Diamondbacks Pitching DOMINATES Red Sox In Sweep At Fenway, Snakes Win Sixth In A Row

Intro well the Diamond Backs sweep the socks we have more on their successful weekend in Boston and of course this guy's here to answer your questions right now let's go [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Archie Bradley joins the show! ski and welcome in to another edition of the ph& xdbs broadcast podcast brought to you here by our friends at bet 365 download the bet 365 app use the code phnx 365 when you sign up and find out why it is never ordinary at bet 365 of course we're also brought to you by our friends at branded bills of course elevate your brand with branded bills the perfect headwear and apparel use code phnx for 20% off your first order and welcome in to another edition of this show my name is Derek montia occasionally known as your mayor of phnx this man next to me is my vice mayor occasionally known as R the actual mayor of Phoenix right he's he's taking over he's already better at me than everything we've already we've already confirmed that but speaking of being better uh at everybody than at right now it's the Arizona Diamondbacks the Diamondbacks right now are the hottest team in major league baseball uh and again it's just it it feels a little weird to say that I am a guy that tends to overreact so of course it sounds crazy coming out of my mouth it doesn't sound right but it's factual this this team is amazing right now they just beat the Boston Red Sox corre at Fenway take it sweeping the series I mean s the Marlins before that that uh I mean just if anyone's counting them six and0 since coming on the podcast correct the Diamond Back are undefeated out there you may have also snapped the curse with our friend Elizabeth because she was in attendance in Boston saw shout out I don't know if that was a smart move you know after the discussion we had yeah she was just she was just testing things out but but yeah I mean Clean Sweep in Miami which we talked about you know you never guaranteed to win a series but that's a series you look at you should win yeah um Good Start by AB wardo the last day and then going to Boston Merill gallon bounced back um K especially yeah and um offense I mean again just Gino carried the team I could go on and on it was it was all around unbelievable road trip considering for the way it started now you come back home and a real good chance to I mean really again you you go into the last couple days of August and into September again not guaranteed but if you do the right things you're going to make the playoffs and a real chance to run down the Dodgers now and win a division yeah and we're going to talk about that because people had questions for our mailbag Monday of course in regards to you know about winning that division but they are 31- 11 now since July 7th which is when Corbin Carroll started his tear and of course it kind of seems like everything kind of came together Gino also like you said just a huge part of this team I mean Gino we're gonna take a look at the numbers here but Gino outscored the Boston Red Sox by himself right in this series but the big thing in this series was pitching man the Dbacks pitching dominated the Red Sox you had Nelson go out there six Innings pitched five hits two earn runs one walk seven KS you got gallon six innings pitch scoreless two hits four walks 9k and then Merl Kelly six Innings seven hits four earn three walks 5K and and I mean again you can't say enough about the bullpen going or the the starters going out there giving you six Innings every single night yep I mean that's the formulation or that's the formula to to be a good baseball team when you're getting consistent um I'm not going to call them deep outings but in today's game deep outings getting into that six where I talked about it last week you can turn your PIN over and start to use guys in their natural Ro go and things just click and take place from there yeah and then the bullpen of course did their work yeah Bullpen I mean two two earn runs in the series two earn runs I think jart had two saves during the series uh or the road trip I mean yeah when we talked about J Mar getting into his own as a closer but when you start to solidify some roles that have been a little shaky you know previously and guys just again when you're playing baseball like this and especially the way we've swung the bat lately we're a homer away from doing something that gives you so much confidence coming out of the pin you can come out and just rip it knowing that your offense is going to score runs behind you so you have some leeway to be more aggressive and attack guys and and I think that's what they're doing Boston is not an easy place to play Fenway Park I mean you know it's a great place to play though right yeah yeah oh yeah I mean not a not an easy place to play at all I mean even in their down years their fans show up they support the The Dugout again it's it's like Tropicana there's things about it um there's a lore to it first you know you think about all the greats and Babe Ruth and the trade and all these things and um I still to you know I don't think the seat where um Ted Williams hit the ball is uh real it's Ted Williams right that's the SE like I don't know if anyone's been out there but if you go out to fway and go sit in that seat man he didn't hit a baseball there I'm sorry like I'm here to debunk some things but go look at the greatest David Ortiz of him mashing homers into right field and they come nowhere close to that red seat there so no off I'm calling BS on that one um but the the the wall the especially as a starting pitcher the bullpen stinks it is a Cracker Jack box I mean it is tight fans are all over you the bathroom is really weird you have to shut the door people can see you use the bathroom oh my god um I'm dead serious like it's really bad especially when you have to take a poop like it gets weird you have to have a guy watch the door and it's it can get like we all of our routines we put red hot on medicine stretching like it's and then like with the new wave of baseball like all the plyo balls and stuff you know like I the weighted balls to get ready there's like times where plyo balls get thrown over the walls and stuff and like and then literally like the fans like the mound where the rubber is there's then maybe three feet of dirt and then their seats right there yeah yeah and you know Boston they're not afraid to talk [ __ ] to you so you're you know you get talked there's a lot of times people yell and cuss and stuff like that but Boston they are literally like in your ear yeah yeah and and and they're already loud they don't need to be that close and just even the mound seems a little weird at fway different backdrop but incredible atmosphere and as a young player some of these guys going in being on a team that's one of the best teams in baseball playing in fway Sweet Caroline I mean it's it's as good as it gets as a baseball player yeah it's I I felt that way about Wrigley when I went for my first time there's just something that's incredibly special about it and Incredibly unique that you don't really get you know at other ballp parts right you don't I mean especially I think our era um and like our guys grew up watching like that first Red Sox team come back and beat the Yankees and go on to win the World Series and um being teammates with Bronson La Royal later on and getting to talk with them about that experience and and again facing I remember my first start in Boston in 2016 I shck out Big Poppy on three straight pitches three straight heaters you can we can run that tape if we can find that um three straight heaters by Big Poppy big strut around the mound I gave up six runs in the fourth inning and got a loss later on but whatever you know um yeah when you're there it's special again you think about the history of the game and um the pesky pole and I gave up a homer to Sandy Leon that