Gwynn & Chris On Demand
Aug. 1st Hour 4: Michael King injury concerns
and welcome back we have head into the happy hour final hour of going in Chris for this Thursday show cressello Tony Gwen jr. together in our odyssey palace studios Adam cluke doing a fantastic job sitting in for a match scrappy today scrappy on vacation again I mean well I don't know the shoulder surgery counted as a vacation but seems like he's been idle quite often lately Scrappy you know what it's it's okay though because Scrappy wouldn't take a day off and we like they used to never take like like like pushing out basically yeah very good point Tony we are just having some fun today mostly Padres are idle if you care about the scoreboard it's August 1st but Atlanta's leading Miami 3 nothing in the bottom of the second inning in Atlanta tonight Braves began play a half game up on the Padres in the four or five spots for the wild card race otherwise not a whole lot to discuss Padres obviously coming off the nice series whisking of the Dodgers we didn't call it a sweep we called it a whisk short broom small broom but the two games got it done and win the season series for the first time since 2010 in fact Tony Gwen junior your name made it into the Kevin AC article today in the Union Tribune how so he said how long ago was it that the Padres last week the Dodgers right Tony Gwen junior was on that team that made it into the article Dodgers that year yes that was noted duly noted in the article today of course after that the Dodgers won the season series 13 years in a row but the Padres finally quenched this year's Rockies are the I took the magic with me when they kicked me out yeah that was it you left and they couldn't ever beat the Dodgers again Rockies are coming in for the weekend starting tomorrow night Randy Vasquez will start the first game of that series Martin Perez will make his Padre debut on Saturday in the second game third game no pitcher has been announced and that has led some to wonder what is going on with Michael King Michael King pitch Saturday in Baltimore last Saturday in Baltimore got the win improved his record at nine and six go back to that game for a moment Tony King threw 101 pitches word six and a third innings struck out nine I mean it was really you know a really really good performance once again from Michael King but his turn in the rotation would actually be Saturday but he's not listed Perez's listed so if you're giving him an extra day that would be Sunday but he's not listed there either so are the Padres trying to hold off on Michael King give him a little extra rest save some innings well or some are surmising that he might be hurt and that is I'm not saying that's true I'm just saying some are thinking that because he's not a he's not currently listed to pitch coming up coming into the season Michael King had thrown 104.1 innings that has this max right he's already at 124 yeah my guess is that this is a way to buy him some time the lecture time get him closer to the end of the season they don't have to name him a starter yet my guess is when what is this say Thursday when tomorrow's around we'll have a better understanding of you know who's gonna throw Sunday if it'll be Michael King or if they wanted pushing a little bit what I do know is a lot of starters don't like the extra rest they it's a rhythm thing for him this is why guys like to pitch every fifth day remember the rotation a few years ago they all were like pushing back against that extra day now they ended up liking it towards the end of the year but that's right because the Padres did the six man rotation right a couple of years ago yeah well we'll see with Michael King I I don't disagree with that notion Tony that they want to give King a little rest but number one somebody's gonna have to start the game Sunday against Colorado they've got to put someone out there and you know to you know how much time are they gonna give King off three King doesn't like time off if I'm not mistaken I mean he's he basically said to us in our interview with him earlier the year in the fryer Friday that you know he's told he's actually told Mike shilt before the season please don't take it personally if I'm not feeling it when you come to take me out of games remember he said I think he was feeling it the last game yeah he doesn't he doesn't like to come out and he know you know he's he's that kind of gamer so I don't think he'd want to you know sit time out yeah maybe there's a twinge I hope not I hope what you're saying is it I hope they're just giving them a little extra rest I hope what I'm saying is it too because yeah quite frankly they can't afford to lose a Michael King right now the way things are going I know Joe is gonna make his rehab debut here shortly but you know I that's it assuming he goes out he's healthy he's still a little bit of ways away I'm sure it's gonna be more than just one start I know he I know he lobbied to be an opener so and my my guess was that he was trying to avoid having to go down yes I'll be happy to open the game rather than pitching El Paso but they want a little more controlled environment and that's as close to a controlled environment as you get during a season so he's gonna go down there but yeah I hope the same because you know one of my fears is Padres bullpen is I think by everybody's account is an elite bullpen top one or