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00:00It's baseball season time, baby.
00:02Them Strohs are rocking and rolling, and they're talking.
00:05And they're talking, boy.
00:06We ain't football horny.
00:07We're talking about them baseball boners, y'all.
00:09And before I get to what really got me turned on today, I got to, hey, Dirty's Daily.
00:16Dirty's Daily is powered today by Weatherman Andy.
00:21Weatherman Andy.
00:21I don't know if y'all were listening this morning, but old Pendergast.
00:24Andy was just fixing the door, by the way.
00:26Old Pendergast tried to ruin it for all of us.
00:29Can't drink in the studio no longer.
00:31Pendergast dumped his old red Powerade all over the table in here.
00:36And not only did he dump it over here and ruin a few things, well, he's got to.
00:41Ron just found his old dirty towel over in the corner.
00:44Got red Powerade all over.
00:45Just left that sucker there.
00:46Just left that mess there.
00:48Damn, that's messed up.
00:49I mean, he just left it there for a Weatherman Andy.
00:52Weatherman Andy came down here and he's cleaning it all up.
00:55I mean, it's okay.
00:56So, hey, Big Andy.
00:57Come on, Sean.
00:58Big Andy, I greatly appreciate you.
01:00We love you around here, man.
01:01We wouldn't be what we are today without you, brother.
01:03We greatly appreciate your help and you looking out for us.
01:06Always on the ball.
01:08Always on the ball.
01:09By the way, Tyler, Andy came in and first guy I've ever seen.
01:13He's got his phone volume going through his watch.
01:19He's showing me the clip of Sean spilling his deal and the audio is coming from behind me.
01:23And I'm like, where's this audio coming from?
01:25I'm watching his phone.
01:26The audio.
01:26Well, his watch has got the audio.
01:28He must have a speaker in his.
01:30I thought it was hanging around his neck or something, but it's clearly on his watch.
01:33So, well played, Andy.
01:34I mean, whoever got you that little gadget right there, man, that is big time.
01:39But nonetheless, just like we wouldn't be the same around here without Andy, the Astros
01:46damn sure wouldn't be the same without Hunter Brown.
01:48And this time of year is great because these guys start talking.
01:55And we've got a couple of guys that I think it's worth hearing these conversations.
02:00Tyler, who did you say that this audio came from a little earlier?
02:03What podcast did it come on?
02:06Yes, my guy, Tyler Stafford.
02:08And who's he doing with Ron?
02:11Chandler Rome.
02:11Chandler Rome.
02:12Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:12Yeah, I didn't know he was a Baytown boy.
02:14Yeah, man.
02:15We grew up together in youth group.
02:16He's a good dude.
02:17Tyler had Tyler.
02:19Didn't have Chandler.
02:21I blanked for a minute.
02:22But yeah, it's their podcast.
02:23They do all Stroh's talk.
02:25It's good stuff.
02:26713-572-4610.
02:28And here's where I'm going to go with it.
02:30Should the Astros lock Hunter Brown down long term?
02:37Yes.
02:38Now, I know they don't have to do it right now.
02:39I'm talking about whenever the time comes.
02:41Yes.
02:42Whenever the time comes.
02:43Now, the report is Chandler Rome put it out there in a little podcast
02:46that after the 2024 season, there was interest from Hunter Brown,
02:52you know, about getting an extension done with the Astros,
02:55making some money.
02:56Um, and, um, he was asked again on this podcast here recently,
03:01uh, about contract extension talks with the Astros since then.
03:07Has there been any or what's going on, Hunter?
03:09You know, those, those conversations have obviously, you know,
03:12come up between Scott and myself.
03:14Um, and, and with all transparency, you know, I love Houston.
03:19I love playing for this team.
03:20Um, you know, and, and just, I haven't heard anything since, uh, you know,
03:25I was a rookie.
03:26So my focus is, is to, to be the best I can be, uh, for this team this season.
03:32And, you know, that's, that's what I'm focused on.
03:34But, um, like I, like I said, I love putting on that Astros uniform and I got no,
03:39no, no visions of doing it anywhere else.
03:42So, um, that, that's what I can give you guys.
03:44Uh, I haven't, I haven't heard anything and that's, that's just kind of where I
03:48stand with that.
03:49Look, if you're an Astros fan and that don't get you good and turned on,
03:52I don't know what the hell's wrong with you.
03:53Now, look, I do.
03:55I heard the in the loop guys today.
03:57I heard them having a conversation about the hell are the Astros doing no
04:00communication.