literally wrapped around and Pomo hitting the ball off the like little stuff like that that you grew up watching that are now I know you're still playing in the in the big leagues but there's moments like that that you get reminded like man this is so cool what I'm doing right now that history that history tied to it is really cool uh but the Diamond Backs didn't seem to get intimidated by that they whoop the Boston Red Sox let's take a look at the count presented by desert Financial Credit Union uh because the Diamondbacks The Count definitely uh did not did not hesitate to keep their foot on the pedal here after winning like you said that series against the Marlin sweeping that series they come in the Boston they outscore the Red Sox 23 to8 they out hit them 32 to10 runners in scoring position Diamond Back were 9 for 29 Red Sox did not have many opportunities two for 15 I believe the Diamondbacks had more opportunities in game one than the Red Sox had in this entire series that was kind of the key here is again the pitching dominated the starting pitching ra three the relief pitching ra two for the Diamondbacks you have 7.16 for the starting pitching ra for the Red Sox and 8.43 for their Bullpen so the Diamondbacks did a lot of damage in this one of course they won game one 12 to2 game the finale was a bit closer that one got to be seven to five that one was a little bit of a nailbiter late but uh the Diamondbacks pulled it out and of course uh they did it with their offense in this in this series too they they absolutely uh you know kind of set the tone there in game one by winning by 10 runs uh that this was not going to be a Diamondbacks team that was going to be intimidated by that magic there at Fenway and they came in and uh rolled over the Red Sox it's good to see and obviously it's it's really weird for the Diamondbacks to have had the uh road trip that they have end up being being six and three and three of those losses were part of a sweep like that's crazy 20 and 20 and five in their last 25 games and uh that record uh again has three games that they lost to the Tampa Bay Rays in there which is just incredible it shows how good this team has been and there's been those moments too like July had those stretches where like you kind of said like could you imagine what they what the stretch they would be on if seaw wall didn't have those blown saves right would have been like 10 games in a row plus you know and of course that's BAS you can't sit there and always say like hey you should have won all those games because you didn't but right now they are just on an incredible role and and again the that Bullpen that Bullpen has been solid for this team Bullpen has been solid again it's always about getting hot at the right time that's why baseball is so beautiful it's such a long season there's so many Es and flows and again I look at this team it's it's a really good mix of young and old guys but some of these young guys went on this crazy deep World Series run last year so they know what it's like to go into September right with a chance to make the playoffs and make this run um for me again it starts with you talk about the bullpen I'm a pitcher but I want to talk about the offense okay I mean let's go 6.33 runs per game best in baseball um it leads into pitching what I want to talk about when you know you're going to score runs it is so much easier to pitch I mentioned that earlier and you're starting to see some guys hit stride we talked about we're not even fully healthy um some young guys coming up hitting some big big homers uh and Best offense in baseball? then Gino we has led the league in homers before starting to see a hot Gino homers start to multiply it's contagious um McCarthy Pomo homered twice on the road trip um a moonshot in Miami yes um I mean moonshot that ball was touched and then yeah Gino again I've played with Gino in Cincinnati I've watched him do his thing um it's I kind of think what everyone's expecting more of during the season but it's it's happening now yeah um leads I think the major leagues in RBI since July 1 right again it's marte's out someone needs to step up right now and I I mean at least in Boston Gino carried the offense yeah he absolutely did uh and you brought up his num since July 1 311 batting average 55 hits 14 home runs 36 runs scored 47 RBI I mean look at this this is incredible what he's been doing and again like you said like it's about when you get hot and you could say something similar like obviously Corbin Carrol isn't this hot but in this stretch Corbin has also been very good and like the season numbers are what they are I I don't really 12 Homer since that time right I mean so the power production especially before I mean obviously I do some research coming into this watch the games um but he was I think he hit a homer like July 7th July 8th I read something and he was like it was like a 54 game homerless streak and then since then the power um has really started to come back and didn't have a home run in June it's like again from a player perspective it's crazy we know the game is hard but like when you think about you don't hit a homer for a month you're like I just forget how to hit homewor all of a sudden um you really do start questioning yourself when you go on those kind of I think that's the most difficult part from any perspective is when you struggle truly maintaining balance like your routine versus also like okay it's been two weeks now should I start tinkering with something my hands you know and and today age the video and all thetics it can be so helpful but also sometimes man baseball's just really hard like I think you know that's what we forget is just guys are throwing really hard and it's a tough game sometimes and but yeah crazy though those two guys um and again this great veteran mix you throw jock in there you mix these young guys in it's a it's a really exciting fun team like I said when I watch this team play it makes me smile right now yeah they're fun to watch it brings me joy you you feel like they're not there's no lead that's insurmountable right they were down like four four to nothing on Sunday and like it did kind of feel like I don't know I guess you know you start you start realizing like it's a baseball team they're going to lose games so you're they're down four nothing but in the back of my mind I never felt like they were really out of it you know and and and earlier this season there's no way you could have said the same thing if they were down by two you were like well this is a wrap I can go on and watch something else correct and there's just things happening like even little things that lead to bigger moments sack fly guys doing some small things here and there and again it's confidence man like when you're scoring runs and then I talked about it previously when the back end of your Bullpen is shutting down games and there's belief in that back end it makes it so much easier to just turn the ball over you know instead of Tori having to manipulate and try to piece together it's like hey boom boom boom let's get this game over with well King Snake of course Gino was insane in Boston and he is our our uh King Snake for this series congrats Dino uh eight for 13 615 batting average 10 RBI like I said he outscored the Boston Red Sox by himself 10 RBI for Gino eight runs scored by the Red Sox in the series uh and those two home runs of course uh and yeah he's just been incredible like you said it's it's it's weird because the Diamondbacks kind of have this you know this thing at times where they go out they try to make themselves better they bring somebody on whether it's a pitcher whether it's a position player and they struggle and it felt in the beginning of the Season like you know nothing was going their way right like it felt like nothing was going their way and like you could look you're like jock at least jock is is doing good but it's like felt like every other