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Gwynn & Chris Sept. 25th Hour 2: What playoff clinch means to San Diegans
You know, let me join the show there welcome in Quinn and Chris we're tired of hearing he already We speed that up a little bit fair enough fair enough fair though Dylan sees Jack Flaherty Facing off tonight good pitching matchup Jack Flaherty Probably been the Dodgers best pitchers since he's been acquired Dylan sees been on a nice little run here as of late throwing the ball really well And you know the Padres Continue to try to walk down the Dodgers for this division title Yeah, it would be I mean it there was a point in the season where we were happy that the the last three games are we're gonna be against the Diamondbacks now we're at a point in the season where we wish those Three games were flipped right so that this series would be much like it was in 1996 Kind of an end-all be-all type situation so that's not the case Padres still looking to try to hawk down these Dodgers Their offense yesterday was stymied by Michael King and when Dylan ceases on He's commanding the fastball and then like kind of everything else Kind of just kind of falls into place. It seems like and that's what you're looking for today when he takes the now I Think Jack Flaherty in that trade I don't think the Dodgers realized how important that trade was gonna be for them Because he's become the guy in their rotation that they can rely on and that's not a good feeling for Dodgers And I'm fine with it. So there's my thoughts Tonight's match is gonna be pretty good So awkward with this like three different places anyway I mean you got but tonight I mean tonight's you know very much again You got a bounce back from you got a you got it as much as you know You say the right all the right things in terms of you know Partied last night and now it's time to go and and go take care of business and continue this you know with five games left Again another playoff Level atmosphere and you know Tony we got to watch a little bit on TV with the listen you guys the radio I you know from your perspective you have been able to Witness a lot of big Games in Padres history either you know as a kid growing up as a player in the organization And now as a broadcaster and I know it's kind of went with what I was talking about before with with the clubhouse But now you've been you've been at a lot of the biggest moments in Padres history You know what what what was last night like you know for you and kind of give us that local perspective San Diego kid man I mean growing up watching this team. It's probably cool interviewing another San Diego kid and Joe Musgrove Last night and just with the history at the Padres have had You know what was last night like for you as as a San Diego local and what was the what were the vibes like it at Dodger Stadium? A place that you've been so many times. I'll say this real quick. We were back at the hotel by like 11 45 1150 perfect, you know what happened after everybody got here. I don't know I went to my room so You know, I feel like I bet that you are Tony. I feel like I got sufficient I couldn't wait to get out of that champagne laced Lulu lemon shirt I had on that was soaked, but Now I think you know at least from my perspective. I think yesterday was I don't know. I think we've had different moments. I think the the real moments, you don't start to have a lasting impact When you're doing it more often, right? Like you're not just holding on to just you know, these Handful of moments that that you have and that's kind of how it's been for For San Diego and the thing that kept coming to my mind yesterday I kind of alluded to into one of the interviews like oh, I think it was with Joe, you know This is you want this to become a Habit like you want to be in the mix have fun rather, you know Oftentimes we lock in on the stress part of of being a fan But how nice has it been over the last four years? To actually be having conversations of going to the playoffs. I mean, we're actually having the conversation Before we even get there about this team being a world series like contender Like when has that ever that wasn't even the case in 98 when the team was was ended up going to the world series That's it's it's you know, maybe last year. There's some expectation that it could be but even I mean As the season was going it became pretty apparent that okay, maybe world series We just let's just try to get to the playoffs at that point And so I say all that to say that The thing I was excited about was the fact that this could be so this is starting to be something that feels normal You know it right this this this wasn't something that it has ever Felt normal here and you know being in there yesterday. It was last night. It was like yo This is kind of familiar. Okay, I know what I know what to do. I did this before it was in it was in San Diego It was in New York It was you know, it was you know those type of issues those things because you've started to do them a little bit It's it's a good feeling you starting to see it kind of come together. So This story is still yet to be fully told. