Padres vs Nationals Postgame Wrap Up Show: Padres 8 Nationals 1

Padres vs Nationals Postgame Wrap Up Show: Padres 8 Nationals 1

Heat. Heat. Very good start to the second half for the Padres’s winning a series in DC behind Nick Paveta and Xander Bogarts on Sunday. Two games to one. Padres’s move on to Miami. Look at this division. Padres’s just three and a half games behind the Dodgers right now. So, a ton to react to. Plus deadline is about 10 days away. I just saw the report from Kyle Glazer that Ethan Salis’s recovery in the minor leagues is taking longer than expected. He is not yet ready to go as the calendar is nearing August. But again, an encouraging series I would say for the Padres’s might be a good night to give Xander Bogart some flowers. Uh Nick Petta has been absolutely terrific for this team and kind of a laugher and we haven’t had a lot of them this year if you’ve been watching the Padres’s, but a laugher this afternoon at Nationals Park. So make your way in and subscribe. We do have year- round content for you. We need to get to 9,000 subscribers. Like, what is that going to take? It’s going to take more subscribers. So, please subscribe if you have not yet done that to this channel. We’re about 150 or so away. So, please subscribe to this channel. We have year round content for you. Smash the like button for us. Follow us on X at Sean Schaefer at Jim Russell SD. We’ll get to every single super chat here tonight. We do appreciate your support of our channel. Click the dollar sign below the chat box. If you want to see your comment on screen or if you want to control the direction of the conversation, you can become a member. Click join down below. But tough to complain. Two out of three on the road heading for Miami. I I think it’ll be a challenging series. Miami is throwing some good arms at the Padres’s, but the start that you were hoping for on this 10game road trip with the trade deadline, Jim, just about a week and a half away as they head for Miami. Yeah, I’m not saying they have to sweep bad teams, but you know, winning series against bad teams, you’re going to want to do that. And this team this year against bad teams is really good. this team against good teams this year, you know, a little bit of a struggle. So, if they didn’t take care of business against bad teams, then you get a little worried because it’s like, all right, if they can’t beat bad teams and then they start, you know, they can’t beat good teams consistently, that doesn’t that’s not a good uh equation there. So, taking two or three against the Nationals did exactly what they had to do. And you know, we’ll give Xander his flowers tonight. And yes, we’ll talk about Xander, but I wanted to start with Nick Paveta. This guy has had an unbelievable season this year. If it wasn’t for him pitching on Sunday before the All-Star game, he’s probably a replacement, and he’s probably an all-star. He probably should have been an all-star. He’s 10-2 with a 28-1 RA, 127 strikeouts, and 115 innings pitched, and a one whip. So, like first off, you for all the stuff that AJ Pller got wrong in the off seasonason, Jason Hayward, Julie Guriel, Martin Maldonado, Leas Diaz, even though he had a two-run homer today, uh, you know, the entire bench, Trenton Brooks, Bryce Johnson, uh, Tyler Wade, uh, you know, trying out, you know, whoever in the minors, right? This might be the best signing in in the in in all of baseball in the offseason. Might be the for bang for their buck. You know, Sodto 700, $800 million, right? Blake Snell hasn’t pitched a sing, you know, barely any for the Dodgers. Tanner Scott’s been awful for them. I mean, what other big-time free agents this offseason has s have signed with their new teams and were amazing. Will Thomas, I mean, he’s heated up recently for the Giants, but nothing crazy, right? Like, as far as free agent signings go, Nick Pavetta might be the best free agent signing in all of baseball this past offseason. I think what the Pavetta deal proves to me is that in that moment, he needed to be savvy and creative, and he was, and it leads me down a path that he’ll do it again. Maybe it’s within the next 10 days. Like this deal is essentially, correct me if I’m wrong, I think basically a two-year $23 million deal. Yeah, it’s it’s a total fiveyear 55, but there’s he can walk after two. They basically are locking horns together for two years, 23 million, which is an unbelievable value. I mean, even coming off the season in which he had, I mean, he’s never pitched like this in the major leagues. His career numbers are not as good as he’s been obviously this year. He’s coming off a year in which he had a four RA. Um, you know, with Boston who was 6 and2. The record means absolutely nothing. I’m 100% with you, man. Um, he’s been, you know, the the word that gets used a lot with players that are having good years that aren’t expected necessarily to this level is a revelation. He’s just had an awesome year. I mean, he’s been their true ace because King’s been out hurt and Darvis has been out hurt and CE hasn’t lived up to it even though he did pitch well Friday night and we gave him credit for that. Paveet has been there basically game in and game out and he has given them kind of aike stuff. I mean mean if not a one or two certainly and he’s pitched somewhere between that one or two all year for the Padres’s. His numbers are awesome. I mean the numbers speak for themselves. You just read them. So I’m 100% with you. They have him through 2026 as well maybe beyond that but savvy deal. That is a big reason why the Padres’s are where they are. Imagine it. Imagine no Nick Leeta. They just don’t come to terms or he’s hurt all year. I mean, it would be very impactful on their season. They’re nowhere near this position. There’s just nowhere near this position. Um, and Jim, I would say this, they’re well positioned, man. And I’m with you on some of the offseason moves, they haven’t worked out, but Gavin Sheets was part of the offseason. Nick Pavet is part of the offseason. They’re nine games over 500. They’re three and a half games out in their division. They’re where they need to be without any guarantees. They’re where they need to be heading into this back end of July. Yeah. Yeah, I’m just looking at, you know, the top free agents from this past off season. And as far as value goes, it’s really hard to argue that there’s someone better for the value that you’re getting right now than Nick Paveta. You know, Max Freed, he’s having an incredible year, but he also signed the largest contract for a left-hand pitcher in the history of the sport. you know, Pete Alonzo is having a really good season, but also, you know, he he’s making 20 something 26 27 million this year. Um, you know, Juan Sodto, the biggest contract in the history of the sport for any player. Alex Bregman and Blake Snell’s not even pitching. Roi Suzaki’s arms, you know, who knows about him. Willie Domus, Jack Flity, two for 35. The point is the value that you’re getting for Nick Paveta on a you know for a million dollars this year is incredible. He is going to get some Sai Young votes if he continues to pitch like this and he’s turned into I mean he’s turned into the ace of this staff. Yeah, definitely. It’s crazy. If I if I told you at the beginning of the year Nick Paveta would be their best pitcher, like they’re in trouble because you need King and you need CE and you need Darvish, but in reality like with Paveta being their best pitcher, they’re still a good team. And who knows, they they could they could turn into a really good team here if once again second half Schilt shows up. Yeah, I mean it’s it’s an interesting point. I mean, not to get ahead of ourselves, but if you were in a three-game series and these are good problems, how could Nick Paveta not be one of your three starters? He’s your f he’s your opener, John. I mean, well, we’ll see. I mean, maybe. Yeah. I mean, but that’s the thing. I’m saying