00:00The Astros ended up taking an L to that series, in that series with the Nationals.
00:06The pitching just didn't really give them a chance throughout the series, to be honest with you.
00:11And got to believe, Clint, that that is going to be something that is maybe starting to become more of
00:19a priority
00:20at the trade deadline for Dana Brown and Jim Crane and the rest of the bunch.
00:26But what Dana Brown has said, and he had a conversation with Chandler Rome
00:32and expressed to Chandler Rome, Clint, that the Astros, they were unsuccessful
00:39and tried last offseason to acquire a left-handed hitting outfielder.
00:43That remains one of the front office's top priorities as they prepare for next month's trade deadline,
00:50as Dana Brown tells Chandler Rome.
00:53And to me, Clint, I mean, that would be great if you get a left-handed bat in the outfield.
01:02Clint, right now, they just need bats in the outfield.
01:06They need left-handed, right-handed, switch hitter.
01:11It doesn't matter.
01:12Their outfield is bottom third at best.
01:17In most offensive categories, from a production standpoint, they are bottom third,
01:24and they've been whipping these guys around, man.
01:27You've got Cam Smith is the only one that is appearing to be a mainstay,
01:31but Taylor Trammell and Bryce Matthews and Jake Myers in center and Joey Lopofito.
01:38And who's junior?
01:40What's the?
01:41Lamont Wade?
01:42Yeah, Lamont.
01:43Lamont Wade?
01:43You forgot Lamont Wade, Jr.?
01:45Oh, Lamont Wade, Jr.
01:46Come on, man.
01:47He's in there.
01:48Zach DiCenzo, who was in the lineup yesterday.
01:51I mean, they've just been swinging these guys around, and then maybe the six or seven times
01:55Yordan has played out there, which has probably helped.
01:58I keep doing it for you.
01:59Which has probably helped some of the numbers when he's been in the outfield.
02:03I just think we're at a place right now, I agree, they need, it'd be nice to get a left
02:10-handed
02:10bat out there.
02:11They just need a reliable bat that is a serious threat that you can get a professional at bat
02:19from in the outfield.
02:20Yeah, I'll be honest with you.
02:22I don't, I mean, with the flexibility of Yordan being able to play left in games that
02:27ultimately matter, I mean, I don't care what position the guy plays, to be completely honest
02:31with you.
02:31I mean, obviously not a shortstop, but I mean, the other spots, you know, second base, I
02:36saw a report where the cat out of the Giants, good hitter, I think he's a righty, I think,
02:44second baseman, could, you know, they could be sellers, and he could be a move, hell, I
02:49wouldn't be opposed to getting his ass in here and then moving, moving, and again, in the
02:54playoffs, Yordan's going to play left field.
02:55So, moving Altuve to the damn deep.
02:58I wonder if they will have him play left field.
03:00Well, I mean, look, I just, to your point, I don't know that we're in a position to be
03:03real picky about what we're going after.
03:05I mean, if you get a chance to get your hands on a bat that would add to this top
03:11five, then
03:12I think you've got to be aggressive and go get him.
03:13But I'll be honest with you, I don't, watching the Astros, I mean, it, like, I don't even
03:20know how he shapes his mouth to say anything other than, yeah, starting pitching is where
03:24we're going to be, I mean, unless he's playing his cards.
03:26Yeah, it's getting worse.
03:28Like, it's getting worse.
03:30But even if Spencer was all right, I mean, you're still, like, I mean, you're a starting
03:33pitcher, you know, assuming, obviously, it'd be nice for you to be able to go get a top
03:38of the line, top of the rotation guy, but even if it were just a middle of the rotation
03:42guy, like, you're a pitcher, like, you're a, like, you're in desperate need of a guy.
03:49Now, this was before Spencer and, I think, Mike's blow-ups, but it was saying left-handed
03:55bat in the outfield and right-handed reliever were the two top priorities.
04:01And maybe that bullpen ain't too shabby as it is.
04:03And maybe that will change some.
04:06I'm curious, 713-572-416, YouTube and Twitch, what do you think is a bigger issue for this
04:15team, the lack of anything almost in the outfield from an offensive perspective, or the rotation
04:24in the pitching right now?
04:25Which is, which for you is worse?
04:30Oh, I think it's starting pitching and it's, it is a, it is, there is a large gap between
04:35one and two for me.
04:38We can pedal around with the outfield if we want, but I mean, you have no chance if you
04:42can't pitch.
04:43I mean, you have no chance.
04:46Right now, like, as you said, I mean, Peter Lambert is your number two.
04:49If you, if a playoff series started today, Peter Lambert would be your number two.