move they made was kind of like a disaster and now it doesn't look like that anymore and everything has kind of come together where this feels like a very very well-rounded deep team that uh that depth is why they were able to overcome the injuries that they've that you know that they I mean right now you plus a starting pitching yeah you know I mean obviously we'll get into it Montgomery going to the pen um we'll talk about that but I mean typically that's always you're going to September like man how are we going to piece together this rotation we're we're missing a guy this guy's banged up um surplus of pitching we talked about it weather the storm that's the one thing I learned a little bit later in my career and especially now not playing following along man there's just the season's so long like I know the first part you know all these crazy losses and you're so far back in the division and you're like oh like another we're you know season's over and it's like dude the season is so long yeah like you literally look at a month difference I mean maybe a month and a half this case for the Diamondbacks but they've erased like an eight game they were like they were like 14 games back we like 12 13 now they're eight or they're they're like four three games back I mean just like let's pump the brakes a little bit we're all we all want immediate you know success and satisfaction but it's a long season and the backs are hitting their stride what I think is at the perfect time and we talked about it going into a schedule where you get to control what they do instead of like having a make ground they have a wild card spot and they have a true chance to just keep playing this free flowing fun baseball and Chase down this Juggernaut Dodger team with the biggest salary and Otani and mookie bets and again it just reminds me of our run in 17 um except better like a better team you know as crazy as that sounds and again I still think I don't know if we have word how close Walker is um he's supposed to be like the word is either the Dodger series or the following series after that should and then again you talk about options and yeah you know you're talking about bats everywhere lefties righties like matchups and again it's stuff you're able to understand a lot more now you look at even some of the matchups going lefties against the Marlins and righties in Boston you know you're able to do some stuff creatively with your roster that is a luxury and and um what I see the most that reminds me most of that team is guys are bought in guys are you know I'm sure it's not ideal for Montgomery to go to the bullpen but I bet your ass he's gonna go down there and shove you know what I mean it's it's he's a professional and now's not the time to care or feel sorry for yourself we're trying to go Inn a division and make the playoffs well Transitioning from starting rotation to bullpen let's talk about it because obviously you have a lot of experience there when it comes to being a starter that went down to the put the iPad down for this one um but like yeah no I mean you you shove like I remember at one point Tori telling us like if you weren't doing so well as a relever they would have considered maybe putting you back as a starter but you are such a valuable weapon and like sometimes you would come in and just basically pitch an entire game sometimes when when you know I mean I remember seeing you do that on an occasion so like you just had a lot of Versatility to your game uh coming out of the pen and it just felt like you know they couldn't really move you but like as a starter that moves down to the pen what's your mentality like it's the first couple days are tough I I would think the again not that I'm giving advice to Jordan but I mean every we're all human we're all the same the first couple days you're so in your head about being in the bullpen oh who all notices are people still talking [ __ ] about me like you know am I going to pitch in some mop-up roll this game like in some ways you are pouting in your head right you're like I just got moved from my spot I was you know one of the best pitchers in the big leagues last year like it's all human thoughts that you can't help but think um but I would imagine I mean he's on a one-year deal here right well he has a player option player option um good for him good Agent a boy um but he's pitching for his contract next year he's pitching for his future so my thing is like I said you look at it like all right I can pout I can cry or still making a lot of money I'm on a really damn good baseball team Let's help and contribute the best way I can because again next week he could be right back in rotation I mean like you know God forbid knock on would but injuries things happen you just never know you just never know and he's a Pro and he's goingon to go down there and he's going to pitch big meaningful Innings and and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a spot down the road that he's back in the rotation making a start somewhere would you have made the same move like with how well Ryan Nelson's pitching I think you have to yeah you know you have the luxury it's not that you want to sit here and flip guys back and forth and like hey you're starting this week you're in the bullpen but you do have that luxury and again being out of the game unfortunately that's what this is about it's about trying to win and they don't it doesn't matter how many starts this guy gets it's like who's the hot hand what's the best matchup I heard Tori talking about it today they're able to piece together some matchups and you know spread some things out and maybe get gow and Merill some extra starts you know um like sorry it's just what you got to do and especially you know I think we talked about it Nelson just kept pitching better when you that's that's what you do as a player when you keep throwing the ball well you put yourself in a position for them to have to make decisions like this and it it's what it's you want you want to make you want to make it difficult on and it's nothing personal to Jordan but it's we're trying to win baseball games and I think this is the best opportunity right now to win yeah well we'll have some more questions for Archie here when we come back from our break but first we thank you guys for being here in the ph& xports YouTube channel make sure if you haven't done so subscribe to the channel now sign up for notifications that way you don't miss whenever our wonderful shows go live and of course hit that like button this man filled with confidence me not so much my self-esteem very low so those likes those likes help me out they pump me up you know what I mean uh but also listen uh on your audio podcasting side as well download us on your favorite audio podcasting app make sure you subscribe there of course leave us a review those festar reviews do mean the world to us of course we are proud to have Sanderson Ford as our official vehicle sponsor Sanderson 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guy um I'm very mean don't forget that but not on Mondays because of course you guys know every year on this show is our year uh I don't even know how to follow that up now I'm just I'm sure that's a tough one you might need to take a breather for a second that's that's rough I might need to get pulled out of this one but Mailbag Monday of course still every month on this show is Black History Month every month on this show is women's history month and every month on this show is black women's history month every week is Shark Week every day is Earth Day and of course on Mondays we go to the mailbag Damon let's [Music] go get to everything in my mailbox and then once in a while there's a letter that makes me go wow wow yeah I am I am embarrassed and I am it's tough look yeah it's a tough look the whole office was the whole office was here surrounded that was again being new here that was I need some backstory for this