00:00All right, let's do a little real or fake here on a sexy Tuesday.
00:04Real or fake?
00:06Let's start with you, Tyler.
00:09Real or fake?
00:10Fate.
00:11Real or fake?
00:13There's a chance Christian Javier could lose his spot in the rotation
00:17after tomorrow's start.
00:19Real or fake?
00:20I would say it's absolutely real, except given the lack of bodies,
00:27like you were just giving an update on with Hunter Brown
00:29and Dana said they got dipped now.
00:32Yeah, and they really do to an extent,
00:34but I don't think it's anytime soon something like that would happen.
00:38Christian Javier can struggle for the next two or three starts,
00:41and I think he still gets those, but after that maybe we talk.
00:44So I guess ultimately I'm going to say fake.
00:47Real or fake, Clint, tomorrow there's a chance that Christian Javier
00:52could lose his spot in the rotation.
00:54No, I don't think he loses it.
00:55I think you've got to be patient.
00:57That's fake, Ron.
00:58Look, I think he's on thin ice, but the Hunter Brown injury I think saves his ass.
01:05I mean, I think you look at this thing that we've already seen a report
01:08that Spencer Eric Getty is going to start a game here for too long.
01:12And you saw Buddy start last night in the place of Hunter Brown,
01:18and it was respectable.
01:20I mean, it's much better than anything that Christian Javier has done.
01:24Yeah.
01:24And so you've got – now you've got – you're adding two guys.
01:29Hunter's gone, and you're adding two more guys.
01:31And Spencer Eric Getty's got a little bit larger sample size,
01:34but you really don't know what you're going to get from him either.
01:36And so I just don't know that now is the time to give up on the guy
01:41that you feel like has really done the most for the team
01:44over the last handful of years.
01:45I mean, he's showed the most promise based off of a terrible start to a season.
01:50So I think that's fake.
01:52I think he lasts a little longer, and I think he deserves that.
01:56But I think the situation with Hunter Brown, I think, probably prolongs that.
02:01Maybe gives him a little longer lease than you'd expect.
02:04I'm with you.
02:04I'm going to say fake, and it is really a lot to do with the Hunter Brown situation.
02:11And Tyler brings up an excellent point.
02:13I thought about just flat stealing it.
02:15But Tyler brings up an excellent point.
02:17He is your highest paid guy in the rotation, by the way, including Hunter Brown.
02:21And maybe he gets a little bit of a – because they did commit to him.
02:25I mean, God, this is not looking good for Jim to just start to committing to pitchers
02:29because they just start falling apart.
02:31He's going to start looking for Verlander soon.
02:34I mean, you think about it.
02:34Who has he paid that it's worked out?
02:36Montero's wheels came off.
02:37Christian Javier's come off.
02:39His closer has been hurt.
02:41The closer's hurt.
02:43I mean, he paid.
02:45Verlander worked, right?
02:47Well, yeah.
02:47All the moleheads worked, I think, to a certain degree.
02:50But, I mean, you know, Altuve's worked.
02:52Your position players.
02:53I mean, you can argue.
02:54I mean, even though, obviously, I'm not ever saying he shouldn't have done it.
02:57But, hell, the Jordan Alvarez thing in terms of how many games he's played
03:01has not been as friendly as you would hope that that would have been.
03:06It seems like every time he breaks somebody off, even one of them conservative
03:12contracts, it seems like it bites him in the tail.
03:16And, I mean, it immediately bites him.
03:18Immediately gets his ass.
03:19But, I mean, it's been a hell at first base.
03:22I'm going to say fake just because of the Hunter Brown thing.
03:25But, he should be.
03:26If Hunter Brown was healthy and rolling and Spencer and Getty and Alexander are down there,
03:31like, we can't just keep rolling here a one strikeout, five walks.
03:36Two strikeouts, five walks.
03:38Like, we can't.
03:39I mean, he's got three Ks and nine walks on the season.
03:41Like, we can't.
03:42We can't do that.
03:43You're just, I think you said it yesterday.
03:45You're just not even giving us a chance.
03:47Well, this is not good.
03:48Somebody texted and said, Brandon Backey is back in Galveston at a bar.
03:52Maybe he could pitch.
03:53Where is he?
03:55Backey is one of those that could probably get off the couch and give you an inning.
03:58Yeah, he probably could.
04:00Real or fake, Clint, we'll start with you.
04:02D'Amico Ryans, who attended Monday Night Raw, WWE's Monday Night Raw at the Toyota Center last night.
04:10He attended because he's a real wrestling fan and wanted to be there.
04:15Real or fake?
04:16Fake.
04:19Fake.
04:20I mean, I mean, 1,000% fake.
04:23He had the belt.
04:251,000% fake.
04:28Really?
04:29Absolutely.
04:29You think so, Tyler?
04:30Real or fake?
04:31He went there because he really wanted to.
04:34And he's a real wrestling fan.
04:36I'm really not sure.
04:37I mean, I know Casario's like the wrestling fanatic, but I could see D'Amico maybe being into it a
04:42little bit.
04:42I just think, I mean, that's, I mean, obviously we do things to do stuff.
04:48But, man, there's a lot going on for him to say, all right, man, I'm going to get up here
04:53and I'm going to drive.
04:54I'm going to get myself to the Toyota Center and I'm going to go and sit out here for three
04:58hours.
04:58Or however long he did on a Monday night with all the, I'm sure he's still watching film, doing stuff.
05:05Like maybe somebody pushed him to do it.
05:07But, I mean, I don't know.
05:08Maybe he's got a kid that really.
05:10Well, I mean, it was clearly an appearance.
05:12I mean, Mark Henry was there.
05:13Who else was there?
05:14There was somebody else there.
05:15Mark from Sillsby.
05:15Yeah, but I think he lives in Austin now, so he came in.
05:19Who was, there was somebody else there.
05:20It was D'Amico, Mark, and then there was one.
05:22There were several others from the Texans there, yeah.
05:24But, I mean, yeah, I mean, it was clearly a, I wouldn't doubt if it wasn't a paid appearance.
05:30You think D'Amico was there, but what time are we getting up out of here?
05:32I don't think Mark is getting up in Austin and driving or flying to Houston to do a solid for
05:39AEW.
05:41It's WWE.
05:42Oh, I'm sorry.
05:43But she was a part of.
05:44And, yes.
05:45Yeah, she's got a long time.
05:46Yeah, she's a part of.
05:47But he's here a lot, though.
05:49I tell you what, if you're living in Dallas when you're retired and you're done here and they call,
05:53hey, man, we want you to come in here for nothing, for free, man.
05:56Give me a couple of days of your time for free.
05:58I'm not shocked at all, but I think he's here a lot.
06:01I think I'm pretty certain.
06:03When there's appearances.
06:04Brandon Scott's, I'm talking about Mark Henry.
06:06Brandon Scott's family and him are from Sillsby.
06:10Like, I'm pretty sure his family knows the Henry brothers growing up.
06:13Yeah, I mean, look, I just think there's probably some money.
06:15There's money that we're doing.
06:17Because Courtney and Trey ran into him at the track meet, sitting in a, just in one of them, like,
06:23chairs.
06:24Fold-out chairs?
06:25Just sitting and chilling, watching the track meet.
06:27Is she from Big Sandy?
06:28No, she's not from Big Sandy.
06:30No, she's from Sillsby.
06:31That's where she's from.
06:31Coming up, as we continue live right here, the Texans, do they, can they afford to really get, really, really
06:50get creative with their first round pick?
06:52I'll explain what I mean coming up next right here live on The Drive.
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