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7.15.24 Gwynn & Chris Hour 2: Most/least surprising teams in baseball
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But the outdoors is closer than we realize. With all trails, you can discover trails nearby and explore confidently. With offline maps and on trail navigation, download the free app today and make the most of your summer with all trails. All right, welcome back. Hour number two of Gwen and Chris on well, easily the one of the top three most boring sports days of the year. Thank you for staying top three now. You're welcome. I put this one up for the most boring one, but you seem to think one's their Thursday will make it be even tougher. Thursday might be the toughest. I really, you know, if you're the commissioner of the WNBA, you know, really in your halfway doing your job, I mean, you have Caitlyn Clark versus Angel Reese tonight, like at six o'clock on, you know, ABC. I mean, it would be the one big event that everyone would want to watch. We want to watch it anyway. I don't know. But why not play it tonight? There's not a single WNBA game on a night when there's no baseball, no past, no nothing. I think that tells us everything we need to know about how many people watch the home on Derby. You just don't even want to compete with it. And I know you think that many people don't watch it, but I guarantee you more people would watch the home run Derby because it's the only thing that he's even on tonight. That's why I just if you gave us another choice to watch, say a real competition between two really good intriguing WNBA teams and players, we would watch, but they're not even putting it on. I think it's a mistake. The home run Derby is a bore. I don't know why you like it unless, like I said before, you're a big fan of fireworks because fireworks are the same as they were last year. We, uh, nothing different. Nothing new happens yet. We go crazy for fireworks. Like we've never seen them before. I know you are in the right place with this analogy, but that tell that that should also tell you everything you need to know. People just love these things. And there's maybe in your head, no explanation for it. And everybody's going to watch it. Well, everybody enjoy the home run Derby. We'll talk about it. We'll give you the odds here in our daily gambit. I did want to add one thing to our visit with Kirk Kenny. There is news out of the Mountain West conference football today. Veteran coach Jeff Tedford. Oh, yeah, stepped down at Fresno State because of health issues. He's 62 years old. Uh, there's really no discussion as to what the health issues are. Uh, because of those, though, he did not coach in the team's bowl game last December. He was hoping to come back this year. He was present at the Mountain West media days last week in Las Vegas. Said his health was okay. Apparently that is not the case. So Tedford is out. Tim Skipper. That's right. Tim Skipper. Nice name will be the new as he was born to be interim coach. He'll be the new interim skipper for Fresno State football, although he chose the wrong sport. Yes, he should have gone into baseball. Tim Skipper leads Fresno State, Kirk Kenny pointing out in a text exchange that with Tedford stepping out and Skipper stepping in at a 12 teams in the Mountain West conference. Eight of them have new coaches this year. That's a lot. And all of that along with all the transferring and the portals and the this that and the new starters on every, I, the conference has got to be just up for grabs. There's a no way you could confidently predict who's going to come out on top. Or easy state because of their bluegrass because of the bluegrass. That's it. To win it. The Aztecs were, Aztecs, by the way, were picked eighth. Yes, I know. And I couldn't ask Kirk Kenny about any of the Aztecs pre-season all conference players because they didn't have any. The Aztecs did not get a single player on the pre-season all conference squad. No one. That's not a good omen, but they can easily prove that wrong. Yeah, because these guys are transfers. Who knows how good a lot of them are. Hey, Nima on the chat says, if a Padre was in it, Chris would feel different. Well, it's a home run derby. Home run derby. I don't think you would. I really would tune in for Fernando. I wouldn't. I haven't tuned into him before. I don't remember the last time Padre was in it. I can't either, but I don't watch the home run derby. The only way I watch it is that I'm going to be sitting here tonight doing the show with you until six o'clock and at five o'clock it's going to come on the TV. So, you know, glance up and see it, but you're going to lose me for an hour. Great. No, just kidding. How is that going to be different than the other? Oh, hey, oh, there is a different rule set to this one, Chris. So the first round is nothing to me because I couldn't tell you the rules before. Well, it was a little weird where you do the four minutes thing and but now they have a maximum number of swings and they also have the first round is not seated. Like after the first round, they seat everyone. So. Awesome. Awesome. Can't wait. Oh, Brandon said the last time. Will Myers probably was in it in 2016. Will Myers made the home run. Yeah, I remember what it was here. Pekko. No wonder I stopped watching it. Oh, come on. Will Myers, I think almost maybe you want to add on. I don't remember. I don't remember. I shouldn't have said that. Shouldn't have said that. Was he in the he was in the home run derby in 2016? Yeah, I think Jean Carlos. Will Myers. I don't think he. Will Myers wanted to never mind because he was the Padre's representative. Yeah. Will Myers didn't make it out of the first round. Oh, Adam Duvall beat him by one home run. But Jean Carlos Stanton put on a show. He had 24 home runs in the first round, 17 in the second and then 20 in the third. Awesome. You know what? I can remember it. Not at all. Not at all. You should get your head checked because that was only eight years ago. All right. Home run derby odds and other things. There's just nothing. There's no games to predict