15):
so they've been taxed and now we're starting to see
kind of rear its ugly head with a lot of
tired arms in that bullpen and they've been knocked around.
As you know, Rob in order to win a championship,
you better have a strong and leaked bullpen. Hopefully the
Dodgers can get it together get guys back. Alex Vestia
hopefully returns back from the AL. We just got Blake
(08:36):
trying back as well. But I'm going to say something, Rob,
I really believe it's heading into the postseason, I think
the Dodgers will make a decision to put Shohail Tani
in that bullpen possibly closed games.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Here's wow as well.
Speaker 5 (08:54):
You have Yamamoto Ezra Ace, then you have Blake Snell,
then you have Tyder glasnal though. Those are your three
horses that you can use to start in the postseason.
And then that allows Choyottani to fully focus on his offense,
and then you ask him to come out and close.
Because really, the Dodgers, because of Tanner Scott's injury, I know,
(09:15):
we just got him back.
Speaker 4 (09:16):
He hasn't really been right all year.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
You can have you can have Tanner Scott be a
closer one day and then have joyotany close ask him
to close out winning.
Speaker 4 (09:26):
He's done it before in the past.
Speaker 5 (09:28):
He closed out the World Baseball Classic in an epic
showdown Betweam Mike Trout. Now, they haven't made that decision,
but I can see them doing that to help out
their bullpen and also help an offense with Shoyoltani that
you know, it hasn't been firing on all soldiers this season,
so I have a feeling they may may do that
(09:49):
come postseason.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
That's a great call, Jerry. I can't even push back
on that. I like that a lot. It makes sense.
I guess that Jerry Harriston junior of course Spectrum Sports
net LA and of course a former Major league infielder outfielder.
But Jerry, let me ask you, what's the up. Do
we have the latest on catcher Will Smith? I know
(10:11):
what there was a injury. Do we know anything?
Speaker 4 (10:15):
We don't know as of right now.
Speaker 5 (10:18):
I know that he got hit in a hand yesterday,
had to leave the game yesterday. It's unfortunately because he
just started slinging the back. I think it was five
for his last six, including that walk off home run
to end this series. Back on, Dodger stated he's a
guy that didn't desperately need especially with the offense.
Speaker 3 (10:35):
That's butter.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
You know they're in danger heading into Thursday of getting
swepts by the Pittsburgh Pirates. I can't believe I'm uttering
those words, but that's just reality right now. So the
Dodgers can't afford to lose will Smith because he's vital,
not just offensively, but he's one of the best defensive
catchers in all baseball, especially thrown out runners.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
All Right, last thing, I mean, I know it's not
always fair to show hairhead such an unbelievable year fifty
to fifty and you know, and everything, and you know,
you compare that to this year or any other year,
is going to be hard for him to duplicate that.
But is he the National League MVP and you without
question or is there a question?
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Could College Schwarber.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Or Juan Soto come out of nowhere and win the
REGU League MVP question?
Speaker 5 (11:25):
I think this month will determine that. Listen, I've said
it before, Shoyotani is the best athlete in the world.
No disrespect to Pat for Holmes, no disrespect to Jokics
or Methi, but the best athlete in the world is Shoyotani.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
That said, we have another month.
Speaker 5 (11:43):
The Dodgers need to figure out a way to win
the ENO West. If they don't win the NL West,
maybe and let's say the Phillies win the NL East
and Kyle Schwarber has an epic run or flip it
you mentioned, could have it epic month of September, and
as you know, Rob, you have a vote writers love
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down the stretch, right down the stretch heading into the
post GAGELU gets hot, So it's gonna be interesting right now.
Speaker 4 (12:13):
I would give the extra.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
To show hel tany but a lot can happen these
next three weeks, all right.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
His name is Jerry Harrison Junior, covers the Dodgers Spectrum
Sports net LA. Always a pleasure, Jerry Man. We appreciate you.
