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7.18.24 Gwynn & Chris Hour 1: Padres need to keep pace
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IXL is used in 95 of the top 100 school districts in the U.S. Make an impact on your child's learning. Get IXL now. And listeners can get an exclusive 20% off IXL membership when they sign up today at IXL.com/audio. Visit IXL.com/audio to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price. Hey, what is happening, San Diego? And welcome into another edition of Gwen and Chris Thursday afternoon here in San Diego, California. I guess it's Thursday everywhere. Not Thursday afternoon everywhere. But that's for another discussion. What about Australia? Another day. It's Friday morning in Australia. If you happen to be listening to us in Sydney, welcome mate to the show today. Chrisello here, Tony Gwen Jr. is back in action. But traveling of course with the Padres, they're on their way to Cleveland right now. They don't get in there for another couple of hours. So unlikely we will be able to hook up with Mr. Gwen today. But on the other side of things, look what the cat dragged in after two days after two days of nothing but smooth operation of the show. That's what I heard by big Frank. Look out today. There could be a few mistimed buttons pushed as we get the return of Matthew Scravey. Happy and healthy once again. Oh, yes, thank you. Being sick. I'm a huge baby. Number one, I don't like it. Number two, I hate calling in sick to work because especially in this job, this job specifically because on a week like this, Chris needs all the help or not that Chris needs help, but it's nice to have the help during a week of four hour shows with nothing to talk about. So I felt extremely bad about that. And so that's why I was doing work from home, Chris. You did a great job from home and both Frank and I reasoned that maybe it's just better to keep you there. Hey, if you want me to work from home, I'll do it. Maybe just keep you at home where you seem to really shine. No, Frank did a great job. I want to thank big Frank Markazee. You want to thank Sam Levitt coming in for a couple of hours yesterday. You're right. These are a very slow four days in the sports world. And it's nice to have a full compliment of hosts, but I hope all of you enjoyed what we put forth here the last couple of days. I got good reviews. We actually had a lot of fun. So there was some good stuff. We'll have a lot of fun today on the final day of the all star break, Mandy Bell from MLB.com covers the best team in the American League. And I got to tell you something, if you would have sat down at the beginning of the season, and I gave you 10 choices as to who would have the best record in the American League of the all star break. I'm pretty sure you would have guessed Houston, Seattle, Texas, Baltimore, New York, Yankees, Boston, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Minnesota, right? You would have guessed all those teams before you'd have got to the Cleveland Guardians, but it is the guards who have the best record in the American League. They not only have the best record in the American League, Scrappy, but they have lost. Guess how many series at home this year? When you put me as they get ready to host the Padres this weekend. How many series this year do you think the Guardians have lost at home with a record of 58 and 37? I'm going to say one. How about zero? Wow. They have not lost a home series yet this year. The Padres will be efforting to change that starting tomorrow with Matt Waldron on the mound in Cleveland. We'll get a little bit more about the Guardians with Mandy Bell of MLB.com also today. This is something I actually look forward to during the all star break because a lot of people make pre-season picks. In fact, I think everybody at one time or another before the baseball season, you know, puts their picks. Who's going to win? Who's going to be the MVP? Who's going to do this? Who's going to do that? But then they never tell on themselves. They never revisit the picks so that we can see just how bad they were. Well, on this show, we do revisit the picks. That's a highlight for us. It is. And Scrabies got our pre-season picks. We're going to run through them and see just how bad they were as we hit the all star break. So that's coming up a little later in the three o'clock hour today. Daily Gambit, Chris versus the fans, big five, all the regular features. And then of course, at five o'clock tonight, we turn things over to the Padres round table. If you missed it earlier today, assimilating commercial free hour of Padres talk with myself and Ben and Woodsy and Annie and Elston, you know, we got into it. So wait, you got into it like there were some arguments? No, I don't think there was any arguments today, but we there's some slight argument. We know we got we just got into it. I mean, there's a lot to talk. There's a lot to unpack from the first half of the season. There's a lot to look forward to in the second half of the season. And you know, I think the big question is, you know, whether or not the Padres are going to get where they want to go. And you know, you look at it, Scrab, right now, realistically, I mean, a lot of things can happen. I mean, after all, the Dodgers could conceivably lose 14 games in a row and, you know, open up the NL West race again. But as of now, realistically, if you look at the standings in the national league, it looks like the Dodgers are going to get there. There's seven games up in the West. Milwaukee's lead has shrunk somewhat, but there's still four and a half up in the central Philadelphia is running away with the NL East. So you got to believe that those three teams are going to be in the playoffs. The Braves, despite all of their injuries, I mean, look, you take we've talked about this with the Padres, you take arguably the best pitcher in the league off the roster before the season starts, then you take the best player in the league off the roster once the season starts. And you know, you're not going to be as good. The Braves without Spencer Strider, without Ronald Akuna, but they still have a four game lead. So let's just for argument's sake, say that those four teams are all in pretty good shape. That leaves two spots remaining. And there are eight teams, eight within three games of those spots. I beg your pardon, within four games. Let me do my math right. The Cardinals are in the lead among that pack of eight teams. The Mets are just a half game behind them, but they're in the playoffs if they were to start today. But then you look at the six teams that are all chasing Arizona, Padres, pirates, Giants, Reds, and even Cubs are only four out of a wildcard spot. So, you know, look, in a simple percentage, the Padres have a two out of eight chance to make the playoffs, which is 25%. Fan graphs, which I don't really know how they arrive at these kinds of numbers. They have the Padres at 39%, right? Yeah, for whatever that's worth, for whatever that's worth. But the bottom line is, I'll be honest with you, you know, with you, Darvish, probably