>> TWO TEAMS SITTING ATOP THE RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS. WELCOME TO THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK PREGAME SHOW. I'M SIERA SANTOS. SHE IS LAUREN GARDNER. HOW SORE IS YOUR ARM AFTER THROWING OUT THE FIRST PAGE? LAUREN: IT ACTUALLY IS. I WAS SO NERVOUS, AND IT MADE IT OVER THE PLATE. THE FANATIC CAUGHT IT. HE DID NOT END UP ON THE I.L. I DID NOT NEED TOMMY JOHN SURGERY. SIERA: YESTERDAY, THEY LIVED UP TO THE BRAND. LAUREN: IT IS GOOD TO SEE MILWAUKEE DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING. WE WERE NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE N.L.
CENTRAL GOING INTO THE SEASON, BUT THE CARDS ARE PLAYING A GOOD BRAND OF BASEBALL. TEAMS ARE SURPRISING PEOPLE. PITTSBURGH IN PARTICULAR. THE OWNERSHIP WERE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO GOING INTO THAT SEASON. ON THE OTHER SIDE, HOW ABOUT THE A.L. CENTRAL? THE BRAKES SURPRISING PEOPLE. LAST YEAR, A YOUTUBE GAME BETWEEN THE WHITE SOX AND THE TWINS — TALK ABOUT ROCCO BALDELLI, HOW HE CHANGED THINGS UP WHEN THEY WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE REVAMP. THEY'RE GOING BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS LIKE ON SPRING TRAINING. THE RESULTS OF THAT WORK ETHIC. A BIT OF A ROUGH OUTING IN HIS LAST OUTING GOING INTO THE ALL-STAR BREAK. HE HAS BEEN ANOTHER X FACTOR FOR THIS TWINS TEAM. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT LAST NIGHT'S MATCHUP AND HOW EVERYTHING SHOOK OUT.
ALL-STAR BYRON BUXTON HIT THE GAME-WINNING HOMER IN THE ALL-STAR GAME. >> A BLAST TO LEFT FIELD. WELCOME BACK TO THE LINEUP, YOUNG MAN. BYRON BUXTON, HIS 24TH OVERALL THIS SEASON. >> HUNTER RENFROE IS THE BETTER. RENFROE SENDS IT DEEP TO LEFT FIELD. ANOTHER HOME RUN. RED HOT RENFROE. THE BREWERS IMMEDIATELY GO IN FRONT IN THE SECOND INNING. >> AND WONG SENDS ONE TO RIGHT. THAT IS WAY BACK. THERE SHE GOES. WE ARE ALL TIED HERE IN THE FIFTH INNING. >> BOTTOM OF THE NINTH, TIE GAME, WINNING RUN AT THIRD. FLY BALL, RIGHT FIELD. THROW TO THE PLATE NEVER GOING TO MAKE IT. DELIVERS AGAIN. >> I LOVE THAT. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STARTING LINEUPS, STARTING WITH THE TWINS. LUIS ARRAEZ LEADING OFF, PLAYING FIRST. LEADS ALL OF BASEBALL WITH A THREE UNDER 39 AVERAGE. HE IS SO HAPPY TO BE IN THE BIGS. HIS TEAMMATES LOVE HIM. CARLOS KOREA, WE WILL BE TALKING WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SHOW. ANOTHER ALL-STAR IN BYRON BUXTON. HIS TEAM IS NOT ONLY GOING TO GO DEEP IN THE POSTSEASON, HE SAYS, BUT TO MAKE IT TO THE WORLD SERIES, SO BOOK IT.
>> HE IS BANKING ON IT. >> BATTING .320 FOR THE BREWERS WITH FOUR EXTRA BASE HITS. WILLY ADAMES HAS 20 HOMERS, SECOND MOST AMONG SHORTSTOPS IN THE LEAGUE. ANDREW MCCUTCHEN HAS A 15 GAME ON-BASE STREAK, GOING WITH 13 R.B.I.'S DURING THAT STRETCH. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS PITCHING MATCHUP AS WELL. CORBIN BURNES ONCE AGAIN MAKING A BID TO WIN THE CY YOUNG. OF COURSE, HE HAS TO BEAT OUT ALCANTARA AND GONSOLIN. BUT IN HIS LAST SEVEN STARTS, HE IS 4-0, BUT HE HAS ALSO GOT SOME STIFF COMPETITION TODAY.
>> YEAH, CHRIS ARCHER WAS TALKING ABOUT HIM A LITTLE BIT OFF THE TOP OF THE SHOW. COMING OFF OF A LITTLE BIT OF A ROUGH OUTING GOING INTO THAT ALL-STAR BREAK. FOUR EARNED RUNS ALLOWED. OVER FOUR AND TWO THIRDS INNINGS , RESULTING IN A 1-0 LOST TO THE WHITE SOX. NOTHING HE COULD DO TO STOP THE BLEEDING AT THAT POINT. DID NOT GET THE RUN SUPPORT. HE IS HAVING THAT BOUNCEBACK SEASON WITH HIS NEW CLUB. I THINK HE IS ENJOYING THE ENVIRONMENT. HE'S E.R.A. IS DOWN 2.3 41 — TO 3.41. WE KNOW THE LONG BALL IS SOMETHING THE BREW CREW RELIES ON. IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THEY DO IN THIS SECOND GAME OF THIS MATCHUP. WE LIKE TO SEE HIGH-SCORING MATCHUPS. THIS IS GREAT. SIERA: TWO GUYS THAT ALWAYS HEADED OUT OF THE PARK — SCOTT BRAUN, DAN PLESAC. THEY ARE AT THE FIELD TO CALL THE GAME. TAKE IT AWAY. SCOTT: LOOK WHO WE HAVE IN THE BOOTH THIS WEEK.
DAN PLESAC. THIS IS ONE OF YOUR OLD STOMPING GROUNDS. DAN: MADE MY DUBUQUE HERE — MY DEBUT HERE. SCOTT: HE IS LIKE THE MAYOR. HIGH-FIVES, HUGS FOR EVERYONE. LET'S START WITH OUR MANAGER CONVERSATIONS WITH CRAIG COUNSEL OF THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS ABOUT THE PROGRESSION OF CORBIN BURNES, WHO WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE TODAY. DAN: HE TOLD US IN SPRING TRAINING A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN HE DECIDED TO USE THE CUTTER — THE DIFFERENCE IS HE THROWS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE. I WITH BALLS AWAY TO LEFTIES, INTO RIGHTIES. BUT NOW HE WILL THROW THE CUTTER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE. YOU KNOW THE CUTTER IS COMING, BUT DO NOT KNOW WHICH SIDE IT WILL BE ON. SCOTT: CHRISTIAN YELICH IS GOING TO BE MIKED UP. AARON ASH FEET SIGNED A — AARON ASHBY SIGNED A RECENT CONTRACT EXTENSION. I GUARANTEE HE IS NOT GOING SIX INNINGS, BUT HE COULD GIVE YOU FOUR OR FIVE REALLY SHARP ONES. DAN: HE IS WHAT A STARTING PITCHER IS IN 2022. THEY ARE HOPING TO GET FIVE INNINGS. IN HIS LAST START, HE WAS BRILLIANT FOR FOR THE THIRD. THIS CASE SCENARIO, FIVE INNINGS OUT OF ARCHER.
SCOTT: WHAT IS BETTER THAN SITTING THAT, WATCHING GREAT PITCHERS WITH DAN PLESAC AND SOME BULLPENS THAT HAVE FIRE, ESPECIALLY ON MILWAUKEE'S SIDE? JOIN US, WHY DON'T YOU? YOUTUBE ACTION COMING YOUR WAY QUITE SOON. SIERA: THOSE TO KILL IT. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET SOME CHEESE CURDS AND MAYBE GO DOWN THE SLIDE. LAUREN: I WANT TO SEE PLESAC GO DOWN THE SLIDE. I WOULD NEVER EAT A CHEESE CURDS AGAIN IN MY LIFE TO SEE THAT. LET'S GET INTERACTIVE. BOTH SQUADS LEADING IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS, SO WE ASKED THE QUESTION — WHICH PLAYER IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE TEAM CHANCES OF WINNING THE TITLE? IS IT BYRON BUXTON, JOSH HADER, CHRISTIAN YELICH? GO ONLINE AND VOTE. THE RESULTS TO COME LATER IN THE SHOW. WE ARE GOING TO STEP ASIDE HERE ON THE YOUTUBE PREGAME SHOW. THIS AS CHRIS ARCHER FACES THE REIGNING CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER, URBAN BURNS.