even two months from now. I mean, I think if you get Michael King back and he’s healthy, you’d like to think that he could assume a position like that. I think if Dylan Cece returns to form Yeah. I I don’t know about two months from now, but like But like right now, yeah, he’s your Well, yeah. Well, that of course right now, but that’s what I’m I’m just saying like fast forward. Let’s say all four of these pitchers are healthy. Who’s the odd man out? Oh, in the postseason to me it cease, but maybe Darvish. It’s probably too early to say. Um Chucky D, thank you for the first soup of the night. Guys, if you are here, subscribe. You’re on content for Padres’s fans, all Padres’s today. I mean, they did it early. It was, you know, you’re having breakfast. It’s 5 nothing. Um Chucky D, thank you. He says, “How do we convince Crony that he is a much better hitter when he doesn’t try to pull everything out of the park?” #allfields chronzone. Yeah, he inside outed like two balls to identical spots today down the left field line. Um the Padres in general, that first inning is a thing of beauty. Two walks against Gore. That’s who Tatis is. Even when he’s not hitting, he’s getting on base. Um Arise 02 singles. They load the bases with nobody out and capitalize immediately on a ball that you know um Bogart hits over the left field wall. Just over the left field wall, but a grand slam. the amazing stat that the Padres’s last four grand slams have all come against the Washington Nationals is like what on earth are you even talking about but it’s true and then they add on to their credit I mean they didn’t settle for four runs they scored eight runs in this game we were asking for the seven plus run outburst that didn’t come Jim for a month they did it twice this weekend I know in DC seven on Friday eight on Sunday I get it the nationals aren’t necessarily you know the Dodgers or whomever else even though the Dodgers have the same record as the Rockies in July Um, but you’ll take it and we’ll see if they can do it in Miami. But the things are starting to turn here, even if it’s like turning a boat around for the offense. May maybe it’s been slow, maybe it hasn’t. Merryill scratching this lineup. Like, what’s going on with Jackson Merrill? Uh, but they still score their eight runs here today and they scored 17 runs in the series. You know, 5.7 runs per game. You’re going to live with that obviously from here on out. They they took care of business this weekend. yesterday’s game. Uh it made chances too yesterday. They had a lot of chances just some, you know, base running blunders there late in the game and and just didn’t work out for them. You know, Udarvish still kind of getting back into the groove of things, but but overall still good series. Um to me, not much to complain about at all in this series. every to me it’s it’s a lot of positives looking forward where you’re like is this is this team going to go on another run again? Like I I think about it, but then I have to take myself back and realize, okay, they did just play the Washington Nationals, but you know, you think back to last year, their run start didn’t start with the Washington Nationals, but the Washington Nationals was a big part of the start of their second half run last year. If you remember, they swept them in DC. CE had that no hitter and they like did not look back as a team after that. So you get a little dja vu of like playing the nationals in Washington DC in your to start your second half and hopefully that propels you to have a a great second half and hopefully you know it’s not just about hey can they make the postseason as a wild card now you know the conversation might come up sooner rather than later of like uh the division might be in play here. I mean, we’ve said this before over the years, and we’ve done this a lot, and it’s been a Lucy pulling the football away a lot, as in every year, because the Padres’s never win the division. And they’ll meet on field a lot still. I mean, they still have the two series against each other, which will determine things. And the Dodgers will be all in at the deadline, you know, and maybe the Padres’s will as well, but certainly the Dodgers will spare no expense at the deadline. But I know it’s only July and I know the season is long, but they can’t play worse than they’re playing right now. So, the door is open. And I’m talking about the Dodgers obviously. I mean the 0 and six against the Brewers is unbelievable. Yeah, that’s crazy. Um just the whole the Brewers are a really good team, man. But I mean that’s ridiculous. Uh blowing leads. Um seeing the frustration from some of their players. Um just for them to be five and 10 in July, it’s kind of remarkable. And again, the door is open right now for San Diego is what I would say. I here’s the thing I would say about last year. Two things can be true. They’re not going to go 43 and 19 over a 62game stretch, but they can be really good potentially because I think they can still add on. They will. They’re going to add on at the deadline. Schultz track record is a proven one and the team’s playing well enough. I mean, they played well in the home stand going into the All-Star break. Not perfect, but well, and they’ve played well here out of the gates against Washington. So, I I again, I’ll use that analogy of doors open. It feels like they can play well here first stretch. through another schedule is theoretically tougher in August, but um yeah, I think they can play well in the second half. I don’t think there’s 43 and 19 because I think that’s lightning the bottle stuff, but I think they’re capable of playing well in the second half. Uh do some math for me. What’s 54 minus 23? That would be 31. And then what’s 45us 36? N 9. They are 31-9 against teams below 500 this year. That’s weird because it’s a moving target. Is that right? Yeah. 31-9. Yeah, they’re because they’re 23 and 36 against teams above 500 and the record’s 54 and 45. 31-9. They are 31-9 against teams. And you’re right, it’s a moving target. These things change all the time, right? But y it just shows they bonkers do really well and and I bet you if you go back and look at I’ll go back and do it right now. So um all right they won the series against Washington, right? Uh they won the series against Texas. Arizona they split. So yep, you know uh Cincinnati’s above 500. They they took two or three from the Nationals when they played them. They took two or three from the Royals when they played them. Um, we’re basically saying they haven’t lost a series this year to a team below 500 because how can you have nine losses? They did lose a series against the Diamondbacks in middle of June. Oh, so that’s their one series loss. And then they beat Pittsburgh. They beat Miami. They beat Atlanta. They beat the Angels, the Rockies, Pittsburgh. One series loss. Colorado, the A’s, Cleveland. Yeah. One series loss this year against bad teams. So I mean 9 is 7 that’s 760 baseball. That’s a seven. I mean it’s at least 750 because 30 and 10 is 750. And it’s better than 30 and 10. 