00:00Let me ask you this, Joe, if you took the Washington Nationals and their record and you put them in
00:03the American League, guess who would be in the playoffs?
00:06It'd be the Washington Nationals.
00:07You know, it just shows you what kind of season Washington has had.
00:11You got to give them a lot of credit, too.
00:12They're not going to get it because they're in the NL and it's a little bit tougher.
00:16They're still in the wildcard mix.
00:17Their percentage is probably under 10 percent to make the playoffs.
00:21So I would guess the idea for them is probably to look toward next year.
00:25But I found it funny today, Joe.
00:26I don't know if you saw this.
00:27But there were some reports that said that the Nationals, instead of trading Foster Griffin, are looking to extend Foster
00:35Griffin.
00:36So let me explain to you why this is happening.
00:38Well, let me explain why this is happening now.
00:40It's to drive that price up right here at the deadline.
00:43They're trading this guy in two or three days.
00:46That's definitely how.
00:47If they were going to extend him, don't you think they would have extended him already?
00:50You think they're going to run through this deadline on an expiring contract?
00:53No way.
00:55So true.
00:56It's a great move to put that news out there because it gets other teams to go off because he's,
01:01you know, arguably, Joe, as far as left-handed pitchers are concerned, he may be number one available on the
01:06market right now.
01:07He's cheap.
01:08He's good.
01:09He's he's he doesn't throw 98.
01:12So, you know, he's going to be healthy the rest of the season.
01:13You think he is.
01:15I would take that guy and put him right there in my rotation number two or number three on any
01:20team.
01:21He pitched great when he was here.
01:22I saw him pitch, but it's great for Washington all season long.
01:25But come on, this is the Joe, you know, the messaging here.
01:27This is this is like if you are Houston.
01:31Let's use Houston.
01:32Houston calls Washington.
01:33Hey, what do you want for five?
01:34Oh, we're thinking of extending him.
01:35What are you offering?
01:36Oh, you're going to have to pick it up here a little bit because we may just keep him.
01:39I'll stop.
01:40Washington's going to do the right thing here and they're going to cash in on this guy, too.
01:43I think that he's going to get you're going to get he's not scoble, but you're going to get a
01:48lot back, I think, for Griffin.
01:50Great signing, by the way, for Washington.
01:52And by the way, they just got Connolly early from Boston.
01:55Right.
01:55So it's not like they're really missing a ton early just goes into the rotation.
01:58And then Griffin goes to some other team to help them.
02:00And then if Griffin pitches well, he'll get a big contract in the offseason, too.
02:04Works out well for everybody.
02:06And they loved Jake Irvin.
02:08And it was actually, you know, he's had some control issues in the past, but he pitched actually pretty well
02:14in April and May before he ended up going down on a 60 day IL.
02:18But getting a guy like that who misses a lot of bats, getting a guy going like that in there.
02:24And like you said, they have maybe an embarrassment of riches for them that they can take a guy who
02:28costs nothing and get the world for him at the break and still get some pitching in return.
02:34Because, listen, Atlanta right now, six and a half games over Philly in the National League East.
02:40Right.
02:40Washington, eight and a half games behind the Braves.
02:44And I think they're tied with Miami.
02:47But both are just two games out of that final wild card.
02:50So, you know, this is a big series for Washington versus Atlanta.
02:56Atlanta, it's big for Miami against the Mets, too.
02:59Of course.
03:00But most of the guys that we're talking about who might be traded would be traded whether they win or
03:05lose these games.
03:06Agreed.
03:07What you're thinking.
03:07100%.
03:08100%.
03:09I know it doesn't affect Washington at all.
03:12For Miami, I mean, look, I suppose on Monday, Joe, you can ask me if the Marlins go 4-0
03:19against the Mets this weekend, which I don't think is going to happen.
03:21But if they were to go 4-0, we can revisit that conversation.
03:25But beyond that, I think they've determined, both teams have determined exactly what they want to do.
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