Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVUafm Tuscaloosa and welcome back to student section MLB here on Monday, September 30. I'm your host Luke Tory, joined by.
[00:00:20] Speaker B: Tyler Harrison, Luke Anderson and Davis Cornell.
[00:00:23] Speaker A: And we have an action packed show for you guys today.
Before we get into all playoffs and all that stuff, we do have some sad news.
All time hits leader Pete Rose, who was banned from baseball for betting on the sport has died at the age of 83. Rest in peace to him. And I mean obviously one of the greats. Obviously his whole situation will probably keep him out of the hall of Fame forever.
But nonetheless, great career and obviously huge name in the baseball world. Rest in peace to him.
Thoughts?
[00:01:00] Speaker B: I mean I think he should be inducted post mortem because I mean he didn't, he didn't bet and then throw games.
[00:01:07] Speaker A: Right.
I mean but I don't know. It's. Rules are rules. Yeah, I guess it's terrible because the.
[00:01:16] Speaker B: All time leader in home runs and hits both won't be in the hall.
[00:01:19] Speaker A: Right. Right.
It's a shame. Maybe.
I don't know. Maybe. Maybe he will. Who knows? Down the line maybe things will change. Maybe they'll make a change to a rule.
[00:01:33] Speaker B: Hopefully.
[00:01:33] Speaker A: Who knows? But nonetheless, rest in peace to him. Now let's get into the fun stuff. Today was awesome. As a baseball fan, seeing that first game, game of the year in, I mean back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. That was incredible to watch as a non fan of those teams. I can't even imagine being a fan of one of those teams watching that game given the situation that, you know, we had here today. But I mean you look at, you look at like the, the winning projections, the win probability. It's like the, the LA, after the 7th inning, it's like all the way up, all the way down, all the way up, all the way down, all the way up, all the way down.
[00:02:20] Speaker B: I mean that's like my emotions during the game.
[00:02:23] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean I bet. 8th inning, the Mets were trailing three nothing and Francisco Alvarez doubled when door singled. Iglesia singled. Viento sac fly Nemo homer. They take a six three lead. Six run, 8th inning and then the Met. The Braves go out there in the bottom of the 8th and they go take the lead. Kelnick gets an infield single and that scores a run. And then Alby's hits a basis clearing trip, basically double seven six. Braves going into the 9th and then Lindor, top of the 9th run homer to get the lead. Eight seven. That's the final score. I mean pass and said it earlier on Twitter. I'd have to pull up his tweet. He basically, game of the year. I mean, spec, crazy, crazy, crazy stuff on both sides, back and forth all in the last two innings of the game.
[00:03:14] Speaker B: Also, Edwin Diaz pitched 50 pitches, that is on no days rest after pitching 20 something yesterday, refused to come out of the game. 23 hits combined, 15 runs combined. And of those 15 runs, what happened?
[00:03:28] Speaker C: It was three nothing in the 8th and top of the 8th inning and the score was eight to seven.
[00:03:33] Speaker B: Final of those 15 runs, twelve of them came in the final two innings.
[00:03:39] Speaker A: It's ridiculous. And it was a joy to watch from you guys. I want to hear from Luke, you first, because you know, the Mets won and.
All right, we'll get to you later. We'll get to you later. The Mets won first game, clinch the spot in the playoffs. In that fashion. Walk me through, through your feelings during that game.
[00:03:59] Speaker C: Well, I mean, first of all, you explained it. It was crazy. I mean, even outside of the context of the game, I mean, one of the games ever. And you consider the fact that whoever wins this game is in the playoffs and whoever loses is on the verge of missing the playoffs. It is insane context. And I watched the whole game from the first pitch until I had to go and I had to go to work for like not even 30 minutes. But I mean, Schwallenbach was shoving. That was hard to watch. I mean, he was getting through, he got through six innings with not throwing more than 15 pitches in each inning. The offense was just struggling, which was already a bad sign. Tyler McGill pitched actually one of his better starts of the season. I think he had eight strikeouts, which is an impressive number. He just made two pretty poor pitches, one to Ozzy, albeit, so I'm going to mention later, but I mean, Ozzy, albeit with a crazy game, hitting from the right side against right handers.
[00:04:54] Speaker A: Yeah. Right. He doesn't do because I guess that's like his injury, right? They don't want him batting lefty with his wrist.
[00:05:00] Speaker B: Yeah, his follow through would hurt his wrist.
[00:05:03] Speaker A: That makes sense. But at least he's complaining.
[00:05:06] Speaker B: He's a power bat against righties when he's batting lefty, but he's a contact, like he bets, I think like 260 against righties with more home runs. But then against lefties, he bets like 360 right with less home run. I don't understand.
[00:05:18] Speaker C: Yeah, but I, but I mean, he doesn't see.
[00:05:19] Speaker A: Is that, is that more? Yeah, he doesn't see. Right. He's from the right side. He's swinging right handed, but he's seeing it out of the left.
