Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVUafm Tuscaloosa and welcome back to student section MLB here on this Monday, October 7. And we do have a lot to talk about after a great week of wild card games. Great week. Great first few games of the DS series.
I'm your host Luke Tory, joined by.
[00:00:30] Speaker B: Tyler Harrison and Luke Anderson.
[00:00:32] Speaker A: And we, we could start off with the wild cards here. I mean, Tyler, you want to get it out of the way? Talk about the brave series. No, we all saw it.
[00:00:40] Speaker B: We all saw it. We played injury stricken and, and we can't.
[00:00:44] Speaker A: We.
[00:00:45] Speaker B: There's always next year.
[00:00:46] Speaker A: Yeah, that's all I got.
[00:00:48] Speaker B: Yeah, y'all go ahead. Y'all are still in the playoffs.
[00:00:51] Speaker A: I mean, the Mets series, wild car series was a great one, Luke. I mean, you want to.
[00:00:58] Speaker C: Sure. I mean, take it away. There's a lot to talk about. I'll try to keep it brief because we do have a lot to talk about. But first game, the Mets looked pretty good. I wanted to pull up box scores and stats and stuff like that. So yeah, Severino didn't look the best early on. Two runs in the first inning for him was not great. And then immediately in the top of the second, Jesse Winker hit a two run triple off his old team. He was fired up and the Mets took the lead.
Brewers took the lead back and then the Mets with a five run fifth inning.
I saw they posted this in one of the games because it was prevalent in that series. The Mets lead the entire MLB in four plus run innings this year, including the playoffs. They just, they go crazy in certain innings. It is definitely fun to watch. They held onto that one. The bullpen came in huge that game after, like I said, severino with not the greatest start, but he pitched the fifth and 6th. He went six up six down in those innings. And then the bullpen cleaned it up and that things went well in that game. Game two was a tough one. I thought for sure the Mets had it. They were up three two for almost the whole game. And then Phil Mayton comes in the game and gets smoked. Let's have back to back homers. It was a tough one with a.
[00:02:08] Speaker B: Two home run game. Two game tying home runs in a single game. First one to do that in the postseason since babe in 24.
[00:02:17] Speaker C: Yeah. Jackson trio is unreal.
[00:02:18] Speaker A: A hundred years ago.
[00:02:20] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:02:21] Speaker A: Oh my God.
[00:02:22] Speaker B: Literally that's the only two I saw that and I didn't remember if I screenshotted that and sent that in the group chat, but literally the only two people to do that are him.
[00:02:29] Speaker A: And, baby, that is insane.
[00:02:32] Speaker C: Jackson Churia was scaring me for sure, but I was getting ready to celebrate. And then Phil Maytan just looked terrible. And then Carlos Mendoza decided to keep him in the game even longer. And, I mean, it was questionable, but then game three was. Game three was crazy. Good game, just in general, even outside of the outcome. Even if the Mets ended up losing the game after the. The 7th inning, it would have been a great game. I mean, Jose Quintana went six innings with four hits, five strikeouts. Great outing. And on the other side of things, it was Myers with five strikeouts over five. And the brewers bullpen, which is just very good all season. And I mean, in the. In game two, they were very good. Was pretty good up until the 9th inning. And then the Mets, I mean, after, as soon as Katana gets pulled, Jose Butoh allows back to back home runs to Jake Bowers, I think. And then, and Sal Frelic and Sal Freelick looked so bad the entire series. And then comes in with that home run was. Was just so disheartening. I'm not gonna lie. I turned the game off after Sal freaks home run. I was. I was very upset. And then I turned the game back on at the top of the 9th. Cause I was like, I might as well watch the last three outs of the game. And sure enough, it wasn't the last three outs of the game because Lindor walked. Huge take on full count and he walked. Viento struck out because he was kind of garbage in that, in the wild card. I won't lie.
[00:03:59] Speaker B: We'll get to him shortly.
[00:03:59] Speaker C: We'll get to him later. But. And then it was a single by Brandon nimmo, first to third. And Pete Alonso, who was so bad the first two games. So, so, so bad. Comes in, clutch in what would have been maybe his last at bat as a meth. And he goes oppo for a three run homer to take the lead. I was jumping up and down, running around. And then also Jesse Winker after that gets. I think he got hit by a pitch, stole second, which is crazy.
[00:04:30] Speaker A: That dude is out of his mind.
[00:04:31] Speaker C: I was yelling at him.
[00:04:32] Speaker A: Jesse Winker is a psychopath and I love it.
[00:04:35] Speaker C: I was like yelling at my tv. I said, why is Winker stealing second? Sure enough, he was safe. And that ended up being a huge insurance run because Marte singled and it scored him. And then David Peterson, out of all people, came in to record the save. So the Mets came back from the brink of death and they won the series. I was I was shocked. I said that I thought it would, the brewers would win in three games, and they almost did. But, I mean, I was, I was so, so happy in the Mets. I mean, well, we got to talk about the wild card first. But the Mets have been killing that on the division series. But they've been playing so, so well. It's been awesome to watch, for sure.
[00:05:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:05:12] Speaker B: Devin Williams has played terrible, by the way. His postseason era was like an 18 three going into game three of y'all's wildcard series, and it has now risen to a 24.3.
[00:05:24] Speaker C: Yeah, not great for.
[00:05:26] Speaker A: Not great for him, but moving on. I mean, momentum is a scary thing. I said that to you guys a lot after the Mets, you know, got to where they were, and I said, hey, watch. Hey, watch them, you know, make a little bit of a run here. Momentum is a scary thing. And they move now.
Game one, they win in Philadelphia. Game two. Yeah. Six two. Game two was. Probably took years off of your life, Luke. I mean, I mean, this does it again. The enthusiast is going to be a superstar.
[00:06:01] Speaker B: Three, extra base hit. Game two, home runs.
[00:06:03] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:06:04] Speaker A: Ties the game on a fastball that.
[00:06:07] Speaker B: Was above his eyes.
[00:06:08] Speaker A: I mean, crazy.
