October 3, 2025 • 10 mins
Shep and John Vander Wal discuss the Tigers' Game 3 win over Cleveland to advance to the ALDS. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 3 (00:30):
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Series on TNT Sports and much more. That's the UARC,
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Speaker 4 (01:00):
I think just sweet is enough, Like, I don't think
it needs to be any sweeter than what it feels
like right now, because you have to earn these wins.
You know, you have to earn the opportunity to play
in October. You got to earn a full series win
over a good team, a hot team, a team that
we know well. But you know, I'm so proud of
of Dylan. I'm proud of our team. You got to fight,
and we did, and we have and we have to
(01:20):
continue to do that. It gets harder and harder as
you go, the series get longer, but you know, when
you earn it, that's what makes it sweet.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Ag Hinch.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Following his team sixty three win over Cleveland, they march
into the Alds in Seattle starting Saturday. Who's going to
start for the Tigers don't know, it's likely. I think
it's going to be Montero, but we'll see what happens.
John Vanderwall No one understands what this team has gone
through and how it's persevered than John vanderwill fourteen year
(01:51):
veteran also coached in the minor leagues, managed. He's a
baseball guru and he joins us here on ex'es and bros.
The ability to forget and overcome the adversity that Detroit
has been able to do. What impresses you most about
their advancement into the alds JAV.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
The grit. It's awesome to see. You know that this
team has gone through so much. We need two horrible
stretches m h. And they made the playoffs and they
won the first round. There's no team that is mentally
more ready than the Detroit Tigers right now. When you
(02:33):
have that kind of up and down, I mean mentally,
you're you're absolutely exhausted. This team has gone through it,
and it's been the whole team. Even Google had some
lapses in there, this whole team, they're ready. It is
going to be interesting. Who's going to go Saturday Night?
I wish this We're lucky that it's five games. I
think they can still squeak this one out. With five
(02:55):
games seven that it would be a problem. But with
five they got, they got a good chance.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
So when of this series, guys, what makes you think
that Considering Seattle has such a high strikeout per nine
from a pitching staff, and the Tigers strike out far
too often for most teams to advance past where they've gone.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Right now, it's the greatest. The karma. The karma is
coming back. The worme has turned baseball. I mean, baseball
is a funny game. The best team doesn't always win,
the stats don't necessarily are always right. And this team
has gone through what they've gone to. Last year, they
come back sixteen down, come and make the playoffs. This
(03:38):
year they should have rolled in. I mean they should
have just surved their way into the playoffs. They choke
and puke and they still make it in and then
the bats finally come alive yesterday. That to me, is
what's going to win it for him. It's not going
to be the pitching. You're gonna have scooble. Who's gonna
do with stuff? They're going to score runs in this
(03:58):
series because they made it through the divisional series. Because
whatever you want to say, and we can say, I
say not you. I just mean it. As people who
get on and talk about this stuff is they joked,
they choked, I mean to lose that the American League
Central is embarrassing. And they came back and they won
(04:23):
in the divisional series. So there's no pressure anymore on
these guys. The worm has turned vest He got a
break in that game too when they won it and
are in Game one, so it's they're gonna win the series.
They're gonna win it. They're gonna win it in Detroit.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I think there's a bit of relief on their part.
John Vanderwall, fourteen year vet Joiner is here on Exus
and Bros. Film on Twitter at Vandy on Tigers. He's
joining us on the Lindsey Hunter Foundation guest line. I
think there's a sigh of relief and almost like they
can play a little bit freer now. I don't think
the pressure's on Seattle per se. They had to come back.
Remember they had to come back against Houston as well.
(05:02):
But I think Detroit taught themselves something in that series
against Cleveland. What do you think will be most important
as they move on against the Mariners, who I think
have a much better lineup, a much better rotation, and
better at the back end of their bullpen.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
They're going to score runs and they're going to score
them early. Now, that's what's going to happen. The bats
are free again, and I don't care how many scrimmage
you have before you get in and play the real
thing Saturday night. Yeah, it doesn't matter. So the game
one's really really important. They got to win Game one.
I don't care Montero, whoever starts, they got to win
(05:42):
that game because Seattle is going to come in. They're
going to come in flat. The bats aren't going to
be there for the for the first four or five innings.