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WE WELCOME IN TWINS STAR SHORTSTOP CARLOS CORREA. YOU SHOCKED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHEN YOU SIGNED WITH THE TWINS. HALF A SEASON IN, YOU HAVE YOUR GUYS IN FIRST PLACE IN THE A.L. CENTRAL. HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS YOUR TEAM RIGHT NOW, JUST AFTER THE ALL-STAR BREAK WAS TO MARK CARLOS: I THINK IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL FIRST HALF. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM TO IMPROVE. AT THE SAME TIME, I AM HAPPY WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. WE ARE A TEAM THAT — WE BATTLED LAST YEAR. WE WERE IN LAST PLACE AND THAT WE ARE IN FIRST PLACE. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ROSTER. WE ARE HAPPY WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. OBVIOUSLY, THE TRADE DEADLINE IS COMING, SO WE ARE HOPING WE MAKE SOME MOVES FOR US TO IMPROVE AND KEEP GETTING BETTER.
BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN COMPETE WITH THE BEST OF THEM OUT THERE. SIERA: I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT IN ONE SECOND, BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER TEAMMATE RIGHT NOW. MOVING OVER TO THE TWINS, YOU ARE TEAMED UP WITH BYRON BUXTON. YOU WENT ONE AND TWO IN THE 2012 MLB DRAFT. DID YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP BEFORE YOU GOT TO MINNESOTA, AND WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP NOW THAT YOUR TEAMMATES? CARLOS: WE HAD A RELATIONSHIP OF JUST KNOWING YOUR OTHER TEAMMATES FROM THE TEAM. LIKE MARIO WAS PLAYING WITH THE TWINS, SO I WOULD ASK HIM ABOUT HIM, AND WE WOULD FACE TIME MARWIN. WHEN I PLAYED AGAINST HIM WE TALKED ALL THE TIME. ALSO WENT TO THE MINOR LEAGUE SYSTEM AND PLAYED AGAINST EACH OTHER. WE GOT TO THE BIG LEAGUES. WE DID NOT TALK MUCH WHEN WE PLAYED EACH OTHER. NOW THAT I AM ON THE TEAM AND I GET TO SEE THE TALENT FIRSTHAND AND HANG OUT WITH HIM ON THE ROAD AND JUST BE AROUND HIM, HE IS A SPECIAL TALENT, BUT ALSO A GREAT HUMAN BEING.
I AM REALLY GLAD I GET TO PLAY WITH HIM. WE GO WAY BACK TO 2012 WHEN WE GOT DRAFTED AND OUR LIVES CHANGED FOREVER. IT IS GOOD TO GET TO SEE THE HUMAN BEING, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNEW THE TALENT HE HAD, BUT HE IS ALSO A GREAT PERSON. GETTING TO KNOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY — HIS WIFE AND MY WIFE ARE BEST FRIENDS. HIM AND I GREW UP, HANGING OUT TOGETHER, SO IT IS COOL.
SIERA: YOU HAVE ANOTHER TEAMMATE HAVING A CAREER YEAR, LUIS ARRAEZ, LEADING IN BATTING AVERAGE. WHY IS HE HAVING SO MUCH SUCCESS AT THE PLATE? CARLOS: I HAVE TO GO WITH CONSISTENCY. IN THE CAGE, M.V.P., — IN THE CAGE, IN B.P., HE IS CONSISTENT. HE DOES NOT GET AWAY FROM HIS GAME. HE STICKS WITH THE PLAN. HE IS NOT TRYING TO HIT HOME RUNS. YOU HAVE TO GET ON BASE FOR THE GUYS HITTING BEHIND HIM. HE IS GOING TO TAKE HIS WALKS, HIS LINE DRIVES. HE IS GOING TO TAKE WHAT YOU GIVE HIM. HE IS CONSISTENT, DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SIERA: WE HAVE THE TRADE DEADLINE COMING UP. YOU HAVE SAID THE TEAM HAS HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU ON TEAM NEEDS. I KNOW YOU CANNOT GET INTO SPECIFICS, BUT HOW DID THOSE CONVERSATIONS GO, AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU THAT THEY ASK FOR YOUR OPINION? CARLOS: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FRONT OFFICE AND THE ORGANIZATION — THEY GOT THE PLAYERS' INPUT ALL THE TIME.
THE SCOUTING REPORTS ARE THERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PITCHERS. ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE. BUT THE EYE TEST HAS GOT TO BE THERE. YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE ON THE FIELD GETTING THE TOUGH AT-BATS. WE KNOW WHAT PITCHERS ARE TOUGH TO HIT. WE MAKE SURE WE TRANSLATE THAT INFORMATION SO THEY KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN PLAYERS. SIERA: WE ARE ON YOUTUBE, SO WE HAVE TO ASK — YOUR WIFE, DANIELLA, HAS HER OWN CHANNEL, AND YOU HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON IT PROMINENTLY. YOU HAVE MADE PANCAKES, EVEN EIGHT SOME GRASSHOPPERS. OR YOU FALL STATE — FALSE ATE GRASSHOPPERS. TELL US ABOUT IT. CARLOS: I COULD NOT DO THAT ONE.
I LIKE TO EAT, BUT GRASSHOPPERS WAS NOT ON THE MENU FOR ME. I DID NOT WANT TO DO THAT, SO I FAKED LIKE I WAS GOING TO EAT IT, AND I JUST THREW IT BEHIND ME. I ACTED LIKE I WAS CHEWING. I WAS NOT DOING THAT ONE. THE YOUTUBE PAGE STARTED YEARS AGO. OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE BASEBALL LIFESTYLE, I WAS ON THE FIELD. SHE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD KEEP HER ENTERTAINED. BUT NOW SHE CAN KEEP UP WITH THE YOUTUBE AS MUCH AS OUR SON. SHE WAS TELLING ME SHE WAS DOING SOME CONTENT WITH HIM. SIERA: YOU DID NOT FEEL BAD THAT SHE ATE THE GRASSHOPPER AND YOU JUST LET HER GO? CARLOS: SHE IS THE ONE THAT WANTED TO DO IT, NOT ME. SIERA: WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY POSTS IN TWO YEARS. WE KNOW YOU HAVE A BABY BOY. THAT HAS TO TAKE UP A LOT OF TIME.
SO WHEN HIS NEW CONTENT DROPPING? THE WORLD NEEDS IT. CARLOS: OUR BABY BOY IS GETTING TO A POINT WHERE HE IS DOING FUN THINGS, SO HOPEFULLY SOON. WHEN I AM HOME TOO, SO I CAN BE PART OF THOSE VIDEOS. I AM VERY INVOLVED WITH MY SON AND EVERYTHING HE IS DOING. I'M ALREADY PUTTING A BAT AND BALL IN HIS HAND. I'M TRYING TO MAKE HIM A LEFTY. I'M LIKE I WANT YOU TO HIT LEFTY BECAUSE I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS NOW IN THE GAME WITH GUYS THROWING 100 M.P.H. SINKERS. LEFTIES GOING AWAY FROM YOU, IT IS A LITTLE EASIER. I'M FORCING THAT LEFT-HAND TO GET STRONG. SIERA: YOU'VE ALREADY GOT STRATEGY BUILT IN. I LOVE IT. CARLOS: I GOT INSPIRED BY KIDS GETTING DRAFTED, AND I TOLD MY WIFE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PASS FOR OUR SON. MAYBE HE CAN BE A FIRST PICK ONE DAY.
SIERA: I THINK HE HAS A GOOD FUTURE AHEAD OF HIM. CARLOS: LET'S HOPE. SIERA: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, CARLOS. CARLOS: THANK YOU, SIERA. ♪ LAUREN: TIME NOW FOR OUR CREATOR SPOTLIGHT. TODAY WE HIGHLIGHT OUR GOOD FRIEND ROBBIE HYDE AND HIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL. HIS CHANNEL IS ALL THINGS MLB PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. HE IS A RED SOX FAN. AND HIS FAVORITE MOMENT OF COURSE IS THE SOX BREAKING THE CURSE IN 2004 WITH THE WORLD SERIES VICTORY OVER THE CARDS. WE WELCOME HIM IN NOW. WE ARE NOT GOING TO UNPACK WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE WITH YOUR SOCKS, BUT FIRST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR CHANNEL. >> THINK FOR HAVING ME. IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE. REALLY, MY CHANNEL STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. IT WAS GOING TO BE A RED SOX CHANNEL, A PODCAST KIND OF THING AT FIRST. BUT IT WAS NOT REALLY GETTING ANY VIEWS, SO I DECIDED TO TALK ABOUT ALL THINGS MAJORLY BASEBALL. STARTED TO SEE THE VIEWS COME UP.
