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Willard and Dibs react to Bryce Eldridge's continued great play and the chances that he can win NL Rookie of the Year.
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00:00We haven't brought this up much.
00:03He's going to be the rookie of the year.
00:05Oh, you think so?
00:06I do.
00:07When you were gone, Grandy and I were running through the odds
00:10and he was down to like 5-1
00:12and we were talking how a couple days ago
00:14you probably could have gotten it at like 16-1
00:17or 22-1.
00:18Cal, see that sucker now?
00:19Oh, it's probably too late.
00:21It's not too late.
00:22Will you look it up for me?
00:23I'm going to do the FanDuel
00:24just because that's our house, you know,
00:27NL Rookie of the Year.
00:28He's probably like the second or third choice now.
00:32Is that where it sits?
00:33He was the fifth choice last time I looked,
00:36which was last week.
00:37And yeah, right now he is,
00:40let's scroll down here,
00:42National League Rookie of the Year,
00:44J.J. Weatherholt.
00:45Nope.
00:46Minus 115.
00:47Okay.
00:47Sal Stewart, plus 350.
00:49Yep.
00:50Nolan McClain, plus 700.
00:53Okay.
00:53Bryce Eldridge, plus 850.
00:568.5-1.
00:57Bet it.
00:57Yeah, you might.
00:59Ready?
01:00These are rookie rankings
01:02for all of the National League.
01:08Rookie rankings.
01:09I actually think this is all of the major leagues.
01:12This is all of the major leagues.
01:14Minimum 50 at bats.
01:15He has that.
01:16He has 108.
01:18In batting average,
01:19he is first,
01:21324.
01:21In home runs,
01:247th with 5.
01:26RBIs,
01:2711th,
01:2815.
01:29His walk percentage,
01:3113.5.
01:33That's first among all rookies.
01:35His OPS is 959.
01:39That is first among all rookies.
01:43And his war is 1.0.
01:46That is sixth among all rookies.
01:49Keep in mind,
01:50he just got here like a month ago.
01:54I mean,
01:54he's doing this without having played any of April.
01:58And I think it was a little bit of May, too.
02:01It was a few days into May that he came.
02:03And then,
02:04of course,
02:05the Giants also at times
02:06hesitated to play him
02:08through the first three weeks of May.
02:10But now we've gotten a good month
02:12of Bryce Eldridge.
02:14And
02:14he's a star.
02:16And he did it again today.
02:18You'll go look at the box score.
02:20He went two for four with a walk.
02:21That's a great day.
02:22But
02:24among the times that they got him out,
02:26just a searing ground ball
02:29right down the right field line
02:30that Olsen was playing right on the line.
02:33And he backhanded it in foul territory.
02:35And they got Bryce out.
02:37But, I mean,
02:37that's what his outs look like now often.
02:39I mean,
02:40even his outs look like hits.
02:42Right.
02:42But to the point of Brian Kenney
02:44and you asked him about
02:45how much you see in Bryce.
02:46And he's like,
02:47not really at all.
02:48Not much.
02:48Not much.
02:49I mean,
02:49I'm sure he saw the highlight
02:50of the walk-off slam
02:51because that thing was awesome.
02:52And that played nationally.
02:54But this all comes down to voters.
02:56And the Giants are not a team
02:57that's in the A block
02:59or the lead block on highlight shows.
03:01And they're not a team
03:02that many people are watching.
03:04I think that's okay.
03:05That stuff takes care of itself
03:06over time.
03:07If you put up, like,
03:08obscene and gaudy numbers.
03:09It's still a very small sample.
03:11It's a small sample.
03:13A hundred plate appearances, basically?
03:15A hundred and eight at-bats.
03:16That removes the walks.
03:18The plate appearances
03:19are much more than that.
03:21I was just looking at
03:22Weatherholt
03:22and he's played all year
03:23and he's got 300 at-bats.
03:25No doubt.
03:26So he's got some catching up to do
03:27in terms of overall numbers.
03:29These guys,
03:30Sal Stewart,
03:31had a head start as well.
03:32Yep.
03:32But we also,
03:33we keep forgetting
03:34there is a long way to go.
03:37That's getting late early.
03:39Oh, it's more than half the season
03:40still left.