later I I'll have to fill you in on all that but first we gotta go to the mailbag Damon what do you got for us today first question comes from our lead off hitter Travis Moore and he says my cousin and I were Beyond Stoke to see Ryan get the nod to stay in the starting rotation for now in your opinion what is the rotation for the postseason and what could change it in the last five weeks um they're they I mean honestly right now if everything stays the same I don't see much changing it but there's a lot of variables that could change it right like the Diamondbacks now have that depth I feel like where you anybody kind of has to pitch right now and if Jordan mcgomery is like you said shoving out of the pen like there's always going to feel like maybe there's that option at least as we round out the end of the season because these are these are very important wins as as they get through September yeah and I think you know you have to give some cookie cut her answers from time to time like Tori was like you know hey we're only going to do the six-man once and then here we are yeah go you know I guess kind of I guess Montgomery did get moved to the pen right but understanding when we were in these situations I mean the whole month it's going to be a game to game situation deal I mean so and I think what at least what I would like to see is and I think we will is like try to manipulate some of these off days where you can get gallon another start get Mar you know what I mean like get these guys an extra start in September to you know hopefully win some more games yeah yeah all right well a bad look right there I thought the Hat was gonna look better no no no the hair I mean honestly it's it really doesn't matter go back forward the beard kind of covers up for any other like had issues that you got there when I was on here last time was I had I already died the beard or is this fresh diey from I no I think you're revealing they're revealing too much right now is I think what you well I posted about it it wasn't like I'm trying to keep it secret it's not like I it looks good didn't remember last time if I had already dyed the beard my firstep epis I think you had okay I think you had um but they'll they'll definitely call you out on it if if you didn't for sure this chat is Relentless they're Monsters Just I mean I've seen a lot more things about you than me in here so right that oh yeah oh yeah it's only gonna get worse from this point on he he he instigated them and now they're just gonna all come for me all right what else we got there Dam next question comes from Garrett Lutz and he says pending everyone being healthy who can we expect to see consistently in the lineup for this final push into the playoffs I will say obviously I think that they're going to be missing Gabby for a while I think that's the one part that's going to be missing we still don't know when they're going to get catel back uh the word is it's Christian Walker is going to be back before catel uh and I think obviously the way this team is playing right now kind of plays into this right I mean it does you're you're not rushing catel back when the team is able to sweep the Red Sox without there's no need and it's it's it's the depth um and you talk about you know magical moments playoff to finding moments team defining moments it's it's exactly what this team is built up to do right now um catel goes down oh no what are we going to do well Gino's getting hot Corbin's getting hot we're able to Plug and Play and it's like we're not missing a beat here yeah so I mean I think I think you're GNA see a mix I think that's the beautiful thing about it it's not as much mix and matchy like it used to be but still you're going to see guys come off the bench and some huge abats that are going to change games yeah well and we saw Tori do that in this series right we saw him put into a position where you know they brought in like a left-handed reliever and then that reliever has to St for three you know three three batters so then Tor is able to go to his bench and he can kind of manipulate things and he has a lot of options a lot of weapons and guys that can stay in there and play the position you know if he does sub them in and it's not as crazy as the national used to be but still guys can play multiple positions especially in the Outfield guys can kind of move around out there and you have some flexibility to make some things happen yeah well again that that depth has been key and of of course I think the one thing is we probably won't see we'll probably see him having a lot of different lineups as you know as as we get through this final I mean that's the game now I mean there's I say a few teams but there's very few consistent just lineups like they used to be like hey this guy's hit four every single day like no we're gonna he may hit three this day may you know what I mean um it's all it's all about the matchup now yeah yeah yeah analytics all right well we got some Super Chat uh Jason says how realistic is it to move ADC to Third Base whether this year or offseason season to keep his Bat in his lineup with Mareno still love Gino not hating on him uh I don't think that's very likely I don't know how much Third Base really ADC has played I'd have to look into that a little more minor league history I will say that like the concern wasn't his Bat coming up to the major leagues his the concern was him playing behind the plate uh and I mean Gabby is the catcher for this team of the future and the now but that doesn't mean ADC doesn't also have a role here and I mean catcher is the role that you kind of like swap out it's the ultimate backup role you know what I mean or um I mean I remember we were just talking about in the early National leag we would carry three catchers a lot of years you know what I mean so it's it's if you can catch if you can swing the stick especially you're going to be on the team and then you know um I agree with you I think Gabby's the the catcher for this team but it's the one spot where if and not saying he's gonna be a backup his whole career but it's a great role you know what I mean a great role for a player to learn um get it back and and like you see things happen and you get an opportunity well and Toronto the where we got Gabby from me to trade right I mean they had two guys there that were solid that are the future of this team and going to be there for a while and that made him Expendable but you know luckily that ended up bringing the Diamondbacks their catcher of the future a catch G says keep Derrick away from the Arizona wild cats no problem there pal no worries there they they handle they create their own mess over there you know what I mean so I'm not saying that cuz I'm ASU bias I'm just saying U needs they weren't they bankrupt this year almost like seon more de than you there you go you're going to get H in immediately he's going to come in here asu's in more debt than UA I love it I just like stiring the pot I I'm I'm an Oklahoma guy over here so I don't really although my boy Spencer Royals at ASU he's my boy he was he was you know he's been in Oklahoma guy before coach at Oklahoma State he's the OC at at uh UFA now or uh ASU but some big big 12 now so I'm going to you know I'll pay attention a little bit more we beat you guys in the alamoo ball and again that's see Jackson Arnold four picks again look Seth Latrell was taking over as though see uh we needed to see what Jackson was made of if we needed to dip into the portal to go get somewhere else I like Jackson I like Jackson a lot too um Saul shows up out of nowhere because of you of a slander I love it no he's been in here before he called you out early he said you sounded like a librarian earlier I don't know if you saw that com or not he said you're nervous to be around me you still haven't like no that's not at all true but it's fine or it's all Saul Saul doesn't watch this program ex except when you are on it so