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00:00:00Come on in. Good morning. JT Ginn goes from a potential no hitter to a tough loss. Coming up, we've

00:00:08got the details on a wild night in Anaheim. Plus, Mason Miller shuts down the Dodgers, but it wasn't easy.

00:00:15D-Rose taking a deep dive. Cardinals broadcaster Chip Carey joins the show, and we're breaking down three of the

00:00:21hottest hitters in the game.

00:00:23And Lauren's not in studio, so it's like, you know, when the teacher leaves. Oh, there she is. Way to

00:00:31go, Lauren. You ruined it. You ruined it. You can't escape me. You ruined it.

00:00:56And now the central is presented by Blue Buffalo. Mark DeRosa, Robert Flores, Lauren Shahadi is in Atlanta as part

00:01:03of her TBS hosting duties, and she joins us via ballpark cam at Truist Field. Good morning. Good morning, Lauren.

00:01:10Good morning. What game do you have on TBS tonight? It's hot here in Atlanta. I got the Blue Jays

00:01:14and the Yanks. Game two of the series. Be there, be square. Lauren, I'm mad at you. So I traveled

00:01:18to Atlanta for a game in New York. Wait, why are you mad?

00:01:21So yesterday she came in, and she loves, we were talking about bakeries, and you love everybody's birthday, and you

00:01:27go out and you get birthday cupcakes and cookies.

00:01:31She handed me this package of cookies from, I guess, this bougie bakery.

00:01:36LeVan Bakery. It's so bougie. There's a line out the door. Robert, they're like $10 a cookie.

00:01:41No, they're good. They're 800 calories per.

00:01:43I've had them.

00:01:44So last night, as I'm watching Dodger's Padres, I'm feeling like I need something sweet.

00:01:51Yeah.

00:01:52I didn't have anything. I usually don't put snacks in there.

00:01:55I look in my bag. I find those three cookies.

00:01:58Treasure trove.

00:01:58And I basically made love to two chocolate chip and walnut cookies at 1130.

00:02:04And they were like, this big, this thick. Oh, the cookie. Okay. I was like, wow, that's just.

00:02:14So you owe me like two pounds that I put on last night.

00:02:18This guy.

00:02:19Right on the flanks.

00:02:20Yeah.

00:02:21You can't eat three or two of those cookies.

00:02:24That's like a half cookie situation.

00:02:26Okay. So at the airport, by the way, there were no aliens. I'm here to report.

00:02:30But I feel like you guys should be with me on every plane I take because I was at the

00:02:34window

00:02:35and I drank a tea before I got on. So I had to excuse myself, go to the restroom about

00:02:3920 minutes

00:02:39into the flight. And then an hour into the flight, I had to go again. But I hear you guys

00:02:44in my ear.

00:02:45You're only allowed one. You're not allowed two trips.

00:02:48There needs to be a medical situation. I just sat there miserable because you guys.

00:02:53If you have to go more than once, you just have to carry something to, you know, alleviate that.

00:03:01You want me to go in a bag?

00:03:03Or ask to sit in the aisle. Good call.

00:03:05Robert thought he gave energy on that cold open. And then when we ran it, he wasn't happy with it.

00:03:10I didn't have the energy.

00:03:11He wasn't happy with it.

00:03:12You can make the adjustment right now.

00:03:14Yeah. That's the thing about TV. You think you're giving energy.

00:03:18But sometimes it doesn't appear that way. It doesn't come off that way.

00:03:21So here we go.

00:03:22It's never as bad or as good as you think.

00:03:25That's right.

00:03:26Since D-Rowe had those cookies last night, he will not be able to partake in whatever was going on

00:03:31with the Rays and the Angels fans.

00:03:34Tarps off.

00:03:35And my goodness, do we have a movement.

00:03:38D-Rowe, you stay home. You're not allowed.

00:03:41The Rays fans, the latest to show.

00:03:43Sons out, guns out.

00:03:44What do you mean you don't know?

00:03:45So you wanted to just stay the Cardinals?

00:03:47I just thought it was just so pure and so organic.

00:03:50Well, this is what our society does, Robert.

00:03:52And now we have a potential.

00:03:5416 runs over the Orioles.

00:03:55Yeah, now it's turning into the Wave.

00:03:57So here we go.

00:03:58Don't kid yourself.

00:03:59The Rays might be winning in a World Series.

00:04:01Yeah, I know.

00:04:01We could be there.

00:04:02Putting eyeballs on them on a night.

00:04:03Wake up call.

00:04:04Let's go to Anaheim.

00:04:05And boy, did things get weird in the final moments of this game.

00:04:10But Nick Kurtz in the fifth.

00:04:14That is a double down the line.

00:04:16And in doing so, extends his on-base streak to 41 consecutive games.

00:04:23But the story, in so many ways, was J.T. Gens.

00:04:27He was dominant.

00:04:30Ten strikeouts.

00:04:32Eight innings of work.

00:04:34One walk.

00:04:36He's got a no-hitter through eight in the ninth.

00:04:41You've got a runner on second for Lawrence Butler.

00:04:44That's going to fall in.

00:04:46That's a base hit.

00:04:47And the A's are on the board.

00:04:50But we go to the bottom of the ninth.

00:04:52J.T. Ginn.

00:04:53Three outs away from a date with destiny.

00:04:58Facing Adam Frazier.

00:05:00Leading off.

00:05:02No hitter over.

00:05:05What a fantastic performance.

00:05:07But he's still in there.

00:05:09Next batter.

00:05:10No.

00:05:11Zach Nero.

00:05:12No.

00:05:12Cero Nedo.

00:05:14A two-run walk-off homer.

00:05:18No hitter gone.

00:05:20Shutout gone.

00:05:21Win gone.

00:05:22A's snapped their six-game losing streak.

00:05:26Winning it in emphatic, dramatic fashion.

00:05:29Two to one.

00:05:31So, J.T. Ginn, by the way, the first pitcher since Rich Hill in 2017

00:05:36to have a complete game walk-off loss after tossing eight no-hit innings.

00:05:43And these are the three instances in which a team has been no-hit through eight,

00:05:50trailing, and ultimately get the win.

00:05:53That's why this game is cruel.

00:05:55Yep.

00:05:55Yes, it is.

00:05:56Let's get some post-game reactions starting with Zach Nero.

00:06:00We never give up.

00:06:01That's the biggest thing.

00:06:02We never do.

00:06:03And Frazier getting on right there, that's what a true leader does.

00:06:06And, you know, I just got to do my job, get it to Mike.

00:06:08But tonight was my night, and I got it done.

00:06:11And, you know, those fans out there in left field, everybody out here,

00:06:14we all deserve a W, so it feels good.

00:06:16Now let's go.

00:06:17It's a crazy game we play, you know.

00:06:19So, yeah, I feel behind 2-0.

00:06:22Threw a good sinker.

00:06:24And, you know, he was waiting on it.

00:06:25He put a good swing on it.

00:06:26So, tip of capsule.

00:06:28JT did such a phenomenal job all night, keeping guys off balance.

00:06:32This stuff was nasty.

00:06:34That's why this season's 162 games.

00:06:37It's going to be hard to flush this one, but got it, and we'll find them off.

00:06:42Man, your heart just aches for JT Ginn because he was so good.

00:06:47Blue Jays, Yankees, and the Bronx, Paul Goldschmidt.

00:06:51That's out of here.

00:06:52His fifth home run of the season, and just like that, it's 1-0 Yankees in the bottom of the

00:06:57first.

00:06:58Another leadoff homer for Goldschmidt.

00:07:00In the fourth, friend of the program, Ernie Clement.

00:07:03Two strikes.

00:07:06Come on, Ernie.

00:07:07That's his third home run of the season, and the Blue Jays, thanks to Big Ernie,

00:07:12have a 3-1 lead.

00:07:14In the fifth, George the Animal Springer,

00:07:17who earlier in the game had his 1,500 career hit.

00:07:22This is a solo homer, and the Blue Jays take a 4-3 lead.

00:07:27Home half of the seven.

00:07:28How good has Cody Bellinger been recently?

00:07:32His team is down 5-3, but not anymore.

00:07:36His sixth home run of the year ties the game at 5.

00:07:40Still in the seventh, Jazz Chisholm is wearing Giancarlo Stanton's pants.

00:07:47I'm being serious.

00:07:49That is a real thing.

00:07:50And he is 9-16 with two extra base hits in those four games since he switched to Giancarlo's pants.

00:07:59Boy, that's just not hitting the ear right.

00:08:02In the ninth, David Bednar facing Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

00:08:08Get to the Java!

00:08:10Yankees hang on to win by the final of 7-6.

00:08:20All right.

00:08:21Dodgers, Padres, first meeting between these division rivals.

00:08:27Miguel and Dujar, a solo homer, his fourth of the year.

00:08:31And it's 1-0 San Diego as they jump on Yashinobo Yamamoto just like that.

00:08:35However, Dero, he rebounded in a big way.

00:08:39Yeah, Yamamoto was great.

00:08:408 strikeouts, 7 innings.

00:08:42True pitchers duel last night, Petko.

00:08:46And on the flip side, Michael King.

00:08:49This is the guy I want to talk about.

00:08:50Pitch for pitch.

00:08:51And I know you're going to talk more about him in your deep dive.

00:08:549 strikeouts, 7 innings for Michael King.

00:08:58We go to the ninth.

00:08:59Here comes the Grim Reaper.

00:09:02Mason Miller on for the save.

00:09:04In a jam.

00:09:05He walked a couple of batters in this inning.

00:09:07He gets Max Muncy looking.

00:09:10And then next batter, Andy Pajas.

00:09:14Grounds out to end it.

00:09:16Michael King's nine strikeouts were the most he's had in any game since last April.

00:09:21Dodgers shut out for just the second time this season.

00:09:24Padres win 1-0 at Petko.

00:09:28Yeah, one run was all San Diego needed.

00:09:30The only offense in the first inning.

00:09:32It was enough to catapult the Padres.

00:09:34Look at this.

00:09:35In the first place in the West.

00:09:36The Dodgers have won this division 12 of the last 13 years.

00:09:40But for now, after game one of the series, San Diego in the driver's seat.

00:10:10Let's go.

00:10:11Let's go.

00:10:12Let's go.

00:10:12Is when you kick the shark and it just flies.

00:10:14And it's going to be 90-something degrees today.

00:10:18We might actually need to go to the beach today.

00:10:20We might.

00:10:21However, in three days, it will be 56 degrees.

00:10:24Why do you have to go there?

00:10:25I'm not worried about three days from now.

00:10:27I'm a glass-half-full kind of gal.

00:10:28If you were looking for offense, D. Ro, in this Padres-Dodgers game, you were disappointed.

00:10:32If you were looking for pitching, it was a gem.

00:10:35And Michael King in the center of it all.

00:10:37Michael King's fantastic.

00:10:38He's fantastic.

00:10:39Michael King has so many weapons.

00:10:41We're going to have CY, Chris Young, come on.

00:10:43We're going to discuss Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz.

00:10:46I don't know how he would feel facing Michael King.

00:10:48Michael King is my worst nightmare.

00:10:52Why?

00:10:53Because I didn't like the two-seam slider combination.

00:10:56I didn't like the Brandon Webbs of the world.

00:10:59I didn't like those guys boring the two-seamer in on your hand, changing planes.

00:11:03I didn't care if you threw a four-seam curveball changeup because it held its plane.

00:11:07You could throw it as hard as you want.

00:11:08But when you start turning, and I've said it a million times, 17 inches to cover into 22,

00:11:15we got a lot going on there.

00:11:17And I want to give love to Michael King because he was fabulous.

