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Chapter 1: Who is Russ Dorsey and what is his role in MLB coverage?
Russell Dorsey, National MLB Insider for Yahoo Sports. Before the break, I could hear the disdain in your voice. I don't know if you were really excited, White Sox Marshall. Host of the Relay with Russ Dorsey podcast. The NL Central, as of today, when we record this podcast, has been the best division in Major League Baseball. And you're probably saying, why? What?
Go look at your phone right now. The NL Central is the only division in baseball right now with five teams above 500. Insider and analyst for MLB Network and Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV. That's my biggest thought right now for the Boston Red Sox. What are you as an organization? Where are you going? Right now, you're an organization that has no identity.
Chapter 2: What makes the NL Central the best division in MLB right now?
Russell Dorsey. The Russell. On 104.3, the score. The score.
Our hour on the score is brought to you by Menards. Save big money at Menards. We are happy to have Russ Dorsey in. He is here often, at least once a week or so, if he's not filling in on another show or doing hit and run. The man has a lot of talent.
He's been cheating on us. That's all I know.
Well, is it cheating if we know about it? You're right.
Sharing is caring. Sharing is caring. It's an open relationship.
Okay, so before we get into more analogies, he is at Russ underscore Dorsey1 on X. The disclaimer is right there, Layla. Especially Russ Dorsey. He's the Major League Baseball insider for Yahoo Sports, Major League Baseball Network, MLB Network to you, and Friday Night Baseball on Apple TV.
He is also the host of the Relay with Russ Dorsey podcast, available on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. New episode out today. This is a day that the baseball gods have made. We rejoice and be glad because the Sox have another chance to win another series based in Kansas City.
And then we've also got one of the best series in baseball up to date so far anticipated, Cubs and Braves in Atlanta. It's a good day to like baseball.
Absolutely. Matchup between the two best teams in baseball, in the Cubs and the Atlanta Braves, that should be a really fun one.
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Chapter 3: Why is the Cubs vs. Braves series significant for both teams?
Me and Grody talked about this after Matthew Boyd.
It happened on our watch. The news broke on our watch.
For his meniscus that, okay, Ben Brown was the likely guy to get the opportunity to fill his void in the rotation. And so now seeing how much success he had in his role that the Cubs gave him, Now that you change it again, like you have things working, you get into this rhythm and now you're thrown back into that starter seat. I'm interested to see how he responds to it.
One of the other things that we discussed on that show when we filled in for Spiegel and Holmes was we played your little Russ Dorsey game. My game. Which was a blast.
The Russ Dorsey game.
The Russ Dorsey game was Russ listing teams around Major League Baseball. And I was told I can only jump in when I think that there is a team that Russ has mentioned that is better than the Chicago Cubs. Yeah. And when we did do that, it came down to Atlanta, the Dodgers, and the Yankees.
Ah, Mark Smirk's usual World Series pick, the Yankees.
And the Dodgers, by the way. So put those together. Sounds to me like we're down to one team. On that list, the Braves, that is better than the Chicago Cubs right now?
Yeah, I think what I've seen from the Cubs over the first six, seven weeks of the season show me that, okay, despite all the hits they've taken with injuries, and they've had a lot of them, And you can make the case they've had as many as any team in baseball.
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Chapter 4: How do the Cubs measure up against the Braves as top teams?
Yes, somebody who's playing extremely well right now is going to come back to earth. Howeverā I tweeted this this morning. Any of the teams in the National League Central would be leading the American League Central right now. The last place team in the NL Central will be the first place team in the AL Central.
Or the AL West, same thing can be said. Because the last place teams are 22-19. The A's are 21-19. So same thing applies to the American League West. I think the bigger concern I have is this understanding that a team like the Reds can go through an eight-game losing streak and then just bounce back and be like, all right, we'll win the next two games and now we're back in the mix. And I think...
When you look at this division overall and understanding how many games that the Cubs have actually played against the division, not many, it's going to be a fun back half of the season for everybody involved in this division. Milwaukee, we say it each and every year, they're going to be there. Who they just sweep? Exactly, the Yankees.
So the understanding thatā They've won seven of their last ten. Look, they're getting healthier. Yeah, I was about to say, and they're not even healthy. Yeah! That's what gives me concern. Okay, so let's play an abbreviated version, a very abbreviated game of what you guys did.
Oh, yeah.
But it's just White Sox, American League Central. I name a team. You tell me when that team is better than the White Sox.
Are you comfortable with this, Ross? Yeah, I'm down with this.
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Chapter 5: What are the implications of the Cubs' performance this week?
Minnesota Twins.
Kansas City Royals. Detroit Tigers? Yes. Okay. Cleveland Guardians?
Yes.
Okay, so you got them as the third best team in the Central. Can they still overtake those two teams in your mind?
Like playing it out to September?
Yeah, we're going to play it out to 162.
Okay. I think where I sit today as opposed to six weeks ago when we talked about this, the Sox have gotten way better pitching than I thought that they would get.
You and me both.
Right. I'm blown away by what Davis Martin has been able to do this season. They should be really proud of themselves. So high. I think they're going to be able to score runs. That was always the thing that I believed about the Chicago White Sox. Top ten offense. They're going to hit the ball in the ballpark, which is something else that we thought coming into this season.
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