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Reeta Hubbard: I think Heston Kjerstad is trade bait

Reeta Hubbard - The NFL Chick - and host of "Reeta And Glenn" on 105.7 The Fan joined the show to discuss her disappointing trip to Houston where she saw the Orioles get swept, how concerned she is with the team currently, and her thought's on what the Orioles will do with Heston Kjerstad.

Duration:: 11m
Broadcast on:: 25 Jun 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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And now let's talk some Orioles now with our friend Rita Hubbard, who joins us every Tuesday and Rita. Good afternoon. Thank you as always for joining us. Let's start here. How was your trip to Houston? Good. I mean, you know, Houston is a cool city. I really like it. The Astros ballpark is okay, but I don't know if it's because it has like that retractable roof that enclose, you know, part. Something about the aura there is just not the same. And I don't know if that means that because they've won, you know, multiple championships in recent years or whatever. But I think I tweeted like it was a Sunday service in there kind of quiet. And so I'm just kind of used to, I understand that baseball is not football. So it's not like I was expecting routiness. I just think I was expecting more like crowd, just general crowd noise. And it was just you're really quiet in there. To the point where like my girlfriend that came with us, she's not a fan of either team, but she likes baseball. And she's like, yeah, this is different. I didn't like it. It was just very like stiff. And I was like, all right, so I'm not being biased here. She's like, no, I'm like, okay. So, I mean, you know, got it off my list. I heard it was a nice stadium. You know, at the time when I wanted to do the trip, I thought that the Astros would be better than they are. But even if even though they're not better than they are, I mean, they still found a way to sweep the Orioles. So I guess, you know, they show me. You know, it's doing much. I enjoy my trip, though, you know, nonetheless. Well, those bats have been quiet over the last three. They've lost four straight. Is this just a blip on the radar, Rita, or are you concerned moving forward? I've always been concerned. It is a blip on the radar. I want to be clear that I think when you look at the schedule and they only have one day off, you do have to take into account of maybe some fatigue at seven, you know. And, you know, sometimes guys want to get back into their beds, and that could have been a part of it, too. However, this is not the first, the second, third time that we've seen the bats be quiet. The problem is is, and I'm not talking about last night because I think that Povich did as much as he could, right, when they, you know, before they got him out at the end of before the sixth inning. But I think that the problem in the other past is the confidence that we had with this pitching staff. And now, I think the reality is starting to set in that not only of the Orioles inconsistent with how they score runs, yes, I know what the metrics say in terms of them, like being a top scoring team. But if you watch them every night, you know that these are the games that they have quite regularly, and it is quite concerning. And then now there's another aspect of the pitching now is not potentially going to be able to get you out of these bonds because we saw Rodriguez and we saw Burns kind of get touched up this weekend. So do I think it's a blip? Yes, because I think that it's almost, you know, all celebrate and guys are probably tired. It's getting hot outside. But also, I think that this is a consistent concern that many of us had. And we should be more concerned with the pitching staff not being as dominant as we thought that they would be due to injury. We're talking to Rita Harvard. It's inside access here on the fan. Last year at the deadline, they went and got Fuji and Jack Flaherty, neither worked out, neither arguably should have been on the postseason roster. And that's a miss when you're making moves at the deadline. Do you feel confident that the Orioles will make bigger moves this year by the deadline? They have to. Do you want to compete for a World Series? And if the answer is yes, then you have to. The answer is you got to even like, do you think it is who's going to be the person that you're going to trade for? I think if that's the case, but back to Flaherty, does anybody get really annoyed by the fact that he's doing so well? Oh, yeah. Yes, big time. Why were what was the issue here? This was 18. I think one hundred one game. You did not want to be a part of something that's so weird behavior. But anyway, he saw how to get that. No, you're you're you're absolutely right. It is it's bizarre that he's now back to the guy he was a couple of years ago or three years ago in St. Louis. Just very just odd, right? And like he it bombed really badly here. And we all laughed at him in that contract, but obviously it's worked out for everybody. And it's just weird. Anyway, so they have no choice. The answer is they have no choice because I know you don't think that you can go into a postseason with Burns Rodriguez, who has, while Rodriguez, as good as he's been, he's also been as bad as he's been at times. Kramer, who I've always felt like Kramer's just he's there, right? He got, hey, and then you got, you know, the four ress of the group, you know, the, the, the K-Povet is of the group, who is young, and then the co-ervens of the group, who essentially is a bullpen army to had no choice but to make a starter. So, um, if the Orioles want to be serious about contention, if they want to take Burns's one year rental seriously, they're going to have to trade for a pitcher. They have no choice at this point. Oh, Rita, let me ask you this. And let's you put yourself in Michael Isis shoes to what length would you do it? I mean, is, is anyone untouchable for you in terms of farm system? Like, would you trade a Jackson, Kobe Mayo, a curse dad, et cetera? It's funny because I tweeted last night that I believe that curse dad is up now because I think he's trade bait. I think they are kind of putting one display a little bit just so other teams can kind of get a glimpse of him on a major league level. And, you know, to see if he's worse it. Um, and for the most part, I think that they, I had the gas guys, they have guys that they are willing to, um, part with guys like house, towers, guys like a has seen curse dad, who, I mean, everybody knows that I am a big cursed person. So while that I would be not happy about it, I just still like, you know, they still partially like he's a guy that they can potentially find someone to do something with the Mayo and Kobe, I go back and forth from what, who I think that they'd prioritize, but one of those got to go to, I think for them. Um, so, you know, I wonder if, if, uh, solo is a guy that they just would like would even entertain, but the fact remains that you do have all of these prospects. Um, and you do need to figure out what it is that you want to do to make your team better and to what degree, right? Remember how we talked earlier in the year about Lazardo, but Lazardo had like what three years or something remaining? And now he's heard, so. Right. Well, well, but I'm saying, I'm big prior to that, right? The conversation was, well, we don't, you, you don't want to go after a Lazardo because they're going to ask it too much because he has too many years on the contract. Well, now you're kind of in a desperate situation, right? And obviously, Lazardo is not on that conversation, but depending on who else is available, what is it that you're willing to give up? Like how important is this is updating this pitching staff to you at this moment? Or do you just say, but we got three arms that we trust, that'll be 2025 starters. And so we're not, we're not going to be give up, but so much. So I think that that's going to be the dynamic here. I mean, do you really feel like this is the, when it all or bust year, or do you feel like you still need to be, I guess, responsible quote, unquote, when in making a trade read and before I let you go, I wonder you and Glenn back. Tonight, tonight, we're back tonight. We're going to have, we're going to talk more about the big three coming up this weekend. Autumn elect is also going to join us. Lisa Leslie is going to join us. Wow. So yeah, should be should be good. We'll be having a good time this evening. Starting at six 30. Yes, sir. All right, Rita. Thanks. As always, we will chat next week. All right, guys. Talk to you soon. Yeah, nice. Today's episode is sponsored by NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast. Get your head in the financial game with smart investing and budgeting tips straight from the nerds. NerdWallet's experts will set future you up for success with dependable, fact-based insights. No financial misinformation allowed. Learn how to save on your summer vacation. 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