two bullpen and they got a lot of them my concern is that because you don't have a you know we don't know how Martin Perez is gonna throw the boy think we're all hopeful that he can eat up some innings but the the pool to go to use that bullpen yes and kind of go about it the way we've seen the what was that Tuesday was a Tuesday night they had what they call it chasing the victory right behind but you're using your your your best arms out of the bullpen now there's gonna be a pool to go that route and I and I just not a hundred percent sure you want to do it a lot you know I know you want the bullpen to be great from about September 28 to November 1st right but only in August and it's only August 1st but you also have to get there yeah so there's so many questions but you know I will say this Joe I'll say this Joe being able to come back is a is a huge yes you for the podcast and I don't have any doubt that he's going to I he's just he's too much of a gamer unless something really goes wrong I certainly expect Musgrove back out there you know mid to late August taking his turn in the rotation helping lead the potters of the playoffs but until then yeah they're gonna have to make do and let's be honest about it you could have a rotation this weekend of Darvish Musgrove and Cease instead you have Vasquez Martin Perez and a blank spot that's a little different you know than what you would would love to have and I know it's the Rockies but we've seen what can happen so yeah get a little worried about that in the meantime now the Padres are four and a half back of the Dodgers and the Dodgers just did something Tony that they had not done in count them 45 months you have to go back to September of 2017 nearly seven years ago to find the last time that the Dodgers were outscored by their opponents in a full month but that happened just this month in July that eight spots certainly help that didn't help last night they were they were outscored this month and it's the first time that they have been since September of 2017 they also finished with a losing record this month the Dodgers were 11 and 13 in July the last time that happened April of 2018 that they had a losing month so you know Padres took advantage of it I mean they've closed to then four and a half we'll see if they can get any clue does that say 13 and 9 for the pods potters were 13 and 9 this month so yes they went 13 and 9 Dodgers went 11 and 14 so that's about three and a half games they picked up in the standings so Padres in a good spot to play some good baseball not in the bouncy just got to get hot yeah we were talking earlier about the Freddy Freeman and you know when he might come back and oh yeah it's sounding like you know I mean you got to cross your fingers for this I mean that his son is it gonna be okay but it's it's you know sounds like a pretty serious thing that his son is going through this is much more important and bigger than baseball but you want you know Freddy Freeman back on the field because you want to know that his son's gonna be okay yeah that may be a while yeah his wife released a little update for everybody to to kind of say I'm not sure how to pronounce that syndrome that that his son has he lane Barre syndrome I I'm sure I'm butchering that I'm not familiar with it's a it's a it's basically he's been his his whole body was like basically in paralysis so oh couldn't breathe well good news is over the last 48 hours they've removed a breathing tube he's breathing on his own he's made a good news pretty strong bounce back at least to that point but according to to Mrs. Freeman she said that it's a it's gonna be a long road to recovery so listen that has regardless of Freddy when he comes back he that's gonna be on his mind that's that's such a major yeah that's you know that's one of the that if not the most important thing and you can understand the Dodgers just say to Freddy Freeman you take care of what you've got to take care of I mean this is way more important than baseball but it's something to keep in mind if you're thinking of the Dodger Padre race and now Max Muncie I believe is due back here in the next couple of weeks unless he has had a second I heard that I heard that you know at least coordinate Dave Roberts he spoke to the media I think first game on Tuesday and it was said that he all the all the imaging says there's nothing wrong and so I don't know take that for what it's worth was that Dave Roberts his way of saying Mac should be back now that's and he's just not that's how a lot of people took it so we'll see what happens there see what goes there and how about bets I mean I think he's another three three weeks away because it hits a risk so he's gonna have to get back in the swinging and I don't think it's impossible I know this is a you know thinking on a high thing but I don't think it's impossible that and you know bets isn't gonna come back for three weeks I it's not you know Freddy and then you've got Muncie I don't think it's impossible the Padres could catch up to them here in this month of August another good month like that you know whether they'd hold on to the lead etc but I think they can really turn it into something at the Padres go 13 and 9 and and they go 500 yeah that would be two games yeah this so it's one of them it's one of those deals the Padres because of the way they play they they we haven't this