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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?
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Hello and welcome to Talking Baseball. How about the Phillies with a crazy day at the ballpark? The American League stinks. I'll apologize. And we're going to talk so much ball, we might F or F. Let's do it. Brett Lauder. Blaze Alexander. Double. Maybe. Maybe. Hello and welcome to Talking Baseball, presented by Fanatics Markets, where fans trade on sports.
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Chapter 2: How do the Astros, Tigers, and Marlins perform this weekend?
American League not doing our part right now. I just got to be honest. It was a sad standings check for me today. Trev's going to give you more of that later. And let's see how the big guy is doing back from his road trip, Coach Trev. What's up, dog?
What's up, dogs? I'm very happy back in my studio, Magna Condom studio, as always, when I'm in Calabasas. Great trip. Serendipitous, if you will. Me and Luis Gonzalez are texting all the time now, just best friends. So there's that. And then I have another chance meeting that I'll talk about later in the show. I kind of teased it to you guys last night in the group chat a little bit.
Oh, wow. I forgot about that. When's that going to come up?
I think he might be at the end of the show.
Maybe the award will be part of that. That's how we keep the people tuning in. Pete Alonzo is here.
Just because there's only one, two, three, four, five teams over 500?
Yes, and Trev, I look at, again, I don't want to give too much away from your standings, but I'm looking at the Marlins and Nationals right now. And they'd be the fourth best team in the American League? Both of them?
Marlins are hot. Marlins are hot.
Our guy, we might have to talk some Tony Vitello again. It's been a minute. Him and Rafi. Scooble making a scene out there. These KD pitchers, man.
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Chapter 3: What does Tarik Skubal's performance mean for the Tigers?
And then the Angels, 32-47. The wild card, which is always tough for me to – to read for some reason. I'm not really sure why Tampa Bay would have the number one spot. The white socks would have the number two spot and the Toronto blue Jays in the mix right now. A's half game out twins, Texas one, Baltimore, Houston two. Those are your standings in the American league.
The hottest team Toronto's in a fucking playoff spot.
The hottest team in the American League over the last 10 games is the Minnesota Twins coming off a six-game roadie with Trev in the booth. Yeah, Trev, you know, I don't apologize, but I apologize for the American League this episode because what are we doing? This pile of mid that goes from Toronto to Baltimore to Minnesota to Sacramento to Texas to Houston. I just...
Someone rise up, and I keep thinking someone will. Like, I'm starting to get worried this is the year we look at the AL wildcard and two teams get in with 82 wins or something. Like, I don't know, man. Something's got to happen. And, hey, there were some signs of life. A couple of these teams do have some things on the up and up. I mean, here, let's just talk about this real quick.
Does it really matter? You'd rather see six teams with just banger records and everybody else suck, or would you rather have like a – I mean, the league's talking about parity right now. I don't know. Everyone's within a couple games of the wild card. Isn't that what parity is?
Yeah.
Yes, I think there's good parity and bad parity.
I don't think these teams are that bad. I get the record. I don't think it's bad baseball, though. I just looked at Toronto. I thought they were on a heater. They're not. They're 9-8 in June. They were 15-14 in May. If you can float around 500, you're in a good spot.
Yeah, that's where I don't know. Part of me doesn't love it, and I still... Like, one of those teams has to be good, right? But run differential doesn't tell you there's anything lurking. Like, they're all negative, so I don't know.
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Chapter 4: Are the Astros back in the race for the playoffs?
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Listen, they are something right now. I'm not really sure. It's an interesting spot. And I think Tigers fans were saying this all along, and we've been talking about it. Yes, people are still in this wildcard race, and they're going to be. So I think they do have crazy questions that they're going to have to answer coming up shortly. But I said it on the broadcast for the Twins.
These four weeks right now, this is the time. You either start winning now or if you go the other way, then yes, there's going to be trades made and your team is going to look completely different. So like this is that I don't have a good like term for it. But you've got to give your front office something to hope for, I guess. And the Tigers are doing that.
I mean, obviously, you get Scooble back. That's a huge kind of push. He makes his first start at Comerica since the end of April. And it's like, okay, that's a big thing to happen. Troy Melton's looking good. You win the last game because my guy Matt Vierling walks it off. And Dylan Dingler's going nuts. I mean, this is kind of what they envisioned coming into the season, essentially.
And it all happened in this one series here. So, like, sweeps will get you back into it. There's no doubt about it.
