00:00We got to talk baseball.
00:02I'm a baseball guy.
00:03We got to talk baseball.
00:05So what are we looking at?
00:07Here's what we're looking at.
00:08If the postseason began today, I did this last night.
00:13So I made it September 14th.
00:15It's the 15th.
00:16Don't think that we're on a different day.
00:18But if it ended today, here is the bracket for Major League Baseball.
00:24This is why I bet the 25 to 1 ticket on the White Sox.
00:28Because if Tampa winds up having to face the Yankees, which is probably what's going to happen,
00:34Tampa can lose.
00:36Okay, that is not impossible for Tampa to lose to the Yankees.
00:41Now, the Rays will have home field advantage and the Yankees will have already played a series.
00:46The Rays will have their pitching staff set up.
00:47So they're going to be favored to win this.
00:49But the Yankees and the Rays is a war.
00:53The White Sox could play the Guardians, who they're playing today,
00:57or the Astros, who are battling, trying to find their way into the postseason.
01:02On the flip side, you have the Dodgers playing the Braves and the Padres.
01:09The winner of that Braves-Padres series plays the Dodgers.
01:12Congratulations.
01:12That's crazy, if you ask me.
01:14The Brewers could play the Cubs or the Phillies.
01:17The National League is going to be an outright war.
01:19I have the 12-1 ticket on the Brewers to win it all.
01:23I'm not really interested in doing anything else.
01:26Because, frankly, with the injuries to Otani and what the Dodgers have looked like over the last couple of weeks,
01:33I'm not interested in backing the Dodgers.
01:35But they're still the Dodgers.
01:38So, they're going to be favored against whomever they play in the second round.
01:43And that's going to be a very difficult situation.
01:45It's a five-game series.
01:46So, it's a quick series.
01:48Let's see what ends up happening.
01:49But the 25-1 on the White Sox, I'm good with.
01:53And the 12-1 with the Brewers to win, I'm good with.
01:56I'm just going to sit back and watch it and see it all plays out and then see how it
02:00all goes in.
02:01White Sox-Milwaukee World Series would be crazy.
02:04Crazy.
02:06Absolutely crazy.
02:07So, like, let's see where everything goes and how this, you know, figures itself out for the brackets.
02:16But if you are looking to get involved and you haven't bought in, let's talk about it.
02:21Here are your odds at Betcourt, Arizona for the pennant.
02:24All right?
02:25The Rays are 2.5-1.
02:27The Red Sox are the second option.
02:32Like, this is forgetting.
02:33The Yankees should be on here.
02:35This is a mistake.
02:36The Yankees are right behind the Rays.
02:38So, that's a mistake.
02:40Sorry about that.
02:41The Yankees should be on that list.
02:42It goes Rays-Yankees.
02:44Hey, I forgot about the Yankees.
02:45The Red Sox are the third option.
02:47But it's still impressive to see what's going to happen with that.
02:50Now, they're getting, obviously, you have Judge back.
02:52It's Rays.
02:53It's Yankees as your top two options.
02:55But you can't bet both of them because they're playing each other.
02:58At least in the second, they're most likely playing each other.
03:00But I don't think the Red Sox are beating the Yankees.
03:02Okay?
03:02I don't think that's going to wind up happening.
03:04I think you wind up looking at Rays-Yankees, White Sox-Astros.
03:10And then can the White Sox beat the Astros?
03:12That would be the question.
03:13I think they can.
03:15I do.
03:17Rays in the ALCS will bet whoever comes out of the other side,
03:20the bottom of the bracket.
03:21That's why I didn't bet the White Sox to win the World Series.
03:23I bet them to win the American League Championship Series, the ALCS.
03:26And that was 25-1 a couple of months ago.
03:29So now we have the White Sox sitting there.
03:31Can they win one series?
03:33That's the question.
03:33Can they win one series?
03:35Now, the National League is a little bit more complicated
03:37and a little bit more crazy.
03:38But the third wildcard spot is fascinating.
03:43Rangers, Orioles, Blue Jays, Guardians are all in the running.
03:47White Sox-Guardians play again tonight.
03:50White Sox won game one of the series.
03:51More on that in a little bit.
03:53Guardians, Blue Jays, Rangers, Orioles.
03:56Who wins that third wildcard?
03:58Because the Yankees and the Red Sox have them locked up.
04:00They're in.
04:01The question is going to be,
04:02if the White Sox fall apart over the last week and a half,
04:07they can be out of the playoffs.
04:09And then that bet's obviously dead.
04:10So the White Sox should go from the two seed
04:12to being out of the playoffs if they're not careful.
04:16So got to finish strong if you're Chicago.
04:19You got to make sure that you're going to wind up winning out
04:24or at least winning enough games to get yourself into the postseason,
04:27knowing what's happening with Toronto,
04:29knowing what's happening with the other teams behind you
04:33in the standings for the wildcard spot.
04:36Rangers are one and a half games back.
04:38Blue Jays are one game back.
04:40Guardians have the spot.
04:41We're going to be right back.
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