00:00let's get to the american league east where the yankees are favored but i don't know why i mean
00:07maybe i'm just a prisoner of this this stupid moment jack you know i went to saint pete this
00:13weekend or this past weekend and i saw the rays play and i came out of there absolutely convinced
00:20that this team is going deep into the postseason now i know the counter to that is that they blow
00:25the bullpen out every year and then you just don't know who's going to be pitching for them in the
00:29end we've seen that a little bit in the past now and glass now and some of the other guys
00:33that
00:33they've gone with but jack i i mean look i know the dodgers are going to be really tough and
00:38the
00:38yankees will be really tough i get it they'll be good teams i'm in atlanta but i'm as impressed with
00:44the rays as any team that i've seen in person i was stunned to watch that team play uh all
00:49weekend
00:49long and in person friday and saturday they are incredible to watch in person and for lack of a
00:55better phrase they tick you off when your favorite team plays them because they are annoying and they
01:01get a board via the bunt single and they have a sacrifice bunt and then they have a sacrifice fly
01:06or they have a timely single on a ground ball that squeaks through the left side and they pitch and
01:11they
01:12beat you two to one and they beat you three to two there are so many elements of rays baseball
01:16that
01:17are really really fun to watch right now and that's why they are the best team in the american league
01:20at this moment per record now i'm going to offer the counter but then i'm going to counter my own
01:27counter at the tail end okay the counter yeah so i mean the counter to them going deep into the
01:32playoffs
01:33is they have three starting pitchers that they are relying on that will enter uncharted territory by
01:40august or september shane mclanahan has missed the last several seasons mclanahan is probably going to
01:45be capped at 130 140 innings jerasmussen was capped at 150 innings last year if rasmussen is going like
01:54this he may be capped at 175 he's had three ucl surgeries in his career and then nick martinez is
02:01a
02:01guy that is turning back the clock how long can he do that for you also need the big swing
02:06and you need
02:07the superstar swinging the bat to win in october dave roberts said it best a couple of years ago he
02:12said
02:12you win in october with stars you win with star power and i guess the counter to my counter there
02:19is they might have that in junior common arrow and yandy diaz and jonathan aranda like they can get that
02:25big swing common arrow is the premier homer threat in that lineup but yandy can do it as well and
02:30a
02:31ronda can do it as well i just don't know if they have the thump to match the yankees over
02:35the course of
02:35162 but this is a like a scintillating brand of baseball that they're playing right now and i can't
02:41take my eyes off of it
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