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00:00Kind of a fascinating trade, Joe, to see Quinn Priester dealt to the Milwaukee Brewers.
00:04I think the Brewers, you know, at this point, got to call it what it is.
00:08They've got a lot of pitchers injured.
00:10You mentioned Woodruff potentially coming back.
00:11But, man, to only have Peralta in the starting rotation from the beginning of the season two weeks in is insane.
00:18He starts Tuesday against Detroit.
00:22You know, Joe, the Tigers don't necessarily scare you a ton with their offense.
00:27But I think we're going to look back at the end of the season as them being one of the better overall teams in baseball.
00:32I think they're going to do exactly what they did last year.
00:35You know, I don't know, man.
00:37I think they may end up winning 90 games, win the division, make the playoffs.
00:40Hinge is a great manager.
00:42This is kind of a tough one for me.
00:44It's like almost I feel like a pass maybe and just wait to see maybe a pickup in the stash or something like that.
00:50Yeah, that's a pass for me.
00:51I am taking the Detroit Tigers at their face value because Torkelson has been terrific, too.
00:57Cole Keith coming off a good game.
00:59Kerry Carpenter looking solid so far this year on a high OPS.
01:03You know, we look at the big offseason signing for them was Gleyber Torres, and he hasn't really contributed yet.
01:08Right.
01:08He's dealing with an injury.
01:09So the Detroit Tigers came on strong last year.
01:12A lot of people thought it might be a mirage, but it's not.
01:15I think it's finally all of those guys that they've drafted and put, you know, the Riley Greens of the world in all of this.
01:21This talent in the basket is finally starting to figure things out, and I think that's very exciting, especially in the rotation, too.
01:27Casey Mize got enough to a great start, too.
01:29Quinn Priester is not a guy that I believe in.
01:31This is a guy who has a career six ERA in the major leagues.
01:34The minor league track record isn't good.
01:36Career ERA of four.
01:37I hated this signing because I knew it was going to suppress some of the talent that I want to see.
01:42Like I mentioned, Logan Henderson, three starts, 14 innings, 24 strikeouts.
01:47This is a guy who's dominating right now at the AAA level I'd like to see up, but I don't know how long he is for this rotation.
01:53That being said, you have Nestor Cortez, who's out.
01:55So it's just Freddie Peralta right now.
01:56Tyler Alexander, Quinn Priester, Jose Quintana, Chad Patrick.
02:00That's not exactly the rotation you want to be throwing out there.
02:03So help is on the way.
02:06Myers, Woodruff, Quinn Priester might not be long for this rotation, but he's not long for my lineup either this week against Detroit.
02:12Yeah, I would agree.
02:13All right.
02:14Walker Bueller.
02:14What do you make of Bueller's start thus far?
02:16The Red Sox not looking so great.
02:19Tuesday at Tampa Bay, which, of course, is at Steinbrenner Field, which is playing fair, I think, for the most part.
02:26Nothing too crazy for a spring training facility.
02:30You know, Ways have not played great either.
02:32Red Sox have been really hit or miss.
02:34Some games, they look fantastic.
02:35Some days, they can't get out of their own way.
02:38I think you kind of sort of have no choice.
02:40Like, if you drafted Bueller where you did, you probably paid a little bit more than you wanted to.
02:45I think you probably have to start them.
02:47I don't know.
02:48I do start them.
02:49I actually like this start, too.
02:51If you look at the strikeout-to-walk ratio, that's the most important thing.
02:5414 strikeouts, just two walks.
02:55So the control has been there.
02:57Now, I understand, you know, the ERA is at 5-7-4.
03:00The FIP is at 4-4-5.
03:01It's early in the season.
03:02You mentioned the defense.
03:03That's a big problem for the Red Sox right now.
03:05Who would have thought they'd get worse defensively when they moved Devers off third base to DH?
03:09Somehow they found a way to do it.
03:10They've got 14 errors already.
03:12It's a big problem right now for the Boston Red Sox.
03:15So I'm still taking a shot at Walker Bueller this week at Tampa.
03:19Tampa's not a big-time lineup, really.
03:21Junior Caminero's the one guy you guys got to avoid in that lineup.
03:24But I'm going to go and start Walker Bueller.
03:27And shame on the Orioles for not taking a shot on Walker Bueller.
03:31That's exactly the kind of guy you should have taken a shot on in the offseason.
03:34Instead, they look at Sagano, they look at Charlie Morton again.
03:37And this is why they find themselves where they are.
03:39Yeah, weird way to operate with the pitching.
03:42I have to agree.
03:44Osvaldo Beto has been piling up the strikeouts for the A's.
03:48Can he pile a win here on the White Sox?
03:51I think this is probably a yes.
03:54It is a yes.
03:55I feel better about Beto than I do feel about Quinn Parister.
03:58I'll be honest with you.
03:59So far in the year, 15 innings for him, 14 strikeouts, six walks.
04:03The whip is a little high.
04:05He is giving up some hits.
04:06But I think, you know, the 18 hits and 15 innings so far against the White Sox,
04:11I think you're willing to pretty much stream anybody against the White Sox, Craig.
04:15That's what it feels like to me.
04:16So I'll take my shot here.
04:18And it's in Chicago as well.
04:19So you don't have to quite worry about that Sacramento ballpark being so tough.
04:25Yep.
04:25Finally, I'm not going to personally pick on the Marlins.
04:28I ain't going to do that.
04:28That's for sure.
04:29But I will say this.
04:31No matter what happens, any time a team plays a game before 1 o'clock on the East Coast,
04:39it's generally a very low-scoring team swinging immediately to get out of town game.
04:44And that's what Eduardo Rodriguez has in front of him.
04:46In Miami, Thursday, 12-10 Eastern game.
04:49Earliest game Marlins will play all season.
04:51And the Diamondbacks as well.
04:53So what?
04:54Nothing, nothing in the seventh probably, Joe, here?
04:57Yeah, you take the strikeouts too.
04:58He's got 20 strikeouts already.
04:59Rodriguez off to a good start there.
05:01Take the Ks, hope for the quality start, and then you move on.
05:04Maybe you get the W-2 against the Marlins.