00:11:20We've chronicled Yamamoto a ton in our deep dives and on the skybox.

00:11:24I wanted to give this guy his flowers.

00:11:26Bring up the first board.

00:11:28ERA leader since August 24th of 2023.

00:11:32It's the big boys.

00:11:33It's Scooble.

00:11:34It's Skeens.

00:11:35It's Sale.

00:11:35It's Wheeler.

00:11:36It's Sanchez.

00:11:37It's Yamamoto.

00:11:38It's Michael King.

00:11:40Do yourself a favor, man.

00:11:42It's sinker.

00:11:43It's changeup.

00:11:44It's wipeout sweeper.

00:11:46It's four-seamer.

00:11:48And that's what I want to focus on.

00:11:50He gives you a lot of weapons to have to cover.

00:11:53But something that was interesting last night, you almost get into a pattern facing him that

00:12:00you're expecting movement.

00:12:01If he throws a two-seamer, you're expecting it to dance.

00:12:06You're expecting his sweeper to dance.

00:12:08His changeup to plummet off the table.

00:12:11And what happens?

00:12:11Run that back.

00:12:13You're waiting for it.

00:12:14Once this ball's released, Will Smith is like, this has got to cut away or sink back to me.

00:12:20What was interesting last night is on occasion he would blast this four-seamer on the corner

00:12:26and get strike three, like almost shock and awe.

00:12:30Here he is against Max Muncy.

00:12:32High sweeper.

00:12:34Run that pitch back for me.

00:12:36How many people, I know you're not sitting on a 1-0 sweeper, but how many people are thinking,

00:12:42I was at home, if this box is not on that TV, Max Muncy thinks this is a ball out

00:12:48of the hand.

00:12:51It's got to sweep inside off the plate.

00:12:54No, it catches a piece and it's 1-1.

00:12:56He elevates the heater.

00:12:58He goes nasty, breaking ball down.

00:13:00He can throw anything he wants right here.

00:13:02He goes backdoor.

00:13:03We get the challenge and we get the punch out.

00:13:06I'm going to take you to Max Muncy's next A.B.

00:13:11Change up.

00:13:13Change up.

00:13:15Maybe something sweeper.

00:13:16Nope.

00:13:17Again, four-seamer that he's waiting for it to either duck, dart, or dive to get off the plate for

00:13:23a ball.

00:13:24And he was able to do that all night.

00:13:26I thought it was super interesting him incorporating, because he's a guy that makes the ball dance,

00:13:32just pounding that four-seamer when he needed to and kind of confusing the hitters.

00:13:36Highest called strike percentage in whip rate since the start of 2024.

00:13:43You got the nasty guys up there, right?

00:13:45You got Scoble, you got Sale, Sonny Gray, Lizardo, Taylor Glass now, and Michael King.

00:13:51He gets a lot of takes.

00:13:53You go into the at-bat against Michael King, wanting to see shape and movement.

00:13:59And then what happens is he turns 17 inches into 22, and then all of a sudden, I'll throw this

00:14:05nasty four-seamer and lock you up.

00:14:08It was very interesting.

00:14:09But his bread and butter for me, he stands on the first base side of the mound.

00:14:14He wants to let that sinker bore in on right-handers.

00:14:17But something to me that's super interesting, and we're going to bring up a splatter here in a second,

00:14:23is the fact that against lefties, he's throwing this sinker-change-up combination that is absolutely dirty.

00:14:31Run that pitch back right there.

00:14:33Look at the movement on this pitch.

00:14:36Freddie sits right down Broadway and tries to hit a line drive over the shortstop's head.

00:14:43Watch him make him dance in this at-bat.

00:14:46From change-up to sweeper, this stuff is just nasty and off the barrel.

00:14:54You know, I went to Nays last night.

00:14:56I was like, who has got the biggest horizontal difference in their sinker and sweeper?

00:15:02And it's Nolan McLean with the Mets.

00:15:04I would have thought he would have been up there on the board, too.

00:15:07He's kind of middle of the road.

00:15:08It does not play like that on TV.

00:15:11Highest run value on an off-speed pitch.

00:15:14He's on the board with the change-up.

00:15:15Do we have the splatter?

00:15:17I want people to see this because we've never had this.

00:15:20We're hitting right here.

00:15:22This is him coming at us.

00:15:24What's the one thing you notice about this board?

00:15:27This is the way his pitches kind of deviate and break and dart and dive.

00:15:31One thing, the only thing you have to focus on, his change-up and his sinker are absolutely on top

00:15:38of each other.

00:15:38You do not see that often.

00:15:40It's the perfect tunneling of two pitches.

00:15:43He has been fantastic for this team.

00:15:45I thought he was awesome last night.

00:15:48Michael King just doesn't get enough love.

00:15:50I think he's starting to.

00:15:52Okay.

00:15:521-0 game.

00:15:54A lot of great defense last night in this game.

00:15:56Let's get into it real quick.

00:15:59The catchers.

00:16:01Rodolfo.

00:16:02Behind the dish right there.

00:16:04Just throwing absolute peas to second base.

00:16:07Not only did he steal the call right there for strike three.

00:16:12Perfect.

00:16:13Just absolute pop time sitting in that 1-8, 1-9 range.

00:16:18Something you need to know, too.

00:16:20How he leads the guy up the line.

00:16:23When I came up in the big leagues, we were taught to straddle the bag.

00:16:27The ball is going to move quicker than you going to get it and then pulling it back and presenting

00:16:33it.

00:16:33You're not seeing that in today's game.

00:16:36You're seeing everybody take the throw in front of the bag.

00:16:39If anything, with a little two-seam tail so they can tag in front of the bag and almost get

00:16:47the ABS, not the ABS challenge, the challenge of hitting the guy on the tush or the back foot before

00:16:53he gets his hand in.

00:16:55Same thing with Will Smith.

00:16:56He threw a guy out.

00:16:57I want to give Gavin Sheets some love right there.

00:17:00Huge play in a 1-0 game.

00:17:03And why am I giving Gavin Sheets love?

00:17:05He didn't get any knocks last night.

00:17:07But over his last seven games, he's hitting .526 with four bombs and eight RBIs.

00:17:15And I think we forget how good Mookie Betts is.

00:17:19He's been nicked up.

00:17:20But the bottom line is, for me, this is a six-time Gold Glove winner out in right field.

00:17:26And he was able to post up, go to shortstop, and make it look easy.

00:17:31I mean, he makes it look easy over there.

00:17:33All right, let's go to the next one.

00:17:36Let's give Mason Miller some love.

00:17:38Coming out of the bullpen, Petco.

00:17:42A.J. Preller's created stars out there in scenes.

00:17:46He's coming out to corn.

00:17:49Absolutely awesome.

00:17:51The whole environment changes when he comes in.

00:17:55And he's been on one of the most historic runs.

00:17:58Just unhittable stuff.

00:18:00And the slider.

00:18:02The ability.

00:18:04I know he throws a changeup, too.

00:18:05But this slider with a buck-o-one, buck-o-two, it's just too much.

00:18:09Mason Miller, last 43 games.

00:18:13ERA's a .4 innings, 46 strikeout percentage, 57% are getting punched.

00:18:21Look at this.

00:18:22Highest among all pitch types on his slider, 58.2 whiff percentage.

00:18:27Zero extra base hits allowed.

00:18:29Most pitches thrown in big leagues without allowing an extra base hit.

00:18:32He's thrown 650 sliders, and nobody has thrown a long dart on the line for a double.

00:18:40Opponents' first slider since the start of 2025.

00:18:43Five for 74.

00:18:45So just two quick A.B.s, and we'll end this, Devin.

00:18:48Watch the nastiness of this slider.

00:18:52It's whoop, bang.

00:18:54It's not on plane and rolling into the zone.

00:18:57This is Will Smith, one of the best hitters in the game.

00:19:01Full battle mode.

00:19:02You don't see him check swings like that.

00:19:05And he's able to put a ball into the outfield for a can of corn for Jackson Merrill.

00:19:09They can advance.

00:19:11Wipe out breaking ball.

00:19:13100 miles an hour.

00:19:15Wipe out breaking ball to one of the better postseason hitters of all time in Max Muncy.

00:19:21So, great pitchers duel last night.

00:19:24Michael King was fantastic.

00:19:25The catchers were on display throwing guys out, and then the game was over.

00:19:30And Mason, actually, first two dudes, he walked, and it looked a little hairy.

00:19:35They had a mound visit.

00:19:36He righted the ship.

00:19:37Game over.

00:19:38He's faced 167 consecutive batters without allowing an extra base hit.

00:19:42That is the longest streak in the majors since your boy Wade Davis did it back from 2013 to 2014.

00:19:49That is quite a run.

00:19:50Dodgers, Padres again tonight.

00:19:52Emmett Sheehan, Griffin Canning.

00:19:54All right, we're just getting started.

00:19:55Lauren out at Ballpark Canby in Atlanta, and we've got a lot more show.

00:19:59Coming up next, J.P.

00:19:59Rossi has the latest on the status of two of the game's best.

00:20:05Garrett Cole, baby.

00:20:06And Blake Snell.

00:20:07What's their timeline to return to action?

00:20:10And then later...

00:20:19Colt Emerson's family missed his major league debut Sunday.

00:20:26They didn't miss his first homer last night.

00:20:28Coming up, the Mariners rookie sparks a much-needed win for the M's.

00:20:32We're on the express train a bit later.

00:20:34And in the hole later, we're breaking down three of the hottest hitters in the game right now,

00:20:39including a pair of teammates in Tampa and maybe an emerging star in the nation's capital.

00:20:46You're watching MLB Central on a Tuesday.

00:20:49Full re-air Tuesday, by the way.

00:20:50Full re-air?

00:20:51Yeah.

00:20:52How do we feel about the big dive?

00:20:54These were very nice.

00:20:55All right.

00:20:55Excellent.

00:20:56Excellent work.

00:21:03MLB Central is presented by Blue Buffalo.

00:21:10We love to know timelines with injuries, J.P. Morosi.

00:21:13And the picture becoming very clear with Garrett Cole.

00:21:16Good Tuesday morning to you.

00:21:17That's good news because sometimes I feel like the Yankees don't tell us timelines

00:21:20because they don't want to create expectations, right?

00:21:24But he hit 99.6 in AAA.

00:21:26Now what?

00:21:27For Garrett Cole.

00:21:27Good morning.

00:21:28Right, Lauren.

00:21:2999 miles an hour.

00:21:30That tells you all you need to know about the timeline.

00:21:34When you are in the zone at 99, that says exactly right.

00:21:37You are ready.

00:21:39And that was the case for number 45, Garrett Cole, with Brian Hoek's most recent story

00:21:45at MLB.com saying that Aaron Boone believes it is on the table for Cole's next outing to be

00:21:53in the major leagues in the major leagues during the current homestand.

00:21:57And this is the important detail here.

00:21:59The Yankees are in that group of teams that has very consistently had to go on regular rest

00:22:07with their starting pitchers.

00:22:09Of course, the most recent development there for the Yankees being the injury to Max Fried.

00:22:13So they've been one of the teams that has not had the luxury of giving their starters extra rest.

00:22:18They haven't played that great over the last 10 days or so.

00:22:22So when you consider that and the way the standings look and the way the Rays have been playing

00:22:26lately, my goodness.

00:22:27And then the results for Cole in the minor leagues, it all converges on the reality that Garrett Cole's

00:22:33season debut could be happening this week.

00:22:36Wow.

00:22:37Maybe this homestand we will see number 45.

00:22:40Wouldn't that be something for Yankee fans?

00:22:41Just two weeks ago, JP, we learned that Tarek Skubel would have surgery to repair loose bodies

00:22:46in the elbow.

