October 6, 2025 • 38 mins
Football waits until tomorrow after Chiefs MNF matchup. Let's dive into baseball with David Lesky from "Inside the Crown". The Royals season and offseason and a look at payroll decisions. the MLB playoffs and more. Join the informative fun!
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Leski joins me now from inside the Crown here in
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season ended. But we'll talk about the Royal season and
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baseball massacres have gone on so far interesting. We'll talk
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Welcome back, and I know that David as David Leski
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from Inside the Crown joins us. His Monday newsletter, which
you could still see if you wanted to, is free
to the public. And I don't know if the structure
changes in the off season, but you've written more than
once that in many ways you kind of enjoy writing
in the off season as much as you do during
the season.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
David, Yeah, that's true. You know, the regular season during
the season is very reactive, I guess, and that not
that the off season doesn't have some reaction as well.
But it's nice to look ahead and everybody's undefeated, right,
like the Royals are a World Series champion in November,
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because who knows what's going to happen next season. But
I will say the free article will shift to Fridays
this week this week.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
So I thought that might be that's one to make
sure you cleared everything up.
Speaker 6 (05:55):
So yeah, yeah, no, So I get back to right.
They call it Crown Jewels. It's a dumb but my
wife came up with it and I liked it, so
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And there's only so many word plays that go with crown,
so that's one of them.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
There actually quite a few. Some of them are a
little inappropriate, but right. But yeah, so it's I don't know,
the off season is just fun. You get to it's speculation,
and then you get to March and you're like, they
didn't do any of that. That's that's less fun. But
until then, it's really fun. It is.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Indeed, let's start off with just your general thoughts about
the season. They ended up with a winning season. Winning
the last game of the year put them above five
hundred four of the year. I would call that a
little bit of validation for the playoff run. I think
there was some disappointment in the fact that they were
in such good position just to game back with a
few weeks ago, and other teams did get hot, and
one of them was not the Royals.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
Yeah, it's you know, they were seven games under to
start July and then by what was it, like, I
can't remember what data was that they were a game out,
but by whatever date that was, they were a game
out of the third wild card. And a lot of
that was because the Mariners were, yeah, having some issues.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Let's just say, yeah, there was some amazing pratfalls and
hot streaks. The Mets and the Mariners did it well.
The Mets did it all the way to the finish
and didn't make the playoffs, but the Maritors revived and
they got super hot. The Guardians got super hot. There
were interesting things going on, But.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Wasn't that kind of the story of this whole season?
Like it seemed like every team would have these stretches of, oh,
this is the best team in baseball, there is no
question in my mind. And as soon as you get
to that point, they'd lose nine of nine of eleven.
It was it seemed like every single team got to
that point. And the Royals were there too, right they went,
they were eaten fourteen, then they went sixteen and two,
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and then they were forty and forty seven, and eventually
they were I think they got as high as four games.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
I think they might have made it five over at
one point.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
But I think it's a five old. I can't remember
either the way yeah, I mean, and they played it
after they after they were forty and forty seven, they
played it like an eighty nine win pace or something
like that, which not the best team in baseball. But
it just seemed and it seemed like every team did this.
The Dodgers did it. The Yeas were three games three
or four games under five hundred in May and they
had the best record in baseball. I mean, the Blue
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Jays were I was talking. I remember talking to somebody,
I don't remember the exact date, but somewhere in mid
May talking about how Man the Blue Jays are going
to dominate the seller's market in a few weeks, right,
and they are the number one seed, and it's just
it was just it was a really odd season, I
feel like for ups and down. The Tigers obviously best
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record in baseball at one point, I think, and then
at one point they had two six game losing streaks
and won one game in the middle, So that's twelve
or thirteen anyway. Yeah, So I think when you when
you look at at what the Royals at the end
of the season did, it was crazy that they were
that close. I don't think it would have mattered unless
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they went on a guard Names type pod streak because
the Mariners got hot, and that it raised the floor
of that third wild card from at one point, I
think they were pacing for eighty four wins to eighty seven,
eighty eight whatever, you know, whatever it ended up being,
and I think it was eighty seven was the final number,
and so the roy was just they weren't going to
get there because they dug themselves too big of a
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hole really in June. And it's too bad because it
was I think ultimately it was a mostly successful season,
not as success. I mean, the goal was playoffs, so
in that way it was a failure. But not everything's
black and white, of course, so I think they did
a really good job. I think the fact that they
held together with all the pitching injuries speaks both to
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the job that macquatrero' Brian Sweeney, zach Bove did with
the staff, but also moving forward. Yes, they need a nace,
they need Cole Reagans to be healthy or somebody else,
doesn't matter to be Cole Reagan's. He's just most likely
in the organization. But they can get by with injuries now,
you know they can. They know, hey, it doesn't Ultimately,
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it doesn't really matter who we have on the mound.
They're going to be successful generally, obviously, and that's a
great spot to be.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Let's talk about maybe. I'm sure there's more than one
in each category, but pick out a surprise for you
and a disappointment.
Speaker 6 (10:20):
The biggest surprise it's kinda be Michael Garcia on this team.
I mean he was he didn't. He wasn't even in
the opening day line up. Nope, And the thought was, okay,
he's a utility guy. Now the season he had last year,
he's not doesn't hit enough all that, and and he
obviously just started hitting and then just really didn't stop
in a couple of slumps. Right, but he was he
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was really incredible. And the defense at third once he
sat there for more than a game, he was beer
bouncing around playing center field and second base and all that.
Once they put him at third base, and he's gonna
want to go glove and that's He was really good
there two years ago. Last year was fine, above average,
I would say, not not not even good, but above average.
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This past season though, he was great at third base,
and if not for key Brian Hayes, you'd be the
best third basement in baseball defensively. So he's he's the
biggest surprise to me, the biggest disappointment.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
There's probably a few candidates for this one.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
There's a lot to choose, Yeah, I was gonna say that,
there's just a lot to choose from. I think Jonathan India, right,
And and they brought him in to fix the leadoff spot.
And at the end of the year, you're going, what
does he do well? And he wasn't leading off, and
he doesn't have power, he doesn't hit for average. He
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does work a walk because I and and this is
the same thing I would say. The other the other
name that I was really considering with Jack cagleone and
because I figured he even if he struggled, he'd still
hit home runs. And he didn't do that really, And
the thing that those two have in common, I don't
know that they were this planned. And keg leone came
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back and walked more and did all that. I think
the problem and the reason in India draws walks is
because he's passive. I don't think he's disciplined. I think
he's past. He is disciplined, but I think he's more
passive than anything. And right, this is a longer conversation
for maybe another day. But he's going to make eight
nine million dollars in arbitration. I don't know that you
can give him that contract. It's interesting. So he's the
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biggest disappointment to me. The other, the other one that
I also thought about was Hunter Harvey's health, because what
is this bullpen looks like? If he's healthy all year?
