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Chapter 1: What are the key updates in the National League this week?
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Hello and welcome to Talkin' Baseball. Big week in the National League, and are the White Sox for real? It's time to drop, trow, and hog out. Let's talk ball. Oh, God. Uh, Shane McClanahan.
Raul Mondesi.
might be a punch a punch a punch a what a year it's been hello and welcome to talking baseball presented by fanatics markets where fans trade on sports fanatics markets available now on the app stores i am jake storielli that is trevor plouffe happy world cup to those who celebrate uh we got our soccer kits on i don't know come on america show us something Make us be proud. That's all we are.
Trev, on the West Coast, how are you? The game's by you tonight.
Do we get a shot?
No.
No, like we don't, right?
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Chapter 2: How did the White Sox manage to take the lead in the AL Central?
They get down to 500 after the Rocks win the first two games. Sterling Thompson with the walk-off. Nice to meet you, pal. Welcome to the show. The Cubbies, they win that final game. Keeps them above 500. Make sure you check out the standings. But Cubbies, whoa. And then your final series in the National League, the St. Louis Dirty Birds. They take two out of three from the New York Metropolitans.
Dustin May snaps his winless streak. Jordan Walker's a stud. Mets and Soto salvage it. Jimmy Crooks, that's what happened in the NL.
Jimmy Crooks. Nobody better, Pop. I got the standings if you want them. Rob Mondesi, slightly above average strikeout rate. Shane McClanahan, above average strikeout rate.
I think Matt gets them. I would like to say, before you reveal the standings, Jimmy Crooks... Right out of the Cardinals player generator, and I didn't realize. He is Brendan Donovan. He is the thick, who's my thick outfielder? He's Nolan Gorman. He's every Cardinal thick boy I've seen called up. Thank you.
I mean, you know that organization better than anybody.
Yeah, I'm part of the fabric.
What about Manny Moda? I got a bunch of Dodgers on my mind right now.
Burleson is who I forgot.
Okay, go ahead. All right, I got the standings popping. We will start out east because I want to talk about the team with the best record in baseball still, even though the White Sox gave them the business. 45-23, the Atlanta Braves are their eight games above the Philadelphia Phillies, who are 37-31, the Nats. How about it? Above 500 on June 12th. Love it. Natitude, baby. 35 and 34 for them.
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Chapter 3: What exciting performances did Tyler Callahan deliver against Ohtani?
I watched an interview. He said, you know, they asked him, like, what can we expect of you as a player? This must have been in the offseason. He said, well, I bring some, like, electricity, like, you know, big moments. Yeah. How about it? We're in number 24, by the way, Jake. Oh. That's all the greats do.
Ah. Okay.
It's fun out there, man. I've been giving the White Sox credit because I do think up and down that lineup is – it's pretty long. It's pretty good. They're doing this without Murakami right now. We know what he – what he brings when he's in the fold. But really, it has been that starting pitching. I mean, the second game, you hear Chris Sale versus Davis Martin.
And that's... Before the season, you probably wouldn't have that as one of the better pitching matchups in all of baseball, but it was. And Davis Martin outduels Chris Sale. So they have it on both fronts right now. And there is a little bit of mojo. I will say that, man. There truly is. And we haven't seen... South side fans in a couple of years, man, because they went away because they stunk.
I would have when that team is good. It's so much fun to play. They're scary to play there. And they're showing up right now.
I mentioned there's going to be some trade connect the dots talk this episode because Brayden Montgomery is one of the final pieces from the crochet trade as Boston gets more bad news on crochet. He's not really sure what's going on with that massive back of his. Chase Mydroth, your guy, 21 game on base streak. Whoops. Climbing the ladder of AL second baseman this year.
Brayden Montgomery is in that trade along with Kyle Teal, who... hasn't really been a part of this season, even though go look at what he did last year. When he is, he's got a real chance. So if you're going to trade a guy like Crochet, you better get some return on that. They're starting to feel it. And Davis Martin, I've said this a couple episodes now, A.L.
Cy Young, if you think that Schlittler can't get to the finish line, which A, the Yankees are probably going to limit his innings at some point, B, one bad start can change how your whole season looks. Go ask Kyle Harrison out in Vegas. Pretty brutal, dude. Davis Martin has been nothing but good this year. And you can still get him at a crazy number if you want to believe in it.
