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Hour 5: Around the Bases: Texas Rangers Insider Jared Sandler previews Blue Jays vs Rangers
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Sans is gonna join us in about 15 minutes. Tell you what you need to know about this Rangers Ball Club, but here's Wolchuck with your proper round tripper brought to you by Uber Eats. Yes, we Rangers got themselves a victory last night. It'll be Cody Bradford, the lefty on the bump tonight against Bowden Francis of the Toronto Blue Jays. I do want to tell everybody once more though, that if you want an opportunity to go check out Cosm, which is the best place to go watch a game. If you ask me, they've got a new location, grandscape in the colony. It's an immersive technology media and an entertainment company, 65,000 square foot, absolutely crazy 8K LED screen. It's a dome-like concept. Think the sphere in Vegas, but now we've got it here locally in the colony, a grandscape they've got shows like, "Oh, by Cirque du Soleil." But I highly recommend the college football options that they've got. They'll also have English Premier League events that you can go watch UFC fights. And then of course, I'm sure as we roll around through the NBA and the NHL, they'll have that as well. So if you want a chance to go Odyssey.com/105 through the fan slash contest, you can enter for your chance to experience Cosm, highly recommended. But let's get to the baseball, shall we? How about Colley Villherich's own? Bobby Whit Jr, he has become the first shortstop in Major League Baseball with multiple 30, 30 seasons. He achieved this a couple of days ago when he swiped second base in the first inning of a game against the Tigers. So 30 homers, 30 steals already among the faces of Major League Baseball at such a young age, royals, two and a half games behind Baltimore for the first AL wild card spot, one and a half ahead of Minnesota for the second. Right now he's got them in the playoffs. And that was an organization that was floundering prior to drafting him. - I'm surprised that we've had a power hitting revolution at shortstop post Cal Ripken Jr. that nobody's done it before. But it's definitely a cool accomplishment. Had a lot of great athletes at shortstop. - We have, yeah, but you're right. I mean the home like Corey Seager amongst a lot of the home run records right now when it comes, especially the left-handed shortstop. But Bobby Whit Jr, an absolute piece, must watch. And then you got show. - Are you down with Seager back at first base though? - I am down for that. - Yeah. - Yeah, I'm absolutely open to that move, 100%. Show Hay still chasing 50-50 says he's not feeling the pressure when it comes to this. There's no pressure. I'm just trying to maintain quality at bats regardless of the situation. It's something I've been trying to do over the course of the entire season. Well, he went ahead and hit home run number 48 last night. And this was in an 11 to 9 win over the Miami Marlins. So he has 48 homers, 48 steals. He's got 11 games left. He trails only Aaron Judge for the Major League leading home runs. Judge has 53 and he trails only Ellie Della Cruz for Major League steals who has 64. So he's second in steals, second in homers. The dude's an absolute piece. 11 games left. He needs two more homers, two more steals. You think he's getting it? - Yeah, I do. - I think so too. - I think this is-- - He's kind of a dramatic guy. I say yes. - I think he goes to the final day. - Right there. - The final bag. - He's at the final bag of the year. - They need one and then that eloquent swing and just into the Los Angeles night. Yeah, let's go. - Yankee slugger Juan Soto has also now accomplished a milestone. He has omered in all 30 Major League baseball stadiums. He has checked off that box. Quite the milestone for him. He launched his 40th home run of the season and the Yankees blow out victory over the M's and that was the last ballpark. T-Mobile Park in Seattle. The last one he needed to check off the list. - That's tough. - I've always done it. - That is a big yard to one zone. How cool weather making it happen. All right, we all hate Hosel too, they didn't go by himself. But last night was actually probably one of the funniest ejections we've seen since Adrian Belltray went ahead and moved the on deck circle. - Is that showing up a bump? Is that what this is all about? - Yeah. - Yeah, I mean, they didn't like it, but it's the L2-Vay grounds out. He's the third and final out of the ninth. But he insisted that he fouled the ball off of his foot. So during this, you've got manager Joe Espada of the Astros out there arguing with the umpire, Brendan Miller. And then Hosel, L2-Vay goes over to first base. He rips off his cleat and his sock. And he walks over limping to the umpire and he's pointing down at his foot. Like, look at this, look at this. Sometimes you get hit somewhere in the hand and you take your batting glove off to show you got it. I was expecting you to do the same thing here, says Hosel through Vay. - Yeah, and it works. I do think it's the umpires perceiving they're being shown up by a frustrated player, you know? You have replay, you have the mark on his foot. I just want umpires to be less emotional and more rational in these situations. The guy was trying to help you get the job right and you threw him out of the game for it. - Look, you can see it. Here, I'm hurt. Look at this. - He walks right up to the ump barefoot and then just bends all the way down and points to it. - He's pointing. - And then he gets ejected and then he goes to the other umpire and does the same thing. - He's walking around the entire diamond. Like, look at the barefoot, just