conversation yeah and the in the way just the Dodgers look right now I mean I didn't recognize that team you know Kevin Bizio at first base and Ahmed Rosario at shortstop and this had a lot of weird names that you know I know they're big league ballplayers but it's got it really a patchwork group right now that the Dodgers are putting out there and as we said earlier the Padres should have beaten them twice this week and so they did all right check a traffic the Hall of Fame game is underway so the NFL exhibition season has started by the way I always called the exhibition season you know why because the NFL tells journalists not to call it an exhibition so you're doing it to be so I do it anyway thank you go ahead real quick before we go how are you feeling about your Falcons this year you gonna be good how were you at as an Atlanta for cousins I'm very high I think they're gonna win the division wow very much come around on the idea behind drafting Michael Pennics oh that's bold talk a window the stupidest draft pick in the last 20 years I recall him saying something along pretty sure that time why have you come around what brought you around is everyone in San Diego want to hear my deal if match gravy was sitting in this chair we'd be talking about the forty nine is right because if you know the Falcons quarterback situation it's been a dumpster fire for years and I've often said I'm ready to go get the franchise quarterback and I also believe pretty strongly that when you are seeking that franchise quarterback it should be a top 10 pick it's if you're drafted on the top 10 you're not gonna be that guy in most likelihood and the Falcons did what I wanted them to do I also missed Adam I also believe that you know a lot of teams don't devote enough resources to that position and the Falcons win and devoted a ton of resources to the most important position in football so you know what I've come around this man has convinced himself in a few months that it was a good your kid how many is Tony's favorite word what you said what it happened I'm using Tony's word which become my favorite word you're convinced yourself of a fugazee my friend fugazee that's right Kirk cousins been balling and training I know you guys no defense light about balled the Falcons haven't lit anybody up since Steve Bartkowski I actually like her cousins now after watching a little bit of after the quarterback show yeah he's a little bit of a nut he's definitely different he's like a pitcher and I love their head coach Raheem Morris yeah I like the way he's been talking to porn in the Falcons talk all right well it's just as good or better than 49er talk on Gwen and Chris back after traffic just finished up a great finish to a table tennis matchup that was a match up man Japan and it went back and forth they went down to the deciding seventh oh man set game or whatever three three and then 11 11 they were in both exchanged match points that that's not the same table tennis we play I mean there's that's a different sport they were they were really good man they were really good and then the the gal from Japan she lost at the end match points to she had two match points couldn't convert ends up losing the Korea girl who won it kind of went over to put her arm around the Japan girl because it was such a great you know they've been battling for two three hours Japan girl wanted none of it she just barely like slapped her hand and walked off it's like sorry when I beat I'm not happy when I beat Tony and Chris's fantastic game so I said good game I do I say man I was a good one my point is she wasn't having she wasn't having I respected there's certain you know opponents they don't they don't do the whole egg yeah congratulations you beat me nah I'm not doing it she wasn't doing it she was not doing it right now in her defense she's she's in tears the other girl who won is in tears yeah no kid that was the reason that might have I'm not a big table tennis guy but that was one of the better matches you're gonna see or not see um what haven't we covered today gentlemen we've pretty much hit it all the day I will say that you know typically this time of year you start to get your rankings in terms of MLB power rankings pal Padres have surged to seven all of a sudden their previous ranking 13 they jumped six they went way up yeah not only MLB.com but ESPN as well so Padres move all the way up to the seven spot it means absolutely not it means but it's something I noticed on Twitter that a lot of Padres fans are you know very proud of themselves right like I just see this for number seven so what you know that doesn't win you any games but it is interesting that in the minds of people evidently trade deadline you know for the people like myself who called into question how much they were giving up the people who follow baseball don't think they gave up too much because they really love what AJ Preller did yeah the way he's changed his team I did go through another article that listed the rankings of all of the players that were acquired in the trade deadline action um Tanner's up there top top pro no but not oh the pro as far as the prospects are giving away yeah apparent according to this list the best prospect that was traded by anybody was a center fielder Aiden Smith traded by the Mariners to the Rays I guess I was in the Erosa Reina trade Jake Bloss a pitcher