I don't know he was. He was incredible when he pitches,
didn't pitch nearly enough.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
He hardly pitched at all. As a matter of fact,
that's talking money, and you made a very good point
that there's no real reason to sit there and say
a payroll number, because if you overshoot it, then you're
looking like you're being extravagant. If you undershoot it, then
you're being cheap. Lots of reasons why it's not a
good idea, But they basically said one hundred and forty
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million ish and that puts him about in the middle
of the pack in baseball, and you wouldn't expect the
Roads to be in a much bigger position. They only
have four relatively big contracts Lougo Waka with Junior Estevez
and Salve I guess also, but that's that he hasn't
they haven't decided what they're going to do with him yet.
These are ones that are on the books Cold Reagan
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four and a half. We'll get to the arbitration in
a minute. So they're not going to have like a
huge bank roll to work in free agency or anything
like that. So it's more going to be like creative pocket.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
Change, yeah, or you know, shifting money. Also, I mean,
you look at like Chris Boubach, I have him at
he said, we're getting the arbitration, just real quick. I
have about seven point three million arbitration. If you make
a trade, you know you can you can just move
really just shifting money from one spot to another. So yeah,
I think that I think they can do what they
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want to do generally. But if you're looking for, oh,
they're going to make us lash on Kyle Tucker, well
no they're not. And I don't think anybody ever thought,
but but yeah, I mean they they they have a
little room. I think what's encouraging is the Carlos Steves
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deal came together after payroll was kind of decided and
then and really it came together before that because they
were going to give that money to I think Anthony
Santondre right, he didn't obviously did sign with the Royals.
Worked out pretty well. He was terrible for the Blue
Jays this year, but and then they shifted that money
to the bullpen and the Stevez was really good this year.
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All that this ownership group has shown a willingness to say, Okay,
we've reached our budget, but this guy's out here, let's
let's let's push. Let's push. And I think that's huge
for the Royals because it allows them, it allows them
the opportunity to not not say, well, we flew at
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all in December and now here we are in February
and this guy's available. No, they don't have that. They
don't have to do that because they know that they
can go to John Sherman and his ownership group. And
let's be clear, it's not just John Sherman. There's seventy
eight owners for that group. But they know that they generally,
if they can make a case, they'll agree to pay
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that money. And I think that's a good thing.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Let's talk a little bit about potential. Well, let's talk
about arbitration. It's a massive amount of arbitration sixteen.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
I've never seen this many sixteen cases.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
The Royals as an organization in the past, and because
JJ Piccolo has been part of that, you figured they'd
be like that. They desperately don't like to go to arbitration.
That's pretty much standard in baseball. But the Royals might
be that to a fault. There might be some cases
here where the Royals they're not even going to go
to arbitration, They're just going to non tender a few guys.
Speaker 6 (15:56):
Yeah, I mean, you look at the list and the
whole thing is about fifty one to fifty two million,
and that's my estimates and other trade rumors. It might
be out actually today. I can't remember when they were
putting that out, but they put out some estimates and
they sent out an email I've subscribed to him. I'll
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if you're a baseball nerd. They put out some great
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content and they sent out like an early estimate on
Friday that I wasn't allowed to reference, but or maybe
it was Thursday. But they're pretty pretty close to mind,
which I feel I feel really good about. But you
look at some guys like Chris Bouba shits seven million
some point three millions, where I have them tender that contract,
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I don't. I don't care about the injury. The upside
is there, even if he has to be a reliever. Great.
But he looked at the list. Bailey Falter three point two.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Million, Yeah, that one, that one sticks out.
Speaker 6 (16:50):
That's a lot for He didn't have options, so he's
either on the team where he's cut and then if
you guarantee that money, you've paid him three point two
million to cut him. Jonathan Indie is another one I
have a nine million. I could be a little bit
high on that, but even so, it's going to be
more than you want to pay for a legitimately bad
baseball player. Sam Long's under a million, but he has
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no options. James MacArthur under a million, but he has
no options. And jam Melendez even staying around the same
salaries he had last year. How do you tender him
that contract? I don't think you.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Need that's the estimates two point sixty five million. I
mean really, yeah, I don't.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
I don't buy it. Kyle Wright for one point eight million.
I mean great, it's it's really nice to have the
idea of Kyle right. You didn't pitch either what eight
games or something, And so there are a lot of
guys who could be a pretty easy cut. He doesn't
save a ton of money. You're not you're not saving
real money unless you cut Boobach, which you're not India,
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which I would, well, I would look to trade him first,
but which I actually think if we go back to
the press conference, they talked him up and everybody's like, oh,
he's the second basement shream going, I don't know that
that's true. Let's let's let's pump the phrase because I
do think that they are trying to gust the upper
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market for him. Right, We'll see. I could be wrong.
Maybe I'm just being optimistic here, but but yeah, there's
some mighty to be saved in arbitration in general.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Do you think this is going to be a fun
off season for the Royals?
Speaker 6 (18:25):
The dull?
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Too quiet? Where do you fall?
Speaker 6 (18:29):
I don't think it will be dull. I can tell
you the question. Fun is kind of in the eye
of the beholder, right if you if you like the moves, great,
If not, I think what you're going to be looking
at they I think they see it similar to that
I see it. I think they need a middle of
the order bat and a complimentary bat, and I think
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that if they get only two bats, I don't think
it's the worst. I think that they can I think
that's okay. And part of that is because of how
great Carter Gensen looks when he came up, which is
a risky proposition to count on that, But you're you're
counting on him as the fourth or fifth guy with
with Garcia and pass Putino, so it's not like you're
counting on him to be like that In twenty twenty two.
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They were counting on Bobby Witt to be their star
right away, right, they don't need Jensen to do that,
which is a great spot to be. But I think
that you can get that complimentary bat in free agency.
The middle of the order bat is going to be interesting.
And what I wonder that there's two ways they can go.
They they're not going to spend for it because that
A it's not out there in free agency, and b
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if it was, I guess it kind of is with
like the Kyle Tucker, but it's they're not gonna pay.
They don't have the money to pay for that. So
you're either going to make a move that may hurt
or go out and get somebody you might be counting
on to bounce back, which if it's a bounced back guy,
people aren't going to be excited, but it'll be interesting
at the very.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Least, right And the final thing here before we take
a time out, Carter Jensen's development and is you know,
hot stretch here kind of raises the question of where
you're at with Salvador Perez. I mean, if Jensen comes
out in the first month and he's hitting like he did,
then he want you want him to play.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
Yeah, yeah, it's it's a tough I mean on tough spots,
a good spot to be in, right, because Salvadoprez is
better when he doesn't catch as much. So if you've
got Carter Jensen, I mean Freddy fair let's to take
a step back. Freddy fairmannim was on pace to catch
seventy five games before he got traded, and then with
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Luke Mayley they Salvi caught almost every day and the
numbers took a step back. If you've got a guy
who you believe can catch seventy five to ninety games
and Salve can catch most of the rest, and DH
or sit or play first while while Vinnie DHS, I
think you're in a really good place. And I think
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with Carter Jensen, he's still a young player, so you
put him back behind the plate. He catches a game
against right hand and pitching right maybe not all right
handed pitching, he DHS. You can sit him against a
tough lefty where you don't sit Vina pas Quentino. I
think that there's an opportunity you get Carter Jensen one
hundred and thirty games, ninety behind the plate, forty at DH.
