September 12, 2025 • 13 mins
The Athletic's Chandler Rome hops on with Wex and AC to break down a series showdown on the road at Atlanta.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Two lifelong Houston sports guy's named at him talking your Team.
Adam Clinton and Adam Wexler are the eight team.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Four o'clock Our underway. It is a Friday edition of
the A Team. He's wex I may see and as promised,
joined by Chandler Rome of the Athletic Fresh off a
six nothing shut out in Canada, he is now in Atlanta, Georgia,
where the Astros also find themselves to take on the
Braves in the start of a three game series tonight.
(00:36):
This offense is absolutely putrid right now, but don't worry.
It's also a bullpen game tonight and the Mariners have
tied them. Is there anything you can give us that
is considered good news, Chandler?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I mean, they outscored the Texans on Saturday, they scored
They scored eleven runs on Saturday, and Professor Demiko only
put up nine on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
So I knew he disappoint She's right there with it, okay,
So you know, the Mariners have chased them down. The
Rangers are in hot pursuit, neither of which is something
that I necessarily thought we'd be saying, even like a
couple of weeks ago. Is it just as simple as
this offense is just in a complete and utter funk
from top to bottom, and anybody that Joe Spotta puts
(01:19):
in that lineup, you really just cannot expect anything from
them right now.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I mean, Yourdon's still good, but yeah, other than other
than Alvarez and really Korea to Correa has been pretty
consistent since he's gotten them back over here. The slug
hasn't been there, but he's been consistent. He's setting over
three hundred since he got back. But yeah, it's just,
you know, their lack of run production is putting so
much pressure on every other part of their team, and
(01:48):
it's magnifying, like little small managerial decisions like bringing the
infield in yesterday in the first inning that blooper falls
where al two they probably would have been standing on
a standard infield depth and run scores. You know, it's
putting a lot of pressure on a pitching staff that
is so ravaged by injuries you can't really recognize it.
They just got to take some pressure off parts of
(02:09):
this team by scoring some runs.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
You know, it's it's tough to put.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
It all on one guy, but you know, when Jose
al Tuovey is struggling the way he is. It's just
hard for this thing to get going because he's gonna
hit in the top half of the order. No matter
what people want to hear. He's gonna stay up in
that top half of the order. Other guys have to
perform better. Christian Walker has the most strikeouts with runners
on base of any hitter in Major League Baseball. Hey
sus Sanchez has eleven extra base hits since the Astros
(02:35):
acquired him a month and a half ago. Other guys
have to perform better. But like this is a holistic problem.
Outside of Alvarez in Korea, they really don't have anyone
right now that you look to as a guy that
can really carry this offense. And as we've seen, teams
know that they're pitching around Alvarez, he's getting nothing to hit,
he's getting nothing to slug. They're fine if he singles.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
And it's really.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Made this whole thing just very, very very difficult for
complimentary baseball to be played.
Speaker 5 (03:03):
Is it almost to a point where the move that
they made today with Zach Cole and having him in
the lineup obviously a while else, would you bring him
up if you didn't intend on playing him left handed,
hitting a corner outfield, or being left field tonight? Is
it almost to the point where there's no doubt they
can't not do this, They have to do something. I
wouldn't even say he forced their hand. He had fifteen
(03:23):
games worth of action. There's only so much you can
do in that period of time. After his promotion from
Double A. But with how things are going, I don't
even shake my head at the move. I'm like, yeah,
it makes perfect sense.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, it kind of reminds me a little bit. I
don't know if it was it may have been a
little bit earlier than this time. But when they called
up Zach Dezenzo last year, same sort of situation was
tearing it up in Triple A.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
They needed a spark.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
You know, the Rangers did this with Evan Carter a
couple of years ago and worked for them. They went
to the World Series and won it. Yeah, they needed
something they needed, just something new, and this is the
best performed guy that they have. He still strikes out
way too much. He's at about a thirty five to
thirty six percent strikeout rate. Like you said, he's played
fifteen games in Triple A, He's probably not ready to
(04:10):
be in the big leagues, but desperate times call for
desperate measures. They needed, they needed a spark. They're trying
to catch lightning in a bottle here and just hope
that this kid can come up and go on a
heater for two weeks and help propel them where they
need to be. But it's a dangerous gamble because I've
never met Zach Cole. I've never spoken to him. He
(04:31):
wasn't in big league camp. I've never seen him play,
so I don't know what his makeup is like. I
don't know what he's like between the years. But it's
got to be really daunting to walk in to that
clubhouse at this point in the year, where with where
they're at, with what they've been through. To be the
new guy in there and to not feel like you