was traded by the Astros to the Blue Jays and he's apparently he's a plug-in right away starter right now right for Kakuchi and then Dylan Lasko got the five spot as and he was the fifth best player traded according to this uh Robbie Snelling was 10 and Adam Major was 11 so Padres gave up according to you know whatever who have put this list together three of the better pitchers that were traded at the deadline but we'll see how it all turns out as we've said many times Tony you give me a parade in November I don't care what you could trade anybody you could trade Salas and DeVries tomorrow if somebody says we get a parade without question without hesitation uh I think the other thing is and AJ said this the other day they expect the guys they trade will end up in the big leagues and pretty good in the big leagues that's an expectation that the Padres have so you know I think with that being said uh I think goes back to what I would also say that what Alden said that they know are confident that no matter what they do they can restake and restock but I would also say this and I don't know if this is true in baseball but if you trade somebody that turns out to be terrible you know and a bunch of guys that are just turn out to not be very good our team's less hesitant to trade for you in the future as opposed to you know you're given good solid players they know they're well schooled well prepared in the minors they come to your team you say hey I don't mind trading with the body I don't know if that enters into it or not we joked a little bit on the roundtable the other day that we were given away AJ's secrets but the reality is these teams are sending like their best scouts to go see these guys before they make deals that's how here's how this goes so they don't have to they don't have to take AJ Proler's worth it let's go as good no no they find out for themselves come June beginning of June and for some teams even before then you start seeing at the minor league game you'll start seeing more scouts showing up and the more scouts are showing up or the more and you start seeing different types of scouts as opposed to maybe your normal mileage you start seeing some of the you know top tier major league scouts come in to evaluate and from June through July there's a lot of information that gets back to the teams they have everybody has seen everybody that is on their list right or they think could move so they don't just look at like analytics like a lot of these people on twitter do no no they they actually see these guys pitch okay i didn't realize that one other part of this article was uh a couple of questions to some of the experts here was this question real or not the Padres are now a legitimate threat to win the national league after their reliever spree at the deadline said one writer held in Gonzales he said that's real he said one of San Diego general manager AJ Prellis models that you need high end players it's what drove him to get anyway it's what he told us so i don't need to read it all again but he said it's real uh also Kylie McDaniel who's more of a prospects guy but he said real as well yeah he said look Jason Adam Tanner Scott lesser degree Martin Perez and Brian hoeing they added a winner two to their expected record that might not seem like a lot but they're at a high leverage part of the win curve and in the thick of the playoff race now the Brian hoeing uh move is something AJ Prellis highlighted he likes that one yeah people didn't even look there and he had a good showing in his first appearance in yesterday's game so this is a Padres they did it differently this year we've seen them it seemed like in most of the deadline deals it's been a major position player hole and some starting pitching kind of or starting pitcher or relievers kind of sprinkled in this is the first time there's been player and it's been all locked in on on the pitching right in terms of what they went right now you can make the argument they made their position player move when they got Louisa rise and all the way back in May which by the way was is the deal that put them in position to be able to make some of these deals right because they gained money in terms of staying under that luxury tax threshold because they got the Miami Marlins to pay for all of arises kind I also don't think you should be overlooked that when you look at the price of starting pitching right now at the deadline they didn't have to give up nearly that much for cease when they traded for him he would have been a lot more than 10% the thousand percent shout out to Stephen Wilson and I'm sorry man I really am we had to sacrifice him to the White Sox he was a I told Jesse he was about 500 feet from getting on that bus when it happened yeah and he's had to go live through this season but either way could pause it's on pace to be the worst team ever ever yeah they're below the 250 win percentage right now and 250 is the worst winning percentage in a baseball season the Mets of 62 or 40 and 120 White Sox are below that at this point one last thing on the cease trade and the arise trade that you know bears mentioning as well I think not only did you trade you got them to play on your team for months and months and months at them early whereas everybody else who just made trades hasn't got to use any of those players yet Padres got to use their two guys all