00:22:47And now we're hearing similar procedure for Blake Snell.

00:22:50What does that mean for the recovery, the timeline?

00:22:52It's quicker than thought.

00:22:54Yes?

00:22:55Yes, Lauren, it is.

00:22:57It is the nanoscope procedure, a new innovation.

00:23:00It is always fascinating to see how the innovations of medicine converge with sports.

00:23:05Oh, my gosh.

00:23:06Alexis is waiting to weigh in on this.

00:23:08And by the way, any chance I get to mention the great Connor Hellebuck on MLB Network, I

00:23:14am going to do it.

00:23:15Of course, November 2025, Hellebuck has the nanoscope procedure on his torn knee meniscus.

00:23:21A few months later, he is backstopping Team USA to a gold medal at the Milan Olympics.

00:23:27Tarek Skubel, so encouraged are the Tigers.

00:23:30Skubel threw a bullpen session at fairly high intensity this week.

00:23:35And then Blake Snell should be back.

00:23:37The Dodgers hope early on in the second half if everything goes according to plan.

00:23:43So, Snell, of course, Lauren, just one start for him in the major leagues this year and

00:23:49then back on the I.L.

00:23:50just wasn't able to get comfortable with that elbow situation.

00:23:54So, again, the nanoscope, the ideal thing with this, and Skubel spoke about this with

00:23:59reporters, including Jason Beck this week in Detroit, that if it's a minimal amount of

00:24:05of loose bodies that have to be cleaned out of the elbow, the nanoscope is very conducive

00:24:10to it and it can help you get back more quickly.

00:24:14So, that part is good news for the Dodgers.

00:24:15But I'll make this point big picture on L.A.

00:24:19Almost every single game they've had this season, Lauren, their starter has had more than the

00:24:25traditional standard four days of rest.

00:24:28Used to be every fifth day.

00:24:29Well, the Dodgers, it's almost always every sixth day, Yamamoto, Sasaki, Otani, they almost

00:24:35always get bonus rest.

00:24:37It makes it a lot harder to achieve that with Snell now going back on the I.L.

00:24:41to join Tyler Glass now as well.

00:24:44And it's been a luxury for the Dodgers.

00:24:46Can it continue?

00:24:47Your wife, the real Dr. Morosi, would be so happy about this surgery talk on MLB Central.

00:24:52She would also give us a good report on Ronald Acuna Jr. off the injured list.

00:24:56When will we see him, JP?

00:24:58The plan is today, Lauren.

00:25:00So, certainly great news for the first place.

00:25:02Atlanta Braves, they get even better as Acuna returns to the lineup.

00:25:07Now, he was actually active yesterday.

00:25:10Was not needed.

00:25:11It was a lopsided game that got away early from the Braves.

00:25:14But the Braves have been quite deliberate and careful on making sure Acuna gets all the

00:25:21rest he needs with this hamstring injury.

00:25:23And, again, it becomes a lot easier to do that when the overall lineup is producing as it is.

00:25:30Olsen having a great year.

00:25:31Yastrumpsey contributing in a huge way.

00:25:33Harris having a resurgence season in the outfield as well.

00:25:36So, now we should expect Acuna on most days, Lauren, to be back there playing right field,

00:25:42but, of course, in the very same ballpark as Parla Paredes wrote at MLB.com,

00:25:47in the very same ballpark where he won the World Baseball Classic less than two months ago.

00:25:53So, some great memories for Ronald there in South Florida as he returns to the Braves lineup this afternoon.

00:25:59I'm back for the first place, Atlanta Braves.

00:26:01Watch out, Dr. Dero.

00:26:02Dr. Morosi is in the house.

00:26:04Very good stuff.

00:26:05He's coming.

00:26:06He's bringing up the WBC.

00:26:08I know.

00:26:09I know.

00:26:10We got it.

00:26:11Cut his mic.

00:26:12Just cut his mic.

00:26:13Cut his mic.

00:26:14Part of the bio.

00:26:16Hey, we got a tweet from our John Heyman.

00:26:21This is breaking news into MLB Network.

00:26:23Once again, I'm the only one in the exit row who even picked up the safety card,

00:26:27even though the other five all affirmed they would help in the event of an emergency.

00:26:33I simply cannot trust my five-

00:26:35Wait, what's the safety card?

00:26:37It's the laminated card to let you know what you've got to do in the emergency exit row.

00:26:41But listen, if it's up to us surviving and John Heyman's the reason why, we're perishing.

00:26:49Know that.

00:26:51All right.

00:26:52Hey, speaking of the Atlanta Braves, they got the Briggs beat off them yesterday by the Marlins.

00:26:58And the NL East is arguably the most competitive division in baseball.

00:27:03Coming up, Dero takes a closer look at the division as a whole

00:27:05and why sometimes it's tough to distinguish between spoiler and contender.

00:27:12Stay with us.

00:27:13All right.

00:27:22Express train.

00:27:23Here we go.

00:27:24Three boxes.

00:27:24Lawrence at Ballpark Cam in Atlanta.

00:27:26Dero's here.

00:27:27I'm here.

00:27:27White Sox Mariners there.

00:27:29Julio Rodriguez, past month or so, slugging 532, 284 batting average.

00:27:36This home run makes it 1-0.

00:27:38Oh, hey, guy in blue right there.

00:27:39Thank you for your service, sir.

00:27:41Josh Naylor, RBI knock, makes it 3-0.

00:27:45But.

00:27:45Colt Emerson.

00:27:46How about this, Lauren?

00:27:47Colt Emerson.

00:27:49His family didn't get enough time to get to the ballpark Sunday for his debut.

00:27:54But they were there last night for his first career homer.

00:27:58I thought that as parents, how much it killed them.

00:28:01But the timing just wasn't right.

00:28:03But they were there for the main event.

00:28:05Awesome.

00:28:05Youngest Mariner player to hit a homer since your boy Jose Lopez back in September of 2004.

00:28:12Okay.

00:28:13First meeting.

00:28:13Brewers look good.

00:28:15Yeah.

00:28:15First meeting between the Cubs and Brewers.

00:28:17Christian Yelich hit off the scoreboard here.

00:28:19Yeah, they beat up on him.

00:28:21They sure did.

00:28:22They sure did.

00:28:22Where's our boy Jake Bowers?

00:28:24Well, he's right here.

00:28:25We've been trying to tell the world.

00:28:26He needs to be in the lineup every day.

00:28:28I was looking at his average.

00:28:29He's almost at 300, D-Row.

00:28:31You know, left.

00:28:32He's just turned himself.

00:28:32He is a testament of hard work, finding the right spot, someone believing in you.

00:28:37This one, it goes over the scoreboard.

00:28:39This ball's killed.

00:28:40Yeah.

00:28:42Yelich has homered in back-to-back games for the first time since last August.

00:28:46Brewers starting pitching a figure away piece of together.

00:28:49Brendan Sproat was an out away from qualifying for the win, but was taken out with two outs

00:28:55in the fifth inning.

00:28:56Pat Murphy letting them know.

00:28:57Mets Nationals, Juan Soto against his former team.

00:29:00This game was crazy.

00:29:03Mets take a 4-3 lead in the fifth.

00:29:06Then Bo Bichette in the seventh.

00:29:09His third home run since, or his first home run since late April makes it 5-3.

00:29:15Robert, I was so happy to see Carlos Mendoza be able to get on the other side of all that

00:29:21nonsense in the beginning of the year and be able to answer questions in a good way.

00:29:24Yeah, they're playing much better.

00:29:28The Mets became the first team since 1983 to score at least 10 runs in a single extra inning.

00:29:36That game was, that score is not indicative.

00:29:39I was watching that thing.

00:29:40It was all, that game was close and all over the place.

00:29:42All right, this game was not close, and a surprising result here.

00:29:46Braves, Marlins, Joe Mack, return of the Mack.

00:29:49He had a big day at the plate.

00:29:50Plates 1-2 here, makes it 3-0.

00:29:53And then Javier Sanoa, his first career Grand Slam, first homer of the year.

00:30:01It's 11-0.

00:30:02And then Lauren, friend of the program, Xavier Edwards.

00:30:06He follows that up.

00:30:08They go back to back.

00:30:09The Marlins came in losing 9-14, and then you heard J.P. Marossi.

00:30:13They were going to use Ronald, but they decided not to because of the lopsided loss.

00:30:17That's a career high in homers for Edwards.

00:30:20Yeah.

00:30:20And here we are in late May.

00:30:21Marlins win big 12-0.

00:30:24Philadelphia Phillies able to gain a game on the Braves because they held on to beat the Reds.

00:30:29Alec Boehm with a solo homer, and the Phillies take a 3-2 lead.

00:30:33This is good to see.

00:30:35South Stewart kind of started quick, then hit a slump, and maybe he's busting out of it.

00:30:41A couple of hits last night, including a homer to tie it at three.

00:30:43But a guy that you said at the beginning of May that you think is going to get hot, Bryson

00:30:48Stott, a two-run homer here.

00:30:51He has an OPS of 895 homers in 17 games in the month of May.

00:30:57And the Phillies win.

00:30:59Did they win five?

00:31:00The Phillies are 25-23.

00:31:03Look at that.

00:31:03They've won 8-10, seven games back in the National League East.

00:31:07And Robert said at D-Ro, about a month ago, we asked you, what needs to change for the Phillies?

00:31:11And you said, I'd like to see the Boehm's and the Stott's get going.

00:31:16And last night, you saw what happens when they're kind of in the middle of it all.

00:31:20Kyle Schwarber has an illness, and they kind of took center stage, and it was a good result.

00:31:25He's just sick, I think.

00:31:26I just wanted to broad brush the NL East, because out of the gate, the Braves went on this meteoric

00:31:32run

00:31:32and kind of walked away from everybody.

00:31:35And then it was like, who's getting fired with the New York Mets?

00:31:39And who did get fired with the Philadelphia Phillies?

00:31:42And it's like, everybody, take a deep breath.

00:31:45We got to the quarter pole now, and let's reassess the NL East.

00:31:49We knew the Phillies were not going to go anywhere, and we're eventually going to get hot.

00:31:54The name's on the back of the jersey.

00:31:55It's just too much.

00:31:57But I think what put it over the top is once Wheeler came back, and now seeing how good he

00:32:05looks,

00:32:05to pair him with Christopher Sanchez, and if you were watching the game last night,

00:32:10Johan Duran is throwing 100-mile-an-hour bowling balls coming out for the ninth inning.

00:32:14He hit like 102.

00:32:16And then if Stott and Boehm, let's give Boehm some love.

00:32:20He's got three straight multi-hit games.

00:32:21He's 15 for his last 35 with three home runs.

00:32:24They need him.

00:32:25I don't think he's a stock, everyday four-hole hitter for the Phillies.

00:32:30I don't think he wants to necessarily do that.

00:32:32But that's what he's going to be asked to do in this lineup.

00:32:35They just need him to be some good version of himself.

00:32:40You can run some B-roll if you want, Deb, and talk about it.

00:32:43But I think the Phillies are super interesting for me, right?

00:32:47I like their bullpen.

00:32:48I think the numbers were skewed at the beginning of the year.

00:32:51I think the Brad Kellers of the world right to ship.

00:32:54Sanchez is as good as it gets, like I said.

00:32:56A lot of veteran presence in that clubhouse and in that dugout.

00:32:59So I don't expect them to go anywhere and be a playoff team and push for it.

00:33:04Again, NL East is super interesting.

00:33:08The Marlins, the Braves ran away, go down.

00:33:12They just took on the Cubs and the Dodgers.

00:33:15Played great baseball.

00:33:16I watched them take two or three against Boston.

