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What's up, guys? It's Candace Dillard Bassett, and this is Undomesticated. Follow and listen to Undomesticated, available wherever you get your podcasts. It is the JR Sport Brief Show here with you coast to coast on the Infinity Sports Network. Yeah, we just talked about Thursday night football.
It's coming your way in about an hour. But today has been and will continue to be a busy day in Major League Baseball. We're going to find out all the teams that will be advancing out of the wild card round into the divisional round. We already have the Tigers knocking off the Guardians 6-3. We got the Cubs and Padres currently in action.
We got the Yankees and Red Sox. Sending rookies to the mound in about 40 minutes from now. Joining us right now to talk about the elimination games, what we can expect the rest of the way, starting Saturday, is Brittany Giroli from The Athletic, covering all things baseball. Brittany, how are you? I'm good.
How are you? I'm very well. Thank you so much for the time. You know, given what we saw from the Tigers, the collapse throughout the course of the regular season, 15 and a half game lead blown. to the Guardians.
Are you surprised that they kind of flipped the switch in the new season here against these Guardians? I'm not because you know we've seen this before. The Texas Rangers the year that they won the World Series backed into the playoffs. They lost the division on the final day and people kind of left them for dead. But as we've seen, it all depends on the momentum that you're going to have in October.
It's a new month. It's a fresh start. I'm sure that that is what Detroit manager A.J. Hinch preached to his players. And then they went out there and got it done.
I think having Turk's Google obviously really helps. shape a short series. But the Tigers are a dangerous team. Their bullpen is not quite as good as it was when they kind of were running away with the Central earlier in the year. But they have a pesky lineup and you saw that throughout the series.
So I don't think it's time to panic. Though certainly they're going to have their work cut out for them with the Seattle Mariners who are a higher seed and have been watching and now play the winner of that wild card, which was Detroit.
Well, Britt, we know that the the Mariners have certainly bolstered their their entire offense and lineup, and the pitching has been there over the years, but now it seems like they finally got the offense to match, no? Yeah, I think this is probably their best offensive team in 20 plus years since the last time they were in the ALCS, back when they had Ken Griffey Jr.
So I think obviously they're led by Cal Raleigh, who's had a historic year for a catcher, 60 home runs, broke all kinds of records. including two of Griffey's records there in Seattle. I think when you look at here, he's having obviously some magnificent Julio Rodriguez as well. But you're right, they went out there and they made additions. They got Eugenio Suarez.
to be kind of a big bat for them. They've seen a lot of resurgence from guys over there, JP Crawford. They're really a team that I think can beat you in a bunch of different ways. And they're very balanced. And you're right in that for a while we were just waiting on the offense.
I mean they had historically good pitching. last year just couldn't get it together offensively. They finally were able to push their chips in. Ownership committed to spending more money at the deadline. And you're seeing a team that a lot of people is predicting is a World Series favorite.
Well, Britt, let's stay On the American lead side of the bracket. Tonight, we got the Red Sox, the New York Yankees. We got two rookies that'll be on the mound. We know how things can get for any rookie in Yankees Stadium. I don't care if you're.
Pitching for the Yankees, or you're the away guy. What are your thoughts on what we can expect tonight? It's going to be all hands on deck. You know, like, are you going to see some starters come out of the bullpen? Maybe.
You know, you're going to see, similar to, you know, what the game is going on right now at the Cubs Padres, where they pulled you Darvish before the second inning, you're going to see very aggressive style of managing. And, you know, Toronto, which is sitting around with the first round by, loves it because both of these teams are going to empty their bullpen. Both of them are going to exhaust every avenue that they have. And I expect it to be a close game. What's been nice so far is there haven't been any blowouts.
Every game has been so closely contested. And I expect with the Yankees and Red Sox, it's going to continue to be as they trade blows here. It's going to be really fascinating. to see whether or not the Red Sox can outlast the Yankees. Because if there is an Achilles heel that New York have, it's that their bullpen is just not there.
The depth is not there compared to many other playoff teams.
Well, Brett, let me ask you this. If the Yankees lose tonight, who's getting blamed? All the Yankee fans are just going to point at Boone, right? They're going to put him on the stake again? Probably.
