00:00Luckily for them, obviously we said the Rangers, they won 5-0.
00:04The Mariners somehow lost 22-0 yesterday.
00:09Biggest shutout since 1888, baby.
00:12The Brewers beat them.
00:13Stupid-ass Mermen.
00:15They beat them.
00:15They beat them.
00:17So serious.
00:19So serious when he says that.
00:2022-0.
00:23But, yeah, I'm sorry, Christian Javier last night went four innings,
00:28five hits, two earn, five Ks, one walk.
00:31He gave up the one homer, and that homer was, you know,
00:34a Burrow box homer, 345 feet.
00:38You know, that's a tough one in that ballpark.
00:42Sorry, Crawford.
00:44I mean, we've taken Mike Burrows, and we're not even making fun of him anymore.
00:47We've just named the short porch in left field after him.
00:49Yeah, his balls like to live there.
00:51The Burrow boxes.
00:52That's right, man.
00:54The BBs back down there.
00:56But, no, sir, I think you're right.
00:58In this rotation, when they've sent Ronel Blanco down and Emai
01:04and the rest of the gang, yeah, I think he's earned another start
01:09with four innings and two earned, right?
01:11Like, if the rookie tonight, if you got me to push a button right now,
01:16four innings, two earned, I would push it in a heartbeat for that kid tonight
01:20all day long.
01:21So, you know, good for him.
01:23By the way, Clint, Cam Smith, he did go deep yesterday,
01:27and it wasn't like that home run Javier gave up.
01:30He went deep, and that sucker was getting out of any ballpark that was ever built,
01:34the way he swung on that thing.
01:35But it's more evidence right now that he needs to be in the lineup every day.
01:39I know he missed a game in that Mariners series because he had to pinch run
01:43for some reason for Jordan in the eighth inning.
01:45But if you look at the top guys on this team, Alvarez is hitting .273
01:50and one homer in the month of August.
01:52Pena's hitting .156 with two homers in the month of August.
01:55Paredes is hitting .273 with a homer.
01:59And Altuve, shout out to it, the top side dish in America,
02:02is hitting .347 with one homer.
02:04And then Christian Walker, .208 with one homer.
02:08Cam Smith, his slash line right now, in the month of August, 19 days.
02:14It's August 19th, .356, .383, .689, four homers and eight RBIs,
02:21and he's not playing every day.
02:22So I think it is more evidence that Cam Smith needs to be in the lineup.
02:28Yeah, I mean, look, it's just – I guess he heard them boys talking about
02:31how he fell off last year and struggled as the season went along
02:34and as teams got to know him.
02:36I mean, he clearly is turning it up.
02:38I agree.
02:39I mean, in the lineup every day, I think is – I mean,
02:42I think that should be a thing of the past.
02:44I mean, we're in this lineup with guys like Varsho struggling.
02:47And, look, I'm not saying that Cam should be in the top four of this lineup,
02:51but if we're going to play the who's hot game and yo-yo guys up and down the lineup,
02:59anybody not name who, Pena, Jordan, Paredes, or Altuve,
03:03everybody else can see the eight hole if they want to.
03:05If we're going to play that, then I think Cam – right now,
03:10it makes good baseball sense for Cam to be climbing the charts
03:12and Cam to be not only an everyday starter, but also be in that five hole
03:18or in that six hole and be in a spot where he can get more at-bats
03:21and he can help this team with one swing of the bat.
03:23At the very least, be in the lineup every day.
03:26Oh, I agree.
03:27Yeah, I mean, hell, hopefully we're beyond that with what you just outlined.
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