tonight. There's no games to bet on tonight. So we're just going to have to make do with our daily gambit one way or another. Like money. I think about money. Do you like money without doing anything? Uh, that winning. Do you want to make money while watching sports? I think Washington is immortal luck. Washington. If you answer yes, this is your segment. Just don't blame us when you lose. Nothing is ever your fault. It's okay. Take it. Gwen and Chris go through the top bets of the day in the daily gambit on 97 3 the fan. Daily Gambit's our daily sports betting segment here on Gwen and Chris. Please, everybody gamble responsibly. Now has Aaron judge ever done the home run derby before? Nobody asked me. I don't know. Nor do I. I don't remember these things, but I don't remember if he's ever done the. Uh, I don't know if he's ever done it, but you know, if we're talking about the slam dunk competition being something that has fallen away, yes, then baseball needs to get guys like Aaron judge Juan Soto guys that are hitting 40 home runs in the first half, but they can't make them do it. Pay him. He's got the money baseball. Give him 100 grand. I think they'll go play for 100 grand or these guys don't want to do it. I know it really kind of annoys me in that regard that some of the biggest names that are just like, yeah, I don't really care. It's all good. All right. Last week's bets. The Phoenix Mercury were two and a half point favorites on Friday over the Indiana fever. We both chose the fever and the fever one by nine 95 86. What are you talking about on Friday? Oh, sorry. Yeah. She's Kaitlyn Clark over under 18 and a half points. We both went over. We were both correct. She had 20 points. She had 20 points and 13 assists. So she's having some big games all of a sudden Angel Reese's double double streak got snapped, by the way, over the weekend. And I didn't know I don't know if you saw this, but she had eight points. Angel Reese did. She needed, you know, one more basket. Uh huh. And on the final possession, they passed it into her and the New York Liberty surrounded her with four defenders and would not let her get a shot off. Really? And I think some people were really upset about that. Here's my thinking. It meant everything in the world to Angel Reese to keep that streak alive. Yeah. She did everything and then some to keep the streak going. So it's only fair that somebody else did everything and then some to try to stop it. And they did. Yeah. She couldn't get the last shot off. I was reading about a lot of staff players. Staff padding over, uh, over the weekend. They were saying, because you guys were saying it too. Like she was just rebounding, tipping in her on rebounds or tipping her on. Well, look, you know, that's, uh, that's risky. It is risky. That's risky. All right. Next one would be the aces and the dream on Friday. The aces were 14 and a half point favorites. And guess what? You picked Atlanta, the dream. I picked the aces. Aces won by 14 84 to 70. So they did not cover the spread. That's right. I win by the hook. Now, Pailini and, uh, Crenchakova, I think your name is Crenchakova. Crenchakova. Crenchakova. Wow. I was way different than what I thought it was. Crenchakova. It was over under 22 and a half games. I'm just counting up now, eight, eight, 26. 26 gives. So we both are, I went under you. You were correct in that one. And, uh, Crenchakova, the 31st seed, one Wimbledon beat my pal Pailini in the final. Are you okay? I, you know, survived it. All right. But I, you know, I like, I like Pailini. She's been to the final of the French Open and Wimbledon young player from Italy, but lost both finals, unfortunately. Uh, the Jocovitch and Alcaraz, they had their final and Alcaraz was favored in this one by two and a half. We both picked the Joker to win. It didn't matter, though, because it was a dumb pick because the Joker, I think, you know, the, the knee surgery finally caught up with him. I mean, when you play, he played a really good player. That's right. That's what I'm saying. When you play somebody like Alcaraz, you got to have everything working. And I don't think the Joker had it all working. So Alcaraz, one, six, two, six, two, seven, six, six, two, uh, seven, six is more like it. I don't recall ever seeing Jocovitch lose six, two, six, two, like ever. Like, really? No, not two sets in a role like that. That was, uh, pretty weird. That is pretty weird. Yeah. I mean, he, I should have paid attention to the knee surgery too, but I didn't. So I bet on the Joker to finish it and had him saying have a good night, but it didn't work. Did not work for him. All right. The Copa America final Argentina point five goal favorite over Columbia. We both chose Argentina and we both won Chris. It was one. No one. No. Spain and England surprising final score for a soccer match, isn't it? One. No. I think one for a, for a final. Yeah, that's a little surprising. I think that's surprising. I think so. Don't find it to be surprising for a final score. Okay. Now the other one was the, uh, Euro. Is it the Euro Cup? Is that what I'm saying? Uh, Copa America. No, no, we just did Copa America. Oh, that was Copa America. Yeah, the Euro Cup final between Spain and Jolly Old England. Yes. And you took, uh, England. I took Spain. Spain ended up, they were five, a point five goal favorites over England and they won two to one. So I would, Spain won in the late going there. Yes. The 80 something minute. All right. That's it for last week. We both went four and three in Friday's picks, but I will point out for the week last week, 16 and eight for me. Mm. 12 and 12 for you. I'll take 500 every day of the week. You got it. That's good. All right. Let's talk about my favorite event of today, the Home Run Derby. He'll like how I limit it. All right, then I've got, then I've got four, four bets we could make. Oh gosh. Yeah. I came up. I don't want to do, came up with it. I don't want to do too bad Australian cricket bets. Come come back, come up with it. I came up with it. Sorry. You're gonna have to do it. Home Run Derby 2024 winner. Favorite Piedolonzo plus 320, Marcello