I think it depends on how they lose. You know, if they don't score at all, I think maybe there'll be a little bit more pressure on Aaron Judge, who it seems has. Not able to have, I mean, he's been good, but he hasn't been able to have the, you know, put the team on my back kind of offense that he has for stretches during the regular season. Certainly people are going to point to not starting Jeff Shisholm in game one and kind of what happened there. Obviously, he was the hero and the reason they won last night's game.
So there'll be plenty to dissect if they lose this game for sure. Britt Girolli is here with us. Covers all things baseball for the athletic. As we speak, the Chicago Cubs are trying to get some insurance runs. Up on the board here in the seventh at home.
Michael Bush just said a home run. The Chicago Cubs now lead the Padres 3-0. What are your thoughts on the Cubs and the Padres? It looks like the Cubs, who knows, they may hold on, but then they have the Brewers. Whoever advances has the Brewers right there in front of them.
Do you think the Brewers get the respect they deserve? Yeah, no, I don't. And they're similar to the Mariners in that they could pitch for a long time, but you know, offensively really went cold, especially in October when it mattered.
So I think they're a more balanced team than they have been. And I think this is a similar series to the Red Sox Yankees, where both teams are really exhausting their bullpens and all of their guys just to get here. You know, the Cubs, very quietly, their offenses, their big players kind of went cold down the stretch of the regular season. They've been okay here, but it's not like they're putting up 10 runs, right? There's been really offensive issues for both of these teams, I think.
So I think that they're going to either walk it out with them or the team like Milwaukee, who won a franchise record in games. really is a total team. They put the ball in play, they pitch, they will hit home runs, they will run the bases, they really do everything right.
So I think that they, in my mind, are our favored to win. I don't think this is the Milwaukee of years past that's destined to fold when it gets big. I think they finally have guys who are capable of getting big hits and big spots. Yeah, we got to wait, I don't know, another hour or so to figure out who their opponent is going to be. The Cubs lead.
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San Diego 3-0 trying to advance to take on these Brewers. Last night, Britt, we saw what took place. Los Angeles Dodgers, they handle business again. And now in a matchup that I thought was going to be a championship series, we get We get Los Angeles and the Phillies. We got them in a divisional round.
What are your thoughts on what this will look like? Man, I hope this goes five because I think this is going to be a fascinating series to watch. You've got Star Power on both sides. You've got two really good fan bases. And you have a Phillies team whose window is kind of closing here.
They're very hungry to win. You know, they had a injure squad scrimmage and sold out. You know, the city of Philadelphia is dying for a championship. You know, guys like Harper and Kyle Schwarber are not getting any younger. Even without Zach Wheeler, who was so key to their starting pitching staff, the Phillies are dangerous.
They're a very dangerous team. I think they know how good the Dodgers are as well. If there is one weak link that I think was exposed With the Dodgers in those first two games against the Reds, it is that eighth inning. You know, they struggled both nights. They do have some issues when it comes to that bullpen as well.
I think the Phillies are a more complete team, but I think you can't count out a Dodgers team that has Shohei Otani at any point in time. Shohei's going to do what Johe's going to do. And of course, Freddie Freeman always seems to step up when the spotlight is biggest as well.
So this is going to be one of those series that I really hope goes five. And you're going to want to watch it like the Padres Dodgers last year and wonder, why wasn't this going to go 10? You just want to watch these two teams square off all the time. I'm really excited for this matchup. Yeah, at least we know Shohei Otani is going to get the start in game one.
You had mentioned some of the Phillies who are older. We know Schwarber is scheduled to be a free agent. Wheeler is is now out with the the the surgery that he had. Is this their last and best chance with this unit to go and win another World Series? I think so.
You know, I mean, I think they're going to try to re sign Schwarber, but it's hard to keep these teams together. You know, you look at Harper and Trey Turner a magnificent year, really the only one of the last three hundred hitters baseball has.
So I do think This is the year. They won the NL East. The Mets had their historic collapse. You know, the Mets are going to try to compete again next year. The Braves had a down year as well.
