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00:00Someone explain this to me, maybe.
00:02Okay.
00:02So we got a roster move that just took place.
00:07Yeah.
00:08There it is, right?
00:09I need to get the...
00:10Up the front.
00:12Tyler Fitzgerald has been recalled.
00:14Fitzy!
00:15Fitzy's back.
00:18Contain your excitement.
00:19Okay.
00:20But the person being sent out is Carson Wisenhunt.
00:28Carson Wisenhunt?
00:29Carson Wisenhunt.
00:30Not Carson Seymour?
00:31Not Carson Seymour.
00:32He's already been sent, hasn't he?
00:33No, and not...
00:34It's not like...
00:35Carson Ragsdale's long gone.
00:37You have...
00:38I mean, Schmidt is up.
00:40Christian Koss is up.
00:42So you have your utility infield people here.
00:47And then Tyler Fitzgerald is back.
00:51And you sent out your young starting pitcher.
00:55What is going on here?
00:56And you don't have any starting pitchers.
01:00Well...
01:00No, no, no, he's starting pitchers.
01:01You've got Verlander, who's going to start.
01:04Not a starting pitcher.
01:04Well, he is, like it or not.
01:06But he's not.
01:07Ready or not, here he comes.
01:09Yeah, okay.
01:09He can't hide.
01:10So there's that.
01:11Okay.
01:11And then, even Kai Wei Tang, you bring him, like...
01:15He's a second inning guy.
01:17Yeah, he flanked.
01:18And it worked.
01:20It worked.
01:21You know, like I should take a little bit of egg on the face.
01:24Because I was like, do not pitch this guy.
01:26And then he was the only guy who won a game against the Nationals all weekend.
01:29Wow.
01:30And he looked great.
01:31And I wanted them to start Wiz and Hunt.
01:32And they responded by sending him to the minors.
01:35Right.
01:35So, to me, there's another move that is going to be made.
01:39Maybe not immediately.
01:40So, what this tells me is that Carson Wiz and Hunt is not starting tonight.
01:44And we know that.
01:45Robbie Ray.
01:47Shout out Robbie Ray's wife for a lovely anthem last night before the game.
01:50She got a chance to belt it out.
01:52And she did a great job.
01:53So, Robbie Ray goes today.
01:55That tells me that they're not going to start Carson Wiz and Hunt tomorrow, obviously.
02:00Is that a Kai Wei Tang day?
02:01It feels like that's going to be a flank day.
02:05I mean, he pitched on Friday.
02:07So, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
02:09Yeah.
02:10He should be eligible tomorrow.
02:12And then they do play Thursday, right?
02:14As they welcome Tampa in?
02:16No.
02:16Okay.
02:16So, there you go.
02:17That's the off day.
02:18That's the off day over this 10-day stretch against Tampa and San Diego.
02:24Oh, so this is not that dramatic then?
02:26No.
02:26They've got a day game tomorrow, off day, Thursday.
02:29And then Verlander.
02:30And then, well, yeah.
02:32Wiz and Hunt is listed as the starter.
02:34But, yes, with the off day, you could skip.
02:36Because Verlander pitched Sunday, right?
02:37Yeah.
02:38But then you've got to do something because there's no off day after that.
02:41It's four games in San Diego.
02:43I mean the schedule.
02:44Well, then this is the way I look at it, Mark.
02:46The schedule is starting next week.
02:47I don't know if you've looked at it.
02:48I know we're all focused on San Diego.
02:50Do you realize what happens after that?
02:52San Diego is a four-gamer next week.
02:54On the road.
02:55Right.
02:56Monday through Thursday.
02:57And then you immediately fly with no off day to do three in Milwaukee.
03:04Okay.
03:04The best team in baseball.
03:06You've got a charter.
03:06You can fly direct.
03:07And then as soon as that one's over, you do get an off day.
03:10You get to fly home, though.
03:12And the Cubbies are going to be in town.
03:15Good little team.
03:16The Chicago Cubs.
03:17Okay.
03:17So that would be four, ten straight games against Amazeballs baseball teams.
03:24Playoff teams.
03:25Yep.
03:25So if you get to a spot and things haven't gone your way, if things actually got worse,
03:31then all right, Carson, come pitch.
03:33Come start.
03:33It's clear right now that they didn't want to start him tomorrow, and you have an off day Thursday,
03:39which means he's going to get skipped.
