Julio Rodríguez's Slump Affects Seattle's MLB Playoff Hopes

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00:00The players over the last seven days who have struggled. Let's get right back to it. Julio

00:07Rodriguez got off to a slow start this season. He got hot and then everybody was like, Oh,

00:13you see what happened? You, you losers. Julio is amazing. He's fantastic. He sold short

00:18on this guy. And then all of a sudden, here we are again. Oh, 50 last seven days, six

00:23strikeouts, no RBIs, no stolen bases, man, Seattle, George, they're good. They got this

00:30incredible pitching. They got to get this figured out. This is the best opportunity

00:34that they're going to have to get to the post season. I think to even make a run, I don't

00:38know if it's just Julio. They have got to get going here because, uh, that is an extremely

00:44winnable division. Houston's not playing well. Texas not playing well. We know Oakland is

00:48not good. The angels are terrible. Like, come on guys. Right? Oh, you'll get no arguing

00:54for me. I've set up a so many times this season. I thought coming into the season, Seattle

01:00needed to add a bat. And then you lay low as to Oscar Hernandez. Now it's two bats and

01:04now Julio Rodriguez has flown off the planet. I mean, uh, I don't know how they're surviving

01:08it. They're pitching can only do so much here. Uh, what are you going to do if you own a,

01:12you know, if you have Julio Rodriguez, you're going to trade him a 70 cents on a dollar.

01:17I mean, what are you going to do? You always have to hope and pray that he bounces out

01:20of it. Maybe you can bench him for a week, you know, and set up. But do you have that

01:24kind of depth on your bench to someone that's any really all that much better than Rodriguez

01:28or he's going to hope that he figures it out. But it's been from day one here. He's had

01:31some, so, you know, every now and then I have a couple of good games in a row. We always

01:34think he's snapping out of it. Then all of a sudden it's another 10 games where he does

01:36nothing here. And he's, he's in the middle. I mean, really it's a complete zero right

01:40now, but I think you're stuck. I just don't know what are you going to do? Uh, what could

01:44you get them in return that you think it's going to be worth trading Julio Rodriguez?

01:48And I'm the first person I'll tell you, by the way, you know, at the draft is over. I

01:52never want to hear what round someone was drafted in. I don't want to hear it. Rodriguez

01:54is the first drop. It doesn't matter anymore. It's what, how he's playing and he's playing

01:58like crap.