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2 Guys Talking Baseball
Ep 40- 2025 Season Preview!
As the anticipation builds for the 2025 MLB season, Dallas Danger and Brian Logan deliver a comprehensive preview that's equal parts analysis and friendly debate. From the fiercely competitive American League East to the potentially dynasty-building Dodgers in the West, no division escapes their scrutiny.
The hosts make several bold predictions that challenge conventional wisdom. Despite the Yankees' star power and the Orioles' young talent, they favor the retooled Red Sox and the deadline-focused Blue Jays in the AL East. In the Central, Bobby Witt Jr.'s ascension to superstardom could propel the Royals to division supremacy, while the Rangers look poised to dominate the West with a healthy Jacob deGrom and strategic additions.
National League discussions reveal their excitement for the Juan Soto-powered Mets, who they believe are being underestimated by most analysts. There's rare agreement about the Cubs' potential to claim the NL Central crown, thanks to an improved pitching staff featuring rising star Shota Imanaga. And while the Dodgers remain the obvious choice in the NL West, questions persist about whether the talented but inconsistent Padres will ever fulfill their promise.
The most fascinating segment comes when predicting the World Series matchup. Both hosts surprisingly select the Rangers to emerge from the American League, while differing on the National League representative. Brian backs the Dodgers to repeat as champions, but Dallas, citing superstition, picks the Mets despite acknowledging Los Angeles as baseball's most formidable team.
Their award predictions feature unexpected choices like Garrett Crochet for AL Cy Young and spirited debates about whether anyone can challenge Shohei Ohtani for NL MVP. As the season opener in Tokyo approaches, their palpable excitement captures why 2025 might indeed become "the biggest year for baseball" with more competitive teams than ever before.
Hello again, friends. It's a wonderful day for you to be inside the Three Crows studios here in Morristown, tennessee, with us. You are listening to two guys talking baseball and we are very excited. First off, I am Dallas Danger and I'm joined, as always, by my best friend and colleague, brian Logan.
Speaker 2:That's Mr C-Line. To you it's a great week for baseball.
Speaker 1:I was wondering if you were going to force me to call you the Sea Lion.
Speaker 2:The Sea Lion. The Sea Lion Brian.
Speaker 1:Luggan. I don't even remember how that came to be.
Speaker 2:I don't remember either, but they call me the Sea Lion.
Speaker 1:It is a very exciting week here in the 2G TV camp. We are, as we are recording, two weeks from domestic opening day. We are less than a week from the Tokyo series yeah.
Speaker 1:I can't wait, which we're obviously paying close attention to, with the Dodgers and Cubs involvement in Tokyo. But today we are going to preview the 2025 baseball season at least the Major League season and give you all of our predictions, division to division and beyond, and all those good things, brian, in the past we've never done a full season from start to finish, with this podcast.
Speaker 2:Right, we're always a day late and a dollar short.
Speaker 1:Well, it's just the way things have timed out. We have done predictions for the season before, but usually after the season has already begun. Yeah, now we're starting fresh, we're going to do a full season and we are going to pick every division. We're going to pick the pennant winners, we're going to pick MVPs and Cy Youngs division. We're going to pick the pennant winners, we're going to pick mvps and cy young's and, uh, we're recording. So we're going to look back at the end of the year and probably go man, what were we thinking?
Speaker 2:what were we smoking?
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Speaker 2:Blues. I love them. They're on sale now.
Speaker 1:But I guess we should just get right into it. There's not really anything else to talk about this week that won't come up as we go along. We are going to start, as we always do with these sorts of things, in the American League, because we are less familiar with the American League. So let's start in the American League East. Brian, who do you believe, is going to win once again a very tight, very jam-packed American League East division?
Speaker 2:Well, I think it's going to be tough, but I got the Blue Jays coming in there.
Speaker 1:And you told me that right before we hit record and I'm very fascinated with this pick um the blue jays. They were very active in the offseason, yeah, but the story with the jays for us it seemed like every time a big free agent would sign and go well, the blue jays lost out again um, I mean, they're trying like hell, but I mean, you know, I think they're on the bubble.
Speaker 2:This has to be their year or they're going to have to make major, major changes.
Speaker 1:Well, I think what I think regardless of their success this year, there's wholesale changes coming. They were unable to reach an extension with Vlad Jr. He was very vocal about the deadline and the, the, the number he's looking for at this juncture, and that number might swell if he hits the free agent market Right. And I don't know this division is always so tough to pick. You know, I think most people are looking at the Yankees.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I want to say right away I'm not putting too much into who's hurt now, because everybody's going to deal with injuries at some point, yeah, and I don't want to count somebody out before we even get to game one because of because of the injuries they're dealing with. But we now know garrett cole won't pitch this season. He's had or will have Tommy John and he's on the shelf now, dealt with some elbow stuff last year, played through. It was good, obviously, until the fifth inning of Game 5 of the World Series, which went about as bad as any inning could go for the New York Yankees. I think the Yankees are going to be in the hunt, but I and I've spoken to this a little bit already I'm really fascinated with the Boston Red Sox, okay, and I think that's a team where I look at it and it could go really bad.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But I think it's going to go right for the Red Sox. They've made some moves, they've got some new faces coming in, they've got some young guys coming up through the pipeline that are predicted to be contributors at the major league level and I think the Red Sox are going to do what it takes. I think they're going to win the division. I think the Yankees are going to be in the hunt. I think the Orioles are in a similar boat to me. That you're saying with the blue jays, because next to the orioles in my notes I have shit or get off the pot, right, you know, we've been, we've been talking about this young core with the orioles for years and they've been right there and and I just, I don't know man, I, I don't know that they, I don't know.
Speaker 2:Well, the thing with the Oreos is they've got the new uniforms this year and that could be a boost to them. You know, you get a little something like that going, get a little fervor behind it and next thing you know, bing bang, boom, you're in third place.
Speaker 1:You think the uniforms are going to make all the difference.
Speaker 2:I think it can't hurt.
Speaker 1:This division is going to be tough. I think the only team that I would not be comfortable picking out of this division right now is the Rays. Picking out of this division right now is the Rays, yeah, and they're coming off a down year, but they could just as easily surprise everybody in 2025 and be right back Well, you know, I watch a lot of the Rays too, yeah, and this isn't going to be their season.
Speaker 2:They got too much adversity with this park situation. Yeah, they're just not going to be comfortable this year, i't think yeah, maybe not, maybe not.
Speaker 1:But you know, I think the projections on this division are that that everybody's going to be there till the end and um, it's the division to watch in the al, I think yeah it, it definitely has that, you know. I mean, historically that's the case. You know, the AL East is the division and if you can survive that, you're going to be battle tested Well, they all can't win 90 games in that division.
