00:00Every season brings highs
00:02I'm in my drop top cruising the streets
00:05And lows
00:08I know when you two asses would've done the same thing that I just did
00:11Are you kidding me?
00:12This trio always has eyes on the market in H-Town
00:16It's time to buy or sell
00:19It's stock up
00:20The arrow's pointed up
00:22Stock down
00:23They're selling, Mortimer
00:25On The Drive with Sterner and Hughley
00:30Well, this time our eyes are in Florida
00:33It's an Astros springtime edition
00:35Springtime Stros edition of Stock Up Stock Down
00:38We're gonna get this thing kicked off right away with you, Ron
00:40The Show Hughley
00:41As the Astros had pitchers and catchers report yesterday
00:45Spring training officially in action
00:47Let's go stock down in your view, Ron
00:49Stock down coming into it
00:52And that's just
00:53But when you look at the
00:55The difference in how he was viewed last year
00:59To where he is now
01:00My stock down is Cam Smith
01:02My man Cam Smith
01:04Was the talk of
01:06Not only the trade
01:08Between
01:10The Astros
01:12And the Cubs
01:12To get in
01:13Cubs and
01:14And raise
01:15Attached to that
01:16To get
01:17To get
01:18Rid of
01:19Kyle Tucker
01:21But
01:22He was the guy that everybody was talking about
01:25Forced his way because of his
01:27Electric spring training
01:28Into making the team
01:30Into getting on the field
01:32And starting
01:32To now
01:34Fast forward
01:35Where we are this year
01:36Dana Brown up
01:37I mean
01:38I understand man
01:39You
01:39You want to light a fire under people
01:41But damn
01:42Dana's out here
01:42Said yeah man he ain't got a job
01:45I kept it real as a true professional myself
01:47He said Cam Smith gotta fight for a job
01:49You ain't lying
01:50Now Cam up here talking about
01:51Yeah man that's how I want it
01:53No that's not how you want it
01:54I mean that's just how you accept it
01:55You gotta go about it that way
01:56But uh
01:57But yeah man this guy
01:58This guy went from being
02:00A part of this team's lineup
02:03And where I don't
02:03I see a lot of projected lineups
02:06And I don't see Cam Smith
02:08In many of them
02:09Some of them he's in
02:11But I don't see him in many of them
02:12So to me Cam Smith
02:14Right now to start spring training
02:16Especially where he was last year
02:18Somebody who played on this
02:20This team the entire way
02:21Hmm
02:21Uh
02:22And him him fighting for
02:24Not a not a job
02:26In the outfield
02:27As a starter
02:28Him fighting to stay on the roster
02:30He might be in Sugar Land
02:31Uh coming up the way they're talking
02:33So for me stock down right now Cam Smith
02:35Yeah Cam you don't
02:36You don't want to get stuck
02:37In that old wide old
02:38Chaz McCormick situation now
02:39Uh you damn sure don't want to get stuck
02:41In one of them
02:42It don't matter what you do
02:43Hey look don't forget Cam
02:45I mean you
02:46You either lived up to
02:48Or exceeded expectations last year
02:49And in a year when the organization
02:52Was stressing
02:53We're going to see more pitches
02:54They had an old free swinger
02:55Coming up there taking
02:56Plate appearances from you now
02:58They had the freest swinger
02:59I may have ever seen
03:00That I didn't know his name
03:01I mean there's some free
03:02Altuve's a free swinger
03:03But damn it Altuve's
03:04The greatest of all time
03:05Exactly
03:06I mean they brought that other
03:07Fellow up here just let him
03:08Swing his ass off in your
03:09In your place
03:10Be careful now
03:11Be careful what you ask for Cam
03:12No that's well said gentlemen
03:14And uh banana pudding
03:15Ain't gonna save him
03:16I didn't check
03:17Hey man you better pick it up man
03:19Got to
03:20You should nickname him white pudding
03:21I mean life came at you fast
03:23White pudding
03:24Maybe you can find some cam cam
03:25Juice or something