have the weight of the world on your shoulders, and
to not feel like you need to kind of help
(04:54):
out and do too much.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
That's gotta be a tough thing for him.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Maybe he's maybe they did the back on research and
he can stand up to that and he's got the
makeup to absorb that.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
But it's a tough assignment.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
It certainly is something on the lines of these young
players being kind of thrown into the mix. Jayden Murray
gets the start today will be the fifth different rookie
pitcher to go for the Astros this year. Obviously, he
just became a major leaguer, and AJ blue Ball in
that same boat, made his major league debut this season
for the Astros has been aces out of the bullpen
(05:27):
for them. You wrote a nice piece about his last appearance,
the oddity of it, and that he was the pitcher
selected to replace Luis Garcia when unfortunately his season came
to an end with the elbow injury, about how veterans
on this team too specifically made him realize the moment
that he was in and try to relax a little bit.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, I mean AJ basically said, like, don't I think
he knew the rule that you had.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
You could take however long you wanted to warm up.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
But that's I mean, he's got forty thousand people, four
thousand Canadians just staring at him, just like hoping the
game restarts, and like you rush yourself, you get nervous
and having to do all that stuff, like in the
middle of a big league ballparks A lot I mean,
the way AJ described it is like Christian Walker like
watched him sprint out of the bullpen and like knew
(06:17):
that he had to calm him down, like just stop,
take all the time you need. And then Korea came
after and basically said, you guarantee me that you're ready.
And so, I mean, it's look, nothing's going well right now.
I get no one wants to hear about the sunshine
and rainbows in the clubhouse and how they all like
each other. But I mean, look, the culture on this
the culture in this place is pretty good.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
They've got it. They've got a good culture.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
They've got guys that genuinely like each other. They've got
guys that veterans that are very helpful to the young guys.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
And it's helped.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
It's helped this year with so much turnover and so
much so many different new faces coming in, it has
helped that they've had such a welcoming, open environment.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
And I think Tuesday really kind of showed.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
That it so with everything the way it is, with
the lack of amount of games going down the stretch,
who ends up winning this division realistically? I mean, these
schedules have to be factored in obviously, the Astros lack
of offense, and the pitching and the injuries, all that
has to be factored in. Who do you think is
left standing as the AL West winner at the end
(07:20):
of the next fifteen games.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
You guys asked me this on Opening Day. I gave
my answer and everyone yelled at me, so well, you're used.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
To that answer.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
My answer and opening day was the Rangers because I
thought they would hit.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
They still have not hit.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I gotta go with the Astros only because the for
as bad as it's looked, and for as bad as
the last you know, two months, have felt, they still
control their own destiny. Like they play the Rangers three
times and the Mariners three times next week at home.
Like they've got the most advantageous set up here of
You're getting these teams in your own ballpark. They'll have
(08:00):
Fromer Valdez and Hunter Brown online to start against the Mariners.
It the immediate schedule favors them, and you know you
often do say until someone else wins it, it's hard
to pick against the Astros. They've given you no faith
and they've given you no confidence that it should be them.
But you know the Mariners haven't necessarily been world beaters either.
(08:23):
The Rangers, I can't even name half their lineup at
the moment, So I mean I'll go with the Astros
only because they do have the fortunate draw of playing
both of these teams in their home ballpark and they
control their own destiny.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Astros and Mariners enter play today with the same record
fifteen games to go for each of the three teams
we're talking about. They're at home with the Angels. The
Mets are hosting the Rangers. They be in their three
game series of this evening. And you brought up pay
Sus Sanchez, and I know you wrote a lot about
it and had the chance to talk to the people
involved in that particular play. Also with the infield being
(09:01):
in are you a little I know another thing you
mentioned right when he got here is heyesu Sanchez as
an adequate at best outfielder. But the moves that were
made by Dana Brown at the deadline all made perfect
sense for why those players were added. Urreus has been
exactly what was as advertised, has helped them tremendously in
the field, and has provided a competent bat when asked.
(09:22):
Carlos Korea has had a noticeable uptick in his offensive
production from his time in Minnesota, and in every other way.