We'll see you out at the yard my man anytime.
Speaker 7 (12:29):
Rob.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Thank you.
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Speaker 2 (14:40):
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Always great having him on the podcast. Lee By, How
are you, buddy?
Speaker 6 (14:52):
I'm good? How are you man?
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Doing great? I'm gonna start here.
Speaker 2 (14:56):
I know we got less than a month of the
baseball season left. It's been a whi weird baseball season
to me, and I think as we go into the
final month, I don't think there's a clear cut favorite
of who's going to win the World Series. I think
we have a bunch of flawed teams. I don't know
who's going to be in the World Series. What about you?
Speaker 1 (15:17):
No?
Speaker 6 (15:17):
I mean, you know, before the season, if you had
asked me that the Dodgers won last year, they reloaded
again in a big way. This year seemed like they
were gonna win about two hundred games and one hundred
and sixty two game season. That hasn't been the case,
and in fact, in the last week. They've more than
a week. It's been like a month of just very
inconsistent play Listen. They're up against Paul Skins tonight. If
(15:40):
they lose, they got swept by literally the Pittsburgh Virates.
I mean that is talking about a flawed team. I
mean that is a flawed team. There's a lot of
frustration there.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Me no what and you said it earlier. I was
with you, reloaded should win two hundred games.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
I said, all you know, before the season started, they
were supposed to be the Beatles, and guess why there
are Boy George and Culture Club.
Speaker 6 (16:04):
Yeah, and you know, the Padres can't seem to take
advantage all of a sudden, their pitching is gone in
the tank. The Brewers look really great. Honestly, the Brewers
might be the favorite and they don't really hit home
runs like that. It's a weird team to be potentially
the favorite. You know, the Blue Jays are leading the East.
The Yankees and the Red Sox are close, but the
Yankees can't stop blowing leads with the bullpen. The Ale
(16:29):
West is a mess. The Astros are like I mean,
it looked like from Bervaldez hit his catcher with a
pitch on purpose. They're a mess. But the Mariners and
Rangers aren't taking advantage either. The Tigers were really good
in the first half. They've come back to earth in
the second half. I mean, you know, is it the Phillies?
Like are we looking at the Phillies going like, okay,
(16:50):
they're the last man standing? Maybe?
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (16:55):
Here's my other thing too, Wan Soto, who I call
Wan so so when it see he's started and you know,
he didn't make the All Star team, and people can
say whatever they want. He got off to a bad
start for what we expect out of want Soto and
the seven hundred and sixty five million dollar contract he
signed with the Mets, and now he's piling up numbers
and whatnot, and people are like, oh, he's got he
(17:18):
should be the National League MVP. I'm sorry, I don't
care what the numbers are. I don't care what The
start was really bad. The batting average is bad, and
the Mets are bad.
Speaker 3 (17:31):
I don't look at him as MVP.
Speaker 6 (17:33):
Well, I mean, the Mets are still in the playoff spot,
you know, like they're not as good as they should
be right now. The problem seems to be that they're
pitching is held together by two rookies. You know, he's
got a great second half. I don't think I think
his first half is going to hurt him in the
MVP voting. But I mean by the end of the year,
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if the Mets make the playoffs and if he had
strong second half and kept them in it, I think
there's some consideration to like, sure, bad first half, but
he kept them in it at the end. There's value
in that for sure. I don't think that one. So
it is a you know, a bad player necessarily. I
think he had a disappointing first half. But yeah, as
it stands right now, like no, I mean you're you're
(18:17):
in l MVP is probably just by default show heo
Tani until he falters big time.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
Well, let's go there show Hey, it's it's again.
Speaker 2 (18:26):
A lot of numbers uneven, batting average under It's just
not the same year that we sold last year. And
I don't know how fair that is to judge that
he has to put on that kind of a year
to win MVP. Dodgers are inconsistent, you know, he has
as RBIs are way down from one hundred and thirty
last year. There are a lot of things not to
(18:47):
like to me, but the numbers and the home runs
and the ops, all that stuff is going to be there.
