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Speaker 1 (00:27):
Hey, welcome back daily. Take it with you here running
three wide at this point inside Sam Austrey from the Score,
Sham Bernard represent the squad at Draftking sports Book and
joining us on the Gambler hotline representing crossingbroad dot Com
and does a great job covering all things Phillies. I'm
(00:50):
major League Baseball for us here on the Gambler as
our insider, Luke Arcaney, Luke, good afternoon. Do you have
a take about college sports that's just bothered you and
you want to get off your chest?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Well?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I think when I start to see it turn into
situations where guys are holding out and are waiting for
new contracts, I start to get a little sick.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
But no, not really.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
I'm I've never been insanely into college sports.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I wish I was into it more. I think my
issue is I don't like have a set.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Team that I follow, and I think when you watch
college sometimes I feel like you kind of have to
have one team that you watch more.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Than a lot of the other ones. But not really now,
to be honest, way too much baseball. I like college baseball.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (01:37):
I like baseball or college baseball as well. The ding,
the middle bets Tennessee.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
Very good.
Speaker 5 (01:41):
By the way, there you go, that's Alabama doing college baseball.
They got my guy, Rob Vong coaching that team. Yeah,
he was Marylin's coach.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
He was the coach they brought in after the last
coach who got caught with the Oh yeah, I forgot
about that.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Yeah. Oh you gotta love it. It's everywhere. Lord, all right, Luke,
let's get to it.
Speaker 3 (02:00):
Man.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Do we have an Aaron Nola issue in his career?
This is statistically and of course if you just judge
your eyes, he's off to his worst start as a
starting pitcher in a Phillies uniform.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
That's just the facts.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
I know you wrote an article at Crossing broad dot
com that said you are not worried about Aaron Nola's
start at this point in time.
Speaker 4 (02:20):
Why so?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah, Honestly, I I posted that article thinking I was
gonna get a lot more people that disagreed, and I
was honestly surprised. I think it's simply just too early,
and I think he has too good of a track
record to be worried for starts in I think there's
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some reasons to be maybe concerned about how he looks
right now. But I think there's a difference of being
concerned maybe how he looks right now and being worried
about his future.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
I think I think.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Those are two just cletely different things. Obviously, he doesn't
look great right now. It's it's in uh he has
the fourth ors cra and All Baseball out of qualified pictures.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Not great, it's it's it's been a rough start.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
Granted, if you look at that list, there's a lot
of other good pictures at the bottom of that list
as well. I have a really hard time buying too
much into stats. In the middle of April, we're about
three weeks into the season.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
It's early.
Speaker 3 (03:29):
But at the same time, I think you can look
at uh some velocity issues, and honestly, I'm not as
worried about his velocity as I am the command and
and granted.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Once again, I think you can also say it's early.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
But Aaron Nole has never been you know, this big
flamethrower that's six ninety seven all game He's he's been
a guy throughout his career where he's he's in the
ninety two to ninety five mark. But what's made him
so great is that there's two things one, he commands
the baseball.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
And the other thing is he he never walks people.
He's not a walker. That's just never one.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
That's yeah, that that well, that's that's where I'm getting to. Yeah,
that's just never what he's been. It's the first time
in his career where he's walked four guys and back
to back starts.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So that's something I think where you can maybe.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Be a little sort of iffy on. But I just
think it's too early to be this worried. I think
if if we're sitting here talking about a guy, you know,
who's who's never been good and he's this bad in
the beginning of the season, then I think you.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Can be worried.
Speaker 3 (04:42):
But I think this is a guy that takes down
two hundred innings a year, strikes out two hundred guys
a year. I think it's hard to just hit the
full on panic button right now on a guy that
has that that well of a track record.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
I don't think you're gonna get any argument from anybody here.
Right it is April seventeenth, so there's no no that's
gonna lose their minds, especially pitching in this type of
weather and hitting in this type of weather.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
It's just tough.
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
But you know when he did sign that contract, you
know what comes with that right you have to perform.