not coming back with Joe Musgrove, hurting until at least August. Kevin AC did tweet out some good news on Fernando today. Oh, I haven't seen that. I'm out of my element that yeah, he's, they tweet out some good news on Fernando today that he's, you know, ready to potentially get back to some baseball activities, et cetera. So, you know, hopefully he comes back in August, hopefully Bogart's, you know, is now healthy and stays that way. Manny and Arise are both playing, but they're playing through pain. So is pro far. You add all of that up together. You're asking for a whole lot of things to go right in order for the Padres to get one of those two spots. So I understand why elsewhere, you look at the race for the National League's final two wild card spots, and you might think the Padres are unlikely to get one. After all, the Mets have hit their stride, they're 25 and 11 since the middle of the beginning of June. Yeah, the Diamondbacks were in the world series last year. They've overcome a ton of things to get where they are. The Giants, you know, look, Blake Snell could be Blake Snell in the second half. Robbie Ray is a former saw young award winners yet to throw a pitch, but looks like he's ready to come back. That makes the Giants a whole lot more formidable. And when you include Logan Webb, I'll tell you a team that, by the way, Logan Webb, man, why do you have to give up the all star game like that for the National League? He just wanted to throw some ridiculous. He just wanted to throw some pieces. Did you hear what he said? He said that he maybe threw too many in the bullpen. And that's why he didn't hit a spot. I mean, he's getting the ball up anyway. Logan Webb is a ground ball pitcher, and he didn't get a hit of spots the other night. They touched him up pretty good. Here's the team that I think no one is talking about for the NL wild card. I think people are talking about the Cardinals, the Mets. They're in there right now. I think people are talking about the Diamondbacks, the Giants. We're certainly talking about the Padres, but who's talking about the Pirates? No one. The Pirates of one, four in a row, they are right at 500. They're only a half game behind the Padres. And when you talk about young, exciting pitching, the Pirates have it. Yes, they not only have skeens, they have another guy named Jared Jones, who would be in the rookie of the year discussion. If it wasn't for skeens, they also have Mitch Keller as a 10 game winner. The Pirates might be a team that you have to watch. And the, you know, the Reds still have all of these young guys. If they get healthy and the Cubs are still the Cubs. So I can see why people aren't thinking the Padres, but around here, I think we are all expecting the Padres to make it. And why? Because Mike Shelton said as much. He is expecting them to make it. He's told us this all year long. He loves his team. He likes where they are. He likes what they've done. And frankly, you know, with Manny having only two hot weeks, the whole first half and with Fernando and Bogart suffering injuries and Darvish and Musgrove going down, you know, the Padres 50 and 49 record isn't that shabby? No. I mean, if we said we're going to take all these guys away from you, you're not going to think you're 50 and 49. So, you know, it's going to be interesting the second half. And I look, I'm guilty of this as much as anybody. And I'm more guilty of it when Tony's not here because he will always pour water on this. What is it, Chris? This road trip is huge. It is. And he would disagree. Oh, I think we're in the second half now. Yeah, but I think he'd still disagree. We got 63 games left. I know. But Tony never thinks a game is important until like it's September 29. And it's, you know, two teams tied for the lead. I do appreciate that knowing that players do not panic. I know they don't, but we can. And here's the thing. This road trip goes to Cleveland. We already talked about that. They're the best, you know, record in the league. It also goes to Baltimore. They really are probably the best team in the American League, even though Cleveland has a slightly better record. So you're going to both those locales. And in between, you're facing the nationals who have been in a huge slump since they left here. But that series is going to be more about a lot more than just two teams playing three baseball games. There's no doubt the potters remember what happened. And the nationals remember what happened when they were here a few weeks ago. So those three games are going to, you know, have you on edge. That's nine games followed by two at home against the Dodgers. I don't want to say what if, but you're playing 11 games that I think are definitely going to be tough. You don't want to fall off the pack right now. You can't afford to fall. It's like the Tour de France. Oh, I like it. Right? We're in the second half. We're headed down the Pyrenees. We've got a big, what do you call it? A, a Peloton. Yes. Of eight riders. Oh, they're all grouped up. Gives me nightmares, actually. Those Peloton combatants, the Cardinals, the Mets, the D backs, the Padres, the Pirates, the Giants, the Giants, the Reds, the Cubs, they're all on the back. If you go to a nine in this difficult stretch, you could look up and the rest of the pack could leave you behind. That's why I'm, you know, I think you got to be worried about these games. The Padres are at less than full strength. They're not close to full strength yet. I mean, you know, Musgrove and Fernando are a few weeks off. Bogards is just getting back into it. Darvish isn't going to be here. The Padres have to find a way to stay afloat here over the next week and a half. And I'm, you know, I'm not concerned as the wrong word because the Padres have shown us all year that they seem to rise to the occasion against the better teams. And the example to that is, okay, Cleveland has not lost a series at home this year, but on the flip side, Colorado has won only one road series this year. I think they're one, 12 and two. Oh my gosh, the Rockies in road series, something like that. I might be off by one or two, but I know they've won only one, but we all know which one that was. Yes, it was here and it was a sweep. So, you know, would it shock anybody if the Padres go to Cleveland and take two out of three? Not me. That's what this team's been doing all year. We have to hope that they keep doing it. So I'm not, like I said, you're not concerned as the wrong word. I guess I'm aware of the situation. I'm aware of it. I think you should be. And yes, this is for people who don't think this is must win. It has to be. You fall, you fall behind now. You don't want to rely on the eight game win streak the Padres have to close out last year to get into the playoffs. Well, I want to keep pace right now. You've got to keep pace right now. And you're right. Here's the thing that Peloton is going to keep on pedaling. And some of those teams are going to fall off. They just are. They're going to play each other, the war of attrition. But two or three of those teams are going to keep going. You got to keep up with those teams, whichever ones they happen to be. Yeah. So this is a crucial 10 days or whatever coming up for the Friars. I think it's 11 11 days off day and Monday. How nice is that they get four days off, play three games off day Monday, then they get to close out their road trip. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in Washington next week, Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Baltimore, Washington, those are only separated by like an hour. And then they come home to take on the dog years. I always hate it when they do that thing where they're like, oh, these teams are, you know, they're traveling so far. No, the Baltimore Orioles are not traveling far to go see the Washington or go play the Washington. Washington and Baltimore are really close to each other. All right. We are underway for a Thursday. Scrabies back in the saddle. Thank you. I expect the wrong button to be pushed anytime now in one way or another. We've got a Mandy Bell. That's the wrong one. That's the wrong one. That's the wrong one. Mandy Bell, MLB.com. Whole bunch of other good stuff. The British Open or the open championships are underway. We'll give you a little update on how things went on day one overseas. I will tell you this. We may not have to worry about interviewing Rory McElroy after this tournament. Well, he did answer questions today. That was one of the time. Oh, really? He did today? Even after Rory's nightmarish round, he did answer questions. Yeah. Well, he knows that he messed up after the US Open. He's got to make a man's for that. Why do I not find that big of a deal? Even Charlie Hoffman was upset about it. No, he wasn't upset. He wasn't upset. He just said it was wrong for Rory to walk out on the media after the US Open. Now, the screech out may be a little bit too much. I don't think he planned that. We got a lot planned though for you. Stick around Gwyn and Chris underway. We all belong outside. 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And we're going to present you with situations you'll very often encounter on your buses. All right, Johnson. You pull your bus in. All right, discharge your passengers. Now, out of the rear view mirror, you notice this old woman running for the bus. Yeah, you want to start running, Mrs. Soaker? That's, let's see how Johnson handles this. You're pulling out much too fast, Johnson. Hold it. Hold it. Yeah, she gave up halfway up in the block that time. Yeah. You know, what you want to do is just kind of gradually ease out, you know, and you're kind of always holding out the hope they can catch up with a bus, you know what I mean? That is some of the legendary work of Bob Newhart, who just passed away earlier today at the age of 94. I want to scrape you to find a piece of that. Bob Newhart is not, I know he's not part of this particular, he's not part of Generation Z, as it were, a little bit more back, you know, going, he's even, you know, a little older than my generation. But Bob Newhart was about as funny of a man as there ever was on this planet. And that particular piece of comedy that Scravey played there is called the, called the bus driving school. And it's eight minutes long. And if you have eight minutes of free time today, please do yourself a favor and go to YouTube or wherever you need to go. YouTube, Bob Newhart bus driving school, bus driving school, it is, you will be rolling on the floor, you will be so happy that I told you to listen to it. Bob Newhart died today at the age of 94, one of the great comedians we've ever had. Yeah, he had two, two great television shows. Scravey, do you know anything about the Newhart show? I've definitely heard of it. Yeah, that one was the first one. And in that one, he was a psychiatrist, psychologist in Chicago. And his wife was played by a lady named Suzanne Plashette. And I'm telling you this for a reason. The second show was called Newhart, just Newhart. Okay. And in that one, he, I believe, ran a motel or an inn, a ski lodge type inn in Vermont. Okay. The reason I'm telling you this is because the end of Newhart is one of the great moments in comedy history. The final scene of the second show is his wife from the first show, Suzanne Plashette, waking up in the middle of the night, nudging Bob Newhart and saying, oh my God, I just had this dream that you ran an inn in Vermont. And he told the whole story of the second show. It was a great moment in comedy. Well, it was probably one of the first times it's ever done like that. Because now it's kind of a cop out if a new show ends with a dream. You're like, really? I just spent 12 episodes in this a dream. No, but that was probably really new. Yes. This was a, it was a dream. She said, you know, oh my God, you were, you owned this inn. And he looked around like, what are you talking about? It said, or maybe, maybe he said, I ran the inn and woke her up. I don't remember. We saw the chats has a good point for Gen Z years. Gen Z knows Bob Newhart as Will Ferrell's adoptive father in elf. Yes, that's right. Yes, he was. Thank you for bringing that up. Bob Newhart, 94, rest in peace to him. And to all of you, I wouldn't stop talking about sports to tell you this if it wasn't that funny. But the bus driving school, eight minutes of pure hilarity. I'm going to go listen to it myself later, because I really loved it. All right, back to it, Chrisello, Matt Scrabies over there, Tony is idle today. Padres and Cleveland tomorrow, the Guardians with the best record in the American League, and undefeated when it comes to series on their home field this year. No one has taken a series from them yet. Matt Waldron, we'll start the first game Dylan Cease. We'll start the second game. And Michael King, we'll start the third game for the priors, 310 for the pregame show tomorrow in game one of that series. Oh, we do have our far Friday guest for tomorrow. We have one. Yes, I was wondering, because we only have an hour show tomorrow. Yes, but I felt like we should check in with anyone on the team because I know it's tough when they get out of the all-star break. But I can't remember if it's Gillespie or Gillespie. Logan Gillespie. Yeah. Okay, so it is Gillespie. Yeah. Logan Glassby is going to be all right. Yes, the bullpen. He used to play. I believe he used to play out east. And so he has some experience. We'll have him on the show tomorrow. Good. The leader of the Open Championships is a guy by the name of Daniel Brown. Couldn't tell you, hide and hear about him. He sounds like he's English. He is. He's got the English flag right next to his name there. He's on top at 600 par. Shane Lowry. Oh, yeah, he's an Irish. The Irish, the Irishman, he won a couple of years ago, five under Justin Thomas back in the hunt. Where have you been? Been a long time since we've heard that name, he's three under. And then on down the line, a two under is, and he always there after the first round, our guy, Xander Shalfley. So he had a good first round. My guy, Brooks Kepka, who, by the way, will never win the British Open. He won't. That is when, you know, that was the beginning of yours and mine's argument about Brooks