Doug Fox

Like what the Jays would kill for a guy like that had to come in the door right now.

Yeah, this is the thing.

Right now, they would be on pace for the final wildcard to win 80 or 81 games.

But of the seven teams that are within a couple games of that spot, one of them, like you said, is going to perform at a higher level, whether on true talent or just randomness or whatever.

You're not getting in with 81 games.

So you've got to get the lead out a little bit there.

Before we let you go, Ben, let's do a Major League Baseball-wide one.

We talk about the weaker American League.

And for a while here, it looked like, well, the Rays and the Yankees are the only good team.

And the Rays are doing some, like, they're more games over .500 than they are run differentially.

Like, they're 14 games over .500 and have a plus-10 run differential.

The Yankees people who were mad about the Jays' pie fag last year must be losing their minds about the raise, but let's give it to them.

The Yankees now, who are pretty good, and if you look at any of the underlying stuff, they're the strongest team in the American League, but...

Aaron judge out of the lineup yesterday, bone bruise in his ribs.

Apparently that is causing the shoulder issue.

I'm not exactly sure how the kinetic chain there works, but that's how Aaron Boone described it.

What do you make of that situation?

And how closely would you monitor that when we're talking about how the American league shapes up from here?

Yeah, and if anyone missed that nugget there, Carlos LaGrange, one of the number three prospect in the Yankees organization by fan graphs, is moving to a bullpen role.

441 era as a starter down there um and pretty good minor league track record throws 99 i imagine that's gonna look pretty good as a as a bullpen weapon there uh ben i lied i have one more for you uh before we let you go it is a listener question asking what your go-to order is at alimentary oh wow uh