00:00All right, welcome back into the drive. Clint is back in the building. Tyler is here as well. And Tyler's
00:07worst nightmare happened yesterday. And an update on it. I just know. I know that Tyler and some of you
00:18think terrible thoughts. And I do truly believe the thoughts were, if you missed it, Jeremy Pena had an injury
00:27in the WBC team.
00:30A tune-up game, which I don't believe in this case, Tyler, you can blame this on the WBC. They
00:37were playing against the Detroit Tigers in the same ballparks that they play in in spring training. It happened against
00:46Venezuela. No, it did not. No, it happened against the Detroit Tigers. They were playing a tune-up game.
00:53Johnny was lying to me, but I'm still playing the WBC.
00:56No, he was playing with the Venezuelan team, though.
00:59No, he plays for the Dominican.
01:01So what the hell happened here?
01:03He played for the Dominican Republic, and they were playing a tune-up game against the Tigers.
01:08So he was not playing for β he was playing baseball, and it was not for the Astros.
01:12No, he was playing for the Dominican.
01:14Okay, so then I could definitely play for the WBC.
01:16But I don't think you can.
01:18I think this is just like if he was playing for the Astros.
01:20They were in Arizona playing.
01:22He was fielding grounders against the Tigers.
01:24In a meaningless-ass game.
01:26This was not β but they're all meaningless in AAA.
01:29I'm sorry.
01:30I just β I don't think you could do this with the same β
01:32Maybe if they were in a real game and they were playing full speed
01:38and they were playing against Venezuela, as you said, or β
01:42What the hell brought Venezuela into this thing?
01:44I don't know.
01:45They've got enough that they're dealing with out there right now, okay?
01:47I mean, do we have to bring β
01:48Jesus, you're right.
01:49I thought β now you're trying to blame Jeremy Pena's injury on Venezuela?
01:52In fact, Venezuela played the Astros yesterday.
01:54That's who they played.
01:55That's where the confusion came in.
01:57Yes, because Altuve, who's not allowed to play for them
02:00and couldn't play in the game, he brought up the lineup card yesterday.
02:04That's exactly what Pena should have been doing
02:05against the Dominican Republic was bringing out a lineup card.
02:08Not against the Tigers.
02:09I just think this was like a β it was just like a spring training game.
02:13This was β they didn't have high intensity.
02:15I thought Jeremy Pena wasn't playing in the WBC.
02:17No, he wasn't.
02:18No, he's not now.
02:19If you're wondering for that, he is out for the rest of the WBC.
02:24Jeremy Pena, the official update is he has a fracture in the tip.
02:29Just the tip.
02:30Of his right ring finger, according to the Astros,
02:34he'll be reevaluated in two weeks.
02:36That was said.
02:36And then later from reports, Jeremy Pena will miss the WBC
02:42and perhaps opening day with a fracture in the tip of his right ring finger.
02:49That's from Chandler Wong.
02:50Now, that's not ideal, but I just don't think this was on the blame of the β
02:55Wouldn't have been playing in that game if the WBC wasn't around.
02:57Oh, stop.
02:58He would have been playing against Venezuela.
03:00You can end it right there.
03:01No, he'd have been playing against Venezuela.
03:03Here's the question.
03:04Here's the question.
03:05What inning did it happen in?
03:07It was one of the early ones.
03:09Because he β how much are the starters playing right now for the Astros?
03:13It was one of the early innings.
03:14How much are the starters playing right now for the Astros?
03:17I don't know.
03:18That's the question.
03:19Because not only β I mean, because if β
03:20Let me see.
03:21I can pull it right.
03:22I mean, if this was β
03:23Give me 58.
03:24If the Astros are still playing Shea Whitcomb at third and stuff like that.
03:28And by the way, Shea Whitcomb went deep twice.
03:30He hit two bombs, didn't he?
03:31And I'm thinking of myself.
03:32Tyler's thinking to himself, why couldn't it have been Shea?
03:34Yeah.
03:35Shea's asking him.
03:35This is ridiculous.
03:37You're ridiculous for saying that.
03:39Ridiculously good looking.
03:39I mean, you've got to β
03:41I'm not disputing that.
03:42Tyler, we've got to get to the bottom of this.
03:43I mean, if it were latter innings,
03:45I mean, if it was anything beyond the first or second inning,
03:46then it definitely can be blamed on the WBC
03:49because he is not playing more than one or two innings with the Astros.
03:51I don't think he's β
03:51Yeah, now he's going to miss a game that actually matters
03:53on opening day for the Houston Astros.
03:55Just tremendous.
03:56I don't think β
03:56Just amazing.
03:57I do not have in my publication here what inning it was that he won.
04:00Well, here's the good news.
04:01Here's the good news.
04:02They have a lot of great short stops, so I don't think that he played a lot.
04:05Bingo.
04:06Here's the good news.
04:07All the concern that everybody has, which I have none,
04:09about the surplus of infielders and how you're going to get them in the lineup.
04:14Well, opening day, we know Paredes is going to be an open lineup.
04:19Correa is going to be a short.
04:20Paredes is going to be a third.
04:21Altuve is going to be a second.