[00:06:09] Speaker C: It was unreal. Game one was. Game one was. This is going to be a good series. It already has been insane. I mean, the game yesterday is probably the game of the year right now. And the first game was crazy. I mean, Zach, Zach Wheeler went seven shutout innings of, I think, two hits. It might have even been one hit. I mean, he was dealing, dealing, dealing. Yeah, it was one. One hit, nine strikeouts. Zach Wheeler looked filthy. Kyle Schwerber hit a leadoff home run against Kodai Senga. But other than that, Kodai Senga got out of two innings. They kept him on a hard, hard pitch count. So he only went two innings, but he looked good. David Peterson looked crazy good. And then it got to that 8th inning, and the Mets just went, I mean, it's crazy, their mentality. Like last year, if they were down one run in the 8th inning, they would give up. It was hard to watch the Mets in the last three innings if they were trailing. They just gave up and they lost games. But, I mean, this playoff run, I mean, this whole year, but this playoff run has been so much different. I just did a crude calculation here. But the Mets, like the bullpen, like relief pitchers in the playoffs against the Mets, have a 9.3 era. The Mets, like, if you pull your starter in the playoffs against the Mets right now, you are going to get hit around. So it's. It's really cool. Like, I don't have to sit there in the 8th inning if the Mets are losing and just turn the game off and say, the game is overdeveloped. And, I mean, that happened yesterday, too. I thought the game was over yesterday. And Vientos with a crazy two run homer to tie the game, and then Castellanos, of course, with a walk off. I mean, the game was so back and forth. It was crazy, crazy game. I don't understand.
[00:07:51] Speaker A: As a baseball fan, I love that stuff. I love that stuff.
[00:07:54] Speaker B: What I thought was crazier was that Castellanos swung at two breaking balls in the dirt, and he struck out on three straight breaking balls. His first at battle, again was getting booed. He then proceeded to hit a moonshot to tie the game and then walk off the walk off to tie the series.
[00:08:11] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, Castellanos is just a stud. I mean, I don't understand the managing, managing decision to put in Tyler McGill in the 9th inning, but, I mean, it depends. There's still plenty of games left. Predictions will be later, but I think that the Mets going home is a huge advantage. Even being able to take one in what should have been two games in the hardest stadium to play in. I mean, we talk about it, and it's true. The Phillies had the best home winning percentage all season, and the Mets one game won, and they almost won yesterday. So I think that the Mets will have a huge advantage going into Citi Field. So I'm. I'm very happy as a Mets fan.
[00:08:47] Speaker A: Right now, but, I mean, how could you not be? You got a very promising young squad who is putting together a nice little run here, and hopefully they continue it.
[00:08:59] Speaker B: 44 comeback wins with the Dodgers, that.
[00:09:04] Speaker A: With the normal Mets teams that you have, that where you're paying all these guys to come in and play, it's, it's all these young, hungry guys that are doing the job, and I would love that. If I was a Mets fan, that'd be the greatest thing ever. So, moving on, though, want to talk Al? Wild card. Orioles don't show up against the Royals.
[00:09:29] Speaker B: They're pitching, dude.
[00:09:30] Speaker A: They're pitching.
Their offense did not.
[00:09:32] Speaker C: Corbin burns eight one run inning loss.
[00:09:35] Speaker A: It's crazy.
[00:09:36] Speaker C: Is so sad.
[00:09:37] Speaker A: Orioles, after the all star break were 500. I saw that today.
[00:09:42] Speaker C: Really?
[00:09:42] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:09:42] Speaker C: Wow.
[00:09:43] Speaker B: For a 100 win team last season, that is.
[00:09:47] Speaker C: I really thought they had something unacceptable.
[00:09:50] Speaker A: That is unacceptable.
[00:09:51] Speaker B: As an Orioles fan, how do you feel?
[00:09:52] Speaker A: Like, okay.
[00:09:53] Speaker B: Yes. You lost, like, 110 games a few seasons ago. And you're like, okay, now we're a winning.
[00:09:57] Speaker A: You have all these aspirations, championship aspirations. You can't win team last year, and then you're looking great first through the first half of the year. And then you get to all star break, and things kind of slow down.
[00:10:08] Speaker B: You can't show up after, after mid July. And then, of course, you don't show up in the, in October. That's gonna ruin a lot. And you just signed, like, a 30 year extension with the stadium. Fans want you to win in October.
[00:10:20] Speaker C: It was hard to watch. I mean, I thought, that's something to prove. They have no issue scoring runs all year, and they score one run over two games. I mean, one nothing loss and a two one loss at home.
It's tough. That is so tough. So, I mean, props to the Royals, because they looked, I mean, they looked okay in game one against the Yankees as well. But, I mean, the Royals looked more than okay.
[00:10:43] Speaker A: They almost won the Royals everything.
[00:10:46] Speaker C: Carving up the Orioles lineup. I mean, it was, it was crazy. It was really, really crazy that, I mean, six hits in game two, and in game one, they had five. So eleven hits in two games and one run.
[00:10:58] Speaker A: It's unacceptable.
[00:10:59] Speaker C: Is pretty crazy.
[00:11:00] Speaker A: Acceptable to only have one run there. Moving on to the other wild card series in the AL, the Detroit Tiger. The Detroit Tigers, who, we'll get to them in a little bit. But they won their wild card series. Nothing really special went on there.
[00:11:17] Speaker B: Scuba.
[00:11:18] Speaker A: Except scuba special. Amazing.
[00:11:19] Speaker B: And then a Josh Hader masterclass, giving up a baseball.
[00:11:23] Speaker A: A guy who's triple a, guy who's payroll is more than the entire team of the Tigers.
[00:11:29] Speaker B: He really decided to pitch. The Padres were in wild card contention last year, and Josh Hader said, no, I don't really feel like pitching. And, and that's the situation you put yourself in. You demand a big contract. Now you're screwing up for the Astros. You deserve that.
[00:11:42] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:11:43] Speaker B: Brewers fans are probably happy about that.
[00:11:45] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, hey. Yeah. But moving on again, now, the last wild card series was the NL, not the Mets.
[00:11:56] Speaker B: Yeah, there was nothing that went on. I mean, Tatis and Kyle Higashioka. Michael King is going to win the Cy Young next year. Mark my words.
[00:12:04] Speaker A: That was the first win win trade.
Both teams really benefited from that. Soto trade.
[00:12:10] Speaker C: Michael King shoved.
[00:12:11] Speaker A: Michael King shoved. Kyle Higashioka has been amazing this postseason.
[00:12:15] Speaker C: Those two homers.
[00:12:16] Speaker A: Three homers this postseason.
[00:12:18] Speaker B: So, Tati, seven for ten with three home runs and four empty beer bottles thrown at it.
[00:12:24] Speaker A: Yeah. Also despicable.
[00:12:26] Speaker B: We'll get to that.
[00:12:27] Speaker A: That's disgusting behaviors, fans.
[00:12:29] Speaker B: I hope the Dodgers for show. Hey, he's playing amazing.
[00:12:32] Speaker A: Moving on, we'll talk about the first few games of the DS series.
Let's start honestly with the Yankees. I got the Yankees up right now. I'm watching them.