This is the easiest road Philly is going to get in winning the division. I think this is the window. I picked the Phillies out of the NL. I picked Seattle out of the AL. Nothing I've seen so far, because neither team has played, would make me change my mind.
Well, having said that, who do you think is going to hoist the Commissioner's Trophy, Britt? That's tough. I think Seattle has a real chance here. I think if it does happen that Seattle and Philly get there, Seattle has just a little bit more pitching, assuming that Brian Wu is going to be okay. But I think that would just be a magnificent series for all the baseball.
Seattle, of course. looking for their first World Series title. Philly, of course, hoping that the end of this window where they've put so much time and resources into it. And Dave Dombrowski leading baseball operations, you know, I think this would be maybe his third title for another team. He just seems to build winners wherever he goes.
Britt Girolli is here with us from the athletic covers all things baseball. You mentioned Brian Wu, he's been dealing with that chest and shoulder. Should I just throw it out the window that we'll see him in this round? They'd have to advance for us to see him, right? I think so.
I don't know. I think they had another inter squad today. I don't know if I've seen any kind of update. I think they'd prefer. To not have to use him, right?
And prefer to, you know, kind of rest him. But also, you can't always count ahead, right? You've got to focus on winning series when you can.
So if he is going to be available and they do go to a potential game five, maybe he is a guy that they start for a couple innings. But I think in a perfect world, yes, they would wait for the ALCS. Britt, thank you for joining us to talk about the postseason. I do want to hit the fast forward button just a little bit to next year. Where we're gonna see the automatic ball strike system used for the first time full-time in Major League Baseball history.
I guess it is 2025. What the heck? Why not advance? What are your thoughts? Is this going to be a good, slow implementation?
Is it going to be a wild one? What are you thinking? I think so. I mean, this is, you know, still where we're going to need human umpires. This is going to, I think, starting in spring training really going to be a test.
another test for players. How good are you at challenging, at seeing what's going on?
So I think that this is something that's going to be drilled in camps. I'm curious to see how each team approaches it with their guys. And I'm also curious how they're going to enforce other players not being able to help guys. Say challenge this, challenge that. We know in baseball they're going to push the rules.
We know in any pro sport they're going to push the rules.
So I'm curious to see how this is all implemented. And we're going to get a good look at that in spring training. Yeah, I think I I love the fact that there's some accountability on the players to hopefully not abuse the system because their teammates and coaches and managers are going to look at them going, what the heck are you doing?
So I I like that part about it. Yeah, and and you know, I think in twenty twenty five they're just trying to get the calls right. more than anything else and that should help some of the egregious calls not happen. Yeah, we all hope so. Maybe they can give the WNBA some advice.
I hear that they have some issues with their. Their calls as well, Britt. We'll see. We'll see. Maybe.
Maybe. Who knows? Thank you so much for the time, Britt. Tell everybody where they can follow and keep up with you and all your work covering MLB for the Athletic. Yeah, you can find everything in the athletic MLB, all that good stuff.
I'll have plenty of playoff stuff this month. It's going to be a little crazy. And then we'll jump right into the hot stove. You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, Brick Jaroli. I even started a TikTok 'cause I heard that's where all the kids are nowadays.
So You know, I I've got everything. Can we stop inventing social medias? Can we all just agree we're done with all the social medias? Can we you want to throw your phone against the wall, too? You know, it's like I post on this, I post on this, I post on this.
It is, you know. I know. People people love to you know leave their phones in the bedrooms or not take their phones places and you know those of us in the media, as you know, just don't have that luxury. Yeah, every n hey, b Britt, I I try to uh to get our producer here. Ryan Bach, I said, hey, go outside to the park one day and just leave your phone inside for an hour.
He goes, no, I can't do it. I know. I know. It's it's too bad. But, you know, I do get paid to watch baseball, so I can't really complain.
But yeah, the uh the social medias need to stop being invented. Yeah, I hear that. I'm with you on that. Hey, Britt, thank you so much for the time. We'll catch you soon, okay?
Okay, thanks. Take care. No doubt about it. Thank you so much to Britt Girolli, covering all things baseball for the athletic. Listen up football fans, you won't want to miss this.
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