And we're talking about expectations. This is a team that
can't have the guys that you had locked into those
roles not live up to that billing. And Aaron Nola
is absolutely one of those guys. This team is just
team's got flaws.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
We see it.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And now that I still think they're a good team,
and I don't think they're a complete team.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
I believe that they're.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
Going to add pieces throughout the course of this season,
whether it's through minor leagues, whether it's through a trade,
so on and so forth. But Aaron Nola is a
guy that I just expected a little bit more from
at this point in time. And as you pointed out, Luke,
which you are a great piece over at Crossing Broad
once again, Luke Arcane. You can find him at r
Kenny Luke on Socials and Crossing broad dot com. Aerono's
off to one of the worst starts of his career.
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Six point six' FIVE era through four, starts and, yeah
as you just pointed, out third WORST era in all of.
Baseball not Great. Lord all right From Aaron, Nola let's
go ahead and get on over to tonight's game or today's.
Game four h five first, pitch interesting, NUMBER i want
to start. There where were you at when you first
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read the the number which has increased from minus one
to eighty up to minus two to oh. Five Christopher
sanchez laying minus two to oh? Five what AM i missing?
Speaker 6 (06:22):
Here is?
Speaker 4 (06:22):
It is he that?
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Dominant or do we just believe that these bats are
gonna go off this afternoon Its Bank.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
PARK i think it could be a little bit of.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Both The giants have a ton of left handed strikeouts
this year against left handed. Pitchers they've they've had a
really hard time against lefties to start the. Year, Obviously
lozardo the other day didn't have his best stuff and
still got through at least five against. Them SO i
think the books are really just banking On. Sanchez there's
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an obvious match up.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
Here where The phillies have the better odd.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
IN i Like Christopher sanchez a lot more THAN i
Like Jordan, Hicks BUT i, MEAN i will SAY i feel,
like even with The giants hitting the ball really, well
The phillies have been priced pretty higher THAN i thought
they would be this. Series in, general they were favored
in a good amount of the games this. Series AND
(07:20):
i think that one is is because of the pitching
matchups on. PAPER i think going into yesterday's, GAME i
think maybe we know How nola's, looked But aaron nolavers
a guy Like Robbie ray at this point in his.
CAREER i think probably pitching, wise The phillies did still
have the advantage, yesterday even though it didn't shake out that.
(07:41):
Way but, YEAH i, mean this is a chance for
them to really get something going because last night was.
Ugly the last you, know week has been. Ugly they're
eleven for their last seventy three.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
With runners in scoring. Position it's not.
Speaker 4 (07:56):
Good it feels Like september.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
Baseball, yeah it feels like right.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
Now, yeah but, NOW i, mean they have a good opportunity.
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Today weather's.
Speaker 3 (08:10):
NICE i, mean listen, it it should be a, win
right like.
Speaker 2 (08:13):
It it should be a. Win you have the pitching,
advantage you at.
Speaker 3 (08:18):
Home but it's hard to really sort of bank on,
ANYTHING i would say in this stretch with.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
Them right, now all, right from where we're at as
far as pitching is.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Concerned Jordan hicks going up against this.
Speaker 1 (08:30):
Team last time out For Jordan, hicks he struggled against The,
yankees ended up giving seven earned If i'm not, mistaken
in that, game they ended up losing eight to. Four
uh surrender seven runs in four innings On, saturday hard?
Speaker 4 (08:42):
Throwing? Righty where are we?
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Looking as far as the lineup for The, Phillies kolby
was checking in a little earlier, today it was dming
me he Likes.
Speaker 4 (08:51):
Schwarber, NOW i think we all Like? Schwarbro? Right does
it start and end With schwarbert?
Speaker 1 (08:56):
Today as far as we're making a bet slip and
we're putting in together, together same, game, Parlay schwarber has
to be in it going against the ready pitcher.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
Here for me It's.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
BRYCE i Like schwarber as, Well BUT i Think harper's
really starting to get out of his little. Rut, Obviously
homer's back to back, Games he's starting.
Speaker 2 (09:16):
To hit the ball really, hard AND i think it's
just another one of those situations.