Kills me that, you know, the game has to be going on right now, but horrible call in favor of the Yankees. I don't know how after replay review on that stolen base from Jazz, I don't know how you can say he's safe. I'm not going to complain. I'm a Yankee fan. I'm going to be honest, though, and tell you that that was a B's call.
[00:13:06] Speaker B: You're a Yankees fan, but you're a realist.
[00:13:08] Speaker A: I'm a realist. That was a B's call and that it was kind of gifted to us. I mean, without that, jazz scores, you know, extra zapper on the Verdugo hit. Jazz is flying in. I mean, and in the Mets Phillies game.
[00:13:28] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:13:33] Speaker A: Review. I don't get it.
[00:13:34] Speaker C: I've really only watched.
[00:13:36] Speaker A: Yeah. Unbelievable.
[00:13:38] Speaker C: It was so. It was ridiculous. I mean, I've watched most of the other games, but I've only seriously been watching the Mets games and the home plate umpiring. I mean, you could always complain about home plate umpiring in every single game you watch, but the home plate umpiring has been very, very bad for both teams, but worse for the Mets. We'll see what it's like in Citi Field if it changes. But David Peterson picked off Trey Turner, and there were two angles that showed that clearly. He was clearly out, had hit the glove on Trey Turner, and there was. There was air between Trey's mid and the base. Replay review call was not overturned. And the same thing in the Yankee game. They have.
[00:14:13] Speaker A: They have.
It was daylight there. They see daylight between the jazz's cleat and the base while the tag was on his foot. I don't know.
[00:14:23] Speaker C: The reason they made review is to over those calls.
[00:14:27] Speaker A: It's. It's in. Except it's unacceptable.
[00:14:29] Speaker C: It's not the umpires fault. They got the. The call wrong the first.
[00:14:32] Speaker A: If it's a bang bang play, I'm not gonna blame the umpires. The fact that it's going to replay review and they aren't changing it. Something's gotta change.
[00:14:39] Speaker B: You sit there and watch it in.
[00:14:40] Speaker A: Slow motion, you're literally confused.
[00:14:43] Speaker C: They show the camera, if I can see it from my house, then get me over there to make the right call.
[00:14:49] Speaker A: They literally show, like, the replay room. They'll put it up on the broadcast of the game. They have like six tvs in front of them. They got all these little dials that they're playing with just like slowly to the absolute slowest you could possibly go. Just checking, zooming all the way, and it's right in front of your eyes. I don't know how you miss it.
[00:15:06] Speaker C: You can probably listen to the crowd.
[00:15:08] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, when they're all watching.
[00:15:10] Speaker C: On the big, the whole crowd sees that there's daylight, he's out, and they're dead silent because they think that it's going to be overturned, and then it's not. And the same thing in the Phillies game. All the Phillies fans are probably dead silent thinking, oh, well, Trey Turner's out the innings over, and then they extend it. I mean, the Mets were lucky that they got out of that inning. After that, I thought that for sure the Phillies would have scored.
[00:15:29] Speaker A: It's unbelievable.
[00:15:30] Speaker B: Making bad ball and strike calls can determine a game. But like someone like Jazz Chisholm or Trey Turner, not being called out when it is obvious they are out literally determines whether you give up an extra run or not. Those are some of the fastest, but.
[00:15:43] Speaker A: You have to always, literally, the next play was a couple plays later. Verdugo gets a bit, a game winning d, game winning hit for the Yankees.
[00:15:50] Speaker B: And like you said, because of that, like you said, look, obviously the Mets did get out of that.
[00:15:53] Speaker A: I want to say something here. The Royals had every chance to beat the Yankees. They walked, like, so many runs in that. I'm not giving them any credit. Like, they deserve, they deserve to win that game and they had every right and every chance to win that game. So I'm not saying that that call is the reason that they lost that call. It was wrong and it was the game winning run, and we ended up winning by one. And it was the default, the deciding factor. But Kansas City had every chance and every right to win that game, and they didn't. They left runners on. They left runners in scoring position. They walked runs in. They, that one inning. They walked two runs in. That's inexcusable, unacceptable. You cannot come to me, as a Royals fan, complaining about that call if you walk two runs in, in the game.
[00:16:34] Speaker B: Yeah, the Yankees played terrible and won.
[00:16:37] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:16:38] Speaker B: And now it's worrying if, as a Royals fan, you're like, okay, it's a five game series, dropping one. Okay, it's not the other world. But, yeah, but now, now you're I mean, what, they have one hit and Rodan has five strikeouts.
[00:16:53] Speaker A: Looking good right now. But hey, chill.
[00:16:55] Speaker C: If you believe when they're playing at their worst, it's gonna be hard to beat them when they're playing better than their worst.
[00:17:03] Speaker B: Judge continues to not show up.
[00:17:05] Speaker C: Like, I'm not gonna lie, that was some pretty bad yankee baseball the other day. They have played way better than that all season. And if you can't beat them when they give you every opportunity, Anthony will be airmailing a double play.
[00:17:18] Speaker A: I mean, I mean, you don't watch the Yankees. That is how we lose games in the regular season. I watched every game. That is how we. That is, that is as a brave.
[00:17:28] Speaker B: Fan, we just get hurt. That's about all I got.
[00:17:30] Speaker A: Yeah, that was us years past, but yeah, luckily we've been able to stay healthy for the most part.
[00:17:34] Speaker B: Won't complain we have a part from, but I have the right.
[00:17:38] Speaker A: I mean, we're gonna head to break here, but when we come back, we got a lot more to talk about. Ds, umpires, everything, everything playoffs. We'll be right back here on student section MLB.
Wvuafm Tuscaloosa hi, welcome back to student section MLB. We have made a little switch here.
[00:18:14] Speaker D: If you want to, I'm Davis Cornell. You're taking over Tyler.
[00:18:18] Speaker A: We're going to have to switch out for the segments just because we got four guys here going forward, but all right, let's jump right back into it. Another small thing I wanted to mention about. So game two, the inky game I have on right now, John Birdie, who we got via trade in the offseason, he is playing first base for the first time in his career in a post season game.
Little concerned. I mean, it's just a weird decision. I wouldn't say concerned. I think he can handle it. I mean, you plug that guy in anywhere in the infield, he'll do his job. He's great with his glove. But it's just a little odd for his first start ever at first. I mean, he's never seen any action at first in a real game. I saw on Twitter the only time in his professional career he ever played first base was when he pinch hit in a spring training game and had to take over at first for two and a half innings. That is the only experience he has at first base. So, I mean, I don't know what Boone's thought process there is. Does he like him better against Reagan's? I don't know, but I'm going to trust him.
I will see how he does, but I don't know, a little bit of a weird situation there with him starting for the first time.