The pitching will pitching will be okay. But we just
played three tough games. Our guys are our always already,
they're sleeping right now in Seattle, probably got in late
(06:04):
last night. So they'll go to the ballpark, they'll take
their swings, they'll go through all the press stuff. They're
ready to go. They're gonna win up. I'm telling you
they're gonna win this series. I just I got I
got a strong feeling on it. Now. We got to
go seven the following that's gonna be tough to do.
But this five, I think you're gonna get it. Uh.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
You and I have talked about this a lot, the
youth within the organization and the youth and other organizations,
and how that youth seems to rise to certain occasions.
What is it about the Tiger system that feels like
they want to marinate their younger players a little bit
longer than seemingly a lot of other major league teams.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Marinate. Marinate's a good word. Uh, I'm not a big fan.
I mean, you've got to have a strong minor league system,
and they've done that. What they've done is they've got
some scouts out there. He got to salute their amateur
scouts because they've gone out and they've done a fantastic
job of stocking the two A ball teams A Double
(07:08):
A and Triple AY. They've done a fantastic job and
they won both A ball leagues. I'm not sure about
Double A and Triple A, but they've done a fantastic job.
So they I mean they, I mean slewed. I'm not somebody.
I mean, you do well in the minor leagues, but
can you make that happen in the big leagues. I
(07:30):
mean you look at Jace Young. I mean I heard
I never seen him play, but I heard this guys
that can't miss, and he came up and he was
a flop. So for me, these guys are good enough.
The people that he has on his staff for therit
for to to control their drafting is enough to me.
(07:51):
They should have went out and got it. They should
have went out and got something they and they should
have put up those prospects. So and let him marinate
in another organic because you only get so many chances
to the big to make the playoffs, and you can't
assume that these guys are going to come up and
be super stars. You can hope they will be, but
you never know. And when you have an opportunity to
(08:15):
make the playoffs and to possibly win a World Series,
I mean, I'd give up as much as I could
to get a quality starting pitcher.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Yeah, I guess it's a I guess it's a philosophy.
I tweeted this last night. San Diego is a team
that has a payroll well over two hundred million dollars.
They made trades at the deadline, bringing in Mason Miller,
who throws one hundred and four. He's unbelievable out of
their bullpen. And they have a veteran lineup and a
lineup that carries a lot of cachet with all stars
and wins as well, and yet they still fell short
(08:47):
and lost to the Cubs. It'll be a very interesting
watch Tigers and Mariners. John Vanderwaldt thinks the Tigers are
going to win the series and reach the ALCS. Always
good to talk to me and my friend. Have a
great week and enjoy the baseball.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Hi will, buddy, you have a good one. Chap Brought
to you by Heineken zero zero. Get the facts. Be drinkaware?
Is it drinkaware? Dot e?
Speaker 2 (09:06):
He claims he brought the mullet back. His short shorts
are a bit too short, and he's nowhere to be
found when it's his round.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Uh, there's one Heinigen zero zero.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
But he's our best mate, and even though he's always
banging on about stasts ninety percent past completion, there's no
one we'd rather watch the match with. Yes to the
sports that bring us together, Heineken zero zero.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
There's so much rugby on Sports Extra from Sky They've
asked me to read the whole lod at the same
speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end,
here goes This season Sports Extra is jam packed with rugby.
We've got exclusive action from the UARC in every match
from the Champions Cup on Premier Sports and the Cultnation
Series on TNT Sports and much more. That's the UARC,
European Rugby and autom Internationals all the same place. Get
more exclusively live tournaments than ever before in Sports Extra
(09:54):
jam packed with rugby. Here there is a lot of rugby.
Gets Sports Extra and Sky or stream it with now
search Sports Extra
Brought to you by Heineken zero zero. Get the facts.
Be drinkaware? Is it drinkaware? Dot e?
Speaker 2 (00:04):
He claims he brought the mullet back is short, shorts
are a bit too short, and he's nowhere to be
found when it's his round.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Uh, there's one Heinigen zero zero.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
What he's our best mate and even though he's always
banging on about stasts ninety percent pass completion, there's no
one we'd rather watch the match with. To the sports
that bring us together, Heineken zero zero.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
There's so much rugby on Sports Extra from Sky They've
asked me to read the whole ad at the same
speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end,
here goes this season. Sports Extra is jam packed with rugby.