Zuna plus 425, Gunnar Henderson plus 425 Bobby with junior plus 425. I can't ever remember if this guy's name is Adelis or Adolas. But I'll say at Elise, at Elise Garcia plus 600 Taosger Hernandez plus 1100 Jose Ramirez plus 1400 and Alec Boehm plus 1800. Now Alec Boehm is the longest shot on the board. He has the least amount of home runs on the board with 11, which I did think Alec Boehm was kind of a strange thing, but I'll give him credit. He's actually doing it. Yeah. I mean, they just got to find eight guys that'll want to do it. I don't think like even though Gunnar Henderson is a really good hitter and he's had a ton of home runs. I think he's too, he's too small. Like, I don't know that he can just keep mashing home runs forever and ever and ever. Same with Bobby who would you keep saying the same answer to every one of your questions about the home run derby, but I just simply don't care. Okay. Bobby with Junior. Same thing. Not sure that he's going to hit a bunch of home runs. I think he's going to hit home runs a bunch of them. I don't know. I'm going to have to go with Garcia at Elise Garcia as being the winner. It's his home park at Elise Garcia. He's got to put it on a show. I'm going to go with him at plus 600. I think those odds are pretty good. Six to one odds. Yeah. I could for you. I'll let you bet for the bolt of us. All right. I'm going to have you pick Alabom at plus 1800. No, I'm going to have you pick one of your favorite guys ever. Marcelo Zuna. What are you giving me him for? Because you said I could pick for you. I don't like Marcelo Zuna. All right. You're going with Piedolonzo. You're taking the. No, I said no, no, no, no, no. No, I'm going with you. Oh, you're going with me. Yeah. You said out at least Garcia and I said you can. That's my pick too. Okay. For me is what I meant. I'll take what you're picking. Yes. That was okay. Misunderstood by me. But there you go. There are the odds for that. The Homer and Derby, which starts to find. It won't be talking about it. Awesome. I better go to break. Wait, I thought your bets. I do, but we're out of time. So they're not that important. Okay. Do you really want? Do you really want. Champions League soccer qualifying tomorrow? No, between H J K Helsinki. No, and F K. Panzevias. Sorry. No, that's all I got. Okay. So we're going to take a day off, give our pocketbooks a rest. More going in Chris after traffic. I do it while making coffee. I do it in the car. I do it when the kids are asleep. What are they all doing? Using Derma Clara's 100% medical grade silicone patches. Safe, natural, and effective. These patches start showing results in just 20 minutes per use. Jessica saw her fine line spade in a week and Megan's stretch marks disappeared within a month. Derma Clara patches are reusable and easy to use. They deliver visible improvements in 30 days with just one ingredient. Visit dermaclair.com today and transform your skin anytime, anywhere. Is your child struggling with a specific subject or need help with homework? 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And there's some really good players on this list. Like there was a bunch of guys that are quote really good that were awful the first half of the season. That's coming up. Also, Scrabie and I give you our three biggest surprise teams and biggest disappointments in the first half of the season. A couple of all-star notes for you. Corbin Burns. Name the starting pitcher for the American League. I'm so happy that someone deserving is starting for one of the two teams. All right. You and your hatred of Paul Skins. I don't hate Paul Skins. I just think the hype is unreal. After the picking of Paul Skins, which people are looking forward to, the American League decided to go decidedly boring and yawn with Corbin Burns. Like nobody cares about Corbin Burns starting this game. Everybody wants to tune in and watch Paul Skins. Say it. Why? Why are you saying the words of the people's mouth? They don't like the home road Derby. Yes, they do. I have not met one person that is like, I will be in front of my TV for Paul Skins and Paul Skins only. I don't know anybody like that. You know me? If you're tuning in for Paul Skins, you're one of the sheep out there that's falling for the I haven't seen him pitch yet. Well, that's your fault. He's pitched 11 times this year. This is my first time to watch him tomorrow night. Looking forward to it. I don't hate Paul Skins. I just think the hype is unreal. Should he have been an all star? Yes. He should have been an all star. Should he get all of the fanfare that he's getting? No, he should not be. Not his fault that he's getting it. And baseball needs somebody to latch on to right about now. By the way, some additions to the all star team. If you missed it, Kyle Finnegan, named to the National League roster, he replaces Ryan Helzley of the Cardinals. Do I have an M? I don't know. It doesn't want to be in it, I guess. I don't know what everybody everybody's got an issue one way or the other. Christopher Sanchez, Philly's got on Hunter Green since an ad he got in. To ask her, Hernandez is moving into the starting lineup to replace Fernando on the American side. Andres Munoz, former Padre got added, Anthony Santander, got added Jordan Westbrook, Willie Castro, the twins, and the final addition to the American League all star roster. Cory's. Really? He's going to make it. He can win the MVP of the all star game tomorrow. Rob Manfred could reprise his interview down at Globe Life Field with Cory Siegel. I absolutely needed a Cory Siegel. You would live for that. Oh yeah, if that happened, that is much that must watch. That would make the whole all star game right? Yes, it would. Absolutely 100% agree. All right. You know what I haven't seen yet for the game, starting lineups. Normally the Monday they've been out for like eight hours. They have? Yes. Like the batting order? Yeah. Oh, I missed it. I missed it. Where is a profile batting? Ninth. What? I believe he's ninth. Get out of here. I'm not kidding. They put him last. I guess. Who did this? Who did this? He says. Oh, our guy from the