03:41Barely.
03:41You know what I mean?
03:42But yeah.
03:42And he's probably going to play
03:44in all the games
03:45the rest of the way,
03:46I would think.
03:47Right?
03:48I mean,
03:49you would think that he would.
03:51You would expect that,
03:52but...
03:52I do expect that.
03:53You know,
03:53and they've probably changed
03:55their approach
03:55now that he's gone out there
03:56and been their most threatening hitter.
03:59An OPS of 959,
04:02like you're right,
04:03that's in 108 at-bats,
04:05but oh my God.
04:07I mean,
04:08that's like the best hitters
04:10in the game type OPS.
04:12That's what he's done
04:13in 108 at-bats.
04:15Like,
04:16if we pull up
04:17the batting leaders right now,
04:18like I'd love to see
04:20OPS leaders in the league.
04:22959,
04:24if Bryce were to run this out
04:25over the entire season,
04:27he'd be fifth in all of baseball.
04:29Yeah, exactly.
04:29And I do believe
04:30that when you need to qualify,
04:31it's 3.1 at-bats
04:34per game played of your team.
04:36And the Giants are sitting on,
04:37what,
04:3874 games or something,
04:39so he's going to have to play a lot
04:42in order to eventually qualify.
04:43I think he'll get that chance.
04:45Like right now,
04:46his OPS sandwich
04:47is right in between
04:50Shohei Ohtani and James Wood.
04:52Yeah,
04:52I'm looking right at it.
04:52That's what this kid's doing.
04:55Right.
04:56And it's early.
04:57I know it's early,
04:58but he's 21.
05:00It's not like this is,
05:01you know,
05:03all of the teams
05:04are like,
05:04we don't have a book on him.
05:05Like,
05:06this is enough.
05:07He'd been here
05:08for a month and a half.
05:09Well,
05:09they're getting the book now.
05:10And it ain't working.
05:12Well,
05:12teams who were like,
05:13what team has faced him twice
05:15in his career?
05:16Not many.
05:17Yeah,
05:17probably not.
05:18So when you're looking at
05:19getting a book
05:20is you have a series against him.
05:21And I think Atlanta
05:22is coming here very soon.
05:23And so they're going to get a chance
05:25to,
05:25you know,
05:26look at the film
05:26from the first three games
05:28and make adjustments.
05:29Right.
05:29But at the same time,
05:30in the day and age of analytics,
05:32I'm not going to give a team
05:33the of like,
05:35oh,
05:35we,
05:35you know,
05:35we have to see him
05:37for a second series
05:38before we know
05:39how to attack the guy.
05:41Let me see.
05:42Who has he played twice?
05:44You know,
05:44he's had six games
05:45against the Chicago Cubs already.
05:48And,
05:48you know,
05:50he raked.
05:51Six games against Cubs.
05:53And,
05:54you know,
05:55he actually was not.
05:56I mean,
05:57he had,
05:57he had three hits
05:59in the series
06:00at Wrigley Field.
06:01And then,
06:02then they came here
06:03and he went three for four
06:04on that first night.
06:06Let's see.
06:07Who else is he?
06:08He's faced Arizona twice.
06:11Blah,
06:12blah,
06:12blah.
06:13Yeah.
06:13You know,
06:13we could go through
06:14all the numbers.
06:15But anyway,
06:17yeah,
06:18this guy is
06:20real deal.
06:21And I,
06:22I don't know if you heard
06:23some of what Dave Fleming
06:24said
06:25this morning
06:26with,
06:27with the Joes.
06:28And he was daydreaming
06:30a little bit,
06:31but he made the comment
06:32of like,
06:34I hope I call
06:35500 of his home runs.
06:39Yeah.
06:39I mean,
06:40you can,
06:41that's,
06:41that's what they're,
06:42there's just no weakness.
06:44Like we're talking about
06:45the person,
06:46the approach,
06:47the,
06:47all of the things.
06:48There's just,
06:49they have,
06:49I'm sure maybe there is somewhere.
06:51Everyone's got one,
06:52right?
06:52But they haven't found it yet.
06:53Yeah.
06:54They're still searching.
06:54At this hour.