31 and 9. So 760 baseball. That’s I don’t care who you are. That’s ridiculous. Yeah. And you play Miami coming up here this week uh starting tomorrow afternoon. But I’ve been saying this and we’ve been talking about this for the last couple weeks. You know, August is going to be the tough the tough toughest stretch of their season. And if they get through August and they don’t completely fall flat on their face, they’re making the postseason. Like I I feel I they’re making the postseason cuz Baltimore, Colorado twice in September. The White Socks, Arizona, maybe Milwaukee might have clinched something by the end of September. Who knows? But I mean, you play one play seven games against the Rockies in September, you play Baltimore for three, and you play the White Socks for three, and then Arizona for three to finish up their season, they they’re probably, you know, they might be out of it. Like, they might be done. They screw it. Who cares? Final three games of the year, and those games are at home. Yeah. If if they get if they get through August, like I I feel very good. I I feel that I feel very good about this team. I I mean I I feel good even today. I’m with you. And it’s not like there’s some there’s no ticket punch today. I just feel good when you look at the standings and you look at the teams that they’re vying with. And even this like daunting August schedule that is contingent on the Giants and Dodgers looking like the Giants and the Dodgers. True. Because those teams now things can change. You know, it’s a long year. Things can change three weeks from now when they square off again. But when you go Giants, Dodgers, Giants, Dodgers, you told me that four weeks ago, I’d say, “Wow, you tell it to me today and I think it’s navigable, if that’s a word.” Um, so yeah, it’s daunting or more daunting on paper, but again, I’m looking right now at the at the standings and I’m looking at the state of the National League and I’m looking at the Padres’s roster and I’m thinking about the trade deadline. And I think if you’re a Padres’s fan, I think this is a completely fair statement. I mean, you should feel confident in the Padres’s. It would be seen by almost everyone watching us right now and everyone that’s a ardent fan. It would be seen as a pretty damn big disappointment if this team is not a postseason team. That doesn’t mean they’re a playoff team. I mean, they have a lot of work to do. But there’s nobody here tonight with us that’s like, I don’t know. I I don’t I just don’t see it in this team. I think there’s a lot of flawed teams in the National League. I think I’m giving the Padres’s a lot of benefit of the doubt up against other teams that have worse records than them right now. and I’ll trust in Pller, Schill, the roster to navigate away to the postseason. Now, what seed, what’s possible, can they win a division? That’s completely different conversation. But I mean, I think most Padres’s fans feel like they should make the postseason this year based on sitting here right now tonight after winning two out of three out of the break. Yeah, I’m not I’m not saying I think this team can win the World Series, but I think this team can make the postseason. Like I I feel that if they navigate through August and they get to September in a playoff spot or better, I I mean, come September first, like I I’ll be saying, “Yeah, this team’s making the postseason, right?” Like I’ I feel I’d feel as confident as as anybody could feel in saying that, you know, but that’s all dependent on how they navigate August. you know, if they continue to play well against bad teams, they stack up those wins and if they can figure out, you know, how to play better against, you know, teams over 500 this year, um, you know, there’s still things they need to work on. They are still a flawed team. You know, things are are moving here in a direction that you like to see, but can they keep it up? And one of those things that you like, you know, that’s moving in the right direction and you hope keeps up is Xander Bogarts. Um he’s redot right now. He is on fire. Today of the grand slam, I mean his numbers since his game in LA where it was like almost like the rock bottom point of his season, John. Yep. Where he ended the game on a double play. Yep. Um and then the next night cuz he went 0 for that night in game two. Ended the game on a double play. I think he had like two double two or three double plays in that game. I mean, it was awful. Next night, he’s over for in the ninth inning, hits that double to tie the game up. Immediately lose in the the bottom half of the inning. But ever since then, John, and I I don’t have the numbers in today’s game, but he’s got three homers, nine RBI’s coming into today’s game. These numbers are only going to be better. He’s hit he’s hitting or he was hitting going to today’s game 371 with a 974 OPS and that’s 25 games since the rock bottom point of the season where where he was hitting 227 with a 615 OPS. I mean he’s been you know we’ve said it I mean you’ve certainly heard me say it. I mean he’s been marketkedly better. I mean just use the last 30. I’m with you. Those are 25 games but just use the MLB.com last 30. He’s hitting 333 even in his last 30 with a .905 OPS. He’s been really solid for the last month. That doesn’t guarantee the future, but it should be encouraging, I think, for Padres’s fans that something is clicking. This isn’t just some moment in time like a week or a game or a series. I mean, this is longer than that right now. Even the grand slam today, he followed that up with a base hit. His next at bat, he had two hits. He’s been on base a ton. A 905 OPS for a 30-game stretch is good for a middle infielder and that is what he has done. Now he’s got to continue that. We’ve had and I I can’t now judge him on one game. He went 0 for four Saturday. I can’t worry about that because he could bounce back today and go two for four with a grand slam. So you guys you got to play the long game a little bit now with Xander. It’s going to be harder to go all in on him if he has a bad game or two because over the last 30 he’s been better for sure. if he can turn the 30 into the second half of the year, you know, 8 something OPS over those 60 games to come. He just had a 905 over 30. Can you turn it into 850 over the next 60? Then you’re giving yourself a real good opportunity for this offense to be improving. Uh the bottom of this line today was really good. If you look at that box score, and this is without Jackson Merrill as well. So, and they’re going to add to it. I don’t know how many pieces, but they’ll add at least a piece to it. try to make this lineup better than it is right now. So, I’m with you in everything you’re saying. He’s just he’s playing better. Is he ever hitting 30 home runs again in the season? Of course not. Is he ever driving in 100 again this season? Of course not. Is he ever going to have that vintage Xander season? Remains to be seen. I’d be surprised if he does. But man, maybe he can put together a half. And right now he’s putting together a 30 games. Yeah. And don’t get me wrong, there’s no like apologizing for ripping Xander that do it. No, it’s it’s a ridiculous take to have after just 25 games of really good baseball. You’re gonna need to see it for an entire season, you know. Is he a $26 million player? No, he’s not. Um, will he ever be a 26 a million dollar player a year? Probably not. Will he ever live up to the contract? Probably not. Not unless he has some huge moments, you know, leading into a postseason and in a postseason, then then all is forgiven. Then then you apologize. If Xander hits like a walk-off home run in, you know, a postseason series or uh World Series, he’s the NLCS MVP or as a World Series MVP. All is forgiven. Apologize 100%. After 25 games, like stop. Okay. everything he’s doing right now is great. Keep it up. You know, because we’ve seen Xander get hot and then go right back in the tank, you know. Can can he parlay these 26 great games that he’s had since the bottoming out of his season in LA? Can he parlay that to, hey man, Xander’s been great for the last 60 games? Hey man, Xander’s been great for the last, you know, 55. like he wow he he was great the rest of the season. Can you do that? Because that’s what we’re looking for. I’m not saying get a hit and be impactful every single night, but keep doing what you’re doing for the rest of the year. And then we can look back and be like, you know what, Xander’s 2025 season actually lived up to that contract, you know, and he actually helped the team out in a big way. Like, can he do that? He’s had even his numbers on the whole now this year, they’re they’re a lot better. They’re doing better. This is an interesting This is kind of on Q and we got HBBV back. Uh thank you for the Superman. Appreciate you hanging out. He says, uh