season long they won't get close to the full return at this point like the Padres did because they moved so early yeah I don't know I wonder if more teams might think of doing that in the future because I think a.j. Proler schooled some people there and it's it's about timing and right place right time Louisa rise is the type of hitter the Padres specifically needed and you know that a lot of teams don't necessarily value and we we talked about it you know the average and all that is not something that most teams are coveting however the Padres he's like the perfect fit at the top of the lineup for the Padres and by the way he's playing through a pretty tough thumb injury right now still finding a way to get two hits almost daily and if it's up to me the Padres need to re-up him they need to re-up pro far they need to re up pretty much everybody would be good I know they can't but I'm definitely a fan of them re up those are the two that I want the most those are the first two I want the most all right I don't know whose turn it is my turn let's get a break uh when we return we have Alden a little bit and some more going in Chris before there's some no net traffic here's a break all right welcome back winning Chris wrap it things up here 538 is the time Chris Elotone going junior Adam Klug sitting in for Scrabie today on the ones and twos as Tony likes to say 7-0 into the first quarter Texans over the Bears in the Hall of Fame game we talked all that trash about kickoffs and we all wanted to look at the new kickoffs they had two kickoffs I missed them both so I don't know what happened so hopefully we'll see it soon enough I did notice this though according to pro football talk the national football league has made another rule change this year designed as a direct response to limit something that Mike McDaniel invented with the dolphins trying to slow down the dolphins offense now what they call it is cheat motion and you're no longer going to be able to do it was called what cheat CHEAT like you're cheating cheat motion it is something that McDaniel used often last year including seven times in the opening game of the season against the Chargers Sean McVeigh and Kyle Shanahan later in the season copied it gives the wide receiver a running start into his route oh yeah yeah they use that a lot they use it all the time and what it does is what they do instead of going in motion all the way across behind the line of scrimmage the receiver starts close into the tight end then sprints toward the sideline and at the snap of the ball turns up field so Tyree kill a guy like that he's already at full speed before he starts running and the dolphins use that with him all season long if you watched a clip of it you know exactly what I'm referring to anyway the NFL says no more that will now be called a false start they're not gonna allow that I'm not gonna lie after watching it for almost a whole series to be halfway down the field I was like it's unguarded especially to have somebody who can run like a Tyree kills you can't do anything with that the interesting thing here is that you and I talk about this a lot this is the first thing that I can think of in the last 10 15 years that's something to get the office that has been yes against the offense yeah Mike McDaniel came up with something you know that they hadn't really legislated against then it was giving his team an advantage and as you say I would have given any team an advantage with a really fast wide receiver like Tyree kill but you can't do that anymore apparently this year yeah go figure you know we finally do something well NFL says no won't be able to take it it says a direct yes personal shot well it says right here in the article this was in direct response to what the dolphins did last year so take it for what it's worth but if you're used to seeing that little motion that the wide receivers were doing Tyree kill mostly cheat motion will not be allowed this year in the national football league my man Adam sent me a video of the kickoff from the first okay I can definitely see some touchdowns happening with the way this is lined up and did we describe it remotely well earlier it I think we described it well but in my mind I saw it differently so the kicker is he's wave he's about 20 yards oh a way back the kicker's 20 yards back yeah compared to where his uh compared to where his rest of his line is basically um and the defense and offense line up I think five yards apart and so the off the the receiving team they start back like you're going to block but they got no time so they immediately got to turn and block so the collisions are less yeah um and I can see a miss tackle and I think this is her debo talking about this the other day if you can make one guy miss you can go you got a chance because there's only going to be one wave you're right Tony I'm reading about it here the kicker still is at the 35 but the his his teammates line up at the opposing team's 40 yard lines so it's more than so they are 25 yards away from where the kicker is the receiving team lines up at the 35 yard line so they're only five yards apart like you said so the collisions are nowhere near the same and then yeah the hardest collision that's probably going to happen is the guy running the football and whoever the tackler is but I could definitely see it's the the kickoff is back in play again