00:00How can you not be romantic about scoring in, what, four different innings?
00:05Wow.
00:06Scoring is always romantic.
00:07They scored a run in multiple innings in a baseball game?
00:12Holy cow.
00:14It's Diamond Cavs here on Sean and RJ.
00:16What a great job by the boys.
00:17What a great job by the boys.
00:19They beat the Diamondbacks 7-4, scoring in the first, scoring in the second, scoring in the fourth,
00:27and then a fourth spot in the fifth.
00:29No wonder Banny hasn't returned my text message.
00:32Oh, what do you need from him?
00:34I just said, hey, you're in town.
00:37Do you want to go to lunch?
00:39Wow.
00:41You know, this same time last year we came into town, met at lunch with the Hudson House.
00:45Great spot.
00:47One of my wife's favorites.
00:48I brought the credit card.
00:49Whoa.
00:50And he said, no.
00:53He says, you think they don't pay us?
00:56I said, you think they don't pay us?
00:57Wow.
00:58So when did you text him?
01:00Monday.
01:02Did we?
01:03You should call him live right here on the air and say, just so you know, Banny,
01:06Choppy is complaining that you haven't called him back.
01:09Did we?
01:10I know when we were talking about.
01:12What do you think?
01:12Should we do it?
01:13Yeah.
01:14He knows you, Pepe, right?
01:16Of course he knows.
01:17Go ahead.
01:17Call him.
01:18Call him right now.
01:19Oh, no.
01:20Call him right now and say, RJ's giving it to you,
01:23and I just wanted to give you a chance to respond.
01:25You know how to do it.
01:26Butter him up.
01:27Yeah.
01:27Tell him we'll make sure he didn't text me back.
01:29No.
01:29Oh, you're down.
01:30Oh.
01:33He's panicking right now.
01:34Nope.
01:34He didn't.
01:35All right.
01:35Give him a call.
01:35Say, we want to throw you on for two minutes to respond.
01:39I mean, I even sent him a happy birthday in January.
01:42Did he reply to that?
01:42You don't send us these things.
01:45I don't have to.
01:45I see you guys every day.
01:47You don't say it.
01:48We can't give him that.
01:49I say it.
01:49We can't pay for lunch in the happy house or whatever.
01:52November 21st, baby.
01:52I say it.
01:53I know your birthday.
01:53Hey, well done.
01:54I know your birthday.
01:55I don't know.
01:55You're June 10th?
01:57Nope.
01:579th?
01:57Nope.
01:5817th?
01:58Nope.
01:59Right around there.
02:002nd?
02:00June 2nd?
02:01Nope.
02:01February 1st.
02:02We can play this as long as we want.
02:04Imagine the Banny morning voice at 8.
02:07Oh, oh, oh.
02:07Oh, God.
02:08It's 8 o'clock in the morning.
02:09What are you doing?
02:10He's up.
02:11He's lifting.
02:11He's not awake.
02:12He's lifting.
02:13He's lifting.
02:14Getting a new tag.
02:15He might be.
02:15What happened, Pepe?
02:17What happened with it?
02:18It rang once and then straight to voice.
02:19Oh!
02:20I think we woke him up.
02:21I think we woke him up.
02:22Wow.
02:23I mean, I even said, happy birthday, old man.
02:25He goes, weathered just right.
02:27He even said, he's weathered just right.
02:28Maybe because he called him an old man.
02:30That's why he didn't reply to you.
02:31I mean, that could be it.
02:32But so anyway, I'm trying to have lunch today.
02:37But alas.
02:37Anyway, the Rangers get the 7-4 victory.
02:39The one downside of this game is that they were forced to use lats.
02:42In the ninth inning.
02:44It was a 7-1 game.
02:46You allowed the bases loaded.
02:48Nobody out.
02:49And then lats is forced into the game.
02:52And you just hate to use your clothes or burn him.
02:54Especially when he had a day off.
02:56It's really going to make you bitter if something happens tonight.
03:00If you need him tonight.
03:01If you need two innings for him tonight and you can't get it.
03:03Because you had to do a bullpen day the night before when Evaldi got scratched.