X and Bets switched their baseball power. I mean, it’s a tough sport. Bets does prove the challenges of playing baseball for a living, right? The guy that’s won an MVP has lots of rings. You know, Xander’s got rings, but Betts does, too. and bets. You talk about the bottom falling out. It has with Mookie Bets. Now, again, it’s a long year. Everything we just said about Xander, you know, um things can change. Everything people are saying right now about Mookie Bets, things can change in the opposite direction. Um I’m crossing my fingers on Xander. I’m not overly concerned about Bats, but I’m crossing my fingers on Xander because in watching there’s a stark difference with him always being on base. He has been on base a ton over the last month. walks, base hits, whatever. He just seemingly has found his way on base a ton and I don’t know if it continues. Like I just said, I think it’s a really tough sport. I mean, there’s things that can happen. Um, as good as he’s been for a month, he can be just as bad for a month. We’ve seen it with Xander. We’ve seen it with other players. We’ve seen it with Manny Machado. We’ve seen it with Fernando Tatis Jr. You’ve even seen it with like Luis Arise. So, I listen, do I think he’s going to have a 905 OPS from now until the day the season ends? Don’t because that’s really hard to do and we haven’t seen that from him in his Padres’s tenure, but I’d be pleasantly surprised if it happened is what I would say. Yeah, Xander playing like this changes the dynamic of so many things because before this 26 game stretch that he was on, hitting him in the middle of this lineup every day was like the definition of insanity. Yep. Wasn’t driving in runs, doesn’t hit for power. I mean, he still doesn’t hit for power, even though he did hit a home run today, which is awesome. wasn’t getting on base. He just wasn’t negative at the plate. But now with this version of Xander, again, like I like you said, is he going to have a 960 OPS for the rest of the season? Doubtful. But can you have a 810 820 OPS for the rest of the season? I mean, that’s still asking a lot, but like if if he did that for the rest of the year, I mean, that changes the dynamic on so many things because now you feel comfortable with him hidden in the middle of your lineup instead of the other way around where it was like, [ __ ] here we go. You know, changes a lot. I mean the part of me says this is sustainable, but part of me goes back to like what a Dan Zorski fan graphs I think told us a couple of weeks ago and I’m like, “Hey, Xanders have been better.” He’s like like, “What do you think of that?” He’s like, “Well, kind of the numbers are the numbers.” And like as they bear out over 162, you can have a 580 ops for a month and you can have an 880 ops for a month, but in the end of the day, you’re 700 OPS player. Like, you know, I mean, I’m paraphrasing. and he’s a 722 ops player which is a solid production. It’s not his career production. It’s not what you’re paying for. You’re seeking more. It’s not that anchor anvil of 589 or whatever it’s been at times this year. But, you know, can it continue to trend upwards is the question. Like you said, is he going to remain on the right side of that ledger, the 800 side or the 600 side? And there’s a huge difference for the San Diego Padres’s. If he maintains 800, he’s a huge benefit to their success in the second half. If he falls back to that 600 OPS player, it is more of an anchor. Um, and the thing is, nobody can predict, nobody can tell us what’s going to happen, including Xander Bogarts. I’m sure he feels more confident at the plate and I’m sure he feels healthier would be my guess at the plate. And it is true he’s battled injuries here. There there’s no question. And it’s also true he doesn’t have the same power he had in Boston. He got a hold of a ball Friday or Saturday that I thought was way gone. I know that you saw that and that he flat out on. Yeah. Um and the home think about the six home runs he’s hit this year. We could pull it up in fan graphs, Jim. Maybe there’s one outlier. Every home run he has hit this year goes over the wall. Like the ball scrapes goes over the wall, right? And again, for whatever it’s worth, I’m just telling you because we’re watching, we’re all watching the same thing. some of his power has been zapped, but his, you know, line drive, gap to gap power remains. And every once in a while, he’ll do what he did in a game like today. And this was an impactful moment, a huge moment. Obviously, what if he grounds into a double play there? I mean, who knows what happens in this game, but I don’t know the farthest home run he’s hit this year, but there I’d be shocked if he hit a ball over 401t, for example. I’d be shocked if he hit a home run 400t, truthfully, this year. Yeah, the the power is he never he’s never going to have a season I feel like where he’s going to hit I mean 2019 we hit 33 home runs like no chance never never again but you know the confidence that you see in Xander right now is through the roof um he’s getting luckier at the plate which helps I mean he had a double the other day that was like a duck snort should have been a can of corn down the right field line doesn’t he hits the ball, doesn’t even see where it goes, and then he sees it and he takes off running and it turns into a double. Box score look, you know, box score is going to look like a line drive double in the gap. But if you watch it, it’s like just a little flare out to right, no man’s land double. So, he’s getting a little luckier and then in turn that’s creating confidence with him. I I think and I hope that we can at the end of this season say this where the moment in LA where he hit that game time double after he has just had, you know, just the worst the worst moments you could have as a baseball player, you know, just not coming through at all for this team. It was a rock bottom moment of his season before that. that double he had in the ninth, who knows? That could have been the moment that turned his season around because it felt like he just said, “Fuck it, whatever. I don’t even care anymore.” And he just went up there and then he wasn’t thinking and he just reacted. And ever since that moment, he’s just been reacting and he’s not thinking as much, which he has stated that sometimes he can do where it messes him up or he’s always thinking about things. So, I hope I hope that was the turning point of his season because we always talk about turning points in seasons with teams, right? But with individual players, we we know last year, Manny Machado, his turning point, the Philadelphia series, right? Hopefully this year with Xander, the turning point in his season was that game tying RBI double against the Dodgers in at Dodger Stadium. By the way, just I went to his fan graphs page and I looked it up. It doesn’t include today’s home run. Someone could tell me how far he hit today’s home run. It wasn’t I mean it wasn’t 400 ft but his home runs this year other than today 350 363 389 393 and one at Stadium 401. Today was 390. So today was 39. Okay. So the furthest ball he’s hit this year and again not that it really matters but again the 30 home run season obviously is out the door. We’re going to get back to these super chats in a moment. Guys, if you are here subscribe. We’re on our way to 9,000 subscribers. We need your help. If you’re here live or on replay, please subscribe. We’re about 150ish subscribers away from 9,000. Please help us get to 9,000. 