00:00Obviously, the big name that's going to be at the trading deadline for Major League Baseball
00:04has got to be Scooble and what the Tigers do with him.
00:08Bob, you're a betting man.
00:09Does he stay, Pat?
00:11Or do you think he'll be playing somewhere else after August 3rd?
00:17He'll be playing for somebody else.
00:18They're just a two-meter group of a team.
00:21They want to stay in the race.
00:23But I think they'll get some pitching back in return
00:25so they can at least tell their fans and players,
00:28hey, we're still trying to hear.
00:29So realistically, there's about four teams involved in Scooble.
00:33It's the Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs, Atlanta, Tampa Bay Rays, and Milwaukee.
00:42So five teams.
00:43And I think he's going to the Dodgers.
00:46The Dodgers have more prospects than anybody but Milwaukee.
00:49They can pick up $9.5 million of his salary.
00:53I just don't think Milwaukee has a stomach to do that where the Dodgers do.
00:59Wow.
01:00The Dodgers continue to get richer.
01:03I'm sure that's going to go well, right, Bob, when it comes to the negotiations
01:06with this work stoppage that the Dodgers are going out and getting Scooble here.
01:11All right.
01:11So, listen, we talked a little bit in a timeout here about the Yankees.
01:14What do you think the Yankees' plan is as they get closer to the trading deadline?
01:18Will they be sellers, buyers?
01:20What do you think they do?
01:22Well, certainly buyers.
01:23I mean, they need another right-handed reliever for sure in that bullpen.
01:28They love to have Mason Miller, but the Padres are back in it.
01:30So he's not available.
01:32Could get more home.
01:33They're a setup guy from the Padres.
01:36You know, they'll love to get Luke Weaver back.
01:39I'm not sure, you know, how much it'll take to get him.
01:42And they need some offensive help, too.
01:45They need a bat somewhere.
01:46So many teams need bats.
01:48They wanted Ryan Jeffers from the Twins.
01:50The Twins are only three games back in the division race now.
01:54I think one game back are tied in the wild card race.
01:57So they need to make, you know, two big moves.
02:01But let's be honest.
02:03If Aaron Judge doesn't come back, they're just spinning their wheels.
02:07You know, they've got no chance of Judge doesn't come back.
02:11Let me take you to Philly and Dave Dombrowski.
02:14Is Dave going to be active, in your opinion?
02:17I'll tell you what.
02:17The last couple weeks with the Phillies, it's been, they can't get a guy across the dish, Bob.
02:23They're struggling at getting runs across.
02:26Pitching has been real good, obviously.
02:28But do they go out and try to find a bat?
02:32Yeah, they've been looking forever for right-handed hitting outfielder.
02:36They want one bad.
02:37I think Joe Adele makes a lot of sense for them from the Angels.
02:42You know, he's left in it, but they could go get Dalton Varshow.
02:45They had to have an arm left in the bat.
02:46Could go get Varshow.
02:48They need a reliever.
02:49Maybe bring back Jeff Hoffman from Toronto.
02:52Used to pitch for the Phillies, of course.
02:55But, yeah, they need some help.
02:57They're fading away here.
02:59Right now, they're just kind of clinging on to the last wild card spot.
03:02Just one game ahead of the Padres.
03:05What's the Chapman market like?
03:09Well, it was great a month ago.
03:12And now with the Red Sox going 21-4 in July, it's nonexistent.
03:17So, yeah, you're talking about Aroldis, right?
03:19Not Matt?
03:21Yep.
03:22Yeah.
03:23So, yeah, Aroldis isn't going anywhere.
03:24Now, Matt Chapman, the Giants would like to trade.
03:27They'd like to trade him.
03:28But, yeah, Aroldis is him.
03:31How shocked have you been with the White Sox this year?
03:34I was told when you and I talked at the beginning of the season, Bob, this is a 65-win
03:39baseball team.
03:40I mean, here they are right now, and they're in the top of their division.
03:44How shocked are you?
03:47Stunned.
03:48I was talking to their owner, Jerry Reinstorf, up in Cooperstown.
03:51And we're trying to decide, you know, what's been the biggest surprise, you know, if they make the playoffs.
03:56It might be going way back to, like, 1991 when the Twins in Atlanta were in the World Series.
04:01They both went from last to first.
04:04But you're talking about the worst team in baseball history two years ago.
04:07Lost, what, 101, 102 games last year.
04:10And now, you know, they may win the division, which is shocking.
04:14Well, Venable, I mean, Manager of the Year?
04:18Absolutely.
04:19It's got to be unanimous at this point, what he's done.
04:22If they win the division, yeah, he's got to get all 30 first-place votes for sure.
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