[00:05:25] Speaker C: They talked about it before they started. He was like, he had two hits, one extra base hit, and three hits total since his time back off the IL. And he comes in and has five RBI in commence, which is insane, but, I mean, I had to go work for a half hour in the top of the 8th inning, and I come back, and I get in my car, and I looked at my phone, I said, oh, my gosh. I thought. I truly thought the game was over. And not just that, I thought the season was over. I thought if the Mets, you know, in a win now game on the road, if they couldn't come out and score or do anything, they were leaving. They left six runners in scoring position through the first seven innings. I didn't think they had any chance of winning game two. It was a struggle. And then I come back, and they're up six three. And I was like, holy cow. Like, the Mets might make the playoffs, but I said to myself, I said, you know what? This game isn't over. Like, there's six outs. Like, anything can happen. If the Mets can have a six run inning, the Braves certainly can do it, too. And then what do you know? Well, Phil NATO came in. I think they pulled him too early. I mean, he let up one run, up three, and they pulled him to make Diaz get a five out save, which is crazy to me. Diaz doesn't cover first base on a Jared Kelnick roller that Pete Alonso makes a great play on. That should have been an out. And then, I mean, he makes a bad pitch to Ozzy, albeit, and then the Mets are losing. And, I mean, it was. That was hard to watch, too, because I don't know why Diaz pitched yesterday because the Mets were up five nothing, and Diaz pitched. I think they should have waited to have him pitch today. And then. Yeah, Tyler said he threw 50 pitches. He came back out in the 9th after Lindor saved the season, and I was screaming at my phone, what are we doing? I said, why is Diaz in the game?
[00:06:55] Speaker A: What are we doing?
[00:06:56] Speaker C: And one pitch in, one out. And then he, and he fought to stay in the game. And, I mean, he deserved it. I mean, he closed out the game, and impressive stuff by him. He got squeezed on a couple of pitches that I was yelling at the tv at. Two strike, slider up in the zone. That caught the top of the zone. That should have been a punch out that I was frustrated resulted in a hit. But, I mean, way to fight through it for Diaz, way to fight through it for the team. I mean, Marta pinch hit and got on in the, in the 8th, and then he singled in the 9th and Lindor scored him. I mean, as soon as Lindor hit that, I mean, he like, grimaced at it and the announcers didn't know. I knew it was a home run. I was jumping up and down. It was. It was insane because like I said, I didn't think the Mets had any chance of winning game two if they lost game one. I really did. So I'm excited that the Mets are in the playoffs. It was such a good game. It really was.
[00:07:44] Speaker A: And I mean, after game one, you know, you're on the ropes. This is the last game y'all gotta win. You should have Criselle on the mount. You're expecting to have Crissel on the mound and walk me through. You see that?
[00:07:59] Speaker B: Apparently he had back spasms last night from lord knows what.
We'll get into it, but he's now projected to not play in any of the wild card games.
I know I'm going to ramble if I start talking about that. Grant Holmes comes in and throws four no hit innings with seven strikeouts and.
[00:08:17] Speaker C: Then through the order with like seven strikeouts through the first. Through the order.
[00:08:22] Speaker B: Dude, I saw it. I saw it. I was like, man, what if this one two game punch is like game of the year and then a perfect game? That's going to be amazing.
[00:08:29] Speaker A: I mean, yeah, it's very impressive that the Braves bounced back the way that they did after that loss.
[00:08:37] Speaker B: When they don't play Lindor, Jose Iglesia.
[00:08:39] Speaker C: All right, listen, they don't ask how you get there. It is a little embarrassing that they played worse when the stakes were higher at home against Joey Lacaze with Eddie Alvarez in the starting lineup.
With Joey Lackeys starting, who hasn't made a start in like four months and.
[00:08:59] Speaker A: Already talk about a punt lineup.
[00:09:01] Speaker C: I mean, it was, it was a.
[00:09:02] Speaker B: Little, they punted on second down.
[00:09:04] Speaker A: Yeah, it's for, it's second and goal from the three and they just kicked a field goal.
[00:09:10] Speaker C: I was like, how is Joey Lacaze pitching better than McGill when the Braves need to win this game even more than they needed to win the first game? But I mean, shout out to the Braves. They took care of business. Even in a slightly embarrassing fashion, they did get it done. Sucks if you're a Diamondbacks fan, just having to watch that from your couch.
[00:09:28] Speaker B: What I'm mostly excited about.
[00:09:29] Speaker A: Yeah, right. The Diamondbacks. I mean, think about that all day, the first game, they're just sitting in their clubhouse just watching because there's no implication.
[00:09:38] Speaker B: Whoever wins the first game, then have cheerful.
[00:09:40] Speaker A: That's who they root for in the second game. So it's like they're just watching baseball. They're just like, no implications. And then the switch gets flipped and they're like, all right, we're Mets fans.
[00:09:48] Speaker C: I mean, it kind of sucks because they had to know that whoever wins the first game, if the Braves win the first game, Chris sales not playing like, everyone's. Ozzy albeast isn't playing.
[00:09:56] Speaker A: But then again, I did expect, I did not expect, like, the whole punt lineup thing to be in effect. I mean, like, this is like, yankees, Red Sox. And if this situation happens, Yankees, Red Sox, the other team is trying to get the other one out of the playoffs.
[00:10:13] Speaker B: Yeah, I was a little surprised when they, when I saw that opening live, I was like, all right, Lindor is out. All right. Iglesias is out.
[00:10:21] Speaker A: All right.
[00:10:23] Speaker B: They started. Joey.
[00:10:26] Speaker A: Is it Joey Lacaze?
[00:10:27] Speaker B: Lacaze. I was like, huh? All right. I mean, I was like, I would, like, I would. I was already mad. Cause Chris Sale wasn't starting. I was like, man, I'm so sad. And then Grant Holmes starts, and he had been doing well his last two starts. I mean, his last start, I think. I think against the Royals, he pitched like six innings, gave up a run. I was like, all right, we need that. We need that. That's fine. And then he pitched four no hit innings. I think Reynaldo Lopez came in for, for some relief. I know Dylan Lee came in when he should have came in instead of Pierce Johnson in the first game. And then Ryzela Glacias gets the save. He was 34 for 40 on save opportunities this season.