THAT IS WHAT IT IS NOW. EVERY WEEK I AM GOING LIVE TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK, AND DOING PRERECORDED VIDEOS AS WELL. I AM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER, SO I WORKED DURING THE DAY. I COME HOME AND WORK ON MY CHANNEL AFTER THAT. I GET SUMMERS OFF, SO IT IS A PERFECT TIME. THE BASEBALL SEASON IS QUITE HOT DURING THE SUMMER, SO. LAUREN: I GOT TO ASK — WHAT GRADE DO YOU TEACH? ROBBIE: MOSTLY SECOND-GRADE, BUT I WILL BE DOING FOURTH GRADE THIS YEAR. SIERA: I LOVE THAT. THAT IS SO COOL. LAUREN: THE TEACHER IS A YOUTUBE STAR? SIERA: THAT IS AWESOME. ROBBIE: I TRY NOT TO LET THE KIDS KNOW. THEY WOULD ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS. SIERA: THE TWINS AND BREWERS ARE ATOP THEIR RESPECTIVE DIVISIONS. WHICH TEAM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GO DEEPER IN THE POSTSEASON? ROBBIE: I HAVE TO SAY THE BREWERS. THE STARTING PITCHING IS ALWAYS GREAT. THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN DOING REALLY WELL. CHRISTIAN YELICH IS HAVING A REALLY GOOD YEAR AFTER LAST YEAR. A LOT OF GUYS OR CONTRIBUTE IN THE LINEUP. I LIKE THE BREWERS. THEY ARE A MORE ALL-AROUND TEAM.
I LIKE THE TWINS OFFENSE. I DO LIKE THEIR STARTING PITCHING, BUT I WONDER IF IT IS GOING TO BE STRONG ENOUGH, WITH GREAT OFFENSES LIKE THE YANKEES, THE ASTROS, THE BLUE JAYS, THE MARINERS ARE RED HOT. I WONDER ABOUT THAT STARTING PITCHING IN THE BULLPEN AS WELL. I WILL DEFINITELY GO WITH THE BREWERS. LAUREN: THAT IS A GOOD ANSWER. FOR THE TWINS, SUCH A TOUGH LEAGUE TO BE IN. MILWAUKEE HAS SO MUCH DEPTH IN THAT PITCHING STAFF. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TRADE DEADLINE WHICH IS QUICKLY APPROACHING ON AUGUST 2. THE NAME EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IS JUAN SOTO. WHERE DO YOU THINK HE IS PLAYING, COME AUGUST 3? ROBBIE: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS. I THINK THEY HAVE THE RIGHT BLEND OF PLAYERS COME UP MAJORLY READY AND PROSPECTS. — BLEND OF PLAYERS, MAJOR LEAGUE READY AND PROSPECTS. THEY HAVE MADE THOSE TRADES IN THE PAST AND WOULD BE WILLING TO TAKE ON BIG CONTRACTS. A TEAM I THINK WILL TRADE FOR SOTO WILL WANT TO SIGN HIM LONG-TERM. THEY ALMOST TRADED FOR GIANCARLO STANTON. THEY WERE WILLING TO TAKE ON THAT MONEY. I THINK THE CARDINALS HAVE THE RIGHT BALANCE OF PLAYERS AND THE WILLINGNESS TO MAKE A TRADE AS WELL AS JUST HAVING THE MONEY FOR IT AS WELL.
SIERA: ALL VERY VALID REASONS. WE MENTIONED YOU ARE A RED SOX FAN. WHAT DO YOU THINK THEIR APPROACH IS GOING TO BE AT THE DEADLINE? THEY HAVE TO BE SELLERS, RIGHT? ROBBIE: I'M CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP EVERY NIGHT RIGHT NOW. BUT CHAIM BLOOM, THE WAY HE OPERATES, HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING TO HELP THE TEAM CURRENTLY AND IN THE FUTURE. I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO SELL. I THINK HE WILL DO A BIT OF A MIX. HE WILL SELL OFF SOME PIECES. HE WILL LOOK TO ADD OFF SOME PIECES SIMILAR TO WHEN HE TRADED FOR NICK VETTER, WHO TURNED OUT TO BE A GREAT PITCHER FOR THE RED SOX. HE WAS DOING POORLY FOR THE PHILLIES BUT THEY HELPED TURN HIM AROUND. I COULD SEE HIM MAKING TRADES LIKE THAT. MOST LIKELY BOGAERTS WOULD BE TESTING FREE AGENCY ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS. J.D. MARTINEZ IS GOING TO BE A FREE AGENT. KNOWING GLOOM, HE WAS NOT AFRAID TO TRADE MOOKIE BETTS. I COULD SEE THAT IS THE ROUTE HE IS GOING TO TAKE. I THINK HE IS GOING TO BRING IN PIECES THAT WILL HELP HIM AND THE ORGANIZATION IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
SIERA: IT IS SO INTERESTING WITH THAT 12 TEAM POSTSEASON FORMAT. NO ONE IS REALLY FULLY OUT OF IT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL HANDFUL OF TEAMS. GIVE US ONE TRADE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AT THE DEADLINE. ROBBIE: IT PAINS ME TO SAY THIS, BUT LUIS CASTILLO TO THE YANKEES. I THINK THE YANKEES — THIS IS THE BEST TEAM I HAVE SEEN FROM THEM IN A LONG TIME. I THINK THEY NEED TO MAKE A CHECKMATE KIND OF A MOVE. BRING IN A LUIS CASTILLO. SEVERINO, WHO KNOWS WHAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON WITH HIM? TO ME, YOU HAVE TO ADD FIREPOWER WHERE YOU CAN. TO GET A NUMBER TWO GUY LIKE THAT TO PUT HIM ALONGSIDE GERRIT COLE IN THE PLAYOFFS, THAT IS THE MOVE YOU HAVE GOT TO MAKE.
I DON'T THINK THE YANKEES SHOULD GO FOR SOMETHING SMALL. I THINK THEY'VE GOT TO GO BIG. GO FOR LUIS CASTILLO. THAT IS GOING TO BE FIVE THE ROTATION FOR THE PLAYOFFS. SIERA: I LOVE THAT PICK. THAT WOULD BE A HUGE SPLASH. WHERE THEY ARE AT IN THE SEASON, I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE ALL IN. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SUMMER OFF. WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MORE OF YOUR VIDEOS. ROBBIE: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. LAUREN: HOW GREAT IS ROBBIE HYDE AND HOW GREAT IS THIS GUY, CORBIN BURNES? OUR GIRL SARAH YOUNG AWARD WINNER WITH SIERRA WHEN WE COME BACK.
EIGHT MINUTES AND NINE SECONDS UNTIL FIRST PITCH HERE ON YOUTUBE. >> IT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THE ALCS, WHERE A CLUB HAS FALLEN BEHIND IN THE FIRST TWO GAMES, BUT THEN COME BACK TO WIN IT. >> COUNTY STADIUM WAS ROCKING THAT NIGHT. >> THE AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE. >> 3-2. YOU HAVE THE BASES LOADED. CECIL COOPER HITTING. >> CECIL COOPER COMES TO THE PLATE. OPPORTUNITY STARING HIM IN THE FACE. >> PITCH TO COOPER. ONE RUN HOME! COMING ON — HE IS SAFE! THE BREWERS LEAD 4-3. >> THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MOMENT IN MY LIFE. >> AT COUNTY STADIUM. >> AND SO IT CAME DOWN TO A FUTURE HALL OF FAMER AGAINST A NEWLY CHRISTENED CLOSER. WHAT A POETIC WAY TO REACH THE WORLD SERIES.
>> WIND SHORT. HE THROWS. THE BREWERS HAVE WON THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PENNANT! MILWAUKEE, YOU HAVE THE WORLD SERIES! SIERA: CHRIS ARCHER GETTING ALL WARMED UP FOR THIS MATCHUP. TWINS AND BREWERS. ARCHER, 20 FOUR, WITH 3.41 E.R.A. SO FAR THIS SEASON. WELCOME BACK TO THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK PREGAME SHOW. NOW HAVE A CHOICE OF LISTENING EXPERIENCE. MOMENTS BEFORE FIRST PITCH, CLICK ON THE GEAR ICON, CHOOSE AUDIO TRACKS, AND SELECT THE PRIMARY BROADCAST OR TAKE YOUR PICK OF THE HOME AND AWAY CALLS, EACH AVAILABLE ON YOUR FAVORITE DEVICE WITH THE GAME UNDERWAY. TIME TO GET ANALYTICAL WITH STATCAST, POWERED BY GOOGLE CLOUD. FOR THAT, WE BRING IN OUR FRIEND SARAH LANGS FROM MLB.COM. WE HAVE A CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER ON THE HILL IN CORBIN BURNES. WHAT IN HIS REPERTOIRE IS MAKING HIM SO EFFECTIVE? SARAH: HIS CUTTER. THIS IS THE PITCH THAT REALLY HELPED HIM WIN THE CY YOUNG LAST SEASON, AS YOU MENTIONED.