that's fine he doesn't understand how things go we at least gained one new follower there we go thank you saw we walked in there's some goals where we want to gain subscriptions and stuff and so hopefully Saul just signed up and at least move the number we appreciate you stopping by sa all right what else we got Damon next question comes from Justin mcdermont and he says Archie can you think of a hot streak you were on as a pitcher in your career that's comparable to gos as a hitter and what does that feel like uh yeah uh fortunately a couple times times um I would probably say month of September 2019 I think I closed like 11 games in September yeah um I gave up like two earned runs and from it was yeah I mean um what what I love about most about it is there's there's a lot of times where you are the man where like you make plays happen and you do stuff on your own where you're like man I really am good but then also the amount of luck that happens in these streaks where like you're just like oh crap like I just had Bases Loaded no outs and just saved a game and like didn't give up a run like that should not have happened or um you know you go 0 for two and your next bat you hit a grand slam for four RBI and like because now you hit around you get a second a bat and you hit another Homer like just things happen when you're good and your team's good uh it just feels like you can't do wrong and I not that you don't ever uh that you ever shy away from the moment but especially in those you're like please let me hit now like let me let me be the guy like get me up there like you just you feel like you know you can carry a team yeah you feel like that that ball looks like a beach ball to you right now right and again you always so learned You're Never As Good As you think you are as bad you know but in those moments your head gets pretty big you try to you not like cocky like yeah cocky way but yeah man you feel like you're the [ __ ] man like I am hitting everything I'm seeing the ball well um you're you're just kind of invincible even when you you wake up you sleep you eat well everything is is just just rolling man I will say this is that it feels like this team is like that right now like this team can't do anything wrong they have you know they go out and they acquire a guy to back up catel and that guy is out here you know like a guy that was literally sitting at home not playing baseball immediately comes in and contribut we have his number we'll pass the law I couldn't be on the playoff roster so I'll wait for next year they they're they're they got a crowded house but we'll year but yeah I mean right now it just feels like everything that they've done has just worked out tremendously well for them and they they can't like you said it's almost like they can't do anything wrong but as a team yeah and I'm always going to be biased I love the Dbacks even when I you know even if I don't play for them ever again I just I love Mike hayen and these guys I just think they are true baseball people where they they take their analytic knowledge that they should and they apply it but then they also have this Savvy baseball background um I mean just a quick story I don't even know if it's relevant but I remember talking to Mike Hazen about like hey how'd you get your start whatever and there was a an newbie in there like getting salads for people or making he's like that's what I did I got coffees I delivered food like I was the rookie before there was rookies and um I just remember my time like with Hazen I just I think that this front office is truly one of the best in sports um at identifying Talent at creating talent and then acquiring pieces um um I mean you look at what's happened since the years I got traded those couple years were really bad but even last year I know last year may have been a fluke run but again it was it was the building of the pieces the building of Corbin Carroll you know building these guys in the miners where you looked at the their farm system a couple years ago and it was arguably the worst in baseball oh yeah to where it's at now it's that's only that's a direct reflection reflection of the talent up top the front office the scouts the analytic Department identifying talent because again you look at it being away from BAS getting longwinded but we're not a big money spending team we're a middle Market team you have to hit on these draft picks you have to hit that's how they work and it's the development from the Dbacks the last five six years has been the best in baseball yeah at least some of the best in baseball well and I mean they don't do that thing that like teams like Tampa Bay does where they turn over their entire roster and kind of have a fire sale and like change everything right or or the Marlins for instance right but I mean they do a good job and especially during that like I used to say my got like the treatment like at a house party when someone broke Mom's vase Mike was the one that got handed the broken vase and was like here put this [ __ ] back together here some super glue right and like he did he did a good job there were still a little cracks in it and stuff but you had to look close to see like and he did a a great job of bringing this organization from not having really like you guys were were having some success on the field but it was because it was like this Scrappy group of guys that again you know were exceeding expectations and doing things that like a lot of people didn't expect them to do and you like another quick we traded greeny is that 19 we traded greeny and we got gallon back for jazz was that that that was 19 18 yeah um whatever I just remember we're in the middle of a playoff race and uh Hazen asked to speak to us after the game which is very uncommon of Mike he's not a big like he he shows his face not the but he's not going to talk to us out of nowhere but uh we got back and everyone sitting there and Mike came in he apologized to us for trading Zach grinkie as we were in the middle of playoff race he's like guys I'm sorry I just traded your Ace and like he's like I think gon's going to be great I still think and believe in this team more than ever I think you guys are going to make the playoffs I believe in you I'm [ __ ] sorry but I have a job to do for this team in the future yeah that I have to look out and and it means impacting this season now but I just thought that was cool you know you hear a lot of weird stories about GMS and their role um with the team especially now they're a lot more um part of the team and around in the clubhouse than they used to be but um I I've just always thought Mike has done stuff with such class and respect and um I think he's got an edge above some of these guys man I really do I think I think he's got something up his sleeve and knows how to [ __ ] get some [ __ ] done unlike some of these other guys well and and like you saying like him starting out as the guy that got coffee the guy that like it just I think it builds a different appreciation for you as a person you know and and you respect you know people within the organization no matter what their role is I feel like too like Mike fits the uh the reputation or the feeling of like kind of Grinders chips on our shoulders we're a young team still like again we talk about it I'm older than the Dbacks like we're still growing and um I don't know I just I think this front office is is incredible man I really do all right what else we got there Danny next question here comes from the basketball and football guy and he says do we even want to win the division since the first round buy could hurt us in the NLS yeah man I'll tell you that's a question that keeps coming up Jesse finds it to be a Preposterous like conversation because of course you want to win the division of course you want to avoid an extra chance to get bounced out of but there's Rest vs. rust something to be said about not quitting playing baseball and