[00:19:33] Speaker D: I think it just, all the bat comes down to it. Waldo and Ben Rice are both very big into left.
[00:19:38] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:19:38] Speaker A: Also lefties.
[00:19:38] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:19:39] Speaker A: I mean, Oswaldo's a switch, but didn't really face a lot of lefties.
[00:19:42] Speaker D: He's hitting lefty.
[00:19:43] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah.
He only got 17 at bats, I believe it was versus lefties during the regular season. So not the biggest sample size.
So we'll see. But yeah, I mean. All right, moving on from the Yankees, though. Let's go. Yeah, let's talk about Ferneto Tatis for a second. And the Padres, they, the Tatis is playing out. It seems like he's going yard every single time he's up at the bat. It's crazy. It's crazy. I mean, Tyler just nodded his head from the other room.
He's out of his mind.
The game last night, you don't see a lot of stress free wins in the playoffs. The Padres absolutely dominated the Dodgers last season.
[00:20:27] Speaker D: Tied a major league post season record.
[00:20:30] Speaker A: With the Phillies from a year ago or two years ago when they were in the World Series.
Crazy, crazy, crazy stuff.
But the Dodgers fans, I want to talk about that for a second. Disgusting behavior. Absolutely despicable. Throwing baseballs at jerks and profar in left field, throwing beer cans and soda cans and whatever cans at Padres players in the bullpen.
It's disgusting. There's no place for that in sports.
And I think the Dodgers need to do something immediately about the fans who participated, because I remember the Yankees and Red Sox had something similar to that happen where a Yankee fan threw a ball at Alex Rodugo when he was a part of the Red Sox organization, and that fan was banned from attending any MLB event ever again for his entire life.
Banned him. Like so. I want, I expect to see the exact same thing happen. I'm not saying because I'm upset. I think it's justified. I think that Yankee fan should never be allowed back, and that's the case. But for these Dodgers fans, I think the same thing should. They should be getting at least bands from all Dodgers games going forward. It's disgusting behavior and there's no place for it in the sport.
[00:21:45] Speaker C: Yeah, I know it's not the team's fault, but the team itself should receive a huge fine. Set the tone and the team will start to say, going forward, you guys can't do this.
[00:21:55] Speaker A: Right?
[00:21:55] Speaker C: And especially, I don't, I mean, game one or game 162, it really doesn't have a place in any game, but especially in the playoffs. And if it's gonna delay the game, you can't have that. It's just, it's just terrible. And they were already getting, like, they were already losing anyway, and then they were losing even worse and worse after that. But, I mean, it sucks for, like, the game to be delayed. And what if you're a fan who actually, a respectful fan at that game, wants to watch the game?
[00:22:22] Speaker A: Watch the game.
[00:22:23] Speaker C: And you can't watch baseball because there's other fans throwing stuff on the field. It's kind of a joke.
[00:22:28] Speaker A: So another thing that I don't like about, or I guess shifting topics a little bit, TBS has.
I'm gonna go in on. I'm gonna go in a little bit right now. TBS broadcast of the divisional series makes me irate.
They, they minimize the crowd.
Bob Costas is a lot of adjectives that I cannot say on air. I mean, it's, he's a Yankee hater, and he's even worried their Kansas City royal fans are put in as announcers for the, for the divisional series. And he's also, like, so boring. Like, I don't want to be like, no. You know, listening to Bob Costas literally does a better job at putting a baby to sleep in a lullaby.
Moving on, let's talk.
[00:23:22] Speaker C: Well, I want to say one thing about that as well. I haven't been watching the Yankee games, like I said, but I agree with, from my perspective, it's, it's, when I watch the Mets games, it is so clear who the announcers want to win, and it shouldn't be like that when you're watching a game. So I don't know. It's so annoying when I'm trying to root for the Mets, and the announcers who are supposed to be objective and calling plays so clearly want the Phillies to win and think the Phillies are going to win the entire game. It sucks. So I haven't watched the Yankee games, but I'm sure that what you're saying is true. I mean, I like Ron darling when he calls Mets games, but he is a Mets former Met, and he calls, he's a part of, like, the Mets broadcasting crew. So I can understand, like, he probably isn't a huge fan of the Yankees, and I wouldn't be surprised if he lets that show in the game. So, I mean, also, in general, even outside of the broadcasting crews, I feel like the broadcasts themselves also just haven't been that great with like, the camera, like, I don't know. I mean, sometimes, like, well, also in the Wild card series, they like when ESPN was doing it. Thank God ESPN is not doing games anymore. Thank God. Because ESPN was interviewing brewers players while the game was happening. Like they were cutting away from game action to show interviews. It was so frustrating. And the win probability bar in the second inning when there's no one on base is. That makes me so mad. But thank goodness ESPN is not doing games anymore. But anyway, I don't know what you wanted to talk about next, Luke.
[00:24:50] Speaker A: I wanted to move on to the Tigers Guardians game today.
Absolute masterclass from scuba.
Scoreless game going in late, first and second two outs in the 8th inning. They bring in the Guardians, bring in class A and Bobby Witt. Sorry, Bobby Witt's coming up to the plate. Stephen Kwan makes an unbelievable catch. Maybe catch, maybe not catch. A little bit of a controversial call. I think he had it. I think it hit the, like the thumb webbing of his glove before. A lot of people say it looked like it bounced. It's, it's tough, but I think they made the right call there.
Crazy saves. The run, though, saves runs from scoring. Just absolutely crazy. Crazy. And then in the top of the 9th inning, center fielder for the Tigers jumps up, makes an unbelievable catch, which would probably be a home run in a lot of ballparks.
But you know how the Guardians got that tall, that tall wall in center field makes a crazy catch there and then Kerry Carpenter in the top of the 9th inning.
Yeah. Off of the best closer we've seen since the Sandman who throws 101 with cut, gives up a three run absolute sky ball. Ball was hit like 7 miles in the air. Kerry Carpenter, three run homer. Crazy. Absolutely crazy. 443ft I would love to know the launch angle on that.
[00:26:37] Speaker C: That is absurd.
[00:26:40] Speaker B: What?
[00:26:40] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:26:41] Speaker C: I mean, that is a crazy homer. I think that one thing that makes me, like, annoyed from a managerial position as well, and this is what I felt yesterday and yesterday's game with the Mets. Is that it? I don't, especially in the playoffs when you have arms and youre playing five games, I don't understand why you put in a closer before the 9th inning. I know they were struggling and they had runners allowed, runners on first and second in the 8th, but honestly, I would rather put in another pitcher to get that one out and then put in class A in the 9th inning. I just feel like it messes up the momentum for guys who really don't pitch outside of the 9th inning. Classe really has only gone 9th inning, one, two, three for this whole season. He hasn't really seen the 8th inning very much. And same thing with Edwin Diaz.