[00:11:05] Speaker A: Pretty, pretty good.
[00:11:06] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:11:08] Speaker A: A sub two era, 34 for 37.
[00:11:13] Speaker B: 34. Oh, wow. That's an even better percentage. All right.
[00:11:16] Speaker C: Yeah. I mean, a little piece of me, like, as a Mets fan, kind of wanted the Mets to win game two as well. As much as I hate to tell all my friends who are brave fans, but at the same time, I mean, we need Severino to pitch tomorrow, right? And we need Lindor, who's already hurting, not to get injured. So, I mean, I would rather just take my playoff spot. I was happy regardless. I'm not gonna lie. I didn't watch a second of game two.
[00:11:42] Speaker A: You don't need to.
[00:11:43] Speaker C: I was too stressed out from game one. I was happy to make the playoffs. So that was that. So shout out to the Braves as well.
[00:11:50] Speaker A: But yeah, I mean it's a rare. It's a rare occurrence. You see situations like this going into. Very rare for a doubleheader on the last day of the regular season where you guys gotta go play a game like tomorrow.
[00:12:03] Speaker B: It's not even. It's not even. Yeah, it's not even just a game. We have to go to San Diego tomorrow. It's tomorrow evening. It's wait, wait. With the time change, but still, like.
[00:12:15] Speaker A: I get, you're in Atlanta, you're going across the country after playing a doubleheader.
[00:12:20] Speaker C: They don't even have time to celebrate in the club.
[00:12:22] Speaker A: You go shower and then leave.
[00:12:24] Speaker C: I don't even on the plane.
[00:12:26] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't even know who we're pitching cuz. Chris sales, I tell you, a Chris. Chris Sale. I hope so.
Reynaldo Lopez came in for one inning for relief just to get his arm warmed up. So I don't know.
[00:12:40] Speaker A: It's gonna be. It's gonna be.
[00:12:41] Speaker B: I think.
[00:12:42] Speaker A: I don't think you're gonna find out the game one starter until probably maybe. Yeah. When the lineup hard drop like I think it's gonna be a game time.
[00:12:51] Speaker B: We should do Reynaldo Lopez and I.
[00:12:54] Speaker A: Think freed should be saved for game two. Is there anybody else you could throw for game one who has not pitched?
[00:12:59] Speaker B: Hold on, I'm going through the lineup in my head. Hold on.
Not Schwellenbach because he just pitched. Not Grant Holmes because he just pitched.
[00:13:07] Speaker D: Morton was Sunday.
[00:13:08] Speaker B: I'm not. Don't pitch Morton.
[00:13:10] Speaker A: Morton cannot pitch game one.
[00:13:12] Speaker B: No, no, no. You know what, if Morton pitches game one, then maybe we bounce back in two and three. If he comes in in game three, I'm turning off the team.
I promise.
[00:13:20] Speaker A: That would be a tough one.
[00:13:21] Speaker B: This jersey in half.
If he comes in for game. He is so mid. He should have retired in 2018.
[00:13:28] Speaker A: Well, you both made the playoffs, so no hate between you two. At least today.
[00:13:33] Speaker B: Until we meet. Until you meet in the NLCS.
[00:13:36] Speaker A: We got a lot, a lot more to talk about when we come back here on student section MLB.
Wvuafm tuscaloosa.
And welcome back to student section MLB.
Alright, we are moving on now from the Braves Mets. Talk to actually right before we get into the playoffs, just a small note. Over in San Francisco, the new president of baseball operations is the one and only Buster Posley. Buster Posey. Not Posley Posey.
That makes sense. He's like the face of their franchise. So.
[00:14:32] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:14:35] Speaker A: I did not see that left.
[00:14:37] Speaker D: Red Sox and Sham.
[00:14:38] Speaker A: Yeah. Wow, that's, that's an interesting decision. I did not see that. Wow. Well, that's news, too.
All right, we're moving on from that now to the playoff bracket. It is officially set and we begin tomorrow.
[00:14:56] Speaker C: I want to say, first off, I said this in the break. I don't know why they're starting games tomorrow. Like, I know that schedule, but it is not the New York Mets or Atlanta Braves fault. And it's even worse now because both of them are in the playoffs. It's not either of those teams fault that a hurricane rampaged through the Atlanta area and they couldn't play baseball. And now both teams who had to have that slugfest in game one and used all their good relief and pitchers and they, they can't play tomorrow. We're both going to lose.
[00:15:28] Speaker B: Gaga.
[00:15:29] Speaker C: It's the Mets or Braves win tomorrow.
[00:15:31] Speaker A: That would be a crazy, I 100% agree with you. I think it's, it's, you know, total, you know, it's, it's not fair. It's not fair that that happens. But I don't think they can physically, like, push back the whole playoff bracket.
[00:15:49] Speaker D: You guys have the option to play the neutral site, too, and the Braves declined that option.
[00:15:53] Speaker A: So that's because maybe that'll come back.
[00:15:55] Speaker B: To play, that maybe good karma will.
[00:15:58] Speaker A: Come back to bite them. They'll get eliminated in the metzal win. Maybe that, maybe good karma.
[00:16:03] Speaker B: Where did this come from? I'm right here.