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. We'll see how it goes You know for a long time the Padres never made the playoffs So maybe Chris is gonna have to change when he takes his vacations now because things are becoming a little bit more normal with the Padres Going deep. I'm gonna say I think there's an adjustment that has been made here. I mean, what's the adjustment? He went September instead of October. He usually goes in October It's right like he's not here for the playoffs. Remember, I know we're talking about the players is not actually started Yeah, we still got the rest of this week to get through he'll be back next week So that that brings him here for the actual the playoffs will have already started by the time he got back So I'm gonna come back the second. I think he comes back on the second. Yes, okay So it's first first first day or second day at a playoff. He's getting here for it, buddy I think that I'm gonna require him now from from going forward He's gonna have to take his vacation in like March. There's also There's also world where Christmas is zero Padres playoff games if they just win the division That's true. It's true Take that Scravey take that scrape I actually had a friend text me last night and it's kind of funny because his his kid was Three years old I believe in 2022. So now that they've done They've been to the playoffs twice in the last couple years. He's used to them going to the playoffs The kid that is that is a trip, right? There is a there is a portion of folks out here that only know Padres success At the same time, you know, they've only they've only had to hear about how bad things had been at some point You know what let let true let the youth of San Diego Have a team like that cuz growing up for me for sure. I mean growing up for me like I Was three years old in 98 and my favorite player for the longest time Tony was your dad And then after I only got to see it see the tail end of his career and then after that I people would ask me like kid when you always ask kids, right? Well, who's your favorite player and I never picked anybody not on the Padres And so for the longest time because they had a new roster almost every single year It was Tony Gwynn is my all-time favorite player and I only watched like three or four years of his career And it was different jerseys all the time and I remember and I say this all the time You know coaching at Cathedral I get to see you know when I get to school Sometimes they have like Jersey day or something like that when I was at Cathedral There was never a single Padres jersey worn on Jersey day nobody ever wore Padres stuff Nobody and none of the kids were ever Padres fans because they weren't very good and they had a brand-new team every year And now I go to Cathedral and I bet you a lot of schools like this There are Padres jerseys everywhere and I think the coolest part about that is is even though my childhood I didn't get to enjoy like Padres baseball at a high level and people around the country wearing Padres gear It is so cool What this ownership did in signing these big contracts and getting kids at a young lot young age? To know that they're gonna have Machado on the team their entire childhood and to tease on their team their entire entire childhood I mean, it's so great for the the youth of San Diego and honestly they're doing a great job of getting kids all over the country I can't I wear the brown and gold I can't but think about how many people Want to trade all those guys that have So cool though for the kids now it's really it's really a great point though that you know It's it is cool that this generation of of kid gets to Experience something that most of us didn't and that's that's kind of the whole point of this kind of turn and what the Padres again But so anyway, that was all to say that that's what the thing that I was thinking about when I was in in the clubhouse Last night as we got as the festivities began Against 17 match up here game two between a Padres Dodgers The you know the one thing that stood out to me yesterday, and it's just that triple play right? I mean it was setting up for Otani the the alien to come up in a situation that would not have been ideal and it For if further it further makes me believe that there truly is something Magical about this Padres team like I mean, yeah, yeah, you know, you had a no-hitter this year, too Yeah, I mean How many times you know like why he's getting that stat how many times you see those World Series champion videos, right? And they have all these I Had a triple play Padres have had a triple play a no-hitter a Back-to-back to bat sets of back-to-back to back home runs Come back wins a comeback win from eight runs down There's been 700 triple plays ever there's been 300 no-hitter's thrown There's been 300 sets of back-to-back to back home runs and there's been over a hundred Come-back wins from eight runs down, but the Padres are the only team to do all of those