[00:27:24] Speaker A: But you got to know that you're going to be put in that situation at some point in the playoffs. You got to be ready for that.
[00:27:30] Speaker C: He did throw a terrible pitch. It was such a bad pitch. So, I mean, he'll, he'll lock in later. I mean, you have to assume. But it's a good win for the Tigers. I mean, I don't know how many games they have left in them, but, I mean, you have to think that this, when Scuba steps on the mound, you're winning that game.
[00:27:49] Speaker A: Right, honey?
[00:27:50] Speaker C: So if they make the championship series guaranteed, they could win two games. So it's gonna be really hard to go against them. And especially even with the mentality that if you go in and you're facing scuba, you lost. It's such a hard mentality to go.
[00:28:03] Speaker A: In with so hard an opposing team. You cannot go in with that.
[00:28:06] Speaker C: I know.
[00:28:06] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:06] Speaker C: But also, then you go up and face him and then, I mean, third time through the order, and he's still. It's so hard to get a hit on off of.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: I saw, I saw a graphic. I think I'll probably be in a few numbers off. I was just watching the game the other day, and they, they popped up a graphic where his third time through the order this year is the MLB average on total opposing Ops. His third time through the order.
[00:28:34] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:28:34] Speaker A: Is equal or around the same in the realm of the same MLB average as their total overall opponent ops.
Insane. Insane. He deserves a Cy young, and he's gonna win it.
[00:28:49] Speaker C: They showed that stat with Zach Wheeler, too, in the Mets game.
[00:28:51] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:52] Speaker C: I mean, they had to pull him because he was at 100 pitches, but third time through the order, he's still only allowing like a 650 OPS.
[00:28:58] Speaker A: Why?
[00:28:58] Speaker C: I mean, it's crazy how good Zach Wheeler is. And they lost his start and he's not gonna win the scion.
[00:29:04] Speaker A: Yeah, it's insane. Yeah. But we mentioned a stat earlier. Somebody texted in our, in our little show group chat that we have with class A, giving up three runs or five runs all year. Five earned runs all year and then gives up three today. It's baseball. That's baseball. That's baseball.
[00:29:27] Speaker C: Devin Williams did it. I mean, Strahm for the Phillies has been good all season and has like a 36 era in the playoffs now because he's just been getting lit up by the Mets. So crazy.
[00:29:38] Speaker A: I wanted, I wanted to go back to game one of the Yankees, Garrett Cole's struggling a little bit, and they panned to the Yankees bullpen. And Clay Holmes is warming up. And I'm like, oh, well, isn't this just like, textbook? Like, first pitcher to come out of the bullpen in October is going to be Clay Holmes. I'm sitting there, I'm like, are we, are we serious? He dealt, though, to be fair, the two guys that I've been killing all year, Clay Holmes and Alex Verdugo, are the reasons we won, are two of the biggest reasons we won game one. So, I mean, hey, if they want to keep doing that, that'd be great. But my dad, my dad texted me during the game, you see, you know, the worst part of Holmes doing so well there is that now he's going to be called upon in another, like, tough situation here in the playoffs because he just proved that he can, he can get it done.
[00:30:30] Speaker D: Knowing Boone, he's gonna move him back.
[00:30:32] Speaker A: Don't even, don't, don't even.
But now we got, obviously, a tie series in Cleveland going back to.
We got three three DS series that are all tied going into game four or going into game three. Sorry.
The Padres tied it up last night with that crazy win that they had. Obviously, the Phillies tied it up with that rollercoaster game.
And then today we just talked about the Tigers tying it up. I hope that trend does not continue and I hope the Yankees take a two nothing lead in this series. That would be cool.
But, you know, I'm prepared for anything and everything with this team.
But another thing I want, I did want to touch up on was how, how do you guys see the next few games going for. Well, let's talk game. Yeah, let's talk game threes because, and we'll leave the Yankees off this because obviously they're not done with game two. But with the, with the game three is every, every series tied going back to San Diego, going back to the queens, and now going back to Detroit.
Who do you guys think wins game three for each other? So we'll start with. Let's start with. Start with going back to Queens with the Mets. Do you think the Mets take game three against NOLA, or do you think they dropped the game three? Talk to me.
[00:32:10] Speaker C: I mean, it's hard to be confident as a Mets fan. Like I said, like I want to. Even last week, I wanted to say that I didn't even want think the Mets could win two games out of three in the wild card because they just find ways to lose games so frequently, but with how they won. Game won. And like I said, even being able to take one game in the hardest environment to play in, they were rattling the Phillies all day yesterday. Almost came so close to winning that game. They out hit the Phillies yesterday. I don't want to sound overconfident, and I really don't want to be because I don't want want to have expectations that just get smoked because it's the Mets. But I really think that the Mets can win game three and game four and pop champagne and queens and move on to the championship series because also the Mets played the Phillies at home. The last series at home for the Mets a couple weeks ago, and every game was sold out because the fans knew it was playoffs. Basically, it was playoffs or bust. And the Mets owned the Phillies that weekend. They won three of four and the fans were getting into it. Francisco Lindor hasn't played in Citi Field in a month because of his back injury. He has not played a home. He's going to get the biggest homecoming ever. Pete Alonso in what could be his last home series. You never know. He's going to get a huge homecoming. I mean, the fans are getting into it. I mean, it's a great time to be a Mets fan. The games are going to be sold out. The fans are going to be so hype. And Sean mania dealt in the playoffs in game two and the wild card, I wouldn't be surprised if he shoves again. And same thing with Quintana in game four. I mean, he was a beast against the brewers, so. And the Mets offense has been dealing. I mean, I think the Mets can win game three pretty, pretty handily, but like I said, anything can happen. It's the playoffs. The Phillies have a demon roster. That's insane. But also, the Mets have back to back lefties starting game three, game four. And the Phillies have a lefty heavy lineup, so there's that, too. I think the Mets can win game three. I really do.
[00:34:09] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I think it's, with that series, I think it's a total toss up. I mean, from what I've seen in the first two games of that series, I don't know. The Phillies have so much fight in them. The Mets have so much fight in them. It's like it's not over until the actual last pitch of the game is what it seems like in that series. I think it's total toss up, but. But I don't know. I feel like it's gonna go five games. I think it's gonna go, I don't know in what order, but I think it's gonna go five games.
We'll see what you said, Sam.
[00:34:40] Speaker D: Yeah, I agree with that.
[00:34:42] Speaker A: All right, well, moving on. Padres, Dodgers.
[00:34:47] Speaker D: I think the Padres take it home in four.