IT HAS BEEN JUST AS GOOD THIS YEAR. ONE OF MY FAVORITE STATS TO LOOK AT ON STATCAST IS RUN VALUE. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT HOW VALUABLE A PITCH HAS BEEN. WHAT THIS CONSIDERS IS WHEN THE PITCHER USES THE PITCH, WHAT TOWN HE IS USING IT IN, AND WHAT IS GOING ON ON THE BASE PATHS, HOW MANY GUYS WERE ON, AND DECIDING WHETHER EACH INDIVIDUAL DECISION WAS A GOOD ONE OR NOT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT CUTTER IS THE SECOND MOST VALUABLE PITCH IN THE MAJORS THIS YEAR. NOT -21 ESSENTIALLY TELLS YOU THAT HE HAS SAVED 21 RUNS BY THROWING THAT PITCH. WE KNOW HE GETS A TON OF SWINGS AND MISSES.
HE HAS OTHER GREAT PITCHES AS WELL. BUT DEVELOPING THAT CUTTER IS REALLY WHAT ELEVATED HIM NOT JUST TO A CY YOUNG WINNER LAST YEAR, BUT TO A PERPETUAL CY YOUNG CANDIDATE MOVING FORWARD. SIERA: A LOT OF IMPRESSIVE BULLPEN ARMS ON THIS TWINS HAVE AND BREWERS MATCHUP. THERE IS ONE TWINS PITCHER — TELL US ABOUT HIM. SARAH: JHOAN DURAN THROWS GAS. IT USED TO BE THAT AROLDIS CHAPMAN WAS THE LEADING FIREBALLER IN BASEBALL. BUT THESE DAYS THERE ARE SO MANY GUYS THAT THROW HEAT. JHOAN DURAN HAS THROWN THE MOST 100 M.P.H. PITCHES IN ALL OF BASEBALL THIS YEAR. HE HAS SET THE TWINS RECORD IN THE PITCH TRACKING ERA FOR THEIR FASTEST PITCH, AND YOU CAN SEE HE PITCHED LAST NIGHT.
SO DID HUNTER GREENE. THEY ARE VERY MUCH IN AND NECK. BUT HUNTER GREENE GOES OUT AND THROWS AN ENTIRE START AT THIS LEVEL. HE SAW A HANDFUL OF THESE PITCHERS LAST NIGHT — I LOVE THIS GRAPHIC THAT OUR AWESOME TEAM PUT TOGETHER. THESE ARE HIS 100 M.P.H. PITCHES THIS YEAR. I LOVE THAT THE BATTER JUST WALKS AWAY. HE HAS 18 STRIKEOUTS ON THOSE 100 M.P.H. PITCHES THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THE THIRD MOST FOR ANYBODY IN BASEBALL. THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU SEE 100 M.P.H..
YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO SAY "I AM DONE." SIERA: HE MIGHT BE TIRED AFTER LAST NIGHT. 32 PITCHES IN A SCORELESS EIGHTH INNING. WE WILL SEE IF HE GETS IN ANY WORK TODAY. PROBABLY NOT. BUT I LOVE THAT GRAPHIC. THANK YOU FOR EDUCATING US. WE APPRECIATE YOU. SARAH: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN. SIERA: TIME NOW FOR OUR PICKS TO CLICK, PRESENTED BY FANDUEL. LET MAKE SOME PREDICTIONS FOR THE GAME COMING UP SHORTLY AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD.
WE ARE GOING WITH PLAYER TO HAVE TWO PLUS HITS. LAUREN: I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF GUYS TO CHOOSE FROM HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO WITH LUIS ARRAEZ AT PLUS 250. LEADS THE MAJORS IN AVERAGE WITH 33 MULTI-HIT GAMES TO THE SEASON. THAT IS THE SECOND-MOST IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHY NOT? SIERA: THAT IS SOLID. NOW I FEEL LIKE A DUMMY. I'M GOING WITH KOLTEN WONG. PLUS 280. ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE THE SAFER PICK. I'M NOT GOING TO LIE. BUT HE IS 4-8 WITH A HOME RUN AND A DOUBLE AGAINST CHRIS ARCHER.
THAT'S WHY I WENT WITH HIM. I LIKE THE MATCHUP. LAUREN: AND LIKE YOU SAID, THINGS CHANGE. SIERA: PLAYER TO HIT HOME RUN, WHO HAVE YOU GOT? LAUREN: THE VETERAN ANDREW MCCUTCHEN, AND HERE IS WHY. HE IS AT A PLUS 400 NOW. HE IS 4-6 WITH A DOUBLE IN HIS CAREER OFF CHRIS ARCHER, WRITING A 15 GAME ON-BASE STREAK. THIS VETERAN KNOWS HOW TO GET IT DONE. HE IS A LEADER IN THE CLUBHOUSE. HE IS PLAYING A FORMER DIVISION RIVAL, HIS LONGTIME PIRATE'S. HE IS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH. SIERA: I'M GOING WITH WILLY ADAMES. NOT SUCH GREAT AUNTS. HE LEADS THE BREWERS WITH 20 HOMERS. HE IS SECOND AMONG SHORTSTOPS WITH 20 HOMERS. THAT IS MY PICK FOR TODAY. LAUREN: THE POOL GOING INTO THE SHOW WAS WHO IS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE TEAM'S CHANCES. BYRON BUXTON BY A LANDSLIDE. ARE YOU SURPRISED? SIERA: I ACTUALLY AM.
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LUIS ARRAEZ, GIVEN HE LEADS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN BATTING AVERAGE. I WOULD HAVE GONE WITH HIM. WHEN YOU ARE FACTORING IN BYRON BUXTON, IT IS REALLY THE HEALTH, HOW MUCH THEY NEED HIM ON THE FIELD. LAUREN: DEFENSIVELY, HE IS OUTSTANDING. HE RELIES ON THE LONG BALL AS WELL. BUXTON, IT IS HIS HEALTH AND WHAT HE COULD DO OVERALL FOR THE TEAM. THE TWINS, REALLY — I WAS SURPRISED BY THIS, BUT THEIR RODS TO MAKE THE POSTSEASON ARE ACTUALLY A LOT LOWER, A LOT MORE THAN THEY WOULD THINK WITH THE BREW CREW. I BELIEVE THEIR ODDS ARE DOWN 2 — I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. I THINK IT IS 54%. ENJOY THE GAME. YOU GOT IT. ♪ >> HE GOT ALL OF THAT ONE. >> ARE YOU KIDDING ME? >> WHAT A DAY! SCOTT: GREAT DAY FOR AN OFF DAY FROM THE 9-TO-5.
MIDWEEK BASEBALL IN THE MIDWEST, FIRST PLACE CLUBS. SIGN ME UP. BACK FOR ANOTHER BATTLE IN THE BALLPARK. STRONG PITCHING AS WELL. IT IS THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK, LIVE ON YOUTUBE. THE A.L. CENTRAL LEADING TWINS TAKING ON THE N.L. CENTRAL BREWERS — LEADING BREWERS. SCOTT BRAUN WITH THE THREE TIME ALL-STAR AND LEGENDARY BREWER DAN PLESAC. PERFECT DAY.
LOOK AT THIS PITCHING MATCHUP. DAN: CORBIN BURNES, N.L. REIGNING CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER, AND CHRIS ARCHER, WHO HAS REALLY GOOD STUFF. IF THESE TWO ARE ON POINT, WE SHOULD SEE SOME QUICK RE-OF, THREE DOWN INNINGS. SCOTT: ARCHER HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET THE LENGTHY WOULD POTENTIALLY GET FROM CORBIN BURNES. DAN: ROCCO BALDELLI OH IS HOPING TO GET INNINGS. HE TURNED HIS CAREER AROUND WHEN HE ADDED THE CUTTER. HE IS A STRIKEOUT MACHINE. HE CAN GET A GROUND BALL WHEN HE NEEDS IT. HE CAN THROW UP, DOWN, AND OUT. WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE CUTTER, HE CAN SINK IT, RIDE A FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL, AND A HOOK TO GO ALONG WITH IT. SCOTT: CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER LAST YEAR AND HE LOOKS JUST AS MONEY. ANOTHER TREND SINCE THE BREAK — HUNTER RENFROE HOMERING JUST ABOUT EVERY GAME. DAN: WE LOOKED AT THIS TRADE IN THE WINTER LIKE HOW IN THE WORLD DID THE BREWERS ACQUIRE A GUY THAT HIT AS MANY HOME RUNS WITH THE RED SOX AS HE DID LAST YEAR. HE IS HOT RIGHT NOW.