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If you support this channel, please click the link in the description down below and get in contact with our buddy Mark Nimttz at Farmers Insurance. Yeah. All his information is well, it is above my or no, there you go. below. There we go. Uh, mnit of farmers.com. When you reach out to Mark, let him know that John and Jim the wrap-up show sent you. I mean, listen, at the end of the day, this is completely relevant. I mean, three and a half games is three and a half games. And July 20th is also July 20th, so there’s a long way to go for both of these teams. Neither of these teams has accomplished anything. I mean, the Dodgers have to finish off their year just like the Padres’s do. Um, there’s probably as many concerns about the Dodgers, if not more right now from Dodger fans than there would be right now by the Podgers from Padres’s fans, truthfully, as the beef notes. Three and a half games back of the Dodgers and how bad we’ve been talking about the Padres’s. Let’s go. I mean, I’m not saying it’s there for the taking and there’s a week left and you play the Dodgers five times, you’re like, “Hey, let’s just go win four out of five.” I mean, we’re not at that point yet. There’s just too many twists and turns. But Jim, your point about September is like for me, yeah, I’m kind of hoping that the Padres’s put themselves in position to be a playoff team, but you get to September within three and a half games of the Dodgers and now you’re having a conversation about that division potentially by just outplaying them by playing bad teams and making it a race down the stretch. So that that’s how I look at it. I I do think that nothing’s been determined as of yet. I do think the Dodgers will they’ll play well again. I’ll be utterly shocked if they don’t play well again this year. But as we sit here today, crazier things have certainly happened than three and a half games being made up in two months. I’m not going to get like, you know, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I’m not I’m not going to sit here and be like, “Watch out LA, here come the Padres’s.” Because we’ve done that how many times in recent memory with this team and it just never works out. The Dodgers might be playing shitty baseball and then they’ll play the Padres’s and take two or three or or three or four and it’s just like it’s like the gan in the tailpipe. It’s just like I have to see it down to almost like the final week of the season where the Padres’s either have like a three-game lead in the division or like they’re back like behind the Dodgers by a game. I I I can’t sit here on July 20th and be like, “Here we go.” Because it’s just it’s every time that’s happened, you know, it’s it goes in favor of it goes in favor of the Dodgers. So, again, I’m I’m focusing more on what the Padres’s doing right now. And if you look up with two weeks to go in September and they’re up by a game or within a game or within two games or up by two games, then it’s going to get very real. But until then, I I’m not going to You can’t fool me this time. All right. I’m not going to get fooled again. Yeah, I completely agree. I mean, does it does it give me It’s not about giving me hope about the um the division. Honestly, me personally, this might sound ridiculous. I’m not overly concerned about the division. I wasn’t It’s not like I was sitting there at the end of last year like, man, they’re playing really well, but they win didn’t win the division. That never crossed my mind once going into the postseason. You can win the World Series without winning a division. It’s been proven time and time again. Yeah, there’s an extra round. If you’re, by the way, you can win a division and be a three seed and still play play the exact same series. It literally could mean absolutely nothing. Um, I think psyche-wise, of course you want to win the division. They haven’t done it in forever. So, from like a psyche or like clubhouse perspective, I’m sure they want to win the division. I’m just saying from my seat, if you told me they go into the postseason playing like they were playing last year, I don’t care if they win the division. I really don’t. I just would prefer for them to be healthy, playing well, that to me gives them an opportunity to win. There’s something about winning the division, too. I know what I would be saying if they won the division. I’d be like, “A week off, they’re playing great. Now they get a week off, they’re playing great.” Um, so I’m not I don’t truthfully care. What I care about is them being healthy and playing well in the second half of the year. So looking at the strength of schedule for the remainder of the season. All right. Have you seen this? I know that the Padres’s had one of the easiest schedules in baseball as of the start of the second half. All right. So the Padres’s strength of schedule for the remainder of the season is 485 win percentage. That’s 25th in baseball, which means they have the uh fifth Sorry, the sixth easiest schedule remaining. The fifth, sorry. Tie for the fifth. All right. Along with the San Francisco Giants. So, they have the fifth easiest schedule remaining. Guess who has the fourth easiest schedule remaining? The Dodgers. The Dodgers. Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, they play the Rocky. The Dodgers play the Rockies seven times. They play the Pirates for three. Baltimore, the Angels. Okay. and then the six games against the Padres’s, right? So, they can make up a lot of they can separate themselves a lot in those six games and then also, you know, stack up a bunch of wins against, you know, the bad teams that they play. Padres’s though, kind of the same boat, right? They play the Dodgers Dodgers for six games and then they also have the Rockies for seven games and the White Socks and then the the uh Marlins this week and then the uh the Baltimore Orioles. So, like the head-to-head matchup between them in August could, you know, determine the National League West. I’m not saying it will, but I mean, it could be the maybe the deciding factor because both teams are playing really bad teams for the rest of the season. True. What did the Padres do against the Dodgers? Was it two and five in seven games or was it two and four and six? It was It was two and five. Two and five and seven. So, not well out of the gates, but that doesn’t determine what’s going to happen in August. You know, I mean, if if they go two and four in August, I’m not going to feel good about their head-to-head chances or division chances, obviously, but I might change my tune if they go four and two against the Dodgers, right? I think it’s six. It’s six games and you’re already and you’re, you know, you’re three back in the loss column right now. So that means you have to play well against the Dodgers and also play better than them remaining for the rest of the season. So it’s like we’ll see it’s not it’s again it’s I would never tell Padres’s fans not to like have the conversation about it, but I also would tell Padres’s fans, listen, you’ve been let down before. It’s not the end all be all today. I I agree with Jim. If you can get even or ahead, all right, dream big, you know. But when you’re when you’re still a few games back in the division, I mean, and it’s still so it’s not early, but it’s early when it comes to like a divisional race. I mean, shoot, the Padres’s have what, 63 games left. 63 games. A lot of games. Um, now they’ve already played 100 or whatever it is, 99 games. They played a lot of games. They have much fewer games remaining. But, um, listen, here’s what we know. Offensively, we’re asking for more. We got more this series. Does that continue in Miami? I don’t know. They’re facing good pitching. And then they’re facing Sandy Alcantra. And I don’t know if that’s good pitching or not. He still has his mid7 RA. And then you go to St. Louis and we’ll see what they do, you know, in that four game series against St. Louis. I think if you win two out of three in Miami, you could split that four game series in St. Louis and feel pretty good about your road trip because you’d be six and four on the road trip and then you’d be coming home and then you’re basically walking into the trade deadline. I think the trade deadline moves are still or the trade deadline needs are still the trade deadline needs no matter what they do in this road trip. This road