because it seemed like it pretty much vanished was was not even worth watching for a while the one you know you can almost see remember the Chiefs were the first to come out and say we may not even use our kicker to kick off he said they wanted out a safety back there to help stop have a have a legit tackler to have to help stop somebody to get through the first line yeah yeah I mean still kickers can't tackle you know debos Samuel yeah nobody really can tackle him I that is one of the things about football that I that I actually do find to be really really excellent that doesn't get a whole lot of play and that's just these guys in general ability to tackle in the open field it's not just I don't know how you bring these guys down and they bring them down all the time it's not just tackling it's wanting to do that the next play and the next play and the next I mean like four quarters like eventually the mental part of you is like man I that's what Derek Henry's thinking when he's running at you in the fourth quarter do you still want to tackle me yeah all right being signaled so I know um yeah there's really it's not the you know Alden is we don't have anything else to talk about so you know the pottery has played the Dodgers Alden Gonzalez for me SPN was there he's smart he shared his thoughts with Tony and I yeah then Gonzalez ESPN joins us out and I know you can't be here long because you're chasing some stuff out there first how are you today my friend I'm doing great guys how you doing we're doing well uh you're in town for the short two-game series uh well what were your thoughts uh after watching those two games oh uh the Dodgers are nowhere near your hole right now um they didn't have looking back at Freddy Freeman in that line up didn't have any of the new guys in there but I mean that's really no excuse um I think the Padres are just like you know really good groove right now and I mean we've talked about this before this season but I think it's further emphasized now even with Fernando that he's junior not in there just how well balanced that lineup seems to be um there a team that has claimed Kershaw experienced better than anybody on Wednesday they're teamed with the best contact rate in baseball they put the ball in play um they're dynamic uh and what AJ Prunter did with that bullpen I mean to add Tanner Scott Jason Adam into that mix with Roberto Suarez and Adrian Moreno and Jeremiah Strata uh look there's some concerns there with the rotation but if you could shorten games with five dominant guys like that um that could put you over the hump in the wildcard race and it might really help you make a deep run into October uh you know Alden I almost called him Dylan because we have Dylan Hernandez on sometimes now I know I can't do that that's why I paused Alden I apologize for that uh I wanted to ask you we only have a few for a few but I wanted to ask you because you talked to Jack Flaherty yesterday and I read your story online and uh Jack Flaherty uh ended up with the Dodgers some of the Padre fans were wondering and the Padres uh Prowler said that they weren't really close on Flaherty was it if that's the case was the Padres package not enough for Jack Flaherty or is it possible that the Tigers just didn't like what the Padres were offering or maybe just the interest level wasn't there the same as it was for the Dodgers and Yankees I think it might have been more the latter uh I think look the Dodgers came in here with a really clearly stated goal of adding a front line starting picture and there weren't many uh front lines available Tariq's Google didn't move Blake Snell didn't move Garrett crochet didn't move so when you were looking into that market uh it was Jack Flaherty and there was uh I don't know Zack L Zack Eflin or Yusek Kukuchi who cost the Astros quite a bit um I think it was a pretty limited market uh and I think look um I don't know that I mean I actually do know like AJ Prowler has no interest in training like even fallacies of the world in his farm system um some of the upper echelon prospects some of the upper echelon pitching prospects that he traded away are promising they have high feelings but they take in somewhat steps back this year you know I'm talking about Robbie Snellie I'm talking about Dylan Letco um I think AJ was smart in that he you guys know is very well he's always looking for impact type talent wherever it is that he could get it if he has to have a lineup full of short stops and try to figure it out positionally he'll do it uh and as he showed it this trade that line if the impact talent isn't available to him from a starting pitching standpoint then you'll pivot to the bullpen even at a time when people thought that maybe the need is not there in the bullpen because you're already traded for Jason Adam uh he's talked about this a lot that he feels like that's the type of talent that wins in the playoffs he said this a lot when he got Juan Soto and Josh Hader and it's very much still uh an ethos for him Alden Gonzalez joins his here from ESPN and Alden we'll get you out of here after a couple more here uh AJ Prowler you just brought him up um he's been the the topic of of conversation here uh going into the season based on where the year started to where we are now and I know the the full story's not been told yet because ultimately that will have a big part in how the