H4 N2K, Todd Leabo
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What are the highlights from the latest sports news?
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So that's a typo. I'm going to say if the Royals are minus 108, probably minus 118 would be my guess on the Angels. Maybe a slight favorite. Both 108. Both 108. Okay. That's what it was. Keystroke error. Let's do that. There we go. Noah Cameron versus Yusei Kikuchi. I say Gesundheit. Let's call the whole thing off. So, yeah, you got that going for you.
I'm sure Royals fans not over the moon over tonight's starting lineup.
No, it's out.
It is what it is.
The lineup is out, and Michael Garcia is out of that lineup today after feeling a cramp in his throwing elbow in Wednesday's game against the Orioles. Matt Quintero gave us the latest.
Yeah, he's improved from Wednesday. It's just, you know, he's got a little discomfort in his elbow and a little bit of inflammation that we need to get out of there so that he can feel comfortable getting back out on the field.
Do you expect him to be available off the bench?
I do, yeah.
I mean, we're going to wait and see how the rest of the day goes, and he'll prep in the cage during the game. We'll find out for sure, but my expectation is yes.
He's able to swing and throw and do all the pregame work and stuff?
He will probably not throw pregame just to play it safe, but he's definitely going to swing and take ground balls. Is the irritation more with throwing as opposed to... More so with throwing, yes.
Sounds like a late-inning pinch hitting possibility.
That's what it sounds like, or he's not available, and he wants them to think he is so that, hey, we can still go get him. They're not making an IL move, so that means they don't think it's that serious. They don't think they'll be without him for that long. Nick Lofton will take Garcia's place at third base as the leadoff hitter tonight, so a chance for Nick Lofton to gain some ground on my bold and daring prediction that he would establish himself as a legitimate Major leaguer. Maybe not in one spot, maybe as a super utility guy, but that was one of my bold and daring predictions. Come on, Lofton!
Well, they're going to try to connect to the city with this lineup. Lofton, Witt, Perez, Thomas, Marte, Jensen, Collins, Diaz, Massey.
If you're on the roster, you're going to play. I mean, that's the way it works.
What is the latest update on the Royals' lineup?
Yep. Last night, if you didn't stay up late, you maybe didn't hear Brett Beach. Let's bring you up to speed with what he had to say. We'll start with his decision to trade up.
We had identified Mansour Delaney early on as the guy we wanted, and it just looked like the predictive model said that the Saints are going to be the biggest obstacle. And so when you go through, I've been doing this for a few years now, and you start the process off where Cleveland made it obvious early on that they were going to be interested in trading. So we had some traction with Cleveland. And then as the days went on, it was clear the Redskins weren't going to do anything. I know Mickey. If there's one guy that's more aggressive than me, it's Mickey. And he, you know, I've had that experience where we're kind of eyeing the same guy. And when you try to call them when they're on the pick, it just, it doesn't work out.
So when you looked at, you know, their roster, two years ago, they lost Paulson Adebo to the Giants. And then just this past offspring, they lost Alante Taylor. I mean, so they were down two corners. You know, we lost our number one and number two corners. And so... You know, we just decided, and we had Mansour Dolan as a top five guy on our board, and we just made a decision that if we got in striking distance, let's just go up there and not leave it to chance.
Yep. So they thought that was the team they had to worry about. But what did you think of the part where he said, you know, Washington, they weren't going to do anything?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the highlights from the latest sports news?
0:00–2:37
2
What is the latest update on the Royals' lineup?
2:37–9:00
3
What did Brett Veach say about the Chiefs' draft strategy?
9:00–13:47
4
How did the Chiefs prepare for the NFL draft?
13:47–38:24
5
What insights does Todd Leabo share about the draft process?
38:24–42:30