Speaker 1:No, and I don't think they are. I mean, I think there's a potential that every team in this division could win 80 games. Yeah, you know that's happened and could happen again. But I'm looking at the Red Sox, I'm looking at the young guys. You know Roman Anthony, marcelo Meyer. I'm looking at bringing in Alex Bregman getting that deal done, and Garrett Crochet, that trade. You know, if he's healthy, if he's you know the guy that they believe that he is you, he is to go out and make that trade. I think the Red Sox just got too much going for them. Yeah, and I think that's who's.
Speaker 2:Well, I took a long look at them before I made my choice and I just couldn't pull the trigger on them, but they were in my thought process.
Speaker 1:Well, again, that's a situation where I look at that roster and the pitching staff especially, and it could go really poorly. I mean, there's a version of this season where we're looking back and I'm going yeah, I was the wrong call, but you know, there's also reason to be optimistic in Boston, yeah, and I think I don't't know, I think they just, you know, there's a couple teams as we go along throughout the whole league that that, that it could, it could swing either way and I'm I'm I'm trying to give everybody the benefit of the doubt and just look at it, you know, just look at it and say you know teams that are right on the cusp, I'm going to believe in.
Speaker 1:And I think the Red Sox are one of those teams and that's who I've got in the AL East. But tough break for the Yankees with Garrett Cole.
Speaker 2:Yeah, very tough break.
Speaker 1:Coming off of losing Juan Soto, in a situation where it's not like they weren't offering Soto a big contract. They just lost out to the team across town in the Mets. Yeah, they just couldn't close the deal. Yeah, and there was some little things that got talked about the luxury suite, excuse me, and just those little details. It just I don't know, that's a weird situation, but I mean, yankees players can have well-groomed beards now, yeah, that's going to help them, that's a morale booster.
Speaker 2:Right, if the Orioles can have new uniforms, they can have beards. Yeah, that's kind of what we're looking at there. Yeah, I mean the power of things like that is an intangible that can get them through. I mean, look what grimace did for them. Seriously, I'm making a joke. But look at what grimace did for them last year and tell me that those intangibles aren't sometimes tangible no, yeah, yeah it makes a difference.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it makes a difference. You know we, you know. I recently went back and listened to our episode from last season. We were halfway through the year and we made some picks on how the season was going to go and we talked over and over about the importance of staying healthy, or getting healthy at the right time and getting hot at the right time. Yeah, and that's what this all boils down to in the game of baseball. So you know, we're just, you know we're like everybody else. We're just trying to make an educated guess and who knows what's going to happen.
Speaker 2:so well, you know, I was reading the uh percentages of teams have compared to last year, this year of making the playoffs, and I kept thinking well, it's 50, either they will or they won't, for every team. You know it's that simple and it comes down to you. Know you gotta win, yeah, and and I needed a place to.
Speaker 1:You know you got to win, yeah, and I needed a place to start. You know a frame of reference, if you will. So I looked at the Fangraphs projections and they have everybody crammed together. That's just due to the fact that with these expanded playoffs now a lot of teams that you know there aren't a lot of teams that feel like at this point they can win 100 games, right, there's a lot of teams that feel like they can win 85.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think there are a lot of teams that can win 85.
Speaker 1:And 85 gets you in the mix.
Speaker 2:But there's going to be a lot of teams. I know this goes without saying, but I'm gonna say it anyway. The 75 games and they're going to be real disappointed. Yeah, but it's going to come down to five games difference.
Speaker 1:I bet in that whole division sure, yeah, I think you're right, I think you're right, so I think you're right. So a little surprising, I think Neither of us are picking the Yankees, neither of us are picking the Orioles, who we both were very high on last year, very high yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Well, the Orioles have like I can't put my finger on it, but they're getting a little bit of the kissing my sister syndrome. They are, they're there.
Speaker 1:They got their stuff together, but at the end of the day, they're just not getting it done. Well, they've got such a great young core in baltimore and we've talked about that group for so long. We made such a huge deal when adley rushman finally got called up and from that moment on that that organization has been trending upward. Yeah, yeah, they're getting better, but they're just not going out and adding enough for me to feel like they're going to be there in the end.
Speaker 2:Well, it's like you're happy with what they got and what they're doing, but there's just something missing. There's another intangible that's just not there, and is that team culture? Is that? You know what is that?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, I feel like the Orioles were one piece away, yeah, and they didn't add that. Piece for me, no, no, I agree. Piece for me no, no, I agree. So well, let's, let's move on, all right, and talk about a division that, just every year to me, gets more and more interesting, and that's the american league central. Yeah, um, you have been. You've been riding the the bandwagon with the Twins really since we started this podcast.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Is that where you're landing again in the?
Speaker 2:Nail Central. Yeah, I think that they are a sleeper team and they are a season or two away from a real run, and this year might be their year. Okay, there's just something about the way they play and all this, I don't know. You're gonna say, well, they don't have the pitching and and they may not, and that may be the difference in in them winning 75 and 80. But uh, yeah, I think that eventually, the twins are going to be a player in this thing well, they usually are.
Speaker 1:And when you look at the al central, you kind of have to start with minnesota and cleveland, right, but I look at those two teams and I just see down years. Yeah, because I look at detroit and I look at kansas city and I see two teams that are on the rise, that are making moves. They're big, groundbreaking moves that are making national news. But they're doing the things to elevate themselves. And I think Cleveland and Minnesota are kind of just resting on their laurels a little too much. And I see down years for the Twins and the Guardians and when we made our picks last year I tried to think outside the box and it kind of bit me in the ass because it was the first year that the the cream sort of rose in this new playoff format. Right I I think the difference in this division. This year Bobby Witt Jr is going to take one more step towards solidifying himself as one of the faces of Major League Baseball.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I think the Royals do enough to win this division.
Speaker 2:See, they were my second pick. I had to make a decision Are you going to back the Twins again or are you going to go with the hopeful of the Royals? And it was close. It was nip and tuck and I just decided to go with the Twins.
Speaker 1:This is another division that's going to be tight and I don't know how many wildcard teams there are in this division.
Speaker 1:You almost have to win the division yeah to get in the playoffs in the central, yeah, but I just, you know, I look at what the royals did, you know, adding jonathan india. They've got pitching, they've had pitching, you know, and have been building up their position, player group, um, but I like the royals a lot, I just like the culture there, I like the direction they're headed and again I think Bobby Witt Jr solidifies himself as what he's been hyped up to kind of become and again, that's one of the faces of this league and yeah, and and I, I just really like the royals, but don't count the tigers out.
Speaker 2:no, I mean and that was the thing too is I was like well, they got, they're gonna be in that, that conversation too it's I. I say this every week, but I'm saying again this is gonna be the biggest year for baseball. It's gonna be the most competitive, the most competitive, the most tickets sold, the most hot dogs consumed. It's going to be a big year. Big year, yeah, and the Royals play a part in that. Yeah, I think so. And Detroit we were talking about Detroit. I'm sorry.
Speaker 2:Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah. The Royals, detroit Twins, I mean almost that whole division. Is anybody's game there? Sure, yeah, anybody's game there. Sure you know. But but detroit didn't finish as well as you know these other teams that we're talking about now.