Yeah, and Dylan Dingler's probably where I'll land the Tiger ship today because they still have to show so much. But what Dylan Dingler has been in a league dearth of catchers – 17 home runs on the year. He, or excuse me, 18 now because he homers in that final game too. And the clutch hitting from him, like some of the stats are just remarkable.
Batting, this is after the second game, batting 292 with a 958 OPS with runners in scoring position. With two outs and runners in scoring position, he's hitting 375, 1.3. So those are the Those are inning-changing, game-changing at-bats that Dylan Dingler is doing as a catcher.
And he had a massive impact on this series, and if the Tigers do become a part of this season again, what Dylan Dingler has done to keep them... I mean, I'd say above water. They're not above water. I mean, the boat is filled with water, but it's just a matter if it's going to sink.
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Chapter 5: What teams are turning their season around in the MLB?
I don't know. I just... Love my twins right now. I got the standings, Pop. We're going to start in the West.
Chapter 6: What are the latest standings in the National League?
Dodgers, 20 games over five, even though they lost the series to the Orioles. They're 49-29, a nine-game lead over those pads who are 39-37. Snakes, 39-38. And the Giants, I agree with you. I think it's over, Pop. This ain't the American... That's the final one.
I can do the, oh, we get hot. You get swept by the Marlins. You're a game and a half up on the Rockies.
Chapter 7: Why are the Marlins considered a strong team right now?
It's over.
Marlins, good team, though. Solid. Not putting anything down on the Marlins, but yeah, out. Giants done. Colorado, 30-48, the only team with the worst record in all of baseball. Then in the Central, of course, it's always the Brewers, 46-29, a five-game lead over St. Louis, who is 41-34. The Cubbies, three games over, 540-37. The Pirates, I got them at 500 right now, Pop, 39-39.
And the Reds, 37-39. That was the division for a while. Not really looking that way right now. In the East, this might be the division. Atlanta, 48-28. Philly...
objects in mirror closer than they appear only six and a half back 42 and 35 for them uh the marlins who are the hottest team in baseball right now check their june record out i'm sure i'll tell you about it in a little bit 40 and 38 the nationals also 40 and 38 and the mets it's over pop 34 and 43 for them too don't if you said that about the giants how are you not saying about the mets
It's slightly better, but you're not wrong. In that whole division, I like the other teams better. You're right. The Mets are dead. The Mets are dead!
I can never trust Jolly Olive again, ever. For the rest of my life, Charlie, in the wild card, it goes like this.
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Chapter 8: What standout performances should we be aware of this week?
St. Louis, Philadelphia, and then the Chicago Cubs. Clinging to a half-game lead, and there's three teams tied there. Padres, Marlins, Nats, and then behind them, Arizona one game. Pittsburgh one and a half, and Cincinnati two and a half. Those two teams that we called dead, six and nine games out of the wild card. Those are your standings in the National League.
Well done, Coach. Yeah, I don't know. I like that wildcard picture so much better than the American League. I like the teams better. I like what they've done so far this season. I know there are only so many games apart if you actually did it, but it just feels like a better product. Even those top wildcard teams. We'll get there. We'll get there.
Let's start with Milwaukee and Atlanta because these are two of the best teams in baseball. Uh, Mizorowski, who I don't know, was on a, literally a legendary run when we did his last, uh, eight starts, I believe, uh, The Braves, your guy, Martin Perez on the bump. And they get it done late. They get it done with defense. Albies the hero with the two homers in the walk-off in that second game.
Just a really fun, high-level baseball series.
Yeah, game one, Mizorowski. We always talk about this could be a playoff matchup. This is going to be a playoff matchup, and if we get it, we'll be really lucky. How cool would this series be? I just feel like these two teams match up really well against each other, and they showed it this series in the first game, Dubon.
you know, shortening up and just trying, I mean, all he's trying to do is just like, I got to make contact with this pitch right here. 101 coming in and sends it, gives them the lead right there, two to one. Yastrzemski, who's been great for the Braves, coming with some big hits this season. Yeah. 3-1.
Needed that insurance run because the throw we were talking about in the ninth, Bryce Terang coming through. Looks like he's going to tie the game up, and then Eli White comes up and hammers that throw down, and the Braves are able to hang on to that first game, which was just an awesome game. Here's the throw right here. It's one of the best throws of the year. Set yourself.
Perfect one-hop throw. Got him.
And literally it's one of those beauties where the, the ball and the runner arrive at the same time that you kind of, there's a pause when you first see it and you're like, wait, does the catcher still have it in his glove? Right. And he sure does. And that's, that's the difference.
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