HE IS IN ONE OF THOSE PHASES. HE IS A REALLY GOOD FASTBALL HITTER. CRAIG COUNSELL TOLD US BEFORE THE GAME, IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE WITH THE BREAKING BALL, THE SLIDER, HE IS CRUSHING THAT. THE POWER IS UP. HE IS SEEING THE BALL REALLY WELL. A BIG THAT IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THAT ORDER FOR THE BREW CREW. SCOTT: YESTERDAY, A THREE RUN HOMER. FOR LONG BALLS IN FIVE GAME SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK, AND 10 RUNS BATTED IN. HE IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW.
STREAKY GOOD AT THE MOMENT IS HUNTER RENFROE. YOU CAN SEE THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS JUST CONSISTENTLY CLICKING ON ACQUISITIONS OVER THE PAST YEAR. WILLY ADAMES BACK IN MAY — HE HAS BEEN A STUD, ONE OF THE BEST POWER HITTING SHORTSTOPS IN BASEBALL. READY TO LET US WAS A MONEY PICK UP A LITTLE BIT AFTER THAT ADAMES TRADE. — ROWDY TELLEZ WAS A MONEY PICK UP A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE ADAMES TRADE. THE TWINS HAVE A COUPLE OF ALL-STARS. ARE YOU A BED-AND-BREAKFAST GUY? DAN: NOT A REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING, BUT BED-AND-BREAKFAST.
SCOTT: SO LUNCH AND BREAKFAST. LET'S EAT TWICE, WHY DON'T WE? WELCOME TO ARRAEZ AND SHINE. DAN: LOOK AT THAT ALARM CLOCK, 5:59 A.M. HE DOES HIS DAMAGE EARLY IN THE MORNING. 6:00, WE ARE STILL SNORING AWAY. BY THE WAY, IT STARTS TO GO UP. SCOTT: AND IT JUST CONTINUES. HE HAS NOT HAD A SUB .300 MONTH THIS YEAR. THE CONSISTENCY IS OFF THE CHARTS. ROCCO BALDELLI SAID HE IS JUST PLAYING A DIFFERENT GAME. YOU CANNOT DUPLICATE WHAT HE DOES. DAN: THERE IS NOBODY THAT DOES WHAT HE DOES RIGHT NOW. THAT TO BALL SKILL OFF THE CHARTS. SCOTT: HE IS SECOND IN ALL OF BASEBALL IN ON-BASE PERCENTAGE. HE WILL TAKE HIS FAIR SHARE OF WALKS. DAN: HE CAN HIT A GOOD FASTBALL IN A DAY AND AGE WHEN A LOT OF THE GAME IS ALL OF HIGH VELO. HE WILL LOOK TO SPRAY THE BALL ALL OVER THE BALLPARK. HE WILL HAVE HIS HANDS FULL. HE BRINGS A LOT TO THE MIX. SCOTT: TWINS FANS ARE WATCHING AND GOING ROD CAREW IS BACK WITH THE BIG-LEAGUE CLUB. KIDS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM, GOOGLE HIM.
NOW I AM AWAKE. DAN: HE MIGHT BE, POUND FOR POUND, THE BEST PURE HITTER IN BASEBALL. THE TWINS ARE GLAD TO HAVE HIM IN THE LINEUP SCOTT: HE GETS ON BASE AND BYRON BUXTON DOES A GREAT JOB OF DRIVING IN RUNS. LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO AMY G. FOR HOW TO KEEP BUXTON ON THE FIELD CONSISTENTLY. AMY: YOU GUYS ARE LAZY. WHAT IS THIS BRUNCH AND BED AND BREAKFAST? IT IS BREAKFAST. COME ON. BYRON BUXTON, HOW DO YOU SUSTAIN HIM FOR THE SEASON? AS YOU MENTIONED, HE WAS THE OTHER ALL-STAR ALONG WITH LUIS ARRAEZ AT THE MID-SUMMER CLASSIC. HE HAD A CINDERELLA MOMENT, HITTING THE GAME-WINNING HOME RUN FOR THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW THE BASEBALL WORLD HIS AIR HORN SALUTE. IT IS FOR HIS FATHER, WHO WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. YOU KNOW THE STORY OF CINDERELLA. WHEN THE CARRIAGE TURNS INTO THE PUMPKIN, THAT IS KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED FOR BUXTON.
HE HAD TO COME HOME IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GAME AND RECEIVE A P.R.P. INJECTION IN HIS KNEE, THE PLATELET RICH PLASMA INJECTION TO HELP SPEED THE PROCESS OF HEALING. HE HAS QUIETLY BEEN DEALING WITH TENDINITIS ALL SEASON LONG. THAT INJECTION TOOK HIM OUT OF THE TWO-GAME SERIES AGAINST DETROIT, BUT IT DID GIVE HIM SIX DAYS OF REST, WHICH MAY BE KEY FOR HIM. HE WAS BACK IN THE LINEUP LAST NIGHT. ALL SIGNS LOOKED GOOD. HE HIT A DOUBLE AND A HOME RUN. TODAY HE WILL BE IN THE EIGHTH SLOT. BUXTON DOES NOT LIKE THE TALK ABOUT BEING INJURED BECAUSE HE HAS HAD TO DO IT HIS ENTIRE CAREER. SURPRISINGLY, THIS ALL-STAR GAME WAS HIS FIRST. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN ALL-STAR MANY SEASONS, BUT INJURIES TOOK HIM DOWN. YOU MENTIONED THE I.L., MENTIONED INJURY. HE DOES NOT WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. HE MADE IT KNOWN HE DOES NOT FEEL PAIN RIGHT NOW AND HE IS EAGER TO BE OUT HERE. HE WILL DO ANYTHING HE CAN TO KEEP PLAYING THIS GAME. SCOTT: D.H.'ING AT HITTING THIRD THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE WIDE-AWAKE. A DONNA'S. –ADAMES.
WE WILL GIVE YOU THAT LINEUP. FIRST PITCH ON YOUTUBE AND GLOBALLY. LET'S GO. SCOTT: THIS IS THE MLB GAME OF THE WEEK, LIVE ON YOUTUBE. JUST ABOUT READY FOR FIRST PITCH BETWEEN THE TWINS AND THE BREWERS. GET HYPED. >> ♪ THESE TROPHIES ARE STARS GET HYPED TIME TO GET IT LEAVE THE BEST BEHIND YOU GOT TO WILL IT BY DESIGN YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT BACK TO KILL IT YOU'VE GOT TO GET IT THE BEST ♪ SCOTT: WE HAD AN ENTERTAINING ONE JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WITH THESE TWO TEAMS THE LAST TIME WE HAD OUR GAME OF THE WEEK LIVE ON YOUTUBE. I WALKOFF FOR JOSE MIRANDA OFF OF THE GREAT JOSH HADER. THIS IS LIVE GLOBALLY, ALL FREE. FIVE GAMES AFTER THIS ONE. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO 4 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS ON THE MLB YOUTUBE CHANNEL. YOU CAN GET NOTIFIED WHEN THE GAMES ARE COMING. YOUTUBE T.V. CUSTOMERS GET THE EXTRA SPECIAL HOOKUP, A FEW MORE WARM UP CAUSES FOR LAST YEAR'S CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER, CORBIN BURNES.
THE LINEUP BEGINS WITH THE ALL-STAR, LUIS ARRAEZ, THE LEFT-HANDED FIRST BASEMAN, FOLLOWED BY THE GREAT CARLOS CORREA. BYRON BUXTON HAD AN ALMOST 450 FOOT HOMER YESTERDAY, 449 TO BE PRECISE. IT WAS HIS FIRST GAME BACK FROM THE BREAK. POLANCO BRINGS THE POWER. MIRANDA, REALLY GOOD-LOOKING CLUTCH ROOKIE. NICK GORDON AND GARY SANCHEZ TO ROUND OUT THE NINE AGAINST A GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE A CY YOUNG CANDIDATE AGAIN. DAN: YOU ARE LOOKING AT CORBIN BURNES.
LOOK AT THE E.R.A. OPPONENT AVERAGE, .186 — NOT BAD. MORE IMPRESSIVE IS 31 WALKS AND 149 STRIKEOUTS. TURN HIS CAREER AROUND WHEN HE ADDED THE CUTTER. SO IS IT BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE , BOTH RIGHTIES AND LEFTIES. THIS IS THE SCOUTING REPORT. HE IS THE MASTER OF THE CUTTER AND GOING THE DISTANCE, TRYING TO KEEP THE PITCH COUNT DOWN. HE IS KIND OF A THROWBACK TO A PICTURE FROM THE 1980'S, 1990'S. I SUSPECT THAT BURNS WILL BE AROUND FOR MUCH LONGER THAN THIS. SCOTT: HE IS CLOSE TO ECLIPSING 120 INNINGS THIS SEASON. HIS BIG GOAL — TO GET TO THE MAGIC 200 NUMBER THAT VERY FEW STARTERS GET TO THESE DAYS. THAT IS A REAL BATTING AVERAGE AT THIS POINT IN THE SERIES. .394 LUIS ARRAEZ, BEST IN BASEBALL.