06:56And,
06:56uh,
06:57I'm just looking at his
06:58stat cast numbers
06:59and he's hitting 143
07:02against fastballs.
07:03He's seen 74 of them
07:05over the course of
07:0714 at bats,
07:08small sample.
07:09But right now
07:09that would be the only thing
07:10that's showing up.
07:12And,
07:12uh,
07:13yeah,
07:14I mean,
07:14other than that,
07:14his numbers are just phenomenal.
07:16Wait,
07:16over the course of 14,
07:17that was last year.
07:18I apologize.
07:19Got it.
07:20Got it.
07:20Got it.
07:20Got it.
07:21His,
07:21uh,
07:21it's fastballs,
07:22breaking balls,
07:23and off speed.
07:24It's how they characterize it.
07:25And what are the numbers?
07:27Uh,
07:28really good.
07:29Still awesome.
07:30And very good.
07:32Uh-huh.
07:46He just,
07:47you're looking at borderline pitches
07:48and you're not chasing.
07:49You're not antsy.
07:51You're not trying to do too much.
07:52You're seeing the ball
07:53out of the pitcher's hand
07:54and you're making the right decision.
07:56I get happy
07:57when he does ABS.
07:59I don't know about the rest of you.
08:01He,
08:01I think he's still undefeated.
08:03Uh,
08:04there was an at bat.
08:05I think it was yesterday
08:06before the game ended.
08:08I think so.
08:08Didn't he have the,
08:09the RBI walk?
08:10And I think he ABS
08:12one of those suckers.
08:13He did.
08:13Absolutely.
08:13I think it was two and one
08:15and they threw the ball
08:16below the zone
08:17and the umpire gave a ha
08:19and it was two and two
08:20and I was like,
08:21damn it,
08:22that was out of the zone
08:23and Bryce reached all the way up
08:25to that big,
08:25huge head of his,
08:27six foot seven off the ground.
08:28how about pop,
08:29pop,
08:29pop.
08:30And,
08:30uh,
08:31yep,
08:31that's low three and one
08:32and he walked
08:33and the Giants scored.
08:34And I'm like,
08:35I love this dude.
08:37I love this dude.
08:39Statcast has him at five and O
08:41on challenges.
08:42Isaac Paredes is six and O
08:44CJ Abrams is a seven and O
08:46the only two hitters
08:47who are still undefeated
08:48with more challenges.
08:49Yep.
08:50Oh my gosh.
08:52No,
08:53see,
08:53and by the way,
08:54the reason that's exciting,
08:55nobody saw that part coming.
08:58Well,
08:58like he's big
08:59and he hit ball far,
09:00but the whole thing
09:01was he strikes out a lot
09:03and he got to the bigs
09:04and he struck out a lot
09:05for a few days
09:06and then all of a sudden
09:08he got the best eye
09:10in the game.
09:11And I was like,
09:12where the hell did that
09:13come from?
09:14Right.
09:14He didn't have that in
09:15AAA striking out a lot
09:17more in a place
09:18where they aren't
09:19pitching quite as well
09:20as they are here.
09:20It's wild.
09:22His discipline
09:23and understanding
09:24of the zone
09:25is going to be
09:26a problem
09:27for the National League,
09:28for the major leagues.
09:30When you've got a player
09:31with that kind of bat speed
09:33and that kind of pop
09:34and he completely
09:35commands the zone,
09:36what are you supposed
09:37to do?
09:38Like,
09:39that's the whole deal.
09:39That's how you get
09:40a power hitter out
09:41is you make him
09:42go out of the zone.
09:42He won't go out
09:43of the zone very often.
09:44Right.
09:44Or at least he's not
09:45right now.
09:47That's how you become elite.
09:49You are completely elite.
09:51If you swing the bat
09:52like that
09:52but you only swing
09:53it strikes,
09:54that's a problem
09:56for the pitcher.
09:57Absolutely.
09:58And you're going to have
09:58to find where his
10:00not-so-hot zone is.
10:02Feels like it would
10:02probably be down and in,
10:04but it's not always
10:05to get to that.
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10:21925,
10:22I may have been a bit premature
10:23on my mega bust assessment
10:26of Mr. Rookie of the Year,
10:28Bryce Eldridge.
10:30Mega bust?