[00:34:49] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:49] Speaker D: Yeah. I think they own Walker Bueller tomorrow night. And I don't even know the pitching matchup for next year, but I think they win both games.
[00:34:56] Speaker A: I was going to take the Padre, the Padres, to win the series. They just look too good offensively. And, I mean, and they just. I don't know, I feel like they just always beat the Dodgers. Like, the Dodgers just can't win against the Padres. I don't know, but I think. I think that game might go five to five games, too. It could end in four if the Padres really just lock it in. But. But I don't know.
[00:35:23] Speaker C: I think it's tough. I can see it going. Any outcome I could see. Dodgers in four, Padres in four, Dodgers in five or Padres in five? Seriously, I think that the Padres will win game three, though. I think that. I mean, it's king on the mound again, and Walker Bueller has not looked good all season. It's back in San Diego. The fans will be into it. Tatis has been a beast. We talked about that already. I mean, the whole lineup is just crazy right now. So I think the Padres will win tomorrow. Pitching matchup is not out for game four. So, I mean, it's hard to make a prediction when you don't know who's pitching.
But I think that the Padres, with the momentum after games two and three, if they do win game three, I think they could easily win game four. But also, the Dodgers, I mean, they're just so good on paper. I mean, Ohtani, in game two was terrible, but in game one, Ohtani, in his first playoff game ever, did not disappoint. I mean, Mookie bets and Freddie Freeman are always do. I mean, they have guys in the lineup who are always due. So it's. It's so hard to pick against the Dodgers. But with that being said, I do think the Padres will win the series, but, I mean, it's, it's. That is not an easy pick at all.
[00:36:30] Speaker A: I don't think they're all, they're all tough, but I think another game, another series, which I think's gone five games, Detroit and Cleveland, I mean, those teams are. They. They match up so well. It's like, it's like, I feel like the Guardians are just a little bit better I feel like they're, like, the a team and they're the b team or, like, varsity and jv, whatever it is. But, like, those teams match up so well with each other. I can't, like, explain it, but it's just like. It feels like every game is going to be so close, and, I mean, apart from game one. Yeah, Tigers didn't really look that good in game one. But after that bounce back today, I think they come with momentum going back to Detroit, and I think they could win. They're going to take a series.
Take the series lead, I think, in game three.
Go, go. Sorry. Score glaber.
[00:37:26] Speaker C: Score glaber.
[00:37:27] Speaker A: 10, Yankees. Let's go. Let's go. All right.
[00:37:30] Speaker D: Playoff stands back.
[00:37:32] Speaker A: He didn't hit that ball that hard. That might be an error. I don't know. It looked like he got a little bit out front of that ball.
[00:37:38] Speaker D: That was a tough hop.
[00:37:39] Speaker C: No way.
[00:37:39] Speaker A: They come in, Bobby Witton never makes errors. But I don't know.
[00:37:43] Speaker C: I think that. I don't know. Like you said, luke, I think that your analysis is pretty spot on. I think the Guardians and the Tigers have such, like, similar, like, teams in general. Like, they have a well balanced lineup with, like. I mean, they have, like, one superstar player. I would say that. But for the Tigers, I mean, Riley Green is a beast. And obviously, for the Guardians, it's J Ram. And the rest of the lineup isn't, like, over the top super all Star, but they have a perfectly balanced nine man lineup with great starting pitching and even better bullpens. But I just think the Guardians are better in all those. I think the Guardians have a slightly better lineup, slightly better starting pitching, and a slightly better bullpen.
[00:38:20] Speaker A: I would give them the edge, but it's all. It's right there.
[00:38:22] Speaker C: It's all. It's all matchups because, I mean, game two, scuba just dominated today, and the Tigers won. So it really is all about matchups. It's about who performs well on that specific day. But I also don't think that class eight sells any chance he gets from here on out. So I think that. I think that the Guardians will win tomorrow. But also, I mean, all these games are hard to pick because it is going back to Detroit. And this is the first time Detroit is seeing playoff base ball in Detroit since 2016. So it's gonna be. It's gonna be crazy. So it really is a hard pick to make as well. But I. This is the one that I think the higher seed wins tomorrow, and I think it will be Cleveland.
[00:39:03] Speaker A: All right. Yeah. And we're gonna head to break now. We'll be back in just a minute here on section.
WVuafm Tuscaloosa, hi, welcome back to student section MLB.
While we were on break, Carlos Redone gave up a home run to Salvador Perez and I'm not happy.
But moving on, we got just a short segment here just to wrap up things, talking, looking ahead, it's hard to say, obviously with the game going on right now, but how many games do you guys think this Yankees Royal series goes to? I would like to say the Yankees win it in three or four, but obviously not sure how today, how the rest of this game is going to go as it's one, one in the top of the fourth right now with nobody out.
I don't, I'd like to say four games. I'd see it going four games. I, if it, I could also see it going five and I could also see us sweeping.
[00:40:23] Speaker B: But if the Yankees win this game, I'll sweep it. You think if the Royals win, it goes to five?
[00:40:28] Speaker A: I think you're right. I think that's fair.
[00:40:30] Speaker C: I think that the Yankees, I mean, it's hard to tell with this game obviously going on right now, which we just said, but I mean, I brought it up before. The Yankees played some of their worst baseball and still won. So if they start playing better, which they should down this stretch because it is the playoffs, I think they're just going to sweep. I do. Because they're not going to play that bad again. I mean, the Royals are good. I'm not trying to discredit the Royals, but it's also the Yankees.
I think that the Yankees will win this game when it's said and done. And then I think that if they have that momentum, they'll just win game three. But it's also hard to tell.
[00:41:04] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, long way to go. I, I really, I think, I think that's a fair assessment, though. If we win this game, I think we could go out and sweep.
[00:41:12] Speaker C: But I wanted to bring something up. I wanted to hear your guys opinion on this. So we, I mean, this, this is feeding into this. So we probably spent what, like five minutes talking about the wild card series because of how boring it was. So this is the third season with the wild, the new wild card, expanded wild card with a three games wild card series. And out of three years doing this, only one, only two times has there been a game three. And even with the game threes, every team who's won game one wins the series. So I just wanted to hear your guys thoughts on now that it's been three years, it's been a decent amount of time on the expanded playoffs. I mean, I'm not going to complain because it benefited the Mets. The Mets wouldn't have made the playoffs if there wasn't a succeed and now they're rolling. But, and also you could say that about the past two National League pennant winners have been six seeds. So I think it is interesting. But then the wild card series these past three years have just been so boring. So, and it's been so like, I don't know. I wanted to hear your guys thoughts on the expanded playoff.
[00:42:10] Speaker B: I think they should do expanded, but be one and done.