He's been tremendous for this team, and Hayesu Sanchez has
struggled enormously with this team. He's hitting two twenty. He's
hitting well under two hundred if you eliminate the five
hit game one afternoon of baseball here, Why do you
(09:43):
think he's had such a hard time settling in offensively,
let alone the defensive. It's not comedy out there, but
he sure makes it look hard out there.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Yeah, I didn't expect the defense to be this bad.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
I had not heard that he was like a great
outfielder by any means, but I thought he was at
least average, and it has not looked like that. You know,
we've asked him numerous times whether part of it is
being a part of a trade and coming over to
a new clubhouse and the pressure that can put on him.
He has been pretty steadfast and saying that's not the reason.
(10:20):
I mean, I'll have to take him at his word,
but that's really the only thing I can come up
with is that you know, he's he's a guy that
you know, has never really played a bunch of very
meaningful games down the stretch. The Marlins went to the
playoffs one year he was with them, so he has
played playoff baseball. He's played meaningful baseball in September, but
he's probably never played it for this length.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Of time to this extent.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
It can be an adjustment when you go from a
team and a clubhouse that is has different priorities. The
Marlins this year did not have were not prioritizing winning
the World Series. The Marlins were prioritizing development and young
guys and things like that. This is a different animal
than the ads. Are different, the expectations are different, the
standard is different. If I'm playing amateur psychologists, I have
(11:08):
to think that you know, it's been a difficult just mentally.
Everybody likes him in the clubhouse. He seems to get
along well with a lot of guys, with a lot
of friends. Is always smiling and laughing. But I just
think from a performance standpoint, the only thing I can
really point to is that the pressure he's putting on
himself after the trade may may have something to do
(11:28):
with it. He's chasing too much, He's swinging and missing
too much. That's part of it too. The lack of
extra base hits is concerning, just because they thought they
would get some pop from him and that hasn't happened
the fact that they can't even play him against left
handed pitching is also somewhat of a problem. But they've
got Cam Smith who's kind of like settled into being
the lefty side.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
Of that platoon.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
But yeah, I mean, maybe it gets better next year
with a full season. He's got a full off season
under his belt, knows where he's going. But yeah, it's
not been it's not been consistent. It's tough to say
it and bad, but it just hasn't been consistent, cause
there's been flashes where he's been really really good.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
Clanton asked you who you thought would win the Astros
Division the American League West. I'll ask you if you
had to pull up all the loonies you've pocketed over
the years from visits to Canada and wager on who
wins the American League, who would it be?
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Y'all aren't gonna like this. I think they I think
the Yankees win it.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
I think, you know, if Rodana and Freeiter pitching the
way that they're pitching, and then that lineup, I mean
they have a very deep lineup, and I think you
saw it when they were here. I mean, their lineup
paling to the Astros is just it's not even the
same really in terms of just length, dynamics, power, slug
things like that. I think the Yankees ultimately win it,
(12:48):
but because they just need two of those relievers to
get hot in the playoffs in October and they're in,
they're home free, So I think the Yankees have the
best roster. I think the Yankees probably win it. I
wouldn't be surprised if it's Blue Jays, but put me
on records of the Yankees are gonna win it.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Looking forward to seeing them eliminated in the divisional round
and telling you about it.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
Oh can't wait. You would never do that.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
No, no, not me, not at all.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
I'm very milter.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
You watch what's happening to the Yankees.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
You get the text.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Chandler's like, Oh, come on, all right, Chandler, appreciate it
as always. We'll talk again next week.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
By the way, who you got Monday night? I know
you care.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I'm gonna go with everyone's favorite Mariners fans CJ.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Stroud. He's gonna be so happy. Do you think we'll
cry after the game.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
You are the get out of here Chandler. All right,
Chandler Romans of the Athletic you're on Sports Talk seven ninety.
I love that guy, I absolutely love him.
Speaker 4 (13:40):
All right.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We'll discuss some of what he had to say, and
Dolphins fans are going through it and they're putting their
money where their mouth is.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
We'll explain next
Speaker 1 (13:50):
The A on Sports Talk seven ninety
Two lifelong Houston sports guy's named at him talking your Team.
Adam Clinton and Adam Wexler are the eight team.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Four o'clock Our underway. It is a Friday edition of
the A Team. He's wex I may see and as promised,
joined by Chandler Rome of the Athletic Fresh off a
six nothing shut out in Canada, he is now in Atlanta, Georgia,
where the Astros also find themselves to take on the
Braves in the start of a three game series tonight.