We've got exclusive action from the UARC in every match
from the Champions Cup on Premier Sports and the Cultnation
Series on TNT Sports and much more. That's the UARC,
European Rugby and autom Internationals all the same place. Get
more exclusively live tournaments than ever before in Sports Extra
(00:52):
jam packed with rugby. Here there is a lot of rugby.
Gets Sports Extra and Sky or stream it with now
search Sports Extra.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
I think just sweet is enough, Like, I don't think
it needs to be any sweeter than what it feels
like right now, because you have to earn these wins.
You know, you have to earn the opportunity to play
in October. You got to earn a full series win
over a good team, a hot team, a team that
we know well. But you know, I'm so proud of
of Dylan. I'm proud of our team. You got to fight,
and we did, and we have and we have to
(01:20):
continue to do that. It gets harder and harder as
you go, the series get longer, but you know, when
you earn it, that's what makes it sweet.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Ag Hinch.
Speaker 5 (01:30):
Following his team sixty three win over Cleveland, they march
into the Alds in Seattle starting Saturday. Who's going to
start for the Tigers don't know, it's likely. I think
it's going to be Montero, but we'll see what happens.
John Vanderwall No one understands what this team has gone
through and how it's persevered than John vanderwill fourteen year
(01:51):
veteran also coached in the minor leagues, managed. He's a
baseball guru and he joins us here on ex'es and bros.
The ability to forget and overcome the adversity that Detroit
has been able to do. What impresses you most about
their advancement into the alds JAV.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
The grit. It's awesome to see. You know that this
team has gone through so much. We need two horrible
stretches m h. And they made the playoffs and they
won the first round. There's no team that is mentally
more ready than the Detroit Tigers right now. When you
(02:33):
have that kind of up and down, I mean mentally,
you're you're absolutely exhausted. This team has gone through it,
and it's been the whole team. Even Google had some
lapses in there, this whole team, they're ready. It is
going to be interesting. Who's going to go Saturday Night?
I wish this We're lucky that it's five games. I
think they can still squeak this one out. With five
(02:55):
games seven that it would be a problem. But with
five they got, they got a good chance.
Speaker 5 (03:00):
So when of this series, guys, what makes you think
that Considering Seattle has such a high strikeout per nine
from a pitching staff, and the Tigers strike out far
too often for most teams to advance past where they've gone.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Right now, it's the greatest. The karma. The karma is
coming back. The worme has turned baseball. I mean, baseball
is a funny game. The best team doesn't always win,
the stats don't necessarily are always right. And this team
has gone through what they've gone to. Last year, they
come back sixteen down, come and make the playoffs. This
(03:38):
year they should have rolled in. I mean they should
have just surved their way into the playoffs. They choke
and puke and they still make it in and then
the bats finally come alive yesterday. That to me, is
what's going to win it for him. It's not going
to be the pitching. You're gonna have scooble. Who's gonna
do with stuff? They're going to score runs in this
(03:58):
series because they made it through the divisional series. Because
whatever you want to say, and we can say, I
say not you. I just mean it. As people who
get on and talk about this stuff is they joked,
they choked, I mean to lose that the American League
Central is embarrassing. And they came back and they won
(04:23):
in the divisional series. So there's no pressure anymore on
these guys. The worm has turned vest He got a
break in that game too when they won it and
are in Game one, so it's they're gonna win the series.
They're gonna win it. They're gonna win it in Detroit.
Speaker 5 (04:39):
I think there's a bit of relief on their part.
John Vanderwall, fourteen year vet Joiner is here on Exus
and Bros. Film on Twitter at Vandy on Tigers. He's
joining us on the Lindsey Hunter Foundation guest line. I
think there's a sigh of relief and almost like they
can play a little bit freer now. I don't think
the pressure's on Seattle per se. They had to come back.
Remember they had to come back against Houston as well.