[00:42:13] Speaker A: I agree. The wild card series gets. I think the MLB was getting at an advantage for divisional winners or series. Yeah, like, like division winners. It was supposed to be a, like a competitive advantage, having days off, but being away from starting pitching and being rusty and having teams get hot. It's, we've seen it every year and teams get hot like the Phillies in the first year of it, the Diamondbacks last year and now, I mean, maybe the Mets, who knows? But it happens. Like teams get hot by playing in those wild card series and I think there's no more advantage to the, I mean, yeah, rest is nice, but too much rest can be bad. And I think that there might be better ways to go about it. I like the formatting. I like the idea. But you know, I think there's better ways to go about the whole, you know, playoff format.
[00:43:15] Speaker B: I think.
I don't know. I don't know. Because either way it hadn't benefited the Braves. I'm trying to be objective about it, but we were in the wild card series this year. We had to travel from Atlanta after playing two games on a Monday. We had to travel to San Diego from Atlanta to play just that very next day right after we just clinched the playoffs. But then on that same note, the last two years we have gotten the buy.
[00:43:43] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:43:44] Speaker B: Just to lose. I don't know what to do. I think it's weird that if you, if you win your division, you can still, you can still be bumped so quick because like I said, I think it should be expanded playoff, but one and done.
I don't know.
[00:44:02] Speaker A: It's like they kind of have the best scenario. They kind of have the best scenario. It's just like it doesn't work for all parties.
[00:44:09] Speaker C: A little poor because I think that it's like, I felt like the Mets game 161, 162 against the Braves felt more like playoffs than the wild card series itself did because the Mets, it was, it was like our best against your best. You need to win to make the playoffs.
[00:44:29] Speaker B: Y'all's wild card series.
[00:44:30] Speaker A: That was the, I mean, it was.
[00:44:32] Speaker C: Playoffs hours and it was not. Well, yeah, and I'm not going to say like, I mean, the Mets brewers series certainly did not disappoint, but also the other three of them did. So I mean, it's kind of hard to. And especially, I mean, if you're a fan of a team and your team loses game one, then what happens? You just lose the series? I mean, it hasn't happened yet that a team has come back after losing one game to win the next two. I don't know when it will. I mean, you got to think it happens soon, but I don't know when it will. And if I'm just an objective fan watching wild card series, if a team wins game one, I might not even watch game two because I'll just assume that they win and it's wraps. So, I mean, it's hard because I'm all for more teams making the playoffs, but it's also hard for baseball because why play 162 games if a team who loses 20 more games throughout the season makes the playoffs and then gets hot and they win? I mean, that's no discredit to a team like that because that's literally the Mets right now and the Tigers. But I mean, it definitely discredits from the teams who do better, like the Dodgers and the Phillies, who are currently down to teams who have lost 15 more games in the regular season. And same thing with the Cleveland Guardians. The Guardians won the division with the Tigers in their division. They won 15 more games. And now the series is tied.
[00:45:45] Speaker B: So what I was going to say is that the Mets. Hold on, in 2022, that's won 100 games. Yeah, we both, Braves and Mets both had 101 wins. And in the wild card round, y'all had to play the Padres and they won game one. I think they won game two.
[00:46:03] Speaker C: No, well, that was the one. So the two series out of what? Twelve? So twelve. Two of them have gone to game three and both of them have involved the Mets. So it was the Mets one game two because deGrom started and forced a game three. And then the Padres owned the Mets in game three.
[00:46:18] Speaker B: So then what I was gonna. Oh, yeah, that was when y'all checked Joe Musgrove's ear. Yeah, but no, that was the Padres. They didn't even reach 90 wins and y'all had to play them at 101 wins. I don't see how that's fair.
[00:46:31] Speaker C: That's what I'm saying.
[00:46:32] Speaker B: I don't.
[00:46:32] Speaker C: The Padres won 89 games in 2022, and the Mets won 101.
[00:46:36] Speaker B: Should they do another expansion, then? Be like, the division winners get the buy and there's no three bys. Wouldn't work.
[00:46:44] Speaker C: No, it would. It would be hard because, I mean.
[00:46:47] Speaker B: Just make it the NBA playoffs.
[00:46:49] Speaker C: Everybody. MLB playing would be so silly.
[00:46:53] Speaker B: Everyone but the White Sox and the Rockies.
[00:46:55] Speaker C: Yeah, like 2020, basically.
[00:46:59] Speaker A: We don't talk about the 2020 post.
[00:47:02] Speaker B: Shane Bieber won the triple crown that year. And Trevor Bowery.
[00:47:06] Speaker A: Bieber is good, though.
[00:47:08] Speaker C: Whatever fan. I mean, he was injured down here last year, but.
[00:47:17] Speaker B: All right, then let's go over who won the MVP. Freddie Freeman. Awesome. Jose Abreyou.
[00:47:22] Speaker A: Yeah, that was crazy good.
[00:47:25] Speaker C: Over 60 games, that's for sure.
[00:47:27] Speaker A: Mm hmm.
[00:47:28] Speaker C: But.
[00:47:29] Speaker B: Well, Yankees are down.
[00:47:32] Speaker A: Yankees.
[00:47:33] Speaker B: Luke wasn't gonna say it.
[00:47:34] Speaker A: Lost on a base hit from Tommy Pham, who somehow keeps hitting at the age.
[00:47:43] Speaker C: He's been on, like four teams this season.
[00:47:45] Speaker A: He's been on eight teams in the past two years.
[00:47:47] Speaker C: Oh, and his career last year was on the Mets, got traded to the Diamondbacks this year. He started in Chicago, got traded to St. Louis. DFA'd joined. I swear he joined, like, the Diamondbacks again. And then he's on the, I don't know. He's joined a bunch of.
[00:48:01] Speaker B: So there's, there's positional. There's positional wild cards like John Birdie or Jazz Chisholm. And then you just have Tommy Fanny's like, dude, I'm gonna win a game for 13 different teams this year.
[00:48:12] Speaker C: Yeah, he's a very, I mean, it's crazy how many teams he's been on in the past two. Yeah, he's been on five teams in the past two years, but somehow he's been pretty decent on all of them. Like, he's been decent in how his stint on every team stole a base.
[00:48:27] Speaker A: Of at the age of 30. Whatever.
[00:48:28] Speaker B: He is 36, and he was moving at the speed of nothing.
[00:48:33] Speaker A: Bad pitch. Bad throw that.
[00:48:35] Speaker B: Ian Hamilton warming up.
[00:48:36] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:48:37] Speaker C: Lots of the Yankees have had issues all year throwing out baseball.
[00:48:41] Speaker B: I don't know.
