00:00So nobody's had back-to-back good starts in the whole rotation.
00:03So that's, I think, the main reason why they're where they're at
00:06because not only have those guys been bad,
00:08you just expected them to be so good.
00:10The defense is frustrating,
00:12but the defense has been bad pretty much for seven years.
00:17So to me, if you want to say,
00:19and I think on some level the defense when it's just bad
00:21with different GMs and it's bad over and over again
00:24and there's no attention to detail,
00:26like it's hard for me to blame Breslow,
00:28and I hear this one a lot.
00:28But it's hard for me to blame Breslow.
00:30Oh, organizationally, guys aren't ready when they get to the big leagues.
00:33Well, they weren't ready with Bloom and Breslow and Dombrowski.
00:38What's the constant there?
00:40It's the coaching staff and the manager.
00:41And so, like, on some level I'll put that on Cora.
00:45But they made moves this offseason,
00:48like Scrappy Dew specifically was a move made to upgrade their defense.
00:52I think Wilson Contreras is an improvement defensively.
00:55He made another great play last night.
00:56The umpire borderline tackled him.
00:57That's true.
00:57And he made another great play last night at first base.
01:00Like, I think he's a big upgrade defensively.
01:02I don't know if you noticed, he stared down whoever was at first base.
01:05Oh, did he?
01:06He was going back to the dugout.
01:06You know what?
01:07I was kind of looking for it.
01:08I didn't feel like they did a great job showing it.
01:10Maybe I missed it.
01:11That guy's fantastic.
01:11But, no, Wilson Contreras, I think, is an upgrade defensively.
01:15And then you look at the rest of the team.
01:17I mean, Scrappy Dew is the other, like, big change.
01:19I think Marcelo Meyer should be a good defensive player,
01:23is a good defensive player.
01:24So, why are they so bad defensively?
01:27I'll put some of that on Breslow.
01:29Like, he built the team on pitching and defense.
01:32But I also look at it and go, well, Rafaela's back.
01:35Why does he have his head up his ass?
01:36Like, he's a good defensive player.
01:37I know he's a good defensive player.
01:38Yeah, he is.
01:39Abreu, I didn't feel like he had a great start.
01:41Abreu is leveled out.
01:41He's made some good throws.
01:42He made a nice running catch last night.
01:44So, I think Abreu is leveled out.
01:46Maybe it'll level out with Rafaela, too.
01:48Anthony's a mess.
01:50Scrappy Dew is the big one I'll put on Breslow.
01:52The rest of it feels like a bunch of good defenders underachieving,
01:55which is similar to the rotation,
01:57where there are pitchers with good track records that are all,
02:00at this point, maybe minus early because there isn't a track record,
02:03they're all underachieving.
02:04I don't really know how to explain it,
02:06but it's all an avalanche all at the same time.
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