You know, whatever the break right is in that realm,
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it make he and he's a better hitter than they had,
and it makes Salve a better hitter. And the offense
is better because they're bringing Salvi back. They said that.
We all knew that before. They said it just a
matter of how they bring him back. But I that's
huge for Salopres to me, and it's huge for the
offense because Carter Jensen can hit.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
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And where the playoffs are now. The team say that
are in a little bit better position than the Royals
ones that made the playoffs, some of them are already gone. Obviously.
All that coming up with David Leski from Inside the
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Welcome back. Our guest is David Leski from Inside the Crown.
And you picked the Red Sox before the start, and
you you said, I don't know what you're talking about,
and you said that picking a winner at the start
of a wide open playoffs where you know, three game
series startup at first is a fool's Errand I'm not
calling you a fool, but your assessment of how difficult
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it is was correct. And you know, then, hey, the
Guardians got hot, they make the playoffs and then they're gone.
And those were the two teams I would have rooted
for the most. So we were kind of in the
same boat on that. Your takeaway from the Wildcard round, well.
Speaker 6 (24:32):
I think that it shows a couple of things. One,
how hot you are going into the month doesn't mean
anything apparently, but also how the whole you can't predict baseball.
Anybody can win a three game series. It's literally any
team can. I mean the Tigers, Yeah, they slumped, they
got swept by the Pirates. The Royals took two or
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three from the Dodgers in twenty twenty three. You know,
I think it just shows how random bat series is,
which you know everybody talks about. Is it better to
be playing in that series or is it better to
get the buye and have potentially rust and all that. No,
it's better to get the buye. Yeah, because you I
saw somebody. The way they put this was really interesting.
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It was in in the wild card round, fifty percent
of favorites move on or something like that. And then
in the divisions. In the in the division series, you're
one hundred percent to make it. If you get the buye,
you're fifty to win. You if you're in the wild
Card series, you're one hundred percent to make it to
move on. If you don't play it at all, so
I think that that's that's what I took away from it,
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and it's not. I think the Yankees are better than
the Red Sox, so they won. I think the Guardians
are better than the Tigers, and they lost. You know,
I think the Padres have a better postseason club than
the Cubs do. But they lost in three in a
three game series. Because it happened. Now, I think the
Dodgers were gonna win that series. It doesn't, it doesn't
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matter how any games you play. The Dodgers are better
than the Reds. But I think it really should have
the randomness of a wild card round. Which it's okay,
you want to expanded, expand the playoffs like that, then yeah,
the first round should be pretty random, I think.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
And I liked the idea of the home games. I
thought that may make sense. But the Tigers became the
first team since they went to this format to lose
the first game and win the series.
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Did No, they won the first game?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Oh did the Tigers win? The Guardians won the second game?
Speaker 6 (26:27):
That's right, Yeah, it was who did win? It was
the the Yankees.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
The Yankees. Yeah, yeah, the Red Sox first. Yeah, that's
what it.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
Was, which made it even more painful for my prediction because.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
Yeah, it looked like the Yeah, they looked and they
looked good in that first game. It looked like they
were the better team.
Speaker 6 (26:45):
Yeah, and that ninth inning was crazy. I had no
skin in that. But you load the bases with nobody
out and get out of it. That was My heart
was pumping and I didn't even care who won that game.
So no, it was a It was a good series.
Just just want the wrong way for my prediction. But
that's okay. It happens, and we get the baseballs I
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can just predict again.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
We get the divisional round NBA NHL. They play all
seven game series. I like the way baseball does it
that it tears up from three to five to seven
for the more important I do like that Saturday is
one of those days. It's really fun because when you
have four baseball games, I.
Speaker 6 (27:24):
Just love it.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
I mean I do love it. And that ends when
you get to this round because they they go to
the you know, the alternating day off, and so you
get a couple of days where there's only two games,
including today, where the National League teams play. We saw
big time routes in the first game by the Brewers
and the Blue Jays, and the blue Jays backed it
up with yet another one. Dodgers stole one from the
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Phillies when it looked like the Phillies might win, and
the Tigers got the first one on the Mariners. And
what we've seen so far is that a team. We've
seen nothing in between. Either one team scores a bunch
of runs and that hasn't happened very often, or we
get an unbelievable pitcher's duel.
Speaker 6 (28:03):
Yeah, it's been it's been really fun, you know. I
also think there's there's the redemption story from taoscar Hernandez,
the him growing after that ball was lappable? Was it real?
Muta who hit it? I think, yeah, that was ridiculous.
Then he comes back with a three run homer to
take the lead. It's that's why baseball is the best.
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Not that other sports can't have that, but you don't,
you know, you don't have a guy I guess. I
guess theoretically the Chiefs opponents and I does have that
guy that can make a mistake on defense and then
come back on offense. But you don't typically have that
with a lot of other sports. So that that was
pretty cool. But yeah, I mean the blue Jays look phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
You know the blue Jays when you see him now,
and and we mentioned Santander, he didn't do anything for him.
You just wonder how they were sort of flopping around
doing nothing for a while because they got a squad.
Speaker 6 (28:57):
Yeah, they well, they really do. And like before the
seas and I actually I predicted them to finish in
the last place. And the reason I did was because
I didn't think they were going to sign Guerrero right
before the season started, so i'd trade them and tank
in the second half. Obviously they signed them and I'd
already put it out, so whatever. But it's a really
good team. And when you had Trey Savage to that group,
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it's it's it's crazy. I was telling somebody yesterday or
maybe it was during I think it was during the
game when they were up eleven nothing or whatever it was.
It was really interesting because the Royals went four and
two against the Blue Jays and oh and six against
the Yankees. And you look at that and no matter
if you told the if you told somebody that one
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of the two, you'd say the Royals either the worst
team in baseball or the best team in baseball twenty
twenty five, and there's no in between, because the Yankees
have looked terrible and the Blue Jays have looked amazing,
and the Royals couldn't do anything against the Yankees, and
they were really good against the Blue Jaky's. So that's again,
that's baseball. But yeah, it's it's been. I think these
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have been some of the most interesting playoff games in
a long time. Maybe I'm prisoner of the moment, but
I don't remember them being this close last season or
the year before. And that's what. Is this the third
or fourth year of the new format?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
I think it's good.