Speaker 1:I know they don't have anything to do with the prediction, but you know they struggled a little bit well they, they ended the year strong, really strong, yeah, got in the playoffs, made a splash, surprised a lot of people. Um, yeah, it's, it's, it's another division that anybody's guess at this point and any of these teams can come out of here and make a run. Yeah, I just again. I think the Guardians are down, I think the Twins are down and I think this is the opportunity for the Royals to be the team that kind of comes out of that heap and you know, and they looked good. I mean, they gave the Yankees everything they had in the playoffs last year and the Yankees go on to the World Series.
Speaker 1:We could just as easily be sitting here talking about, well, hey, the Royals won the pennant last year, right, right. So that's kind of how I think things are going to go in the central. Um, but let's, let's go to the west, because the west, you know, last year we looked at the west and we said, look, as much as we hate it, it's the astros to lose. And I look at the west now, it's not. And it's the Astros to lose. And I look at the West now it's not. And it's just not that anymore. Yeah, I don't think the West is going to be a tough division. I think there's one team in the West that, if they stay healthy, they have the potential to win a lot of ball games and distance themselves from everybody else in the AL West, and I think that's the Texas Rangers, who you were very high on last year and they just didn't finish strong at all.
Speaker 2:There's a 38% chance that they will make the playoffs this year and while that's not a great percentage, that pretty high to from last year to this year no, that's pretty substantial.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's pretty substantial. I just look at the rangers and you've got a healthy jacob de grom yeah, you and, and, and honestly I think there's an X factor with the Rangers and that's Jock Peterson. Yeah, I think he adds a lot to that roster, mm-hmm. And you know the Mariners. What are they doing? They've got this great young pitching staff that's still going to be there. They've got this great young pitching staff that's still going to be there, but they're just not going out and getting anybody to help them score runs.
Speaker 2:No, they need a lot of help in the bat department A lot of help and they're just not going to go get it.
Speaker 1:And Justin Turner, who was there last year, was very critical publicly and basically said you know, are you even trying?
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And they're just not, you know. And the Astros, there's just so many questions. Cam Smith looks great. Cam Smith looks like a big leaguer. You know they got him from the Cubs, yeah, in a trade. But I just I look at the Rangers and I just see a team that is poised to say, look, we won a World Series. We had a down year after, but we're more that World Series team than we are the team that couldn't win 80 games last year.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, world series team than we are the team that did they couldn't win 80 games last year. Yeah, yeah, um, I mean again though this whole division. I know I keep repeating myself. It could be anybody yeah it really could. I mean, and I think that's a I mean the rangers. It's theirs to lose, like we said about the Astros, but it's almost like everybody else in that division too, I mean, but I don't know, what am I trying to say here? I don't know. I don't know about that division. That's a tough one.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Because while there's opportunities, there's not a lot of opportunities in that division. They need some help over there with some of those teams.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, you've still got the A's, you've still got the Angels, yeah, who you know? We talked a lot this offseason about how they were getting better. I just don't know that they got that much better. I don't think they did. The Rangers got healthy, yeah, which was the biggest need for them, and I just, I just don't see anybody touching the texas rangers in that division this year what what do you got as far as as? I mean, are you, are you still high on the rangers there?
Speaker 2:or yes, yeah, I think the rangers ran away with it this year yeah I think, I think they lock it up and and that's that I think so too, and we better watch them in the playoffs because they're fierce, in the playoffs, because they're hungry.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we'll get to that. We'll get to that for sure. Let's talk about the National League. All right, our favorite. Well, we see a lot more of the nl than we do the al in general yeah, because of the way our teams are and what we watch each day.
Speaker 2:Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1:we watch the national league more because you know of the teams that we follow and who we see and, honestly, the National League the last couple years and we've spoken on this a lot it's going to be an absolute gauntlet in the National League.
Speaker 1:Yes, it's going to be a hard league to kind of rise out of. But you know, let's start with the national league east. Okay, I've got the, the mets and it's it's it's kind of a three-team race and I think, while the Braves are going to be good and the Phillies are not going to go anywhere, I think a lot of these early preseason predictions and predictors I think are disrespecting the New York Mets a little bit. Yeah, and it's not easy, and I get why everybody's high on the Braves. I just don't think the Braves are as good as everybody is making them out to be. Yeah, and while Spencer Strider getting healthy is huge because he's a big piece, while Acuna is definitely an MVP candidate, I just look at the Mets and I just feel like it's their time.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And I think the Phillies are good and the Braves are good, but, man, this Mets team and I understand that they've maybe gotten bitten by the injury bug more than anybody so far in spring I think here's what I think is going to happen. Here's what I think is going to happen. The Mets might not start the year great, but I think when we get to the deadline and this division is still being contested very heavily I think the Mets, at the trade deadline, are going to have the ability to make some moves and I think the Mets are going to kind of be an afterthought for a lot of people. And then they're going to go out. Let's say they go out and they make the Marlins an offer that they can't refuse for Sandy Alcantara at the deadline. Okay, To the point where the Marlins go. Well, we can't turn this down.
Speaker 1:And we have to trade him in the division. Yeah, if it's not Alcantara, it's somebody.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:The Mets ifcantara, it's somebody. Yeah, the Mets. If these injuries pile up on them and they're a little behind the eight ball, I think the Mets are going to go out and do something. Yeah, and then we're going to be talking about okay, it's, I don't know, man, I just don't think the Mets mets are gonna let this get away from them like they have in the past no, I think they're on it.
Speaker 2:I think they make that move to to make their club that final piece to obtaining it, and I think they're taking this season very seriously yeah, because those expectations are a lot higher now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, they are For the Mets, yeah, and they should be, because you go out and you get to the championship series. You look really good, you run into the Dodgers, but man, I mean this Mets team in the playoffs last year looked really good, yeah, and they had to fight and scratch and claw to get in and then they just, they were just, I mean, they were just gangbusters. Yeah, you know, and I don't think that's going to stop. You know, you bring back a lot of guys that were really important, you know, and now that we're here to the point where games start to count, I just I think all the drama with the pete alonzo stuff, you know, you bring him back. That's what's important. Yeah, how we got here is not gonna matter the road you get there.
Speaker 2:It's just a matter that you you've arrived exactly, exactly.
Speaker 1:So pete alonzo is back, you know, um, you bring back mania, who kind of turned his career around in a lot of ways with the mats, with that, with altering his, you know his, his, his, um, his arm angle. And you know, you bring back jesse winker, who I, who I thought made a big step forward as a big leaguer last year with the Mets and was a really good fit for them. Yeah, and then you go get Juan Soto. You get the biggest name on the market, you sign him to the big contract. He's going to be there forever and I just really like what the Mets are doing and we've talked about them a lot, you know, the last year or so and I just got a hard time picking anybody but the Mets, who a lot of people are putting third in that division.