Kepka. Yeah. The day after he won like his fourth major, and you said, yeah, but he'll never win the British Open. And we said, why? And you said, because he hits the ball too high, and we called BS on that. All right. He's not going to win this tournament. All right. If you will, I will have to eat my words by as you will. Yes, you will. The weather. This is the thing with the Open Championship is because they have so much light. They have so many different tee times that they have one group going out in the morning and one group going out in the afternoon. And they play an entirely different set of circumstances. I remember Tiger years and years and years ago got caught in the bad weather of the morning round and he was out of the tournament in the first round. It can happen. Kepka's minus one Scotty Shuffler, who's the odds on favorite, came in at minus one. And then on down the line, you go Phil Nicholson, not bad today for Phil, plus two. Bryson DeChambeau, US Open Champ plus five. So he's well back as his Rory McElroy plus seven. And there's been some talk, especially coming the other day from Monty, Colin Montgomery, who's kind of a kind of a pill. He's he's he's he's he's a what do they call them a blow hard? He's a blow hard. He's a pill. He looks like Mrs. Delfire. Monty said that Tiger Woods ought to think about hanging him up. Days like this are not going to help Tiger's argument. Tiger shot eight over par. He's 14 shots off the lead already. So there's that. What did you what was your answer about Monty? Did you guys ever ask that question in the big five? We did. And I just thought Monty ought to shut up honestly. Tiger Woods, I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, he's he's earned the right to decide when and where he wants to step away from a game that he helped build practically by himself. His quote about it was funny. It was it was like it was badass. It was put Monty in his place. You know what? Whenever you win one of these, you'll get to choose whether or not you play. Yeah. No, Tiger was spot on in his rebuttal to Colin Montgomery there. All right. There's your open update. When we come back back to baseball, Mandy Bell, MLB.com, the guards. Let's find out about the best team in the American League next on Gwen and Chris. I rolling into it here today. A three hour show. Chris Elo, Matt Scravey, back from the infirmary. Tony Gwen Jr. traveling with the Padres to Cleveland. Believeland. Where they are. Pretty excited. I imagine about the Guardians who have the best record in the American League and will host the Padres beginning tomorrow in a three game series to that and Mandy Bell from MLB.com will join us shortly. Let's see. Yeah, it was interesting. Kevin A.C. tweeted out today that Fernando not only is, you know, looking like he's making some strides, etc. in terms of his health, but kind of, I don't know, it was kind of intimated that there was some thought when he first went down because I never really heard this. But it was kind of intimate when he first went down that he really may not come back this season. They were really worried about that. Yeah, that's kind of crazy. And, you know, it's looking like, you know, Fernando is going to make it back. Hopefully sometime in August. So, anyway, keep your fingers crossed there. I mean, if you're asking the Padres to make the playoffs without you, Darvish and Fernando the second half, it's going to be tough. It's going to be really tough. It's going to be tough enough without Darvish. And, you know, like we said, hopefully Musgrove will come along in August as well. One other quick baseball note for you, the Major League Baseball season for next year 2025. If you're wondering, we'll actually get underway in Tokyo. Once again, the Dodgers will be playing there in Asia. Thankfully, Chris, we don't have to wake up at three in the morning. It won't be against us this time, though. Thankfully, yeah, Dodgers will be playing the Cubs to kick off the 2025 season on March 18th. The rest of the 30 teams will all play on March 27th. That is opening day or next season. It's the earliest opening day ever. Padres are going to get the Braves. It looks like to open up next season. Get them out of the way. All right. Well, that's, you know, that's far off. But a lot of people like to know that stuff. All right. Joining us right now, MLB.com Cleveland Guardians writer Mandy Bell. Thanks so much for the time, Mandy. How are you today? I'm good. How are you? Very good. We appreciate this. I know you are enjoying a little bit of a break there. How excited are the people of Believeland? I mean, I look, it was a couple of years ago that Cleveland made a nice run. It ended a little early in the playoffs. But after last year, 10 games under, was anybody expecting this? No, truly no, no one at all. And it's, I think that's made it even more exciting for fans because the expectations were won low just because over the off season, this team didn't really do anything, sign anybody to make this roster tremendously different than what it was last year when they were 10 games under 500. And then there's question marks of having a first year manager take over for Terry Francona. So it was just, there was a lot of question marks and you didn't really have any reasons to believe that there was just going to be a complete 180. And so whatever that happened at the beginning of the season, everyone was like, oh, let's enjoy this hot start while it lasts. And now we're halfway through the year. And I don't think we can call it a hot start anymore. No way. So it's been, it's been pretty fun for guardian spans, it seems like. And I mean, you can see it just reflecting in the attendance this year, it's been up like crazy. So, I think that they're all thoroughly enjoying the talking to Mandy Bell of MLB.com about the Cleveland Guardians. And we were just talking about how the Dodgers are opening. I didn't hear the other team, Chris. I'm forgetting right now Cubs in Tokyo. Why isn't Cleveland? Why don't the guardians ever get any of these opening games across this, you know, elsewhere in the world is what I'm trying to say. Small markets, man. It's always That's true. That's true. But it just, it always just seems like it's there. They're never really in that mix. I mean, they had Puerto Rico 2018. I want to say it was now or 2017. No, 2018, it was it was an announcement, 17. So 2018 they played in Puerto Rico, which was awesome for that experience just because Francisco Lindor went back to his home country, obviously. And then hit a home run. The whole place went crazy. I mean, that stuff was awesome. But since then, no, it's been relatively quiet for them to go outside of Cleveland. Mandy, I want to ask you about a couple of, well, one former Padre for sure. And that's Josh Naylor. I mean, this guy, I don't know that he got enough of a chance here in San Diego. It felt like he was kind of blocked. I mean, they, they had signed Eric Cosmer. That never really worked out here. So Josh Naylor was moved along to Cleveland. And now this guy's turned into one of the better sluggers in the American League. 