limping. If I was the umpire, I would have whispered in his ear. After that trash can stuff, I'm looking for every opportunity to screw you guys over. - Yeah. - Get your ass out of here. - Yeah, I like that. - That makes it even better. - I mean, it is interesting that he is willing to show his barefoot, but he wasn't willing to take a shirt off or the jersey off that one time. - It's the first thing I thought of. - That's great. - His wife doesn't care if he shows off his feet, but just not his chest. - Must not be a foot woman. - Yeah, I guess not. - I mean, some dudes are more like, some dudes would rather take their shirt off as opposed to show their feet, you know? But Jose is clearly not one of those guys. - Jose is, you know, very conservative in that regard. Shout out to the Brewers. They've flinched their third National League Central title in four years. The Cubs lost to the A's and that allowed the Brewers to wrap up the division crown. So this is going to be their six-post season berth in seven years. Pretty big accomplishment for them. They haven't made the playoffs that consecutively since the 80s. So congratulations to the Milwaukee Brewers. - Gotta go back to the Paul Military years. - Sure do. - Sure do. And then MLB as we wrap up around the bases, brought to you by UberEats says. - Got a new sausage up there in Milwaukee? - The goose in the 80s. I know he was with the Yankees from Milwaukee. - Who's got? - Yeah, that's a pull right there. But MLB says the A's games in Sacramento are a certainty, despite concerns about the stadium playing conditions. Major League Baseball is like, we gotta play somewhere and we're out of damn options. - What's wrong with the park in Oakland? - Figure it out. They're just, they're done with, I think Oakland's done with them too. - Sure. - Yeah, we want to move. - I mean, he's got ratting rats and God knows what up. - What's wrong with the park? - I know, I mean, this is a 14,000 seater here that they're going to be playing. And I doubt they can even fill that up. Wow. - And there's some type of a problem with, didn't we say the heat or humidity or something's not right there with this park? - Yeah, they-- - That there's something that they have to, that they're really worried about playing there. - It's in Sacramento. Nobody wants to be there. - Well, there's renovations underway and they're hoping that they'll be ready for opening day. - And there was something wrong. - Yes, Chief, I thought you did a story-- - It does get hotter and hell. - It does. - I thought they did a story about this park, that there's something that they're going to have to overcome that's not very good. - I think it is the heat. - It's the summer heat in that Sacramento area is extraordinary. - Okay. - Yeah, so you can get up to 120 to 130 degrees in your shoes because you're absorbing the heat. - There you go. - Yeah, you know, it's basically like Nevada at that point. You're in the desert. You're not in, you know, very comfortable Southern California on the west line. - What's wrong with the park? - Southern Health Park. - Well, thank you, old Chuck. Thank you. Proper round trip brought to you by Uber Eats. Most nights, six o'clock here in the nation. We're back to chat with Jared. Hey, Mike Villetti here, host a cash to ticket alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming there are a bunch of pro betters when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games? When really, they just lose like most of us. Think cash to tickets, the spot for you. We're real, we're transparent. We're having a hell of a good time with it. And we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the free Odyssey app or wherever. You get your podcasts. (upbeat music) - Sandler here on The Fan. Yeah, buddy, welcome back, nation. It's time to chat with Jared Sandler. Our Rangers preview is brought to you by Blue Nail Roofing. Segments brought to you by the Frankles. Life's unpredictable accidents happen if you're hurt in an accident due to somebody's negligence. Call the Frankles for your free consultation. 2-1-4 or 8-1-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3. Jump online to franklyfirm.com. It's brought to you by Cars for Kids. Donate today, CarsForKids.org. Here's a Sandler here. How you doing, buddy? - You kinda sounded like Frank Caliento there doing one of his impersonations. - That's what I was shooting for. - Okay, yeah. - Caliento doing Gruden. - Yeah, there you go. That's what it is. - All righty. Cody Bradford on the hill tonight. Do you look at him as like locked in to the rotation next year as we head into a surprise? - I think so. I mean, I guess I've been around long enough to know that the minute you think something's like set in stone, like sort of like a Jacob de Grom type of situation, I guess I could see a scenario in which let's say they go inside Rokie Sasaki. And I don't know, maybe they bring back a Volody. And now you're looking and you're like, oh, the bullpen's kind of bare. And we're gonna have Cody Bradford start the season as a multi-inning reliever. And then know that you're likely gonna end up working him into the rotation when someone goes down. I guess that would be the scenario by which he's not. But I just think this guy's been so good that short of any sort of injury, you gotta, when you do your exercises to project things throughout the off season, he's gotta be projected as a starter. I would say, Cody Bradford probably is ahead of John Gray in that regard. That's no disrespect to John Gray, but you got a young guy in Bradford who you can grow and you're not paying him a ton of money. And if he can make 30 starts for you, gosh, that's a heck of an