04:23We know exactly who they're β
04:24What the infield is going to look like.
04:26Jeremy's a fast dealer.
04:27He wanted to stay in the game.
04:31Shouldn't have been in it.
04:32I mean, who's going to be your leadoff?
04:33Are they going to lead off Altuve?
04:35Are you going to let Paredes, who was swinging the bat so well last year,
04:38you're going to let him lead it off?
04:39Who's going to be the leadoff now?
04:40Spotted just told us that, you know,
04:42Jeremy was going to be that leadoff guy for the Astros.
04:45Big news.
04:46Jeremy Pena was going to be the leadoff,
04:47and Hunter Brown was starting to open the day.
04:49I mean, that was going to be the deal.
04:50This is just so maddening, dude.
04:52Like, I meant what I just said.
04:54I just don't think this is the same, man.
04:55It is.
04:56I don't think this is the same of them going over to β
04:58Well, why y'all argue β
05:00Like, for me, it is like when they get in these real high competition things,
05:04this is like the equivalent of playoff baseball that they just β
05:07It's not real high competition, though.
05:09Well, it is high competition.
05:11But they're trying to pretend to be an Olympian or something.
05:13No, they're not.
05:13It is high competition.
05:14All-star teams from all these countries.
05:16I'm just saying, when they get into, like, pool play and knockout rounds,
05:22if that's what they call it,
05:24this is serious, intense playoff baseball.
05:26What they were doing last night was exactly what the Astros did
05:29against the Mets the other night.
05:30Just the other day, just, ah, ring training, just getting some work in.
05:36I just don't think it's the same.
05:37Well, when y'all get through arguing about the WBC,
05:41can we just talk about the fact that it's the Astros starting the season off
05:44with another injury?
05:45Potentially.
05:45We don't know if that's the case.
05:47Oh, is that it?
05:47Potentially.
05:48And it's the training staff's first test to re-net.
05:51Yeah, the sorry-ass training staff, man.
05:53They can't keep them fingers healthy.
05:55First real test.
05:56It's it, guys.
05:56Again, stop it.
05:58You did it, Clint.
05:59We have got to give these guys a chance, okay?
06:03This is a new training staff.
06:05Yeah.
06:05You just called them sorry-ass training staff,
06:07or they had a chance to make it let us know if they're sorry.
06:09I mean, you better β hey, look, you better get them off their feet.
06:11We don't know if they're sorry.
06:13Hey, it's spotted.
06:13Get them off their feet, man.
06:14He just hurt his finger.
06:15Get them off their feet.
06:16Load manage the hell out of them, and they hurt their finger, man.
06:20Sorry-ass training staff.
06:21I'll be honest with you.
06:22I think he can go.
06:24He should be able to.
06:26I think he can go for their first game.
06:28In 1999, he would.
06:30He'd for sure be able to go if he just didn't play in that meaningless game,
06:33you know?
06:34But it would have been like him playing for the Astros.
06:37What ifs?
06:37What if?
06:38What if?
06:38Against the Mets.
06:39It did not just happen.
06:42Jeremy strikes me as a just-a-tip guy.
06:45Keep you out of a game.
06:46That panty drop-in promotion, that minute break, it's going to be amazing.
06:49He'd get them all good and turned on and then pull me over to just a tip.
06:54What are you doing, Jeremy?
06:55I just don't trust you.
06:56I'm not doing this.
06:57In his early days, he was.
06:58I just don't trust you.
06:59In his early days, he was.
07:00Not now.
07:00Now he's full throttle.
07:03Is Jeremy married?
07:04Yes, just recently.
07:07You don't have to play those games anymore, huh?
07:08Uh-uh.
07:09Just heard the ladies at Houston cry.
07:11Oh, man.
07:13Maybe she likes to go back to the old-
07:14What's his old lady look like?
07:15Is she a showstopper?
07:17What's his old lady look like?
07:18I would assume.
07:19Gotta be.
07:20Gotta look up Jeremy Pena's old lady here.
07:22I mean, I don't have him with a five.
07:26No, I mean, she may be.
07:28I mean, that may be what his preference is.
07:31I mean, I would think so.
07:33I'm sure she's beautiful on the inside.
07:35But, I mean, I would guess.
07:37I would guess she's bringing it.
07:39Yes.
07:42Yeah, let's get out of this.
07:44Coming up.
07:46I might get myself in trouble in the next segment.
07:49But I just have to address this.
07:52Yep.
07:52Just what I thought.
07:54Just what I thought.
07:56Hey.
07:57My goodness.
07:57I'm going to tell you.
07:59That is not just a tip catch right there.
08:02Oh, boy.
08:02Him and Lowe's have some real war stories.
08:04They look a lot alike, don't they?
08:06That's what I thought.
08:07Sister.
08:09I'm going to get myself in some trouble here.
08:11Who do you think did more work?
08:12Lowe's or Pena?
08:14I'm going to get myself in trouble here.
08:15And I'm going to stop Clint from doing it.
08:18I think the baseball game I went to last night.
08:23The coaching staff had a rough night.
08:24Who did last?
08:25Tucker or Myers?
08:26I would have to.
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