22 home runs, 70 RBIs. I'm saying that because I want to make the fans in San Diego realize how much we miss this guy. You know, I don't know that they were necessarily expecting all of that from him, though, in Cleveland. No, I don't think that was the expectation. I think they knew there was a lot of upside there, and they were hoping that they could tap into it, but they tried not to put many expectations on it. And I mean, I know from our perspective as writers and reporters, we weren't really sure if he would be able to blossom into what this was. And even last year, when he was unbelievable, it was more of a, okay, is that just a fluke year or is that going to be sustainable? And this year it shows that it's pretty sustainable. And it's hard to believe because it wasn't what he was as soon as he got to Cleveland. But he said he learned a lot last season because he started off the year pretty slow. Although the metrics, the underlying stuff all said that it seemed like he was going to turn a corner soon because all of his expected numbers were so much better than his actuals. But he doesn't really look too much into that stuff. He was just frustrated with how slow his start was. But he really said that he taught himself how to just stick to his plan, even whenever it's not going well. And then when you look up at the end of the year, you see the totality of everything and how he still had a successful season. So having that belief in the back of his mind is like, if he hit the rough patch of a week or two, to not let that snowball or make him press or try to change anything because he knows last year, he stuck with it and had an outstanding season. And I think that's really helped him this year stay level-headed. The other guy that the Padres fans, maybe not as many know about this guy being one Sepadre and now a guardian because there was a stop in between was Emmanuel Classe, the great closer. This guy was signed originally by the Padres, went to Texas in a trade that netted the Padres absolutely nothing. It was a player to be named later eventually went from Texas to Cleveland in a move that included Corey Kluber. But, you know, to say that the guardians wouldn't be there without Naylor, okay, maybe, but they certainly wouldn't be where they are without Classe. No, and to think that you trade that away for nothing, man, that's hard to swallow at this point because he's as good as it gets, really. And last year, he was still great and he led the majors in saves, did all of his usual stuff, but he had more blown saves last year too. And so it was hard for even him to really dissect what last year was and get an impression of it. He's like, I don't really know if it's successful, if it's not. And so he was in between and we're thinking, okay, where does he go from there? And, well, I guess revenge? I don't really know. I didn't know he had another gear, but he really found it so far this year. He's been outstanding. There's was no question that he would be getting the ball in the ninth in the all-star game because that's the man that you need to have because he's just been absolutely lights out and you hear every guy in the Guardian say it like as soon as they get to the ninth inning, they just know it's over. Talking to Mandy Bell of MLB.com right now on 97 through the fan. And I want to talk about the manager Stephen vote because number one earlier today I found out that he was my age crass, which makes me feel great about my level of life. And he's got a beard and he's got a beard like he does have a beard as well. I'm looking at a picture of him right now. He debuted in Major League Baseball in 2012 and then his last appearance was in 2022. And now he's a manager with the best record in the American League. How did that happen? I don't even know if he could give you an answer to that. It's really impressive. And I think because he just finished up his career and he's not too far removed from what it is being like as a player, he's able to relate to these guys, especially the youngest, I think they're still the youngest team in baseball. And I think we said that for like four or five straight years now, but they just stay young because they keep going up all these prospects. And so whenever you're that young, it's nice to have a guy in the room and not to say, not to this Terry Francona for being the old man of the group, but you now have Stephen vote here. And I think it's helpful for them to have someone who knows exactly what it's like to play in today's game and knows how to relate to every type of guy in the room because he'll say it. He'll say that he was the guy who was an all star. He was the guy who was DFA'd. He was the guy who didn't think he would make it to the majors. He was the backup. He was the utility guy. Like he says that he has all these different roles. So I think that is helpful for him whenever he's relating to these guys. And it just seemed like he was really just adamant. I don't know. He was just really pumped up this spring coming in to just try to get everyone pulling in the same direction. And he went above and beyond to try to get everyone to buy in from day one because he knew it was going to be tough. He knew it's a weird transition from a Hall of Fame manager to someone who literally has never managed ever and just finished his playing career. And I think he just got everyone to buy in. And they've all played like they did in 2022 where it just seemed like they were too young to know any different. And they're like, why not us? And they just had that same attitude all over again. Mandy, we appreciate it. You're doing a great job. I want to ask about a couple of more players here real quick. One is Jose Ramirez because he seems like he should be in every conversation that has had about the best players in baseball. And yet I don't hear his name ever come up around the country. I know in Cleveland, they know how good he is. The other guy I want to ask you about is the Major League's leading hitter. Because we have our own guy in Louisa rise here. He's been hurt a little bit not really carrying the big batting average at the moment. But Steven Kwan, 352. And now enough to qualify and leading the American League in hitting. Talk a little bit about those two guys. I know Kwan was excited to see a rise at the Ulster game to just tell him that he's his favorite baseball player because they're so similar. I mean, the approach there, it's just this old school type of worry about batting average type of guy. And you just don't see that anymore. But they're both excellent at it. And Kwan has really come out of his shell this year. We knew that this was sort of in there because of his unbelievable contact ability at the plate. Like his hand-eye coordination is unlike any person on the planet. And so the way that he's able to just grind through it bats and rarely ever strike out and constantly foul things off until he's able to get something to hit. It's not surprising that this is what's the result. But I think the most surprising part is that he's added a little more power this year. And he's already had his career