So it does feel like he's going to win it
by the fall.
Speaker 8 (18:58):
Maybe.
Speaker 6 (18:58):
I mean, I think Kyle Schwarber is putting together a
year that deserves some consideration. Right He's he is over fifty,
may challenge Ryan Howard's Philly's record for home runs in
a season, Otani steals her down. But he's been pitching also,
so you got to save your legs as a pitcher.
That one's understandable. RBI's are just such a and RBIs
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to me, are an indication of two things in tandem.
One is how well do you perform with runners on base? Sure?
Two is well how many of your teammates got on base?
And fewer of his Dodgers' teammates are getting on base
ahead of him this year. So the dip in RBI
doesn't bother me that much. And I would have to
go in and look, and I don't have these numbers
in front of me right now, but like what you know,
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it houses batting average with runners in scoring position.
Speaker 2 (19:44):
Right, that's a big number, right, that's and it's not
that great but I've looked at it. I haven't looked
at it recently, LEVI, so I can't give you up
to date, but that would be something definitely that you
would have to look at. I'm just saying to me,
and I'm just going by not the deep die, but
just how it feels and looks.
Speaker 3 (20:03):
Soto doesn't look or feel as good as.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
He did with the Yankees a year ago, and Shohy
doesn't feel or look as good as he did last year.
Speaker 6 (20:13):
With the Dog Sure, yeah, I mean, he had a
fifty to fifty season last year. He's never probably going
to look that good again, and especially as long as
he's pitching, he's not going to be stealing fifty bases
in a year that was a once in a career season,
And honestly, by the time he quits pitching, his legs
will probably be too old to steal fifty bases again.
But yeah, I mean, we did get a glimpse of
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what a like catastrophic hitter he is for the opposition
when he's not pitching, when he's only focusing on hitting.
The Dodgers need him to pitch right now. They had
so many pitching injuries. They need sho Heotani on the mound.
But I wonder if there's some consideration of, like, listen,
once we get our pitching rotation healthy and everybody's good,
(20:54):
if he's that much better a hitter when he's not pitching,
is it worth just making in him a dh full time.
Speaker 8 (21:01):
You're preaching to You're.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
Preaching to the choir right here.
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I'm the same way that eventually they just said to
Babe Ruth, that's nice. You can pitch, dude. You got
to get in the lineup every day. The guy played
what was it last year? I think he missed four
games or five. You know, he plays every day, and
if he can deliver those kind of numbers, I think
that's crazy. If you can get pitching. Our guest is
Levi Weaver. He writes to wind up forty Athletic. I
(21:27):
would like to ask about al MVP. I know a
lot of people are excited about the Big Dumpper, but
I don't know how Aaron Judge is an MVP in
American League.
Speaker 6 (21:43):
I'm withholding an actual opinion on this for now, but
I'll tell you what my factors are going to be
at the end of the year. Listen, if Aaron Judge
goes on a hot streak in September and just blows
Raleigh out of the water, and Rally's gone through a
little bit of a slump recently. Then sure, you know
you have to give it to the best player. But
for me, there is some consideration that cal Raally is
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not only you know, hitting fifty home runs, and that's
a nice, wonderful round number to look at. He's it's
the most that any catcher has ever hit. But he's
also doing it while not only catching, which is a
physically demanding position. And if you're a mid tier defensive
catcher and you're hitting fifty home runs, holy col what
a benefit to your team. He is the best defensive
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catcher in in the league in my opinion. His framing
numbers are off the charts. He is not just a catcher.
He is a brilliant catcher. So you provide that defensive value.
Speaker 3 (22:39):
Let me, okay, that's fair. That's all fair.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
In a league where people what an average batting average
is two forty two, you have a slugger an Aaron
Judge who's batting three twenty four, have all the other
you know, all those numbers, and as close to fifty
home runs. He don't have fifties close to it, right,
And he missed three weeks or whatever it was in
(23:05):
the season as well.