03:26Alright over you
03:26Over to you Clint
03:28Stock down for you
03:29With these Astros
03:31As spring training is getting started
03:32I'm going right now
03:33I'm going Yiner Diaz man
03:34Um
03:35Look
03:36It was
03:37Stock was already down
03:38Um
03:39Let's be honest
03:40I mean Ron mentioned it earlier
03:41Hell we can't go a damn
03:42We can't go one show
03:44Without talking about
03:44How base runners
03:45Just kind of trotted around
03:46The base pass last year
03:47Against the Astros
03:48The first thing I think of
03:49Every time I hear his name
03:50It's unbelievable right
03:51So stock was already down
03:52Um
03:53Based on what the
03:55Expectations were
03:56Uh
03:57I mean the
03:58The runway was cleared for you
03:59Went once
04:00Uh
04:01Machete
04:02Was
04:03Was ran off
04:04And they decided to move on to you
04:06And
04:06Boy
04:07Right now you look at it
04:08I mean
04:09What's my man Salazar
04:10Is that his name to back up now
04:11Yeah cause Victor Caratini went on
04:13I mean they ain't even sure
04:14If Salazar is a backup
04:16I mean they're
04:16They're having to answer questions
04:17About is
04:18Is he suitable for a backup
04:19Hey man Diaz
04:21It ain't never been more
04:22More easy for you to keep a job
04:24It's
04:24The runway's never been more clear
04:25For you to create some staying power
04:27And what does he do
04:29We ain't even got the position players
04:31In camp yet
04:31We got pitchers and catchers
04:33Have reported
04:34And his ass is hurt already
04:36Yeah he's
04:37He's working hard in the off season
04:38We got a bad ankle
04:39Hope those new doctors are ready
04:41I mean I'm just telling you man
04:42That Yiner Diaz
04:43Playing a little off season baseball
04:44I said it
04:45I said it earlier Ron
04:46We went maybe this this guy
04:47I think this has got enough life
04:48For it to be a segment down the road
04:49But
04:50Yiner Diaz
04:51There might be more pressure
04:52On his ass to
04:52To step up and
04:53And play big time this year
04:55Than anybody on the team
04:55A guy was a
04:56A
04:57A
04:58Third
04:59Finisher
05:00Top three finisher
05:01For silver slug award
05:02Two years ago
05:03The best offensive catchers in the game
05:05And
05:07Plummeting
05:07And yeah they
05:08They need him
05:09Like we could talk about the injuries
05:11Had he
05:12Had he swung the bat
05:13The way he had swung the bat
05:14The previous two years
05:15You could argue that
05:17That could have helped
05:17Absolutely
05:18The Astros getting to the playoffs
05:20So he
05:20And he's been able to live a little bit of this down
05:22With other things around him
05:23But
05:24Yeah his
05:25His game wasn't anywhere near
05:26What it had been the first two years
05:28He had played
05:28Right real quick I know where
05:29Like here's the deal this year
05:30Man there
05:31There ain't no
05:32What's my man Caratini
05:34The catatine
05:35I thought he should have been started
05:37I thought he should have been started
05:37I thought he should have been started
05:38Yeah we did
05:38We all thought he was
05:39Yeah man
05:40But like
05:40The
05:42How painful it was for Yiner Diaz last year
05:45Particularly defensively
05:46Was
05:47The blow was softened
05:48Because you could always go to a clutch hitter
05:50And a guy that was better defensively
05:52And Caratini
05:53I don't know if you've got that cushion this year
05:55With Salazar
05:55I mean it's going
05:56They like
05:57They're going to be bright on Yiner Diaz's ass
06:00If he don't
06:00If he ain't performing on both sides
06:02For sure
06:03Alright we are doing a springtime Stros edition
06:06Of Stock Up Stock Down
06:07Right here live on the drive
06:08Got them negatives out of the way
06:10Stock Downs are done
06:11Staying right there with you Clint
06:13Stock Up for these Astros right now
06:15In spring training
06:15Tatsuya
06:16M.I.E.