(00:36):
This offense is absolutely putrid right now, but don't worry.
It's also a bullpen game tonight and the Mariners have
tied them. Is there anything you can give us that
is considered good news, Chandler?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
I mean, they outscored the Texans on Saturday, they scored
They scored eleven runs on Saturday, and Professor Demiko only
put up nine on Sunday.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
So I knew he disappoint She's right there with it, okay,
So you know, the Mariners have chased them down. The
Rangers are in hot pursuit, neither of which is something
that I necessarily thought we'd be saying, even like a
couple of weeks ago. Is it just as simple as
this offense is just in a complete and utter funk
from top to bottom, and anybody that Joe Spotta puts
(01:19):
in that lineup, you really just cannot expect anything from
them right now.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
I mean, Yourdon's still good, but yeah, other than other
than Alvarez and really Korea to Correa has been pretty
consistent since he's gotten them back over here. The slug
hasn't been there, but he's been consistent. He's setting over
three hundred since he got back. But yeah, it's just,
you know, their lack of run production is putting so
much pressure on every other part of their team, and
(01:48):
it's magnifying, like little small managerial decisions like bringing the
infield in yesterday in the first inning that blooper falls
where al two they probably would have been standing on
a standard infield depth and run scores. You know, it's
putting a lot of pressure on a pitching staff that
is so ravaged by injuries you can't really recognize it.
They just got to take some pressure off parts of
(02:09):
this team by scoring some runs.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
You know, it's it's tough to put.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
It all on one guy, but you know, when Jose
al Tuovey is struggling the way he is. It's just
hard for this thing to get going because he's gonna
hit in the top half of the order. No matter
what people want to hear. He's gonna stay up in
that top half of the order. Other guys have to
perform better. Christian Walker has the most strikeouts with runners
on base of any hitter in Major League Baseball. Hey
sus Sanchez has eleven extra base hits since the Astros
(02:35):
acquired him a month and a half ago. Other guys
have to perform better. But like this is a holistic problem.
Outside of Alvarez in Korea, they really don't have anyone
right now that you look to as a guy that
can really carry this offense. And as we've seen, teams
know that they're pitching around Alvarez, he's getting nothing to hit,
he's getting nothing to slug. They're fine if he singles.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
And it's really.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Made this whole thing just very, very very difficult for
complimentary baseball to be played.
Speaker 5 (03:03):
Is it almost to a point where the move that
they made today with Zach Cole and having him in
the lineup obviously a while else, would you bring him
up if you didn't intend on playing him left handed,
hitting a corner outfield, or being left field tonight? Is
it almost to the point where there's no doubt they
can't not do this, They have to do something. I
wouldn't even say he forced their hand. He had fifteen
(03:23):
games worth of action. There's only so much you can
do in that period of time. After his promotion from
Double A. But with how things are going, I don't
even shake my head at the move. I'm like, yeah,
it makes perfect sense.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, it kind of reminds me a little bit. I
don't know if it was it may have been a
little bit earlier than this time. But when they called
up Zach Dezenzo last year, same sort of situation was
tearing it up in Triple A.
Speaker 4 (03:46):
They needed a spark.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
You know, the Rangers did this with Evan Carter a
couple of years ago and worked for them. They went
to the World Series and won it. Yeah, they needed
something they needed, just something new, and this is the
best performed guy that they have. He still strikes out
way too much. He's at about a thirty five to
thirty six percent strikeout rate. Like you said, he's played
fifteen games in Triple A, He's probably not ready to
(04:10):
be in the big leagues, but desperate times call for
desperate measures. They needed, they needed a spark. They're trying
to catch lightning in a bottle here and just hope
that this kid can come up and go on a
heater for two weeks and help propel them where they
need to be. But it's a dangerous gamble because I've
never met Zach Cole. I've never spoken to him. He
(04:31):
wasn't in big league camp. I've never seen him play,
so I don't know what his makeup is like. I
don't know what he's like between the years. But it's
got to be really daunting to walk in to that
clubhouse at this point in the year, where with where
they're at, with what they've been through. To be the
new guy in there and to not feel like you
have the weight of the world on your shoulders, and
to not feel like you need to kind of help
(04:54):
out and do too much.