[00:16:06] Speaker A: I'm just saying you should have accepted the New York fans should have accepted the, should have accepted the neutral site.
But we got, he should just play in the hurry.
[00:16:19] Speaker B: That's what I think.
[00:16:20] Speaker A: I don't know. I don't know about that one. All right, so look at the AL, the one seed New York Yankees.
Sorry, just had to do that. Guardians get the two. The three is Houston, and they will be playing the five seeded Detroit Tigers. Thought there was six seed or six seed. Sorry. And then the four seeded Orioles are playing the five seeded Kansas City Royals. And the winner of that will play the Yankees.
What do you, I feel like the Astros could, could drop this. And there's one reason. There's two reasons. It's their starting pitcher, that, that two headed monster on Detroit, but from scuba. And then, so we got scuba for game one. And then game two would be.
[00:17:14] Speaker B: We say a two headed monster. I don't know who the second. Yeah.
[00:17:17] Speaker A: Wait, no, I'm blanking. Hold on.
[00:17:19] Speaker B: I almost said Jack Flaherty, but he is not on the dagger no Dodgers.
[00:17:23] Speaker A: Yeah, well, they also moved, which, again, we talked about that last week. They sold at the deadline and sold one of their best pitchers at the deadline. And they're still.
I mean, scuba. Scuba won the pitching triple crown.
[00:17:39] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:17:41] Speaker A: It's just like, where did the Tigers come from?
[00:17:44] Speaker D: They're the hottest game in baseball.
[00:17:45] Speaker A: They are. They are. And they scare. They. They scare me.
[00:17:48] Speaker D: They're eight games under 500 for 108 when they made the playoffs.
[00:17:53] Speaker A: It's actually. It's. It's insane. So Tariq, scuba. And then Flaherty, is he gonna be back or is he hurt? He's. He's hurt, right?
[00:18:01] Speaker B: Uh, he's on the Dodge. He's on the Dodge.
[00:18:04] Speaker A: Sorry. I don't know why they're.
[00:18:07] Speaker C: Yeah, baseball reference still shows.
[00:18:08] Speaker A: Yeah, that's what I'm. That's so. Okay. Yeah. So Scuba would go game one, and then I hope Kenta Maeda is not going game two, is he?
[00:18:18] Speaker B: I'm trying to figure out how.
[00:18:20] Speaker A: Jack, is that who I was talking about?
[00:18:22] Speaker B: Jackson job doing his debut.
[00:18:27] Speaker C: Any runs or anything?
[00:18:29] Speaker A: Anyway, anyway, game. I mean, the Tigers are very hot at the plate. And when you have Tariq scuba going game one in Houston, they could steal that. And the wild car goes, one, one, one. Right.
[00:18:42] Speaker B: No, no, they.
[00:18:43] Speaker C: All three of them are all three.
[00:18:45] Speaker A: That's right. Okay. Hmm. That changes some thoughts of mine, actually.
[00:18:51] Speaker B: I think tigers get it.
[00:18:52] Speaker A: I think the Tigers are the most likely higher seed to win in the AL.
[00:19:00] Speaker B: The Astro. The Astros only got in because the Mariners don't have an offense, and the Rangers decided that one ring is enough. And then it's just the angels and athletics. I'm not going to hate on them. They deserve better.
[00:19:14] Speaker C: I mean, as much I want to say the Tigers will win, and I really think they can. I think there's no doubt they take game one. I think scuba is going to shove, and they're hot. But I just. That, I mean, it's. It's a lot of it comes down to, like, the pedigree and the playoff DNA. And I know those are like, that analysts love throwing around, but it's true. I mean, the Tigers haven't made. They haven't been over 500 in, like, ten years. They've made the playoffs in five or six years, and they sold at the deadline.
[00:19:44] Speaker A: So it's an amazing story. I'm rooting for Detroit, and I really.
[00:19:48] Speaker C: Am rooting for them also. Cause I don't like the Strohs. But who does? If they drop game one, which I think they will, I just think they come around and win games two and three. I think that's how that series is going to go. I just think they've done, they've been there way too many times to drop it to a story like this, like cinderella run. If the Tigers ran into Baltimore, I really think that the Tigers would beat the Orioles, but I just think because of the matchup, I just think that the Strohs are going to beat the Tigers in three.
[00:20:16] Speaker A: And then moving on, we got Kansas City versus Baltimore.
[00:20:21] Speaker B: That's gonna be fun.
[00:20:22] Speaker A: It's gonna be a very fun series. Very. A lot of young, extremely good talent there.
[00:20:29] Speaker D: Royal pitching staff built three game wild guard.
[00:20:32] Speaker A: That's very.
[00:20:33] Speaker B: His first matchup. Gonna be like Corbin ver. Corbin Burns and then Cole. Reagan's.
[00:20:37] Speaker C: Yeah, it's already been announced. It has MLB apps. Okay, Reagan's versus Burns.
[00:20:42] Speaker B: I think Orioles. I think Orioles get first one. I think if Seth Lugo gets game two, I think it goes three games.
[00:20:46] Speaker C: It's actually the only.
[00:20:47] Speaker A: Yeah, Lugo. It'll go. It'll probably go. Reagan's Lugo.
Yeah. So, so it's Reagan's, Lugo and I. And then brady Singer will go the third. Okay, probably.
[00:20:56] Speaker C: Yeah, probably.
[00:20:57] Speaker A: If I had to guess, maybe Michael Walker. I don't know.
