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00:00That's right, the drive is live.
00:01You remember that time David Blatt drew up that play at the end of the game
00:06with the seconds left, and LeBron would have said,
00:08nah, man, Chuck, his days were over, right then and there, over, over.
00:15He shut that down.
00:16Yeah, man, he said it.
00:18I wonder how many times KD's almost done that.
00:21I wonder how many times KD's almost looked over there with you,
00:24hey, man, let me hold that clip.
00:26Let me hold that.
00:28Let me get that dry erase one time.
00:30Let me hold that real quick.
00:32You remember that time they was down by three,
00:35and Reed Shepard had made five threes in the game,
00:38and they had 2.3 seconds left,
00:41and the coaching staff said, we're going to have Josh in.
00:46Let's go, Rocket.
00:48For defense.
00:49We need three points.
00:52We're going to have Josh Koke in with Reed on the bench.
00:55With a hot Reed on the bench.
00:57Like, man, that is wild.
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01:38Imagine that.
01:39And do we officially have a Spencer Arrighetti problem?
01:45Is that official?
01:47I think that's safe to say.
01:49Maybe he kind of slowed it up a little bit his last start when he went six innings and gave
01:54up a run.
01:56But, I mean, good God, guys.
01:58I mean, we're not giving it a chance.
02:01I mean, he gives up eight through four.
02:05Eight through four.
02:06And this was, you know what it reminded me, his performance last night as they dropped the series to the
02:12Nationals?
02:13His performance last night reminded me of Team USA facing Belgium.
02:21That's painful.
02:22Ass.
02:23And the reason why I reminded, like, you remember Belgium didn't score until about the ninth minute,
02:30somewhere around ninth minute.
02:32But do you remember watching, like, man, it's coming.
02:38Yeah.
02:38You know what I mean?
02:39It was so much pressure being put on.
02:43And you're just watching.
02:44You're like, whoo, there's a shot on goal.
02:46He's already, I mean, three minutes in, he's had to make his best save of the tournament.
02:50Like, it was just, it was pressure, pressure.
02:53Them first two innings, he might not have given up a run.
02:57But I'd be damned if they wasn't slamming that ball.
02:59I mean, there was, there was a loud out that Cam Smith had to catch.
03:05There was a double in the first.
03:07There were walks.
03:09They beat his ass hard the first two innings.
03:12And the thought was, well, you hope maybe, maybe, maybe just gets it together or something.
03:17But you could tell they, they are, they are not confused.
03:23They are seeing the ball well.
03:25And it is just a matter of time before they find gaps, they find holes, and they hit the ball
03:32over the wall.
03:33And they started doing that.
03:35And this is, as I said, I think we've officially hit a problem with Spencer Arregetti.
03:41And right now, to me, the Astros are down to one reliable starter and a push.
03:49And that's you, Peter.
03:50And I'm giving you respect because, as Clint has said, it just feels like you're just waiting.
03:57You're just waiting.
03:58You're hoping it don't happen, but you're just waiting.
04:00If Pete's going to do what all of them has done.
04:02And that's kind of gone back down to earth.
04:05And Spencer Arregetti completely has done that.
04:07That they, they, they, he would not start game two of a playoff series to me right now, the way
04:13he has pitched.
04:14Because this is now about six weeks, Clint.
04:16Yeah, this is, this is disappointing.
04:18This is, I mean, the six walks alone are a problem.
04:22And I don't want to hear nothing about, well, he's not getting ahead of hitters.
04:24And he's not, you know, this and that.
04:26And he's got to get over the middle of the plate.
04:28And then they're, they're, they're barreling it up.
04:29I don't want to hear about all that.
04:30This is Spencer Arregetti.
04:31This ain't in my, this is Spencer Arregetti.
04:35We've seen him.
04:36Hell, we've seen him this year be really, really, really good.
04:39So, even though those, those reasons, I guess, or excuses, if you will, may be accurate.
04:44I, I don't, I don't want to hear that about Spencer Arregetti.
04:47Spencer Arregetti's got to be better.
04:49Um, game would watch last night.
04:51And, and by the way, I don't want to hear about that lineup either.
04:53It is a good lineup, but damn it.
04:55I mean, I mean, you're this, again, this ain't, am I, this ain't thung.
04:58We didn't think it was.
04:59I mean, this, yeah, right.
05:01This ain't, this ain't bros.