Speaker 4 (04:55):
That's gotta be a tough thing for him.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Maybe he's maybe they did the back on research and
he can stand up to that and he's got the
makeup to absorb that.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
But it's a tough assignment.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
It certainly is something on the lines of these young
players being kind of thrown into the mix. Jayden Murray
gets the start today will be the fifth different rookie
pitcher to go for the Astros this year. Obviously, he
just became a major leaguer, and AJ blue Ball in
that same boat, made his major league debut this season
for the Astros has been aces out of the bullpen
(05:27):
for them. You wrote a nice piece about his last appearance,
the oddity of it, and that he was the pitcher
selected to replace Luis Garcia when unfortunately his season came
to an end with the elbow injury, about how veterans
on this team too specifically made him realize the moment
that he was in and try to relax a little bit.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Yeah, I mean AJ basically said, like, don't I think
he knew the rule that you had.
Speaker 4 (05:54):
You could take however long you wanted to warm up.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
But that's I mean, he's got forty thousand people, four
thousand Canadians just staring at him, just like hoping the
game restarts, and like you rush yourself, you get nervous
and having to do all that stuff, like in the
middle of a big league ballparks A lot I mean,
the way AJ described it is like Christian Walker like
watched him sprint out of the bullpen and like knew
(06:17):
that he had to calm him down, like just stop,
take all the time you need. And then Korea came
after and basically said, you guarantee me that you're ready.
And so, I mean, it's look, nothing's going well right now.
I get no one wants to hear about the sunshine
and rainbows in the clubhouse and how they all like
each other. But I mean, look, the culture on this
the culture in this place is pretty good.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
They've got it. They've got a good culture.
Speaker 3 (06:40):
They've got guys that genuinely like each other. They've got
guys that veterans that are very helpful to the young guys.
Speaker 4 (06:46):
And it's helped.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
It's helped this year with so much turnover and so
much so many different new faces coming in, it has
helped that they've had such a welcoming, open environment.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
And I think Tuesday really kind of showed.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
That it so with everything the way it is, with
the lack of amount of games going down the stretch,
who ends up winning this division realistically? I mean, these
schedules have to be factored in obviously, the Astros lack
of offense, and the pitching and the injuries, all that
has to be factored in. Who do you think is
left standing as the AL West winner at the end
(07:20):
of the next fifteen games.
Speaker 3 (07:23):
You guys asked me this on Opening Day. I gave
my answer and everyone yelled at me, so well, you're used.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
To that answer.
Speaker 3 (07:29):
My answer and opening day was the Rangers because I
thought they would hit.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
They still have not hit.
Speaker 3 (07:37):
I gotta go with the Astros only because the for
as bad as it's looked, and for as bad as
the last you know, two months, have felt, they still
control their own destiny. Like they play the Rangers three
times and the Mariners three times next week at home.
Like they've got the most advantageous set up here of
You're getting these teams in your own ballpark. They'll have
(08:00):
Fromer Valdez and Hunter Brown online to start against the Mariners.
It the immediate schedule favors them, and you know you
often do say until someone else wins it, it's hard
to pick against the Astros. They've given you no faith
and they've given you no confidence that it should be them.
But you know the Mariners haven't necessarily been world beaters either.
(08:23):
The Rangers, I can't even name half their lineup at
the moment, So I mean I'll go with the Astros
only because they do have the fortunate draw of playing
both of these teams in their home ballpark and they
control their own destiny.
Speaker 5 (08:40):
Astros and Mariners enter play today with the same record
fifteen games to go for each of the three teams
we're talking about. They're at home with the Angels. The
Mets are hosting the Rangers. They be in their three
game series of this evening. And you brought up pay
Sus Sanchez, and I know you wrote a lot about
it and had the chance to talk to the people
involved in that particular play. Also with the infield being
(09:01):
in are you a little I know another thing you
mentioned right when he got here is heyesu Sanchez as
an adequate at best outfielder. But the moves that were
made by Dana Brown at the deadline all made perfect
sense for why those players were added. Urreus has been
exactly what was as advertised, has helped them tremendously in
the field, and has provided a competent bat when asked.
(09:22):
Carlos Korea has had a noticeable uptick in his offensive
production from his time in Minnesota, and in every other way.