Speaker 3 (23:06):
I just look at that.
Speaker 2 (23:08):
That's still unique to me to be able to have
power and hit for average. And I think when you look,
you know, at Kyle Riley Riley.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
It just the home runs are nice.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
The team's kind of scuffling, and there's a lot of
other numbers that aren't nice.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
We just you just said about the slump.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
I think he went through like a one for twenty
two or something, whatever it was.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
It was really ugly.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
And I just I just don't know if that's good
enough for me just to look at the fifty home
runs as you know, as a catcher.
Speaker 3 (23:43):
And say the MVP.
Speaker 6 (23:44):
Yeah, And it can't just be oh, he did a
cool thing as a catcher. But for me, I think
the defensive value of catcher is higher than any other
position on the field. I mean, your catcher is, especially
if he is good at stealing strikes, if he is
good at controlling the running game, if he calls the
good game, and that Seattle rotation has the ability, if
they all put it together, to be maybe the best
(24:05):
rotation in the playoffs, managing that pitching staff that provides
so much value. Even if cal Raly hit two hundred
with fifteen home runs, he's a benefit, a very valuable
benefit to that Seattle Mariners team. For him to then
add on a fifty home run season, and you know
his on base percentage is three fifty two, that's very good.
It's not Aaron Judge who's on base at forty four
(24:26):
percent of the time. So Judge' numbers at the end
of the year will be better than Raleigh's. The question
that voters will have to answer is how much is
Raleigh's defense worth when it comes to naming the most
valuable player?
Speaker 2 (24:40):
That's fair, No, that's fair. His name is Levi Weaver
from the wind up at the Athletic and I'm just
going to put you on a limb real quick one.
Just a simple answer.
Speaker 3 (24:53):
Okay, just give me two teams that are going to
be in the World Series.
Speaker 2 (24:57):
I mean, I'm not going to hold you to this
because I think it's wide open.
Speaker 6 (25:03):
I mean, give me the Brewers in the National League.
I want to see it. I want to see yeah,
I want to see the Brewers. If it can't be
the Brewers. I want the like I want the teams
I haven't seen in the World Series before. The brewis
just so happened to also be the team that I
think has the best shot to knock off the Dodgers.
My more realistic side says the Dodgers will put it
together in October, that they were going to be very,
(25:25):
very difficult to beat. But yeah, if I'm going out
on a limb, let's go with the Brewers. In the
National League. The American League is more tricky. I could
I mean, I could see the Yankees doing it. I
could see the Tigers doing it. It's hard to argue
against the team that's got Trek Scoobel in the rotation. Yep,
you know what, Give me the weirdest World Series of
(25:47):
all time? The Blue Jays mash. Their pitching is just okay.
Their bullpen is a real mess right now, but they
have the best offense in the league for the last
month and a half. Give me the Blue Jays and
the Brewers. I want a weird World Series.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
Weird off the charts, all right, LEVI I'm not behold
you to it, but this will be in according.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
In case it does come true. You will be the
guy out.
Speaker 6 (26:08):
We're gonna get Yankees Dodgers again, but I want Brewers
and Blue Jays.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
All right, LEVI, I thank you, my man, appreciate you
as always.
Speaker 6 (26:16):
Thanks, all right, take care.
Speaker 1 (26:19):
In case you missed Rob Parker on the MLB Networks,
here's his latest appearance on Mlbina.
Speaker 8 (26:27):
Rob Parker is back in the show down.
Speaker 9 (26:29):
Rob I said at the top of the show, I
anticipate a little dust up.
Speaker 8 (26:32):
Are you ready to go?
Speaker 2 (26:34):
I'm ready to go, you know it, And you know
what what, I'm gonna hit one out and I'm gonna
look at it when I hit it out.
Speaker 8 (26:39):
You are that type of guy.