staying in that kind of group that you're in I think I think this is the year to make that to for the jury to come out on this let's see what the the division winners do in their first Playoff round um if it's anything comparable to last year I think you have to look at it because I said that last week when we talked yeah never in my baseball life except for when I got released in DFA um have I ever sat on the couch I know you're not sitting on the couch but have I not played a game within four days wow like even All-Star break maybe three but I talk like last year I really did I thought the Braves were going to win the World Series sure like everybody did I mean that was my last bigly game actually they beat the [ __ ] out of me like we can run that clip I'm sweating giving up Homer I gave up like five hits in a row for 100 miles an hour but Strider Riley all these guys like what when you don't see 98 for five days yeah and when you're seeing a a modified Bullpen or a simulated game or Striders throwing an auna is in the Box he's not going to go up and in tight he's not gonna take a chance of hitting auna right well now in a game you leave that pitch a little bit more over the plate so I don't know I I I see both of it obviously you want to win your division that's the goal but I do think there is some pros and some cons for both yeah yeah you're right and I mean again it seems crazy just think like hey you want to play more games after playing 100 62 Game season you want to you want to play a a series that you might lose and get knocked out of the playoffs more than taking that division but I I think the Diamondbacks I I I don't think they'll be any kind of letting up right like they're going to go out they're goingon to play hard if they win the division they're going to win the division and if they don't they don't that's mean it's not you're not gonna they're not gonna like lose strategically um you play to win you win the game yeah simple as that and it's the way you stay locked in for the playoffs too all right else we got Damon next question comes from Michael rii and he asks what makes you most nervous about this met series uh Frank the Tank that's what makes me the most nervous he's not coming here is he he's not coming to Chase Field again because keep that man as far away from Paul seaw Wald as you possibly can uh honestly nothing makes me nervous about this series with the Mets and again that might be that Cockiness that you're talking about but after they played the Boston Red Sox the way they did I mean the only the only thing I I can think about now is is that they come home they have this home stand and it's against teams that are essentially in the playoffs against them right so or or in the playoff race with do we I don't know how quickly do we have any numbers how the dibs are after off days uh I do not have those right in front of me maybe we can like they're not very good um I feel like that was always a challenge throughout my career how you handle off days I know that sounds weird but you were talking about like leaving the night before get the to Day game win sweep so it's a fun ride home but you're also being responsible you're going into an off day so you want to have a little fun on the plane you know what I mean and go to dinner that night probably got home a little bit later but um you know the only thing that scares me is just I I don't know what the percentage is I'm sure it's high but like winning the first game of a series like he gives you some leeway going in the game two still a chance to split whatever um but I just like winning game one when you stay hot obviously it's like win the next game but let's respond well after an off day and win game one that's always for me like how do we prepare and bounce back after off day you know with a hot team right now again the confidence is there but let's come out out for an off day and win a game there were times where Tori like almost went with kind of like what we considered like a little bit of a b lineup you know after they won like maybe the first two games of the series or something like that but it's it's amazing because if you look at it now those reps that those guys got a lot of those guys are the guys are now they're calling upon do the injur what I love about that like uh from a little player Insight we call like the B lineup or maybe the springt the spring training like Road Squad but like that's when like guys are like [ __ ] I'm going to show Tori like in a good way but competitive way like when you were the Traveling Squad yeah like and you're like well like again what I might as well play well you know what I mean you just I look at the celebrations in The Dugout during home runs and doubles and you look at the the [ __ ] they have rolling and it's just like man this team gets it they it's not like oh he's starting over me oh I'm not hitting till the seven like guys are playing their role and whenever they get called whenever they're starting like it just looks like a fun team to be a part of yeah yeah it really does all right what else we got Damon next question comes from Daniel Casten and he asks Elizabeth went to yesterday's game in Boston and the Dbacks won does this mean rgie broke the curse yeah see now that's what they're saying is like because Elizabeth tried to break the curse uh the tendy gang uh we we we're big fans of chicken tendies around here especially uh but of course uh they tried to break the curse to no luck uh but apparently you calling out a isabeth on the show thus Changed History a little bit I just think you know you have to be careful with what you say everywhere but a little honesty here and there it doesn't hurt anyone and I just you were honest about the streaming services that are available to watch the game stay home at but also you know Elizabeth you had to look at it you make some decisions here and there you take a gamble I mean ultimately you got to get back in the saddle at some point right exactly right right you have some bad outings but you got to get out there you know you did your due diligence you picked it right and the streak is over and you know what I will take credit for it so congrat Elizabeth you're welcome back to games sorry Nicholas no tendy gang uh acknowledgement here this is all Argie is doing uh and that's a fact all right what else we got and is Tindy gang is that like actual like gang affiliation like I mean we're gang affiliated in the way that we represent chicken tendies and do I need to be like chewed in somewhere like we'll we'll take you I think the FBI has it registered it's fine I was thinking Tindy game and it makes me think remember I think you remember San Fran early on Randle dogado like the 12th inning uh one of the birds dropped the chicken STP on the mouth while he was fing just made me think of that those birds are aggressive by the way and they know timing it's like seventh inning and they are there that's awes garlic fries and weed that's all you smell in sounds like like a candle like that sounds like good times all right fries you brought to you by home all right what else we got Dam next question comes from P of Yoshi and he asks will any of the baseball social media accounts other than Brooks gate including the 29 other baseball teams ever use our proper teal logo or are we doomed to the shackles of the beige logo until the end of time this is a great Point Yoshi and it bothers me to no end I I had to I had to demand that we switch the colors on our uh on our on our power rankings the other day because I I believe they went with the red and sand and I was like that's not a thing anymore we can't do that no I mean and the teal pops so well like it's come on respect respect the change of course I mean I'm always and a fashion guy but the teal I think is hot like I love it like I I've always said like I think even with all this I don't know where we're at but I think the the vest should come back the