trip doesn’t change my opinion. Their eight runs today doesn’t change my opinion on the trade deadline. I hope they go six and four, seven and three and that just bolsters my thoughts on what they need to do at the deadline. But I mean Per’s going to be active no matter how well they play on this road trip. I think 8 and2 road trip only like inspires him to do more. Oh, I I think regardless he’s gonna, you know, go crazy at the deadline or at least try to go crazy at the deadline. Yep. I I won’t be surprised by anything he does. Unless No, I I’ll take that back. The only way I’d be surprised if he doesn’t make multiple moves. Like, if he doesn’t go out there and we’re sitting here and being like, “Wait, he only made one move? He like what?” No, this dude is going to go make a a couple moves at minimum and this team is in full buy mode. Full buy mode. You know, unless something catastrophic happens here in the next week where they like lose seven in a row or or worse. But even if they did lose seven or eight in a row, they’re still like in a fine position after that. You know what I mean? Maybe like a game or two out. Yeah. They’re and they’re not going to. I mean, you know, you can never be fully confident in sports, right? Things do happen, but there’s there’s no reason that we should all be sitting here like they’re about to lose eight games in a row. I mean, that’s not really Again, I feel like from a team perspective, Jim, they kind of hit they bottomed out a little bit before that 10-game home stand. They played well enough, not perfect. Now, two out of three here. So, they’re what uh eight and five in their last 13, right? We were talking about can you get that 10 and five stretch in you and I don’t know if they can or not but they’re eight and five in their last 13. It’s just it feels like for me that’s where I keep saying like they kind of like turning a corner a little bit. I can’t definitively say it as of yet, but there’s some indicators in there. You’ve gotten Darvish back. He’s pitched on turn the last three times he’s been out there. Hopefully they get good news continually on King. Um you know Tatis has played better obviously since he bottomed out as well the play of Bogart. So again I think there’s enough optimism in there that again I’m not overly confident because I’ve watched enough sports in my life to know you can’t be overly confident and I’ve watched enough of the Padres to know you can’t be overly confident but I’m also not sitting here thinking man that that 10game losing streak is on the other side of of what they’re doing right now. I hope I’m right. I just think that they have too good of a bullpen. Yep. To have a long losing streak if they’re healthy. Yep. I just think that that the way that they’re constructed, it’s hard to imagine them having this super long losing streak uh with the bullpen they have. I mean, the bullpen is fantastic. It’s the strength of this team. You’re only going to get better with the return of Michael King. Hopefully, you Darvish continues to, you know, get better and and get into the groove of the of the season, right? He’s struggled here and there, but I think you saw some signs of improvement over the weekend. Nick Paveet has been fantastic. And like the wild card in the rotation is, hey, is Dylan Cus going to pitch like he did on Friday night? Or is he going to start pitching like he did in the first half where it was just up and down and up and down? Or is he going to be consistent and be one of the best pitchers in the National League like he has proven he can be? You know, if you had Paveta and Cease rolling like this for just like a three or four week stretch, man, that could do wonders for you. Complete wonders. Completely agree. Completely agree. So, again, I feel like if you’re betting on the Padres’s, like there’s reasons for optimism on the Padres’s is what I would say. Um, we’ll see. Again, things can change. Uh, Richard, thank you, man, for the super chat. Appreciate you guys. If you are here, we have year on content for Padres’s fans. Smash that like button for us. And please subscribe to this channel. We’ve had a few people subscribe tonight. Let’s get to 8,900 before we get to 9,000. So, if you have not subscribed to this channel, please do that right now. Um, and thank you for the super chats like this one from Richard um who says, “Don’t worry about the evil empire. Beat up on the tomato cans. Don’t get emotional against LA. Just play baseball. My nephew Jordan and the Carl Vincson on his way home to San Diego after 290 days at sea.” Um, Richard, we appreciate you letting us know. We’re thinking about your nephew and thank you Jordan for your service to this country. Um, yeah, I thought they got over any type of I don’t think it’s like a a mental thing with the Dodgers against the Pods. I just don’t like I saw last year they I thought they played well in the regular season. We saw 2022 they beat him in the postseason. We saw how it played out last year in the postseason. I I don’t know if it’s mental. I think at times maybe the Dodgers have been better than the Padres’s, but I I don’t think there’s some mental hurdle that the Padres’s are dealing with when it comes to the LA Dodgers. And we’ll see if that’s the case or not when they play in August and potentially if they play in October this year. Yeah, we’ll see. I mean, there’s some time. I mean, if you’re the Padres’s, you kind of maybe wish you played the Dodgers right now because the Dodgers are in the midst of their worst stretch of the season. 100%. And they just lost Freddy Freeman for no for who knows how long. Yep. But they’re getting Blake Snell back. They’ve already got Tyler Glass now back. Um they’re going to make a move at the deadline or two or three, you know. So the team that you’re going to face in August is not going to be the team that’s playing as poorly as they’re playing right now is my guess. And and we’re we are we’re a far ways away from that. I’m more concerned. Hey, at minimum take two or three here from Miami, you know, uh, can you do better than that? Can you finish off their roach? I mean, the Cardinals have lost three in a row. Miamiy’s been better of late. Kyle Sters is amazing for the Marlins, but other than that, can you just take care of business and could you have a six and four road trip at worst, right? Could you have a six and Yeah, I I’m more concerned. I’m with you. I’m concerned about the games themselves, but I recognize that the Poders and Dodgers will look a lot different when they meet because the dead’s going to impact both of these teams significantly. Yeah. So, like, and I’m really concerned about the deadline because I love the trade deadline. So, like I have my sights more on the deadline than I would the Dodgers series in August. Oh, believe me, I’ll have my sights there when we get there. It’s like some of the best shows we’ll do is when it’s Padres’s Dodgers, obviously, but right now, I’m with you. Sites are on Miami and St. Louis. But truthfully, I’m also thinking about this upcoming trade deadline. I know it’s going to play out over the next 10 plus days. We’re not going to get crazy news probably in the hours ahead. Maybe not even in the days ahead, but at some point in the next seven or 10 days, we’re going to get some real news related to both the Padres’s and the Dodgers. Uh guys, if you are here, we do want to remind you about our great offer we have for our viewers going on right now with our friends over at Segeek. In fact, with your first order at Segeek of $50 or more, you’re going to get $20 off your tickets with promo code pods rap. That’s pads. You heard me right. $20 off your first purchase of $50 or more with promo code pads. All you have to do is click the link in the description down below to download the app, have the code automatically add it to your account so you can use it later. We do want to thank our friends over at Segeek. 