Speaker 9 (26:41):
And I'm gonna say you keep running, Parker, just run
it out, all right. Framber Valdez, his agent, says, no way,
Framber drilled his own catcher.
Speaker 8 (26:48):
Do you believe it, Rob, I.
Speaker 3 (26:51):
Don't believe it.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
I know because of the you know, the home run,
that grissome.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Head and you know, and and the catcher asking him.
Speaker 2 (27:00):
The step off or back off for a second. So
it looked like, okay, they had a miscommunication.
Speaker 9 (27:05):
So you're saying you believe Valdez's agent or you don't
believe him.
Speaker 3 (27:09):
I do believe him.
Speaker 10 (27:10):
You don't think you hit him on prayer. You don't
think he crossed up his own catcher. I don't, And
I'm gonna tell you why. Why was it the second
pitch not the first pitch? If you were mad at
the guy and I'm gonna do something to you.
Speaker 9 (27:23):
Maybe he called a pitch he wanted on the first pitch,
not the second one, and he's like, now I've had it.
Let me ask you this, how often do you see
a catcher just take one in the abdomen, Just take
a fastball and go, No.
Speaker 8 (27:34):
What was that?
Speaker 3 (27:35):
You don't see it that often? And it did look strange.
Speaker 2 (27:38):
But I'm just saying, if I really wanted to get
at you, right, if I really wanted to and I
was really upset, I think it would be initial.
Speaker 3 (27:46):
You wouldn't go, oh, fourth pitch in I'm gonna do.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Something dirty to mess up my catcher or to try
to get back at him.
Speaker 8 (27:54):
What pitch he's called?
Speaker 9 (27:54):
Let me ask you this, Rob, We play a thing
called up to no good, right, And where I always
you can tell intent by the body language of the person.
Your body will give away your true intent. When he
hits his own catcher. Your natural reaction is to go, whoa, whoa,
you're right, Wow, how did we do that? When I
thought you called for this, I called it one, I
told it.
Speaker 8 (28:14):
I threw that. Instead he turns around and turns the
other way. What's with that?
Speaker 2 (28:18):
Yeah, I mean, I'll give you, I'll give you that.
That that's probably not everybody acts. I think in that
whole situation, it was all off. It was off with
the pigeon sequence, the grand slam, like the whole inning,
not stepping off. Like if you look at that whole sequence,
it wasn't normal or natural.
Speaker 3 (28:38):
It just seemed like there was something. Nah.
Speaker 9 (28:40):
I think he's ticked off of whatever. He's detached, he's angry,
and he handled it like have a conversation or push him.
You know, you're better off better than throwing a fastball
when he expects a curveball. You're better off having an
argument with your own guy on the field.
Speaker 3 (28:54):
No.
Speaker 2 (28:55):
I agree that's the way it should have been handled.
But in this I just can't believe seriously that that
would be your intent.
Speaker 3 (29:03):
I'm going to try to hurt my guy behind the plate.
Speaker 9 (29:06):
But I don't think he was trying to hurt him.
But I think he's saying, oh, you want this pitch.
I'm telling you I want to throw my fastball. I'm
telling you, can you better listen to me. I think
that's what it was. He was obstinate anger. Oh you
know you tried to wave me off. I threw a
grand slam. Now this game is lost. I'm a free agent.
I think you know he's a human being. I think
he was upset anyway, all right.
Speaker 2 (29:25):
I do think it's a lot that people can look
at after the fact and go into all those things.
But the way I watched that whole thing unfold, it
just seemed like he was off hinged in the very beginning.
Speaker 3 (29:39):
Everything was just not right, and it did him off
with strange. But I still don't believe that that was
his intent.
Speaker 8 (29:45):
I don't we disagree, all right. I know we're going
to disagree on this too. I like what Kyle Freeland
did for the Rockies.
