Does PCA have shot at MVP now that Ohtani dropped out of Dodgers' rotation

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How did the hosts introduce the topic of Pete Crow-Armstrong and Otani's pitching pause?

Unknown 0:00

That's what talent does. It responds. Third hit of the night for Pete Crow Armstrong.

Mark Grote 0:30

your darn tootin put your shirts back on st louis overrated chance who was the broadcast there i want to give proper credit to whomever that was i like that guy oh it's fox who's the dude that did the play-by-play do we know okay we'll figure that out questions we'll figure out sorry i'm being really nosy here i am i am sorry i am so sorry

Marshall Harris 0:55

Let me be opposite of Grody. Thanks, guys, for pulling up that clip. I appreciate you.

Mark Grote 0:58

Oh, is it Eric Collins? Yeah, Eric Collins. The Eric Collins who used to work here in Chicago? Nice job, Eric Collins.

Marshall Harris 1:03

Eric Collins who does the Hornets game. Eric Collins who, aside, last night I'm at work at the old ABC7, and I'm watching just MLB Network, and they're showing the AUSL, and it's a big final game of the regular season of this first, you know, the softball league. Chicago needs to win to advance, I guess, the championship series. If they lose, they're in like a play-in situation. Okay. And they are taking forever. I was like, what's going on? Because I'm just watching within the background. Apparently, the umpires forgot what time the game was. So they couldn't start the game. And they were in a delay because the umpires didn't show up. I was like, poor Eric Collins calling this game, and the umpires didn't show up.

Marshall Harris 1:42

Wow.

Mark Grote 1:42

And I don't even know.

Marshall Harris 1:43

I turned the channel eventually. I don't even know what happened.

Mark Grote 1:46

That's so funny you were watching that. I was watching when I got home from Fox last night. I was watching Wiffle Ball.

What background stories and broadcasts led into the PCA vs. Ohtani conversation?

Mark Grote 1:52

They had a Wiffle Ball. Chicago against San Antonio or something like that. It was wild to watch on one of the ESPN plus plus minus plus two times three, something like that. But watching Wiffle Ball was fun. It just brought me back. Because remember, I was the kid who went out and played, unlike the rest of y'all who were just playing video games. I was outside playing Wiffle Ball. This question here that we have for this segment is kind of like almost like a bonus five on it. So I am going to read this question, and then I would like you to have the first crack at it.

Marshall Harris 2:26

I love when you are going to read a question and you pull the glasses out. So like, this is serious stuff.

Mark Grote 2:31

I'm putting the glasses on. I want to make sure I get every word right without stumbling, so I'm putting the glasses on, and now I can't stumble. Spain, or excuse me, on a scale.

Marshall Harris 2:43

Sorry, I forgot to cross that one off for you, Mr. Grody.

Unknown 2:46

Sorry, Mr. Grody, I forgot to cross it off for you.

Marshall Harris 2:49

That's amazing that you went through all those troubles in the first word that he wrote. And that goes for you too, Tyler. Spain. Damn it, Dykstra. You're bringing Dykstra into this? Oh, man. Poor David. Where's old Dave Dykstra?

Mark Grote 3:01

Poor David. I need a dose of Dykstra. We should just have him around. Put him on the third mic today. Here it is. On a scale of 1 to 10, on the So You're Telling Me There's a Chance meter. So You're Telling Me There's a Chance. Five Buttes. Where would you rate Pete Crow Armstrong's shot at winning NL MVP now that Dodger star Shohei Otani is taking a break from pitching? Mr. Marshall Harris, would you like the first crack at this question? I would.

Marshall Harris 3:36

I would. Because on a scale of 1 to 10, so you're telling me there's a chance? I already thought there was a chance even when Shohei was pitching. Because if you look at... Two of the most standard things that voters tend to look at, F-War and B-War. One of those is a fan graphs war. One of them is baseball reference war. On the F-War, Shohei has a 6.1 war. Three of that is through pitching. Right behind him at 5.9, just .2 behind him, is Pete Corarmstrong with the second highest F war in baseball. And then when you go over to B war, Otani with just a 5.8 B war, Pete Corarmstrong 5.7 right behind him. It comes down to a couple of things here. Can PCA really keep this up? Can he be a 900 OPS player? If he can be a 900 OPS player, he's going to have a shot to get...

Marshall Harris 4:33

a nine plus war on the season, B war, maybe even higher F war. And PCA's defense is unfreaking believable.