04:01I don't, I don't believe that this is an Astros problem.
04:06I don't look at, he said he hadn't heard anything since his rookie year.
04:09Now Hunter Brown's rookie year.
04:11Yeah.
04:11The organization should have reached out to him and said, Hey man, can we get one
04:14MO young team friendly deals done?
04:16Maybe can we, can we see what, what can be, you know, what, what we can, what we
04:20can do moving forward.
04:23And if I'm being honest, since then, if I'm Hunter Brown's representation, you
04:32better not even shape your mouth to say, let's get a team friendly deal done.
04:38Like it don't, it wouldn't shock me one bit that the Astros, or it doesn't shock
04:41me one bit that the Astros haven't circled back to Hunter Brown and tried to get a
04:46deal done.
04:47Estros ain't loyal.
04:48I mean, yeah.
04:48Call it loyal.
04:49If you want to, uh, I mean, if you want to, you can call it loyal, but the reality of
04:54it is, is I think it's respect.
04:56Hunter Brown's too good of a prospect, too good of a player at this point to go in and
05:01try to get a Jordan Alvarez deal with.
05:03I tip my cap to Jordan for doing it.
05:05I think Jordan had some injuries that, that may have played part in him going ahead and
05:08getting that money.
05:09Uh, I look at Hunter Brown.
05:11I just don't see Hunter Brown as a player that for any reason needs to, needs to, to
05:19team friendly something.
05:20No, I agree with that, but I also would think if you got serious and you came with a fair
05:27offer right now, maybe that's, maybe that doesn't cost as much as it would a couple of
05:34years down the line when somebody else resets the market.
05:37Like I'm with you.
05:37I don't think you come to Hunter Brown and Scott Boris.
05:40Let's remember who is, who is also representing him.
05:43Scott Boris.
05:44You can, you can, he's a part of the, you can kiss my ass when it comes to some sort
05:48of
05:48a team friendly deal.
05:50You don't go get Scott Boris to get a team friendly deal.
05:53I think they know that, but I think you come with a fair offer or a fair conversation,
05:58not trying to do the Yordan thing.
06:02But to me, I think you do start there.
06:04Now I'm surprised that that hasn't, at least to get a gauge of what, what it is that you're
06:09looking at, right.
06:10To, to get them, I think a fair offer, not a, not a low ball.
06:13I think you want to lock him up.
06:15He's 27.
06:15Now we've no arm injuries.
06:16Let's go ahead and get him locked up.
06:18Try to get him locked up.
06:19Now I am surprised that Hunter Brown has not had anything brought to him.
06:24Yeah.
06:25Well, I just, in a couple of years, I wonder if that is a Hunter Brown and representation
06:30have a conversation of, of, we know what they typically do, how they've handled guys.
06:34And we're not even remotely interested.
06:36So let's play this thing out.
06:37Let's see what, let's see what the future holds.
06:39I'm not, I'll be honest with being an Astros fan.
06:41I'm not overly concerned about what the hell are the Astros doing?
06:44In fact, I will, this is the first guy that I felt like there's a real chance that, that
06:51crane's going to open that checkbook and pay long-term huge money for.
06:56I think, I think this is the guy, as I said before, I think, I think this is the guy
07:02that
07:02when you look at him, he has clearly embraced leadership role as he's moved forward.
07:08Right.
07:09Right.
07:09I mean, he's patterned his game in more ways than one after Justin Verlander.
07:14And I think it's kind of coming to fruition.
07:16Obviously we've seen the product that is big game Hunter Brown, the leadership role he's
07:22played into.
07:23I think when you look at the, at this era of pitchers, I think there's a lot of guys out
07:27there that have come up throwing it as hard as they possibly can throw it or getting as
07:31much spin as they can possibly get.
07:33And there's obviously some injury issues there really league wide, but definitely with the
07:38Astros.
07:39I don't, I don't believe that Hunter Brown is one of those guys.
07:42I think Hunter Brown appears at least to my eye, he appears to have a very natural delivery,
07:50a very natural arm action that doesn't have a, it's not putting relatively speaking, not
07:54putting a ton of torque on the elbow or the shoulder, the way that some of these guys are
07:58pitching and have to pitch in order to be effective.
08:00It's effortless again, very much like what Justin Verlander appears to be doing.
08:05I just, I think this is a guy you mentioned his age, but this is a guy that you want
08:10to
08:10retire as an Astro at the very least, the guy you want through these prime years.
08:16Yeah.