06:18Oh that was nice
06:19I don't know if you guys
06:20I don't know if you guys saw the interview
06:21This has nothing to do with his play
06:23By the way
06:24I don't know if y'all saw the interview
06:26But there
06:27Obviously the pitchers and catchers reported
06:28So there's
06:29There's video and audio recordings of interviews
06:33You know I don't know that there is a
06:36What I would call
06:39A more intimidating place to be in sports
06:42Than to be in a country where
06:46You have to have an interpreter
06:47And to be in a locker room
06:50Where like nobody really understands what you're saying
06:53You need an interpreter just to communicate with the manager
06:55And the general manager
06:56Tall
06:57Tall Asian guy
06:58The whole thing of
06:59With these Japanese players
07:01And these Asian players that come over
07:02Like the whole thing is just
07:03I would think would be pretty intimidating
07:05And I think most of the time
07:06Especially early on
07:07When you see those guys getting interviewed
07:08You can see a little bit of that in them
07:10I don't know if y'all saw the interview
07:11But my boy M.I.E.
07:13He got
07:14Hey
07:15Chief there's some juice there
07:17My man got that head
07:18He's shown some personality early man
07:20My man got that head kicked back like I got zero worries
07:23What's the next question?
07:24What's up?
07:24I mean there's a
07:25There's a real vibe with him
07:28For sure
07:28And the way he carries himself
07:29And the way he looks and talks
07:31And his facial
07:31His mannerisms
07:32He's smart
07:33He's really pushed the Houston
07:36Yeah
07:37Since he arrived
07:38And daring himself to the culture early in Houston
07:40Tee it seems like there's a real edge there with this cat
07:42There is zero intimidation
07:44And I hope
07:45That that
07:46I've never seen him pitch
07:46I don't know I haven't watched the Japanese highlights
07:48But like I hope that that same
07:50I get that same feeling when he's on the bump
07:52As I do when I'm listening to him interview
07:54Hell yeah
07:54Did y'all see him at that Rockets game a little while back
07:57And he stood up in the crowd
07:58Was throwing the Maches up and stuff
07:59Yeah game winner he did it
08:00He did it at the Texas game
08:02Got a little something to him bro
08:02Yes I love it
08:03Alright and back over to you Ron
08:05Stock up for you Ron
08:06The show Hughley for these Astros
08:08As spring training is officially underway
08:11My stock up is Zach Cole
08:13Who apparently appears to have some sort of a job security
08:15That I didn't know
08:16Like I keep seeing that he is a potential starter in the outfield
08:19He seems to have more job security than Cam Smith
08:23Who played all last year
08:24Damn
08:24And I look at Zach Cole
08:25He looks
08:26I mean when you look at him
08:27He looks like he's Christian Walker's kid
08:30Older
08:31Older kid that he's brought to the ballpark with him
08:33Hopefully he doesn't swing like him
08:35An undersized white guy that hustles really hard y'all
08:37Instead of the guy that is
08:40Looks really young
08:40No facial hair
08:41Like every time I see projected lineups from everybody
08:45Zach Cole's in that puppy
08:47And this is where their outfield is right now
08:50To where you're looking at Jake Myers, Zach Cole
08:53And then potentially either Sanchez or Cam Smith
08:57Right?
08:58That's what it feels like
08:59But Zach Cole
08:59A guy who had 47 at-bats last year
09:0347 at-bats last year
09:04Hey, those 47 strong ones, man
09:06Okay, yeah
09:08Maybe
09:08Four
09:10Twelve hits
09:11But yeah, 47 at-bats
09:12Hit 255
09:13That it looks like he's gonna be an opening day starter right now
09:17Unless they make, you know, some type of a move
09:20Well, so his
09:21Hey
09:21That's wild
09:22That is real stock up right there, baby
09:24I bet Bagwell saw something in them 47 at-bats
09:27And he went to Crams like
09:28Hey man, this kid
09:29This kid's got it
09:30I don't mean to bring up any old stuff
09:32But I mean
09:33I didn't either, sorry
09:34I mean
09:35Chaz McCormick couldn't
09:37Chaz McCormick had more than 47 at-bats
09:39He couldn't be a starter
09:42If only that DoorDash would have got him our banana pudding
09:44We sent him
09:46Could have changed everything
09:47Once you put up Chaz's resume coming into some of them seasons
09:51Compared to Zach Cole who's gotten
09:53Who seems to be penciled into the lineup
09:55With his 47 at-bats
09:57What?
09:58I'm telling you, Cam
09:59You gonna mess around and get that turnstile
10:01Right field turnstile
10:02Chaz hit about three
10:03Three postseason home runs
10:05He couldn't get in
Comments