Diamondbacks did this. Tori Lavello. Tori. I'm looking at the lineups. You're killing me. Okay. Here they are for the National League is batting last. Could tell Marta. Come on. Putting a diamond back up front. That's why. Could tell Marta is batting first. Oh, Toni second. Trade Turner third. Bryce Harper fourth. William Contreras fourth or fifth. I mean, Christian Yolch six, Alec Baum seventh, Tausker Hernandez, eighth. Jerricks and Profar is ninth. And then on the A. L side. Kwan, Henderson, Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Yordon Alvarez, Jose Ramirez, Vladimir Greer Jr, Adley Ruchman and Marcus Simeon. I'm beside myself and anger right now. Why? The next time the Diamondbacks come to town, I am booing the living crap out of my man, Tori Lavello. Jerricks and Profar is having like the MVP season in the National League. Deserves a whole lot better than batting ninth. Isn't a ninth a good spot for him? No, why not? Means they consider him to be the worst, most deserving member of that team. They would like for him to drive in the runs at the end of the lineup, Chris. Oh, listen to you. They need Mr. You think you know baseball. It's seven eight nine. Is the worst spot you can be. You're the worst hitter on the team. That's what they're saying. Yeah, Jacob is right. I mean, someone has to bat ninth, Chris. Well, why Jerricks and Profar bat your own guy ninth. Could tell Marte stinks. Didn't you just say he was good last week? It's all right. Not I mean better. You know, than jerks and profile. I'm more offended that Tausker Hernandez is starting over Jackson Merrill, because Jackson Merrill is an actual center fielder. Okay. Could tell Marte has been on fire as of late. He's hit more home around. So jerks and oh, good. It's break time. Well, already looking forward to that. The show is like going so fast and looking forward to that more baseball when we come back, including the all no star team for the first half of the season stick around. You can say a lot of things about me. Scrape, but I get the beat. You what? I get the beat. Are you a musician? No, but I still get the beat. I definitely do not. If you love Mediterranean food, Trisperos, authentic Mediterranean cuisine, the best in Coronado, La Jolla, also at Petco Park for dining takeout options, visit spiro's cuisine.com Chris, Elo Matt Scrabby, working our way through and off day in not just pottery baseball, but pretty much an off day in all the sports. The home run Derby does start in 90 minutes for those that are that excited about me, me, me, well, enjoy the fireworks that come with it in Texas tonight. Coming up in this segment, Scrabby is going to play a little baseball music. I don't know what you've got. We got to go traffic first. I'm just going to tell everybody what's coming up after traffic. We're going to take a look at the no star team for Major League Baseball. I am shocked at some of the names that were that bad in the first half of this season. Here are some big names. Some really big names were really, really bad. But first, let's check traffic. This is, you know, baseball music I got. That's what you got. Oh, I guess I could go. I think Braden may have something else that's better. I mean, honestly, with all due respect to that organist, whoever you recorded that from, I didn't record. They just put the entire stands to sleep with that. Why? What are you talking about? This is what we get all the time. That's so it. You know what? Yesterday I was at the game. Yeah. People are still into the seventh inning stretch. Yeah. Very into it. Be happy you were with this music. All right. That charges things up a little bit. Okay. All right. Here's my all no star team for Major League Baseball. First half of the season. These guys, I really can't believe how bad they are. And it gets worse when we get to the outfield. But I'm gonna start at first base. Joey Manessis, Washington Nationals, actually not even with them anymore. What? Then sent to the minor leagues. Oh, I thought you meant they like released them. Three. Well, they kind of have three home runs, three home runs. He's a major league starting first baseman. 231 average, 593 OPS, the third lowest in baseball. Joey Manessis. And second base, former batting champion, Jeff McNeil. Oh, yeah. Good. The dirt bag from Long Beach State. Now with the Mets, everybody stops for a second. Did you just say it? Oh, okay. Long Beach State. Right. Jeff McNeil, former batting champ. Yeah. Hit 216, the first half of this season, with only 24 RBIs of 591 OPS. Yeah, things did not go right. Really bad. Short stop. I got two guys here. But the bigger name of the guys that was horrible in the first half, Boba Shett. Oh, yeah. Last year's batting champ. This year, four home runs, 222 batting average for Boba Shett. That's not it. I mean, he wasn't just bad for like a little thing. He was bad the entire first half all the way through. The only guy worse than him was Atlanta Brave shortstop Orlando Arcea, who's 577 OPS is the lowest in all of baseball. But Bachets right there. In fact, I probably would just go with Bachet because he's a bigger name Yeah. I mean, they've been, they've been hyping him ever since last year. It did not work out for him this year. Hopefully you can do something. And everybody's talking about why we got a trade for Boba Shett. What for? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Toronto's out of it. So we got a trade for Boba Shett. Get Boba Shett. Get please Boba Shett. Yeah. Who wants Boba Shett hitting 222? I'm not sure either. With four home runs. Not sure either. Third base, Asvaldo Cabrera, the Yankees. Always fun to get a Yankee in here. Cabrera lost his job for a time after five home runs and a 238 first half. Justin Turner is also on that list. Although he played more first base, Justin Turner, five home runs 231. I mean, Boba, what is he being brought in for though? Well, he was being brought in to be somewhat of a semblance of what it used to be. And that didn't happen for the Toronto Blue Jays. The outfield is especially star studded. Yeah, they're on the no star team. Bad this year. Let's start with the left fielder on the no star team. How about Randy Orosa Reyna? That's a good one. I had him in mind. 202. Does have 12 home runs, but only 31 RBIs. I mean, Orosa Reyna was basically heading for stardom if he wasn't already there. Yeah. And he's just barely over the 200 mark. Center fielder. This guy is like supposed to be the best player in all of baseball. Instead, he's Julio Rodriguez, 10 home runs, only 35 RBIs, 267 average. By the way, he seemed to get most of that last week and I was just about to say did he play the Padres the entire season because of so he isn't all stuff. Yeah, because he got most of that here. He's got only a 318 on base percentage and mix in 110 strikeouts. The right fielder might be the worst of all. Give me a no star team. Because this guy, I wouldn't be surprised if you looked at some preseason publications that had him as NL MVP. And he's not only not the MVP, he might be the LVP, the least valuable player in baseball in the national league. Five home runs, two of which he hit the other night. He only had three home runs till then, two 12 batting average, the third lowest OPS for all outfielders in baseball. We're talking about Corbin Carroll. Really an awful first half for him. Five home runs. Yeah, but two of them as I said were the other night. My catcher, I didn't have a great catcher. So I thought I'd go with Cal Raleigh, Seattle. He's got 20 homers. Seems like you wouldn't put him on a no star team, but he only has like 20 other hits. He's hitting 216 with 118 Ks and a 299 on base. And one of those home runs was a deep shot. Sorry, two of them in one game. Yo, he had two Padres last week. I guess I put out one of those home runs of my mind. Starting pitchers. You want the right ear, the lefty. Let's go because I'm a righty. Let's go right. Righty Pablo Lopez, Minnesota twins. He's got eight wins, but a horrifying 5.11 ERA, one of the worst in baseball among pitchers who qualify. 18 home runs. He's allowed fifth most left hander. And I only didn't pick Blake Snell because he's had so many injuries. Yeah, but Blake and because we like him, but man, he really was bad when he pitched. Yeah. Oh, he almost had a perfect game yesterday. I know. I know. He went into like the six. I know. But the worst lefty in baseball is just the worst pitcher in baseball. And he is. Patrick Corbin. Oh, yeah. I knew it. He's got a one and nine record. He's got the worst ERA of any pitcher in baseball 557. And he's got the highest whip 1.54. He simply is statistically the worst pitcher in baseball. He makes $35 million a year. Thank you. It's coming to an end soon. Wow. Relever. I went with Michael Copesh of the White Sox. He just haven't immaculate any. That's about all he's done. He's two and eight with a 5.05 ERA, which is not great for a closer. No, that's not great. That's my, uh, that's my no start team. There might be some other guys who, you know, deserve spots, but that's, I mean, you know, when you can say, right, if you drafted your fantasy team this year and you got Corbin, Carol, Julio Rodriguez and Boba. You're feeling pretty good. And Randy Rose and Reyna. You'd say I'm on my way. Yeah. I'm on my way, man. Those are my first four picks. I'm good. Yeah. Yeah. I agree with that. And man, why do you think it's not good? Why do you think guys fall off like they do like Corbin, Carol, like, uh, I mean, Corbin, it's hard to explain. I think Julio Rodriguez was explained pretty well by the, the writer we had down from Seattle last week. Yeah. Said that he started tinkering with a swing and tried to, you know, be a little more powerful. And he just said, he wrecked a good thing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And he tried to fix it. And he's never been able to figure it out. Except for if he plays in Petco Park. Except for the four for four game he had in Petco Park. Yes, correct. All right, we got a pretty good team. Pretty good team. It's a pretty good team. You know, but in reality, it's a pretty bad team. Well, yes, because they all stink right now. All right. What do you have for most disappointing teams in baseball? Let's start there. Okay. And I want you to rate it from three to two to one. And one is one is the most disappointing team in baseball in your eyes. Okay. All right. So who's the third most disappointing team in baseball to you? I will say the Cubs. And the reason I say the Cubs is because they hired Crick Council. Yes. Thank you. I forgot his name for a second. They hired him. Everybody thought the Cubs were going to be a NL central contender. They are in the last place right now. And they are in last place behind the Reds. Pirates have a better record. The Cardinals have a better record. The Brewers have a better record. And the Cubs have went from playoff, a playoff team to a no playoff team real quick. So I'll say the most disappointing is the Cubs. You know, third most dance. We Swanson could be put on that list of disappointing players. He wasn't for Boba shut. Yeah, he didn't to 12. I had the Cubs also. Really? That was my third most disappointing team. They're 47 and 51. They're last in that division. They're eight and a half games out of first place to spite Craig Council and everything he was supposed to do for them. The one thing I will say for the Cubs though, despite having a better record in the National League or a worst record in the National League than every other team besides the Marlins, Nationals and Rockies. The Cubs are only three and a half games out of a wild card spot. That is true. That's how crazy the National League is right now. Yeah. But I place the Cubs third most disappointing. All right, who do you have second most disappointing? My second most disappointing team would have to be the Rangers coming off of a World Series title. They just have not played well all season long. And we kind of saw it when the Padres played them. But Garcia is not hitting. Just things have not worked for them this year. And so I'm gonna say the Rangers are my second most disappointing team. Man, you must have looked at my list. I got the Rangers also number two. Whoa. Second most