Speaker 2:I just don't see that I don't either. They're putting everything in, they're going to be putting the work in the office. Got it right? I mean, they're another team that's got to put up or shut up.
Speaker 1:And I think they're going to. I think they're really going to take those expectations seriously. Like you said, and I just I got a hard time. I just got a hard time. I got a hard time picking anybody but the Mets and the.
Speaker 2:East right now. I mean, can you imagine being in the Mets and you go and you win 75 and you miss the playoffs by like two games? After all the effort that they put in? That would crush them. It would be terrible.
Speaker 1:Well, I just don't think that's going to happen.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I don't either.
Speaker 1:I think this is a really good ball club, and there are there are other good ball clubs. Like I said, the phillies aren't going anywhere. Right, phillies aren't going anywhere and the braves are good, but I don't think the braves are as good as they're being made out to be. Um, you know, I think, and it's, it's, it's gonna, it's gonna go down to the last day, probably. Yeah, I mean this is a division that's going to go down to the last day, probably. Yeah, I mean this is a division that's going to be hard to win, like they all are. But yeah, I'm with you, man. I think it's the Mets' year.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I think it's their year in the East.
Speaker 2:They may be undeniable and I don't want to see that. I don't want them to go all the way.
Speaker 1:I mean, they can win their division, but let's not go all the way. Yeah, well, we'll get to that in a little bit. Um so uh, you got anything else to?
Speaker 2:say on the east. No, it's just, it's gonna be fun. I hope when I watch these on my off days that I don't have the cubs or the dodgers that, uh, I hope I get to take in a couple of those. You know we're gonna do the the app thing. We're going to do the random picking of the games, okay, yeah, so I hope I get the the mats on a couple of those roles yeah, yeah, I forgot.
Speaker 1:You said you're just going to randomly pick games to watch.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm gonna put them in the old uh computer thing.
Speaker 1:Let the computer pick who I'm going to watch I can't wait for like week three of that where you're going. Okay, I can't watch these teams anymore.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, that's like my big note-taking. That lasted two games. I'm dedicated fans. I'm dedicated.
Speaker 1:So let's move on to the national league central. All right, and you know, I don't know you. You talk to me about the national league central.
Speaker 2:Well, um, I'm picking the cubs, but we're not picking the cubs for the purpose of this exercise. But uh, if I had to pick a team, it's going to be the brewers yeah because they're always in there and you know they're always the nemesis. So I mean, my real pick is the cubs. But I'm trying to be objective here and I think the brewers will remain um atop that division if it's not the Cubs.
Speaker 1:Well, here's the thing the Brewers are going to be there, because the Brewers are kind of always there, Right, and there's a lot of reasons to like the Brewers. Christian Yelich is healthy and I think they've gotten realistic about what they can do with him. Jackson Churio is really exciting. You know. Brandon Woodruff is going to get healthy and give you that kind of top starter again after moving on from corbin burns. But you know we've talked a lot about teams that are in this position to kind of shit or get off the pot. Yeah, and I think, look, the Cubs are going to win that division. Oh yeah, you know, or I mean, if things don't go horribly wrong on the north side and they might Hush your mouth, I just look, look man, I think the Cubs have done what they need to do to separate themselves.
Speaker 1:Yes, with a pack and you know, again, I think the Brewers are going to be there. I think the Reds are really interesting and have the potential to do some good things. I just look and I see teams like the Pirates and the Cardinals and the Reds and the Brewers and I think this is going to turn into a division where a lot of these teams are beating each other up.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But I mean I like the Cubs man. I mean I think this is the Cubs' division this year.
Speaker 2:They've had a great spring training.
Speaker 1:I mean they've looked great. They did all the rightubs man. I mean I think this is the Cubs division this year. They've had a great spring training. I mean they've looked great. They did all the right things, you know. They added where they needed to add Producing a lot of runs.
Speaker 2:And you know, I think See that was the Cubs' problem is producing runs Was keeping that large lead and letting you know having to score 15 to win the game. You can't sustain that all year, but the Cubs are doing good with run production so far.
Speaker 1:Well, look, I think that the Cubs are going to win the division and where they go from there, know we'll see. But I just I don't know. Man, I like the cubs a lot. Yeah, I like the cubs a lot right now.
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, you know, they went out and they got their guy and at least for this season they've got that, you know, top-line guy that you can build around. You got him for a year guaranteed. But you know the Brewers are going to be there. The Brewers are going to be there, but everybody else in that division. I just look and there's excitement and there's reason to believe, but I think this is the Cubs division this year. I mean, I think the Cubs have an opportunity here to really do something that they've not been able to do and that's get over that hump. Yep, yep. And I think you know there's a lot of different ways you can go picking this division. There really is and you can say that for a lot of divisions we already have said that for a lot of divisions um, but, but I like the cubs I like the cubs a lot.
Speaker 2:It's the cubs you're. You got to beat them. I mean this is you know, it's their division to lose, as we say.
Speaker 1:I think so. Yeah, I think so, and I think there's a lot of X factors in that Health.
Speaker 1:Health is everybody's X factor. Yeah, but I look at what you've got with Kyle Tucker now. It's a great starting rotation. Imanaga's going to be good, justin Steele's going to be good. You fill out the rest with Tyon. You bring in Matthew Boyd, which is something I don't know that is being talked about enough as something that makes a team better.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because what the cubs have done while they've raised their ceiling, they've really raised their floor. I don't think the floor for the cubs is as low as it is for a lot of teams. Yeah, I don't think it's as low as it's been for a lot of years, and there's a lot of things to talk about with the Cubs man and we talk about them a lot. But you know, jed Hoyer's job is on the line. I think there's a lot that you can talk about with Craig Council. I just look, man, pca is special. Yeah, he is. Pca is a special player and I think he's starting to show that Kyle Tucker's a really good player, a really good player, a guy like I said that if you get the opportunity to keep him there for a while, you can build your whole franchise around him.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I just look at everybody else in that division and there are teams that have done things. The Reds did a lot. The Reds did a lot. They didn't make a lot of big moves, they didn't spend the most money. But I just, man, it's hard. It's hard for me not to pick the Cubs, because I think the Cubs are the best team in that division. I really do. I really do, and we say that a lot. You know, we want to pick the Cubs a lot.
Speaker 2:Well, we're sitting in a position where our two favorite teams have a legit good shot, and I wouldn't be surprised if we end the season where we're going to begin it. What do you mean by that, with the dodgers and the cubs playing all the way through and then the winner of that? It goes on and, yeah, we're gonna get into that, but I'm just, you know, I think that's oh, I see what you mean.
Speaker 1:We're starting the season in japan with the dodgers and cubs and there's a lot of excitement, finish it out.
Speaker 2:It's gonna be such a special year with the way that story's gonna be told and I think they're the two teams that you know.
Speaker 1:They're the two best teams maybe, maybe, so, um, so, yeah, so it sounds like we're both picking the Cubs, yeah.
