00:00What's happened to the National League West, in your opinion?
00:03There's one team.
00:04It's Dodgers, and everybody else is falling apart.
00:08Well, I wonder if that's half the problem.
00:09We always knew the Rockies were going to be bad.
00:11Giants were always going to be bad.
00:12And the Diamondbacks took a step back.
00:14We knew Corbin Burns wasn't going to return to them.
00:16They didn't make really any additions here.
00:18So they were always going to be a so-so team.
00:20San Diego has the ownership change.
00:21They didn't spend any money.
00:22They looked like they were looking to get rid of money here.
00:25So I don't think this is a shock at all.
00:27And by the way, I don't think the Dodgers are all that great a team.
00:30They've had their share of injuries again, which seems to happen to them every year.
00:33I think they are beatable.
00:35I do.
00:35And I still think that team in Milwaukee might be the team to beat.
00:38Maybe Philadelphia, if they can add a little bit more there at the deadline.
00:41I would think it would still be my favorite, of course, here.
00:43But I don't think they're like, oh, no one's beat with the Dodgers.
00:45I don't think that.
00:46I may have thought that last year, but I don't really think that this year.
00:49I think they are beatable there.
00:50But I don't think what happened in the National League West is all that big a surprise, Dan.
00:54Like I said, Giants were terrible.
00:55They were always going to be rocky.
00:58Diamondbacks didn't make any moves there.
00:59And then the Padres, the ownership change, they didn't add much either.
01:03He had that starting pitching was never going to hold up.
01:06Freddie Freeman, I believe this is his 10th All-Star game.
01:09You think this guy's a Hall of Fame baseball player?
01:13Now, boy, you're hitting all the buzz topics today, by the way,
01:16of things I love to rail against here.
01:18Just start talking about Cy Young voting here.
01:21I don't care about the All-Star game.
01:23I don't care about the Cy Young voting anymore.
01:25That being said, love to talk about it.
01:27Do I think he's a Hall of Famer?
01:28That's another one of my topics.
01:30I would probably take players out of the Hall of Fame before I put any more in.
01:34I think the Hall of Fame has gotten watered down immensely.
01:37That being said, I do think Freddie – I would vote Freddie Freeman in.
01:42I would.
01:43Now, he's also one of my favorite non-Yankee players.
01:46I just like the way he's handled himself, both with Atlanta and the Dodgers here.
01:49He's a professional.
01:50When I think of professional, I think of Freddie Freeman.
01:52He's a professional baseball player and a damn good one.
01:55So I think his career is winding down?
01:57Yes.
01:58You know, with that being said, I do think he deserves to be in the Hall one day.
02:01And that actually might be a speech I'd end up watching here.
02:04So, yes, I will vote yes for Freddie Freeman.
02:06And by the way, Dan, I get asked that question a lot in a lot of different shows.
02:09This might be the first time I've actually said yes to somebody.
02:12Usually it's like, no, it's the Hall of Very Good.
02:14And in Freddie Freeman's case, I do think he's it.
02:17Why do you hate the Cy Young voting?
02:20I think it's a lot of these writers, it's a personal thing, you know, where they like you so you
02:25get a vote.
02:26I mean, come on.
02:27The greatest quote ever was by, what, Verlander's girlfriend, I forget, somewhat actress, I forget who it is.
02:33Kate Upton.
02:33I thought I was the only person.
02:34Kate Upton, yeah, right.
02:35I thought I was the only person allowed to F Justin Verland.
02:39And she didn't say F.
02:40You know, I think Porcello won it over him.
02:42I was like, oh, my God.
02:43She was right, by the way.
02:45You know, I don't know.
02:46I think voters get bored sometimes, too.
02:48How does Tom Brady not have more MVPs?
02:50How does Bill Belichick not have more coaches of the year?
02:52How does Mike Trout not have more MVPs?
02:54Because voters get bored.
02:56I don't want to vote for this guy again.
02:58Yeah, we'll give it to somebody else.
02:59I hate all these awards because I think that plays into it as much.
03:02I'll talk about it.
03:02I'll give you who my picks would be always.
03:04But I think it's more, it just gets political.
03:06People get bored.
03:07And we, not a lot, but several times we don't get the real true representative.
03:13Real quick, 30 seconds.
03:15Do you think the Phillies run down the Braves in the National League East?
03:20Yes, I do.
03:21The pitching staff for Atlanta is on fumes, right?
03:24With all these injuries here.
03:25They got, they had, I thought they had to add somebody in the offseason.
03:27They didn't.
03:27They had to add somebody by the deadline.
03:29Yes, but it'll be close.
03:30It'll be a fun race.
03:32Man, I can't wait to see how this thing all plays out here for baseball.
03:36Because like you said, man, I mean, the Yankees, they get judged back.
03:39I mean, the Yankees got to still, you're still in the conversation, right?
03:43You still think the Yankees are going to be in the conversation here.
03:47So I'm looking forward to seeing what happens after the All-Star break.
