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00:00Let's go to the AL West, you kind of touched on it here.
00:07Who wins the American League West?
00:09When you break down pitching, I think it clearly goes to the Mariners, but Astros fans can
00:14argue that something that looks like Hunter Brown, Yusei Kikuchi, Justin Verlander could
00:19be enough with someone like Hayter at the back end.
00:22Alvarez always poses a problem.
00:25I think it's the Mariners, but who do you say wins the American League West?
00:29If Verlander and some of the other pitching pieces get healthy here, I think, I mean,
00:34the Astros are a game out right now.
00:35I think it's unfortunate that the Mariners waited as long as they did to address the
00:40offense.
00:41There were other moves that could have been done.
00:42You had to look at what you had and realize it wasn't enough going into the season.
00:45And people, people were kind of scoffed at, oh, they lost to Oscar Hernandez.
00:48Big deal.
00:49Well, look at what the Oscar Hernandez has done for the Dodgers this year.
00:53I'm just saying, like, I don't think that's fair.
00:55I think he is one of those guys that is a nice five hitter, right?
01:00A guy that you can count on in the middle of the order.
01:02He's going to hit 30 home runs.
01:04He's going to be a decent guy.
01:05The Anthony Santander's of the world make lineups go and they don't get enough credit.
01:11And that's what the Mariners have been lacking.
01:13And now they have the same problem, which is they have a standalone superstar in Randy
01:15Rosarito until Julio comes back.
01:17Now you hope you get Julio back and maybe that tandem gets red hot.
01:21But then where are you going to be when that happens?
01:23That's the problem.
01:24Where are you in the standings?
01:25Does it does it not happen till September 1st or Labor Day?
01:29Because if it's that late, maybe that's time has passed you by.
01:33Now that being said to this Kyle Tucker thing went from a day to day injury with a chin
01:37contusion to he's been out on the 60 day I.L.
01:41I don't know what the hell's going on here and why we haven't gotten proper information
01:45about it.
01:46It's driven me crazy for weeks now.
01:48I'll say this.
01:49I do think it's the Astros.
01:50I think that veteran team understands what it takes to get there down the stretch and
01:54the Mariners are still a team that is young and exciting and fun.
01:58It's going to be a waste of some incredible pitching performances this year, but I do
02:01think it's the Astros.
02:02Matt, do you think the veteran Astros catch them or do you think the pitching of the Mariners
02:06that's been the best in baseball from an ERA perspective collectively can hang on?
02:12I think it is the Mariners.
02:13I think it's a nail biter.
02:14I think it's going to be fun.
02:15But like I said, someone like your Don Alvarez, one swing of the bat can change it.
02:18If it stays close, then the Astros can have it, but to your point, if the Mariners get
02:22Rodriguez back, get Julio back, then it's all theirs.