[00:20:59] Speaker C: Michael Walker actually had a pretty good season.
[00:21:01] Speaker A: He had a great year.
[00:21:02] Speaker B: He was a postseason menace in 23.
[00:21:04] Speaker A: Five era on the year, 145 strikeouts, only 45 walks.
[00:21:09] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:21:11] Speaker A: Actually a really good year for him.
So, I mean, the Royals, the Orioles scare that, you know what, out of me as a Yankee fan, and I. But the Royals do too. I mean, Bobby Witt, any team with Bobby Witt and a guy like Salvador Perez, who has been dominating for as long as he has. And by the way, I feel like every time the Yankees play the Royals, he's going yard.
It's every time I sweat. Like in the past, like, as far as I can remember, the past, like five years, every single year when we play the Royals, at least one of the games in the series, Salvador Perez is going yard.
[00:21:50] Speaker B: Is this the first time?
[00:21:53] Speaker A: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:21:55] Speaker B: Is this the first playoff run that the Royals have had since the World Series?
[00:21:58] Speaker A: It is. This is the first time they've made.
[00:22:00] Speaker B: The playoffs since we're getting 2015 playoff Salvi again. Oh, yeah. Y'all are screwed.
[00:22:07] Speaker A: It's. I don't know who I'd rather play, the Royals or the Oriole.
[00:22:11] Speaker B: The Orioles. No, rather play.
[00:22:12] Speaker A: I would much rather face the Royals than the Orioles. I, we a division, even, like, even discount in the fact that we played them well all year. I would much rather play anybody. I don't care. I'd rather play the Astros in the first round than the Orioles. Anybody out of our division. We've seen the Orioles a lot. They know a lot about us. That team scares me.
Their lineup is a bunch of carbon copies of each other. It's just like it's all identical twins who came out of nowhere, who just are good at the sport, and they're going to be so good for 1010 years ahead. And they scare me. They scare me a lot.
[00:22:53] Speaker C: Royals a lot. I think they're a lot of fun. I think the Orioles coast, I really do hope it goes to three games they lasted. I mean, they had a disappointing end of their season last year. They won a hundred games and got owned at home as the number one seed in the division series. I mean, they want it more. I mean, it's not as much of a playoff experience argument as the Astros because it's only one year of playoff experience. But that one year last year and then getting owned, I think they'll feed off of that last year. And they have a chip on their shoulder. They have a worse record. They're in a worse seed, and the Royals haven't been there in ten years as well. I think that the Orioles just have a great team. I think Corbin Burns has been in the playoffs himself before. I think he is going to absolutely shove tomorrow, and I think they'll just win game two. Camden Yards is electric. I just think the Orioles will own them. As much as I love the Royals and they are a great ball club, I mean, I really hope I eat my words, but I do think the Orioles will just, like, smoke them.
[00:23:47] Speaker B: Yeah, I think so, too. I think. I think Tigers, and I think Tigers and Orioles take the wild card rounds in the AL, and that would be awesome. So the matchups would be Cleveland and Detroit and then New York and Baltimore.
It'd be all right. Wait, so we get an Al central matchup in the first ALDs and an Al east matchup in the.
[00:24:10] Speaker A: Oh, boy.
[00:24:11] Speaker C: Wow.
[00:24:12] Speaker B: At the end, obviously, I really don't.
[00:24:14] Speaker A: Want to play the Orioles, dude. Like, not at all.
[00:24:17] Speaker B: I think in five games. I think. I think y'all be all right. I think the ALCS matchup is Yankees guardians. I think it's just the cool seeds.
[00:24:25] Speaker A: We've owned them the playoffs for forever.
[00:24:28] Speaker B: You better hope you're not down going at the end of the 8th inning.
[00:24:31] Speaker A: That's true.
[00:24:31] Speaker B: Better hope that's true. Might as well go home. Class A, class A.
[00:24:36] Speaker D: Got three blown savings against.
[00:24:37] Speaker A: Unless we got, unless we got so.
[00:24:39] Speaker B: In the last three years, unless we.
[00:24:41] Speaker A: Got Soto judge Wells coming up, then I'm cool with that. I'm taking my three overdem, class A, my big three.
[00:24:48] Speaker C: I think that the Guardians are going to destroy whoever they face. Like I said, I think it's going to be the Astros, but I really could see that going either way. I think they'll own the Tigers or Astros, regardless of who it is. They are just so well rounded and their ropes, their bullpen is just crazy. And J Ram, we've talked about his season and their whole offense. I think the Yankees are going to have a much harder battle, whoever they face.
I said it would be the Orioles, and I think that that's gonna go to a brutal five games. But I think the Yankees will win. I just think that they want it and they deserve it. And then I think the Yankees will coast to the World Series against the guardians, to be honest. But I don't know.
[00:25:28] Speaker A: I would agree.