Speaker 2:And I don't think that's. I mean, I don't know, it's an emotional, but it's also factual.
Speaker 1:Well, you know, look, we can pick our favorite teams as much as we want, you know, but I think that the Cubs are the right pick. Is what I'm saying, or what I'm trying to say? Yeah, you know, yeah, I, that the Cubs are the right pick. Is what I'm saying or what I'm trying to say? Yeah, you know, yeah, I think the Cubs are the right pick.
Speaker 2:I do too. I do too. I feel really good about this season.
Speaker 1:All right, we got one more division. All right, it's the National League West and take it away. I don't know. Tell me, tell me what you think.
Speaker 2:You can't deny the Dodgers, well you know, I mean you just can't book against them, you can't vote against them, you can't. I mean it's hard to beat an incumbent, it's just they've got everything going for them. They're like three teams in one. Their depth is crazy stupid and just I mean how how can you vote against the dodgers? I mean I know we're supposed to be, you know, fair and balanced and all this good stuff and but really it's very how can you be fair and not talk about the dodgers?
Speaker 1:well, look, the dodgers go out last year and they win the whole thing in spectacular fashion in a lot of ways. Then they go and they make their team a lot better, a lot better, a lot better. Yeah, this is a ridiculously good team. Yeah, obviously I'm picking the Dodgers. Yeah, you know.
Speaker 2:I just you know who's going to beat them? You're right, who's going?
Speaker 1:to beat them. Look who's going to beat them Cubs in Japan. The Diamondbacks are good. Don't get me wrong. Diamondbacks are good. A lot of reason to like the Padres.
Speaker 1:But you know what are you going to get out of the Padres? You know what are you going to get? Parade there's um, I don't know. Man, look, the Dodgers are going to win the West. Yeah, but when you go beyond that, I mean I think that I'm X are a good, a good team. It's going to make the playoffs, right, I don't know. Listen, it wouldn't surprise me if the Padres had a really bad year. Yeah, wouldn't surprise me, it just wouldn't. It just wouldn't.
Speaker 1:What's going on with the Padres? What's going on? You got a lot of good players. You got a lot of reason to believe that the Padres are. You know, I think we're in the same boat. We've been in with the Padres for a long time. If the Padres get in, they're a hard team to beat in a short series. I just, I mean, I'm not convinced the Padres are going to get in. I don't think they are. I'm not convinced the Padres are going to get in. I don't think they are. I mean, I just I think it's. I just I think we're at a point with the Padres where the bloom is off the rose, yep, and you know.
Speaker 2:I mean the Dodgers are going to win the division. I mean that's the bottom line. Let me get that. You got a little evil on your face, let me.
Speaker 1:I mean, all right, listen, I've been saying for a long time that the Padres aren't what everybody thinks they are, until they are. Yeah, and what have they done? Look what have the Padres done to convince me or you or anybody else that there's any other team in this division other than the dodgers? There's just not, there's just not there's not another team you know um. So the dodgers are going to win the West. I mean, they just are, they just are.
Speaker 2:Yep Can't be denied.
Speaker 1:That's all I got to say. Yeah, that's all I got to say. About the NL West it's the Dodgers. Of course it is. Convince me. Fucking otherwise. Like, look, I've been begging, I've been begging, convince me. Convince me that the Padres are what we're supposed to believe that they are. Yeah, you know. And then you get this ownership drama and you know, look, manny Machado, is he a great baseball player? Of course he is. Fernando Tatis Jr is he a great ball player? Of course he is.
Speaker 1:There's just something about the Padres is never gonna add up for me yeah and until they convince me and you and, like I said, every fucking body else. Otherwise, you know, I don't know, dodgers are gonna win the west. I mean, I mean, I don't, I don't know, some crazy things would have to happen for anybody else to win that division.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I mean, they got two teams at least. At least that could win it.
Speaker 1:And they really got three. Well, look, you know, last year we did this exercise at the halfway point and what I said about my team, the Dodgers, was, look, it looks too much like the last year. And then I mean it didn't matter. Look, it didn't matter. There were so many injuries on that team. And they said, you know what, we're going to win it anyway. We're going to win it anyway. And they did, and I mean Dave Roberts gets the extension that he deserved. But we're going to win it anyway. Yeah, we're going to win it anyway, and they did. And I mean Dave Roberts gets the extension that he deserved. He should be the highest paid manager. He absolutely should be the highest paid manager in baseball. I agree.
Speaker 1:And he is, yeah, dodgers are going to win the division Duh, duh, all right, now this is where it gets interesting, brian, when October comes, and it's all said and done and we get what we get who do you think is going to represent the American League in the World Series when?
Speaker 1:it all said and done, I think it's gonna be the rangers. You know what's crazy? Me too, yeah, me too. I mean I look at everybody and I just, you know, there's a lot that can happen. There's a lot that can happen, there's a lot of ways to look at this, but man, I don't know. Man, I mean, I think that Rangers team is really good. I think that Rangers team is the one that we're going to be talking about.
Speaker 2:You know, it's going to be like a couple years ago when we were like my God, the Rangers, really. And you're going to have to be like, yeah, yeah, the Rangers, you know.
Speaker 1:Well, I just, you know, okay, let's look at it this way. Let's look at the last two years, and two years ago we were talking about is there ever going to be a time where the team we think is going to win is ever going to win because of this crazy playoff format? Now, rangers kind of come out of nowhere and win it and then you look at what they have and you go, you know what? Yeah, the rangers really are that team yeah last year.
Speaker 1:We're trying to figure out like how do we pick this?
Speaker 1:you know, I went crazy and picked the royals in the al yeah and you know, and then the dodgers are just like all right, we're the best team, doesn't matter, take all our pitching away, and we're still the best team, yeah, you know. So I look at it and I think that, again, I'm not putting too much into injuries at this point, because everybody's going to have injuries at some point, to some level. I just I look at what everybody has, I look at what everybody can do. I look at the fact that I said everybody's gonna have injuries. Yeah, and I man, I don't know that's who I came up with. I mean, I came up with the rangers too.
Speaker 2:It's wild that is crazy. Are we spending too much time together? I don't know, man probably came up independently.
Speaker 1:independently, yeah, independently. We both came up with the Rangers. I don't know man, look Jacob DeGrom's healthy. Like I said, that's a good thing. They got a lot Corey Seager. I mean, corey Seager might be the most underrated guy in the world.
Speaker 2:I don't think that that team has a lot of pressure on them. I think they can just not stroll, but, you know, briskly walk into the playoffs and surprise some people. I think so too. There's no, oh God, they've got to win it because you know they've got to make this decision or that decision, or this change or that change. I think they could win it right now.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's an interesting way to look at it, because I think there are a lot of teams in the National League that you go. Look, I mean pressure's not the word. Yeah, I mean pressure's not the word for the Cubs because there's so much of it.