Nine and two record on the year. That still matters to me. And, yeah, I saw him – It might have been his last out of the game.
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Chapter 4: What notable moments occurred in the Dodgers vs. Pirates series?
Joel Kunal.
Yeah. Saw him pitch for the A's early in the season, kind of like has a little side here, throwing decent with some movement, ends up getting traded to the Brewers. And just like flippantly, I'm like, dude, this is not the guy you want to trade to the Brewers. And we kind of joked about it. And then later that evening, I saw a clip from his savant page on his first outing of the Brewers.
His fastball was up five miles per hour.
Crazy. I don't, Trev, I can't even right now. Yes, A, that graphic and tweet was hilarious because the slider's up five miles per hour, too. And you're just like, wait, did he even throw a bullpen with the Brewers? Like, what are they possibly doing? No, dude. Just screaming throw harder? Because it doesn't make sense to me. Pat Murphy just behind him yelling. Yeah, the Pat Murphy factor.
That's managing. Two-time manager of the year. Trev, I think we can chop through the rest of the National League. I shouldn't say chop through, but chopped cheese. It's a little Bronx reference. The Padres win a series that they hope matters a lot to them. The Reds continue to keep swimming the wrong direction. That's kind of what my eyes see when I look at this.
Although I love small ball Padres with that three consecutive bunts in the first game. Make them make plays. And then in that final game, It's everything we've been saying with these Padres team. They get out to the hot start, but the offense isn't clicking. They start losing games. The offense still isn't clicking. They're waiting for Fernando. They're waiting for Machado.
They're waiting for someone to go off. And could the walk-off Fernando Homer be it? I don't know, but that's what everyone in San Diego is hoping.
Yeah, I mean, he's actually been swinging the bat really, really well over the last, like, month or so. It just hasn't translated into extra base hits. I mean, he's... I had it up the other day. I mean, it's an OPS in the mid eights. Like he's, he's hitting in the three hundreds, like he's getting on base, like everything is going right, except for his power stroke.
And sometimes it just, yeah, it just takes you feeling like you can consistently put the barrel on the ball. And then it's like, all right, I feel good enough at the plate to take some chances. And things can click quickly. And we know a guy of Fernando Tatis is power, strength, ability like he can do it. I mean, it'll be great for them because, yeah, they're all of their big dogs are struggling.
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Chapter 5: How did the Marlins perform in their recent games?
I just don't understand why they don't win games. That's the whole point of it.
It's there and it's not, Trev, and it hasn't been there all season. We need to stop. We need to stop. We were obsessed with Vitello. We wanted to see the next part. We got sucked in a little bit. Everything looks okay on paper, but it's just not.
Nats keep winning on the road. Fifth straight road series win, which is not easy to do. They got 23 road wins. That's the most in Major League Baseball. They score first a lot. They lead baseball with 53 runs in the first inning, which is absurd. And that is... a game-changing stat, I believe. Score in the first inning is going to help you a lot in the game. Momentum's a real thing, people.
And yeah, there's just between Abrams, Wood, and Garcia, Curtis Meade, these guys come up and they've been playing well all season long. That's why they're hanging in there. Could have had the sweep. Would have loved that.
The final two, Cubs, Rockies. Hey, Rockies win a series. We love Kelsey Winger. I can't claim the Rockies anymore. It's Kelsey and Josie's team. Cubbies, I don't know. Man, you're at 500. They win that game. Could they look back at that at some point in the season? I kind of need to stop talking Cubbies because they don't really deserve it.
I mentioned Sterling Thompson, Colorado native rookie with the walk-off. We love that. And then the final series would also be Cardinals take two out of three from the Mets. That's kind of what has been happening this season. I love my birds. Zach, if you could get a Jimmy Crooks picture, it blew my mind. Because he's got a fantastic name.
Sounds like something out of a mobster movie in the 1920s. And he just looks like... He looks like every Cardinals hitter I've seen the past three years. Cole Craig, first career homer. Anything else?