Speaker 6 (30:14):
Third, I think, but third Okay, I can't remember when
it might be whatever, but this.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
I think it's the third. I think what I'm thinking
is the third of the all home game. Okay, okay,
that's what I think.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
But anyway, but yeah, I mean, I think that it's been.
It's been so interesting over these for the last this
last week or so, I I uh, I just want more.
I get Really, the Division series makes me sad because
you know, it's it's tough because that's that's the end
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of eight games or eight teams in the playoffs, and
then it goes to four and then that means the
season is close to over, which is sad for me.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Well, well, you talk about it's baseball. The Tigers and
the Mariners are tied up one apiece, Tigers win the
game where Schooble doesn't pitch, lose the game where he does,
and he was great, but he or Haye Polanco was
you know, his achilles.
Speaker 6 (31:14):
A free agent Troyo is just throwing that out.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
There, right, And also he hit both of those home
runs right handed, obviously, and that's an intriguing thought for
the Maybe a Yastremsky Polanco.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
Yeah, I mean there are so many options. I was
looking at it and going, Okay, maybe it's Mike Stremsky
and Lane Thomas, right, you count on a bounce back there,
I don't know, and then and you go ahead and
get a second basement. Maybe it's it's Polonco. Yeah, there,
they've got some options. It part of why I haven't
I really want to start putting out here's what I
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want to do, here's this stuff, but I kind of
want to wait for the playoffs then because if forge
Polanco goes out and keeps doing what he did. They're
not letting and get away.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
So he's not either that that he's gonna cost a
lot or anywhere.
Speaker 6 (32:05):
You're gonna Are you gonna spend four years and eighty
eight million on a guy who probably deserves a two year?
I mean, he had a good year. But yeah, that's
part of why I've held off on some stuff. But yeah,
it's like I said, I think that this is these
playoffs have been more entertaining than the last couple of years.
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Last year a little different from what the Royals there obviously,
and they played some really good games in that LDS
against the Obviously the games against the Orioles were close,
but overall I think the quality quality of the games,
not the play but the quality of the games has
been top notch.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
Well, I have to ask you before I get your
new prediction, and unfortunately I'm leaning I'm in the red soxe.
I'm leaning towards the boring fact that we've circled around
to the fact that the Dodgers look pretty hard to beat.
But anyway, there are still the two plays are still playing,
but it doesn't matter for the voting. Where do you
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fall on the al MVP?
Speaker 6 (33:09):
I will tell you if I had a vote, I
would have lost sleep. That's how close I think it is, truly,
And there is not a wrong answer in this, and
people want to tell you there is Aaron Judges rate stats,
the average on base percentage of this seven percentage just
through the roof better than coy rally, But sixty home
runs from a catcher leading.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
The marriage at a good catcher.
Speaker 6 (33:32):
He's not just playing there because that's where he plays.
He's playing there because he's good. Yeah, I don't I
think I would ultimately land on Judge, although I think
I have said something different.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I probably would too. How about if I put it
this way, I don't think going forward, and this isn't
part of the award because Judge is in his mid thirties.
But all around baseball, I can't think of a more
valuable player than cal Rawley.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
Yeah, I mean really catchers and shortstops, right, I mean?
And I was actually thinking about this on the way
I went to my office today. They should win. Cal
ralely finished the second because I think he's going to
the league. Should put together a commercial series with Bobby
wit Junior and cal Raley trying to team up to
take down Aaron Judge because that will be two historic seasons.
(34:25):
Because Wit would have won any other year last year,
that would be two historic seasons that lost to Aaron Judge.
I think that'd be a really fun series they could
put together.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
In a real testimony to what real testimony to what
Judge is doing.
Speaker 6 (34:38):
Yeah, it calls out Aaron Judges greatness, and it calls
out Bobby WIT's greatness and cal Rawley's greatness. That would
be I think that would be fun to watch. I
don't know who to pitch that to to the league.
Maybe I'm just wrong, but it'll be two years in
a row that just a crazy historic historic season will
finish second, because Aaron Judge is crazy historic seasons just
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a little bit more crazy, more historic exactly.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
And then you know, now we've gotten to the point
where with Otani pitching, they might as well just retire
the award to him and create a new one.
Speaker 6 (35:09):
Huh gonna he's gonna throw seventy five innings a year
and hit fifty home runs and seventy five good and
easy year, and it's probably more than that in a
lot of years. Yeah, who is more valuable? Nobody?
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Nobody, Nobody, and maybe he is more valuable than cal Rawley.
Now that we have lost your team that originally you
were picked, I unfortunately think the Dodgers look like the
team to beat, but they are playing a very good
team in the Phillies. That could end that discussion here
in three games. Who are you leaning too now?
Speaker 6 (35:39):
I think it's wide open, agreed. I kind of lean
like you Dodgers. And especially because they've gotten such that
the bullpen is different now when you've got Glass now
in there and Roki Sazaki closing games outlooks because he
has I think that changes a lot of things. I'm
a little bit concerned about the defense. And I also
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think that they can get through this series of the
Phillies and win it and great, but does that tax
them so much? Because I think Dodgers Phillies is the best,
the best matchup of the rest of the playoffs, no
matter what happens. And it's tough. I mean, you talk
we talked about in football. What is it the last
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five years the team that lost to the Bills has
lost the next week almost every season every year in
the playoffs, the only difference the only one being the
Chiefs winning a couple of years ago, that it takes
it out of you and its football is different than baseball.
But I think that's a series that could strap them.
I'm gonna go with the Dodgers, but you can make
a really strong argument for just about any team except
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for maybe the Yankees now with the down two to
oh and looking looking as bad as they have. But
I mean, would it shock you if if the Blue
Jays go all the way that offense with Gaussman and
you Savage at the top, I can't predict pick against them.
If Bieber looks good, is that tomorrow? Does he pitch tomorrow?
I think, yeah, yes, if Bieber is good tomorrow, I'm
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reserving the right to change my vote.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
On that, right right, the Yankees are going to try
to pull a reverse of the nineteen sixty World Series
when they outscored the Pirates a million to ten and
lost the World Series. So maybe maybe they can do
that to the Blue Jays.
Speaker 6 (37:21):
I hope not.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
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I don't know when does the hot stove League get
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Speaker 6 (37:36):
What I think it's like four days after the World Series,
whenever people can become free agents. That's the hot stoves.
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you could still see if you wanted to, is free
to the public. And I don't know if the structure
changes in the off season, but you've written more than
once that in many ways you kind of enjoy writing
in the off season as much as you do during
the season.
Speaker 6 (05:21):
David, Yeah, that's true. You know, the regular season during
the season is very reactive, I guess, and that not
that the off season doesn't have some reaction as well.
But it's nice to look ahead and everybody's undefeated, right,
like the Royals are a World Series champion in November,
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because who knows what's going to happen next season. But
I will say the free article will shift to Fridays
this week this week.