Pinstripes one of my favorite jerseys that we only wore once bring the purple back the purple jerseys and with the teal mixed in yeah and then again down the road mix in I wanted to always wear the road vest the road gray pin never yeah that was so hot I mean as much as I remember the homes I remember the Grays with the black sleeves and Matt Williams and Randy and like I wish we always wore the road road Grays at one point yeah I mean it's but the teal yeah the teal is it's in it's where it's at and we see the uh Tampa Bay went back and they were wearing their Retro Jerseys and I immediately was like I'm so jealous right now I wantan to I want to do a like MLB did a while back they did the like uh turn the clock forward or whatever I want to do a turn the clock back but where they wear the same jerseys like they did the sleeveless Playoff roster expansion Jersey yes that's incredible all right what else we got Damon let's get through uh we got a couple more here yeah come on we got bzo zoo bazo zoo say with Walker and Marte coming back what's the roster moves paven is gone surely does guor get DF roster expands soon as well so hate to dump Bell yeah so the rosters expand in September right so is it two now is it 28 or is I think it's the two yeah right it's not 30 anymore right it's the 28 or is it the 30 I I'm not sure this is why we have Jesse on the show for sure know up I normally know but not being in baseball this year I don't know but do you think they'll make they'll wait until obviously because we're fairly close right you know we're we're almost to September like they're obviously going to wait till that time but I mean they they do have kind of a roster problem because they have guys that have been playing well that deserve to stay here but when Marte comes back when Christian Walker comes back like how often are they going to call upon upon Josh Bell Luis gey it's tough again it's it's tough and who knows if the Dbacks ever thought they're going to have these problems and this is the personal side um that's again that's just that's part of managing that's part of putting together a team is you pick guys up knowing specifically once marte's back we're DFA him yeah and that sucks personally for the guy but that's we're trying to go in yeah um and again no offense to whoever it is whoever but you're not going to pick them over a Marte or them over a Christian Walker you know not not realistic so but they have been playing well so it's like for instance like a guy like who was sitting at home I can imagine that there's if the Diamondbacks do DFA him that there's going to be a lot of teams interested in them now that maybe yeah weren't before no for sure that's that's also the beauty of our Sport and like the coolness of it like sitting at home a good month stretch and boom you're back in the big leagues you're you're a commodity again you know what I mean and um what hope I say what hopefully happens probably not but you hope that some of these guys may be clear waivers you're able to send them Reno for a couple weeks and just have that have that depth and like every there's going to be the taxi squad for the playoffs and um because it is it does s some of these guys have played such pivotal roles and played such big moments and winning some of these games it it sucks to see him go yeah it really does and then you you you like Josh Bell for instance he's had so many big moments in such a short amount of time like I mean his postgame interviews are incredible like he just seems like a great teammate like it it's it's you know you you come to love these guys as a fan and then like yeah now we have to figure it out and it's it's tough when that kind of stuff Happ maybe we should invent like I say invent but add like a last week trade deadline before the playoffs like some crazy like you talk about like making things exciting again like imagine like you get like three trades if you're playoff like teams that make the playoffs can trade with non-playoff teams but like like wouldn't that be crazy that would be insane that would be crazy because especially this year there were so many teams that were still in it at the trade deadline it's like yeah it's vastly different now for like say September like there's a a everyone deadline where all teams can get better and then there's a September 15th postseason trade deadline and any team that has a chance to make it can trade with non-competitive teams I would be willing to make trades to make sure that the Dodgers don't ever win any playoff series I think teams would get on board with that I think there would be collusion among teams which I think would be great I'm man enough to admit that I I love it yeah we need more collusion in sports to be honest that's that's what I'm thinking or like at least something where and I get it again not trying to get long-winded but like where you can pick up a guy past I know I'm sorry that's sorry guys um I know rude it's fine um but where a guy can be eligible for the playoffs past the the deadline like the trade deadline like there needs to be I know there is if a guy gets DFA and you pick him up but you should be able to like trade for a guy and be like dude this guy should be able to play in the playoffs still yeah I like it I like the chaos that that causes uh let's see we got a Super Chat there uh a nice comment for Archie Patrick Wile says Archie is that dog your triple triple is legendary Thanks for the Memories I appreciate that yes sir all right what else we got Damon we got a few more yeah two more questions Brighton bobbit asks who has the best walkup song on the team okay we're gonna argue about this because I I know Damon and I are immediately gonna argue about this I okay here I'm conflicted because obviously Jake McCarthy has the best walkup song it's Kurt Angle theme song and it's a pro wrestling theme song so there's no way I'm going to say anybody else on the team other than that however Jake McCarthy did pick the one wrestler theme song that involves crowd interaction and that crowd interaction is people chanting you suck at him during parts of the song so I still don't know if that was the wisest move but I'm gonna go with Kurt Angle it's Kevin Newman and everybody that's ever been to a Dbacks game knows it's lelow by Kevin with Kevin Newman when he goes up to the plate and then the whole stadium just gets electric and it's unbelievable it's the S Leo is amazing it's tough It's it's pretty the problem is is I need to go to a few more Dbacks games see in person but you can change them so often now like there so and I don't know if the Dbacks do it but a lot of stadiums do it now where they actually show what the song is and stuff but if your walk out song doesn't move the needle a little bit it's tough yeah I mean I I can be in a pen or like when I'm playing you know I could be in the bull pin like not paying attention to the game at all and boom I hear walk up I'm like oh so and so's up yeah me like me like especially visiting like you judge guys on their walks when you go when you go play against other teams yeah like especially Dodger Stadium like as much as we want [ __ ] talk on Dodgers they have the best sound system in sports like it's incredible it's so loud Jesse complains about it every single time he goes there we walk out and we'd be like f Justin Turner this is your walk out like what like Wally's raking and just crushing us but like you know your walkout song it is very defining of who you are as a person did anybody's on the team get you pumped up like when you were on in the bullpen anybody on the Diamondbacks have one that like was electric so I feel like relievers get some electri right uh I mean for different reasons like uh Fernando Rodney when we had Leeta oh yeah his his would get us going yeah um everything about him was just electric electric I felt like Marte always had one peralto was always a character um mig's back in the day yeah he's back