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You’re in for 50 bucks right there. Boom. That’s a 10 out of 10. Amazing deal. So go to Segeek right now. Use our promo code Podra. P A Ds W R A P. All right, let’s get back to the conversation, guys. If you are here, subscribe. And if you’re here, smash that like button for us. Padres’s win big over the Nationals. They’re heading for Miami. A three-game series beginning on Monday afternoon. The beef, thank you, man, for the super chat. If you want to support the channel, click that dollar sign below the chat box. We’ll get your comment on screen with the super chats. He says, “If we get King back, CeCe continues good. You improves and Nick continues.” Um, yeah. Pieces may fit together at the right time. Yeah. I mean, that’s the thing, too. Like, it’s impossible to predict, right? Like they could all be healthy at the right time. They could all not be. They could all be pitching well at the right time. They could all be pitching poorly at the wrong time. But I like the rotation of healthy. I think a lot of people like the rotation of healthy. I like their bullpen a lot of healthy. I liked it last year a year ago in October. I like their chances with what they had in the rotation. I know they lost Moscow and with their bullpen. I thought they had one of the best bullpens in the sport. So yeah, if things look the way you hope they would look, you’d be encouraged. Well, considering the fact they haven’t had a a healthy rotation all year long. If they could just all be healthy at the same time, that’s kind of what all I’m I’m looking for needing. You know, they haven’t had it they haven’t not had a full healthy one through four all season long. You know, Darvish has been out, King been out, right? CE and Paveta have been the only starters that have made I think every scheduled start for their in the season. Makes sense. Yeah. Of the of the top four guys in your rotation. So think if they can just get to a point where they go through uh you know a turn in the rotation where all four guys are in it, you know, that’s that’s a win in itself cuz you you you trust these guys. You trust that they’re going to pitch well for you. You trust Darvish that he’s going to pitch well. You trust Michael King if he’s healthy. Same thing with Nick Nick Paveta. We’ll see about CE if he can, you know, turn his season around here in the second half, but like when he’s on, just look on Friday night, you know, is unhitable. So, yeah, just get healthy and they have a really good rotation. Yeah, completely. You’re that’s spot on. It’s a good point. They haven’t been healthy all year. They haven’t been healthy at the same time all year. Uh, reality check. Appreciate the super chat. Thank you, man, for hanging out. Thank you for the super. He says the mental hurdle is more for the fans to overcome. Yeah. Yes. You know, it’s when you’re talking about Dodgers Padres, I I I tend to agree with that. I mean, you think so? The Yeah. The PTSD. Yeah. 100%. You don’t think the players have any like, man, we can’t just we can’t beat these guys in that like their minds. No, I don’t think I don’t know about any, but I they beat him in the regular season in the season series in 2024. They beat him in the postseason in 2022. They lost in five last year in the postseason. I mean, I don’t think it seems insurmountable like they’re they can’t do it. I mean, maybe they do to some extent. I think the fans have way more of that feeling than the clubhouse does. I mean, that’s just my two cents on it right now. I think there’s a little of that there with the Padres’s. I do. Um, I I’ve seen too many, you know, baseball documentaries and, you know, things where I’ve heard players from teams be like, “We just we just couldn’t beat them.” Like, for whatever reason, we just can’t beat them. Like, we we went into the we went into the series against them, they have our number, and we just for we just can’t beat them, you know? And I do think there’s a little bit of that there. How I how could there not be coming off of what happened in the postseason last year? Yeah, but I mean I I agree. I mean, if we’re solely basing on last year’s game five, well then we’ll talk about that. Yeah. into Well, and and the fact that they’re two and five against them this season as well. True. Eight and five last year in the regular season. Yeah. It you know, it wasn’t it’s not like if you add up all those games since the start of last year, so two and three in the postseason. So that means you’re 10 and eight last year and you’re two and five this year. You’re 12 and 13 in your last 25 games against the Dodgers. This back and forth, you know, it’s not like it’s impossible is what I’m saying. Do I think at at their strengths if you had the Dodgers fully healthy and the Padres’s fully healthy like of there’s no question. I mean the Dodgers it’s not the mental hurdle. They’d be an underdog in Vegas, right? They they’re not as good of a complete roster would be my guess. But that doesn’t mean that they’re not capable of beating the Dodgers in the series. We I say this all the time. Plus, the Dodgers are playing like [ __ ] But that doesn’t mean they won’t be playing great, you know, two weeks from now. But yeah, I you’re probably right. Is there a mental hurdle? Probably because it’s sports. But I think it’s larger with the fan bases. I I think that the PTSD exists more probably in Padres’s fans minds. Yeah. Than it does in like Fernando Tatis Jr.’s mind. But I don’t know. BM, thank you, man, for the super chat. This is a mashing. Speaking of Tatis, a mashing productive Fernando could be all we need. I mean, are we I don’t know how much I can wait on, you know, Tatis looking like it it was four years ago. I think Tatis has been good. He’s getting on base when he doesn’t hit. He walks more than like anyone. It’s amazing how often he walks. Um, but I I don’t know, Jim. I I I don’t know if I’m expecting a 10 home run month or not from him in the second half of the year like we saw maybe late last year if you include the postseason and when he came back. I I just I don’t know with Tatis. I really don’t. He’s having a really good season. I don’t think I could say he’s having a great season because I’ve seen Tatis be better than this. So when you’ve seen someone be better than what they are right now, how can you can say that they’re having a great season? There’s parts of his of his game that he’s having a great year, which is defensively he’s having a great year defensively. He’ll most likely win another gold glove in right field. Shoot, he could be another platinum glove award winner in right. Who knows? He’s been that good defensively. Um, and he is impacting the game in multiple ways on the base pass. I mean, he’s going to have over 30 stolen bases this year. And defensively, he is a real weapon out there. But the main thing that makes Tatis the most valuable when you look at him is like his power, his his ability to change the game offensively at the plate, which we have seen in the past, the threat of his bat in a lineup. and it’s it’s not fully there this season like we want it to be. He’s had moments and the start of his year was the Tatis that I’m referring to. You know, the Tatis we’re seeing right now at the plate. He’s getting on base a ton. I that is a great thing that that’s one part of his season that’s great. His defense, his ability to get on base, those are great. All right. his his ability to steal steal bases like it’s really good. Um but you know overall it’s it’s a it’s a really good season. It’s hard hard for me to say he’s having a great year. Yeah. Podgers have never had a 3030 player in franchise history and I don’t think they will this year truthfully. I mean again I hope I’m wrong. He’s hit 16 home runs and it feels like none of them have happened since April. So, unless he’s got another April in him, and again, I hope to be proven wrong. I just 14 home runs in 63 games. Go show us go show us