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Speaker 6 (05:55):
So yeah, yeah, no, So I get back to right.
They call it Crown Jewels. It's a dumb but my
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And there's only so many word plays that go with crown,
so that's one of them.
Speaker 6 (06:09):
There actually quite a few. Some of them are a
little inappropriate, but right. But yeah, so it's I don't know,
the off season is just fun. You get to it's speculation,
and then you get to March and you're like, they
didn't do any of that. That's that's less fun. But
until then, it's really fun. It is.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Indeed, let's start off with just your general thoughts about
the season. They ended up with a winning season. Winning
the last game of the year put them above five
hundred four of the year. I would call that a
little bit of validation for the playoff run. I think
there was some disappointment in the fact that they were
in such good position just to game back with a
few weeks ago, and other teams did get hot, and
one of them was not the Royals.
Speaker 6 (06:48):
Yeah, it's you know, they were seven games under to
start July and then by what was it, like, I
can't remember what data was that they were a game out,
but by whatever date that was, they were a game
out of the third wild card. And a lot of
that was because the Mariners were, yeah, having some issues.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Let's just say, yeah, there was some amazing pratfalls and
hot streaks. The Mets and the Mariners did it well.
The Mets did it all the way to the finish
and didn't make the playoffs, but the Maritors revived and
they got super hot. The Guardians got super hot. There
were interesting things going on, But.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Wasn't that kind of the story of this whole season?
Like it seemed like every team would have these stretches of, oh,
this is the best team in baseball, there is no
question in my mind. And as soon as you get
to that point, they'd lose nine of nine of eleven.
It was it seemed like every single team got to
that point. And the Royals were there too, right they went,
they were eaten fourteen, then they went sixteen and two,
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and then they were forty and forty seven, and eventually
they were I think they got as high as four games.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
I think they might have made it five over at
one point.
Speaker 6 (07:55):
But I think it's a five old. I can't remember
either the way yeah, I mean, and they played it
after they after they were forty and forty seven, they
played it like an eighty nine win pace or something
like that, which not the best team in baseball. But
it just seemed and it seemed like every team did this.
The Dodgers did it. The Yeas were three games three
or four games under five hundred in May and they
had the best record in baseball. I mean, the Blue
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Jays were I was talking. I remember talking to somebody,
I don't remember the exact date, but somewhere in mid
May talking about how Man the Blue Jays are going
to dominate the seller's market in a few weeks, right,
and they are the number one seed, and it's just
it was just it was a really odd season, I
feel like for ups and down. The Tigers obviously best
(08:38):
record in baseball at one point, I think, and then
at one point they had two six game losing streaks
and won one game in the middle, So that's twelve
or thirteen anyway. Yeah, So I think when you when
you look at at what the Royals at the end
of the season did, it was crazy that they were
that close. I don't think it would have mattered unless
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they went on a guard Names type pod streak because
the Mariners got hot, and that it raised the floor
of that third wild card from at one point, I
think they were pacing for eighty four wins to eighty seven,
eighty eight whatever, you know, whatever it ended up being,
and I think it was eighty seven was the final number,
and so the roy was just they weren't going to
get there because they dug themselves too big of a
(09:21):
hole really in June. And it's too bad because it
was I think ultimately it was a mostly successful season,
not as success. I mean, the goal was playoffs, so
in that way it was a failure. But not everything's
black and white, of course, so I think they did
a really good job. I think the fact that they
held together with all the pitching injuries speaks both to
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the job that macquatrero' Brian Sweeney, zach Bove did with
the staff, but also moving forward. Yes, they need a nace,
they need Cole Reagans to be healthy or somebody else,
doesn't matter to be Cole Reagan's. He's just most likely
in the organization. But they can get by with injuries now,
you know they can. They know, hey, it doesn't Ultimately,
(10:05):
it doesn't really matter who we have on the mound.
They're going to be successful generally, obviously, and that's a
great spot to be.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
Let's talk about maybe. I'm sure there's more than one
in each category, but pick out a surprise for you
and a disappointment.
Speaker 6 (10:20):
The biggest surprise it's kinda be Michael Garcia on this team.
I mean he was he didn't. He wasn't even in
the opening day line up. Nope, And the thought was, okay,
he's a utility guy. Now the season he had last year,
he's not doesn't hit enough all that, and and he
obviously just started hitting and then just really didn't stop
in a couple of slumps. Right, but he was he
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was really incredible. And the defense at third once he
sat there for more than a game, he was beer
bouncing around playing center field and second base and all that.
Once they put him at third base, and he's gonna
want to go glove and that's He was really good
there two years ago. Last year was fine, above average,
I would say, not not not even good, but above average.
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This past season though, he was great at third base,
and if not for key Brian Hayes, you'd be the
best third basement in baseball defensively. So he's he's the
biggest surprise to me, the biggest disappointment.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
There's probably a few candidates for this one.
Speaker 6 (11:19):
There's a lot to choose, Yeah, I was gonna say that,
there's just a lot to choose from. I think Jonathan India, right,
And and they brought him in to fix the leadoff spot.
And at the end of the year, you're going, what
does he do well? And he wasn't leading off, and
he doesn't have power, he doesn't hit for average. He
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does work a walk because I and and this is
the same thing I would say. The other the other
name that I was really considering with Jack cagleone and
because I figured he even if he struggled, he'd still
hit home runs. And he didn't do that really, And
the thing that those two have in common, I don't
know that they were this planned. And keg leone came
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back and walked more and did all that. I think
the problem and the reason in India draws walks is
because he's passive. I don't think he's disciplined. I think
he's past. He is disciplined, but I think he's more
passive than anything. And right, this is a longer conversation
for maybe another day. But he's going to make eight
nine million dollars in arbitration. I don't know that you
can give him that contract. It's interesting. So he's the
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biggest disappointment to me. The other, the other one that
I also thought about was Hunter Harvey's health, because what
is this bullpen looks like? If he's healthy all year?
I don't know he was. He was incredible when he pitches,
didn't pitch nearly enough.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
He hardly pitched at all. As a matter of fact,
that's talking money, and you made a very good point
that there's no real reason to sit there and say
a payroll number, because if you overshoot it, then you're
looking like you're being extravagant. If you undershoot it, then
you're being cheap. Lots of reasons why it's not a
good idea, But they basically said one hundred and forty
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million ish and that puts him about in the middle
of the pack in baseball, and you wouldn't expect the
Roads to be in a much bigger position. They only
have four relatively big contracts Lougo Waka with Junior Estevez
and Salve I guess also, but that's that he hasn't
they haven't decided what they're going to do with him yet.
