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It is Charlie Morton, who is off to a dreadful start this season. The Rockies are presently on pace for 24 wins this Major League season. Ryan, what in the world is going on with the Rockies?

It is Charlie Morton, who is off to a dreadful start this season. The Rockies are presently on pace for 24 wins this Major League season. Ryan, what in the world is going on with the Rockies?

I don't know how they recover from this. I hate in sports in any sense when we see guys that we know are elite at what they do start to struggle at that thing. And right now, relievers around Major League Baseball, particularly closers, are really struggling. And I want to highlight a couple of them. Emmanuel Class A, who we talked about several times last year on the Pitch Clock.

I don't know how they recover from this. I hate in sports in any sense when we see guys that we know are elite at what they do start to struggle at that thing. And right now, relievers around Major League Baseball, particularly closers, are really struggling. And I want to highlight a couple of them. Emmanuel Class A, who we talked about several times last year on the Pitch Clock.

if not for Tarek Scooble, could have been potentially the Cy Young as a Cleveland Guardian closer. And then there's Devin Williams, who was the big acquisition for the Yankees as a reliever this offseason. What's going on with these closers? Is there something there?

if not for Tarek Scooble, could have been potentially the Cy Young as a Cleveland Guardian closer. And then there's Devin Williams, who was the big acquisition for the Yankees as a reliever this offseason. What's going on with these closers? Is there something there?

Or, you know, are we going to be looking back at this episode of the Pitch Clock at the end of the season and be going, what were you worried about?

Or, you know, are we going to be looking back at this episode of the Pitch Clock at the end of the season and be going, what were you worried about?

So here we go. I think I've decided that here on the pitch clock, I want to start focusing on stardom around the game to take something from the Lonely Island podcast with Seth Meyers, where those guys are talking about what they refer to as a golden era in SNL, which was, you know, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen and Bill Hader and all of them.

So here we go. I think I've decided that here on the pitch clock, I want to start focusing on stardom around the game to take something from the Lonely Island podcast with Seth Meyers, where those guys are talking about what they refer to as a golden era in SNL, which was, you know, Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler and Fred Armisen and Bill Hader and all of them.

I think we're in a golden era of stardom and Major League Baseball this week. I have two names for you. They're pretty obvious names within stardom. Paul Skeens, Aaron Judge. Pick the guy you want to, and let's roll.

I think we're in a golden era of stardom and Major League Baseball this week. I have two names for you. They're pretty obvious names within stardom. Paul Skeens, Aaron Judge. Pick the guy you want to, and let's roll.

He's going to go down certainly as one of the greatest right-handed hitters of all time. And to know that we're witnessing that while on the other coast, we have maybe the greatest baseball player who's ever lived in Shohei Otani. It's a great time for it. And you can watch the Tampa Bay Rays with Ryan as their in-game reporter. Follow him on social media.

He's going to go down certainly as one of the greatest right-handed hitters of all time. And to know that we're witnessing that while on the other coast, we have maybe the greatest baseball player who's ever lived in Shohei Otani. It's a great time for it. And you can watch the Tampa Bay Rays with Ryan as their in-game reporter. Follow him on social media.

Thank you very much for joining us on the Pitch Clock. Let's get back to our game. Oh, I realize who that one is. Okay, that works out better. I hate you. So I'm going to go ahead and go 2012 Cleveland, Derek Lowe.

Thank you very much for joining us on the Pitch Clock. Let's get back to our game. Oh, I realize who that one is. Okay, that works out better. I hate you. So I'm going to go ahead and go 2012 Cleveland, Derek Lowe.

It's Randy Johnson.

It's Randy Johnson.

I was just no, I can't believe this. All right, man. I really want to get not Woodrow Wilson with the San Diego Padres. I feel like I would remember a WW, right? That's not what I'm not. I'm just going to go ahead and get the one that I know here. The 2023 New York Met is Justin Verlander. It is Justin Verlander.

I was just no, I can't believe this. All right, man. I really want to get not Woodrow Wilson with the San Diego Padres. I feel like I would remember a WW, right? That's not what I'm not. I'm just going to go ahead and get the one that I know here. The 2023 New York Met is Justin Verlander. It is Justin Verlander.