I don't know. They've been playing so well, the Cardinals. It's really, really impressive what Dustin Mays has been able to do for them. This one, 16th pitch, no runs. And then the lineup continues to go. Yvonne Herrera, just a menace at the top of the lineup, getting on base a ton. And then you've got the guys in the middle who have been doing it. Jordan Walker has been incredible.
Mason Wynn coming up big. Let me see. Oh, yeah. Yeah. 100%.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the Yankees' recent sweep of the Guardians?
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That's right. It's a New York sports time of year, and they sweep the Cleveland Guardians. Sorry, Rosie. No Aaron Judge, no problems for the Yankees because Cody Bellinger is an absolute stud. Jazz Chisholm with a couple big swings in this series. Garrett Cole, not his best effort. Paul Goldschmidt, first lefties this year, the best hitter in the league. Trent Grisham has turned on.
I don't know. The Yankees win a series. I'm happy. So do the Rays. The Rays sweep the Boston Red Sox. And that's kind of obvious. Drew Rasmussen, how's your seven shut? 13 ponches.
yandi diaz nick martinez needed a bounce back start and he got it red socks are swimming the wrong way the phillies take two out of three against the blue jays in the mattingly bowl that's seven foot 11 inch mfr chris sanchez 10 punches in seven innings uh Blue Jays, they get the win against De'Ron, who blows his first save of the year. Gets knocked around a little bit.
A little Brandon Valenzuela. You know what that does for me. But in the final game, Harper, Boehm, and Schwarber, each homa homa off of Max Scherzer. We kind of hate that. Phillies take the set. Tigers... Take two out of three from the Minnesota Twins, but how? Trev's going to talk about it. They scored double digits in two games, which that helped the situation. They couldn't stop the buck stop.
Byron Buxton, over 20 homers this year. That guy is a sick puppy. And so is Trev's Cater Montero for the Tigers, who try to stay alive this season. They've got someone coming back this weekend. The Orioles and Mariners, they end up splitting four. The Mariners win the first two games.
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Chapter 7: What struggles are key players facing in the American League?
Emerson Hancock does it yet again. Josh Naylor's go-ahead grand slam. Hello. Randy Rosarena, walk-off in extra innings. Things are high until they're not. Young Brandon Young gives them the smoke in game three. And then the Orioles. with some big flies and some offense. Get it done off of Brian Woo-Woo to split the four-game set.
My Texas Rangers, they take two out of three from the Kansas City Royals. They drop that first game. Is Jack Caglione happening? Because I think he is. Three for three, two homers in that first one. But a very royal series as they lose the next two. The Elias Diaz series. He's played for both these teams this year. He gets the RBI in the 10th to give the Rangers the win.
The Rangers get the series. Corey Seager is back, people. So is Evan Carter, insurance RBI. Your final American League series. Yikes. Halos, Astros. Halos get the set. Houston, what is you doing, baby? They win that first game in 10. Josh Hader is back, but it's all Halos after that. Walbert, Urania, and Reed Detmers, a name I feel like we're going to talk about the next couple weeks a lot.
Halos win a series. That's what happened in the American League. Muted, muted.
Nobody better, Pop.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Sorry, I had to cough off screen. It's okay.
Your show.
Or off the mic. Because it's Friday, Jake, I'm going to start out west, where the Seattle Mariners, after splitting the four-gamer, are in first place. 36-34 for them. They are one game ahead of the Texas Rangers.
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Chapter 8: What are the standout performances of the week in baseball?
Texas is the last wild card.
Oh, yeah, because Seattle is... We're a team here, Trev. ...needing a division.
Yeah. We got to get... We get better every day.
It's, you know, the tie at the top of the division messed me up a little bit.
I'm Dozier. You're Ploof. I don't know. Hmm. I was going to mention Ryan Dowd.
You're Eddie Escobar.
Yeah. Thank you so much. That's the nicest thing I will hear today.
I did mess that up. It's okay, people.
It's all right. We get better. Sometimes we get better. I don't know. Trev, I'll be honest. I think we can chew through the AL pretty quickly. My Yanks sweep, the Guardians, I'd say the biggest thing that was different in the series was the Yankees' bullpen that has had a lot of, after the top guys have had their blemishes this year, Yankees' bullpen really showed up during this series.
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