in one season So, you know, it has been one of those type of years for his ball club and It continues tonight Padres Dodgers. Let's get to break on the other side Little daily gambit little daily gambit. We're gonna hear a lot while from you while you're Transitioning over to the state the stadium Dodgers stadium that is we're gonna hear your interviews We're gonna hear the big five. We have Matt Snyder coming up in this hour. So yeah, lots to go Tony Awesome. Well, yeah more Gwen and Chris daily gambit on the other side or some traffic Well that promo right there was enough to pull on my heartstrings. I don't know about everybody out there That was a good one Adam. That was really good. You went and got all the work parts for that Peter Sideler Mike Schill Man, we are in a really good mood here today on 97 through the fan Matt Scravey Brayden Soprano Adam Klug Tony Gwen, Jr Off to Dodger Stadium. We'll hear from him again here shortly For an interview with Matt Snyder of CBS Sports. He was really excited to talk about the Padres and what they did last night too So we'll get to that here in about 20 minutes the sour is brought to you by indeed need the higher You need indeed their end-to-end solution helps you to attract interview and higher candidates all year long or all year round Schedule and conduct virtual interviews right from your indeed dashboard learn more by visiting indeed calm Slash credits. All right. We're gonna hear real quick from MLB network and Mark DeRosa I really like Mark DeRosa by the way on MLB network. I think he's really good He explains things in a really easy to understand way But Mark DeRosa has also been a huge Padre supporter throughout this entire season and this morning on MLB network He talked about the Padres, and I think you're gonna like what he had to say They went last night. They're just two back of the division Remember they own a breaker as we said that division is still in play for this group and they believe to and and they're a problem And I want to give love we talked about who who the pitching matchup we were most looking forward to Michael King gave up a one spot in the first yesterday and bear down. He gave them a chance Crohn's own got hot took neck deep on a change up gave him a lead back two to one San Diego's good. There it is. Tell me. Tell me about the Dodgers rotation. Yeah, it's earned Landon Mack and he is going to be a stud But you always talk about asking someone to do something. I don't think he sees you don't know I don't I think it's gonna be on the motor flarity and Bueller down the motor isn't And both they got a hope that Yamamoto's can give them a little bit of Length and yes, I reached on that. I'm I'm man enough to say I make some mistakes About about two three weeks stretch ago. I thought the Dodgers were like they're a wagon here They come their bullpen sick Otani's rake and Mookie's rake and and then glass now went down And I thought they could cover it and stone and then never they got a lot I still like them, but San Diego's definitely a problem I love that San Diego is definitely a problem. He's right. He's absolutely right. I think we've seen it all year I think we've seen it here ever since the all-star break and I I don't have confidence if I'm a Dodgers fan in my team heading into the playoffs Yamamoto like they said Yamamoto missed a lot of this year. He has been good when he's pitched this year But he's also missed a ton of the year. So I Guess you could throw him out there and see what happens, but I'm much more comfortable with the Padres rotation and what they got going on Yeah, the Padres are the I think the scariest team in the National League right now that you'd have to deal with they are a Problem for most teams in the National League. We talked about it yesterday Based on how roster construction is I start looking at you know pitching wins right pitching and defense wins in the postseason That's what everybody always likes to say You know, but on top of that you got to be able to swing the stick too and we'll get to that in a second But you look at the pitching staffs aside from maybe the Phillies But even that one's pretty pretty similar to the Padres There's not a pitching staff out there that I would would rather have than than the San Diego Padres, right? I think the bullpen's the best. I don't think anybody in Major League Baseball is a bullpen that is better than San Diego I think the starting staff I think you can make arguments with other teams. They might have a better one two three than San Diego But it's in the top and you start looking at the Dodgers and they're and they're starting rotation and they're both Open they don't have it. I mean, it's it's not a Well, it's not a bullpen that I think and it's not a starting staff that I think the other teams in National League would would immediately swap with In the postseason and you start looking at the other teams in the in the postseason I the Brewers have a better pitching staff than the Dodgers do The Diamondbacks are probably the only team that doesn't have a better