THE ON-BASE SECOND BEST IN THE SPORT TO PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT. I'M PUMPED FOR THIS ONE. CORBIN BURNES AGAINST CHRIS ARCHER. TWO FIRST PLACE BALLCLUBS. ARIUS — ARRAEZ AGAINST BURNS. LET'S BEGIN. DAN: YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE GREAT HITTERS IN TWINS HISTORY. KIRBY PUCKETT, ROD CAREW — YOU HAVE TO PUT ROD ARIUS — PUT LUIS ARRAEZ IN THE SAME BREATH AS THOSE GUYS. GREAT BACK TO BALL SKILLS. — BAT-TO-BALL SKILLS. SCOTT: A FEW PUFFS TO SHORT. A DONNA'S PUTS HIM AWAY. THREE VARIETIES OF THE FASTBALL FROM CORBIN BURNES.
THE SLIDER, THE CURVEBALL, THE CHANGEUP, AND MANY OF THEM HIGH WITH PITCHES. — HIGH-WHIFF PITCHES, A LOT OF SWING AND MISS AGAINST SECONDARY STUFF FROM CORBIN BURNES TO COMPLEMENT THE CUTTER HE CAN WORK TO BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE. NUMBER TWO HITTER CARLOS CORREA. >> OUT! SCOTT: EIGHT SEASON PICKUP FOR MINNESOTA. A VERY SURPRISED SIGNING FOR TWINS FANS. HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. THAT IS IN THERE AS WELL. DAN: GREAT TO PITCH SINK. — TWO-PITCH SINK. THE FIRST PITCH TO BUXTON WAS ON THE OUTSIDE CORNER. THAT IS A LITTLE BACKUP CUTTER ON THE INSIDE HALF. >> BALL. DAN: HE IS SO HARD TO GAME PLAN ON FOR A HITTER, BECAUSE HE CAN DO SO MANY THINGS. HE HAS A GOOD CURVEBALL HE WILL MIX INTO THE MIX. JUST WHEN YOU FEEL HE IS GOING TO GO CUTTER, CUTTER, HE WILL THROW THE TWO-SEAMER DOWN AND IN.
THAT IS UP THERE IN THE 95, 97 RANGE. EVERYTHING YOU WANT ANY PITCHER, THIS GUY HAS IT. SCOTT: HE WAS FLASHING A TIGHT CURVEBALL AGAINST COLORADO. CORRAL — CORREA LIFTS ONE TO RIGHT. NO DROPPING IT. BOUNDED FOR A MOMENT. IT IS OFF THECORREA — IT IS OFF THE GLOVE, CORREA INTO SECOND BASE. DAN: CAUGHT DRIFTING. THE ROOF IS CLOSED IN MILWAUKEE. THERE IN PLENTY OF TIME. DOES NOT SECURE IT TO MAKE THE CATCH. SCOTT: HE HAS BEEN A SOLID DEFENDER FOR YEARS, KNOWN FOR THE ARM AS WELL.
HUNTER RENFROE CANNOT LINE OF THE FLY BALL FROM CARLOS CORREA. YESTERDAY, FIRST A.B. FOR CARAY A — CORREA WAS A DOUBLE. FELLS THE FIRST ONE BACK. DAN: HE IS TRYING TO FIND THE WALL. HE SIMPLY CLANGS IT. SURE HE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU AFTER THE INNING IS OVER THAT NORMALLY IT IS A BALL HE WILL PUT IN HIS BACK POCKET TO MAKE THE CATCH. SCOTT: WE WERE WAITING FOR THE CALL. IT IS A DOUBLE. NO, NEVER. CONFIRMED NOW, THAT IS ON ERROR. — AN ERROR. A BALL AND A STRIKE BUXTON. SO FOR BURNES, ON FRIDAY, DID NOT HAVE HIS BEST STUFF. FIVE PUNCH-OUTS. 108 PITCHES. THEY WERE PATIENT AGAINST CORBIN. >> BALL.
SCOTT: BYRON BUXTON WENT DEEP YESTERDAY, AND I MEAN REALLY LONG. 449 FEET. PULLS IT TO LEFT FIELD. THAT ONE COULD HAVE GONE A LONGER WAIT IF IT WAS NOT HELD UP TO THE CONCOURSE. DAN: THAT DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT LACKED ANYTHING. HE HAS HAD SOME ISSUES WITH THAT KNEE. HAD A P.R.P. INJECTION. AMY G. TOLD US ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE GAME. SCOTT: HIS FIRST AT-BAT BACK, FEELING PRETTY GOOD WITH HIS 24TH HOME RUN OF THE SEASON. DAN: HAD A GREAT ALL-STAR GAME. HIT THE GO-AHEAD HOME RUN. AFTER THAT, CARLOS STANTON, TWO RUN BONE. HE BACKED IT UP WITH A SOLO SHOT INTO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE BULLPEN OUT IN DODGER STADIUM.
MAKE HIS FIRST ALL-STAR GAME A MEMORABLE ONE. SCOTT: MANY TWINS FANS WERE SAYING, WHY NOT BUXTON FOR ALL-STAR GAME M.V.P.? THAT WAS THE DECIDING RUN IN THE CONTEXT. AND BURNES PICKS UP HIS FIRST STRIKEOUT OF THE DAY. DAN: THIS IS WHAT HE CAN DO AND HE IS SO GOOD. HE CAN CUT THE BALL AWAY. YOU GO UP THERE EXPECTING THE BALL TO BE AWAY. THEN HE WRITES THE TWO-SEAM FASTBALL IN. JUST TIES HIM UP. NOT ONLY DOES HE MOVE IT AROUND, BUT HE MOVES IT AROUND WITH BIG-TIME VELO. THERE IS A REASON YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE REIGNING CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER. SO FAR, FROM WHAT WE SEE, CORBIN BURNES HAS BROUGHT HIS A GAME. SCOTT: YOU SEE THE GRIMACE FROM BUXTON. IS THAT "I WANT THAT SWING BACK" OR IS HE OK? DAN: IT COULD BE A BIT OF BOTH.
SCOTT: HE IS D.H.'ING TODAY. POLANCO, THE CLEANUP HITTER, TWO OUTS IN CARAY A — AND CORREA AT SECOND. BURNES TESTING THE OUTSIDE CORNER. DAN: FOR A GUY WHO THROWS HARD, I MARVEL WHEN YOU WATCH HIM. HE DOES NOT SPRAY IT AROUND IN THE STRIKE ZONE, WHERE HE THROWS A LOT OF NONCOMPETITIVE PITCHES. EVERYTHING IS ON THE CORNERS — UP, DOWN, INCOME AND OUT. VERY RARELY DOES ONE GET AWAY FROM HIM. SCOTT: HE IS PITCHING FOR A FIRST PLACE BALLCLUB. MILWAUKEE THREE AHEAD OF ST. LOUIS. THERE IS THE WITH FIRST — THE WHIFF PERCENTAGE ON THE SEASON. ESTON BASEBALL. SIMPLE HE SWINGS AND MISSES. HE DOES IT BETTER THAN ANYBODY. GETS THAT CALL. SIMILAR START. HE IS TESTING THAT OVER AND OVER. DAN: THIS IS WHY HE IS SO HARD TO HIT, SCOTT. NOTHING IS STRAIGHT. EVEN THAT PITCH FROM THE OUTSIDE CORNER. HERE IS A GOOD LOOK.
THIS BALL CATCHES A BIT OF THE PLATE. YOU MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR A FASTBALL IN A FASTBALL COUNT, BUT RARELY IS IT STRAIGHT. >> BALL. SCOTT: THREE BALLS AND A STRIKE. YOU ARE GETTING SUPREME QUALITY WHEN CORBIN BURNES IS ON THE MOUND. POPPED UP. THAT IS FOR YELICH AND THAT IS THE INNING. THE TWO BASE ERROR ON RENFROE, BUT NO DAMAGE DONE. WE WILL GO TO THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE INNING AND INTRODUCE YOU TO THE BREWERS LINEUP. SCOTT: TIME FOR CHRISTIAN YELICH CHEN THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS TO GET ROLLING IN THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE FIRST. WILLY ADAMES SECOND BEST AMONG SHORTSTOPS. TO LET US. MCCUTCHEON PLANTING HIMSELF IN THE CLEANUP SPOT.