00:33:19And then they walked down to Miami.

00:33:20And what does Miami do?

00:33:23They beat the Brake off them last night.

00:33:26So I wanted to give them a little love, too.

00:33:30You got Alex Baum right here and Bryson Stott.

00:33:34Yeah, I think the thing about the Phillies is they dug themselves such a deep hole.

00:33:39But they're not going to be.

00:33:41No, seven games is nothing right now.

00:33:42Let's not concern ourselves about the division now.

00:33:44Let's just, we're above .500 and now we go.

00:33:47And the change with Don Mattingly as the manager has been remarkable.

00:33:50It's been huge.

00:33:50Yeah, I think it was a wake-up call to the players, right, to watch a great man walk out

00:33:54the door and lose his job.

00:33:56Yeah.

00:33:56It was time for them to look in the mirror.

00:33:58I think on the flip side here with the Marlins, I want to give them some love because I think

00:34:03everybody views them as they'll be a nice spoiler piece in the NL East as the season goes on.

00:34:08There is a lot of talent where I don't think they're going to go anyway or they're going to try

00:34:11and fight for a wild card.

00:34:13Max Meyer has turned the corner with his career.

00:34:16All right?

00:34:16He has been really good.

00:34:18And then, from an offensive standpoint, Liam Hicks leads MLB with 42 RBIs.

00:34:24Xavier Edwards, like you said, Robert, set a career high with five home runs in 48 games.

00:34:29And something that kind of caught my eye last night, Joe Mack, we do those spring breakout games.

00:34:35Two years ago, got a chance to be down there as they took on the Cardinals in a spring breakout

00:34:39game and talked to Joe Mack around the cage.

00:34:41What an unbelievable dude.

00:34:43And to watch him come up bases loaded yesterday and kind of have that.

00:34:47You need a signature moment early when you come up.

00:34:51He could have easily popped up or punched out.

00:34:53Nope.

00:34:54He threw a bullet out there.

00:34:55Two ribbies.

00:34:56Keep the drain rolling.

00:34:57And they go.

00:34:58Mets, everything that could go wrong in the beginning did go wrong.

00:35:03It's still not 100% right with the injury to Clay Holmes and not having Lindor.

00:35:09But when you put eyeballs on them, there's been an influx of youth.

00:35:15Yes.

00:35:15Carson Benj and A.J. Ewing have certainly helped kind of instill some youthful energy.

00:35:23I still think Brett Beatty throws out good A.B.'s.

00:35:27I'd like to see him get absolutely on fire.

00:35:32They're not going to go anywhere either.

00:35:3421 and 26.

00:35:35So they're going to fight to get back to 500.

00:35:37Ultimately, I just think that the chemistry of how it's built there is a little off.

00:35:43But the NL East is a bear.

00:35:45Oh, it is competitive from top to bottom.

00:35:48And Washington scores the most runs per night.

00:35:50They do.

00:35:52John Heyman reporting just this morning that Nick Morbido is going to be called up by the Mets.

00:35:58So another young outfielder coming in to maybe infuse even more energy there for the New York Mets.

00:36:05By the way, Chase Burns goes against Jesus Lozardo tonight in Philadelphia.

00:36:09That is a good pitching matchup.

00:36:11Here's what's coming up next.

00:36:14Shot to right field and the Cardinals win it.

00:36:17Pozo's first.

00:36:18Get to first.

00:36:19Well, he did.

00:36:20And the Redbirds walk it off five to four.

00:36:24Man, that gets me fired up.

00:36:25Coming up next, we're going to be joined by Cardinals broadcaster Chip Carey.

00:36:29What does he make of this surprising Cardinals team?

00:36:32And the fact that he's got two sons following in his footsteps in the family business.

00:36:38Chip Carey set to join us on the other side.

00:36:41Stay with us.

00:36:45Welcome back to MLB Central presented by Blue Buffalo.

00:37:07Step up to the mic at the segment where we get a chance to visit with broadcasters all across the

00:37:12league.

00:37:12As Ballpark Tam takes us to St. Louis, where tonight the Cardinals begin a very interesting series against the Pittsburgh

00:37:20Pirates.

00:37:20Mitch Keller, Matthew Libertor.

00:37:22That is your pitching matchup.

00:37:25745 Eastern, 645 local.

00:37:29Chip Carey always has a good seat for the Cardinals games.

00:37:31And he joins us now here on MLB Central.

00:37:34Chip, thank you very much for the time.

00:37:35How do you explain what's going on with the Cardinals right now?

00:37:41These are young kids that are finally getting a chance to show what they can do at this level.

00:37:45And opportunity leads to success.

00:37:49Success leads to more confidence.

00:37:51And confidence leads to being a game and a half or a game out of first place.

00:37:55These guys have been highly rated prospects for a long time.

00:37:59Certainly in the case of Jordan Walker, who could be the comeback player of the year and is an MVP

00:38:03candidate this season for the Cardinals.

00:38:06A lot of these guys and men's talent is finally showing through at the right time.

00:38:09And, you know, sometimes the baseball guys just tap you on the shoulder and say, it's time for you guys

00:38:14to be competitive again.

00:38:15And that's exactly what St. Louis has been in all facets of the game.

00:38:19They hit.

00:38:19They hit for power, which is really surprising.

00:38:21Our starting staff has a 7-3 ERA in the month of May.

00:38:25And from opening day on, they've caught just about everything hit their way.

00:38:28So, in those three big fundamental facets of the game, the Cardinals are doing everything Olly Marble hoped they would

00:38:34this spring.

00:38:34And they've kept it up.

00:38:37That's who I want to talk about, Chip.

00:38:39Because you talk about the confidence on the field.

00:38:41I'm seeing the confidence in the dugout.

00:38:43I'm seeing the confidence post-game press conference with Olly Marble.

00:38:46Known him a long time.

00:38:48He went through a lot of guff early on.

00:38:52And now it seems like he's come out on the other side.

00:38:54They're playing his brand of ball.

00:38:56He's walking around.

00:38:57Can you take me inside your interactions with him?

00:39:00Well, we see Olly every day.

00:39:01I think you're exactly right, D. Rowan.

00:39:03You know what makes a great manager.

00:39:05Great players or players playing great, right?

00:39:07And I think we'd all agree that the last three years in St. Louis, the Cardinals had some really good

00:39:12players who didn't have good seasons.

00:39:14And that's tough on any manager.

00:39:16And the fact that the Cardinals are where they are, I think, speaks a lot to how Olly runs his

00:39:20clubhouse.

00:39:21How hard this coaching staff works.

00:39:23They are immensely prepared.

00:39:24There's not a situation that comes up that they don't anticipate having a move to counter or to take advantage

00:39:31of.

00:39:31But you're right.

00:39:32People in town forget that Oliver Marble in his first year won 93 games here in St. Louis.

00:39:37Who did he have?

00:39:37Albert Kuhls, Adam Wainwright, and Yadier Molina.

00:39:41He didn't have that luxury the last three seasons here with the Cardinals, yet here we are above 500.

00:39:46And he's above 500.

00:39:48And I'll remind folks who are watching your show, Tony La Russa, one of the greatest managers in the history

00:39:53of the game, has gone down as one of the great managers of the St. Louis Cardinals as well.

00:39:57Oliver Marble in his first four years at the helm in St. Louis has more wins than Tony La Russa

00:40:02did in his first four years as a manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.

00:40:06And that's with some clubs that, quite frankly, weren't up to Cardinals standards.

00:40:09So he has gotten the most out of what he has, and now he's doing, Mark, the most important part.

00:40:14He's creating, he's building, and he's nurturing a culture and bringing back the Cardinal way with all the analytic advantages

00:40:21that the organizational investments have been made in.

00:40:23So it's really an exciting time.

00:40:25And sometimes that culture needs something to latch onto.

00:40:29Every successful team needs something to spur them on.

00:40:33Maybe it's a good luck charm.

00:40:35But what happened over the weekend in St. Louis, where a group of kids from East Texas who were in

00:40:42nearby St. Louis or in the area for a baseball tournament, this is the club baseball tournament, they turned right

00:40:50field into a huge party.

00:40:52And it spurred something with the team.

00:40:55Have you, do you recall seeing anything like this?

00:40:58Not like that, no.

00:41:00And it was so organic.

00:41:01That was the best part of it.

00:41:02The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks were playing in the Division II club baseball tournament across the river in Alton, Illinois.

00:41:09And they decided to come to the ballpark.

00:41:11And it started with 16 kids, 16 college kids who have a love affair with baseball.

00:41:16And they came in and started waving shirts and doing the college chants and ball two, ball two, strike three,

00:41:21strike, all that kind of stuff.

00:41:23And our crowd went nuts for it.

00:41:25And it's so fun and so organic.

00:41:26It felt like Bush Stadium in the old days.

00:41:28The way I've described it is this cross between an English premier soccer game, a college baseball game, and a

00:41:36college frat party before a Saturday football game in the SEC.

00:41:40It really was fun.

00:41:42And for our state laid-back audience, I think it was a great shock to the system.

00:41:46Ollie had them in the locker room after the game on Saturday.

00:41:49He was buying tickets for the Saturday and Sunday games as well.

00:41:53And I think it's a jolt of energy that, frankly, our organization has needed, and our players have fed off

00:41:57it.

00:41:57As I said, Jordan Walker stepped out of the boxers are laughing about it.

00:42:01They've ripped off the Yankees' roll call.

00:42:03They're starting to clap for our players and wait for them to wave to them in the upper right field

00:42:07deck at Bush Stadium.

00:42:09So it's really, really fun.

00:42:11That's what baseball is supposed to be about.

00:42:13And I hope it's something that continues the rest of the summer.

00:42:16Hey, Chip, who's caught your eye?

00:42:17I know you can't have a bias, but when I turn on the Cardinals, you can fall in love with

00:42:21a lot of different guys.

00:42:23Weatherholt, Herrera, Walker.

00:42:25I could take you to the outfield with church-making plays.

00:42:27Who's the guy that kind of you lean towards a little bit?

00:42:31I'm going to give you an under-the-radar candidate, and it's because he doesn't do anything that StatCast would

00:42:36tell you would make him successful,

00:42:38and that's Michael McGreevy.

00:42:39This guy knows how to pitch.

00:42:41He is a pitchmaker.

00:42:43He throws any pitch in any count, in any situation, in any spot in the strike zone.

00:42:47Freddie Freeman, when the Dodgers were in town, gave him the ultimate compliment.

00:42:50He said, in today's game, if a guy has two or three pitches, you can eliminate a quadrant and go

00:42:54to work if you find a pitch in that zone.

00:42:57With McGreevy, that's not the case.

00:42:59He is unflappable.

00:43:00He knows how to pitch.

00:43:01He doesn't throw particularly hard.

00:43:03But what I like about him is his non-presence.

00:43:05You never know if he's up to or down to in the middle innings of a very, very important game.

00:43:11He's a super smart kid.

00:43:13Mom and dad are in the legal profession.

00:43:14He's got a brother in law school, and in his first full year as a major leaguer, he's our team

00:43:18player rep.

00:43:19So he's just off-the-chart smart, off-the-chart great, great kid, and a guy that I really enjoy

00:43:25pitching because, as I said,

00:43:27he doesn't have the Jacob Mizorowski 103-mile-an-hour fastball.

00:43:31And to this point, he hasn't needed it.

00:43:33Yeah.

00:43:33What did you have for breakfast?

00:43:35I haven't had breakfast yet.

00:43:36Just coffee.

00:43:37I've got to go get a haircut.

00:43:38What do you think?

00:43:38Hey, you've got luscious locks, Chip.