pitching staff than the Dodgers do Mets have a better pitching staff We talked about yesterday, especially with Chris sale at the top of the rotation for the Braves I'd take the brave pitching staff over the Los Angeles Dodgers talk about a lineup construction I mean the top three in the Dodgers order is definitely the best in the playoffs But after that You know, I think it's a lot better than it's been, you know after the trade deadline where they required Tommy Edmond and You know, kind of move some things around it looked a lot better, but you know from a start Top to bottom, you know, the Dodgers the Dodgers are not The world beater team that they've been in the past They're not the they're not the big dragon that that needs to be slayed in the National League If I have to pick a favorite, it's probably the Phillies and then after that I'd probably go pod race two I think it's a toss up between the Brewers and the Dodgers I'd probably go Dodgers three go Brewers four and then from there on out. You're going with the rest of the The the wild card spots and I think it's probably the Mets and the way the Braves are playing right now I think it's the Braves of the Diamondbacks I mean, I I think the Diamondbacks are gonna play themselves out of a playoff spot right now the way that they're playing Yes, yeah, they got their ass handed to him last night I mean the Giants destroyed them and that is a very bad loss For Arizona before the postseason trying to make the postseason. That's a terrible loss. Yeah awful I mean that is awful, but there's a lot of things going the Padres way You know, you can you can mention the divine intervention that that that you know that might be in play Yes, and everything else, but I mean good find we talked about all of the All of the situations in the stats of the Padres have put together. I mean they they are on a Team a destiny type run that doesn't mean it's guarantee. Yeah, correct, right? They still have to go out there and win the playoff games But you got this is the most excited I've been as a Padres fan headed into the postseason and got five games left And a lot of things can change in five games and hopefully tonight's the deal But has Adam Klug told us after after the show yesterday or during a break? Yeah, I mean he thinks the Padres are gonna go in there and and reeks and have I think they got the Dodgers number I think there's something to be said about reeling and the pressure right now I do who's got more pressure to win right now these next two games the Dodgers the Dodgers of the Padres The answer is the Dodgers. It's easier to chase than be chased and the Padres right now Or just playing free they have nothing to lose so they can go out and try to win these games and not have to worry too Much and we were talking yesterday about the lineup and how about how the five six seven eight guys in the lineup for the Padres are Much more dangerous than the guys in the Dodger lineup And if you look at last night you have Jackson Merrill going one for four Xander Bogart's two for four with an RBI you have Jake Cronin worth two for four last night three RBI's in a home run It's if those if that part of the lineup gets going this is an incredibly Difficult lineup to get through for other teams they're they're they're not going to look forward to facing the Padres in the playoffs Jake Cronin worth all year has shown that he still can hit when he needs to and Maybe the playoffs or something that Jake Cronin worth loves to do it loves to play in because last time He had the winning hit against the Dodgers and you've had a great playoff run. I This team is in the perfect place right now, and it's good stuff pull her up the right direction You know, that's one thing, but let's go back to the lineup playoff caliber teams and World Series caliber teams have guys like Jake Cronin worth batting seventh Yeah, I said that on opening day I said Jake Cronin worth at the end of the season if the Padres are going to be a playoff team in a World Series Calibur team will not be batting third. He'll be batting seventh and people got so we love Jake I'm like I'm not saying It's because Jake can't bat at the top of the spot at the order what I'm saying is World Series caliber teams have guys the caliber of Jake Cronin worth batting seventh in their order it length lengthens the lineup Dot have in Solano batting 8 is drastically different than what the pajamas pajamas bottom three spots We're at the beginning of the season. Oh, yeah, the bottom three spots last year in 2023 and even I mean if you look at if you look at the playoff roster that the Padres had in 2022 is very similar to the one they have now And I think the one that's that they have now is better with the bottom half I mean you have you have to have a lot of guys in the order that are all Contributors and that are big bats from top to bottom That's what World Series teams have and the Padres currently have that with thought of in Solano batting eighth I mean your worst hitter in the lineup's Kyle Higashio Kyle Higashio, okay He's not