Speaker 1:Yep, the expectations for the Mets are so high. And oh, by the way, are we looking at a dynasty with the Dodgers? Yeah, you know, and if we don't get the dynasty, is it one of the greatest disappointments of all time in this game? It's got to be right. But that American League, you're right, you're right. There's a team like the Rangers that have all this talent, all this talent, great-looking roster and yeah, I think you're right, man, I think the Rangers win the AL. Yeah, I think that's the case. I think that's the case. All right, brian, who wins the NL? The Dodgers.
Speaker 2:Can't be denied.
Speaker 1:This is going to get interesting. It is.
Speaker 2:I mean you just can't be denied. I mean, do I want the cubs to win? Yeah, but I mean there's the dodger problem, you know, and we're just gonna have to see where that takes us, from the first steps to the last steps, you know. But can you imagine, though just on a tangent, can you imagine if we got the twins and the Mets in the World Series? And that could happen? I mean, anything could happen, but I mean we could show you a path where that could happen. You don't like that.
Speaker 1:Look man, it ain't going to be the twins all day long. I don't know. I looked at this, then I sat down and okay, so again. Last year we did this at the halfway point, not at the beginning of the season. We had just watched the Phillies. Both of us had we watched the.
Speaker 1:Phillies and Dodgers together right before we picked and we both are going. How does anybody beat the phillies right? Um, I want to pick the dodgers really bad. Well, yeah, I really do, because I mean I think that makes the most sense. It does. I mean, how do you not pick the dodgers really?
Speaker 2:I take team b over anything in the al look.
Speaker 1:Look, I mean, do you pick the Dodgers or do you pick the field? I mean it's really that crazy Like I hate doing this. I hate picking so much.
Speaker 2:You're a good prognosticator.
Speaker 1:Well, we both picked the Phillies last year in the NL. We did and that seemed like a pretty safe pick. Yeah, after what we saw, after what they were doing for us.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I was like I don't know, man, I can't pick the Dodgers, and I picked the Phillies and then the crazy thing happened.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And the Dodgers won it all. Look, Dodgers are really good. Dodgers are a team that we could be talking about in 20, 30, 50 years, as this great dynasty and I want that to happen, obviously, but I got to this point and because of last year, and because of last year, I don't want to pick the Dodgers. Yeah, I don't.
Speaker 2:I don't, because last year I didn't pick them and look what happened.
Speaker 1:So you don't want to put the mojo out there. I don't want to be like well duh, of course the Dodgers are going to win.
Speaker 2:I think that ship has sailed pal. I think it was thinly veiled. Now it's not even veiled at all.
Speaker 1:Okay. So on my notes, here next to the NL, I have a question mark, okay, and it says I don't want to pick the Dodgers because of what happened last year. Yeah, you know, do I think the Dodgers are the best team? Of course, how could you not? I mean, how could you not think the Dodgers are the best team in the National League, right, right, still, I still think whoever wins the National League is going to win the World Series. Well, yeah, you know, because, again, this National League is a gauntlet. I mean, there are at least five teams in the National League that I think are better than the.
Speaker 2:Rangers. I mean, I agree with that too, but it might be one of those things where the NL is such a shooting gallery for everybody that they tucker themselves out and the AL walks away with it just out of a fluke man. You might be right, I mean youke, man, you might be right.
Speaker 1:I mean, you might be right, you might be right, but I mean I really think whoever wins the National League wins the whole thing. I'm going to do it, man, I'm going to do it. I'm going to pick the Mets. Are you going to do it? I'm going to pick the Mets. You are, I'm going to pick the Mets to win the National League. Okay, and that's really only because of my weird superstition. Yeah, it's interesting, man, it's really interesting. We've talked a lot. Obviously, you have said that you think this is going to be the greatest thing we've ever seen in baseball.
Speaker 1:There's a lot of reason to believe that. I mean, I don't think you're crazy for saying that. I mean, I think you're crazy most of the time, but not for saying that. You say a lot of shit on this podcast and I go good Lord, why did I? You know? Why do we turn his microphone on? Why don't I get to be the?
Speaker 1:one who gets to turn your microphone off. Yeah, superstition prevails. I pick the Mets to win the National League. Well, there you go, and I pick the Mets to win it all. Because again, I mean right here, it says World Series and my notes literally say whoever wins NL, yeah, and I believe, I really believe that, I really believe that If the Rangers win the American League and the Padres win the National League, I'm picking the Padres. Yeah, I really think whoever wins the National League wins the whole thing. I like the Rangers a lot. I like the Royals a lot. Like I said, man, I think the Royals do a lot this year to put themselves in that conversation.
Speaker 1:Excuse me, but I didn't pick the Dodgers last year and they won it all yeah I want the dodgers to win it all, so I'm not picking the dodgers, I'm picking the mets. I think the mets win the national league. I think the mets win the world series. That's my pick. It's weird, it's dumb, but I'm picking the mets. Who you picking to win it all? I'm?
Speaker 2:picking. Well, other than the dodgers I mean, that's my, is that what we're doing? Is that your pick? I mean seriously, oh, other than the.
Speaker 1:Dodgers.
Speaker 2:I mean, that's my is that what we're doing? Is that your pick? I mean seriously my pick is the Dodgers.
Speaker 1:You're picking the Dodgers to win it all.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah Makes a lot of sense man, I think we're going to get down to the Cubs and the Dodgers and the Dodgers is going to be one up on us. Oh my God, I think we're going to take this podcast is going to be really interesting. If that's what I think we're going to take, the Japan series and then we're going to come back at the end of the deal is the Dodgers are going to win the world series and that's not just ego, that I think, that's what's really going to happen. Yeah, I think that the Cubs are going to win in Japan and I'm going to talk a lot of shit about it. Yeah, and then come October, I'm going to have to eat a lot of crow.
Speaker 1:Well, I mean, a lot's going to happen between the first two games of the season in October. A lot, a lot's going to happen. Yeah, many a story being told Again, if we're being objective about it. Many a story being told Again, if we're being objective about it. I think there's this great conversation to have about the Dodgers and how good they're going to be.
Speaker 1:Look, if the Dodgers stay healthy, if the roster that the Dodgers have right now is any indication, we're looking at something you know. I mean, look, it's been like 25 years since somebody won it back-to-back. It's been a long time and now we've got this crazy thing where more teams get a shot, more teams think they can do it. The whole culture of baseball changed when we expanded the playoffs to the point that we have. I'm literally only not picking the Dodgers because it's a superstition thing and I want the Dodgers to win. But yeah, look, look, here's the thing. The Dodgers are really good. Dodgers have this great roster. They made themselves better. They win the World Series and made themselves better, which that look, that's why nobody's won it back-to-back in so long is because we've had all these situations where a team wins it. You want to hear a crazy stat?
Speaker 2:All right, you want to hear a really crazy stat.
