00:00the Padres and Brewers
00:02could be the best series
00:04in this round here.
00:05Why, Bob? Why do you think this is the best series?
00:09I think
00:09it's so evenly matched. A lot of star
00:11power. I think it's a coin
00:13flip, Dan, as far as who wins that series.
00:16I think the home field advantage the Brewers
00:18have, it's going to play
00:19a factor.
00:21Padres are red hot. Milwaukee's
00:23bats could get a little cold because they've sat around
00:25for a week. Padres are on fire.
00:28They finished the regular season
00:29winning 17 in the last 20
00:31and swept away the Cubs.
00:33It was a complete domination.
00:36For the Brewers,
00:38Jacob Mizorowski, every time
00:39he pitches, they've got to win that game.
00:42If Mizorowski loses that game,
00:43then the Brewers are in trouble.
00:45You think if he loses that game, they
00:47could sweep that series?
00:49I don't think they could sweep it.
00:52They won 103 games
00:53for a reason.
00:55Remember, in the post-game celebration
00:57in the Pottery Club
00:58last night, A.J.
01:00Preller said,
01:01you know,
01:01they're the best team in baseball.
01:03I kind of looked at them and said,
01:04hey, they won 103 games.
01:06Point taken.
01:07And they had the best record in baseball
01:08the last two years.
01:09You know,
01:09they don't have the big,
01:10you know,
01:11home run hitter.
01:12You know,
01:12that sort of thing.
01:13But you got Mizorowski
01:14playing that they play the game hard.
01:16They play it right.
01:18I told A.J.,
01:19I think my favorite moment
01:20of the whole season this year
01:22was when they're in the middle
01:23of winning their 100th game
01:25and their catcher,
01:26their all-star catcher,
01:27Wilson Contreras,
01:28dogs it down first base.
01:30He's yanked out of the game.
01:32You know,
01:32this guy's an all-star.
01:33And you better play the game right
01:34under Pat Murphy,
01:36and they do.
01:37Hey, you know,
01:37you mentioned A.J.
01:38Preller,
01:39the general manager
01:39of the Padres there.
01:40I mean,
01:41you mentioned that also,
01:42too,
01:43when we were in the timeout
01:43that they got a lot of contract
01:45that they're going to have
01:45to address coming up here
01:47in the next couple years here.
01:49This is like this year,
01:51isn't it?
01:51It's this year,
01:52and they got to get it done now
01:53because a lot of decision-making
01:55has to be made here,
01:57especially that Machado contract.
01:59Yeah,
02:00it was like the window's closing yet,
02:01but guys are getting older.
02:03You know,
02:03Machado did not have a good year.
02:06Bogart's kicked up at the end.
02:07Tatis had a fabulous year,
02:08so he's one of those
02:10big contracts,
02:11but you've got three contracts
02:12over $20 million,
02:13and if a salary cap comes in,
02:15it's like,
02:15wait a minute now,
02:16you can't really add on.
02:17So I'm not saying
02:18the window closes this year,
02:20but it's getting,
02:21you know,
02:21near,
02:22you know,
02:22closer and closer.
02:24You know,
02:25they should still be
02:26a very good team next year,
02:28but they piecemeal
02:29the rotation together.
02:30You know,
02:31outside Michael King,
02:32you know,
02:32there was no one
02:33they could count on.
02:34So things are going right.
02:36You know,
02:37guys like,
02:37you know,
02:37get off the scrap heap,
02:38like Ty Franz at first,
02:40base,
02:41Gavin Sheets.
02:42So,
02:43you know,
02:43I think this could be
02:44their year
02:45if they're going to get it done
02:46just because they have
02:47a lot of guys
02:48that came in
02:49and did things right.
02:50And it's going to go ahead of time.
02:50And I'll see you next week.