a slouch no, and then if you add Elias Diaz in there instead Elias Diaz was hitting 270 when the Padres acquired him with the Rockies Decide just let him go because he was a free agent at the end of the year He was a he was a all-star MVP not too long ago I mean that guy might be batting ninth for you. That's great That is so much better than a lot of different lineups right now in Major League Baseball But that's that's where you're at lineup wise. I want to go back to the Dodgers too the pressure that's on them because When you have a huge lead in the division and when you've won the division so many times and when you and your fan base Don't respect What's going on south of you because you've always? Taking care of business against the Padres to be in the position. They're in right now It is and if I was a Dodgers fan I would be freaking out because it's embarrassing You should never lose to the to the little organization down south You should never lose to them with the resources you have in every aspect of the organization It is embarrassing to lose to the Padres if you're the Los Angeles Dodgers with the history You have with the clout you have the money you have the resources as I mentioned and when you have to worry about Losing a game like that things can unravel on you and they can unravel quick And if the Padres win tonight the pressure tomorrow is even greater on the Dodgers And if the Padres win on Thursday, you better believe they're sitting there going into Colorado playing tight and going We better not screw this up because we have been the top dog in this league for so long It's not given and I feel like I know the Dodgers don't think it's given But it's just the media has given it to the Dodgers for so long and the Padres are finally doing it You were talking about the beginning of the year the lineup who was the 5 6 7 8 hitters or 5 6 7 8 number How do you get like Josh Bell like don't know I'm talking about this year when they opening day Sorry, I've left that part. I don't opening day So the 5 6 7 8 9 hitters opening day Hassan Kim, which we will talk about because there is a possibility He returns this weekend and that will add another person into the mix jerks and pro for batting six Campi Sano seventh wade eighth and Meryl ninth and the reason Wade was in there because Manny was deaching but You're right moving Jake chrono worth all the way down that is 100% the identity of a championship team is when you have to move hitters down because you got better guys behind him and that person's better served in the seventh spot with Jake chrono worth this and Him batting third for most of the year. It kind of it just wasn't working So I like what you're saying. I mean if you did indeed say that on opening day Braden That's pretty good prediction. I told people got mad at me He's like I can't believe you don't believe in Jake Corona I don't not believe in Jake chrono worth but Jake chrono worth is a seven hitter on a World Series caliber team Have you looked at the Padres lineup? They they put out against the Phillies and the nationally championship series This lineup is better than that lineup and you know that lineup had had guys like you know, Jake chrono worth batting Fifth and Will Myers was batting sixth and Kim was seventh Grisham was eighth and Nola was nine But you had you had guys in the lineup that could go out there and do some serious damage late In in the ballgame and and and are late in the order I mean those are the teams that that win world series and if you go back and look at the last couple of World Series Winning teams and the lineups they have they got studs in every single spot in the Padres currently are putting that Together. Yes, we have a lot more to talk about with this Padres team going forward But when we get back here on Gwen and Chris, we're gonna hear from Matt Snyder And we asked him for the national perspective on what the Padres did last night and what people think about them heading into the playoffs So Matt Snyder we get back on 97 through the fan Area station here on 97 through the fan. That was not the best way to say it, but there we go. I said it anyway We have Matt Snyder coming up here in just a second of CBS sports But I wanted to say this in tell everybody about this before we get into it a little bit later But hostile and Kim is expected to work the next few days at the Padres facility in Peoria And then he's gonna join them at Chase Field on Friday No one knows if he's gonna be activated then or for the postseason But it is looking like he is gonna be coming back here and there's a big Conversation to be had about what to do now Adam said this this morning from Kevin a C He said if Kim returns the Padres could play him at shortstop and moves and her Bogart's back to second base Or they could play Kim at second base in order not to make Bogart's move again Plutuning Kim and the left-handed hitting Jake Chrono worth that second base is also under consideration And as we said a little bit earlier Braden I think all of these guys on this team are willing to do