disappointing team in baseball. They are the World Series champs. They're also four games under 500. They're an eighth card race. That means there's six teams between them and getting in. Yeah. There are seven and a half behind. But the one thing I'll say for the Rangers, they won seven of the last 10. And they're only five back in Seattle in the division. But yeah, Texas has to be the second most. All right. So if you have the first most and the same as me, then that's crazy. Who's your most disappointing team in baseball right now? I'm tempted to say the Padres, but I'm not going to put them on the list. Oh God. I'm going to say it's either between the Blue Jays or the Rays for me. You can't go with the Padres when they've won about as many games as they were picked to win. Go ahead. Who's your most disappointing team? My most disappointing team would have to be the Rays. The Rays are in it every single year. The Rays always have a great record. The Rays are always at the top of the AL East. Not this year. They have been struggling this year. And Randy Arosarana is leading those struggles. So when your superstars struggle, your team's going to struggle. I'm going to say the Rays Tampa Bay, the most disappointing team in baseball, despite a record of 48 and 48, I will say this. They are minus 63 in run differential. That's pretty poor. That is poor for a team of their normal capabilities. Their X W L is 41 and 55. Oh my God. Meaning whatever that is. They should be 41 and 55 according to the run differential. My most disappointing team, you're going to laugh. The Atlanta Braves are the most disappointing team in baseball in the first half of the season. I realized I considered them, but they're second place. They're in the wild color. There are eight and a half games behind the Phillies in a division that they're expected to win by 25 games. The Braves over under numbers this year were right around 100 wins. Now I know that they've had injuries, but that's part of the disappointment. Certainly losing Spencer Strider before it all started, losing Ronald Acuna, being without Michael Harris and whoever else. The Braves are my most disappointing team in the first half. Well, if I knew I could pick a team that's already in the playoffs, I may have picked the Braves, but I mean, there are plenty of disappointing teams this year. All right. Who do we have for the biggest surprise teams in baseball? And we'll start with you again. Who do you have is the third most surprising team in the first half? I would say the third most surprising team in the first half would be the Pittsburgh Pirates. The pirates, the pirates, pirates, even though Paul Skins is on their team and I apparently can't stand anything to I being mislabeled as a Paul Skins hater. I am not you never say anything nice about the guy. I am not a Paul Skins the person hater. I am Paul Skins portrayed in the media hater. Okay. Pirates 48 and 48. They've been fighting all year. They've won seven out of their last 10. I think Paul Skins has reinvigorated that franchise. So I didn't expect them to be 500 of the breaks. I'm gonna say them pirates are only game and a half out of a wild card spot. That's pretty good for the pirates. That's very good for the pirates. My third most surprising team in baseball this year is the Boston Red Sox who have the same record as my most disappointing team the Atlanta Braves. The Red Sox are 53 and 42 did not expect them to be in contention this year. They've won seven or the last 10. If you look at most of the pre-season AL East prognostications Boston was dead last. They're anything but that as a matter of fact they're in the playoffs if they started today. They also have the second most road wins in all of baseball. Wow. They've won 29 games in a row only the Yankees have won more. That's a lot. I'll take the Red Sox is my third most surprising team. Who do you have number two looking at the standings real quick. The Yankees are still 18 games over 500 if I wanted because I haven't really looked at the standards. I'm being dead serious. If I were to look at these standings and look at what the Yankees fans have been saying I would be like what do you guys could play about I didn't realize time was going so fast. So I'm going to say my should we carry this over Chris. Yeah. We'll have our top two most surprising teams in baseball when we come back. What is this holiday? It's not a holiday is it? It feels like a holiday. See if anybody wants to play some Chris versus the fans out there. Win some trivia prizes. 833288973. Today might be a good day to call because I'm feeling it's gonna be some lines wide open. Squinted Chris continues. So you guys baseball music I got. That's what you got. Oh I guess I could go. I think Braden may have something else that's better. I mean honestly with all due respect to that organist whoever you recorded that from. I didn't record it. They just put the entire stands to sleep with that. Why what are you talking about? This is what we get all the time. That's a shame. You know what yesterday I was at the game. Yeah. People are still into the seventh inning stretch. Yeah. Very into it. Be happy we're with this music. All right that charges things up a little bit. Okay. All right here's my all no star team for Major League Baseball. First half of the season. These guys I really can't believe how bad they are and it gets worse when we get to the outfield. But I'm gonna start at first base Joey Minesis. Washington Nationals actually not even with them anymore. What been sent to the minor leagues? Oh I thought you meant they like released three. Well they kind of have three home runs. Three home runs. He's a major league starting first baseman. 