(05:02):
But I think Detroit taught themselves something in that series
against Cleveland. What do you think will be most important
as they move on against the Mariners, who I think
have a much better lineup, a much better rotation, and
better at the back end of their bullpen.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
They're going to score runs and they're going to score
them early. Now, that's what's going to happen. The bats
are free again, and I don't care how many scrimmage
you have before you get in and play the real
thing Saturday night. Yeah, it doesn't matter. So the game
one's really really important. They got to win Game one.
I don't care Montero, whoever starts, they got to win
(05:42):
that game because Seattle is going to come in. They're
going to come in flat. The bats aren't going to
be there for the for the first four or five innings.
The pitching will pitching will be okay. But we just
played three tough games. Our guys are our always already,
they're sleeping right now in Seattle, probably got in late
(06:04):
last night. So they'll go to the ballpark, they'll take
their swings, they'll go through all the press stuff. They're
ready to go. They're gonna win up. I'm telling you
they're gonna win this series. I just I got I
got a strong feeling on it. Now. We got to
go seven the following that's gonna be tough to do.
But this five, I think you're gonna get it. Uh.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
You and I have talked about this a lot, the
youth within the organization and the youth and other organizations,
and how that youth seems to rise to certain occasions.
What is it about the Tiger system that feels like
they want to marinate their younger players a little bit
longer than seemingly a lot of other major league teams.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
Marinate. Marinate's a good word. Uh, I'm not a big fan.
I mean, you've got to have a strong minor league system,
and they've done that. What they've done is they've got
some scouts out there. He got to salute their amateur
scouts because they've gone out and they've done a fantastic
job of stocking the two A ball teams A Double
(07:08):
A and Triple AY. They've done a fantastic job and
they won both A ball leagues. I'm not sure about
Double A and Triple A, but they've done a fantastic job.
So they I mean they, I mean slewed. I'm not somebody.
I mean, you do well in the minor leagues, but
can you make that happen in the big leagues. I
(07:30):
mean you look at Jace Young. I mean I heard
I never seen him play, but I heard this guys
that can't miss, and he came up and he was
a flop. So for me, these guys are good enough.
The people that he has on his staff for therit
for to to control their drafting is enough to me.
(07:51):
They should have went out and got it. They should
have went out and got something they and they should
have put up those prospects. So and let him marinate
in another organic because you only get so many chances
to the big to make the playoffs, and you can't
assume that these guys are going to come up and
be super stars. You can hope they will be, but
you never know. And when you have an opportunity to
(08:15):
make the playoffs and to possibly win a World Series,
I mean, I'd give up as much as I could
to get a quality starting pitcher.
Speaker 5 (08:24):
Yeah, I guess it's a I guess it's a philosophy.
I tweeted this last night. San Diego is a team
that has a payroll well over two hundred million dollars.
They made trades at the deadline, bringing in Mason Miller,
who throws one hundred and four. He's unbelievable out of
their bullpen. And they have a veteran lineup and a
lineup that carries a lot of cachet with all stars
and wins as well, and yet they still fell short
(08:47):
and lost to the Cubs. It'll be a very interesting
watch Tigers and Mariners. John Vanderwaldt thinks the Tigers are
going to win the series and reach the ALCS. Always
good to talk to me and my friend. Have a
great week and enjoy the baseball.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Hi will, buddy, you have a good one. Chap Brought
to you by Heineken zero zero. Get the facts. Be drinkaware?
Is it drinkaware? Dot e?
Speaker 2 (09:06):
He claims he brought the mullet back. His short shorts
are a bit too short, and he's nowhere to be
found when it's his round.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Uh, there's one Heinigen zero zero.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
But he's our best mate, and even though he's always
banging on about stasts ninety percent past completion, there's no
one we'd rather watch the match with. Yes to the
sports that bring us together, Heineken zero zero.
Speaker 3 (09:32):
There's so much rugby on Sports Extra from Sky They've
asked me to read the whole lod at the same
speed I usually use for the legal bit at the end,
here goes This season Sports Extra is jam packed with rugby.
We've got exclusive action from the UARC in every match
from the Champions Cup on Premier Sports and the Cultnation
Series on TNT Sports and much more. That's the UARC,
European Rugby and autom Internationals all the same place. Get
more exclusively live tournaments than ever before in Sports Extra
(09:54):
jam packed with rugby. Here there is a lot of rugby.
Gets Sports Extra and Sky or stream it with now
search Sports Extra
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