He's been tremendous for this team, and Hayesu Sanchez has
struggled enormously with this team. He's hitting two twenty. He's
hitting well under two hundred if you eliminate the five
hit game one afternoon of baseball here, Why do you
(09:43):
think he's had such a hard time settling in offensively,
let alone the defensive. It's not comedy out there, but
he sure makes it look hard out there.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Yeah, I didn't expect the defense to be this bad.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
I had not heard that he was like a great
outfielder by any means, but I thought he was at
least average, and it has not looked like that. You know,
we've asked him numerous times whether part of it is
being a part of a trade and coming over to
a new clubhouse and the pressure that can put on him.
He has been pretty steadfast and saying that's not the reason.
(10:20):
I mean, I'll have to take him at his word,
but that's really the only thing I can come up
with is that you know, he's he's a guy that
you know, has never really played a bunch of very
meaningful games down the stretch. The Marlins went to the
playoffs one year he was with them, so he has
played playoff baseball. He's played meaningful baseball in September, but
he's probably never played it for this length.
Speaker 4 (10:42):
Of time to this extent.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
It can be an adjustment when you go from a
team and a clubhouse that is has different priorities. The
Marlins this year did not have were not prioritizing winning
the World Series. The Marlins were prioritizing development and young
guys and things like that. This is a different animal
than the ads. Are different, the expectations are different, the
standard is different. If I'm playing amateur psychologists, I have
(11:08):
to think that you know, it's been a difficult just mentally.
Everybody likes him in the clubhouse. He seems to get
along well with a lot of guys, with a lot
of friends. Is always smiling and laughing. But I just
think from a performance standpoint, the only thing I can
really point to is that the pressure he's putting on
himself after the trade may may have something to do
(11:28):
with it. He's chasing too much, He's swinging and missing
too much. That's part of it too. The lack of
extra base hits is concerning, just because they thought they
would get some pop from him and that hasn't happened
the fact that they can't even play him against left
handed pitching is also somewhat of a problem. But they've
got Cam Smith who's kind of like settled into being
the lefty side.
Speaker 4 (11:48):
Of that platoon.
Speaker 3 (11:49):
But yeah, I mean, maybe it gets better next year
with a full season. He's got a full off season
under his belt, knows where he's going. But yeah, it's
not been it's not been consistent. It's tough to say
it and bad, but it just hasn't been consistent, cause
there's been flashes where he's been really really good.
Speaker 5 (12:05):
Clanton asked you who you thought would win the Astros
Division the American League West. I'll ask you if you
had to pull up all the loonies you've pocketed over
the years from visits to Canada and wager on who
wins the American League, who would it be?
Speaker 4 (12:21):
Y'all aren't gonna like this. I think they I think
the Yankees win it.
Speaker 3 (12:26):
I think, you know, if Rodana and Freeiter pitching the
way that they're pitching, and then that lineup, I mean
they have a very deep lineup, and I think you
saw it when they were here. I mean, their lineup
paling to the Astros is just it's not even the
same really in terms of just length, dynamics, power, slug
things like that. I think the Yankees ultimately win it,
(12:48):
but because they just need two of those relievers to
get hot in the playoffs in October and they're in,
they're home free, So I think the Yankees have the
best roster. I think the Yankees probably win it. I
wouldn't be surprised if it's Blue Jays, but put me
on records of the Yankees are gonna win it.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Looking forward to seeing them eliminated in the divisional round
and telling you about it.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
Oh can't wait. You would never do that.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
No, no, not me, not at all.
Speaker 4 (13:12):
I'm very milter.
Speaker 5 (13:12):
You watch what's happening to the Yankees.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
You get the text.
Speaker 2 (13:15):
Chandler's like, Oh, come on, all right, Chandler, appreciate it
as always. We'll talk again next week.
Speaker 4 (13:20):
By the way, who you got Monday night? I know
you care.
Speaker 3 (13:24):
I'm gonna go with everyone's favorite Mariners fans CJ.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Stroud. He's gonna be so happy. Do you think we'll
cry after the game.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
You are the get out of here Chandler. All right,
Chandler Romans of the Athletic you're on Sports Talk seven ninety.
I love that guy, I absolutely love him.
Speaker 4 (13:40):
All right.
Speaker 2 (13:40):
We'll discuss some of what he had to say, and
Dolphins fans are going through it and they're putting their
money where their mouth is.
Speaker 4 (13:47):
We'll explain next
Speaker 1 (13:50):
The A on Sports Talk seven ninety
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