03:40So why not bring up an extra bat?
03:42And this feels to me a little bit like what you call Survivor Island.
03:46All right, Koss, Schmidt, and Fitz.
03:48You guys got about six days.
03:50One of you is getting sent.
03:51Well, Schmidt's not going.
03:52When we need another arm.
03:52Schmidt's not going.
03:53Okay, so maybe it's Koss or Fitz.
03:55I don't know.
03:56I don't know what it would be, but if you get to where you're going to need the Wisenhunt
04:01spot in the rotation, if you go two and four over the next six, well, come on back,
04:06Carson.
04:06And if you actually go on a mini run, well, then you have a real decision to make.
04:10That's kind of the way I read it.
04:13I mean, it's not great.
04:14But if he's not going to pitch, wouldn't you rather have a high-powered bat up here?
04:20He said, expecting to have something thrown at him.
04:23A high-powered bat.
04:25Just to throw this in there.
04:26Yes, Grandy.
04:27Now, I don't know if this explains it entirely, because I think they still need arms even when
04:33Landon Roop comes back.
04:34But Roop made his rehab start on Sunday in Sacramento, and probably means he's going to be back up here
04:40shortly.
04:41Okay.
04:41But you still need a fifth starter, right?
04:43Do you have that in front of you?
04:44Like, did he get...
04:46He went three innings, gave up two runs, three hits, struck out four.
04:50So probably like 50 pitches or something?
04:52I don't know.
04:52I can find pitch count.
04:54I mean, maybe the fifth starter might be, for right now, Gage as the opener followed by
05:00Kai Wei-Tang.
05:00Maybe that is your fifth starter.
05:01So how do you feel about them prioritizing that over Wisenhunt at the moment?
05:04Not great, except for maybe they feel prioritizing Wisenhunt is sending him down.
05:11Roop through 50 pitches.
05:13Exactly.
05:13Good job, Dibs.
05:14Look at that.
05:14Nice job.
05:15Do you know what I mean by that, though?
05:17Like, maybe sending him down is prioritizing him.
05:19Maybe they're like, oh, oh, so that's not ripe.
05:23No.
05:23So, like...
05:2414 and a third, eight earned, five home runs.
05:29That's a lot of home runs.
05:30He's not fooling a lot of people.
05:31No.
05:31All the Carsons give up a lot of homers.
05:33Right.
05:34All of the Carsons.
05:35They do.
05:36They give up a lot of homers.
05:37Carsons also giving up five in 14 innings.
05:39Exactly.
05:40Seymour.
05:41Twins.
05:42Twin Carsons.
05:43By the way, speaking of that Rivercats game on Sunday, when Roop started, did you see
05:49what happened in the eighth inning of that game?
05:51No.
05:53Rivercats down 2-0.
05:54Two on.
05:55For Bryce Eldridge.
05:57Opposite field home run to take the lead.
05:58Taco.
05:59Taco.
05:59Taco.
06:00Taco.
06:01Dude, Bryce is...
06:02Bryce's OPS is a billion.
06:05Like, the last...
06:06What is it?
06:07Just a week and a half.
06:08It's a short sort of a stint.
06:12But even on the year, it's probably north of 850, I would guess.
06:16Well, do you mean for AAA or do you mean the entire year?
06:19For Bryce?
06:20Yeah.
06:20Hasn't he only been in AAA?
06:22No, no, no.
06:22He got called up.
06:24He got called up not, you know, terribly long ago.
06:28Oh, the stupid website where you get the minor leagues stats.
06:33OPS in SAC is 858.
06:35What about just in August?
06:37Oh, I don't have that.
06:38Yeah.
06:39I can get it, but this website is always really...
06:42The website where I get it is always really...
06:44You got to go to baseball reference.
06:45No, I know, but there's game logs when you go to the MILB.com, but it's finicky.
06:52Like, the website is kind of just like the players.
06:55Like, we're not ready yet to do it right every day, so we practice.
07:01So, some days, we'll give you the game logs, and then some days, we're just not ready.
07:07So, they're kind of like Carson Wins and Hunt's changeup.
07:10I don't yike it.
07:11And today is one of those bad days.
07:12Oh, and now it works.
07:14See?
07:14Now it works.
07:15All right.