LONG — WONG IS ON A ROLL. CARATINI AND TYRONE TAYLOR TO FINISH. CHRISTIAN YELICH IS NOT JUST LEADING OFF. HE IS MIKE TO. — MICED UP. CHRISTIAN COLON THE TOTE — CHRISTIAN: THE TIMING IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THE TOE TAP. YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT. MY BODY WAS NOT MOVING THE SAME. MY LOAD AND ALL OF THAT. I ASKED HIM TO MAKE IT SIMPLER. WE SEE WHAT HE CAN DO. KEEP GOING. SCOTT: THAT IS COOL AND SOMETHING FOR US TO FOLLOW NOW, TINKERING WITH THE SWING. DAN: YOU SEE PITCHERS ALWAYS WALKING AROUND WITH THE BASEBALL, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A DIFFERENT GRIP, HOW TO THROW A PITCH A LITTLE BIT AT HER.
ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE. SCOTT: THAT GUY LOVES TO TALK KIDDING, LOVES TO TALK BASEBALL, NUMBERS, THE WHOLE DEAL. DAN: CORREA SIGNED A TWO-YEAR DEAL, GETS OPT OUT AFTER THE FIRST YEAR. SCOTT: THREE YEAR CONTRACT. UP DOUBTS AFTER EACH ONE. THE PACE HE IS ON, HE IS STILL GOING TO BE THE YOUNGEST FREE AGENT SHORTSTOP AVAILABLE. DAN: THE DODGER SHORTSTOP. SCOTT: DANSBY SWANSON. DAN: FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE DANBY — DANSBY WILL WEAR ANY UNIFORM OTHER THAN THE BRAVES. I KNOW WE THOUGHT THAT WITH FREDDIE FREEMAN. ENDED UP SIGNING A FREE AGENT DEAL WITH THE DODGERS. HE HAS HAD A MARVELOUS YEAR. SCOTT: NOTHING WOULD SURPRISE ME THESE DAYS. DAN: WHEN FREDDIE FREEMAN CHANGES HANDS, JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IS IN PLAY. SCOTT: 3-1 TWO YELICH. WALKED HIM. WE SHOWED THE LINE FOR CHRIS ARCHER. HE IS COMING OFF AN OUTING WHEN HE WAS SO SHARP OR 4.2, AND THEN UNRAVELED. DAN: BULLSEYE. THE STRIKE ZONE, HIS PITCH OUT — WHEN HIS PITCH COUNT GOES UP, HE IS A FOUR OR FIVE INNING PITCHER. BE CAREFUL WITH HUNTER RENFROE. SEEING THE BALL REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW. HIT THE BULL'S-EYE AND BE CAREFUL WITH THE BIG GAME-WINNER.
SCOTT: THAT LAST START WAS 10 DAYS AGO, JULY 17. THAT OUTING WAS HIS FIRST SINCE COMING OFF THE I.L. WITH SOME HIP TIGHTNESS. IN THERE FOR A STRIKE TO A DOMINANCE. DAN: AN OFFENSE THAT WAS REALLY SPUTTERING HEADING INTO MAY. IT WAS A DOWN YEAR FOR CHRISTIAN YELICH. WILLY ADAMES HELPED SAVE THE SEASON FOR MILWAUKEE. HE HAS BEEN ON RECORD SAYING HE JUST LOVES HITTING IN THIS BALLPARK. TALKED TO A LOT OF HITTERS WHO COME TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. THEY LOVE HITTING IN THIS PLACE. OUTSIDE OF COORS FIELD, THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS OFFENSIVELY. SCOTT: THEY SHIFT. THREE ON THE LEFT SIDE. CAN YOU BLAME THEM? HE GOES FROM TAMPA BAY TO MILWAUKEE. YOU STAY MOSTLY INDOORS.
THIS IS A RETRACTABLE ROOF. IT IS A LITTLE CLOUDY, SO YOU KEEP IT COVERED. IT IS A HITTERS PARADISE COMPARED TO WHERE HE IS COMING FROM. DAN: YOU ARE NOT FACING THAT YANKEE OR BLUE JAY STARTING PITCHING 19 GAMES A YEAR. SCOTT: THAT'S TRUE. A DUMB IS ALSO WORKING THE OPPOSITE FIELD A BIT MORE LATELY. HIS LAST HOME RUN ON FRIDAY WHEN THE OTHER WAY. VERY CLUTCH FOR THIS TEAM.
BETTER DEFENDER THIS YEAR AS WELL. DAN: THE TWINS, LIKE A LOT OF TEAMS, DO SOME SHIFTING. THE ENTIRE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE IT WIDE OPEN. YOU SIT UP HERE AND YOU WATCH A GAME — YOU THINK, HOW EASY COULD IT BE? HIT SOMETHING UP THE RIGHT SIDE. YOU HAVE ARRAEZ AT FIRST, AND A LOT OF REAL ESTATE. SCOTT: STAYS ALIVE. YELICH HAS 13 STOLEN BAGS THIS YEAR. HE HAS DONE A NICE JOB IN THE LEADOFF SPOT FOR MILWAUKEE. DAN: THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST YEAR THERE HAS BEEN TALK THAT THEY ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT CHANGES WITH THE SHIFTING AND TRY TO INCREASE THE PACE OF PLAY. MORE BALL IN PLAY. MORE RUN PRODUCTION. WE HAVE SEEN IT CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY THE GUYS THAT HIT THE BALL ON THE GROUND FROM THE LEFT SIDE. SCOTT: TO HAPPEN TO HIS UP THE MIDDLE. LONG RUN. POLANCO LAUNCHES AGAIN INTO CENTER. DAN: ON CUE, WILLY ADAMES. I'M SURE HE SAW WHAT WE SAW, THAT VACATED RIGHT SIDE OF THE DIAMOND.
DOES A GREAT JOB. A GOOD FASTBALL. YOU SEE A FOUR-SEAM HEATER UP AND AWAY IN THE ZONE. DOES NOT TRY TO PULL IT. HITS IT RIGHT THROUGH THAT VACATED HOLE. EXCELLENT JOB OF HITTING RIGHT THERE. FIRST TO THIRD, NOBODY OUT FOR THE CREW. SCOTT: THE OTHER THING ABOUT THOSE SHIFTS — I LOVE TO WATCH A REALLY CLEAN, STATIC IN FIELD. HOPEFULLY, THAT IS GOING TO COME BACK. MILWAUKEE'S R.B.I. LEADER, ROWDY TELLEZ, 58 ON THE SEASON. GOING OUT TO THE FIRST PITCH AND SENDING IT TO LEFT CENTER. ON ITS WAY — AND GONE! ROWDY TELLEZ MUSCLES UP ON THE FIRST PITCH AND MAKES IT 3-0 MILWAUKEE. BIG MAN. BIG POWER. NICE BIG LEAD IN THE OPENING FRAME FOR MILWAUKEE. DAN: ROWDY NOT WAITING AROUND, SEEING MUCH OF THE ARSENAL FROM ARCHER. LOOKING TO AMBUSH THE FIRST PITCH. HIT A BOMB TO LEFT CENTER FIELD. ONE OF THE THINGS THE BREWERS DO — HITTING THE HOME RUN.
RING THE BELL, BIG FELLOW. SCOTT: HE LOOKED AT SOMEONE AND SAID "THAT WAS FOR YOU." DAN: CHANGEUP GRIP. THE BALL STAYS OUT OVER THE PLATE. ROWDY NEW WHEN HE HIT IT THAT THIS WOULD AT LEAST BE A DOUBLE IN THE GAP. THE BALL CARRIES WELL AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD. SCOTT: AMY, WAS ROWDY TELLEZ TALKING TO YOU WHEN HE WAS READING — RINGING THE BELL? AMY: ALL I WILL SAY IS THAT HE GREW UP A GIANTS FAN. SCOTT: THE GAME E.G. FAN, ROWDY TELLEZ — BIG AMY G.
FAN, ROWDY TELLEZ, DEDICATING IT. DAN: AMY WAS OUT OF THE BALLPARK LAST NIGHT. BETWEEN STARTER JOE RYAN WAS EXCITED TO HAVE HIS PICTURE TAKEN WITH AMY G. SCOTT: ANDREW MCCUTCHEN, A LITTLE CHIP SHOT INTO RIGHT. THE BREWERS PASS THE BATON. THE FIRST FOUR HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. DAN: YOU CAN SEE THE OTHER SIDE. CHRIS ARCHER A LITTLE BIT UPSET. FIRST PITCH CHANGEUP. SOMETIMES YOU WONDER ABOUT THE PITCH SELECTION. YOU ARE THROWING THE CHANGEUP ON THE FIRST PITCH. YOU HAVE NOT CHANGED OFF OF THE FASTBALL OR ANYTHING. BRENT SUTER TAKING THAT SOUVENIR. HE IS AS LEFT-HANDED AS THEY GET COMING OUT OF THE BULLPEN. HE AND I KIND OF GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL, OUT THERE LEFT-HANDERS. SCOTT: I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOU.