I would like to agree in all seriousness. No, as a fan of the team, it's really hard to look ahead and like, I know baseball, I'm a baseball fan. I'm doing a baseball show right now, now, and we're talking about looking ahead for who's going to win the AL and who. But I hate looking ahead because I just want to take it one step at a time. We could easily lose the first series of the, whoever we're playing by, the Royals or the Orioles. It's baseball. I've seen it all, especially with this team. So I hate looking ahead and, but, like, I really hope we make it to the World Series. And I think there is a different feeling about the team this year. And I felt that since the second this season kicked off. I mean, I'm gonna take us back to the first series of the year, sweeping the Astros. Sweeping the Astros in Houston. This series was very sentimental to me, and it's not because I hate the Astros. I went home from school to go see my grandfather cause he was getting sick, and he's a huge Yankee fan. And I was, we watched that series together, and he passed away shortly after. But that was, you know, the last memory I had of him was just, we were sitting there, we were watching the game together, the games together, and we watched that whole series. And from the feeling from that series, we go to Houston and soto immediate impact. I mean, it's just from that moment on, there was just a special feeling about the Yankees for this year and even through the tough times that we had through the middle of the year when we were struggling real bad, I never really lost hope. But coming down the line, it's like here, here we are again. It's the Yankees in the playoffs. It's not to be like, you know, braggy, but like this is where we belong. Or the one seed for the first time since 2012. Something feels a little bit different this year. I would really, really, really like for this, this year to be the year that we do it or at least make it there.
But moving on to the NL, actually, we'll head to break real quick and then we'll talk NL on right when we get back here on student section MLB wVUAFM Tuscaloosa and welcome back to student section MLB all right, let's move on to the National League playoff bracket, starting with the New York Mets playing against the Milwaukee brewers.
You could take the floor here.
Obviously coming off doubleheaders definitely tough right before the playoffs. So I'm not really sure who, you know, who's pitching and everything for you guys, so I'll let you take a. Take the floor.
[00:28:34] Speaker C: Yeah, I mean, it's definitely gonna be tough. I talked about it. I mean, I was a little salty, but even if it wasn't my team, I think I would like for the games to be moved back. But especially with the Mets having to play tomorrow, it definitely stinks.
Luckily, Severino is on enough days rest to play tomorrow and give them a quality outing, which he has been pretty solid all season.
I hope that he can pitch well, but the bullpen is going to be rough. I mean, DS through 50 pitches today and 20 yesterday. I mean, the Mets would be lucky if he's even available for game two. And I mean, Maytan pitched today, Brazilman pitched today. I mean, a lot of their high end relievers pitched today. So I think that it's going to be a tough one tomorrow. Severino is going to have to give them seven innings if they want any chance of winning. I think if Manaya pitches game two, which he probably should, I think the Mets have a good chance. Maytan will be available. A lot of the relievers aside from Diaz will be available game two. So I think the Mets force a game three. They definitely have a lot of a little magic left offensively. I mean, they were going seven innings getting rocked offensively and then they put up a six run inning. So they, they definitely have some of the OMG magic left. But I don't think. I mean, they just played the brewers this weekend and got owned, so it's hard for me to think anything else would happen. I think it's a close three games, but I think the Mets, unfortunately, lose. But, I mean, hopefully they win. I don't know.
[00:29:56] Speaker A: What do you guys think? I mean, I could see the Mets pulling some. Some crazy stuff. I mean, we've seen crazier in years past with these teams playing in wild card series. Who knows? Maybe you guys go on a run. Maybe you beat your NL east rivals in the Phillies in the next round, too. Who knows? I mean, I would love a subway series World Series, because I'd go to every single game, and it would be really easy, and I wouldn't have to worry about traveling. So that would be cool.
As opposed to. Because I would love to go to, you know, multiple World Series games if the Yankees are in it, and one, I would like to go to one on the road, too. So that would be cool. But genuinely, I mean, it's a toss up. I literally, I would call this series a coin flip. I have no idea who's going to win it. I could see it going. I could see you guys winning 20. I could see you guys winning in three games. I could see them winning 20 zero. I could see them winning in three games. It's like, I see every outcome possible from this series, so I'm calling it a coin flip. I have no idea who's winning.
Tyler, you guys got anything?
[00:30:59] Speaker D: I think the Matt's got the grimace magic. I think they take it in three games.
[00:31:03] Speaker A: Tyler, I know you're hating cause you're.
[00:31:05] Speaker B: Braves fan, but I'm an avid hater.
I'm trying to look at what the brewers have been doing. I think.
[00:31:15] Speaker C: I mean, their starters not announced for yesterday or tomorrow. Sorry. Which is interesting.
[00:31:19] Speaker B: Freddy Peralta.
[00:31:19] Speaker C: Oh, it is.
[00:31:20] Speaker A: It is Freddie. Okay.
[00:31:21] Speaker B: It's Freddy.
Wait, he leads.
[00:31:25] Speaker A: He's good. He's having a really good.
[00:31:27] Speaker B: He leads the team in erade with a 3680. Wow. All right. That's not good. I think.
I think it comes down to the final.
[00:31:38] Speaker A: That's why I'm saying it's a coin flip. It's like the Mets are against all odds because they just put a double header today. But then you look at, you look at the brewers and their pitching staff, and it's like, who's going to. Who's going to win this?
[00:31:50] Speaker C: I mean, the good news is the brewers, like I said, they did rock the Mets this weekend, but they didn't face Severino. I mean, they got to Manaya and Quintana, but if Severino could take game one, I think Manaya could definitely bounce back. Manaya has had a great year. He's top ten in the national league in era this year, and Severino has been interesting, but he has given the Mets a lot of really good starts, and I definitely think he has a chance of getting to the brewers. And if the Mets take game one, I think they definitely take game two. I think the Mets will take game two either way.
So I hope they can take game one, but it's definitely gonna be a good one. I'm obvious, obviously, I'm gonna watch it, but I think this is the series to watch in the wild card.
Regardless of if it's my team or not. I think this is the closest one.
[00:32:36] Speaker A: All right, and ty, how you got this one? Braves five seed going against the four seeded San Diego Padres.