07:16So, Bryce Eldridge, just in the month of August, the OPS is 1165.
07:28Not bad.
07:291165 with five home runs.
07:36It's only August 12th.
07:37What?
07:38Are you kidding me?
07:39Yeah.
07:39Five home runs and an 1165 OPS this month.
07:42So, in the last, you know, almost couple weeks.
07:45And yet, there's been repeated reluctance to bring him up and give him a shot, and I get
07:50it.
07:50For sure.
07:51But instead, it's Tyler Fitzgerald.
07:53Come on up.
07:54Fitzy.
07:54I would hope that he comes up and he gets a start tonight.
07:57Where would you even put Eldridge if you brought him up?
08:00Unless you're just like, I don't care anymore, so like, Dom Smith will just release you.
08:04I like Dom Smith.
08:06Sure.
08:06He's a baseball player.
08:07That's like a funky little find that the Giants got there.
08:11It's a great find.
08:11You know?
08:12It smells of Farhan, but it's not.
08:13It was a complete Farhan move.
08:15It's like, I mean...
08:16Lamont Wade can't hit the high fastball anymore.
08:18Let's find a nine-year vet.
08:20Just sitting there.
08:21Got DFA'd.
08:22Boom.
08:22Dom Smith.
08:23It's like, that guy, he gets hits.
08:25He's got a beautiful glove over at first.
08:27Seems like a jamming guy in the clubhouse.
08:30Yep.
08:31Came on with the morning show.
08:32Couldn't have been more fun.
08:34I'm like, keep that guy.
08:36Keep that guy.
08:37I mean, you can't now.
08:39Yeah, you can.
08:40And, like, do what?
08:42And do what?
08:43Play him at first.
08:44I mean, if he could play outfield again.
08:45I don't...
08:46He's played outfield, right?
08:47He's played outfield, yes.
08:48And I don't know that Bryce Eldridge is starting next year.
08:51I don't know.
08:52He's only 20.
08:53I don't know that he's just going to be up and in the opening day lineup next year.
08:58You know?
08:58Yeah.
08:59Super encouraging what's happening right now.
09:02You know, the way the Giants organization always does it with those young guys is they
09:05want you to force your way from one level to the next.
09:09And if one level starts looking too easy, then they want to challenge you.
09:13Well, and this is, I'll continue to say it, the one bright spot in what has been just
09:19a hellacious, disastrous season, in my opinion.
09:23The one bright spot is they are setting themselves up for a late August and September where, why
09:30not bring up Bryce Eldridge?
09:32Why wouldn't you?
09:33Do it.
09:34He is.
09:35He's forcing his way.
09:36He's making AAA look easy.
09:38His August OPS is 1165.
09:41Let him come up here and take a few hacks.
09:44Great time to play in that league when you've got Albuquerque, Reno, and Sacramento.
09:48Combined temperature of about 3 million.
09:51Couple of altitudes.
09:52Not to take anything away from him.
09:53But if you're going to do that, then I want to see Marco Luciano.
09:59Let's see some Luciano if we're going to just wave the white flag.
10:02I've already seen Luciano.
10:04I'd like to see something different.
10:06If you don't mind.
10:07I mean, he's an outfielder now.
10:08If you don't mind.
10:09Hey, really quick, guys, before we hit a quick break, we do have a Giants lineup.
10:13We have some changes.
10:14Tyler Fitzgerald is batting 8th and playing right field.
10:18What?
10:19And Casey Schmidt is still playing 2nd, but he's batting 2nd.
10:22Are they facing a lefty tonight?
10:24They are nasty nester.
10:26Oh, that's right.
10:26There you go.
10:27That's all that is.
10:28That's all that is.
10:29Devers is batting 3rd.
10:30Adamus 4th.
10:31Chapman down to 6th behind Flores.
10:33So that's why Fitzgerald got called up.
10:34Because Grant McRae is the other outfielder, and instead of calling up Matos, when they
10:39traded Yaz, they brought up another left-handed hitting outfielder in Drew Gilbert.
10:44So now they want someone who's right-handed to play tonight.
10:46So there you go.
10:47There you have it.
10:48I might be back in 48 hours.
10:51I think it'll be longer than that.
10:52Or not.
10:52Yeah, I think that's the point I was trying to make.
10:55Absolutely.
10:55Absolutely.
10:56Absolutely.
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