00:00So Kyle Schwarber's got 40 bombs.
00:02I saw your X account, 40 bombs, 45 games.
00:06He's on pace right now to hit 20 bombs in 45 games.
00:10He's on pace for 70 home runs right now.
00:13I mean, you think this guy's capable of making this thing happen
00:17where he can flirt with 70?
00:19It's possible.
00:20It'd be pretty cool.
00:22Yeah, I mean, certainly he's in a, you know, plays in a band box.
00:25If you're going to hit home runs is, you know, hit him there.
00:28So he can be a streaky guy, too.
00:30So we'll see what happens.
00:32But, you know, it's not like it's a fluke.
00:34I mean, this guy's, you know, a big-time power hitter.
00:37And, you know, he hit, what, 56 home runs last year.
00:42So he can certainly, you know, hit over 60 for sure.
00:47Is he a Hall of Fame player, Bob, Kyle Schwarber?
00:51I think he'd be tough.
00:53I think he'd almost have to hit over 600 home runs.
00:56It's just the batting average is just so low.
01:00I think it'd be tough for him to get in.
01:03He would have to play probably into his 40s.
01:05And, you know, like I said, probably have to hit over 600.
01:09I'm not even sure 500 would do it.
01:11I don't think it would.
01:12I think it'd have to be over 600.
01:14Bob, do you agree then?
01:16You just mentioned something interesting here.
01:18You think 500 home runs nowadays,
01:20that's a surefire thing that you're going to make it to the Hall of Fame?
01:23Because now, you know, what's also changed is now in baseball and pitching.
01:28I mean, if you get to 200 wins,
01:30that's almost a lot that you're going to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame,
01:33where in years past it was 300 or 250 north of that would get you potentially
01:38into the Hall of Fame.
01:40Those numbers have changed both in pitching and in hitting, right?
01:43I mean, you hit 500 home runs, Bob.
01:45That's not going to guarantee you're going to get to the Hall of Fame.
01:49No, I mean, look at, you know,
01:50Fred McGriff had to wait for the Veterans Committee.
01:52He hit 493, you know, and he was 30 to 100 every single year.
01:57You know, he should have been in first ballot, I thought.
01:59I think it'd be a big test, you know, this year, Danny,
02:01in the sense that John Lester's on the ballot.
02:05He's got about, I think, 200 wins on the nose.
02:08We'll see, you know, how the voters treat him.
02:11Very good postseason.
02:13Adam Wynright, I think he's eligible a year later.
02:15Same thing, 200 wins.
02:18So we'll find out soon enough, you know, whether the standards have dropped,
02:23you know, to 200.
02:25Yeah, because if you look at Verlander,
02:27I don't think anybody's going to get north of his number, right?
02:31There's nobody because of the way they pitched today.
02:34Now it's five and two-thirds.
02:35Years past, it was seven and two-thirds.
02:37A lot of dudes with a ton of complete games.
02:39You don't see that anymore.
02:41So that number's going to change.
02:43I mean, Verlander, I think he's north of 260 victories,
02:47if I'm not mistaken.
02:49So, I mean, you're probably not going to see a guy north of that number, right?
02:54I don't think so.
02:55I mean, he was really trying to become the first
02:57or probably the last 300-game winner.
02:59I don't think it's not going to happen now.
03:01Just, you know, age has caught up to him.
03:03He's, what, 42, 43 years old on the injured list.
03:06But, no, I agree.
03:08I don't think anyone's going to pass 250.
03:10It's just a, guys come out of games too early.
03:13People are worried about pitch counts and things like that.
03:16I mean, it's so ridiculous now, Danny.
03:18You look at the wins leader.
03:21It's Aaron Ashby in Milwaukee Brewers.
03:24He's a reliever, and he's got two more wins
03:26than anybody else in baseball.
03:27He's a liar.
03:27I'll see you next time.
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