03:08So, that really puts you in a tough spot when you're sitting there.
03:12Like, you get two innings from him on Sunday.
03:15He didn't throw a ton of pitches.
03:16You give him a day off on Monday.
03:18And then Tuesday, in a six-run game, you roll right back out there.
03:22And you've got to bring him in.
03:23And Collier, I think, had a nice start to the season with like 30.
03:28Was it?
03:29It wasn't 30 innings.
03:30I mean, his ERA is under three.
03:31Yeah.
03:32For the year.
03:32He walked the bases loaded.
03:34Like, he just, they had to get him out of there.
03:36They had to get him out of there.
03:37They had to get him out of there.
03:38And Lats comes in.
03:39Real nice job.
03:40I mean, he gave up some, you know, he allowed those runners to score.
03:43Some of those inherited runners.
03:44But, you know, he wasn't necessarily out there looking for strikeouts.
03:47He knew he had a lot to play with.
03:48He's like, we'll trade the out for the run.
03:51What had he done, Bobby?
03:52I mean, he had a zero ERA heading into May.
03:55And then it was, he had, in fact, I think that was the first.
03:58How many innings?
04:00He was up to 14.
04:02Okay.
04:0314 innings.
04:04All right.
04:05So, Rangers get the 7-4 victory rubber match is today at the Globe.
04:11And we will have cover starting at 630 for the 705 first pitch.
04:15And the roof was open last night.
04:16And the roof was open last night.
04:20That's awesome.
04:20I love seeing that.
04:22Because I'm ready to just call it a dome.
04:24Sandler is so excited for Benny to call back.
04:26He said, it's clearly on do not disturb.
04:28A second call will ring through.
04:29He's like on the edge of his seat here.
04:31Oh, I called twice.
04:32Oh, no.
04:32You did?
04:33Yeah.
04:33I called again.
04:34I was like, oh, maybe he just hit the wrong button.
04:35You hit the notify anyway.
04:36Oh, no.
04:37And did the second time you need to go one ring voicemail?
04:39No, straight to voicemail after that.
04:41Did you leave him a voicemail?
04:43No, I didn't.
04:44Oh, you should have told him Choppy.
04:44This is Choppy's fault you were waking him up.
04:47He's got some text messages, no doubt, from people telling him what's happening.
04:50Absolutely.
04:51Absolutely.
04:52But I'll tell you, you know, I was so upset on Monday that they didn't open the roof.
04:56At 8 o'clock, it was 72 degrees.
04:58To me, I don't know what your guys' expectation of the roof is, but to me, the roof is there
05:04for rain, super cold, and super hot.
05:09Yeah.
05:10This drives me crazy with AT&T Stadium.
05:12Right.
05:12A comfortable night, even if it's a little chilly, just let them play outdoors.
05:18Bobby, what's the difference at AT&T Stadium when it's open?
05:23Does it feel so much better?
05:25Is it awesome?
05:27Yeah, because a lot of times I feel like they won't open it unless it feels like, I think
05:32it's a little cool and breezy.
05:34And so usually when they open it up, it's like, oh, there's kind of just some nice air
05:36flowing through here, but it's pretty routine.
05:39Like, you can tell the difference in there when it's open, especially even when the doors
05:43are open and the roof isn't.
05:45And I think Dave Raymond would say, and some of the Rangers players would argue, that the
05:51Zeke home run maybe doesn't get out down the right field line if it's closed.
05:56Jared, you can weigh in as well with a text message, but that's immediately what they
06:00brought up.
06:01They said some of the players, the biggest difference was, the biggest impact for all
06:04these different factors, and Brett Boone will join us at 9 o'clock, is right down the right
06:08field line where Zeke's ball got out.
06:10And look, there's still discussions on the ball and how the ball travels, roof open, roof
06:16closed, like you said, and the questions as to whether or not it would have gotten out
06:20with the roof shut.
06:21I am going, I'm pulling a Bobby here.
06:24I'm asking, I'm asking ChatGPT to tell me the theories behind the ballpark.
06:30I almost dropkick RJ the other day, and he brought up Hurtado Barbecue, costing the
06:36Rangers offense.
06:37Brandon, don't let this man eat in Arlington when we come.