Speaker 3 (09:21):
Where harper's just probably just really pissed off right. Now
so for, me it kind of starts With. BRYCE i
Like schwarber as. Well, TODAY i will Say Nick casti
has been Hit, yeah, well very well to start the.
Season he's he's been, there second best hitter through the
first what like eighteen. Games it's really just him And,
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SCHWARBER i would say that have put together a complete
season so. Far SO i, mean for, me it's it's
it's it's just riding the stars, TODAY i would, Say
Harper SCHWARBER casti hos for me on the offensive side
of the.
Speaker 6 (09:55):
Ball, YEAH i got two things for, You luke honest
to keep it with the pitching staff for, Now SO
i know you tweeted out a video yesterday talking To
Rob thompson That Ranger suarez starting his, comeback doing his rehab.
Assignments what's the big picture for how he fits in
This Obviously Taiwan walker has pitched a little bit better
than expected for the first couple of. Starts we did
see the wheels begin to fall off at the end.
There do you Think ranger plugs into that fifth spot
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or how do The phillies go about that once he's?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Ready, yeah SO i.
Speaker 7 (10:20):
Think the best there's a difference here BECAUSE i think
the best the best thing for them right now would
Be ranger coming back and and sort of heading right
to the.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Bullpen. Right but.
Speaker 3 (10:34):
A guy who's in a contract year With Scott bris
as an agent and wants to get paid as a
starter isn't gonna want to come back as a. Reliever
that's just kind of HOW i see. IT i Think
ranger will be back in the. ROTATION i still think
he'll need one. MORE i believe he Pitches friday In Lehigh.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Valley uh he started last. NIGHT i think he had
like eight strikeouts last night something like.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
That he looked good last night or if it was
the night, BEFORE i can't remember, exactly but it seems
to me like we'll go into that five.
Speaker 2 (11:07):
Spot but the.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
Issue the issue is now like where do you go With?
Taiwan BECAUSE i think you can get away With taiwan
in the five a little. BIT i just don't see
his fit in the. Bullpen his stuff doesn't work as a,
reliever so it's kind of.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Tough you kind of just hit a.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
Zone where it's like what do you do with the. Guy,
so if if it was up to, ME i would
Leave taiwan in. There AND i know he had a
bad start the other, day BUT i would personally Leave
taiwan in there until it really starts to Go south
and and try and get some some long bullpen endings
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out Of.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
RANGER i just don't think that's what they're gonna.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
Do SO i think Once ranger's, READY i think we'll
be back in the five.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
Spot, luke where are we at with the day? Care
Brandon marsh.
Speaker 6 (12:02):
And tough And Alec?
Speaker 4 (12:04):
Bohm?
Speaker 5 (12:05):
Right obviously both guys got bench at certain, points especially With.
BOHAM i want to ask you about it's early to
look at the trade, deadline but of course he his
name was in trade talks a lot coming off of
his disastrous performance and the last season into the into
the fall and. Winter or could we be looking at
a potential trade possibility For bom if things don't pick?
Speaker 4 (12:23):
Up and where are him And marsh sitting right?
Speaker 2 (12:25):
Now?
Speaker 3 (12:27):
Yeah so those are the two guys that are really holding.
Back AND i would say the center field position in
general along With. Bowm as far As, boem it's tough
BECAUSE i think everybody knows he's not as bad as
he is right.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Now LIKE i don't Think Alec bohm.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
Is some great like elite baseball, player but he's he's
not four hundred ops, Man so like, that that's kind
of where The phillies are in a bit of a weird.
Spot it's it's it's such a hard thing to get
out of a slump because because everyone kind of goes
through them. Differently there there's there's guys that need a
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few days off and there's guys that just want to.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Swing their way through.
Speaker 3 (13:12):
It it seems like bowm is kind of a mix of.
Both right, Now BOOM i feel a little better about right,
now he's starting to hit the ball. Hard marsh for
me is is just it's just a lot of balls
into the. Dirt it's it's a lot of balls just
straight into the. Ground AND i mean you can say
(13:33):
that About boom as. Well BUT i think the hit
For bowe the other night was big four.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Him obviously he didn't have a great night last.