ROI. - Jared, you mentioned the off season in like big questions. What about the catcher spot? Like, that feels like a pretty giant question right there. What do you think the thinking is with Jonah and Kelly and maybe some other guys? - Yeah, I mean, I think the thinking is that, you know, overall you've gotta get better collective production out of that spot and well, you know, no, no dud, Jared. But like, you know, a lot of times you look at a position you think of the player who's gonna man that position, right? You need better production from a Dolly's. You need better production from young. You need better production from whomever. But I think that the Rangers have to look at the catcher spot just as a collection of, you know, whether it's two guys or maybe two guys and then a guy in AAA who, you know, is insurance. So whether it's Kelly and Haim or Haim and someone else or Kelly and someone else or two totally different guys, they just in general have to get more production. I think they'd like to bring Carson Kelly back. He's having a really good year. So, you know, the market for catchers always exists and that doesn't necessarily work in the Rangers favor in that regard. But you've got to be prepared that Jonah Haim is not your everyday guy the way that he has been in years past that, you know, he's a guy that may, maybe he's your one A, so maybe he starts 90 games or so. But you want to keep him fresh and, you know, I think coming off the year that he's having this year, you know, I think it'd be tough to justify planning on giving him 110 starts or so. >> Jared, did he just get wore down? Was it one of those things where they just, there was so much that they needed him so badly at the end of the season and through the run. >> And you used a ton of them before that. >> They just used him up. >> Yeah, I mean, that's definitely possible. I mean, he's, you know, he's a big guy, right? And so, I mean, probably his workload for a catcher isn't common no matter what your size is. But the thought, you know, always was that the bigger catchers had a tougher time sustaining health and strength throughout a season. And, you know, even beyond that behind the plate. Now, the other thing brought us is, you know, he was never a guy. Like when the Rangers traded for him, the thought was, hey, this guy is really, really good defensively. We're not sure if he'll ever hit enough to be your everyday, you know, starting catcher. Well, then he ends up being an all-star and, you know, had a really good offensive year and obviously tumbled a little bit after the wrist injury. But, you know, up until that point, he was a guy that if you stuck fifth or sixth in the lineup, that made sense. And I don't know that that was expected. So I don't know who he is offensively. I don't think he is as bad as he's been this year. I think he's better than that. Is he last year's, Jonah? I don't know either. So it's probably a combination of things. But I do think he's worn down. It happened last year. And obviously it's happened again this year. How amazing is this finish of the season for Wyatt Langford? You know, guys, we talk about this in sports a lot when you've got a young player and you're projecting out and you're saying, well, yeah, but yeah, but gosh, he's going to be really good, right? You know, it's going to happen. And I think it's tough to, I think it's easy to say that. And I think it's easy to know when you remove yourself from it, like, yeah, that makes sense, right? You know, 22, he's not going to be able to show everything. But I think it's tough to see it sometimes when you look at the back of the baseball card and the numbers tell a certain story. But, you know, there are guys that get paid way more money than us to evaluate these things. Well, we're seeing it now. I think what we've seen here in September is what, you know, you're going to see a lot more of next year. And I think something has clicked. The experience, you know, the challenges have helped. And I think this is, if you want to look at what White Langford could be next year, take a look at what he's done in September. And I think this is the type of guy that you can expect. Bang, bang, thank you very much. Jared, we'll catch up with you tomorrow after the game. All right, fellas, take care. There he goes. He's @jaredsandler on Twitter. I must follow for Rangers fans everywhere. Yeah, there's two games in between now and our next broadcast with you. Tomorrow's first pitch at about 135. It'll become our rocker, rocket and rolling. So we'll have a lot to talk about with Jared tomorrow, about 430 or so in Rangers extra innings. Thanks so much to Lucius Alexander over there in the Pimp Cup at Master Control here, 75 and fits you. Went four and a half hours flawless right there. Thanks to Carter Freeman, coordinating your video. You can watch us every day. Thanks to Wolchuck and she, a follow in, of course, Brian. Broadus, I'm Gavin Dawson. And until tomorrow after the Rangers game, you're going home with the G-back nation at ease. Hey, Mike Villetti here. Host a cash to ticket alongside my partner, Jim Costa. It's really simple. Are you tired of podcasts claiming there are a bunch of pro bettors when they live in their mommy's basement? Are you tired of podcasts that claim they hit 80% of the games? When really, they just lose like most of us. Think cash to tickets, the spot for you. We're real, we're transparent. We're having a hell of a good time with it. And we sit there and we're there for the sweat with you guys. We're just trying to figure it out just like you. Follow and listen to Cash the Ticket on the Free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. (upbeat music)