10:30I want to let everybody know
10:32like I don't even care
10:33if we're wrong someday.
10:34Go crazy.
10:36Like I want to just completely
10:38release the hounds.
10:40Open the gate.
10:41Get crazy.
10:42Lose your mind.
10:44Buy a jersey.
10:45Tell your friends
10:46that the best young baseball player
10:48in America
10:49lives here in San Francisco.
10:51I don't care if we're wrong.
10:53There's literally,
10:55the excitement meter
10:56is all the way up.
10:58It could not be any higher.
11:01And I don't know
11:02if some of you
11:02because the Giants
11:03have had such a disappointing season,
11:05maybe you're kind of
11:06dialed out on it.
11:07It doesn't seem like it.
11:08The ballpark is full.
11:09But I stop what I'm doing
11:12to watch this guy's at bats.
11:13And I have never
11:15in my life
11:17of watching baseball
11:18seen what appears
11:20to be a more mature hitter
11:21at age 21.
11:22I've never seen this before.
11:25Like I've seen dynamic,
11:27right?
11:27Juan Soto,
11:28Ronald Acuna,
11:29I've seen that.
11:30But command of what you're doing,
11:34maturity,
11:35beyond years,
11:36I've never seen this
11:37at age 21 before.
11:38It's pretty impressive.
11:39And, you know,
11:40you can't help but think
11:41about him continuing
11:42to progress.
11:43And I wonder about
11:44the regression.
11:45regression and I don't think
11:46the regression will be
11:48a sudden lack of fundamentals
11:50and inability to go
11:51the other way
11:51or suddenly being
11:53a little too antsy
11:54and chasing pitches
11:55out of the zone.
11:56Some of the intangibles
11:57are the things
11:58that are in place
11:59that shouldn't actually
12:01be in place
12:01for a guy who's come up
12:03and done it that quickly.
12:04But I thought Brian Kenney
12:05had a very interesting answer
12:06when I asked him about
12:07the why.
12:08Why are these young guys
12:09now able to do this
12:11so quickly?
12:12And he talked about
12:13all the analytics
12:14and the computers
12:14and all the tools
12:16that you can now use
12:17in real time
12:17to teach these young players
12:19exactly what's going on.
12:21He's gotten on base
12:22in every single game in June.
12:23Every single one.
12:24Yeah.
12:25One over.
12:26And he walked in that game.
12:28Okay.
12:29I mean,
12:29in June,
12:31a lot of games in June so far.
12:33One, two, three, four.
12:35Less than seven.
12:36Ten.
12:37Fourteen games.
12:39He's gotten at least
12:40one hit in 13 of them
12:41and he has a walk
12:42in the one that he did.
12:43Very, very impressive.
12:44And you were mentioning
12:45the Calci.
12:46And right now,
12:48J.J. Weatherholt
12:49is 54% to win
12:50Rookie of the Year.
12:51Sal Stewart's at 20%.
12:53Bryce Eldridge is at 17.
12:54Will you put some chicken
12:56on that for me?
12:57I'm good for it.
12:58You want me to do
12:59your Calci bidding?
13:00Yeah, do the Calci for me.
13:01A $100 trade
13:02would net 556.
13:05Ooh.
13:07How much for $200?
13:08Okay.
13:09First of all,
13:10we're going to have to get you
13:10into your wallet here.
13:12It'd be $5.50.
13:15It'd be $1,112.
13:19Because $5.56 plus $2.
13:21No, I knew.
13:22I knew.
13:22I knew.
13:24That was a joke.
13:25Yeah.
13:25I know.
13:25Yeah.
13:26$5.56 times $2.
13:27I got that.
13:28I got that.
13:30I might put $5 on it for you.
13:32$300.
13:33Seriously.
13:34How much you got
13:35in that account right now?
13:36None of your business.
13:37What's in there?
13:38Took a little bit of a...
13:40Our trade did not pay off today
13:41with Cristiano Ronaldo
13:42scoring a goal.
13:43Oh.
13:44Which that was...
13:46Funny because somebody
13:47on the YouTube chat
13:48told Guru that he had scored.
13:51So I came in
13:51and Guru was all excited
13:52because we...
13:53I gave him my pick of the day,
13:55whatever.