Speaker 1:All right, okay, 2019. We get this crazy Cinderella story. The Nationals win a World Series. Okay, washington Nationals win the World Series. Okay, washington Nationals win the World Series in 2019. Would you like to know who's lost more baseball games than anybody else since the Nationals won it? Who, the Nationals? Wow, the Nationals have lost more, since they won the World Series in 2019, than anybody else.
Speaker 2:It's just hard to keep a team together and keep that fervor going and, uh, it's hard. It's hard. I mean it's professional sports is is a hard business and baseball is the hardest of all of them, absolutely.
Speaker 1:You know it's hard to win baseball games. It's hard to win a championship in baseball and it's hard to win back-to-back championships in anything. It's not harder in any sport than it is in baseball. Yeah, to repeat.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:But I mean we're looking at a situation where the Dodgers really could rattle off a few. You know Mm-hmm. I mean this is crazy, like this Dodger organization is just. I mean, look, they're playing with house money. Yeah, they're playing with house money. I don't think anybody, including us, can really wrap their heads around how much money shohei otani makes the dodgers.
Speaker 2:Yeah, oh yeah yeah, and here's the thing how are you going to bet against a guy who, emotionally, theoretically, can win them the whole season by himself? I mean, I'm not saying he can, I'm not being dead serious about that, but how?
Speaker 1:do you bet against ot? I mean, really, we could make this whole episode a conversation about the Dodgers we do it every week.
Speaker 1:Well, look, I'm being serious. I'm being serious. We're previewing the 2025 season. That's the whole point of this day. We've laid all this out. We could make this whole thing about a dodger dynasty. We really could, right, we really could. We try not to, because, again, that's my team. Um, obviously, that's who I want to win. You know, if the cubs can't win it, that's who you want to win. The whole thing we could. We could really be looking at a special thing with the Dodgers.
Speaker 1:I'm literally only not picking them out of superstition. I think, if you look at this objectively and you don't pick the Dodgers to win the 2025 World Series, what are you doing? What's your deal, man? What's your deal? I get it. I get it. A lot of people don't want that to happen. A lot of people don't want the Dodgers to win another one, and that's okay. That's okay. This Dodger team is really good, man. Yeah, it is. It's a really cool thing for me as a Dodger to look at this and go. We just won one in spectacular fashion and we went out and I mean like it's crazy. It's crazy, like, look at all this shit. The Dodgers did this offseason. I feel like I sound like a crazy person. Right now I feel like my tone of voice is different than it normally is. There's a little bit of evil still on your face. There's some evil on my face. There's some evil on my face, you're right. I'm going to take a deep breath.
Speaker 2:Got to let it out. Don't hold it. He's turning blue. We're going to have to finish this show all by myself. God, help us, man down the clown help us. Man down. The clown is down man down.
Speaker 1:All right. Yeah, I know I've said it, I know I've said it a lot the oh. I need to take another deep breath. God damn it, brian. Just vamp for the people.
Speaker 2:Well, it's going to be a great season and we're getting so close to it starting and there's so many possibilities this year, so many teams. It's going to be a fun, fun season. Again, I just want to say it's going to be the biggest one ever. Thank you.
Speaker 1:I needed that. Yes, the only reason I'm not picking my beloved Dodgers to win it all again is because I think if I do, they won't. This is a really really cool thing. Dodgers are going to be really good. A lot of teams are going to be really good. All right, let's move on. Okay, brian, who's going to win the American League? Most valuable, no, valuable, no, no, no. Let's not go there yet. Okay, who's gonna win the american league? Cy young I've got.
Speaker 2:You're gonna love this one. Oh, lord joe ryan from the twins write that down, folks but I've got a statistic. Why? Okay, tell me, 23.7% K to base on balls since the start of the 2023 season. Yeah, that's pretty damn good, that's good.
Speaker 1:No, look, Joe, I'm not taking anything away from Joe Ryan.
Speaker 2:That one got you.
Speaker 1:Oh God, Now I really need a deep breath. Brian Logan just picked Joe Ryan from the Twins to win the Cy Young. He's got as good a chance as anybody else, he does Shit.
Speaker 2:I mean, he's got that statistic and that's as good as anybody else has got, I think, garrett Crochet. Yeah, he might. That's my pick, that's my pick.
Speaker 1:It's a weird pick for me. Does Garrett Crochet pitch enough innings even to win the American League Cy Young? Who knows my pick to win the American League Cy Young is garrett crochet from the boston red sox. Okay, I think again. Look, look, man, look again. I'm trying to see all this at face value. I'm trying to look at this as objectively as possible. I looked at everything. I looked at the guys that I thought were going to make the biggest difference. As one guy, I really like Garrett Crochet. I think going out and trading for him was a big deal for this Red Sox club. I think that if there's health again, I'm assuming everybody stays healthy I'm looking at everything the same. Yeah, that's my pick. That's a good pick. I thought I was coming in here with the crazy fucking picks and you just it was good, right. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for listening. I have lost my damn mind.
Speaker 2:It's gone. I've blown his mind this week. Fans, I've blown his mind. Put it down on your notes, it's gone. Mind officially blown it's gone.
Speaker 1:It's gone. Brian. Who wins the National League Cy Young.
Speaker 2:The National Seat. I got Paul Skeens from the Pirates.
Speaker 1:Oh, that's a good pick. That's a really good pick. You're probably right, yeah.
Speaker 2:Finished third this past season, which is just stupid.
Speaker 1:He should have won it last year. Yeah, he should have won it last year. He's probably going to win it this year. He's definitely the best pitcher in all of major league baseball yeah um, I have.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna give you two names because I couldn't pick between the two. Okay, it's either gonna be yoshinobu yamamoto from the dod Right, or here's who I really want to pick. My pick to win the National League Cy Young Award is Shota Imanaga. Okay, of the Chicago Cubs. All right, that'd be excellent. I love that guy man. He's so cool.
Speaker 2:He's so awesome and he sings the song. I love it when he sings the song.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he's awesome, awesome and he sings the song. I love it when he sings the song. Yeah, he's awesome man, I love Shota Imanaga. He's so good for the Cubs, he's so so good for baseball. We're going to Tokyo, japan, and those are the two guys pitching against each other in game one. Yeah, and I think Yoshinobu Yamamoto is going to have a better game. Yeah, I really do. Look, here's the deal. I think game one of the Tokyo series, game one of the season. We see how good those two guys are. It's going to be an amazing game. No, I pick an Imanaga. Imanaga's my pick for the National League.
Speaker 2:That's a good one, I like it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right, brian. Who do you think wins the American League most valuable player.
Speaker 2:Oh, it's got to be Judge again.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, that's another one. I mean that's a hell of a pick. Like, look, how do you pick against the guy Right?
Speaker 2:He's going to have a great season. I don't know what the Yankees are going to do. I hope they don't do much.