231 average 593 O.P.S. the third lowest in baseball. Joey Minesis. And second base former batting champion Jeff McNeil. Oh yeah. Good one. The dirt bag from Long Beach State. Now with the Mets. Everybody stops for a second. Did you just say it? Oh okay Long Beach State. Right. Jeff McNeil former batting champion hit 216 the first half this season with only 24 RBIs of 591 O.P.S. Yeah things did not go right. Really bad. shortstop. I got two guys here but the bigger name of the guys that was horrible in the first half Boba Shett. Oh yeah. Last year's batting champ. This year four home runs 222 batting average for Boba Shett. That's not good. I mean he wasn't just bad for like a little. He was bad the entire first half all the way through. The only guy worse than him was Atlanta Brave shortstop Orlando Arcia. Who's 577 O.P.S. is the lowest in all the baseball. But Bachets right there. In fact I probably would just go with Bachet because he's a bigger name. Yeah then Arcia. They've been they've been hyping him ever since last year. It did not work out for him this year. Hopefully you can do something. And everybody's talking about why we got a trade for Boba Shett. What for? Yeah that's what I'm saying. Toronto's out of it. So we got a trade for Boba Shett. Get Boba Shett. Get please Boba Shett. Yeah. Who wants Boba Shett hitting 222. I'm not sure either. With four home runs. Not sure either. Third base Osvaldo Cabrera the Yankees. Always fun to get a Yankee in here. Cabrera lost his job for a time after five home runs and a 238 first half. Justin Turner's also on that list. Although he played more first base Justin Turner. Five home runs 231. I mean. I don't see being brought in for it though. Well he was being brought in to be somewhat of a semblance of what it used to be. And that didn't happen for the Toronto Blue Jays. The outfield is especially star-studded. Yeah they're on the no star team. Bad this year. Let's start with the left fielder on the no star team. How about Randy Orosa Reyna. That's a good one I had him in mind. 202. Does have 12 home runs but only 31 RBI's. I mean Orosa Reyna was basically heading for stardom if he wasn't already there. Yeah. And he's just barely over the 200 mark. Center fielder. This guy is like supposed to be the best player in all of baseball. Instead he's Julio Rodriguez. 10 home runs only 35 RBI's. 267 average. By the way he seemed to get most of that last week in San Diego. I was just about to say. Did he play the Padres the entire season? Because if so he isn't all star. Yeah. Because he got most of that here. He's got only a 318 on base percentage and mix in 110 strikeouts. The right fielder might be the worst of all. Give me a no star team. Because this guy. I wouldn't be surprised if you looked at some preseason publications that had him as NL MVP. And he's not only not the MVP he might be the LVP the least valuable player in baseball. In the National League. Five home runs. Two of which he hit the other night. He only had three home runs till then. Two 12 batting average. The third lowest OPS for all outfielders in baseball. We're talking about Corbin Carroll. Really an awful first half for him. Five home runs. Yeah. But two of them as I said were the other night. My catcher. I didn't have a great catcher. So I thought I'd go with Cal Raleigh. Seattle. He's got 20 homers. Seems like you wouldn't put him on a lot on a no star team. But he only has like 20 other hits. He's hitting 216 with 118 Ks and a 299 on base. And one of those home runs was a deep shot. Sorry. Two of them in one game. He had two Padres. Last week. I guess I put out one of those home runs of my mind. Starting pitchers. You want the right ear the lefty. Let's go because I'm a righty. Let's go right. Righty Pablo Lopez, Minnesota twins. He's got eight wins but a horrifying 5.11 ERA. One of the worst in baseball among pitchers who qualify. 18 home runs. He's allowed fifth most. Left hander. And I only didn't pick Blake Snell because he's had so many injuries. Yeah. But Blake and because we like him. But man, he really was bad when he pitched. Yeah. Well, he almost had a perfect game yesterday. I know. I know. He went into like the sixth. I know. But the worst lefty in baseball is just the worst pitcher in baseball. And he is. Oh, wait. Patrick Corbin. Oh, yeah. I knew it. He's got a one and nine record. He's got the worst ERA of any pitcher in baseball 557. And he's got the highest whip 1.54. He simply is statistically the worst pitcher in baseball. He makes 35 million dollars a year. Thank you. It's coming to an end soon. Wow. Reliever. I went with Michael Copesch of the White Sox. He just haven't immaculate any. That's about all he's done. He's two and eight with a 5.05 ERA, which is not great for a closer. No, that's not great for a closer. That's my, uh, that's my no start team. There might be some other guys who, you know, deserve spots. But that's, I mean, you know, when you can say, right, if you drafted your fantasy team this year and you got Corbin, Carol, Julio Rodriguez and Boba. You're feeling pretty good. And Randy or Rosa Reyna, you'd say, I'm on my way. Yeah. I'm on my way, man. Those are my first four picks. I'm good. Yeah. I agree with that. And man, why do you think it's not good? Why do you think guys fall off like they do? Like Corbin Carroll. Like, uh, I mean, Corbin is hard to explain. I think Julio Rodriguez was explained pretty well by the, the writer we had on from Seattle last week. Yeah. Said that he started tinkering with his swing and tried to, you know, be a little more powerful. And he just said, he wrecked a good thing. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And he tried to fix it. And he's never been able to figure it out. Except for if he plays in Petco Park. Except for the four for four game he had in Petco Park. Yes, correct. All right. We got a pretty good team. Pretty good team. It's a pretty good team. But in reality, it's a pretty bad team. Well, yes. Because they all stink right now. All right. What do you have for most disappointing teams in baseball? Let's start there. Okay. And I want you to rate it from three to two to one. And one is one is the most disappointing team in baseball in your eyes. Okay. All right. So who's the third most disappointing team in baseball to you? I will say the Cubs and the cubs say the Cubs is because they hired Craig council. Yes. Thank you. I forgot his name for a second. They hired him. Everybody saw it. The Cubs were going to be a NL central contender. They are in the last place right now. And they are in last place behind the Reds. Pirates have a better record. The Cardinals have a better record. The Brewers have a better record. And the Cubs have went from playoff, a playoff team to a no playoff team real quick. So I'll say the most disappointing is the Cubs. You know, third most dance we Swanson could be put on that list of disappointing players. It wasn't for Boba shut. He didn't do 12. I had the Cubs also. Really? That's my third most disappointing team. They're 47 and 51. They are last in that division. They're eight and a half games out of first place despite Craig council and everything he was supposed to do for them. The one thing I will say for the Cubs though, despite having a better record in the national league or a worse record in the national league than every other team besides the Marlins nationals and Rockies. The Cubs are only three and a half games out of a wild card spot. That is true. That's how crazy the national league is right now. But I place the Cubs third most disappointing. All right, who do you have second most disappointing? My second most disappointing team would have to be the Rangers coming off of a world title. They just have not played well all season long. And we kind of saw it when the Padres played them. But Garcia is not hitting. Just things have not worked for them this year. And so I'm gonna say the Rangers are my second most disappointing team. Man, you must have looked at my list. I got the Rangers also number two. Whoa, second most disappointing team in baseball. They are the World Series champs. They're also four games under 500. They're an eighth card race. That means there's six teams between them and getting in. Yeah. They're seven and a half behind. But the one thing I'll say for the Rangers, they won seven of the last 10. And they're only five back in Seattle in the division. But yeah, Texas has to be the second most. All right. So if you have the first most and the same as me, then that's crazy. Who's your most disappointing team in baseball right now? I'm tempted to say the Padres, but I'm not going to put them on my list. Oh, God. I'm gonna say it's either between the Blue Jays or the Rays for me. You can't go with the Padres when they've won about as many games as they were picked to win. Go ahead. My most disappointing team would have to be the Rays. The Rays are in it every single year. The Rays always have a great record. The Rays are always at the top of the A.L. East, not this year. They have been struggling this year. And Randy Rosa Rayna is leading those struggles. So when you're superstars struggle, your team's going to struggle. I must say the Rays Tampa Bay, the most disappointing team in baseball despite a record of 48 and 48. I will say this. They are minus 63 in run differential. That's pretty poor. That is poor for a team of their normal capabilities. Their X W L is 41 and 55. Oh my God. Meaning whatever that is. They should be 41 and 55 according to the run differential. My most disappointing team, you're going to laugh. The Atlanta Braves are the most disappointing team in baseball in the first half of the season. I realize I'm going to consider them but they're second place. They're in the wild color. There eight and a half games behind the Phillies in a division that they're expected to win by 25 games. The Braves over under numbers this year were right around 100 wins. Now I know that they've had injuries but that's part of the disappointment. Certainly losing Spencer Strider before it all started losing Ronald Acuna being without Michael Harris and whoever else the Braves are my most disappointing team in the first half. Well if I knew I could pick a team that's already in the playoffs I may have picked the Braves but I mean there are there plenty of disappointing teams this year. All right. Who do we have for the biggest surprise teams in baseball and we'll start with you again. Who do you have is the third most surprising team in the first half. I would say the third most surprising team in the first half would be the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates, the Pirates, the Pirates, even though Paul Skins is on their team and I apparently can't stand anything to do. I've been mislabeled as a Paul Skins hater. I am not a nice about the guy. I am not a Paul Skins the person hater. I am Paul Skins portrayed in the media hater. Okay. Pirates 48 and 48. They've been fighting all year. They've won seven out of their last 10. I think Paul Skins has reinvigorated that franchise. So I didn't expect them to be 500 of the breaks. I'm gonna say them. Pirates are only a game and a half out of a wild card spot. That's pretty good for the Pirates. That was very good for the Pirates. My third most surprising team in baseball this year is the Boston Red Sox who have the same record as my most disappointing team, the Atlanta Braves. The Red Sox are 53 and 42 did not expect them to be in contention this year. They've won seven or the last 10. If you look at most of the preseason AL East prognostications, Boston was dead last. They're anything but that as a matter of fact, they're in the playoffs. If they started today, they also have the second most road wins in all of baseball. Wow. They've won 29 games in a row. Only the Yankees have won more. That's a lot. I'll take the Red Sox as my third most surprising team. Who do you have number two? Looking at the standings real quick, the Yankees are still 18 games over 500. If I wanted, because I haven't really looked at the standards, I'm being dead serious. If I were to look at these standings and or look at what the Yankees fans have been saying, I would be like, what do you guys complain about? I didn't realize time was going so fast. So I'm going to say my should we carry this over, Chris? Yeah, we'll have our top two most surprising teams in baseball when we come back. What is this holiday? It's not a holiday. Is it? It feels like a holiday. See if anybody wants to play some Chris versus the fans out there. Win some trivia prizes. 8332880973. 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