13:55Guru was like,
13:56you hot divs.
13:57Stay hot divs.
13:58I was like,
13:58we lost this morning.
14:00Susan doesn't exist.
14:02Neither did the Cristiano goals
14:04so far.
14:04He's like,
14:05Rats!
14:05I talked to Susan!
14:07He said...
14:07Shut up!
14:08Somebody on the YouTube
14:09told me Susan.
14:10I talked to Susan!
14:11And they...
14:12They duped you goo.
14:14They done got the goo.
14:15They got him.
14:17Damn, I am scared.
14:18Yeah, I hate when I do it.
14:18Bryce Eldridge up 4% on Calci.
14:20So if you're...
14:21We need to do this today.
14:22You need to go and get an account.
14:25Use the promo code DIBS.
14:26You get $10 when you trade $10.
14:28Yeah, but I can just like...
14:29We can just do this right now.
14:30I don't want to wait for...
14:31Like, who knows what's going to happen by tomorrow.
14:34He might hit eight more home runs.
14:37I'll tell you what.
14:38I'll make the trade
14:39and if it comes to fruition,
14:41I'll give you a taste.
14:42I'll give you a little...
14:45Then get your own.
14:46It's big boy time.
14:47Wow.
14:48You're 51.
14:49It's time that you start Calci-ing.
14:53I'm like...
14:53I'm like bringing my laundry over to your house.
14:56You're totally...
14:57Oh my God.
14:59Do you have any fabric softener?
15:01Do you have any food in there?
15:04I feel guilty when I have to ask Sarah across the street
15:07if she has any soy sauce.
15:09It's like I just...
15:10Wait, you don't have soy sauce?
15:11We ran out.
15:12Oh.
15:12So it's like...
15:13I'd rather just go to the store.
15:14Yeah, go down the street to the store.
15:16I mean...
15:17How far is the store from your house?
15:18Further than Sarah's house.
15:19You don't live in the sticks?
15:21No, but...
15:21Go to the store.
15:22And I just feel...
15:23I would go to the store.
15:24I go to Safeway like five times a day.
15:26I see you.
15:27I know.
15:28In the aisles.
15:29Yes.
15:29But if I just need like a dollop of soy real quick...
15:33A dollop?
15:34You don't need a dollop of soy.
15:36I feel like Brian Kinney.
15:37A dollop.
15:39Exoriated and askance.
15:40That's a lot.
15:41He was in his bag.
15:42That was a lot.
15:42He's trying to be Bob Costas or something.
15:44I was going to look where you went to college.
15:47Someplace nice.
15:48Definitely not a state school like the Dibber.
15:51And your boy.
15:52Yeah, I went to a couple of them.
15:54That's St. John's.
15:55Yeah.
15:55There you go.
15:57Yeah.
15:58Someplace nice.
15:59Yep.
15:59The Johnnies.
16:00All right.
16:00Anyway.
16:02So...
16:03Yeah, I think I'm going to have to open up an account tonight.
16:06You should.
16:06He's going to win rookie of the year.
16:07I mean, if he continues on this trajectory, then yeah.
16:11I like his chances.
16:13And, I mean, if he ends up with a 950 OPS and he's qualified, then yeah.
16:17Plus, you could also trade out of it, too, right?
16:20Absolutely.
16:20Like, what if it just goes up and he's, like, second in the ranking?
16:26You could trade out of it.
16:27You could.
16:28Absolutely.
16:28For some extra dough.
16:31Nolan McClain is at 7%.
16:33Carson Bengi is at 5%.
16:35Outside of that, nobody's even, like, moving any needle.
16:38He's going to win it.
16:39Okay.
16:40Yeah.
16:40I mean, I like the idea of it and him having the kind of year that is worthy of it.
16:45But the problem is, they stink, and thus, the voters aren't really watching.
16:49I don't know if it works that way.
16:51What team are these other dudes on?
16:53St. Louis.
16:53Yeah.
16:54Like, they're not all fancy.
16:56I mean, they're okay, but nobody's like, ooh, the Cardinals.
16:59I mean, the Brewers are the team in that division.
17:01Right.
17:01And Cincinnati's the other one.
17:03And...
17:03Sort of.