high in homers before we even hit the all-star break. It gives up to eight now. So to have that mix in there but not sacrifice any of the batting average sacrifice, any of the swig and miss, the unbelievable chase rates, all that type of stuff. To be able to add power and not sacrifice anything has been really impressive to watch. So I mean, it really just doesn't get better for a lead-off guy than Kwan who can always get on base. But so for the AL, there was no question in my mind that he would be leading off for the all-star game. But for Jose, I mean, you ask anyone in the clubhouse and they all say the same thing too. It's just like, it's ridiculous how this guy is just flying so under the radar, not in Cleveland, but on a national scope. It just seems like guys don't understand and people fans. Everyone don't understand that he truly is one of the best players in the game just because it just doesn't seem like he has that same level of attention. And I kind of think he likes it honestly. And I think all of that goes into why he wanted to stay in Cleveland and get and figure out a way to make an extension work, even if it was for a cheaper rate than he probably would have gotten anywhere else. And he likes it. He likes to be that underdog type mentality. He likes the small market type of feel with Cleveland. He likes everything about it. So I don't think it's something that ever bothers him. He likes to be the person who shows up and just lets his talent and his actions on the field speak for himself. Yeah, Ramirez is awesome. Mandy, you're awesome. Again, thanks so much. I don't need to remind you or anybody in Cleveland that last year was the 75th year anniversary of Cleveland's last World Series Championship. And I know that in the back of their minds, they're hoping maybe year 76 would be the year. That would be some kind of party that Cleveland's never seen the likes of. That would be because not only has it just been so long and it's like the longest drought in baseball, but it's a year that no one would have expected this level of success. So if that would be able to happen this year, this town would go crazy. All right. Well, we appreciate the time, Mandy. Enjoy the weekend series with the Padres visiting. And we hope to see you again when you come back to San Diego next year. Thanks, Mandy. Yep. Thank you. Great stuff. Mandy Bell right on top of everything there for the Cleveland Guardians. She writes for MLB.com. Very good. You know, Jose Ramirez, really, it's laughable to me that this guy, nobody talks about him at all. And, you know, I mean, if you say top players in baseball, whose names come up? You know, Aaron Judge, right off the bat, Shohei, right off the bat, you know, a bunch of other guys. Ramirez has been in the All-Star game now for straight years. He's finished in the top 10 of the MVP balloting four years in a row. He's been in the top 10 in the MVP balloting in six of the last seven years, top 10. He's finished third, third, second, sixth, fourth, and tenth. I don't know how that doesn't make you one of the best players in baseball and like a future Hall of Famer. Yes. Nobody ever talks about Jose Ramirez. I think that's what he wants. She said, yeah, he doesn't mind that. He just floats right on through. He's already got 23 homers this year. He only hit 24 last year. His career high is 36. I would say he's on his, you know, well on his way to beating that. And he's well on his way to beating his RBI career high of 105. He's already at 77. And oh, by the way, he's stolen 18. Really? Yeah. He doesn't seem like a fast guy. He doesn't look like a fast guy. He doesn't look like a world class athlete. I'll say doesn't. And I think that's why he's dismissed so easily. And he shouldn't be because he's more like us than any of those other guys. 23 homers, 18 steals. You remember when he was almost a Padre when we were talking about moment of yeah. And then he signs like a 19 year extension with the Guardians. Well, you know, he needed some leverage. I don't know what we would have done with him. Well, yeah. We got a third baseman here and a short he could also play shortstop, but there's our short stop. That's all we need. All right, Jose Ramirez. He's also won four silver sluggers. This guy can play. We'll take a break. Good job, Mandy Bell. More going in Chris. Our number two kicks off with a daily gambit. I rolling into it here today, a three hour show. Chris Elo, Matt Scravey back from the infirmary. Tony Goode Jr. Traveling with the Padres to Cleveland. Believeland, where they are pretty excited, I imagine, about the Guardians who have the best record in the American League and will host the Padres beginning tomorrow in a three game series to that end. Mandy Bell from MLB.com will join us shortly. Let's see. Yeah, it was interesting. Kevin A.C. tweeted out today that Fernando not only is, you know, looking like he's making some strides, et cetera, in terms of his health, but kind of, I don't know, it was kind of intimated that there was some thought when he first went down, because I never really heard this, but it was kind of intimated when he first went down that he really may not come back this season. They were really worried about that. Yeah, that's kind of crazy. And, you know, it's looking like, you know, Fernando is going to make it back, hopefully sometime in August. So anyway, keep your fingers crossed there. I mean, if you're asking the Padres to make the playoffs without you, Darvish and Fernando the second half, it's going to be tough. It's going to be really tough. It's going to be tough enough without Darvish. And, you know, like we said, hopefully Musgrove will come along in August as well. One other quick baseball note for you, the Major League Baseball season for next year 2025. If you're wondering, we'll actually get underway in Tokyo. Once again, the Dodgers will be playing there in Asia. Thankfully, Chris, we don't have to wake up at three in the morning. It won't be against us this time, though. Thankfully, yeah, Dodgers will be playing the Cubs to kick off the 2025 season on March 18th. The rest of the 30 teams will all play on March 27th. That is opening day or next season. It's the earliest opening day ever. Padres are going to get the Braves. It looks like to open up next season. Get them out of the way. All right. Well, that's, you know, that's, that's far off, but a lot of people like to know that stuff. All right. Joining us right now, MLB.com, Cleveland Guardians, writer, Mandy Bell. Thanks so much for the time, Mandy. How are you today? I'm good. How are you? Very good. We appreciate this. Uh, know you are enjoying a little bit of a break there. How excited are the people of Believeland? I mean, I look, it was a couple of years ago that Cleveland made a nice run. It ended a little early in the playoffs, but after last year, 10 games under. Uh, was anybody expecting this? No, truly no, no one at all. And it's, I think that's made it even more exciting for, for fans because the expectations were one low just because over the off season, this team didn't really do anything fine. Anybody to