story is told but from where we were at the beginning year to where we are now how do you think what kind of job do you think he's done I think he's done a really nice job I really do he gets a lot of flak for trading away prospects and kind of more getting more between the future in that way but I think the Padres for an office and rightly operates from their belief that they could continually replenish farm systems and we've seen them do this already we've seen them do this basically three different times um and so whenever whenever they other outsiders think that they gave up too much they're confident that they could continue to develop that pipeline now look maybe at some point they're not able to but all we've seen is an ability for them to at the very least develop the type of prospects that other teams want for them to get the pieces that they need and when you look just take a bigger picture look at the Padres this year they were going to limit their budget uh they wanted uh it was pretty clear that they wanted to get under the luxury tax threshold they basically had to trade away Juan Soto and for him to add the talent that he's added I mean look jerks and pro far has been a revelation coming over in a one million dollar contract and being all-star yeah but Jackson Merrill has been an impact player in center field the position that he had never played before to get Luis Arai is and uh Michael King uh and Dylan Seath and now to get Tanner Scott and Jason Adam and keeping that payroll down um look you can criticize him for other missteps in the past but just looking at these last they eight nine months um I don't think you could have expected uh much more out of AJ Preller the Padres look I mean maybe from a talent perspective they're a little bit less than last year but not by that much Alden a big question around here the fans are really excited and you mentioned him uh because uh the season that Jackson Merrill has had I think has taken everybody a little by surprise especially playing every day in center field uh and you know not only hitting the home runs 13 home runs and ceiling bases and a great OPS for a rookie but hitting impact home runs and winning games with his home runs does he have any chance though at a national level to beat out Paul Skins for rookie of the year you talking Jackson Merrill I'm sorry I'm yeah sorry Jackson Merrill can he beat out Skins for rookie of the year yes sir I think Paul Skins needs to fall off in order for that to happen um for as great as Jackson Merrill season has been um for as promising as he is I think just the hype around Paul Skins is so big the type of impact that he's had the singular impact that he's had in that city um I mean I think he almost single handedly uh made the Padres go for it at the trade dollar in their own way like it's not they were still pretty conservative what they did but they at least took a shot in a year when it seemed like they were going to be taking a step back um I still got to put the people in San Diego I'm not gonna love this but I still got to put Paul Skins ahead of somebody like a Jackson Merrill and ahead of everybody really uh because he's been front and center at that um not to take anything away from Jackson Merrill but you know he gets to be on a roster where people are counting on the Manny Machado and the Satisas, Luis Arisas and everybody else um Paul Skins is at the forefront of this already um and it's just it's just too impressive to overlook. Alden is always man appreciate you coming on spend some time with us go ahead and chase that news man we'll talk to you later. All right thanks guys thanks so much Alden. Alden Gonzalez so with us a little earlier and here's the news he was chasing. Guys he was immediately on the phone with the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Perry Menacian. The reason he was is because of the news that came down earlier today that Mike Trout is unfortunately lost for the rest of the season now officially out the rest of the way he has another meniscus tear. Same knee. It is the same knee. Yeah that's what Alden was able to gather but uh this was an interesting quote he got from the general manager Perry Menacian said Perry about Mike Trout I believe it's going to turn. He's going to play. My call is he hits 70 homers and wins the MVP. I believe it. Looking at the look on his face he might have the best year he's ever had next year if he can stay healthy. We'll save that for further analysis. All right Adam Klug well done. Real quick this just came down the yeah you guys remember that Sunday ticket deal it just got overturned. Oh so we have to give the money back that the NFL was gonna have to give me. Apparently the jury the jurors did not follow the directions calculated something on their own and that has overturned it. Oh no. The NFL does it again. The NFL saves 140 billion dollars based on one judge saying something. 4.7 would be overturned. God the NFL. All right. Trying to figure out what to eat for dinner yet again with nor sides and bullion as you're not so secret ingredient you can skip the drive-through and do dinner at home. Nor taste combos provide a menu of delicious affordable and well-balanced meals that you can prepare in 30 minutes or less. Visit nor.com to get quick and easy recipe ideas for your home cooked week night dinners. It's not fast food but it's so good.