06:40Hey, hey, hey.
06:41We're coming, don't let this man eat any of your, look, Fort Worth location, no RJ Choppy
06:45allowed.
06:46You could play corner with all the backpedaling you're doing in this segment.
06:48All right, this is the second time.
06:49He's like, wait, wait, wait, wait.
06:51I'd be unfair to him.
06:53But he did bring this up.
06:54My guy, Mike Wang, who sent me this, Mike Wang, he sent me this, he started me down
07:00this rabbit hole, and he said, you know, you know, there's a theory out there that the
07:05barbecue joint, the smoke, the smoker makes the air too dense.
07:10And I'm like, I don't think they smoke it in-house.
07:12Yeah, they bring it over.
07:14I don't think they smoke it.
07:16From the Arlington location, you nut job.
07:18I was like, I don't think they smoke it in-house, so don't play Brandon.
07:21Yeah.
07:21That's not the reason, but, you know, there have been, and I'm sure a lot of stadiums
07:27have to, like, Chase Field and Miami probably have to deal with Houston.
07:31What is the right temperature?
07:33You got to play with the temperature.
07:34Do they keep it at 72?
07:36Do they keep it at 75?
07:37What is the difference in ball flight at 76 degrees in there versus 71?
07:43Right, because colder air doesn't allow the ball to compress as well.
07:48Yeah, I mean, I would guess they would say, well, it's set this, I mean, if they're worried
07:53about, like, condensation and humidity when they just open the roof, then I would assume
07:57they're going to worry about humidity whenever they don't have it at their particular temperature.
08:03It's a bad ballpark, just in general.
08:06So, I mean, that's...
08:07When it's open, it's got some aura.
08:08And it's a bad lineup.
08:09It's a bad lineup, yes.
08:11Yeah, because if you look at it...
08:13Because you spent all that money on a ballpark.
08:16Even with the roof closed, we talked about this, like, a week or two ago.
08:22There's been, like, of all the six longest home runs in this park were all by other people,
08:26by other teams.
08:28Right?
08:29All those are...
08:30They're having no problems hitting home runs here.
08:32Yeah.
08:32I got to be honest with you.
08:34What?
08:34I'm right here on the verge of not being able to take this topic anymore.
08:41The ballpark?
08:42The ballpark.
08:42I can't...
08:43I'm right here every time you're bringing it up.
08:47It's starting...
08:47It's pushing me to the very edge.
08:49Sean doing the work of the ballpark lobbyists.
08:51Because what it's doing is it's making me think you're giving...
08:55It's making me wish I was RJ Choppy's son, one of his kids, because it's sounding like
09:01so many excuses and reasons to give them an out.
09:05I think we can have two separate things be true, that the lineup is not good enough,
09:10and the ballpark is not good enough.
09:14The lineup is not good enough.
09:15But I don't like the mixing of it.
09:17Oh, yeah.
09:18To give them a break.
09:20Every time they score two runs, I feel like you're going to come in here and say,
09:23that room was open!
09:25You're attacking the roof more than the roster.
09:28That's my problem.
09:29Yeah.
09:30The roof over the roster.
09:31Well, I mean...
09:32Because you want to be right about your original Globe Life argument that they shouldn't have
09:37the new stadium, or they shouldn't have had a place for the roof.
09:39I think this is all tracing back.
09:42Follow the ego.
09:44Follow the ego.
09:46I've come to like the new stadium.
09:48You have?
09:49It's not the old one.
09:50The old one was way better.
09:51No, he doesn't like it.
09:51He's just saying that for the sake of his argument.
09:54There's no doubt.
09:55The comfort of the new stadium.
09:56I can dress however I want.
09:58I can dress however I want when I go to the new place.
10:00The comfort of the new stadium cannot be outpaced.
10:05But I like it open.
10:06I still like the roof open.
10:08I still want it open.
10:09Chase Field does a really good job of this in Arizona.
10:11They keep it open, like, basically nonstop until maybe kind of right around this time of year.
10:18And then it gets too hot.
10:20But, like, they keep it open a much higher rate than the other retractable roof places.
10:25What else you got?