04:53Say goodnight to the Astros.
04:54Like, I, yeah, it's, you're desperate for starting pitching.
04:57Yeah, I just, I think the, I think if you just sat down, I think the, the outfield is the
05:03worst thing on the team.
05:05But, obviously, pitching is much more valuable.
05:08I mean, they're, I mean, they're outfield, I mean, they're just, I mean, they're, they
05:12can't even keep anybody in there to, to, I mean, besides Cam Smith that's getting there.
05:18Yeah, but again, like, I, I, I agree, obviously, but again, I just, I mean, Jordan's going to
05:22be in left field.
05:23Can't, like, I got faith in Cam.
05:25I, I know he's not having a great year, but like, I, I, when Cam's at the plate, I feel
05:29confident.
05:29Now, maybe I, I may be dead wrong.
05:31I may get, get okie-doked here, but I feel confident with him.
05:34I mean, somebody's got a bat in the 7-8 hole.
05:36Somebody's got to feel that void.
05:37I mean, somebody's got to feel that spot.
05:40So, I mean, the, the center field, the turnstile that has been center field is the one, once
05:44again, that just is, is, it's wild to think that this is where we've landed after years
05:49of rotating center fielders.
05:52So, I, I'm less worried about the entire outfield.
05:54Yeah, you, you have, as you mentioned, you have the eject button of, all right, we're going
06:00to put Yordan out there and, you know, we could, we could put Altuve at DH and then
06:09Bryce or somebody at second.
06:11Like, you have, you have that eject button that right now, what's your eject button?
06:18I tell you shit.
06:20Christian Javier.
06:21Yeah, who, who seems to be a clean-up man.
06:24Right, right, yeah.
06:26You're right, you're right, Christian Javier, instead of his glove, Tyler has mops and brooms.
06:33He has mops and brooms because he's, he's the clean-up, he's the clean-up man.
06:38The $21.4 million kick clean-up man is what, is what Christian Javier is.
06:44No, it's just, yeah, it's, it's, and hopefully they can accomplish both because, I mean, both
06:50are really bad, I mean, they are, I mean, they just get nothing from the outfield, but,
06:56I mean, pitching is obviously more valuable for, for this group.
06:59We'll see, man, I just, I just, I just cracked up when I saw my mans out here, like, boy,
07:03we really need a lefty.
07:05Yeah, I understand you need a lefty, but Jack, I mean, you got Taylor, Jake, Zach, man, you
07:13need anything.
07:14Like, I mean, there's no way, well, man, Byron Buxton, boy, I like him, but he's righty.
07:22If he was left-handed, man.
07:25That is interesting.
07:26If you're, if you're looking for a lefty, you got Taylor Trammell, Loper Fido's lefty,
07:31I mean, what are the odds of a, of a left fielder that's better than those guys being
07:38available for you to go get at this point in time?
07:41I mean, Duran for Boston is, is the one that comes to mind.
07:45Now, his season hasn't been that great, at least last time I checked, but they were asking
07:49for big stuff in the off season for him.
07:52I mean, he would, he would be somebody that comes to mind, but again, if you could get
07:56him, that's fine.
07:58But I mean, it's really, it's that bad.
08:00Like, but that, but I guess where I'm going with that, that caliber player, I don't get
08:05to your point.
08:05I don't give a damn if he's left or right-handed.
08:06You're talking about a player, you're talking, you're talking about a left-handed bat.
08:11That is, it doesn't matter who's on the mound, he's playing.
08:15Yeah.
08:15It doesn't matter.
08:16Yeah.
08:16Yeah.
08:17Yeah.
08:17That guy, the guy you're talking about.
08:19Yeah.
08:19It doesn't matter.
08:20We've got rotational pieces right now that are, that are left-handed.
08:23So the guy, the guy you're talking about going to get the significance of him being
08:26left-handed is to be, to be used situationally.
08:29You've got a bunch of those guys.
08:30Yeah.
08:30I just like, for me, you look down and if it's Byron Buxton and who's right-handed and a center
08:35fielder and it's Duran and who's left-handed, like if you got a chance to get
08:40either one of them, they'll get it.
08:43Duran, to me, shouldn't be higher or somebody that I'm really risked to get.
08:50Like, man, I've got to slide Buxton down, man.
08:52Let me get another lefty that may be, yeah, I just.
08:56I'm with you on that.
08:57I was just like, man, you need anything.
09:00Your best outfielder is a DH.
09:05Get up out of here.
09:07Text line coming in.
09:08Dana has no plan or vision.
09:11Now, don't tell you that to Dana.
09:13Dana got a plan or something.
09:14I don't know if it's going to work.
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