These are ones that are on the books Cold Reagan
(13:19):
four and a half. We'll get to the arbitration in
a minute. So they're not going to have like a
huge bank roll to work in free agency or anything
like that. So it's more going to be like creative pocket.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
Change, yeah, or you know, shifting money. Also, I mean,
you look at like Chris Boubach, I have him at
he said, we're getting the arbitration, just real quick. I
have about seven point three million arbitration. If you make
a trade, you know you can you can just move
really just shifting money from one spot to another. So yeah,
I think that I think they can do what they
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want to do generally. But if you're looking for, oh,
they're going to make us lash on Kyle Tucker, well
no they're not. And I don't think anybody ever thought,
but but yeah, I mean they they they have a
little room. I think what's encouraging is the Carlos Steves
(14:16):
deal came together after payroll was kind of decided and
then and really it came together before that because they
were going to give that money to I think Anthony
Santondre right, he didn't obviously did sign with the Royals.
Worked out pretty well. He was terrible for the Blue
Jays this year, but and then they shifted that money
to the bullpen and the Stevez was really good this year.
(14:39):
All that this ownership group has shown a willingness to say, Okay,
we've reached our budget, but this guy's out here, let's
let's let's push. Let's push. And I think that's huge
for the Royals because it allows them, it allows them
the opportunity to not not say, well, we flew at
(15:00):
all in December and now here we are in February
and this guy's available. No, they don't have that. They
don't have to do that because they know that they
can go to John Sherman and his ownership group. And
let's be clear, it's not just John Sherman. There's seventy
eight owners for that group. But they know that they generally,
if they can make a case, they'll agree to pay
(15:21):
that money. And I think that's a good thing.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Let's talk a little bit about potential. Well, let's talk
about arbitration. It's a massive amount of arbitration sixteen.
Speaker 6 (15:32):
I've never seen this many sixteen cases.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
The Royals as an organization in the past, and because
JJ Piccolo has been part of that, you figured they'd
be like that. They desperately don't like to go to arbitration.
That's pretty much standard in baseball. But the Royals might
be that to a fault. There might be some cases
here where the Royals they're not even going to go
to arbitration, They're just going to non tender a few guys.
Speaker 6 (15:56):
Yeah, I mean, you look at the list and the
whole thing is about fifty one to fifty two million,
and that's my estimates and other trade rumors. It might
be out actually today. I can't remember when they were
putting that out, but they put out some estimates and
they sent out an email I've subscribed to him. I'll
be trade rumors the front office. I highly recommend it
if you're a baseball nerd. They put out some great
(16:17):
content and they sent out like an early estimate on
Friday that I wasn't allowed to reference, but or maybe
it was Thursday. But they're pretty pretty close to mind,
which I feel I feel really good about. But you
look at some guys like Chris Bouba shits seven million
some point three millions, where I have them tender that contract,
(16:39):
I don't. I don't care about the injury. The upside
is there, even if he has to be a reliever. Great.
But he looked at the list. Bailey Falter three point two.
Speaker 2 (16:47):
Million, Yeah, that one, that one sticks out.
Speaker 6 (16:50):
That's a lot for He didn't have options, so he's
either on the team where he's cut and then if
you guarantee that money, you've paid him three point two
million to cut him. Jonathan Indie is another one I
have a nine million. I could be a little bit
high on that, but even so, it's going to be
more than you want to pay for a legitimately bad
baseball player. Sam Long's under a million, but he has
(17:13):
no options. James MacArthur under a million, but he has
no options. And jam Melendez even staying around the same
salaries he had last year. How do you tender him
that contract? I don't think you.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Need that's the estimates two point sixty five million. I
mean really, yeah, I don't.
Speaker 6 (17:28):
I don't buy it. Kyle Wright for one point eight million.
I mean great, it's it's really nice to have the
idea of Kyle right. You didn't pitch either what eight
games or something, And so there are a lot of
guys who could be a pretty easy cut. He doesn't
save a ton of money. You're not you're not saving
real money unless you cut Boobach, which you're not India,
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which I would, well, I would look to trade him first,
but which I actually think if we go back to
the press conference, they talked him up and everybody's like, oh,
he's the second basement shream going, I don't know that
that's true. Let's let's let's pump the phrase because I
do think that they are trying to gust the upper
(18:09):
market for him. Right, We'll see. I could be wrong.
Maybe I'm just being optimistic here, but but yeah, there's
some mighty to be saved in arbitration in general.
Speaker 2 (18:21):
Do you think this is going to be a fun
off season for the Royals?
Speaker 6 (18:25):
The dull?
Speaker 2 (18:26):
Too quiet? Where do you fall?
Speaker 6 (18:29):
I don't think it will be dull. I can tell
you the question. Fun is kind of in the eye
of the beholder, right if you if you like the moves, great,
If not, I think what you're going to be looking
at they I think they see it similar to that
I see it. I think they need a middle of
the order bat and a complimentary bat, and I think
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that if they get only two bats, I don't think
it's the worst. I think that they can I think
that's okay. And part of that is because of how
great Carter Gensen looks when he came up, which is
a risky proposition to count on that, But you're you're
counting on him as the fourth or fifth guy with
with Garcia and pass Putino, so it's not like you're
counting on him to be like that In twenty twenty two.
(19:11):
They were counting on Bobby Witt to be their star
right away, right, they don't need Jensen to do that,
which is a great spot to be. But I think
that you can get that complimentary bat in free agency.
The middle of the order bat is going to be interesting.
And what I wonder that there's two ways they can go.
They they're not going to spend for it because that
A it's not out there in free agency, and b
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if it was, I guess it kind of is with
like the Kyle Tucker, but it's they're not gonna pay.
They don't have the money to pay for that. So
you're either going to make a move that may hurt
or go out and get somebody you might be counting
on to bounce back, which if it's a bounced back guy,
people aren't going to be excited, but it'll be interesting
at the very.
Speaker 2 (19:51):
Least, right And the final thing here before we take
a time out, Carter Jensen's development and is you know,
hot stretch here kind of raises the question of where
you're at with Salvador Perez. I mean, if Jensen comes
out in the first month and he's hitting like he did,
then he want you want him to play.
Speaker 6 (20:11):
Yeah, yeah, it's it's a tough I mean on tough spots,
a good spot to be in, right, because Salvadoprez is
better when he doesn't catch as much. So if you've
got Carter Jensen, I mean Freddy fair let's to take
a step back. Freddy fairmannim was on pace to catch
seventy five games before he got traded, and then with
(20:33):
Luke Mayley they Salvi caught almost every day and the
numbers took a step back. If you've got a guy
who you believe can catch seventy five to ninety games
and Salve can catch most of the rest, and DH
or sit or play first while while Vinnie DHS, I
think you're in a really good place. And I think
(20:54):
with Carter Jensen, he's still a young player, so you
put him back behind the plate. He catches a game
against right hand and pitching right maybe not all right
handed pitching, he DHS. You can sit him against a
tough lefty where you don't sit Vina pas Quentino. I
think that there's an opportunity you get Carter Jensen one
hundred and thirty games, ninety behind the plate, forty at DH.