05:02But what he's doing, I mean, Mike's, Homer Mike's in a separate category, but what he,
05:07him and we, Sir Weiss, they're in separate categories.
05:10But what he has done though, Clint, when you say he's, he's not those guys, when we're
05:14looking at this six week sample size, he has, he has pushed himself into being in that group.
05:20Oh, statistically and production wise.
05:22Yeah, absolutely.
05:22He deserved, he deserved.
05:23But what I'm saying is when we talk about MI and when we talk about thung and when we talk
05:27about even burrows, it's one of those, like, I mean, good Lord, we gave, we made excuses
05:31for burrows for, for, um, six weeks.
05:34I mean, hell a month, two months.
05:36Yeah.
05:36Some of us did.
05:36I mean, I leave.
05:39Yeah, I did.
05:39I did.
05:40I was there.
05:40I tried to hang on, but it like, I mean, that's not, I don't mind being patient with these
05:45guys that hell we didn't know who they were before the season started.
05:47Um, I mean, I don't mind being patient with Peter Lambert.
05:50Hopefully he doesn't force me.
05:51He doesn't, he doesn't, uh, push my patience.
05:53Hopefully he keeps doing what he's doing.
05:54Good things with Pete.
05:55Yeah.
05:56Good things so far.
05:56But, but Spencer's a different deal.
05:58Spencer's one of them guys.
05:59We like, again, I expect him to be a good middle of the rotation pitcher.
06:03Last night was, was bottom of the barrel.
06:05You, that, that guy deserved to start the season in minors in Sugar Land.
06:11Fellas, he was, we were in Gaylord, Michigan.
06:18He, he was seven and one through eight starts with an ERA of 1.34.
06:25Hmm.
06:26And now we're here.
06:29Like, now we're here.
06:31It is, I mean, I mean, Clint, when Peter Lambert is your clear cut number two.
06:40Yeah.
06:40Right.
06:40There's no argument.
06:41There is no one has an argument right now.
06:44Now, he is your clear cut number two.
06:48That gives you concern about making a playoff run.
06:51Even in this AL, even with the, with the West, I'm just saying that gives you a, that gives
06:57you a concern.
06:58And be honest with you.
06:59We would, we would like for Hunter Brown to start to get into form quick here.
07:04Right.
07:04Because Hunter Brown has not been the Hunter Brown that he was last, last year.
07:09I mean, he's, he's coming off of giving up six.
07:11Now he had been awful.
07:12Right.
07:12I mean, since he's been back, that was really the one bad start, but he's not exactly been
07:19a chalk it up.
07:21There's a W.
07:21So you could really get him to pick it up now, but the pressure just the rest of the
07:25way is you're, I mean, you're not winning things.
07:28Peter Lambert's your clear cut too.
07:30No.
07:30Well, you asked a question yesterday and I think we, I think the answers may change if
07:34you'd ask it today.
07:35I think it was yesterday when you asked about, do the, do the Astros need to make a move
07:39for a frontline starter to, to, to make, I think you framed, you framed it as in making
07:44the playoffs, but again, I mean, the, that need, regardless of how you frame it, I think
07:49has gone up significantly with, with, uh, Spencer, Eric Getty strokes.
07:53Yeah.
07:54Yeah.
07:54That's, yeah, that's, that, that was, that was rough last night.
07:58That was, that was, uh, that was rough.
08:00You got, and that's the thing is, man, you can, you can send Mike down.
08:04I don't like, it feels like Eric Getty's got to be in this.
08:10I mean, there's no, there's no, like right now with him, there's more, boy.
08:14I mean, we got to hope he can pull this together because there's like, I mean, you've run out
08:18of guys you can send out, right?
08:21I mean, I get like, I mean, I don't, I'm not feeling great about a switcheroo with him
08:26and Lance, right?
08:28I I'm still not ready to do that, but like, that's the other part is he's got to fix this.
08:32It's like, Mike, it was time to roll out and, and you felt like you had a viable option.
08:38By the way, uh, they are still, uh, open TBA on Sunday.
08:43Christian Javier got him an inning and threw 30 pitches.
08:46I'm, I'm just, I'm going to hope and tell myself that was a side day for him is what they
08:50did.
08:51Just a side day.
08:52And then he, he pitch, he still Wednesday.
08:54Yeah.