Speaker 3 (13:40):
Night But marsh for me is the, one, like what
what do you get out Of marsh for.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
The next two?
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Months Because marsh's job is on the line And Alc,
Boom alix bowm while he's not off to a good
start by any, MEANS i wouldn't necessarily say his jobs
on the line right now based off of who is in, House.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Brandon marsh's job is absolutely on the.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Line this is a situation WHERE i think If marsh
carries a four hundred ops into the middle Of may
and and And Johann rojas still isn't hitting the, BASEBALL
i think one of them is gonna get demoted. EVENTUALLY
i think you're gonna get to a point where you're
gonna have to do. Something and whether That's marsh going
(14:37):
Down rojas going, down, Obviously.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
Uh it Seems marsh sort.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
Of messed up his knee a little bit last night
on on that weird pop up that he's sort of
like stumbled.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
On, yeah that was. That that wasn't his brightest players and.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
The greatest centerfielder The phillies have ever. Seen according to some,
people that was a hell of a throw by as.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Well, yeah that WAS i will SAY i think the
wind caught that one a little.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Bit it was still really really, windy but not a great.
Throw yeah it. Was, WELL i MEAN i didn't say
it was a good.
Speaker 3 (15:15):
Throw, also forty one or wins at the game last
night and he's throwing the ball three hundred.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Again.
Speaker 4 (15:21):
WHATEVER i don't want to get into an, argument but bottom.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Line the bottom line is The phillies have a center field.
Problem yes they do so m center. Fielder my.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
Lord the issue is every every every everybody's.
Speaker 2 (15:37):
Gonna scream for the next month About Justin.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
Crawford and the issue is they can't make the same
mistake that they made.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
With rojas To Justin. Crawford they can't bring.
Speaker 3 (15:49):
This kid up right now and just throw him into
The wolves and and like hope that he's. Ready he
needs to. Develop this is his first season In TRIPLE.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
A he he he.
Speaker 3 (16:00):
Needs a, Month he needs another month and a half
before he really starts.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
To really be an.
Speaker 3 (16:07):
Option so that's why right now that that's that's why
right now they they need to just figure it.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Out it's that's really the bottom.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Line brandon marsh has been in the league for five,
years he's going through his last thirty.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
One he hasn't got a Handsome march.
Speaker 3 (16:22):
Thirty, yeah it just it just comes to a point
where you have to get, healthy get your mind, right
and just swing out of.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
It all, Right, luke back to the, game give us
a player that we should have from The giants, Perspective
i'm looking at some right handed.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Sticks where are you at with that?
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Conversation somebody that you think could get a base hit total,
bases you, KNOW i love to play those over one
and a. Half give me a player that you think
is stink swinging a hot stick for The giants and
will continue to do. So today it's just as Bank.
Park i'm leaning A dominis man BECAUSE i. WAS i was,
all you know You strimsky is my, guy and the
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opener had that he came through hit a home run
in the. Game didn't touch him since HE i think
he had a couple of hits. Yesterday If i'm not,
mistaken he's swinging a really good stick right. Now But, sanchez,
Lefty i'm looking at the right. Side you, Know i'm
captain obvious. Here is there a player that you would? Recommend, Though.
Speaker 2 (17:20):
I'll go with the short Stop.
Speaker 3 (17:21):
Fitzgerald he's hit Left he's pretty well this, year nine
nine eighty ops against lefties this. Year he's been having
a pretty hot. BAT i believe he had three hits last.
Night one of them was a.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
Double so, yeah So i'll Go fitzgerald for The.
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Giants i'll probably look At Elliott ramos as.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
Well he's he's been having a nice little year so.
Far nothing, crazy but he's he's been racking up some
hits this. SERIES i believe he has five hits this
series so. Far H So i'll go With ramos And
fitzgerald on The giants.
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Side what are we thinking as far AS i didn't
get a peek at the, lineup let me pull that
up real, quick Because kepler in the line up this afternoon.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Is, yeah so they Go, Stot, Trey, Harper, Schwarber, Casianos, Kepler, Real,
Muto Boom.
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Rojas you buying anything as far As kepler is, Concerned.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
Yeah he's been hitting the ball, hard really really.