You know, whatever the break right is in that realm,
(21:17):
it make he and he's a better hitter than they had,
and it makes Salve a better hitter. And the offense
is better because they're bringing Salvi back. They said that.
We all knew that before. They said it just a
matter of how they bring him back. But I that's
huge for Salopres to me, and it's huge for the
offense because Carter Jensen can hit.
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we'll talk about that and have a good laugh about that.
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And where the playoffs are now. The team say that
are in a little bit better position than the Royals
ones that made the playoffs, some of them are already gone. Obviously.
All that coming up with David Leski from Inside the
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Welcome back. Our guest is David Leski from Inside the Crown.
And you picked the Red Sox before the start, and
you you said, I don't know what you're talking about,
and you said that picking a winner at the start
of a wide open playoffs where you know, three game
series startup at first is a fool's Errand I'm not
calling you a fool, but your assessment of how difficult
(24:15):
it is was correct. And you know, then, hey, the
Guardians got hot, they make the playoffs and then they're gone.
And those were the two teams I would have rooted
for the most. So we were kind of in the
same boat on that. Your takeaway from the Wildcard round, well.
Speaker 6 (24:32):
I think that it shows a couple of things. One,
how hot you are going into the month doesn't mean
anything apparently, but also how the whole you can't predict baseball.
Anybody can win a three game series. It's literally any
team can. I mean the Tigers, Yeah, they slumped, they
got swept by the Pirates. The Royals took two or
(24:53):
three from the Dodgers in twenty twenty three. You know,
I think it just shows how random bat series is,
which you know everybody talks about. Is it better to
be playing in that series or is it better to
get the buye and have potentially rust and all that. No,
it's better to get the buye. Yeah, because you I
saw somebody. The way they put this was really interesting.
(25:14):
It was in in the wild card round, fifty percent
of favorites move on or something like that. And then
in the divisions. In the in the division series, you're
one hundred percent to make it. If you get the buye,
you're fifty to win. You if you're in the wild
Card series, you're one hundred percent to make it to
move on. If you don't play it at all, so
I think that that's that's what I took away from it,
(25:37):
and it's not. I think the Yankees are better than
the Red Sox, so they won. I think the Guardians
are better than the Tigers, and they lost. You know,
I think the Padres have a better postseason club than
the Cubs do. But they lost in three in a
three game series. Because it happened. Now, I think the
Dodgers were gonna win that series. It doesn't, it doesn't
(25:57):
matter how any games you play. The Dodgers are better
than the Reds. But I think it really should have
the randomness of a wild card round. Which it's okay,
you want to expanded, expand the playoffs like that, then yeah,
the first round should be pretty random, I think.
Speaker 2 (26:10):
And I liked the idea of the home games. I
thought that may make sense. But the Tigers became the
first team since they went to this format to lose
the first game and win the series.
Speaker 6 (26:22):
Did No, they won the first game?
Speaker 2 (26:24):
Oh did the Tigers win? The Guardians won the second game?
Speaker 6 (26:27):
That's right, Yeah, it was who did win? It was
the the Yankees.
Speaker 2 (26:31):
The Yankees. Yeah, yeah, the Red Sox first. Yeah, that's
what it.
Speaker 6 (26:34):
Was, which made it even more painful for my prediction because.
Speaker 2 (26:39):
Yeah, it looked like the Yeah, they looked and they
looked good in that first game. It looked like they
were the better team.
Speaker 6 (26:45):
Yeah, and that ninth inning was crazy. I had no
skin in that. But you load the bases with nobody
out and get out of it. That was My heart
was pumping and I didn't even care who won that game.
So no, it was a It was a good series.
Just just want the wrong way for my prediction. But
that's okay. It happens, and we get the baseballs I
(27:06):
can just predict again.
Speaker 2 (27:07):
We get the divisional round NBA NHL. They play all
seven game series. I like the way baseball does it
that it tears up from three to five to seven
for the more important I do like that Saturday is
one of those days. It's really fun because when you
have four baseball games, I.
Speaker 6 (27:24):
Just love it.
Speaker 2 (27:25):
I mean I do love it. And that ends when
you get to this round because they they go to
the you know, the alternating day off, and so you
get a couple of days where there's only two games,
including today, where the National League teams play. We saw
big time routes in the first game by the Brewers
and the Blue Jays, and the blue Jays backed it
up with yet another one. Dodgers stole one from the
(27:46):
Phillies when it looked like the Phillies might win, and
the Tigers got the first one on the Mariners. And
what we've seen so far is that a team. We've
seen nothing in between. Either one team scores a bunch
of runs and that hasn't happened very often, or we
get an unbelievable pitcher's duel.
Speaker 6 (28:03):
Yeah, it's been it's been really fun, you know. I
also think there's there's the redemption story from taoscar Hernandez,
the him growing after that ball was lappable? Was it real?
Muta who hit it? I think, yeah, that was ridiculous.
Then he comes back with a three run homer to
take the lead. It's that's why baseball is the best.
(28:26):
Not that other sports can't have that, but you don't,
you know, you don't have a guy I guess. I
guess theoretically the Chiefs opponents and I does have that
guy that can make a mistake on defense and then
come back on offense. But you don't typically have that
with a lot of other sports. So that that was
pretty cool. But yeah, I mean the blue Jays look phenomenal.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
You know the blue Jays when you see him now,
and and we mentioned Santander, he didn't do anything for him.
You just wonder how they were sort of flopping around
doing nothing for a while because they got a squad.
Speaker 6 (28:57):
Yeah, they well, they really do. And like before the
seas and I actually I predicted them to finish in
the last place. And the reason I did was because
I didn't think they were going to sign Guerrero right
before the season started, so i'd trade them and tank
in the second half. Obviously they signed them and I'd
already put it out, so whatever. But it's a really
good team. And when you had Trey Savage to that group,
(29:19):
it's it's it's crazy. I was telling somebody yesterday or
maybe it was during I think it was during the
game when they were up eleven nothing or whatever it was.
It was really interesting because the Royals went four and
two against the Blue Jays and oh and six against
the Yankees. And you look at that and no matter
if you told the if you told somebody that one
(29:40):
of the two, you'd say the Royals either the worst
team in baseball or the best team in baseball twenty
twenty five, and there's no in between, because the Yankees
have looked terrible and the Blue Jays have looked amazing,
and the Royals couldn't do anything against the Yankees, and
they were really good against the Blue Jaky's. So that's again,
that's baseball. But yeah, it's it's been. I think these
(30:01):
have been some of the most interesting playoff games in
a long time. Maybe I'm prisoner of the moment, but
I don't remember them being this close last season or
the year before. And that's what. Is this the third
or fourth year of the new format?
Speaker 2 (30:13):
I think it's good.
Speaker 6 (30:14):
Third, I think, but third Okay, I can't remember when
it might be whatever, but this.