08:55And to Sunday, I'm just telling myself that because they ran him out there in the eighth
09:01for some reason.
09:03Um, but, but it made sense with Mike.
09:06There's a viable starter.
09:07Like I, like right now, there's not a viable option.
09:11I mean, Ron El Blanco is not ready, right?
09:14I mean, it, and Lance to me is not a viable option to sit him down.
09:18So that's, that's the, that's the part, man.
09:20Spencer or Getty is, uh, Joseph's calls him spaghetti.
09:25Spaghetti needs help, man.
09:26Come on, man.
09:29He, he does need help.
09:31I'm glad you brought that Javier deal.
09:32Cause I sure enough thought, thought he was going to be sitting in that, in that hot seat
09:35and going to start on Sunday.
09:37And I thought, okay, this is, this is, it's all right.
09:38Come on, Javier.
09:3930 pitches.
09:40That's a side day.
09:40That's exactly, that's a bullpen day.
09:42Okay.
09:42Gotta have it.
09:43Okay.
09:44You better get lucky for that.
09:45You know, that Petco kid.
09:46He's not starting Sunday.
09:47That kid that's washing your dog.
09:49He's not starting Sunday.
09:50Go buy fish.
09:51Tyler, is he starting Sunday?
09:53Javier?
09:53Petco from the start.
09:54I would guess not, no.
09:55When was the last time, when was the last time Petco had, uh, touched the mound?
10:03Well, I don't know.
10:04I don't have the, I don't know.
10:05I'll, I'll, I've just not ready to take the point to start keeping up with the Sugar Land
10:10rotation.
10:11Um, I do know his ERA is above four, but he did, he is the, uh, pitcher of the month
10:17for
10:18the space Cowboys in June.
10:20If he's a Dana Brown, is he a Dana Brown guy?
10:23I'm serious.
10:23Is he a Dana Brown guy?
10:24We're going to see his ass now.
10:26I kept it real as a true professional myself.
10:28We appreciate that about you, Dana.
10:30Side day.
10:31Side day.
10:32Christian Javier gets the ball on Sunday.
10:33La Bullpen day?
10:34Little side, yeah.
10:35Had to get him some work.
10:36Side day.
10:38Go break a sweat, man.
10:39Get ready for this Sunday.
10:40They could have brought Mike's in.
10:41I know it's a big ass series for the, for the, for the Strohs.
10:44Well, yeah.
10:45Get, get Petco in.
10:46Well, I'm just talking about the, the, the, you got three against the Rangers.
10:49Boy, if you ever going to win one or, or even sweep, boy, this would be the one to do
10:52it.
10:53Yeah.
10:53Yeah.
10:53You could, you could jump in.
10:55Right.
10:55I think the Rangers, if I'm wrong, Tyler, the Rangers are the team that's above the Astros
10:59and the wild card.
11:00Oh, Rangers and the Mariners are above them in the division.
11:03But, but, but the wild card, I think the Rangers have the last wild card spot.
11:07Yeah.
11:07And right now the Rangers have the, the, the twins are half a game back.
11:10The Astros are game and a half back.
11:12The, the, the Rangers in the, uh, in the wild card.
11:14Oh, I forgot the twins got a, got a little hot there.
11:17Twins passed them up earlier in the week.
11:19It was just, it was the Rangers.
11:20Only the Rangers and the wild card were in front of the Astros.
11:23So you're a game and a half back.
11:24Obviously Texas in the division as well.
11:26You're two games back Seattle.
11:27This, this is a, it's a, I mean, handle you.
11:30And this, now this is one of those series for me, like you mentioned Joe Spada, how he
11:33handled game two in this Washington series.
11:36Yeah.
11:36Like you got to attack this series with everything you got.
11:38I know you're shorthanded with these starters and I know you're not real sure what the hell
11:41you're going to do on Sunday, but your decision making has to be, we got to go get all three
11:45of these.
11:46And then, and it's got to start with, um, not choosing your guy who pitched in single
11:53a earlier this year that just jumped up to triple a when you have a guy who's making
11:5821 and a half million dollars who stretched out and ready to go.
12:01It's been a playoff guy for you.
12:02That may be, it's probably, it starts with taking it that serious.
12:07I was telling you, it's a lot to ask.
12:08I think, I think you, I think you don't, don't, don't set yourself up to be disappointed.
12:12I'm going to set myself up.
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