00:43:41Did you get a haircut on an empty stomach?

00:43:44Well, you know, maybe you can get a little something on the way out.

00:43:47We're out of time, Chip, but I know you're extremely proud of your two identical twins that are in the

00:43:54family business.

00:43:55So whenever I see them with you, I can see the pride that emanates from you, just how proud you

00:44:02are of both of them,

00:44:04now that they're kind of following in the family footsteps.

00:44:06You're very kind.

00:44:08I really appreciate that.

00:44:09Unfortunately, that's all we're qualified to say.

00:44:11We can say ground ball to second, or as my dad used to say, D-Row hits into another double

00:44:15play, five, four, three.

00:44:18You know, we're really, really lucky.

00:44:21This is the family business, as it were, and they've really earned these opportunities on merit.

00:44:25Yeah, the last name has helped them, but their talent shines through.

00:44:28And as good as they are behind the mic, the thing that makes me proudest and my wife, Susan, proudest

00:44:33is the fact that they're really, really good people.

00:44:36And I think that's going to serve them well.

00:44:38That's your most important job.

00:44:40Hey, enjoy the ballgame today.

00:44:41Good luck with the haircut.

00:44:43And good luck to the St. Louis Cardinals the rest of the way.

00:44:46You guys are the best.

00:44:47I appreciate you having me on.

00:44:48Have a great day.

00:44:48That's Jeff Carey of the St. Louis Cardinals joining us here as we wrap up our number one here on

00:44:54MLB Central.

00:44:55All right, we've got a lot more to come.

00:44:57Is he going Kentucky Waterfall?

00:44:58No, no.

00:44:59He's much too distinguished for that.

00:45:02I mean, for God's sakes, he's a play-by-play man of the big leagues, sir.

00:45:07Hey, the Rays have the best record in the American League, and these two are a big reason why.

00:45:12Coming up, Chris Young and D-Row taking a closer look at Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz.

00:45:18And why, in the case of Yandy, he's one of D-Row's favorite hitters.

00:45:25And there's a look at CY.

00:45:27What's he going with?

00:45:28Strong hour two, baby.

00:45:29There we go.

00:45:31Let's go.

00:45:31CY, when's the last time you got a head shave?

00:45:34Head shave?

00:45:34This morning.

00:45:35Really?

00:45:36I've got to go daily.

00:45:37I still have a full head of hair up here.

00:45:39Did you go to Nico?

00:45:40Really?

00:45:40I choose not to have this.

00:45:41Did you go to Nico?

00:45:43I did not.

00:45:44I did it myself.

00:45:46Really?

00:45:46So you can grow a full head of hair.

00:45:47Have a whole.

00:45:48Is that like comb over?

00:45:49No.

00:45:52No.

00:45:53The place where I fell asleep inside you.

00:45:56How do I get myself back to you?

00:45:58The place where you said I want to.

00:46:13Welcome to hour number two of MLB Central presented by Blue Buffalo.

00:46:19We're glad you're with us on this Tuesday morning.

00:46:21Lauren Shahadi is in Atlanta at Ballpark Cam.

00:46:24Mark DeRosa, Robert Flores.

00:46:25Chris Young is our plus one.

00:46:26But let's begin this hour front and center and show you what happened in Anaheim.

00:46:31JT Ginn had a no-hitter through eight.

00:46:34And then it evaporated just like that.

00:46:38Adam Frazier with a knock in the ninth.

00:46:40And then Cero Miedo.

00:46:42Zach Neto.

00:46:43A two-run walk-off homer.

00:46:45And just like that, the Angels.

00:46:47There's something very wrong about that.

00:46:49I agree.

00:46:49It's cruel.

00:46:50As you said in hour number one, it's a cruel way to lose the game.

00:46:53JT Ginn was fantastic.

00:46:55Ten strikeouts.

00:46:56But the Angels snapped their six-game losing streak.

00:46:58Jazz Chisholm has been on fire since he started wearing Giancarlo Stanton's pants.

00:47:04And he's using Caballero's bat, too.

00:47:06Well, whatever he's doing, it's working because, yeah, he is nine for 16 with two extra base hits and four

00:47:15RBIs since switching to Giancarlo's pants.

00:47:19Yankees hold on to beat the Blue Jays seven to six.

00:47:21Reds, Phillies, Bryson Stott, a two-run homer.

00:47:25What a month of May it has been for Bryson Stott.

00:47:28Oh, you hit on him yesterday.

00:47:29890 OPS, five homers, 18 RBIs, and 17 games in the month of May.

00:47:34Philly beat the Reds 5-4.

00:47:38Good pitching matchup today in Philly.

00:47:40Chase Burns, Jesus Lozardo.

00:47:42Diamondbacks taking on the San Francisco Giants.

00:47:45And how about Nolan Arenado?

00:47:48He is looking like himself here recently.

00:47:52He hits a grand slam of the first inning off Robbie Ray.

00:47:55And Arenado has some unbelievable lifetime numbers against Robbie Ray, all part of a 12-2 beatdown of the San

00:48:04Francisco Giants in the desert.

00:48:06Rockies, Rangers, beginning a series on Monday.

00:48:09TJ Rumfeld.

00:48:11Oh, what a great catch.

00:48:13Where are your teammates at?

00:48:15And then later, he comes through with an RBI knock.

00:48:20Rockies hang on to win.

00:48:22They jumped out to a big lead.

00:48:24TJ Rumfeld.

00:48:25Oh, man.

00:48:26Toby Rumfeld.

00:48:27You've got to be so proud.

00:48:29My old teammate in Richmond.

00:48:30Our top story in Minneapolis.

00:48:33Astros twins.

00:48:35Josh Bell.

00:48:36Three for four.

00:48:37Two homers.

00:48:38One of them, Tatsuya Imai, who was okay.

00:48:43He got the loss, but there were some positive signs.

00:48:46How long are they going to be the top story?

00:48:48Robert.

00:48:49Forever.

00:48:49Let's talk after the show.

00:48:51I went down a dark path.

00:48:53The Astros, if they want to get creative.

00:48:56Okay.

00:48:57That sounds like a segment for tomorrow, maybe.

00:48:59Guardians.

00:49:00Tigers.

00:49:01Jose Ramirez.

00:49:03Three for four.

00:49:04Two RBI double and a solo homer.

00:49:06Guardians dominate and beat the Tigers 8-2.

00:49:10Red Sox, Royals, Wilson Contreras, a two-run homer.

00:49:16Aroldis Chapman comes in to close it out.

00:49:18Red Sox win 3-1.

00:49:22D-Row, you came away from watching the Red Sox pretty impressed with Wilson Contreras.

00:49:26He has single-handedly won them two ballgames in the last three to four nights.

00:49:32Meantime, the Tampa Bay Rays, goodness gracious, they bust out the whooping stick against the

00:49:40Baltimore Orioles.

00:49:4216 runs, four RBIs each for Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz as the Rays overwhelm the Baltimore

00:49:53Orioles 16-6 in the first meeting between these two rivals this year.

00:49:58And those 16 runs are a season high for runs, hits, and extra base hits.

00:50:03And, Robert, you said it.

00:50:03These guys leading the way.

00:50:05Look at this.

00:50:05Four RBI each for Yandy Diaz and Junior Caminero.

00:50:09And those junior home runs are crushed.

00:50:10And some of them see why the pitcher's throwing a good pitch.

00:50:14It's not a mistake, and he gets to it.

00:50:15How has he become this kind of hitter at 22 years old?

00:50:19You know, he's just athletically gifted, Lauren.

00:50:22When it comes down to it, he's one of the most unique hitters in the game because he has

00:50:28this combination of being able to have the fastest swing in the game, but extremely flat

00:50:34bat path through the zone.

00:50:35And we're going to talk about Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz today.

00:50:40And I saw you and Case, D-Ro, do a breakdown with Caminero about a month ago.

00:50:45And the question was, he was pulling the ball too much at the time.

00:50:48Is he going to be able to be consistent?

00:50:51But when you have the attributes and his play discipline that he's improving on going at

00:50:56at the same time and the bat coming in as violent as it does through the zone consistently, this

00:51:03is a blueprint for long-term success.

00:51:06With Junior Caminero, you're talking about he just overtook Stan.

00:51:11Highest average speed.

00:51:12Stan's always been a dude on top.

00:51:14Almost 80 miles an hour.

00:51:16So you understand that if you're swinging the bat that fast, there's going to be power

00:51:21associated with it.

00:51:23There's going to be some swing and miss from time to time, potentially.

00:51:26But you think of O'Neal Cruz, Jordan Walker has been taking off like a rocket ship this

00:51:30year.

00:51:31Giancarlo Stanton, one of the best sluggers of this generation.

00:51:34Junior Caminero has continued to get better throughout the last couple years.

00:51:39You're talking about a player who had 45 thumps last year, so you understand he set a really

00:51:44big bar for himself.

00:51:46But as you watch pitchers attack him, D-Roy, that's 116 miles an hour right there.

00:51:50You watch pitchers attack him.

00:51:52You hope that he chases.

00:51:54You hope he gets himself in trouble because if he forces you into the zone with the swing

00:52:00that he has, he's coming down flat long through the zone.

00:52:03He's going to make you pay.

00:52:05He can lead anywhere on the yard.

00:52:08And when I think about his path, D-Roy, there's a lot of guys.

00:52:11Were you a flat path guy?

00:52:13I was a flat.

00:52:13I mean, I was top hand coming down through.

00:52:16I would do the drill where you have the high T behind home plate.

00:52:20Really?

00:52:20I'm trying not to hit the T.

00:52:22As I'm swinging, I want my path coming in here.

00:52:26I'm not getting here.

00:52:27I was like the opposite.

00:52:28Junior is that guy.

00:52:30We'll see that later in the tape.

00:52:32But when you come in on that path, what you won't struggle with is the high heater.

00:52:37You're going to be able to hit the high heater because you're used to catching everything

00:52:41out in front and your bat's coming in at the top of the zone.

00:52:46Let's run it.

00:52:48And what stands out to me when you see Aaron Judge is on this list too, D-Roy.

00:52:51So this is not to say that there's one right way to do things.

00:52:56He does things you can't teach.

00:52:58I want people at home to understand it's a wild horse at the plate.

00:53:01I mean, this is right center.

00:53:03You're talking about pitches above the zone when they come in.

00:53:06Dead central.

00:53:08He does not have to cheat on them.

00:53:10Normally, 95 top of the zone, you have to cheat a little bit.

00:53:13Robbie Ray, we just saw this.

00:53:15Wow.

00:53:15As a pitcher, it's such a fine line.

00:53:18If we pause this real quick.

00:53:19It's such a fine line.

00:53:21And I would see this in center field when you had guys who hit like this.

00:53:24And you saw pitchers who tried to elevate on these hitters.

00:53:27It's like, dude, do not miss.

00:53:29Because here, it's not high for him.

00:53:33This is barrel.

00:53:34You've got to get up here.

00:53:35And then you get so high that he's not chasing.

00:53:38So it almost ends up becoming a waste of a pitch.

00:53:42And then when I pay attention to his numbers, understand.

00:53:46He set a really high bar.

00:53:4820-25, you're talking about 45 home runs.

00:53:51What could he improve on?

00:53:52I'm going to focus on the chase, the whiff.

00:53:55He's chasing a little less.

00:53:57Swinging and missing a little less.

00:53:59What ends up happening, the on-base percentage jumps up about 40 points.

00:54:04Walk rates up.

00:54:05Which means he's starting to get more dangerous.

00:54:07And a lot of people assumed his 45 home runs had to play

00:54:12because it was George R. Steinbrenner Field that he's playing in last year.

00:54:15How is that going to translate over back to the trap?

