00:00And Detroit has kind of played their way back into the conversation here, have they not, Craig?
00:06They're a very interesting story right now.
00:09We knew it was far from over, but I mean, they have literally hit their way, despite
00:16their two best pitchers being traded at the deadline, they have hit their way into possibly
00:21a postseason, which is kind of crazy to me.
00:25Yeah, Detroit is back in it.
00:27They had that nice run that put them there.
00:29I don't know that this is sustainable with the lack of pitching that they have, but
00:34they inserted Job into that rotation.
00:36He's a hard thrower, but he's not going to be schoolable.
00:39I don't think anybody will be schoolable.
00:40But naturally, I was with Tom this weekend.
00:44We were doing the Pro Baseball Today show, and it seems to me, Joe, that any team, if
00:50you throw that wildcard graphic up there again, if you don't mind, any team that's on that
00:55American League playoff picture that's below the Yankees and Red Sox, again, below the
01:01Yankees and Red Sox, I think any team that wins five games in a row, starting now, has
01:06a really good shot to make the playoffs.
01:08Like, it's as simple as that.
01:10Like, that's it.
01:11Like, you win five games in a row, all of a sudden, you're in the driver's seat the
01:15rest of the season.
01:16You could probably play 500 baseball from there on out, and that's it.
01:19That's how crazy this season is.
01:21Texas, they don't want to win.
01:23Seattle finally got a win.
01:24They don't want to, they don't let one have any interest in winning.
01:27Cleveland's gone the other side.
01:29Detroit's only plus 285 there because of the streak that they've been on.
01:32Baltimore, they win, they lose, they win, they lose.
01:35You know, Toronto back in it a little bit, and you know how I feel about the Twins.
01:38I think it's sort of ridiculous that they're still in this mix here.
01:41But yeah, I mean, if the Twins, Joe, win five games in a row, starting now, their percentage
01:49on fan graphs is going to say like 70% to make the playoffs.
01:53But nobody wins five in a row amongst all those teams.
01:57Yep, and that is the problem.
01:59But they might win three in a row, and we'll figure out if any one of them are going to
02:04win tonight.
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