make this roster tremendously different than what it was last year when they were 10 games under 500. And then there's question marks of having a first year manager takeover, um, for T for Terry Francona. So it was just, there was a lot of question marks and you didn't really have any reasons to believe that there was just going to be a complete 180. And so whatever that happened at the beginning of the season, everyone was like, Oh, let's enjoy this hot, hot start while it lasts. And now we're halfway through the year. And, uh, I don't think we can call it a hot start anymore. So it's been, it's been pretty fun for, for guardian spans, it seems like. And, and, I mean, you can see it just reflecting in the attendance this year, it's been up like crazy. So, um, I think that they're all thoroughly enjoying the talking to Mandy Bell of MLB.com about the Cleveland Guardians. And we were just talking about how the, uh, Dodgers are opening. I didn't hear the other team, Chris. I'm forgetting right now Cubs in Tokyo. Why isn't Cleveland? Why don't the guardians ever get any of these, uh, opening games across the, you know, elsewhere in the world is what I'm trying to say. Small markets, man. It's always like markets. That's true. That's true. But it just, it always just seems like it's there. They're never really in that mix. I mean, they had Puerto Rico, um, 2018, I want to say it was now or 2017. No, 2018, it was, it was an announcement, 17. So 2018, they played in Puerto Rico, which was awesome for that experience, just because Francisco Lindor went back to his home country, obviously, and then hit a home run. The whole place went crazy. I mean, that stuff was awesome. But since then, no, it's been relatively quiet for them to go outside of Cleveland. Uh, Mandy, I want to ask you about a couple of, uh, well, one former Padre for sure. And that's, uh, Josh Naylor. I mean, this guy, I don't know that he got enough of a chance here in San Diego. It felt like he was kind of blocked. I mean, they, they had signed Eric Cosmer that never really worked out here. Uh, so Josh Naylor was moved along to Cleveland. And now this guy's turned into one of the better sluggers in the American league. Uh, 22 home runs, 70 RBIs. I'm saying that because I want to make the fans in San Diego realize how much we missed this guy. Uh, you know, I don't know that they weren't necessarily expecting all of that from him though in Cleveland. No, I don't think that was the expectation. I think they knew there was a lot of upside there and they were hoping that they could tap into it, but they tried not to put many expectations on it. And I mean, I know from our perspective as writers and reporters, we weren't really sure if he would be able to blossom into what this was. And even last year when he was unbelievable, it was more of a, okay, is that just a fluke year or is that going to be sustainable? And this year it shows that it's pretty sustainable and it's hard to believe because that wasn't what he was as soon as he got to Cleveland. But, um, he said he learned a lot last season because he started off the year pretty slow. Although the metrics, the underlying stuff all said that it seemed like he was going to turn a corner soon because all of his expected numbers were so much better than his actuals. But, um, he doesn't, he doesn't really look too much into that stuff. He was just frustrated with how slow his start was. But he really said that he taught himself how to just stick to his plan even whenever it's not going well. And then when you look up at the end of the year, you see the totality of everything and how he still had a successful season. So that, having that belief in the back of his mind is like, if he hits a rough patch of a week or two, to not let that snowball or make him press or try to change anything because he knows last year, he stuck with it and had an outstanding season. And I think that's really helped him this year stay level-headed. The other guy that the Padres fans, maybe not as many know about this guy being once a Padre and now a guardian because there was a stop in between was Emmanuel Classe, the great closer. This guy was signed originally by the Padres, went to Texas in a trade that netted the Padres absolutely nothing. It was a player to be named later, eventually went from Texas to Cleveland in a move that included Corey Kluber. But, you know, to say that the guardians wouldn't be there without Naylor, okay, maybe, but they certainly wouldn't be where they are without Classe. No, and to think that you trade that away for nothing, man, that's hard to swallow at this point because he's as good as it gets, really. And last year, he was still great, and he led the majors in saves, did all of his usual stuff, but he had more blown saves last year too. And so it was hard for even him to really dissect what last year was and get an impression of it. He's like, I don't really know if it's successful, if it's not. And so he was in between and we're thinking, okay, where does he go from there? And, well, I guess revenge, I don't really know. I didn't know he had another gear, but he really found it so far this year. He's been outstanding. There was no question that he would be getting the ball in the ninth in the All-Star game because that's the man that you need to have, because he's just been absolutely lights out, and you hear every guy in the Guardians say it. Like, as soon as they get to the ninth inning, they just know it's over. Talking to Mandy Bell of MLB.com right now on 97 through the fan, I want to talk about the manager, Stephen Vote, because number one earlier today I found out that he was my age, Chris, which makes me feel great about my level of life. And he's got a beard like he does have a beard as well. I'm looking at a picture of him right now. He debuted in Major League Baseball in 2012, and then his last appearance was in 2022. And now he's a manager with the best record in the American League. How did that happen? I don't even know if he could give you an answer to that. It's really impressive. And I think because he just finished up his career, and he's not too far removed from what it is being like as a player, he's able to relate to these guys, especially the youngest, I think they're still the youngest team in baseball. And I think we've said that for like four or five straight years now, but they just stay young because they keep going up all these prospects. And so whenever you're that young, it's nice to have a guy in the room and not to say, not to this Terry Francona for being the old man of the group, but you now have Steven Vodier. And I think it's helpful for them to have someone who knows exactly what it's like to play in today's game and knows how to relate to every type of guy in the room, because he'll say it. He'll say that he was the guy who was an all star. He was the guy who was DFA'd. He was the guy who didn't think he would make it to the majors. He was the backup. He was the utility guy. Like he says that he has all these different roles. So I think that is helpful for him whenever he's relating to these