Speaker 9 (29:51):
I think Dever's styling on the worst team in baseball
is bad form. It's bad for the Giants, too, bad
for the Rockies, bad for the Giants that you need
to rub it in their face by chilling and watching
your home run go out on a team with ninety
nine losses on Labor Day.
Speaker 8 (30:08):
The bad form by Devors, not Freeland, but Freeland.
Speaker 3 (30:12):
Well, he's a home run machine. He's giving up twenty
one home lines. Be better. That's not that's not your response.
Speaker 2 (30:19):
You can't be mad at Devers because you own a
bad ball club and.
Speaker 3 (30:22):
You're three and fourteen.
Speaker 8 (30:24):
He's mad because he's rubbing it in his face.
Speaker 9 (30:26):
He's mad because he's styling and dancing on his graves,
dancing around.
Speaker 8 (30:29):
Oh yeah, how do you like this?
Speaker 4 (30:31):
How do you like that?
Speaker 8 (30:32):
No, it's not.
Speaker 3 (30:33):
And you know what if you don't.
Speaker 2 (30:34):
Want them to dancing of front of him, profile, get
him out, be ca stop giving up this.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
Yes, you're right, you're right on the whole.
Speaker 9 (30:42):
Yes, I'm very much against then beam ball retaliation for that,
and you'll let by the time you look down and
look at the rosenbag, the runner is moving and all that.
But I understand and I look at it worse. For
if I'm on the San Francisco Giants, you have to
be thinking. I know, Matt Chapman came out and pushed him.
You know you got suspended for that, But imagine being
one of the Giants and going now I have.
Speaker 8 (30:59):
To go out and fight for this guy. These are
the Rockies.
Speaker 9 (31:01):
We pummeled them last night, we're pummeling them today. We're
already up and now we got to go out and
fight this picture.
Speaker 8 (31:07):
Now we got to go out and push people around
because he's doing this. If I'm a giant, I'm angry.
Speaker 2 (31:11):
Yeah, but if but if you heard the announcers, they
even kind of gave the extra juice on how majestic
that was.
Speaker 3 (31:19):
It wasn't just a cheapiet and he's rubbing it in
and I get it, and I get it.
Speaker 2 (31:24):
It's it's the Rockies, but they were a major league team,
bad form. All I'm saying is Freelan, get somebody out.
Stop giving up dingers.
Speaker 8 (31:33):
I liked it he showed some fight.
Speaker 9 (31:35):
Like I'll say this too, you're losing it.
Speaker 8 (31:37):
It's September.
Speaker 9 (31:38):
Everybody's I kind of nobody's quitting on at the.
Speaker 8 (31:40):
Major league level.
Speaker 9 (31:41):
I get it, but it's easy to like shut it down.
I liked that he showed some fight, whether his manager
did or not. Imagine I had to go and get
extra pictures. He seemed upset. I like that Freelance showed
a little fight, all right, Aaron Judge moving up the
Yankee home run leaderboard, moving up on Joe Di Maggio
for fourth. So here's the list, Ruth Mental, Gary this Debajo,
there's Aaron Judge, there's Yogi and you're saying you think
he passes Babe.
Speaker 8 (32:02):
Ruth tell, yeah, give me that.
Speaker 2 (32:04):
I know people think I'm crazy, but I'm gonna say this,
and I'm going to find a video on posting on
social media on FS one.
Speaker 3 (32:13):
This was five years ago.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
I put Aaron Judge in my top five lists of
sluggers of all time. People thought I was crazy five
years ago.
Speaker 8 (32:24):
A lot and he was injured at Aaron Judge.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Has done home runs per at bad. I mean, he's
missed time and his numbers are incredible. And now we
know he got hurt this year. But he's been a
lot healthy over the last three years. And here's my point.
Speaker 11 (32:38):
Okay, him passing Yogi Beart when I'm tying Yogi Berra
a thousand games less, A thousand games less is incredible
pace to be on.