Speaker 2 (18:16):
Hard the LAST i would, say week with his bags,
today roll with his bags.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
Today i'll take all, Right, Max, Max, Kepler Bryce, Harper
fitzgerald And. Ramos there's our little same, game parlay for
two for each.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
Team lock it, in, people lock it.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
In kepler playing in the center, Field Luke, CARKENNY.
Speaker 3 (18:42):
I don't, know BUT I I i need The Iron
pigs to start getting some some tryouts going down.
Speaker 2 (18:48):
There maybe some auto camp that you hating?
Speaker 4 (18:50):
Them What.
Speaker 2 (18:56):
Bryce just out that sounds like a star auto.
Speaker 1 (18:59):
Camp so do you guys have any idea of another
man by the name Of. OTTO i got. Two it's
like it's a dog's Name, PORTER i Swear Big East
Defensive player of The year For.
Speaker 6 (19:12):
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her the top five draft.
Speaker 1 (19:16):
Pick If i'm not, Mistaken Otto, Graham, okay who's? That
That's Moonlight. Graham that's From if you build, it they will.
Come oh and THEN i.
Speaker 4 (19:27):
BELIEVE i believe If i'm not.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
Mistaken The, lord the bus driver On The, simpsons his
name Is, otto all, right is a good name as
a man who's trying to.
Speaker 4 (19:37):
Name a baby boy at this point in.
Speaker 1 (19:38):
Time this really how about this my real quick story
for My we just had a baby shower and Scrant On.
Sunday we drive up boom boom. Boom we got this
family friend by she's also. Pregnant so her and my
wife were sitting down at the. Table you, know you're
not supposed to say, names but you got for your
kid coming up right whatever?
Speaker 4 (19:55):
Reason don't know, That so they. Did and actually she's,
Like i'll tell you if you tell. Me she, like
hopefully we. Don't my wife, goes hopefully we don't have
the same, name same. Name the girl, goes, yeah we're
gonna name Him. Osborne and my my wife, goes, yeah
we're definitely not. Naming geez, man you're allowed to. SAY
i Think i've already put it out. There we're not.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
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wow That's.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
LANE i love.
Speaker 5 (20:22):
That that's Awesome Lane, michael the Great Lane johnson.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Gonna lane for me other Than Lane. JOHNSON i got.
Speaker 4 (20:32):
One Lane kiffin nice only Great Lane's?
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Lane Who Thomas?
Speaker 4 (20:36):
Lane? Thomas who's Whose? Lane?
Speaker 3 (20:39):
Not not Not nationals The guardians.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
OUTFIELD i feel you're, automatic, automatically like an athlete if
you're a, lane or you're just the boy if you're a.
Speaker 4 (20:49):
Lane Na lane's sounds like a baseball. PLAYER i like.
IT i like that a. LOT i pushed like hell
For cooper but also a great. Name she was not buying.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
It, Well i'm buying what you're selling the great job
as always, Man, hey, quickly thirty seconds on, this we
did get a question here From. JARON i think that
Is sam's. Boy he us wants to know where you
got The texas. Hat he thinks it's super, cool but
he wants to know if you went to Serious yeah,
exactly he, said Does luke have a comment On Max
freed's dominance start under, Two era three and zero for The.
(21:20):
Yankees Max freed with The, yankees are you surprised right?
Speaker 4 (21:23):
NOW a little.
Speaker 8 (21:25):
BIT i give him Till june untill he's probably on
THE il in the most respectful way, Possible but, YEAH
i mean having a nice.
Speaker 3 (21:36):
Start The YANKEES i thought going into this year didn't
have that great of a. STAFF i think he was
the biggest question mark for me because if he's, good
THEN i think they sort of had a good. Staff
but if he's hurt and shaky on THE, il THEN
i think they were in. Trouble if he holds it,
up then, yeah considering their star center fielders hitting like
(21:58):
four forty this, year That Aaron judge is just on
a tear right.
Speaker 2 (22:03):
Now but, yeah, no he's had a good start for the,
year all.
Speaker 4 (22:06):
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