00:00Dylan Cease in his Blue Jay debut, Cade at 12, he had supreme command of the strike zone.
00:07Five and a third of one-run ball, he did walk two, but he punched out 12 dudes over the
00:12weekend.
00:12That guy looked unbelievable, man.
00:17That was different level stuff.
00:20I don't know if there's something unlocked, if it was just adrenaline and that crowd and his debut with the
00:27team.
00:27But we talked about it on the weekend roundup.
00:30If Dylan Cease looks anything like that, this is going to be a Blue Jays team that could be rolling
00:37right back into what I think a lot of people will point towards as a rematch in the World Series.
00:41I don't want to put that much on one player, but if you have that clear-cut type of, again,
00:47$200 million for a reason.
00:48This is what Dylan Cease can be, and teams are always going to bet on the stuff.
00:52That was some of the most uncomfortable swings I've ever seen consistently through a lineup.
00:56The only other thing I can mention with Cease is that this guy's always trying to find something.
01:03He's always willing to work and adjust, and command has always been the question.
01:07But to somehow find more stuff, to be up a tick and a half, if that holds, good luck.
01:14Dude, come on.
01:15Also, another guy that I forgot to mention on the hitter side, but we'd be remiss not to talk about
01:18him.
01:19What an insane first impression over the weekend for Brendan Donovan in a Seattle Mariner uniform.
01:24Donovan, a lot of guys are slumping in that lineup right now.
01:27Julio has not been hitting.
01:28Cal Raleigh has not been hitting.
01:30Josh Naylor's 0-for-19 entering play on Tuesday.
01:33Donovan had himself two early homers.
01:35Donovan looks the part.
01:35Just real quick thoughts on Brendan Donovan.
01:37That's why we love the addition, right?
01:39Because there is some turbulence in this lineup.
01:41Julio is always streaky.
01:42Cal was amazing all year long.
01:44But, you know, there's going to be some streakiness with a little bit more whiff guys.
01:49Naylor, you thought, might give them a little bit of the consistency.
01:52But still, generally speaking, it's a little bit of a hot and cold lineup, and we've seen that.
01:56Donovan is such a steady piece to have in your lineup.
02:00And I think that's a big reason why he's such a great fit for them.
02:04Get a load of Mackenzie Gore, who took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in his Ranger debut.
02:10Five and a third, a two-run ball, punched out seven, did walk three.
02:14Mackenzie Gore, man, we keep talking about him being a sleeping giant in terms of a dormant front-line starter.
02:21This guy has ace stuff, and he flashes ace stuff all the time.
02:25The problem is, there's an eight-run outing there sometimes.
02:29So at the end of the year, the ERA sits in the low to mid-fours.
02:33He's so much better than that.
02:35And I like to think that Texas can get him there.
02:39He's going to play more meaningful baseball than what he's played in Washington over the last bit.
02:43Mackenzie Gore is one of my favorite pitchers in baseball to watch when he's going right.
02:47He was going right in his Ranger debut.
02:49I think you hit the nail on the head of like, okay, the Nationals are using technology now.
02:55But last year, they were still cavemen, right?
03:00And I can't imagine what it's like in a world where you talk to other pitchers,
03:03they have all these resources, and you have nothing, and you're struggling.
03:06And then that struggling mounts and mounts and mounts.
03:08Not only does he have more resources in Texas, he just has better pitching minds.
03:12And that starts with Chris Young at the top.
03:14And that's why the Rangers have been able to do what they've done.
03:16I mean, think about where Jack Leiter was.
03:18And the talent's always been there, but where he was and then where he's now able to be.
03:21And there's a testament to Jack Leiter for that as well.
03:24But I think Gore has all the talent and the work ethic to be able to do it as well.
03:27And now he's in a situation where maybe those bumps in the road can be curtailed, maybe not fully eliminated,
03:34but curtailed to a shorter bump, a smaller bump, and you're right back to where you are.
03:38If Mackenzie Gore minimized the bumps in the road by 20% last year, we're talking about a totally different
03:44season, right?
03:46And it still was a good one.
03:47I love the fit because of what Texas does with their arms.
03:51And I love the fit just because he's not in the situation he was in last year, which was pretty
03:56much caveman equivalent.
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