what it takes to to win and go wherever they need to go But I gotta think that maybe Zander Bogart's is a little frustrated with the moving back and forth from second base The shortstop and shortstop back to second base I mean, I would prefer to see them keep him at shortstop because I don't think he wants to go back to second base I'd leave him at shortstop - what are you gonna do? Here's here's the thing. I mean, I don't I never understood Moving Kim to shortstop at the beginning of the season I you know granted he is that he was the better defensive shortstop and Zander But he's a free agent at the end of the year and you have Zander Bogart's under contract for ten more years or nine more Yeah, whatever it is. Yeah, so at the end of the year if you're not gonna sign Kim to be your long-term shortstop But you're gonna have to give him a lot of money in order to do that have to give him a lie Why upset the guy that's on under contract for a long period of time again and move him back and forth I mean, just leave him there leave him at shortstop if he's gonna play put him at second Kim You know, but right now, I mean the lineups doing well with with what you got and I just I don't I don't I don't necessarily know If Kim is an upgrade to your order right now. Oh, well not not with the way they who is hitting before he got hurt I mean defensively he's definitely you know someone that they want on the field, but in the lineup I don't know he's gonna give them he hasn't played since what? Late August he's gonna have a month before he plays in a baseball game But we'll we'll get into this a little bit more as the show goes along top It's a topic with many tentacles. All right. We're gonna check traffic and then right after traffic. We have Matt Snyder of CBS sports Still enjoying last night's festivities Padres get it done. They clench a playoff spot And still have some unchecked boxes That they want to to have accomplished and Joining us to talk a little bit about it is Matt Snyder one of our favorites and Matt yesterday last night the Padres Get the the 4-1 victory And it looked a lot like a lot of their victories minus the ninth inning, but a triple play in the game Just as you a high IQ play from Manny Mitchell. What were your thoughts? See in that? It was amazing and I thought and I tweeted this this morning was I don't know how many people Appreciate the degree of difficulty on that play from a channel to have the ball come right to him and to get the third base So fast and to wheel and throw it as with strike the second with no margin for error whatsoever It was an incredible baseball play, but that's I mean that's what you get with me name a child of a third base And that's what we've been seeing for years So it that's why it one of the reasons why he's gonna be in the Hall of Fame some day in my opinion but that was an amazing way to end the game because It looked like uh-oh a Robert Suarez Meltdown is in progress and then you get the ground ball triple play all of a sudden the clint of playoffs no less I was trying to think of the most dramatic playoff clinchers Um, I thought back if you remember 2004 Steve Finley hit a walk-off grand slam for the Dodgers and it cleansed it and I was for them Like if I'm going back to 2004 in my memory, that's a pretty darn dramatic clinter, but Maybe it's not their only cluncher because now they're eating three against the Dodgers and only two games out with two games to go in Dodger Stadium and You know that the Dodgers have three in Colorado and I know the Rockies are terrible, but yeah Weird weird stuff happens in course field all the time. So this division by no means is over Talking about Snyder CBS sports here and the reason the triple play was so needed was because as you said Robert Suarez, so I wanted to get a national Perspective on Robert Suarez and whether or not you think there is more of a discussion as to the closer role of the Padres Then you know people are having right now It's just so difficult and and Mike Schilt has a much better feel on a scene than any of us could have The concerns are one that he's gonna have a meltdown and cost you a playoff series That's the biggest one - if you remove them from the quote closes role you shatters confidence and you mess up What looks like it could be an amazing lockdown bullpen and it's not just the obvious got Adam Suarez at the end You've got holling in that mix to several other really live arms You could also argue you've seen enough in the past what eight weeks or so from Suarez to just say Don't worry about shattering his confidence because he should not be in high leverage situations the rest of the year You have enough high octane arms that you don't need him in the high leverage situations I would push back on that one because I kind of think you do and he's shown how good he can be and is so so many not so many times But it just looks like he has no confidence in throwing any off speed pitches for a strike right now And his fastball while it is 100 101 is straight as an arrow And anytime it's a strike it looks