00:54:19He's on pace.

00:54:20He's still going to hit 40-plus homers.

00:54:24And when you think about the swing and miss and the fact that he hits the ball so far out

00:54:29in the front,

00:54:30you're normally going to be susceptible to some breaking balls down.

00:54:33But he's still able to catch those.

00:54:35If you don't throw the perfect breaking ball and he's able to catch it out in front,

00:54:39this ball is jumping.

00:54:40And this is what I was talking to you about, D. Rowe.

00:54:42If I had a tee behind here, if I had a tee sitting right here, his bat is not going

00:54:47to hit that tee.

00:54:48He's not going to hit that tee.

00:54:50He's coming in steep to flat and then through.

00:54:53A lot of hitters, you're going to see that barrel coming in from this angle,

00:54:57and it would hit the top of that bar.

00:54:59Junior is doing it a different way than a lot of guys are doing it right now.

00:55:02And it really reminds me of Albert Pujols.

00:55:05Albert Pujols, I know he stayed back way better than Junior Caminero did.

00:55:09But him and Junior talked about it, and Albert talked to Junior about being as flat as possible.

00:55:15And when you're thinking about swing-tilt-path, to give you a feel of numbers,

00:55:20average is about 33% as far as your degree of tilt that you're going to have on your swing.

00:55:27This is extremely flat.

00:55:29You have two guys, Junior and Yandy, on the same team.

00:55:33I wonder how much influence Yandy has on Caminero when they're in the cage.

00:55:38I would almost want to guarantee you that these two guys work out together

00:55:41because it's a very similar philosophy, although they're trying to achieve different goals

00:55:46and going about it a different way.

00:55:47100%.

00:55:47I thought this was perfect because Caminero, I'm not saying you hit like Caminero,

00:55:52but he can get the head out and pull it.

00:55:54When I watch Yandy Diaz on a nightly basis, I basically feel like I was never as good a hitter

00:56:03as Yandy Diaz is, but I had the same exact, so pause this, I had the same exact approach as

00:56:10him.

00:56:10I know how he's going to get pitched, what he's trying to do with it, and I can walk you

00:56:15through it.

00:56:15And it's crazy.

00:56:16It's all stuff I learned watching video with Chipper Jones and then kind of what's the sinus rhythm to your

00:56:22swing.

00:56:22What do you do well?

00:56:23What do you not do well?

00:56:25What does the pitcher do well?

00:56:26What does he not do well?

00:56:28But bottom line, since 2022, this is one of the better hitters in the game that doesn't get enough love.

00:56:35That's why I think Tampa is in for a really nice season.

00:56:38Caminero is one of the best power hitters in the game.

00:56:40This dude rakes, Aranda rakes, their pitching staff, their defense.

00:56:46They're legit.

00:56:47I want to call it Valade Biladi.

00:56:49Where'd Valade come from?

00:56:51I don't know, but his nickname is the big ring.

00:56:54Seeds all over the place.

00:56:55And they're doing this, he's got the long hair, but let's stay here, Yandy.

00:56:59I just want to walk you through how I thought as a hitter.

00:57:02All right, Trevor Rodgers, pause this for me real quick.

00:57:06The only place Trevor Rodgers can go to get Yandy Diaz out, seriously, if he's going good,

00:57:15is he's got to black him in, black him in, or elevate up, or it's up to Yandy.

00:57:22And the reason I say that is, is as a guy looking to go up the middle the other way,

00:57:27when you're a lefty trying to get in and you don't have cut like Lester, Cole Hamels back in the

00:57:33day

00:57:34where they're moving this plate, you don't think he can do it unless it's paint, right?

00:57:42So you're giving him that.

00:57:43Absolutely.

00:57:44That means I'm on heater middle away, I can drive it up the middle the other way,

00:57:50and that keeps me on off speed as well.

00:57:53So as long as I get him in the zone, Yandy Diaz should win every battle versus Trevor Rodgers.

00:58:00So run this.

00:58:00He's got a moat too.

00:58:01He doesn't care.

00:58:03He doesn't get that pitch right there.

00:58:05And now it's game on, right?

00:58:08So next time up, he takes his 2-2 changeup, pull side.

00:58:12I said he's going to ambush a heater middle away and hit a rocket to right field this second AB.

00:58:19He comes up to the plate, his second AB, he gets a heater middle away

00:58:22and hits a rocket down the right field line.

00:58:25And I'm like, it's 101, guys who work the ball up the middle the other way.

00:58:29Which, that's what he wants you to do right there.

00:58:32He earned that one right there because he got you up out of there.

00:58:35But Yandy will take that.

00:58:36I'll take it.

00:58:37Boom, give me that shooter.

00:58:38That's perfect for him.

00:58:39Run this.

00:58:42And his eye black is on a whole other level of eye black.

00:58:45It's like art.

00:58:46Okay.

00:58:47Now, what's the one pitch I said if he's going to get that call?

00:58:51Watch Yandy scramble this at bat.

00:58:54And I'm like, Trevor, you got one chance.

00:58:57You go in and you land it.

00:58:59You got him.

00:58:59If you don't, he's going to barrel you up again.

00:59:02He tried to right there.

00:59:04He executes.

00:59:05After this pitch, snap and gets him.

00:59:08Yandy's not even mad.

00:59:10The whole cat and mouse of what you can handle, what you can't handle.

00:59:14And he would go on and have two more bullets last night, get four knocks.

00:59:19Highest slug percentage to the opposite field.

00:59:21He's one of the best in the business of just setting his sights.

00:59:24But, man, I felt like I was having the AVs with him.

00:59:27I was like, Trev, I'll give you here.

00:59:28I'll give it to you.

00:59:29Boom, strike three.

00:59:31You got it.

00:59:32But I guarantee you can't do that consistently.

00:59:34Small margin for error with both guys.

00:59:36Yeah, Yandy's special.

00:59:38They're a very good team right now.

00:59:39I know everybody will go through their lulls as Nick Martinez.

00:59:43And those guys are going to stay hot the entire season.

00:59:45That remains to be seen what they do at the deadline.

00:59:49But the Yandys, Aranda, Caminero are as good a middle of the order as there is in the American League.

00:59:55100%.

00:59:55Right?

00:59:55Absolutely.

00:59:56Absolutely.

00:59:57The pitching keeps rolling like they're rolling.

00:59:58They're going to be trouble.

01:00:00Look at the hard hit rate per swing.

01:00:02Good grief.

01:00:04Juan Soto's a stud.

01:00:06And then you got Yandy, Vladi, Jordan, Mikel Garcia, and Mookie Betts.

01:00:10So, yeah, really good hitters.

01:00:12Do it differently.

01:00:14Super interesting.

01:00:15Caminero gives you some juice.

01:00:17Yandy gives you the eye black.

01:00:19I know that our colleague Albert Pujols had a big impact on Junior Caminero when he was managing him in

01:00:24the Winter League and the Dominican.

01:00:26So, those lessons are paying off.

01:00:29And Yandy Diaz, Lauren, it makes sense that he would be on the hard hit percentage.

01:00:33His arms are huge.

01:00:34He is.

01:00:34That's right.

01:00:35I love that he was pitched to you the same way as you.

01:00:38He kind of took us inside.

01:00:38You've never done that before, Dero.

01:00:40That was cool.

01:00:40Good job.

01:00:41Hey, we're just getting started in hour number two.

01:00:43Still got a lot more show coming up.

01:00:45Brewers with a statement win yesterday in their first meeting of the year with the Cubs.

01:00:48Coming up, a closer look at their recent hot stretch and maybe a new force emerging in their lineup.

01:01:05Welcome back.

01:01:07MLB Central is presented by Blue Buffalo.

01:01:13For me, I'm trying to keep the governor on a little bit.

01:01:16You know, just that's kind of the guidance that I've been told is like, hey, hold it back.

01:01:21You're going to feel good.

01:01:21But try to keep the reins on a little bit.

01:01:23And then, you know, as you respond well and as you keep bouncing back well from each bullpen session,

01:01:28then you can just kind of go out there and compete.

01:01:30And I think that's the hardest part right now is because I feel really good and I want to, you

01:01:35know, let it go.

01:01:35But I've been instructed not to.

01:01:38The first thing I said was the recovery will be faster.

01:01:42And then I think I stopped listening after that.

01:01:44I was like, all right, I'm good with it if you're good with it.

01:01:46You know, you trust the doctors.

01:01:48You know, I'll trust with the best surgeon in the world.

01:01:50So you just trust those guys to make those decisions.

01:01:53And if he's comfortable with it, I don't see why I wouldn't be comfortable with it.

01:01:58Tarek Skugel working his way back.

01:02:01I thought the same thing.

01:02:02Let's go round and round the bases.

01:02:03Stop in Detroit where Tarek had surgery to remove loose bodies from his arm.

01:02:07As we welcome you back inside.

01:02:09Word is Dero, CY, and Robert.

01:02:10He's already throwing.

01:02:11But this was a rotation in Detroit that opening day seemed full.

01:02:15And now six guys on the injured list.

01:02:17How does pitching in Detroit become a strength again, Dero?

01:02:21A level of concern in Detroit as well.

01:02:23Yeah, there's got to be a level of concern,

01:02:25especially because Riley Green's the only one offensively that's hitting the baseball.

01:02:29Torkelson's scuffling.

01:02:30He can't rely on McGonagall to be hot the entire season.

01:02:34It's a long year.

01:02:35But they've got to get it done on the mound.

01:02:37And without Skugel, their starters have struggled.

01:02:40Mize threw a nice start since recently coming back from being nicked up.

01:02:43But it puts a lot of pressure on A.J. Hinch in this bullpen.

01:02:47I agree, Dero.

01:02:48I think, you know, when you go into the offseason for the Tigers, you're assuming,

01:02:53okay, if something happens with Skugel or even planning for the future, if we lose Skugel,

01:02:59that's why you go and get Fromber.

01:03:01Yeah.

01:03:01You go and get Fromber.

01:03:03You have KC Mize.

01:03:04You have Flaherty.

01:03:06And you feel like Flaherty had turned a corner.

01:03:08And then you start to look at the starts and the outings after Skugel is out.

01:03:12And you start to lean on these other players to be your stopper.

01:03:16And then even when they go out, Fromber was rough yesterday.

01:03:19But his last start against the Mets, he went six and two-thirds shutout.

01:03:23And then you end up losing three to two.

01:03:25KC Mize was good on Saturday.

01:03:27You lose two to one or three to two, whatever the score was.

01:03:30So the offense isn't clicking as well.

01:03:32Well, it's a lot on the pitching, and I understand you don't have that ace

01:03:36that's going to go out there and win you the game every time he steps on the mound.

01:03:39But when you look at their lineup, as soon as they put their lineup out,

01:03:43after the four spot.

01:03:44Guffling.

01:03:45It's one.

01:03:46Going back to old school averages, you're in the 100s, five, six, seven.

01:03:51Put yourself in a tough spot.

01:03:53Eight games below 500.

01:03:55Meantime, the Milwaukee Brewers last night snapped the Chicago Cubs' 15-game home

01:04:00winning streak at Wrigley Field.

01:04:02Christian Yelich, recently off the injured list, hit one off the scoreboard.

01:04:06Hit another extra base hit, a little bloop double.

01:04:08Jake Bowers, a couple of knocks, including one that went over the scoreboard.

01:04:14Look, Dero, we've talked a lot about this National League Central.

01:04:18Yeah.

01:04:18And the Chicago Cubs last week, they were winning.

01:04:21They were walking off and winning all the games at home.

01:04:23But the Brewers, remember, have won.

01:04:26They are the defending champions of this division for a reason.

