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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
It is truly amazing that through marriage, through fatherhood, he has not matured at all.
Thanks to our guests. That was Andy Johnson of Friday Golf talking about Sergio Garcia. Thanks to AJ Pierzynski for coming on. Don't forget, he's got a city cruise coming up, Davis Martin. And he said, it has Shane Smith on here. No, it's not Shane Smith anymore.
Yeah, he was sent down.
Yes.
They made that change.
You can make the trip.
What insights does Andy Johnson share about Sergio Garcia?
They made a city cruise lineup change as well.
You can fly for city cruise if you want. So there's a city cruise coming up on April 26th and September 20th. Just talking socks. Ozzie Guillen, members of the 2026 White Sox will be on there. And Alex Cohen. We thank Alex for coming on as well. Thanks to Ray Diaz, Tyler Buterbaugh, Brandon Fryer, Cody Westerlund, Connor O'Donnell, Jacob Stutz, and Max Curtis. And thanks to Matt Spiegel, who is confessing on the Twitch Mob chat that he just sang the Shea Langoliers song to Sia Chandeliers during the break. And thanks to Lawrence Holmes for having to reign it in. Nice to see you guys. I haven't read anything yet.
Let's Peaks run wild. He said he quit. Can I hit you with my baseball stat? Please do. From one baseball man to another pair of baseball men. Marshall Harris. Okay, so do you know the stat about Bobby Witt Jr.?
That he's good at baseball? No, I do not. I hear he plays it. I do know that the Brewers' pet turtle is named after him, which is amazing.
I will tell you this about Bobby Witt Jr. Pretty good baseball players. We all just admitted, right?
What are the details of the upcoming city cruise events?
Yeah. I think he's a top 15 total war the last two years. Bobby Witt Jr. has been on base 30 times this season. Do you know how many times he has scored a run? I do not. He has scored one run this season. That's amazing. He has been stranded.
Yes. You know, it's funny. I don't know what they were yesterday, but as of the other day, the Royals had beaten the White Sox twice in a row while being 0-30 with runners in scoring position.
yes oh for 30 that part i did know this whole pointed out this whole league is struggling this whole league is struggling with runners in scoring position like crazy and that's why i don't put this whole onus on the weather that people keep talking about because people are still getting hits they're just not getting as many hits with people on base and in scoring position as they had been in the past unless you know you play for the dodgers the
Braves yeah like we talked about it a little before the show like I'm fascinated by this moment the ABS system is shrinking the strike zone so far and the walk rate is climbing but the batting average is spiraling even more than it has been like this trend continues pitchers are beating the crap out of hitters and it just continues on the pitchers get to use ABS too Yes, but the pitchers are just so far ahead.
They are, but I'm saying it doesn't even things out. If you feel like pitchers are ahead, ABS isn't just helping them, it's helping the pitchers too.
It is shrinking the strike zone, but it's not leading to more hits at all. It is leading to more walks and a tighter zone by the umpires to begin with, but it is not increasing contact.
He's going to retire some umpires, too.
I thought that A.J. Pruszynski, when he was on earlier with us, made a great point, and I don't know the technical about how they fixed this, but because it's a singular 2D plane on where they're measuring whether a pitch is a ball or a strike, if they change that to 3D, I think that the hitters would be in even more trouble because then there's more... Real estate for a pitch to be called a strike as opposed to just at the center point in which they have determined.
There was a ball yesterday on Dansby that I thought actually did a really good job of like, not that they were using three dimensional, but I was like, you know what? That's a really good call that was made by the umpire that was then backed up. by abs and it was low it was like right at the kneecaps right towards the the right-handed batter's box and it was a beautiful pitch and i'm like wow that's a that's impressive tech and oppressive impressive eyes by the um well and that's the problem is i feel like a lot of these people the ones who
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:33
2
What insights does Andy Johnson share about Sergio Garcia?
0:33–1:40
3
What are the details of the upcoming city cruise events?
1:40–5:21
4
What surprising baseball stat does Matt Spiegel reveal?
5:21–7:45
5
How are players performing with runners in scoring position this season?
7:45–8:42
6
What are the implications of the ABS system on baseball performance?
8:42–17:45
7
How does the group feel about current hitting trends in baseball?
17:45–19:27
Speakers
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