like the hitters lock in on it And that was the case I think it was Friday night against the White Sox It looked like it was gonna be the case last night We've seen it so many times that the grand slam by the Tigers. I believe it was Parker Meadows We've just seen it so much that I assume a lot of pottery stands are pretty worried heading toward the postseason Got a few games left. Hopefully he gets some some of these outings where he locks it down He throws his off speed pitches for a strike. He gets a lot of strikeouts instead of hard contact right up people But it does seem worrisome Yeah, no, there's no doubt there's starting to be I Think a few antennas raised up as yeah continues to kind of have these up-and-down performances Matt, you know, this is the first time I can remember since I've been doing this job going to opposing teams ballpark and talking to the people who work around the stadium and Hearing so much praise about this Padres team a lot of them think they had that this team has a chance To take this, you know, pretty much all the way all the way I mean, how what do you what is the what is the Padres storyline on a national level right now? We know what it is here in San Diego, but This team looks like this is a World Series contender 100% they absolutely look up it's interesting I went on a CV sports HQ our video channel last night to talk about the Clunchers and it was a study in contrast because when I talked about the Orioles it was like well sure they made the playoffs But you can't trust them at all. They've been really fat since the middle of June And I just don't see anything about that team that should scare any other team that they're going to face The the flip side to that was the Padres who are they lost the first game coming out of the also break to fall the 50 and 50 They're 41 and 16 to them if teams started 41 and 16 we'd be talking about how that might be one of the best teams of all time That's how well they're playing right now, and I don't know how much Organizational depth they have right now for example if they went through all the injuries that the Astros went through or the Dodgers But you know what who cares right now because you don't have to have that much going to the playoffs You're gonna play your studs every game. You need one to four in the rotation, which they have you need four or five Live arms on the ballton which they have you need a top-to-bottom lineup that is powerful That can make things happen on the bases if they need to that can put the ball and play up They need to the Padres have every single element of a World Series champion now We have seen teams like that get bounced in the first round We've seen teams like that win the World Series and it's interesting on the National League side I think the Phillies couldn't take a claim to being very similar to them I don't know how the Dodgers are gonna fare with that the way that rotation is right now Who knows the Brewers don't seem scary, but the Diamondbacks didn't last year and they ended up in the World Series The Mets might well have those elements, especially if Francisco Lindor comes back, but at this point they might not even make the playoffs They look at the American League side the Yankees probably have all those elements, but I don't know if anybody else does I know everybody's scared of the Astros. I'm not quite as much And I did the guarding or any of the wildcard teams don't really put a scare to me at all So I would put there's gonna be 12 playoff teams. I did Padres are top four top three for me Talking to Massnighter CVS I was gonna say I would make the I would make the argument that the Padres Had, you know, have the right kind of depth because you know, they did have, you know, Darvish out for a long time They did have yeah, Musgrove out Tati was out and they were able to have guys that may not be the same type of player But certainly we're able to keep it afloat while those guys got healthy 100% Yes, and then once everybody did get healthy now watch out. That's what we're saying right now. Yes Talking to Massnighter CVS sports. Sorry, Tony. I just got your text that you wanted to ask a follow up So I tried to step all over you but I I want to ask because we are we we do praise the Padres and we should praise the Padres here in San Diego But I want to ask someone who's not so close to the situation. What is this team's Achilles heel? What is going to possibly take them down in the playoffs? I mean, we've already talked about it, right? Okay far as that doesn't get figured if that doesn't get figured out and She'll continue to stick with him. I don't know and it's so hard to know right now Is that a flaw in the way Schultz going about it or is he right to stick with him because then he's gonna get it figured out at the time? but I just have visions of The end of a playoff series and other team hitting like a third-room bomb to knock the Padres out because of the way that these last Several weeks have gone and especially when you have alternatives like painter Scott who has closing experience