01:04:28And they got their superstar back, and Christian Yelich goes deep, first A-B.

01:04:32I want to give love to Jake Bowers.

01:04:34Yeah.

01:04:34I've watched this guy from afar.

01:04:36I always thought he could hit.

01:04:37He was with Tampa.

01:04:38Then he surfaced with the Yankees for a split second.

01:04:41And he has found a home in Milwaukee, and he is getting it done.

01:04:45Okay?

01:04:452026.

01:04:46He's got a 5'11 slug of weighted runs created, plus a 141.

01:04:51They have stars on this team in Bryce Terang and Christian Yelich to go with the supporting cast.

01:04:56And Pat Murphy finds a way to get these starting pitchers to go four and a third, four and two

01:05:02thirds, whatever the case may be.

01:05:03Little piggyback started last night.

01:05:05Yeah, they're exciting.

01:05:06With the Cubs, I think they need to go get some pitching.

01:05:09Yeah.

01:05:10I think starting pitching is going to be a huge question mark for the Cubs moving forward.

01:05:15I understand right now you're sitting in first place.

01:05:18Things are good.

01:05:19I really don't have a lot of concerns about their offense.

01:05:22I think they have good depth top to bottom with their bats.

01:05:25I think you're going to have to go get some orange because right now Ben Brown looks like your best

01:05:31arm right now.

01:05:32And I feel like the other guys, it's not enough swing and miss in there.

01:05:35And I think you need to go out and get something.

01:05:37They almost thought I might have been tripping.

01:05:39Yeah.

01:05:39I heard that.

01:05:40At the deadline.

01:05:40We'll be watching.

01:05:4213 hits, nine runs for the Brewers to Roberts Point in game one.

01:05:4512 runs for the Diamondbacks on Monday.

01:05:47And we showed you the highlights of Nolan Arenado, highest on base in the National League since April 21st.

01:05:54You were around him last WBC, and you said he's obsessed.

01:05:58Like, watch his swing in the mirror obsessed.

01:06:00What have you seen in terms of changes at the plate?

01:06:04Yeah, I mean, listen, Nolan's not going to stop fighting to figure it out.

01:06:08I think the thing I love about Nolan, and we've chronicled him dancing, I've incorporated it into my son

01:06:14because my son gets off his backside a little bit.

01:06:17I'm like, do the Nolan.

01:06:18We call it the Nolan Arenado drill.

01:06:20You step back just to feel like getting into your backside.

01:06:23Mike Trout was doing it.

01:06:25Yes, that's right.

01:06:26Listen, Nolan's one of the greatest third basemen that have ever graced the Diamond.

01:06:29End of the day.

01:06:31When it all comes out in the wash.

01:06:33He's one of the best defenders at the sport.

01:06:37A ton of homers and RBI, so it's nice to see him get rolling.

01:06:42It's huge to see him over here with the D-backs, seeing him be able to hold down the fourth

01:06:47spot.

01:06:48With the D-backs, you've had Jose Fernandez step up and Amardo Vargas.

01:06:52Yeah, you had a lot of injuries very early on with this team.

01:06:55So you understood you had to try to keep your head above water for as long as possible.

01:07:00And seeing how this National League is panning out, it's going to be a tough run.

01:07:04You're talking about the Cubs, the Phillies are bouncing back, the Brewers, the Braves, the Padres, the Dodgers.

01:07:10I mean, that's six teams right there.

01:07:12This is going to be a dogfight until the end.

01:07:14Arizona Diamondbacks got to .500 with that win yesterday.

01:07:17San Francisco Giants, the Giants.

01:07:19They got to run with the Rockies and the Giants right now.

01:07:22This is like that opening that they have to be able to take off.

01:07:26Meantime, the Boston Red Sox did beat the Kansas City Royals yesterday.

01:07:30Wilson Contreras, a big part of it.

01:07:32And I mentioned it earlier, D-Row, but you got an up-close and personal look at him over the

01:07:39weekend when they were at Atlanta.

01:07:40I wanted to give him some love because, listen, starting pitching-wise with the Crochets of the world and the

01:07:46Sonny Grays and the Rangers.

01:07:47Sonny Gray pitched well last night.

01:07:49You can tell how they're trying to win games.

01:07:51They're going to struggle to score runs so mightily.

01:07:54It's not even funny, to be honest with you.

01:07:56You talk about a lineup that doesn't have enough thump.

01:07:59But the one guy who does is Wilson Contreras.

01:08:02And I was sitting there Saturday night.

01:08:04Bryce Elder was throwing a gem.

01:08:07Peyton Tolley threw a gem as well.

01:08:09But it came down to one breaking ball that he picked off the ground.

01:08:13And he won them that ballgame with Peyton Tolley.

01:08:16Then back it up last night.

01:08:18Does the same darn thing with a huge home run to give them a win over Kansas City.

01:08:22So I just wanted to give him some flowers because he seems to be the only one in the lineup

01:08:27right now in Boston.

01:08:28I mean, Duran's – you're watching a pro.

01:08:31Duran is up here.

01:08:32It's outhouse or castle, man.

01:08:34He's going.

01:08:35No Roman Anthony in the lineup.

01:08:37And they're running a bunch of dudes out there that I'm like, ugh.

01:08:40It's got to be tough.

01:08:40As the veteran guy, I know he got into the headlines a little bit with some of his comments.

01:08:44But he's kind of becoming one of the leaders over there.

01:08:47He is the edge.

01:08:48He is the one.

01:08:49He's showing up every day with that chip on his shoulder, playing an amazing first base.

01:08:53Yeah.

01:08:54I think he's trying to be a leader over there in his own right.

01:08:57And I think the other guys are coming around.

01:08:59I don't think Bregman alone would have been enough.

01:09:01No.

01:09:01Like, just looking at it.

01:09:03Roman Anthony experienced some soreness in that wrist when he swung the bat a few days ago.

01:09:08They're going to try it again.

01:09:09So hopefully –

01:09:10I'm going to text him and see what's up with that.

01:09:11That would be good.

01:09:12Lauren, what game again do you have tonight on TBS?

01:09:15I have Blue Jays-Yankees from the Bronx.

01:09:17We will be watching on TBS in the meantime.

01:09:20We have to say goodbye to you and raise your –

01:09:23Yes.

01:09:24What do we got?

01:09:24Before we do so, there's a big event here at Truist.

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01:09:30Can you be brave for a day?

01:09:31So all sorts of –

01:09:33What?

01:09:34Get a breakdown, hero.

01:09:36Don't get me started.

01:09:37This is where I get in trouble on social.

01:09:39Yeah.

01:09:40Because –

01:09:40They told me that a lot of these people are –

01:09:43Did they say that you could wear jeans in the batter's box?

01:09:46Is that allowed?

01:09:47It doesn't matter.

01:09:47That's actually not that bad a hack from –

01:09:49Is it better to wear jeans or baseball pants?

01:09:52I mean –

01:09:52That's fair.

01:09:53I agree.

01:09:54It's fair.

01:09:55It's a skills competition.

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01:10:01We saw earlier in commercial break there was a guy wearing cargo shorts.

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01:10:06Lauren, get a few hacks in.

01:10:08Yeah.

01:10:08D-Ro, do you feel like they're semi-pro?

01:10:10That's what they told me, Elise, that they would have made it.

01:10:12Hey, that's a good –

01:10:13That's a good little knock the other way.

01:10:15This is the guy –

01:10:16Lauren, check the –

01:10:17We will see you tomorrow.

01:10:18This is where guys go to break.

01:10:20Go to break.

01:10:20Back being here in studio.

01:10:22He's the parent that talks to the coach, why is my son not playing more?

01:10:26Want to know why?

01:10:27Would you know –

01:10:27Because the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

01:10:30Okay?

01:10:31If I saw you in heaven.

01:10:34I'm not dying.

01:10:36Well, I mean, not –

01:10:37Well, Lauren, we're all kind of dying.

01:10:40We're all going to die someday, according to D-Ro.

01:10:43Well, yes, we are.

01:10:45Hey, Ballpark Cam takes us to –

01:10:49Oh, this is St. Louis.

01:10:51If you're in the area, might I suggest Cardinals.TV,

01:10:54because this is a very intriguing series opener.

01:10:59Keller and Livatore is your pitching matchup.

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01:11:20J.J. Weatherholt's big league debut on opening day.

01:11:24He shows that he has the ability to potentially become a 2020 guy.

01:11:28It's a glimpse at your future, right, what you want it to look like.

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01:11:54Incredible play in second by Weatherholt.

01:11:57Doesn't get enough love for his fielding.

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01:12:00Once again, a man from Mars delivers.

01:12:03And listen, the Cardinals believe they got the best player in that draft.

01:12:07And I gotta tell you, right now, he's playing like it.

01:12:14All right, Doug, we do have some breaking news coming in to us.

01:12:17This from the Atlanta Braves.

01:12:19Now, this is a lot of text here.

01:12:21This is from their Twitter account.

01:12:23But the big point is, Drake Baldwin, their catcher, is going on the injured list with a strained right oblique

01:12:30muscle.

01:12:31Boy, that is not good.

01:12:32Considering how good he has been.

01:12:34Saturday night, I watched him barrel three balls north of a buck.

01:12:37Buck 07, buck 08.

01:12:39So, yeah.

01:12:40All right, so once again, Drake Baldwin going on the injured list with a strained right oblique.

01:12:44Let's take another break.

01:12:46He's nicknamed the Alien.

01:12:48C.J. Abrams has been out of this world for the Nats so far this year.

01:12:53Coming up, Dero takes a closer look at this shortstop and how he has taken the next step in his

01:12:59progression.

01:13:00Stay with us.

01:13:02One day you're screaming you love me loud.

01:13:05The next day you're so cold.

01:13:12Starwatch is presented by Konami.

01:13:17Here is C.J. Abrams.

01:13:19Career Grand Slam for C.J. Abrams.

01:13:21Trailed out to right center.

01:13:24Traveling high and deep and out of here.

01:13:28Second career Grand Slam for C.J. Abrams.

01:13:31And the Nationals have put up 14.

01:13:34Drops the head on it.

01:13:35104 off the bat.

01:13:3633 RBI.

01:13:385 RBI.

01:13:3894.

01:13:41Yeah, Starwatch presented by MLB Pro Spirit.

01:13:46C.J. Abrams has been someone that has been on the radar for the last couple of seasons for even

01:13:53casual baseball fans.

01:13:55Certainly the hardened fans that watch our network because there is so much talent.

01:13:59But look at the company he's now keeping.

01:14:02These are your league leaders and RBIs across the league.

01:14:05Liam Hicks from the Miami Marlins.

01:14:08Andy Pajas.

01:14:09And this guy Dero.

01:14:10Yeah.

01:14:11C.J. Abrams.

01:14:12He was in studio.

01:14:13I believe it was last year along with James Wood.

01:14:16And he has taken another step so far this year.

01:14:19And he talked about, Robert, if you remember, swinging a 34-and-a-half-inch, 33-ounce bat.

01:14:26That's a log.

01:14:27We talked about that.

01:14:28He was swinging James Wood's bats at the time.

01:14:31The only guys that I ever played with that swung bats that heavy were Chipper Jones and Alfonso Soriano.

01:14:36Ooh.

01:14:37So when you see him destroying balls into the second deck at Nats Park, it's one part just crazy talent

01:14:44and two parts he's using a monster bat with a ton of carry in it.

01:14:50He's very interesting.

01:14:52Like Robert said, he continues to get better.

01:14:55He's got a swag about him.

01:14:56He's going to be mentioned in trade deadline deals this year.

01:15:00I'm really intrigued with what the Nationals do with him moving forward because he is a really, really talented ball

01:15:08player.