10:25All right.
10:26So, reasons to believe.
10:28So, they did a...
10:29The Athletic did their power rankings, and they gave each team one reason to believe.
10:34And some of these were, you know, like, boy, they are really trying.
10:40They are stretching with some teams.
10:42Like, for the Athletics, it's a pitch-to-contact rotation.
10:47Or, you know, for St. Louis, you're talking about one individual player.
10:51For the Rangers, one reason to believe in this team, quote, the bullpen is elite.
10:59And they read on that, you know, Carter breaking out, Wyatt to heel.
11:03They're waiting on all this.
11:04Just because you haven't heard of Jacob Latz doesn't mean you can't marvel at his opponent's slash line.
11:11He is allowing hitters to hit 074 with a 125 on base and a 147 slugging percentage.
11:20He and DeGrom combined a heat three-hit zero-walk the Cubs on Sunday.
11:26They, quote, it was art.
11:29Art!
11:30This is a safe space.
11:31You can admit you've never heard of Gavin Collier, the guy with 11 scoreless appearances, until yesterday.
11:37Or Junis, still in the league, in a 165 ERA.
11:42Beak's name rings a bell, right?
11:44His ERA is 265.
11:46The Penn ranks first in the league in ERA by a lot, and it has kept the club afloat.
11:54Despite the closer being dead.
11:56Despite the closer being dead, which is another thing.
11:59And this is from Buster Olney talking about...
12:01And by the way, if you're number one thing, like, how far can you float on that, that your bullpen
12:08is elite?
12:10Not, I mean...
12:12I mean, the pitching staff really is.
12:13Yeah.
12:14As a whole.
12:14But if you're number one strength, if I'm like, all right, it's not going to be your offense, it's definitely
12:18not going to be your defense.
12:19Yeah, the bullpen is supposed to preserve leads that you're not getting to.
12:22Yeah, yeah.
12:23You're not getting...
12:24They're good at preserving deficits.
12:26Yeah.
12:27You know, keeping, holding them right there.
12:28You don't lose so bad.
12:29Right.
12:30And that's what CY did to build this team.
12:31He built this team so that they wouldn't lose as bad.
12:33But going into yesterday's games...
12:36500.
12:37Kind of.
12:38Going into yesterday's games, there have been 118 different players to record a save in Major League Baseball this year.
12:46Guys, we're 40 games in.
12:48Seems like a lot.
12:49That's three a team.
12:51We're 40 games in here.
12:53You know, so what's more than three a team?
12:56It's four a team.
12:58Because there's only 30 teams.
13:00And we've got 118 different players record a save.
13:04So that means each team has used all these guys.
13:06And we're not even at Memorial Day.
13:08Yeah.
13:08And the number is so high.
13:10To put it in perspective, again, 118 different players.
13:14In the entire 2009 season, only 124 guys recorded a save.
13:20We will eclipse that number before everyone eats a hot dog on Memorial Day and says a prayer for a
13:26fallen soldier.
13:27Before that happens, we are going to eclipse the 09 number.
13:30And does that compare to past years?
13:33Yeah.
13:33The show?
13:34It does.
13:34I mean, and the thing is, is that...
13:37And how much is it outpacing?
13:39Like, how far ahead?
13:40It's getting worse.
13:42Like, you know, it gradually has gone up.
13:44But you're paying top closers $15 million a year.
13:46So teams are looking at this like, all right, so the bad is you don't know day-to-day who
13:52your closer is going to be.
13:53The good is, you know, you're going to save a lot of money.
13:56But the days of knowing that Rivera, Gagne, Joe Nathan, you know, whomever, right, out there.
14:06You throw them out there, they're going to give you what they're going to give you because you know what
14:10you're going to get.
14:10When you have four guys on your team, and every team has had about four guys record a save,
14:17you have no idea what any of them are going to give you night-to-night.
14:21You could have an off night.
14:22When you have a lockdown closer, like a Diaz or whoever you're going to have in the league,
14:29you know what you're getting that day.
14:31I'm going to put that on your tombstone.
14:32They're going to give you what they're going to give you because you know what you're going to get.
14:36I'm going to give you what they're going to give you.
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