17:04I mean...
17:05No, that's where Sal Stewart plays, is my point.
17:07Oh, yeah.
17:07And they're the seller.
17:08Yeah.
17:10Yeah.
17:10They're...
17:11I mean, their record's a lot better than Giants, but I don't think anybody's looking at those
17:15guys because they're on the Cardinals and the Reds.
17:17You know what I mean?
17:18Rookie of the year is a little different.
17:19You should be able to play for anyone.
17:21You should be able to play for the athletics and have people pay attention.
17:25You can, but I think when it all comes down and you have to vote, if the numbers are similar,
17:30you might lean toward a guy you've actually seen.
17:32I don't know.
17:33I might lean toward an offensive player that plays in Oracle Park as opposed to someone who plays
17:37in the Great American Small Park.
17:39Yeah.
17:39Weather, Holton, St. Louis, that's a fair hitters and pitchers park.
17:42Yeah.
17:43And Bryce is third right now?
17:44That's what you said?
17:45In the Cal-shee percentages, yes.
17:47Okay.
17:47So if you do want to trade, 17% is a good time to get in on that trade.
17:53Who's the Reds guy?
17:54What's his name?
17:55Sal Stewart.
17:56He's the catcher.
17:56He's like five homers against the Giants.
17:58That's the dude that got the Giants all pissed off, isn't it?
18:01That was Dalton rushing.
18:02No, that was the Dodger that got the Giants all pissed off.
18:06Sal Stewart's the Red that got the Giants all pissed off.
18:09Yeah, it led to Eric Miller at bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep.
18:12That's what he got to do with the whole Reds thing.
18:14My favorite moment of the year so far, other than the walk-off Grand Slam.
18:17He's at 20% right now.
18:19Who is?
18:20Sal Stewart.
18:20Yeah.
18:21He's fire on the nose.
18:22Yeah, he's edgy.
18:24He's edgy, Sal Stewart.
18:27He looks out at the Giants' pictures and he's like, bleep you.
18:31And then they're like, bleep you.
18:32That was one of the few times Eric Miller got.
18:35I mean.
18:35Because that's after he struck out and Miller was really happy about it.
18:39They ended the game.
18:40Right.
18:40They won the game.
18:41That was one of their wins.
18:42Remember that one?
18:43Is it called a save?
18:45They got a save in that one, Eric Miller?
18:47I don't know.
18:48I don't know.
18:49I don't know about that.
18:50Stewart's OPS is 8.06 and he's got 14 bombs.
18:54Not enough.
18:55Well, I mean, now it is.
18:579.59.
18:58And he's stolen 11 bases and he has a mustache.
19:00But he's a good player.
19:01He's a good player.
19:02He's edgy.
19:03But he plays in a little teeny band box.
19:06Yep.
19:06He's not Bryce Eldridge.
19:08Sal Stewart.
19:09Is it going to be a whole summer of you giving Bryce the Brock treatment?
19:12Because I need to brace myself for it.
19:15But, hello, this is not.
19:17Well, they're both good little players.
19:19I'm just a pretty of the Willard and Dibbs experience.
19:21This is way less debatable.
19:23What are we talking about?
19:24This is a first round draft pick who's been a number one prospect for a long time, has shown up
19:31and is balling out over what is now extending into a two month period of time and already owns probably
19:41the most exciting moment in the last five years of Giants baseball.
19:44It is roughly three NFL games worth of play right now.
19:49About a sixth of the year.
19:51In terms of at-bats, maybe a fifth.
19:54I'll give you a fifth of the year.
19:55Give me 20%.
19:56So that's three and a half games.
19:58So just pump the brakes a little bit.
20:01No.
20:01That's what I just said.
20:03Release the hounds.
20:05I ain't pumping nothing.
20:07Get his jersey then.
20:08I will.
20:09What number does he wear?
20:10Eight.
20:11Eight.
20:12Because of Lamar Jackson and the hockey dude.
20:15That's right.
20:15I know.
20:15Two pumps is what they're allowed.
20:17You could just turn your hunter pants into an eldritch.
20:19You could.
20:20He wore eight, right?
20:21Well, if it's a home jersey, it doesn't have a name on the back of it anyway.
20:24That's a good point.
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