Speaker 2 (30:21):
I think it's the third. I think what I'm thinking
is the third of the all home game. Okay, okay,
that's what I think.
Speaker 6 (30:29):
But anyway, but yeah, I mean, I think that it's been.
It's been so interesting over these for the last this
last week or so, I I uh, I just want more.
I get Really, the Division series makes me sad because
you know, it's it's tough because that's that's the end
(30:50):
of eight games or eight teams in the playoffs, and
then it goes to four and then that means the
season is close to over, which is sad for me.
Speaker 2 (30:59):
Well, well, you talk about it's baseball. The Tigers and
the Mariners are tied up one apiece, Tigers win the
game where Schooble doesn't pitch, lose the game where he does,
and he was great, but he or Haye Polanco was
you know, his achilles.
Speaker 6 (31:14):
A free agent Troyo is just throwing that out.
Speaker 2 (31:17):
There, right, And also he hit both of those home
runs right handed, obviously, and that's an intriguing thought for
the Maybe a Yastremsky Polanco.
Speaker 6 (31:30):
Yeah, I mean there are so many options. I was
looking at it and going, Okay, maybe it's Mike Stremsky
and Lane Thomas, right, you count on a bounce back there,
I don't know, and then and you go ahead and
get a second basement. Maybe it's it's Polonco. Yeah, there,
they've got some options. It part of why I haven't
I really want to start putting out here's what I
(31:52):
want to do, here's this stuff, but I kind of
want to wait for the playoffs then because if forge
Polanco goes out and keeps doing what he did. They're
not letting and get away.
Speaker 2 (32:01):
So he's not either that that he's gonna cost a
lot or anywhere.
Speaker 6 (32:05):
You're gonna Are you gonna spend four years and eighty
eight million on a guy who probably deserves a two year?
I mean, he had a good year. But yeah, that's
part of why I've held off on some stuff. But yeah,
it's like I said, I think that this is these
playoffs have been more entertaining than the last couple of years.
(32:25):
Last year a little different from what the Royals there obviously,
and they played some really good games in that LDS
against the Obviously the games against the Orioles were close,
but overall I think the quality quality of the games,
not the play but the quality of the games has
been top notch.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
Well, I have to ask you before I get your
new prediction, and unfortunately I'm leaning I'm in the red soxe.
I'm leaning towards the boring fact that we've circled around
to the fact that the Dodgers look pretty hard to beat.
But anyway, there are still the two plays are still playing,
but it doesn't matter for the voting. Where do you
(33:03):
fall on the al MVP?
Speaker 6 (33:09):
I will tell you if I had a vote, I
would have lost sleep. That's how close I think it is, truly,
And there is not a wrong answer in this, and
people want to tell you there is Aaron Judges rate stats,
the average on base percentage of this seven percentage just
through the roof better than coy rally, But sixty home
runs from a catcher leading.
Speaker 2 (33:29):
The marriage at a good catcher.
Speaker 6 (33:32):
He's not just playing there because that's where he plays.
He's playing there because he's good. Yeah, I don't I
think I would ultimately land on Judge, although I think
I have said something different.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
I probably would too. How about if I put it
this way, I don't think going forward, and this isn't
part of the award because Judge is in his mid thirties.
But all around baseball, I can't think of a more
valuable player than cal Rawley.
Speaker 6 (34:02):
Yeah, I mean really catchers and shortstops, right, I mean?
And I was actually thinking about this on the way
I went to my office today. They should win. Cal
ralely finished the second because I think he's going to
the league. Should put together a commercial series with Bobby
wit Junior and cal Raley trying to team up to
take down Aaron Judge because that will be two historic seasons.
(34:25):
Because Wit would have won any other year last year,
that would be two historic seasons that lost to Aaron Judge.
I think that'd be a really fun series they could
put together.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
In a real testimony to what real testimony to what
Judge is doing.
Speaker 6 (34:38):
Yeah, it calls out Aaron Judges greatness, and it calls
out Bobby WIT's greatness and cal Rawley's greatness. That would
be I think that would be fun to watch. I
don't know who to pitch that to to the league.
Maybe I'm just wrong, but it'll be two years in
a row that just a crazy historic historic season will
finish second, because Aaron Judge is crazy historic seasons just
(34:59):
a little bit more crazy, more historic exactly.
Speaker 2 (35:02):
And then you know, now we've gotten to the point
where with Otani pitching, they might as well just retire
the award to him and create a new one.
Speaker 6 (35:09):
Huh gonna he's gonna throw seventy five innings a year
and hit fifty home runs and seventy five good and
easy year, and it's probably more than that in a
lot of years. Yeah, who is more valuable? Nobody?
Speaker 2 (35:19):
Nobody, Nobody, and maybe he is more valuable than cal Rawley.
Now that we have lost your team that originally you
were picked, I unfortunately think the Dodgers look like the
team to beat, but they are playing a very good
team in the Phillies. That could end that discussion here
in three games. Who are you leaning too now?
Speaker 6 (35:39):
I think it's wide open, agreed. I kind of lean
like you Dodgers. And especially because they've gotten such that
the bullpen is different now when you've got Glass now
in there and Roki Sazaki closing games outlooks because he
has I think that changes a lot of things. I'm
a little bit concerned about the defense. And I also
(36:00):
think that they can get through this series of the
Phillies and win it and great, but does that tax
them so much? Because I think Dodgers Phillies is the best,
the best matchup of the rest of the playoffs, no
matter what happens. And it's tough. I mean, you talk
we talked about in football. What is it the last
(36:21):
five years the team that lost to the Bills has
lost the next week almost every season every year in
the playoffs, the only difference the only one being the
Chiefs winning a couple of years ago, that it takes
it out of you and its football is different than baseball.
But I think that's a series that could strap them.
I'm gonna go with the Dodgers, but you can make
a really strong argument for just about any team except
(36:44):
for maybe the Yankees now with the down two to
oh and looking looking as bad as they have. But
I mean, would it shock you if if the Blue
Jays go all the way that offense with Gaussman and
you Savage at the top, I can't predict pick against them.
If Bieber looks good, is that tomorrow? Does he pitch tomorrow?
I think, yeah, yes, if Bieber is good tomorrow, I'm
(37:06):
reserving the right to change my vote.
Speaker 2 (37:07):
On that, right right, the Yankees are going to try
to pull a reverse of the nineteen sixty World Series
when they outscored the Pirates a million to ten and
lost the World Series. So maybe maybe they can do
that to the Blue Jays.
Speaker 6 (37:21):
I hope not.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
David. It's always a pleasure talking baseball with you, and
we'll do it a couple more times during the course
of the off season and enjoy your hot stove League.
I don't know when does the hot stove League get
hot like Decemi Winter meetings or.
Speaker 6 (37:36):
What I think it's like four days after the World Series,
whenever people can become free agents. That's the hot stoves.
Speaker 2 (37:42):
There you go, all right, David Leski from Inside the
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