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00:00Let's identify the off-season losers and then perhaps the winners.
00:04Let's start with the losers to see how we can take advantage seemingly.
00:07Now, you say the Baltimore Orioles are an off-season loser.
00:12So take it from there.
00:14Well, look, I don't know how you go from losing arguably your best offensive player in Anthony
00:20Santander, right?
00:22And then you're front of the rotation ace and you don't replace either and you're a
00:28better team year over year.
00:30I mean, explain that to me like I'm a five-year-old because I don't understand it at all.
00:34So you lose the line of protection for a lot of the kids with Santander, 40 home run power.
00:38You're losing 200 innings, a guy Corbin Burns who, you know, has been a side young candidate
00:45every year for the last five years.
00:48And I understand that to a certain degree, the Baltimore Orioles are saying, well, we
00:51still got all this youth coming.
00:52We expect more of Jackson Holliday.
00:53We expect Kobe Mayo to come up.
00:55We expect, we expect, we expect, and it's fine.
00:58But it hasn't happened yet, right?
01:00So Gunnar Henderson.
01:01Yeah.
01:02The guy's a star.
01:03He's up there.
01:04That's cool.
01:05Rushman's up there.
01:06The rest of this lineup is still, I think, pretty iffy.
01:07You know, at one point, what are you getting out of Ryan Mountcastle at this stage in his
01:10career?
01:11A guy whose numbers have regressed the last three years.
01:13Colton Couser had some moments last year, but again, kind of regressed as the season
01:17went on.
01:18And then you look at this rotation.
01:19Grayson Rodriguez, I love, I think he could be an ace.
01:22But after that, you've got Zach Eflin, Charlie Morton is older than Matt Stryker, and that
01:26is old.
01:27That is old, my friends.
01:28That is old.
01:29And then you've got Dean Kramer, Saganos, the pitcher they signed this offseason.
01:33To me, that's not enough.
01:34If the Orioles are smart, they would take some of this youth, especially some of this
01:38youth where they've got redundancies at these positions in the infield, and try to make
01:43a deal.
01:44Go get a deal and cease, right?
01:45Go get a Michael King or go get a Sandy Alcantara at some point.
01:49Go get one of these pitchers.
01:51Because I don't know how they compete with the Yankees with what the Red Sox have done
01:56this offseason and what the Blue Jays look like.
01:58They've kind of assembled there, too, taking one of those Orioles with them and Anthony
02:03Santander.
02:04So I don't know what you look at this team.
02:06But for me, Matt, when I look at this Orioles team, and I know our producer, Sam, agrees
02:11with me, too, that this might be a regression year.
02:14It didn't go the way they wanted.
02:15They fell short of the World Series.
02:17It was very disappointing.
02:18But right now, their win total is 88 and a half, Matt.
02:22This doesn't look like an 88 and a half roster, at least to me.
02:24Your thoughts?
02:25OK.
02:26So, first thing, you made a great point, and don't think that's not maybe a plan about
02:30at some point in the season going out and getting one of these high-tier pitchers because
02:34of all the youth and all the capital that this team has.
02:37You ask about the win total, I'm glad you asked, Joe.
02:41Because again, it's about these teams that can play seven-inning baseball and then turn
02:44it over to a bullpen.
02:45Felix Bautista is back, and he was dominant.
02:48Then Andrew Kittredge is there.
02:50Then it's like Sir Anthony Dominguez and Gregory Soto.
02:52Basically, every guy that you and I have streamed over the last three years for Sades
02:56is in this Orioles' bullpen, and that's going to lead to victories for this team.
03:00I think they can kind of trim the fat and figure out what they're doing.
03:05Another loser that you wanted to talk about, I believe, is the Milwaukee Brewers.
03:08Thoughts?
03:09Yeah.
03:10Willie Adamas goes to San Francisco.
03:12That's a huge loss for this lineup.
03:14I don't feel comfortable of the number of games played for Christian Yelich every year.
03:18Jackson Cherry was a star, and if he continues to grow at that rate, maybe that's enough
03:23to compensate.
03:24At the same time, I'm looking at this rotation after Freddy Peralta.
03:26The only addition they made was Nestor Cortez, and I'm supposed to get excited about that?
03:30It's just not enough.
03:31You lose Devin Williams in the trade.
03:34You lose Frankie Montas.
03:36Give you some innings, at least, probably.
03:39This one is very puzzling to me, where you lose a guy in the middle of your order, a
03:42guy at the back of your bullpen who's been so good.
03:45I know McGill was okay there, filling in, so you feel pretty decent about that.
03:50I know every year I look at Milwaukee, and I'm kind of underwhelmed.
03:52At the same time, Matt, I'm underwhelmed again, yet they exceed expectations.
03:57I'm a little skeptical they could do that this year.
03:59I think the Cubs are better.
04:00I think Cincinnati takes a step forward.
04:02I think Pittsburgh takes a step forward.
04:04This division's a little bit more competitive, and you're nodding, so you must agree.
04:08Well, you're making good points, but you mentioned that closer role.
04:11Hear me now and believe me later.
04:13Joe L. Payne can go into that role, but this is a young team.
04:16You mentioned Shurio.
04:17He's 20.
04:18Frey looks like 24.
04:19Terang's 25.
04:20Ortiz is 26.
04:21Tyler Black's like 24.
04:24These teams can be disruptive, and those teams mess up a lot of my bets, Joe.
04:2982.5 is the win total for the Milwaukee Brewers, and they feel like kind of a 500 team, but
04:34in that division, I just wonder, maybe they're a little bit less.