like Jason Adam Who's very very capable of getting the job done? I kind of wish He would have two weeks ago temporarily removed as far as from the role to let him work things out So he didn't suffer like two or three more blown saves that probably hurt matters even worse But again, it's it's so hard to tell but I mean anything else You look Teams can always get caught in flooky things that happen in small sample So like if you look at the Phillies losing the diamondbacks last year three games in a row and the Diamondbacks go the world series I don't think it was any one thing necessary with Necessarily with the Phillies that you could have pointed out before they just quit hitting and if you looked at that offense You wouldn't say oh, man, I'm worried about that offense stop hitting But in small samples you look at this Potter's offense right now I'm sure we could find where they just stopped hitting and that could well happen at the wrong time Yeah for sure that is that is a That is a concern for every team that's gonna go in there for sure Yeah, we've seen it happen and back-to-back seasons and and on that Matt, you know We're in the year three now of this format That you know, I think has been a success to this point except if you've been a number one seed has kind of been mixed Mixed results on that end How do you this has got to have been what Major League Baseball had mine as you come down to stretch right? I mean, you got a bunch of teams a bunch of teams in this both in American League and in the National League Let's start through the national. How do you think this one will end up when it's all said? Oh, man Okay, so like I said, I feel like the Brewers probably are built more for the regular season than postseason I'm not seeing a run in the Diamondbacks again The Braves I just I'm sorry. I'm sorry, man I'm not saying I'm not saying how do you think it will end up in the very very I'm saying in terms of how do you who do you This the lineup in terms of getting into the playoffs those last How do you think those shake out? I'm sorry? I'm gonna say the Mets hold on and find a way. They've just had such a but vibes since the start of June So I'll say that the Mets are the five Six I Guess I'll say the Diamondbacks, but it's really I mean after the Braves beat the Mets last night. It's it's just Gosh between those three teams. It's tough. It's tough to see who's gonna get in So I'll I'll say the Braves get squeezed out. It just seems like they've been so cursed all season With all those injuries and it just does not seem like their ears So I'll say that somehow we end up with the Mets in the five spot and the Diamondbacks in the six Which means a lot of fun If the Padres do not win the NL West which it would be way more fun if they won the NL West frankly But if they don't they get a host them that maybe Joe muskos ears will be read again Oh man, that would be some sort of storyline I it would it would make for a great theater for major league baseball to have those teams match up again Especially the way it went down the first time for sure. It was one of the dumb Yes, it was Yeah, there's still some met fans who actually bleed his ears had some type of Illegal Matt thank you for your time, man. We'll catch up again soon. All right take care There we go. Matt Snyder from cbs sports breaking it all down with us now adam here I just saw something from mani machado and I didn't see this last night and this kind of shows you what this team is all about because mani machado Has always loved hos on kim. He has learned some korean phrases He's learned some of the language to meet hos on kim halfway And after the game when they were doing the interviews and stuff he actually faced timed Hos on kim to make him a part of the celebration and I think that's pretty awesome Uh adam is trying to work on the video right now But I mean that's the type of team. This is when they say hey, we're a tight team We got to believe him because I think they mean it Yeah, I think I mean I think that's a very loose term more times than not with a lot of different teams Yeah, when you know, it's it's a tight team. You can really feel it and I honestly think this is the tightest Uh, this group has been Since a lot of them have been assembled here in in san diego So it's good to see I think a lot of the youth movement As part of that a lot of the veterans part of that and the other thing too. I mean, it's always better when when you're winning So the pot is also very true Winning cures a lot of things. I've heard tony say that multiple times I love that so much if you did see the video you need to go back to the youtube Search 97 through the fan and you can see that video because Yeah, manning much other or that's where a hustle camera is right now We'll get into that a little bit But we do need to take a little bit of a break and we're gonna play some braid and versus the fans We got prizes to give away. We have their clapped in tickets. We also have your qualification in the los vegas So if you want to get in line and play that 8332880973