Another team coming off. You know, the tough situation with the doubleheader. What do you, what do you got?
[00:32:51] Speaker B: Our two aces are hurt. Hurt. We've used every single piece in the bullpen today, and we have to travel across the country to play in low elevation.
That's the only thing that's going to keep us from giving up ten runs. So I think we take game one.
[00:33:11] Speaker A: So you're saying you're getting swept or the Braves are seriously against all odds right now?
[00:33:21] Speaker B: I have been in this situation before.
Acuna's hurt. We have Solaire back.
[00:33:30] Speaker A: Could you imagine Solaire just like exactly what he does now?
[00:33:36] Speaker B: Listen, I'm saying this out of the corner.
I'm saying this with the confidence that I said at the beginning of the season with sale, could get Cy young votes. So I want you all to be eating my words on October 20. Sorry.
I don't think we lose to the Padres, and that's completely biased.
[00:33:54] Speaker C: At least.
[00:33:55] Speaker A: At least he knows. I mean, I respect it.
[00:33:58] Speaker B: I don't want to lose to the Padres, but their, their home run leader has 29 and is batting 275. And that's Machado. House on Kim is injured. Jake Cronenmore, I don't know how he's doing. I haven't heard anything from him. Tatis is always a lot of the.
[00:34:11] Speaker A: Guys on that team, though, which would kind of concern me if I was a fan of the Braves. A lot of the guys, a lot of the big names in that offense, offensive in that lineup, is the fact that they have a lot of postseason experience. Yeah, Machado especially.
[00:34:25] Speaker B: I mean, he has Bogarts oh, no. Oh, no. I mean, and then Luisa Ryan, a.
[00:34:31] Speaker A: Lot, a lot of, a lot of.
[00:34:33] Speaker B: Postseason, I guarantee you Luisa Reyes forces three different at bats with eleven or more pitches.
[00:34:38] Speaker A: Yeah. No, just because probably in one game.
[00:34:40] Speaker B: Little Tony Gwen swing and it's only fair that he's on the Padres. They're going to have a Tony Gwen swing. I'm coping. I hope the Braves win. I hope they do. I don't think we do.
[00:34:49] Speaker A: Got probably, you know.
[00:34:54] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:34:54] Speaker A: The scariest one, two, three hitters the.
[00:34:58] Speaker B: Padres get to go ever Mookie Freddie Freeman Ohtani.
[00:35:02] Speaker A: I mean, three former MVP's as your one, two and three hitter.
[00:35:07] Speaker B: The only thing the Padres can hope for is that Clayton Kershaw pitches because we know how.
[00:35:12] Speaker A: Prehistoric Clayton. Prehistoric Clayton. He is not pitching.
[00:35:17] Speaker C: Nope. No way.
[00:35:18] Speaker A: He will not be seeing the field.
[00:35:19] Speaker B: Braves are winning the World Series, quote.
[00:35:22] Speaker A: Anyway, so we'll go around. I mean, you got the Mets. I mean, you got the brewers winning. I guess technically, yeah. But I mean, for this sake, let's just say Mets Phillies second round.
[00:35:34] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll say Mets because I want the Mets to run. I do think there is a realistic chance.
[00:35:39] Speaker A: Yeah. All right, so who do you got? Mets, Phillies second. Do you see that going more than two, more than six games. I mean, listen, five games go. More than five games games.
[00:35:50] Speaker C: I mean, the Mets would not get swept by the Phillies. The Mets played the Phillies not too long ago and they put up a good fight. They won the series. Right. That was like playoff baseball. Citi field was rocking.
[00:35:59] Speaker A: Yeah. So those were very, very, those were the games that are the reason you guys are in the playoffs?
[00:36:04] Speaker C: Oh, 100%. I think even if the Phillies take games one and two, and I know everyone says, oh, red October, whatever, I hate Philadelphia. So I, I will cope. But I think that the Ranger Suarez and Zach Wheeler just absolutely shove. So I wouldn't be surprised if the Mets go down zero two. But at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if the Mets would then force a game five from that spot. At the very least, I think they take game three. I think they can put up a good fight. They've played the Phillies a lot. So, I mean, we saw, we've seen divisional matchups in the division series all the time with the Phillies and the Braves. I'm so sorry, Tyler, but I think it is hard to beat your division opponent in the playoffs. So I think that the Mets could put up a great chance, and that's why I think that the Padres can put up a great chance with the Dodgers. I mean, that's what we've seen with the Dodgers. Yeah, I was about backs gave them the work. The Padres gave them the work. I mean, it's. It's really hard to face someone that you've faced 20 games already for another five games to make or break your season. So I think it'll definitely be a close one.
[00:37:07] Speaker A: That's fair. Very fair. I have a hypothetical question for you guys. If or when, rather, the Dodgers disappoint again with that lineup. Is Dave Roberts gone?
[00:37:20] Speaker B: Yes.
Yes.
[00:37:24] Speaker C: Yeah. No, definitely.
[00:37:26] Speaker A: We had this talk last year that we thought Dave Roberts should be gone. If he can't win with three former mvp's in your first three on your.
[00:37:33] Speaker C: Team this year, there's no excuse.
[00:37:34] Speaker A: You have, y'all, zero excuses. We were talking beginning the year. We said, we'll give. We'll give the Dodgers a year, you know, maybe to get their stuff together. But after seeing how well they performed and the fact that they have all three of those guys playing at the same level they did when they won MVP's and Ohtani, with the 50 50, it's just like there's. You have zero. It is inexcusable to not win. It is inexcusable.