[00:48:42] Speaker A: I don't know that.
[00:48:44] Speaker B: I know that's irritating for y'all. I'm not trying to egg it on.
[00:48:47] Speaker A: That.
[00:48:47] Speaker B: That's just irritating.
[00:48:48] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:48:48] Speaker B: Coming from an objective point of view.
[00:48:50] Speaker C: Right.
[00:48:52] Speaker A: He's got to get out of this. Would stop the pleading.
[00:48:55] Speaker B: No, but what I was gonna say is. Cause I don't know how much, how much time we have left, but by our next show, the, cause I looked at it, this upcoming Friday and Saturday will, if all games go to five games, this upcoming Friday and Saturday will end the division series. So the championship series, which is that, seven games then. Yeah. Championship series starts Sunday, week from yesterday. So we will have the four teams that could have our World Series matchups. And I want to know, completely objective from three people that are still in the playoffs and me, what y'all think the World Series matchup is gonna be?
[00:49:39] Speaker C: Subway. Serious subway series. Subway series.
[00:49:42] Speaker A: I could see it being a subway series. I could see Yankees, Padres. I can see Padres and guardians. I can see.
[00:49:54] Speaker B: Go through all eight of them.
[00:49:55] Speaker A: Yeah.
Well, I just wanted, I wanted to provide one that wasn't the Yankees coming out of the AL, but I could see the Yankee. I could see, but I could also see Yankees, Phillies. It's like the NL is such a toss up. It's the Yankees league to win. To lose. They should.
I'm not discounting any of these teams, but it's three AL central teams. The path has never been this easy for the Yankees.
[00:50:18] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:50:19] Speaker A: I'm not discounting the Royals or the Guardians by any means, or even the Tigers. But what I'm saying is it is, it's ours to lose right now. And that's why I think we might be able to figure out.
[00:50:32] Speaker B: I hope I'm either. I'm either spot on with predictions or I'm completely terrible. Like when I'm talking about the Braves in the playoffs or what I'm talking about sail coming out of nowhere and getting a healthy season. So I'm gonna throw it out there. I see only three options. I see the biggest tv series, which is gonna be Yankees, Dodgers. That's pretty obvious.
[00:50:51] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:50:51] Speaker B: I see Padres, Tigers.
[00:50:53] Speaker A: It's not crazy.
[00:50:54] Speaker B: Which, very, granted, you may not get a lot of viewership, but that is very, very hot team.
[00:51:00] Speaker A: Very hot. Very.
[00:51:01] Speaker B: Well, I, weirdly enough, I only see the Tigers. Are Yankees coming out of the AL. I only see the Tigers or Yankees. And I don't know why. I don't know what's happening with the, with the Guardians. I think I need to see game three to figure out how I feel.
[00:51:14] Speaker C: Yeah, 100%. 100%. I think that's the thing for every series.
[00:51:17] Speaker B: I think what's weird is that I need to see class a come in in a safe situation, and if he blows it, the Guardians will not, it will not perform.
[00:51:24] Speaker C: Oh, well, of course.
[00:51:25] Speaker B: And the other game that I see happening, I only see Yankees die.
[00:51:30] Speaker A: Yankees are one.
[00:51:31] Speaker B: I see are all right. I see. I see either Yankees, Dodgers, I see padres, Tigers, or I see Mets, Tigers.
[00:51:39] Speaker C: That would be a fun one. I think best.
[00:51:41] Speaker B: I want to see. I kind of want to see Mets Tigers simply because it's the two hottest teams in baseball.
[00:51:46] Speaker C: That would be a super fun one.
[00:51:48] Speaker B: I think that every game would have eleven or more runs score.
[00:51:50] Speaker C: Oh, yeah. Or there would just be one random shutdown. Well, when Scuba stars or Tarek.
[00:51:56] Speaker B: Scuba throws two perfect games in a.
[00:51:58] Speaker C: Series, I mean, honestly, it could happen. I think that one thing that I actually saw this earlier today, and I just saw it again, which is very cool to note, if the Mets win the division series, Jeff McNeil will be on the championship roster, the NLCS roster, which is pretty cool because he had a really huge second half before he got injured. So it'd be awesome to have him back. Another lefty in the lineup would be great. That's besides the point. I think that I said this last week, and I still agree, whoever wins Yankees Royals is making the World Series. I said whoever wins that side of the, that side of the bracket would be in the World Series before because I thought the Orioles would beat the Royals. So I said either Orioles or Yankees. And then I said Royals. If they do win, I don't see Cleveland or the Tigers beating whoever wins this series. I think the two best teams in the american league are right now, the Yankees and the Royals. So I think whoever wins that series makes the World Series. And then, like Luke said, I really think that NL is a complete toss up. Really, all four of these teams have an equal chance in my mind of making the, making the World Series, winning the pennant. I think that. I do think that the Mets beat the Phillies and I do think that Padres beat the Dodgers. So I do think it will be a Mets versus Padres 2022 rematch like we just talked about. But this time over seven games, and that one is going to be a really fun one to watch. If it does happen, it's going to be hard to say the Mets win because the Padres are just so, so, so stacked.
[00:53:20] Speaker B: It's two very hot teams in the Mets and Padres, and then you have two powerhouses in the Phillies and Dodgers.
[00:53:25] Speaker C: 100%.
[00:53:26] Speaker B: There is not a single part of me that doesn't agree with you when you were saying the NL is a complete toss up.
[00:53:31] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:53:31] Speaker B: It's just whoever decides to get hot, like, I mean, Mark Vientos, he had how many total he had what, eleven total bases in game two against and y'all lost.
[00:53:41] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:53:42] Speaker B: That is how good offensively the team is, just for even hotter hitting to be.
[00:53:47] Speaker C: So I think that my, I do think the Yankees win this series and therefore the pennant. So I think my two World Series matchups that I could see, like I said, 100% equally happening. Like 50%, 50%. I really don't see either of these happening above. The other is Yankees Padres Juan Soto revenge game. That'd be interesting.
And then Yankees Mets subway series. Those are the two World Series matchups that I have right now. I think both of those would be so fun to watch. I would love to see the Mets in the World Series, but either of those matchups would be so, so fun.
[00:54:18] Speaker B: All I know is that for this offseason, I need to see a turnaround because the Braves went from winning the World Series as a complete underdog to now amazing season bounced when we see the Phillies amazing season bounce when we see the Phillies injury filled season bounced to the Padres. So we hadn't, we haven't won a playoff series since the Astros in 2021.
[00:54:38] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:54:39] Speaker A: All right, well, that'll do it here on Monday, October 7 here on student section MLB. We will be right back next week with even more playoffs series. Can't wait. All right, we'll see.