08:17Well, you definitely want him through the prime years, whatever he's commanding or demanding.
08:21I believe that, that Jim Crane gets this one done and keeps him here longer term.
08:25Oh boy.
08:26The other part of this is you believe, do you believe Tyler?
08:30I hope, I hope, I think they will.
08:33I think it's definitely possible.
08:34They wouldn't give him what I think you were about to lay out there, Ron.
08:37I mean, the Astros history with, with new contracts is interesting, but I think they
08:41will.
08:41I think he's young enough.
08:43I think that's the key that they'll, they'll find a way to get it done.
08:46But go back.
08:47We did this earlier.
08:49We're talking about players that they didn't commit to.
08:51Right.
08:52And I think there's some of them out there that they're a little bit of a head
08:54scratcher, but, but you, you can look at the Correa deal as big a fan as I am
08:58with the Correa, I would have paid him, but, but there was clearly an injury there
09:01that, that maybe they weren't comfortable with.
09:03And Pena and they knew, they knew Pena was behind him.
09:06Great point.
09:06Pena was coming up, right?
09:08I mean, you, you look down, you look down the line, you there's, there's some guys
09:11that we wish they would have committed more to, and they didn't, but whether it
09:14was age or some kind of injury or some kind, you know, there, there seemed to
09:18always be not always, but, but partially there seemed to be some, some, some kind of
09:24hindsight's 2020 with those guys.
09:26I just don't with, with Hunter Brown, I don't think there's anybody behind him.
09:32Right.
09:32I think it's a very convincing product from a health perspective and obviously a
09:37ceiling perspective.
09:38And so I don't know, man, I just think this is one that if you're going to make a, if
09:42you're going to ever make an exception, I think this is the guy that Jim Crane makes
09:45the exception with.
09:47I think it should be.
09:49Although I've, I've, I've said about two others.
09:51I think it should be, I would not bet that he does.
09:56Look, if I were placing a bet, I would, I'm betting on it.
09:59I'm going to take a little bit of a risk.
10:01If I were doing a T-Mills best bets, I would say that he would, that, that he is not
10:08going
10:08to be here long-term.
10:09I would say they're not going to sign him long-term.
10:11Well, you're, you're on the same team with Pendergast.
10:13He heard our conversation earlier.
10:14He said, he said three years and he's gone.
10:16Yeah, I, I, I just, I think what it, what it would take is I, I think seven years at
10:25the least right now.
10:27And I don't think he would do it.
10:28Yeah.
10:28I'm just going to tell you, man, they should get started now.
10:30A lot of these guys, a lot of these guys that they didn't re-up, you can look at and
10:34go,
10:34okay, I don't agree with it, but I understand it.
10:36And there's a method to the madness, not re-up in this guy or not long-term in this guy.
10:41I can't get it.
10:42I can't wrap my head around it.
10:43I can't, I can't.
10:44And right now we'll see what happens.
10:45And like, like, and I don't love what they have behind him.
10:48I think that's the biggest thing he would have in his favor, but we're looking at it
10:51right now, man.
10:52Like when they, when they let Kyle Tucker ride, like we're starting to look at that
10:55outfield.
10:56I mean, they, I mean, there is nothing in sight that appears that they, that they're
11:01about to bring in to match any of me.
11:02They had Springer, Tucker, uh, Correa, where I'm talking about in the outfield, they had
11:08Springer, Tucker, Brantley.
11:10They had all that, that, that outfield that it's a shale of itself, but it ain't quite
11:15what it once was.
11:16By the way, it's crush city territory is the podcast that, uh, that these catcher on that
11:21we're getting this audio from great job with Hunter Brown.
11:24There's another Hunter Brown cut here.
11:26And this, this is just one that I just, as an Astros fan, I just needed to hear it.
11:31I needed to hear it from somebody within the organization that the catcher woes that we've
11:36seen of late weren't all on the catchers.
11:39Obviously having played baseball a little bit of that, that you understand that if guys
11:43are, are, are circling the bases on our catchers, clearly the pitchers have, you know, some
11:48of the pitchers have some issues and they're part of it, but I'm going to tell you here
11:53in Hunter Brown, talk about specifically runners circling the bases, if you will, and how he can
11:59be better to help.
12:00That was refreshing.
12:02Here's Hunter Brown talking about just that.
12:03Yeah, you know, I think I can do a better job of, of holding runners, you know, specifically
12:07in my time to the plate at times, um, you know, I have such a high leg kick that I'm
12:12sure, I'm sure Vic and, uh, and Diaz last year at times were like, you know, come on,
12:17man, give me a shot.