[00:38:02] Speaker D: Right now, I think that you lose the Padres in the first round, that could.
[00:38:06] Speaker C: I mean, there is a chance.
[00:38:08] Speaker A: Are they banged up that bad? Yeah.
[00:38:09] Speaker D: No, literally, they got flared. He going game one wheel is it? Or what's in the game?
[00:38:18] Speaker C: Yamamoto and glass, they're both Yamamo.
[00:38:22] Speaker A: I know Yamamoto was hurt, but I didn't know Glasnau was still hurt.
[00:38:25] Speaker B: I've got. I've got brewers beaten Menta, Phillies beating Brewers.
I don't want the Padres to win, but I think they will. I think the Dodgers beat them. Then I think Dodgers get to the World Series.
[00:38:37] Speaker C: I mean, I think that the Padres this year, I think, honestly, are better than the Padres team that men on that playoff run and made the championship series. So I think the Padres can put a fight to the Dodgers. But, I mean, they have Otani, who, you can argue, had the best season ever this year. And they have a great, great staff. They have Mookie bets and Freddie Freeman. I mean, they really, we say it every year, but this year, I think even more so than ever, which is what we said last year, but they have no excuse to lose. They really don't have any excuse to lose. I think it is all on Dave Roberts. If they find a way to lose, especially if it's in the division series, I think if they make it close with the Phillies in the championship series, and maybe they lose game seven, Dave Roberts can stick around. But if they lose in the division series to the Padres, you have to fire him. Like, there is no way you don't.
[00:39:35] Speaker A: I did not know that Walker Bueller had this bad of a year.
[00:39:39] Speaker C: Yeah, Walker Bueller sucks this year. He's very bad.
[00:39:42] Speaker B: Didn't he get cy young votes, like.
[00:39:43] Speaker C: A few years ago? I mean, yeah, he was really good a couple years ago, and he came off injury, and he stinks till he.
[00:39:47] Speaker B: Gave up a grand slam to rookie Kopec.
[00:39:52] Speaker A: Two out of the bullpen. They're so good.
[00:39:56] Speaker B: They're so good. It's just the fact that it's October, right?
[00:40:00] Speaker A: I mean, seriously, this is the best time of year.
[00:40:03] Speaker B: The only thing that I can hope for is that the Phillies don't win the World Series. I hope they never.
[00:40:09] Speaker A: Me too.
[00:40:10] Speaker B: And I hope the Astros.
[00:40:12] Speaker A: I'd rather not make the World Series than lose to the Phillies in the World Series.
100%.
And that's just me. That might not be every Yankee fan, but I told you guys during the break, you know, me and one of my good buddies here at school. He is the biggest Phillies fan I've ever met. And that would be bad if we played them.
[00:40:35] Speaker B: I'd rather not make the playoffs at all than lose to the Phillies three.
[00:40:39] Speaker A: Years in a row in the playoffs. Yeah, that would.
[00:40:42] Speaker C: If this is correct, when I'm looking up here on stat muse, the Padres actually won the season series versus the Dodgers.
[00:40:48] Speaker D: Yeah, they dominated them.
[00:40:50] Speaker C: So I.
[00:40:50] Speaker B: How bad?
[00:40:52] Speaker C: The Dodgers took 2345 games and lost two, four, six. Yeah. So five to eight. The Padres won more games against the Dodgers. So, I mean, I really think it's, it will be close. I think. I do think that that division series goes to five, regardless. I mean, it is crazy, because the past two years, not only did the Dodgers lose to NL west opponents in the first round, they also got owned. Like, they got swept by the Diamondbacks. And if I'm not wrong, they also got swept by the Padres, too. Or they lost in four.
[00:41:25] Speaker B: I thought, oh, wait, no, they lost in four.
[00:41:28] Speaker C: Okay. Because I just, I don't know, man. It's so hard to tell because this happens every year. Like, surely this has to be the year. And that's kind of how I feel about the Yankees, too. But the Yankees, I just think, have an easier path. I do think whoever makes wins the Al pennant is coming from that section of the bracket, whether it is the Yankees the Royals or the Orioles? I actually think those are the three best teams to win the pennant, like over the Guardians as well. I think the Orioles and the Royals can beat the Guardians in the championship series if it gets to that point. Point. But I think the Yankees have a lot to prove. But the Dodgers, easily by any long shot, have the most to prove in these playoffs. And it will be crazy if they somehow come up with another letdown. It really will.
[00:42:13] Speaker A: Well, we got a very, very exciting week ahead of us, boys. Starting tomorrow, next week's show is going to be a banger, that's for sure.
[00:42:21] Speaker C: I mean, the division series might be over.
[00:42:23] Speaker A: Yeah, I think. I think they will be.
[00:42:26] Speaker C: I mean, the wild card, definitely.
[00:42:27] Speaker A: But some of the division card will 100% be over in game three. Let's see, division series, it won't be over, but it will be underway. It will be underway.
[00:42:37] Speaker C: Game two for both will have been played, however, so it'll be interesting. It'll be a good one, for sure.
[00:42:43] Speaker A: All right, well, we will see you next week with all that on the table.
Good luck to your teams, boys. Seriously, I mean, it's time. Finally. It's finally time. It is finally time.
[00:42:55] Speaker C: October.
[00:42:56] Speaker A: All right, we will see you next week here on student section. MLB.