that power. I get it. Maybe he’s not pitched too. Um I don’t I just I don’t know. I really don’t know whatations are with Tatis. I don’t even think I mean and I I I think most people agree with you. Most people probably say, “Hey, he’s had a very good season.” I wouldn’t say he’s had a very good season. I’d say he’s had a good season. And I’m kind of being liberal in the usage of the word good. If you want to account for, well, he’s stolen a lot of bases and he plays good defense. Yeah, but you fought a bed with that man. Make it 340. He’s here for way more than that. So, I think the very good seasons are are defined by his bat. And his bat has been mid. I don’t care what anyone says. His bat’s been mid. If I’m wrong, then I’m I must be watching a different player. Yeah. It’s just it’s it’s hard to watch this player and not compare him to what he was like if if we didn’t if we never saw the first three years of his career and the last three years was the first three years we’d be like this is really like we’d be like man this is a really good player like damn everyone would be very very happy it’s like Jackson Merrill you know Jackson Merrill is he ever going to be a 900 ops guy Jackson Merrill maybe right but you know Jackson Merill last year his OPS was what 825 or 830 I want to say um and if you look at the rest of his career like last year Jackson Mer like right now Jackson Merrell’s OPS is 731 okay last year Jackson Merrill’s OPS was 826 all right and if he continues to have an OPS around 800 for the rest of you know for the next seven years like damn that’s a really good player the problem with Tatis is we’ve seen the 960 OPS guy. We’ve seen the 42 home run guy. You know, we’ve seen the guy that, you know, is just I mean, we’ve seen the almost MVP player. So, like that’s the problem is when you’ve seen the almost MVP player and then you’re not seeing the almost MVP player, it’s hard to be like, man, Tatis is having an amazing season. It’s like, well, this isn’t even close to his not even close to what he could what he has done in his in the past. Yeah, it’s a good way offensively. I think it’s a good way to put it. I mean, you’re right. I mean, we’ve seen Tatis at his best. So when I look at a player that at the end of today is 805 OPS is is a solid number but I don’t know it’s just I’m watch a lot of it’s predicated on his on base which is great as a leadoff guy. It’s great. He’s getting on base at a high clip. Anytime you get on base 100 percentage points higher than your average you’re doing your job as a leadoff hitter and that’s what he’s doing. So he’s doing his job. I’m looking for go above and beyond your job. I’m looking for him to take off into another level. He’s a top 25 hitter in the National League. I’m looking for a top 10 hitter in the National League, a top five hitter in the National League because I’ve seen it like like you said with my own two eyes. I’ve seen it for for years on end, but I haven’t seen it really for an extended period of time since 2021. Uh Jesus, thank you, man, for the super chase. Says Padres’s won the soda. Trey James, what does it bust? He’s not. They certainly had his number for sure and they’ve had the Nats number for now multiple years and they swept him last year. They went four and two this year against the Nats. They they certainly have the number of a young player. He struck out more than like you can possibly strike out in a season series against the Padres’s. I think he was 0 for today as well. But um I think James was a good player. I think he had a a bad you know six games or five games since that first game against the Padres’s. Yeah. Ever since the fleece tweet by the Nationals, I think he went over. That’s hilarious. It really is. I mean, since that tweet, people got fired for the Nationals. That’s right. Mike Grizzle got fired. Dave Martinez got fired for that. Yeah, they they got work to do, man. Their their rebuild is uh is occurring right in front of our eyes. Well, it’s not good when the best parts of your rebuild are from the Juan Sto trade and everything else sucks. True. That’s another really good point. What was the thing that I saw today from your boy talking friars about they could move Mackenzie Gore which is kind of comical. It’s like you think you’d build around him. Um I thought they Oh yeah, several teams this is John Haymon for whatever it’s worth. Several teams have called the nats about all-star left-hander Mackenzie Gourd. A new Natal manager Mike Deardalo has said that while he prefers to keep the core group will always listen. Probably a long shot with two more years before free agency but worth teams trying. Interesting. I don’t think we’ll go anywhere. I’d build around him, but that’s the whole thing is like you build around Abrams, Wood, and Gore. What? Like, oh, we’re gonna restart our rebuild again. Like, what? You have you have a a three Allstars right there that you build around. That’s right. And then the the other note I found tonight, again, I think this confirms the point we’ve made, which is Ethan, we know Leo Deere isn’t going anywhere. I I don’t see any scenario where Ethan Sal is because why would you sell low because Kyle Glazer saying I think 30 minutes before we went on with the show that Ethan Sal stress fracture his back is healing more slowly than initially hoped and he has no set timetable to return per the team no setbacks just slow healing he’s catching off the machine and working out but no rotational movement so I mean it’s 10 days from August the minor league season ends before the major league season at most he could maybe play just using my head here. What could he play 20 games in the minor leagues this year? 25 maybe. He’s only played 10. So, he’s going to play, let’s say he played another 20 games. He’d play 30 games this year. I just don’t see selling a player off just a completely missed year. Doesn’t make any sense to me. Uh but I do think he’s going to lose some of that prospect, I don’t know, shine, I would guess. And he’s going to have to he’s going to have to earn it a little bit in 2026 would be my guess. Yeah, I’m I’m losing faith that Ethan Salace is going to turn into this generational catching talent that was being sold to the fan base here. Like, oh, Ethan Salis, man, he could be up he could be up as early as 19. Like, at 19 years old, he’d be catching the big league staff. That’s how good he is. No, stop. Stop. Um, the only player in this organization to me that is 100% off limits is Leo Dere. Ethan Salace again. Why would you sell low on him right now, right? Like why I But I don’t have much faith that Ethan Salace, who can’t hit, by the way. It’s not like he’s he was tearing the cover off the baseball in the minors. I know he’s young, but still like I I don’t know. I don’t really I don’t really see it with Ethan. Hope I’m wrong, but again, I will be saying that potentially in like five years from now. Yeah. I just not if he turns out to be good. Yeah. I just wouldn’t move him because I don’t know what he can be, I guess. So to move for I know. But you’re selling low. Like you’re not selling high either. Like if he was you’re selling really low. selling at the lowest. Like, oh, do we want a do we want a 18-year-old catcher with already back problems and he can’t hit? Like, that’s not good. Yeah. No, that’s not good at all. That’s not good at all. Um, all right. Do you want to remind our viewers about our friends over at Underdog Fantasy? Uh, best and easiest place to play fantasy sports is Underdog Fantasy. You can win up to a,000 times your money in a single night. And if you use the promo code pods rap, that’s pads wrap, you’re gonna get a 50% deposit match up to $1,000 plus a free gimme pick. What does a free gimme pick look like? Looks like higher or lower than a half total plate appearance for Fernando Tatis Jr. tomorrow against the Marlins. So they’re giving you a pick. 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