12:18But, uh, so, so there's definitely that element to it.
12:21And I think, I think we, we've kind of been talking about that as a, as a team as a
12:25whole.
12:26Um, so I don't think that's just for me, but, um, you know, personally, I think if
12:31I could, you know, if I could strike out as many right-handed hitters as I do left-handed,
12:35that would, that would be awesome.
12:37Um, and then first pitch strikes, you know, you want to, if you're getting ahead of guys,
12:42you're going to get deeper into games and, and kind of some of that stuff is going to,
12:45going to even itself out.
12:47You know, you'll find yourself in opportunities to, to put guys away faster and, and, you
12:52know, have more efficient innings.
12:53Really?
12:55I'm going to tell you, there was a lot there, but I want to go back to the beginning boys.
12:59Um, and it was even better than I thought it was.
13:02Cause I, I thought it was just Hunter Brown talking about, you know, how he can help with
13:06that.
13:06Would y'all say that the defensively, the number one thing, I mean, I know some people are nervous
13:10about the outfield, but, but can we all agree that the, the, the, the willingness to just
13:17allow runners to circle the bases is, is the number one concern defensively.
13:22Uh, yeah, depending on like Altuve and who's playing second.
13:26Cause either Altuve or Parada or Parada Parades, who hasn't played a lot of seconds, maybe
13:32that, but yeah, the, the, the, the running game for the Astros that are while, while they're
13:38on defense, that was awful.
13:40Yeah.
13:40Yeah.
13:40So that was God off.
13:41Well, that that's, I mean, it's, it's, it's good to hear Hunter Brown talk about how he
13:45can be better there, but I missed the first time I heard that I missed him say that's been
13:49a big focus really team wide staff wide.
13:53So, uh, if you're an Astros fan as bad as it was, it's pitchers and catchers.
13:57Yeah.
13:58Yeah.
13:58Well, that, but that's what you always hear, right?
13:59I mean, I look, I, we, it happened often enough last year as an Astros fan.
14:03I watch a lot of, a lot of Astros games with my family, all my friends back on the East
14:07side.
14:07And I mean, I can't tell you how many times I heard Bob yell, it's, it's on the pitchers
14:13just as much as it is the catcher.
14:14We, I mean, I got, I got, it happens so often you get tired of hearing about it, right?
14:18But damn, at some point you go, yeah, but it's every pitcher.
14:21I mean, it's, it's everybody, it's every pitcher.
14:23I mean, and, and, and it's in more times than not the, when there's a no throw, usually
14:27it's DS.
14:28So how much of it is, do you see it so often?
14:30You're like, damn, how can they not address this?
14:32Anyway, point being for all of us Astros fans out there, it is, it is.
14:37It is really good to hear that one of the focal points is what, what I think all of
14:42us casual fans, um, would say is the most, I think it's the most frustrating thing about
14:47the Astros.
14:48I get really frustrated about Altuve coming out of his shoes, but I can't argue that he's
14:52the, he's the best to ever put on the uniform, right?
14:54Um, the, the, the most frustrating thing about the Astros last year, there was a lot, maybe
15:00the injuries were the most frustrating thing, but, but as it, as it pertains to play on the
15:04field, the most frustrating things was letting runners just run freely around the bases.
15:09And so to know that that's such a, a, a talking point and such a, a, an emphasis in, in
15:13spring
15:13training, that's music to my ears.
15:15It is crazy though.
15:16And, and I, and the one thing, and I think going back to what you were saying prior to
15:21that cut was you do love the leadership of Hunter Brown also coming out and taking that
15:27like, Hey man, don't just put that on our, our catcher last year.
15:30It was us, my hike, my high leg kick probably allowed guys to get good, uh, good, good breaks.
15:36But the wonder is like, it never improves through the season though.
15:43Like you would think, yeah, you would think that's, that's stopped traffic right now.
15:48Like, I mean, like it never, it never improved as, as the season, as a slide step, something
15:55like it never improved as the season went on.
15:57So that, that's a wonder where you hope like this, this is something again, I will never,
16:02I've said it a hundred times.
16:05I mean, they had guys who were openly running from second to third with a lefty in the box.
16:12Just going.
16:13Yeah.
16:14Just eat rolling now.
16:16Standing up.
16:17You said no throws at times.
16:19And that maybe that's a little bit over the picture.
16:21That is, that is.
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