in the day the best were always like uh the fun I say the fun but like to make fun of like the square um nerdy guys like Goldie and Pock and coo like' be like man this is what you're choosing country song or something you know like gold you're the best player in the world right now and like you know I need more out of you I need excitement I always needed more always always I love Goldie all right what do we got for the last question there Dam it last question comes from casual fellow 777 and he says can a manager put himself on a 40-man roster after watching those videos of Tori at BP the other day I might like to see him pinch hit sometime yeah and that was how he decided the fantasy football rank or the theh order which they were going to draft um Tori probably should have taken some Torey decides fantasy football roster swings beforehand you know like just just out of fairness to the squad like at least maybe a couple down to the cage get some first before you come out um you know Boston you spend some time there you found a place to but I that's again um it doesn't matter winning or losing these are things during the season that are always going to take place the fantasy football drafts and they're things that people want to oh are they distracting they you know you're not winning or you're winning blah blah but it's it happens every year whether you're on the worst team in baseball or the best team in baseball there's fantasy drafts and it's such a fun time and fun part to be on because there's again a mix of guys making tons of money guys making league minimum some of the older guys will grab a young guy you team up um I saw the question earlier to kind of get into it um fantasy's awesome and you want to talk about some [ __ ] talk and at least the few years I was with the Dbacks man we had we either rent out ballrooms or went out restaurants and um bartenders and and you know full night we had people that would call the draft and call the picks and um you talk about a bonding moment and something that brings the team together and again you can watch other teams um with the way they interact with their manager and their coaches and it's like oh okay you know and then you see stuff like this it's like okay again this is Tori gets it dude I love Tor oh yeah I mean and and everybody does right like the players love Tori and it's it's so authentic too right like this is just who Tori is and Tori does Tori is himself he you know that's why it's so funny whenever you talk to Tori like almost in a joking fashion about him putting up like Christmas lights and he gets super [ __ ] serious about and he's like oh no this year I've got a plan you're like dude I was just I was just joking with you I didn't know you were going to take this so seriously but yeah no I mean this is uh this he's a fun he's a fun manager he's a fun guy to cover and of course you can see it you can see 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740 just tied for ninth and then their outs above average there is one which is 16th but uh this team again there's certain players that seem to love to hit at Chase Field yeah well I mean who doesn't I'm going be honest everyone it's just a great place to hit but yeah the Mets I mean not as good as the Diamondbacks but similar path this season right really bad in the beginning another continuation of the all this money which sucks because I want these owners to put money into baseball like Stevie has and when you don't have success it it really is it makes you gunshot I mean especially like this year like with Ken Kendrick right it's the same situation where they surprise a lot of people with how much money they spent and then you see things like the Jordan mcgomery deal go the way it does and then yeah you do fear how it's going to impact the future I'm happy the Mets are playing well they've again same thing they've picked up a few guys they made a few trades yeah um and same thing they had some backend Bullpen issues that they've resol I say they've resolved they've they're figured out a little bit better um but yeah just I think every team regardless of how good the Diamondbacks are there's excitement for them coming to play in Chase Field at least offensively because it's a great place to hit yeah they get a lot lot of triples hit like I said I think the key is game one man yeah when win tomorrow you just came off a great road trip off day win the first one and then you have some leeway you know it's not that you ever want to lose but win game one and then okay we can go you know what I mean yeah well and it's getting to the point where when we we're going to take a look at the probable pitches here let's take a look at what the Diamondbacks have and of of course the Mets still have a TBD in there but you look at now this portion of the starting rotation it's Edward Rodriguez Eduardo Rodriguez uh Brandon fought and Ryan Probable Starters Nelson right and all of a sudden these guys don't look like the back end of the you know starting rotation anymore you look at this and you're you're pretty happy what you have going in this three- game series against the Mets I mean all guys under a 4-3 um which is incredible right um and Ryan Nelson's isn't even really that's what I mean close to what he right now exactly you take the last few um his last five per se last 10 which is again that's what matters like this whole season matters but who are you the last couple weeks that's who you are right now um with that being said though I mean maniah and srino have been really really good recently like been really good Shawn manai is just an incredible pitcher that I don't feel like he gets the credit he deserves right like you always find him at the back end of a rotation or you find him like needing a job and you're like why look at the numbers he puts up yeah and then old TBD got to worry about him right yeah that's you know I don't like the TBD I don't it's one of the things I think is still so weird that you can like not I guess you don't know till game time lot of decisions be made to announce I just always you know it's like what are you doing over there like I know there's so many things but it's also like you about to do a bullpen day which whatever you play you go in but I've always been like is it gamesmanship is it a little bit of like you know trying to yeah man like especially now um with some of the rules and um but I'm just like dude no one cares just put the line like come on we're going to game plan for all the potential options anyway regardless whether it's the day before the day of like these guys are so good at getting this info it doesn't five minutes for the game it doesn't matter we s have everything we need everything is on the iPads boom it's there yeah right how much preparation did you need at times did you feel like you needed a lot I mean especially that was that was probably what I'd go back to like when someone asked how I felt like when Gino was in that mode is like you still prepare but you also just know I'm better than you right now like you just have this sense of like uh yeah I know I shouldn't throw fastball up but I'm going to throw fastball up right here you know like a little Cockiness like I'm going to do some things I maybe wouldn't do if I was not playing as good but I've got it right now so i'mna run it you're like good luck catching this I love it all right well we thank you guys of course so much for your questions we thank you guys so much for stopping by thank this man a tremendous amount for I'm not a guest he's not a guest he want you to know that he's here he's part of the team um he's Jess replacement is what it is right now we for this week Cru back together next week yeah we'll we'll see what happens see I don't know it's still up in the air we we have a lot between now and then who knows what hold what what the future holds for us but of course we thank 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