Speaker 1:But he's gonna have one of those seasons where we're going like wow, yeah, wow. Wow, yeah, judge is a great pick man. Judge is an amazing pick. There's no reason to believe he's not going to win the MVP again, but I really I mean, I don't know man. I really like Bobby Witt Jr. I really like what he's done, I really like where he is and think he's man. I think bobby witt jr is going to take that next step. I think bobby witt jr wins the mvp in the aeo there you go.
Speaker 2:Well, he needs to take that extra step, like we were talking earlier. He needs to, he needs to bring it up just a little bit, because this is the season they're on the bubble, like we said. So, uh, yeah, I mean that's a good pick. I mean I can see that it's hard to go against.
Speaker 1:Judge, though it is no, like those are the two, I mean like it's one or the other, I think in the AL. Yeah, you know, yeah, yeah, I'm picking Bobby Witt Jr to win the AL MVP. Okay, alright, brian, of all the silly questions I've ever asked you, this may be the silliest question. Okay, who do you think's winning the National League most valuable player?
Speaker 2:oh, otani, because he is duh, I mean, and will be until he decides he doesn't want to be no more. Yeah, yeah, you're probably right. You know, the perennial champion.
Speaker 1:Yeah, look, as long as Shohei Otani is doing the things he's doing and showing up to the park every day and being that guy, I mean it's hard to imagine anybody wins the National League MVP other than Shohei Otani right, I mean it's a, it's a one and done, question and answer there.
Speaker 2:I mean it's he's dominant.
Speaker 1:If I made you pick somebody else other than Otani in the National League, could you even come up with somebody.
Speaker 2:I mean, I have to think about it. I mean, that's the thing, is that otani is just? I mean, yeah, it's hard to even think about like it really is because now I'm shuffling through like my rolodex of players and I'm thinking, yeah, that ain't gonna happen. You know, be great if tucker was but that ain't gonna happen. You, yeah, you know yeah.
Speaker 1:I don't know, can Tucker pitch too? Well, exactly, I got one for you. I got one for you.
Speaker 2:Okay, it's not going to happen.
Speaker 1:Okay, shohei's going to do it. Ellie De La Cruz from the Reds Okay.
Speaker 2:I could see Ellie.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I could see Ellie winning the MVP. All right, you know, all right. I could see a situation I mean like this is crazy. I could see a situation where Elie De La Cruz steals 100 bases. Wow, I mean, he stole like 67, 68.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah.
Speaker 1:Like I don't know man. Yeah, sure he's going to be the MVP. Duh, duh, duh.
Speaker 2:But see, that's again what makes that division, the National League, so good is you got somebody that can steal 100 bases and he's not the MVP, you know.
Speaker 1:Well, like, look at the last couple years, like, look at what we're doing with stolen bases in general. That's a stat that's gotten more and more important every year. But it's Shohei man, it's all about Shohei Otani. We're getting the full Shohei experience in the National League this year. Isn't that going to be great? It's going to be amazing. I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait. All right, that's it, all right.
Speaker 2:We did it we did it.
Speaker 1:We picked our picks. We did it. I feel like everybody's like.
Speaker 2:Rocking at home. Looking at me, they're scribbling with a marker Dodgers on the walls at home. It's all right, amazon's going to deliver that straitjacket today. You'll be okay, just hug yourself.
Speaker 1:All right, ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to do it right now. All right, just hang on, okay.
Speaker 2:Just bear with me. Okay, he's Googling fans. We've had a lot of fun today. It's great radio when he Googles.
Speaker 1:Amazon.
Speaker 2:See if you can get a straight jacket Straight.
Speaker 1:It's not even coming up. Straight jacket for adults. It's a real thing. Oh, no, no, oh, there it is, yeah you can get everything on there um how much do you think it would cost you to get a straight jacket on amazon?
Speaker 2:237 34 $237.34.
Speaker 1:This is Amazon. We're talking about $19.95. For $45.99. Okay, you can get a straight jacket.
Speaker 2:You too can dress like Dallas Danger.
Speaker 1:It's going to be so much fun. God. We're going to have a good year, man. We are. We're going to have a great season. We are, we're going to have a good year, man. We are, we're going to have a great season. We are, we're going to have a cool year. We're starting it all in Japan with the Cubs and the Dodgers yeah.
Speaker 2:That happens soon. I mean, have you figured out how you're going to deal with that disappointment of that first weekend? I wish you could see the look on his face when I say things like that, because you're the most non-shit-talking person I know.
Speaker 1:Well, like, look man, I ain't talking. No shit.
Speaker 2:In March there's no shit to be talked in March. Well, we're going to take that serious from y'all. Okay, great, yeah, okay, great. Now we may not do anything the rest of the season. We're going to take that series from y'all. Okay, great, yeah, okay, great. Now we may not do anything the rest of the season, but we're zoned in, keyed up and locked in.
Speaker 1:Brother, when does that start? Tuesday, Tuesday morning.
Speaker 2:The exhibitions start Tuesday.
Speaker 1:No, the actual games. Oh, I thought it was Thursday. I think it's Tuesday and Wednesday.
Speaker 2:Okay, well, it might be.
Speaker 1:I think it's Tuesday and Wednesday are the games? Okay?
Speaker 2:well, I can't wait.
Speaker 1:Yeah, the exhibition games. I know the Dodgers exhibition games are both on Saturday. Yeah, Like they play one at like 6 am on Saturday and then they play one at like 11 pm on Saturday and then they play one at like 11 pm on Saturday.
Speaker 2:Oh wow, Is it the same day for them?
Speaker 1:No, it's like a night game and then a day game or something crazy for them. No, I'm looking forward to it, man. It's going to be so cool. It's going to be awesome.
Speaker 2:We're going to have a great year.
Speaker 1:It's going to be an awesome year. It's going to be an awesome year. It's going to be awesome, thank you. I can't even get words out without feeling like I sound crazy.
Speaker 2:You look pretty crazy too. I like that pose. You're holding Another riveting radio. Close the show, god damn it. Well, folks, we're glad you enjoyed us. Be sure to take a look at everything we have here at 2GTV, and it's going to be an awesome year for baseball. What do you think of that? Joe Ryan, joe Ryan, man, joe Ryan is going to be the Cy Young winner.
Speaker 1:Hey everybody, thanks for listening. Thanks, as always to Prior Fag Radio for dealing with my crazy ass.
Speaker 2:Rex thinks you've lost it.
Speaker 1:I have lost it. Rex is correct.
Speaker 2:Yeah, rex is correct, he's ready for the season. Well, what?
Speaker 1:are we going to talk about next week pal? Oh shit, we're going to be talking about games.
Speaker 2:Games. We're going to have real games. We're going to have games that count. Yes, cool, it's going to be awesome. So tune in next week for that Very account.
Speaker 1:Yes, Cool, it's going to be awesome, so tune in next week for that Very cool. Thank you all, as always, for listening. Thank you to Power Flag Radio for putting up with our crazy nonsense.
Speaker 2:And that'll be all Alright, we'll see you at the ballpark. We'll see you next time.