Speaker 9 (32:48):
No question, he's hitting like Mantle. I gotta be careful.
Bob Costas is right here. I don't want to make
him run over with the car. And hit me over
the head with his Mantle card. But he's hitting like Mantle,
which is high praise. But he needs do the bath.
He has six more years after this under the contract,
he'll be so then after that he'll be forty. So
he needs fifty home runs a year for the next
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six years. You think he's thirty three, now, you think
he's hitting fifty a year all through his late thirties.
Speaker 8 (33:17):
That's asking a lot.
Speaker 2 (33:19):
I do because I think he'll get to play longer
than that. He'll get to play if, of course, staying healthy.
He'll get to play until he's at least forty three,
which will change.
Speaker 9 (33:29):
Those guys don't do that now without steroids, guys are
not doing that anymore.
Speaker 8 (33:35):
Guys are not doing that anymore.
Speaker 2 (33:36):
I think he would have a chance because of all
of the miss time.
Speaker 3 (33:40):
The miss games will add up at the back end.
Will he be able to still play. He's missed a
lot of games and.
Speaker 8 (33:47):
Not as many miles on the odometer.
Speaker 9 (33:49):
You're saying, Okay, by the way, I know your last
thing was. I just want to say, you're right. You're
watching the Dodgers every night. I know there was supposed
to be the Beatles. They're disappointing. Go ahead ten seconds
on that.
Speaker 3 (34:00):
They really are. It's a bad watch.
Speaker 8 (34:02):
I mean, they've looked amazing.
Speaker 2 (34:04):
Four of the last five series to teams under five hundred,
and the one series that they didn't lose it was
a to two tie with the Rockies.
Speaker 3 (34:12):
They've been awful to watch.
Speaker 8 (34:13):
Yeah, they I wanted to give you that. They wanted
to wrap me. But I want you because I want
you to be right once in a while. Rob. Oh
see that's me styling. Oh how do you like this?
Say Rob, I'm just watching my phone. I'm styling. I'm styling. Rob.
You don't like this to you? Hey, Rob, take care?
Thank you, ed good to have you on.
Speaker 3 (34:30):
This is blowing.
Speaker 1 (34:31):
It's the Parker pushback shot. The Rob tackles the outlandish
takes in Major League Baseball.
Speaker 3 (34:39):
Shut up this week.
Speaker 2 (34:42):
I'm pushing back on all those people who want to
standardized stadium for all Major League teams. They don't want
teams to have unique stadiums. All because of Trevor Story
hit a probably one of the shortest home runs in
baseball history out in Fenway and in the stackcast era.
(35:04):
It was the shortest home run and it would not
have left any other ballpark in the Major League. So
everybody wants to standardized length. No baseball is unique that way.
I love the Green Monster, even in Fenway with the
pesky pole in the short right field or Yankee Stadium
and the short right field porch and all that.
Speaker 3 (35:26):
And the proof is in the pudding the Red Sox.
Speaker 2 (35:30):
They're not a Red Sox player who leaves the American
League in home runs every year because they play in Fenway.
Speaker 3 (35:36):
You can't even it's it's moved around.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
It's not based on Oh yeah, Aaron Judge wins all the.
Speaker 3 (35:43):
Time because he plays at Yankee Stadium.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
He plays half the games there, and no, he doesn't
win the MVP every year and showhey or whatever. It's
the dimensions do not make the player. So I get it.
Trevor story was a nice fun story to have some
fun with for one day. But let's let the ballparks
be dimensional, uniquely dimensional in every single way.
Speaker 3 (36:08):
I'm Rob Parker and that is my pushback.
Speaker 2 (36:19):
In the words of New York TV legend the late
Bill Jorgensen, thanking you for your time this time until
next time.
Speaker 3 (36:26):
Rob Parker out d can't.
Speaker 8 (36:28):
Davin this could be an inside the Parker.
Speaker 6 (36:30):
See you next week, same bat time, same Matt's station.
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