01:15:08And like Robert said, we had him here.

01:15:10Nicknamed the alien.

01:15:12OPS leaders this season.

01:15:14There he is on the board.

01:15:16This is total landscape.

01:15:19Now bring it to the position he plays.

01:15:21Give me the shortstop board.

01:15:23Whole different ballgame.

01:15:24He's top three.

01:15:26Average, he's hitting .299.

01:15:28Homers, he's got nine.

01:15:29And Ribby's, we talked about it.

01:15:31He's first.

01:15:31On base, he's second.

01:15:33Sluggy second.

01:15:35And weighted runs created plus he's first.

01:15:37So I wanted it first.

01:15:38Nays did an amazing job diving in on his batting stance changes, what he's hunting, what he's doing better at.

01:15:46And I want to get into it.

01:15:48We had him in studio.

01:15:49He's not a guy that dives too deep into tinkering.

01:15:54Yes.

01:15:54In 2024, you could see a little bit more closed off.

01:15:58And then what happens?

01:16:00As he gets a little bit more comfortable, maybe he wants to free his hips a little bit more and

01:16:04handle the ball.

01:16:05Because when we get to his spray chart, he is not looking to push the ball up the middle the

01:16:10other way.

01:16:10This is not Yandy Diaz.

01:16:12This is Junior Caminero.

01:16:15This is get on top and try and hook it.

01:16:17So you see his stance?

01:16:18Give me the side-by-side side angle.

01:16:20Pause it.

01:16:23He's gotten a little wider as the years have progressed.

01:16:27You're always some hybrid version searching.

01:16:31I'm sure his leg kick was a little higher one year, and now he's dumbed it down a little bit.

01:16:36Pause.

01:16:37Run that back to the height right there.

01:16:40Yeah, you can see.

01:16:42Everything is about getting your swing off at pitcher release.

01:16:47You're hearing it time and time again.

01:16:49How do I be in a position of fire the minute the guy's right here?

01:16:54So everybody's kind of cleaning up.

01:16:57You're not seeing these huge movements.

01:17:01Keep it rolling.

01:17:04A big-time power, and it moves right.

01:17:07You can see here batting stance metrics march through May.

01:17:10A little bit more closed off in 2024 with his front foot.

01:17:14Basically standing maybe a smidge deeper in the box and a smidge closer to the plate.

01:17:19But he's just opened up his front side.

01:17:22And what has that led to?

01:17:24Three things I want to go through.

01:17:26Number one, kills elevated fastballs.

01:17:30Kills them.

01:17:30We're going to get to a point in 2024 where he hits like basically a pitch-out pull side for

01:17:37Almer.

01:17:38So if you try to go top-rail four-seamer, and he's on time and looking for it,

01:17:44he could drive it out of any yard.

01:17:46Left or right.

01:17:48So one of the things he does very well, elevated fastballs, he destroys.

01:17:53We're eventually going to get to breaking balls, and then what he does, and we're seeing it a lot.

01:17:57Oh, my.

01:17:58Run that back.

01:18:00What?

01:18:00Come on, man.

01:18:02Pause it when it gets to where the pitch is.

01:18:06This borderline pitch-out.

01:18:09Come on.

01:18:10Who's swinging at that?

01:18:11One, two.

01:18:12And he hits it out.

01:18:15Pretty impressive.

01:18:18Bring up the slug board versus elevated fastballs.

01:18:20Fastballs.

01:18:22Fastballs.

01:18:22Oh, my gosh.

01:18:23That doesn't even look right.

01:18:25Talk about getting on top in a world where all we hear is this way.

01:18:30Barrel dump.

01:18:31This is a guy closing the screen door.

01:18:33C.J.

01:18:34C.J.

01:18:34Abrams ranks versus elevated fastballs, 20-26.

01:18:38Average, he's seventh.

01:18:39Slug, he's tenth.

01:18:41Fastballs, 2.7 feet or higher in the batter's box.

01:18:47Now you talk about, I can handle elevated heaters.

01:18:50Well, what do they like to tunnel off the elevated heater?

01:18:53They like to tunnel the breaking ball off of it.

01:18:55What does he do really well?

01:18:58Kills the breaking ball over the heart of the plate.

01:19:03Because he really struggled on it.

01:19:05We're going to bring up a stat cast board here in a minute

01:19:07that kind of shows how he's gotten better

01:19:09and increased his ability to handle so many different pitches in his game now.

01:19:16Give it to me.

01:19:19Oh, simple move, too, Robert.

01:19:21Take a look at 24 through 25.

01:19:25Look at the percentage of breaking balls he's seeing.

01:19:28It's upped.

01:19:30He hit $1.85 for two years against that pitch.

01:19:33Now he's hitting close to 270.

01:19:35Slugging a full 100 points better.

01:19:38Hard hit percentage is way up.

01:19:40Run value, minus 18 against a breaking ball.

01:19:44Now he's a plus six.

01:19:45So he handles elevated heaters.

01:19:47He's gotten way better against breaking ball.

01:19:50Now you don't have to worry about platoon.

01:19:52And I heard Matt Olsen say this about a week ago.

01:19:57He was doing an interview with Jeff Francoeur talking about left on left.

01:20:01And he just said it's the biggest kind of dead stick in the game for him.

01:20:10He just feels like lefties, if you give them an opportunity to face and hit off left-handed pitchers consistently,

01:20:16it's only going to make them a better hitter.

01:20:18So yeah, there are guys that should be in platoon situations based on talent level.

01:20:24But usually the everyday guy at the big league level, if given enough time, can make the necessary adjustments to

01:20:30be successful.

01:20:31And he's done that.

01:20:32From 2021 to 2025, plate appearances, almost 650.

01:20:37He hit 220 with basically no damage.

01:20:4030% below.

01:20:41Weighted runs created plus 100-0 average big leaguer.

01:20:45He was 30 points below.

01:20:47Look at him in early stages of 2026.

01:20:50He's through the roof.

01:20:51And there is no wondering what he's trying to do.

01:20:54I mean, we can eliminate.

01:20:56This, this, this.

01:20:57That's an accident.

01:20:58He got lucky.

01:21:00Pretty awesome.

01:21:01Loved having him in studio.

01:21:03He's going to be an interesting name at the deadline.

01:21:05Yeah.

01:21:06You said something in our previous segment about the Nationals offense, and I'm just looking here.

01:21:10Don't they lead baseball?

01:21:11You know who has scored the most runs in the league?

01:21:14Yeah, them.

01:21:14It's the Washington Nationals.

01:21:18262 runs.

01:21:19Unfortunately, they've allowed 284, but it just shows you that this young team, offensively, may be on the right path.

01:21:26And Dylan Cruz is coming up, right?

01:21:28Oh, there we go.

01:21:30That's good to know.

01:21:30Good stuff.

01:21:31Hey, the Nats, where are they?

01:21:34Are they in?

01:21:34The Nats are at home.

01:21:36They take on the Mets.

01:21:37Nolan McClain will get the start for the New York Mets.

01:21:40So, C.J. Abrams versus Nolan McClain.

01:21:43That is an interesting matchup.

01:21:45I figured, let's see, six and a half.

01:21:47Hey, the birds are out in Philly.

01:21:49What kind of, what is that?

01:21:51Is that a black crow?

01:21:53No, it's not a black crow.

01:21:54It's a pigeon of, boy, if I had a slingshot.

01:21:58Never mentions the world.

01:21:59If I had a slingshot right about now.

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01:22:34And two of the pitchers are pitching tonight on this board.

01:22:38They're highlighted in yellow.

01:22:40Jacob Mizorowski, highest average four-seam fastball velo among starters this season.

01:22:45He's at the top at almost 100 miles per hour.

01:22:49Chase Burns, who goes for the Cincinnati Reds tonight in Philadelphia.

01:22:53He's checking in at an even 98 miles per hour.

01:22:58And we do have more breaking news.

01:23:00This from Dan Hayes, who sent out this tweet.

01:23:02The Twins are sending Royce Lewis to the minors.

01:23:07He's batting 163, has an OPS of 539.

01:23:12It's, I mean, the numbers.

01:23:13You've got to get a swing.

01:23:14You've got to get it right.

01:23:15Bottom line.

01:23:16Wake up call.

01:23:17Go down.

01:23:17Fix some things.

01:23:18Get it right.

01:23:19Come up and help them.

01:23:20He needs to be a dude for them.

01:23:22He has to.

01:23:23Right?

01:23:23So they have to figure this out.

01:23:25Speaking of dudes, there's going to be dudes all over the place on Wednesday and Thursday.

01:23:29We're bringing you the Blue Jays and Yankees.

01:23:32We're going back-to-back showcase games right here on MLB Network.

01:23:36It gets started tomorrow, 7 o'clock Eastern and on Thursday.

01:23:41As for tonight, we are here.

01:23:46Oh, tonight on TBS.

01:23:48Okay, sorry.

01:23:49My IFB is cracking.

01:23:50Are you struggling?

01:23:51Do you want me to get after it?

01:23:52No, no, no.

01:23:52I'm good.

01:23:53We've got Dylan Cease throwing fireballs versus Will Warren, who's 5-1 with a 3-4-2.

01:23:59Yankees trying to build off yesterday's.

01:24:02There we go.

01:24:02That's a good job.

01:24:03Monumentous win.

01:24:04And you can watch it on TBS with Warren.

01:24:06We're back to walk it off.

01:24:15Okay, let's go through them.

01:24:16Odds and trends presented by Van Roole.

01:24:192-1.

01:24:19Nice.

01:24:20There you go.

01:24:20Let's build off that.

01:24:21Nolan McLean over under 5.5 Ks against the Nats.

01:24:25This is set up.

01:24:26That should be higher.

01:24:27Give me the...

01:24:27Yeah, go ahead.

01:24:28Give me the over.

01:24:29He's recorded at least six and eight of his nine starts this season.

01:24:34All right, Blue Jays, Yankees on the money line.

01:24:37Who are you taking?

01:24:38Dylan Cease?

01:24:39I took the over, Nays.

01:24:40Will Warren, that's your pitching matchup.

01:24:42Yeah, see, this is a setup.

01:24:44I'm going to stay with the Yanks, minus 142.

01:24:46I know Cease is on the bump.

01:24:49I'm going to stay with the Yanks.

01:24:50And then finally, you did a great breakdown along with CY on Junior Caminero and Yandy Diaz.

01:24:55Excellent yesterday.

01:24:57Caminero to record at least two total bases.

01:24:59Who they face?

01:25:00Kyle Braddish and the A's.

01:25:02Tough matchup.

01:25:03Give it to me, though.

01:25:05Okay.

01:25:05He's got at least two total bases in three consecutive games.

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01:25:43Look at this guy in Miami.

01:25:47That's...

01:25:48A little schmoopy?

01:25:49Yeah.

01:25:50Yeah.

01:25:50Sharing the dog with the dog.

01:25:51Love dog day at the park.

01:25:52I have three dogs myself.

01:25:54Have you ever taken him to a park at the park?

01:25:56I have not.

01:25:57Okay.

01:25:58How dare you?

01:25:59You would never?

01:26:00I could only take one of them.

01:26:02I could take Leonidas.

01:26:04The other two are...

01:26:05Dutchess and Camelot.

01:26:05Not vaccinated?

01:26:06No chance.

01:26:07No, they're just...

01:26:08They're mean.

01:26:09Well, we don't...

01:26:10Not mean.

01:26:10They just don't interact well with other dogs.

01:26:12Well, that makes them mean.

01:26:14Not vaccinated.

01:26:16I'm not.

01:26:16What?

01:26:18Baby got his dip tent.

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