guys. And it just seemed like he was really just adamant. I don't know. He was just really pumped up this spring coming in to just try to get everyone pulling in the same direction. And he went above and beyond to try to get everyone to buy in from day one, because he knew it was going to be tough. He knew it's a it's a weird transition from a Hall of Fame manager to someone who literally has never managed ever and just finished his playing career. And I think he just got everyone to buy in. And they've all played like they did in 2022, where it just seemed like they were too young to know any different. And they're like, why not us? And they just have that same attitude all over again. Mandy, we appreciate it. You're doing a great job. I want to ask you about a couple of more players here real quick. One is Jose Ramirez, because he seems like he should be in every conversation that has had about the best players in baseball. And yet I don't hear his name ever come up around the country. I know in Cleveland, they know how good he is. The other guy I want to ask you about is the major leagues leading hitter. Because we have our own guy and Louisa rise here. He's been hurt a little bit, not really carrying the big batting average at the moment. But Stephen Kwan, 352. And now enough to qualify and leading the American league in hitting. Talk a little bit about those two guys. I know Kwan was excited to see a rise at the All-Star game to just tell him that he's his favorite baseball player, because they're so similar. I mean, the approach there, it's just this old school type of worry about batting average type of guy. And you just don't see that anymore. But they're both excellent at it. And Kwan has really come out of his shell this year. We knew that this was sort of in there because of his unbelievable contact ability at the plate. His hand-eye coordination is unlike any person on the planet. And so the way that he's able to just grind through at bats and rarely ever strike out and constantly foul things off until he's able to get something to hit. It's not surprising that this is what's the result. But I think the most surprising part is that he's added a little more power this year. And he's already had his career high in homers before we even hit the All-Star break. It gives up to eight now. So to have that mix in there but not sacrifice any of the batting average, or sacrifice any of the swing and miss, the unbelievable chase rates, all that type of stuff. To be able to add power and not sacrifice anything has been really impressive to watch. So, I mean, it really just doesn't get better for a lead-off guy than Kwan who can always get on base. But so for the AL, there was no question in my mind that he would be leading off for the All-Star game. But for Jose, I mean, you ask anyone in the clubhouse and they all say the same thing too, which is like it's ridiculous how this guy is just flying so under the radar, not in Cleveland, but on a national scope. It just seems like guys don't understand and people fans. Everyone don't understand that he truly is one of the best players in the game just because it just doesn't seem like he has that same level of attention. And I kind of think he likes it honestly. And I think all of that goes into why he wanted to stay in Cleveland and figure out a way to make an extension work, even if it was for a cheaper rate than he probably would have gotten anywhere else. And he likes it. He likes to be that underdog type mentality. He likes the small market type of field with Cleveland. He likes everything about it. So I don't think it's something that ever bothers him. He likes to be the person who shows up and just lets his talent and his actions on the field speak for himself. Yeah, Ramirez is awesome. Mandy, you're awesome. Again, thanks so much. I don't need to remind you or anybody in Cleveland that last year was the 75th year anniversary of Cleveland's last World Series Championship. And I know that in the back of their minds, they're hoping maybe year 76 would be the year. That would be some kind of party that Cleveland's never seen the likes of. That would be because not only has it just been so long and it's like it's the longest route in baseball, but it's a year that no one would have expected this level of success. So if that would be able to happen this year, this town would go crazy. All right. Well, we appreciate the time, Mandy. Enjoy the weekend series with the Padres visiting. And we hope to see you again when you come back to San Diego next year. Thanks, Mandy. Yep. Thank you. Great stuff. Mandy Bell right on top of everything there for the Cleveland Guardians. She writes for MLB.com. Very good. You know, Jose Ramirez, really, it's laughable to me that this guy, nobody talks about him at all. And you know, I mean, if you say top players in baseball, whose names come up? You know, Aaron Judge right off the bat, Shohei right off the bat, you know, a bunch of other guys. Ramirez has been in the all-star game now for straight years. He's finished in the top 10 of the MVP balloting four years in a row. He's been in the top 10 in the MVP balloting in six of the last seven years. Top 10. He's finished third, third, second, sixth, fourth, and tenth. I don't know how that doesn't make you one of the best players in baseball and like a future Hall of Famer. Yes, but nobody ever talks about Jose Ramirez. I think that's what he wants. And that's what he said. Yeah, he doesn't mind that. He just, he just floats right on through. He's already got 23 homers this year. He only had 24 last year. His career high is 36. I would say he's on his, you know, well on his way to beating that. And he's well on his way to beating his RBI career high of 105. So he's already at 77. And oh, by the way, he's stolen 18. Really? Yeah, he doesn't seem like a fast guy. He doesn't look like a fast guy. He doesn't look like a world-class athlete. I'll say doesn't. And I think that's why he's dismissed so easily. And he shouldn't be because he's more like us than any of those other guys. 23 homers, 18 steals. You remember when he was almost a Padre when we were talking about moment of yeah, and then he signs like a 19 year extension with the guard. Well, you know, he needed some leverage. I don't know what we would have done with him. Well, yeah, we got a third baseman here and a short play shortstop, but there's our short stop. That's all we need. All right, Jose Ramirez. He's also went four silver sluggers. This guy can play. We'll take a break. Good job, Mandy Bell. More going in Chris. Our number two kicks off for the daily cancer. Is your child struggling with a specific subject or need help with homework? Are they asking questions that you're not sure you can fully answer? IXL Learning is an online learning program for kids. It covers math, language arts, science, and social studies. IXL is designed. This program will improve your kid's grades. Studies done in almost every state in the country. The kids who had IXL are consistently doing better powered by advanced algorithms. 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