DAN: A DAY SITTING OUT IN THE BULLPEN? SCOTT: SIGN ME UP. THIS MAN IS ESTEEMING. HUNTER RENFROE, FOUR HOMERS IN HIS LAST FIVE. YESTERDAY, THREE-RUN SHOT. BREAKING BALL HANGING, AND HE WAS ALL OVER IT. DAN: YEAH, YOU KIND OF GET THE FEELING THE TRADE DEADLINE APPROACHING, BREWERS LOOK PRETTY WELL POSITION. THERE WILL GET FREDDY PERALTA OFF THE IL. JOSH HADER IS STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT. DEVIN WILLIAMS HAS BEEN ROCK SOLID. BREWERS MIGHT BE IN THE MARKET FOR A BAT, LIKE A LOT OF TEAMS. I JUST FEEL, SCOTT, IT WOULD BE EASIER TO ACQUIRE A BAT AT THE DEADLINE.
THERE ARE SO MANY TEAMS AT THE DEADLINE LOOKING FOR AIDEN JIM IN THE ROTATION–HIDDEN GEM IN THE ROTATION THAT THEY CAN TAKE OUT OF THE ROTATION INTO THE BULLPEN. SCOTT: ONE MORE FOR RENFROE, THAT IS IN THE AIR. COMMANDING THE DEFENSE. OUT NUMBER ONE IN THE FIRST. DAN: IT WILL BE INTERESTING, THE TRADE DEADLINE COMING UP IN AUGUST 17. A LOT OF PLAYERS BEING LINKED. YESTERDAY WATCHING A LITTLE BIT OF THE CUB GAME, WILLSON CONTRERAS — A LOT OF PEOPLE IN BASEBALL THINK HE PLAYED HIS LACKING IN WRIGLEY FIELD YESTERDAY. SCOTT: HIS EMOTIONS CERTAINLY MADE IT APPEAR THAT WAY. TALKING ABOUT CONTRERAS, HE AND HAPP, TOO, SAID HE DIDN'T WANT HIS JOURNEY WITH THE CUBS TO END, BUT IT MIGHT BE THE CASE.
THEY WILL NOT BE A PLAYOFF TEAM LOOKING TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE, THOSE ARE TWO BIG SHORT-TERM ASSETS. WONG CHASES ONE DOWN. CHAT IS BUZZING RIGHT NOW. ROBBIE HYDE SAID THE BREWERS OFFENSE, 8TH OVERALL, IF THERE HITTING LIKE THIS, PITCHING IN THE PLAYOFFS, SCARY TEAM. DO YOU AGREE? DAN: YES. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS TO PLAY THIS MILWAUKEE TEAM BECAUSE OF WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE IN THE STARTING ROTATION. I KNOW MET HANDS LIKE, WAIT A SECOND, GRAHAM HAD A VERY GOOD REHAB START– DEGROM HAD A VERY GOOD REHAB START. BUT OF PEOPLE THAT HE MAY BE PITCHING IN 10 DAYS. TAIJUAN WALKER, JACOB DEGROM, CHRIS BASSITT, GOOD ROTATION. I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET IN A FIGHT WITH THIS BREWERS STARTING ROTATION.
WHEN THEY ARE ON AND THEY ARE GOOD, THEY COULD SHUT ANYBODY DOWN. SCOTT: AND DON'T SLEEP ON THE FACT THAT THIS TEAM IS 10 GAMES ABOVE THE .500 MARK. ONE OF THE BIG THREE IN THE ROTATION HAS BEEN MISSING FOR THE LARGER CHUNK OF THE SEASON. THAT IS FREDDY PERALTA, WHO IS WORKING HIS WAY BACK IN SHOULD RETURN SOMETIME IN AUGUST. REHAB STARTS ARE ONGOING. 3-1 TO WONG. TURNING INTO A LONG FIRST FOR CHRIS ARCHER. DAN: HE'S ALREADY THROWN 23 PITCHES. TO YOUR POINT, STRAINING AROUND THE STRIKE ZONE A LITTLE BIT. AMBUSHED ON THE FIRST-PITCH CHANGEUP TO ROWDY TELLEZ. SCOTT: INJURED LIST FOR MILWAUKEE — HAUSER ON THEIR AS WELL, VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE ROTATION. DAN: ANOTHER CHANGEUP UP IN HIS OWN. ONE THING THAT MADE HITTING SO DIFFICULT, I STRIKE BEING CALLED COULD YOU GO BACK FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, THERE IS NO WAY THAT PITCH WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED A STRIKE. SCOTT: RIGHT SIDE. ARRAEZ GOES TO SECOND. CORREA WITH THE DART BACK TO FIRST. DOUBLE PLAY. DAMAGE DONE, THOUGH. RING THE BELL. OFTEN KLESKO, LET'S GET ROWDY. YES, NAILED IT.
3-0, MILWAUKEE, AFTER ONE. AMY: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY, TO OUR YOUTUBE GAME OF THE WEEK. TWINS VERY EXCITED TO HAVE MY MIGUEL SANO BACK IN THE LINEUP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY, WHERE HE UNDERWENT KNEE SURGERY TO REPAIR A TORN MENISCUS AND ENDED UP MISSING 75 GAMES. THE TEAM IS DONE VERY WELL IN HIS ABSENCE, SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION, WHERE IS SANO GOING TO FIT IN THIS LINEUP? I GUESS IF YOU WERE THE TWINS, YOU WOULD CALL IT A GOOD PROBLEM. SANO IS TAKING IT ALL IN STRIDE FOR THAT HE MADE THE MOST OF HIS REHAB ASSIGNMENT, PUTTING UP NUMBERS THAT THE TWINS COULDN'T IGNORE, ANY IS EXCITED TO BE BACK, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO GO WITH IT. SCOTT: AND JOE JOSE MIRANDA HAS LEFT THE YARD. SOLO SHOT FOR MIRANDA TO MAKE IT 3-1. HE JUMPS ALL OVER CORBIN BURNES TO START THE SECOND. DAN: WELL, WE HAVE SEEN TO HOME RUNS, BOTH ON FIRST PITCH. ROWDY TELLEZ AND A CHANGEUP THAT WAS UP FROM CHRIS ARCHER. MIRANDA NOT WASTING A LOT OF TIME.
YOU WILL NOT GET MANY GOOD PITCHES TO HIM. OFF OF CORBIN BURNES. ALMOST HAVE TO GO UP THERE, SWING MODE. A LITTLE CUT FASTBALL. STAYS ON THE INNER THIRD. DIDN'T HAVE MUCH CUT TO IT. SCOTT: THIS GUY IS ON A TEAR RIGHT NOW. LET'S FINISH UP THE CONVERSATION WITH AMY. IT TIES TOGETHER, AMY. MIGUEL SANO IS BACK AND ADD MORE OFFENSE TO THIS LINEUP WHEN USE IN THEIR. AMY: HE ABSOLUTELY DOES. IT IS A GOOD PROBLEM FOR THE TWINS TO HAVE. YOU SAW MIRANDA GO DEEP. HE IS ONE OF SEVERAL TWINS WHO HAVE STEPPED UP IN SANO'S ABSENCE. ARRAEZ URSHELA. SANO TAKING IT ALL IN STRIDE. HE PUT UP NUMBERS IN HIS REHAB ASSIGNMENT THAT THE TWINS COULDN'T IGNORE, AND HE SAID HE GETS IT. IN 2017 HE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF IT, AND HE SAYS HE'S HAPPY THAT HIS TEAM INTO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY WHILE HE HAS BEEN REHABBING HE SAYS THE JOB IS TO BE A GOOD TEAMMATE AND FILL WHATEVER ROLE THE TEAM NEEDS. SCOTT: OK, GREAT ATTITUDE CELESTINO PLAYED A REALLY NICE CENTER FIELD FOR MINNESOTA, AND THEY ARE SHORT AN OUT THE OTHER, AT LEAST FOR NOW.
— AN OUTFIELDER, AT LEAST FOR NOW. IT APPEARS MAX KEPLER COULD COME BACK THIS WEEKEND. HE HAS A BROKEN PINKY TOE. COUNT GARLICK IS GETTING REGULAR STARTS. GORDON AND KIRILLOFF AS WELL. THIS WOULD BE A DAY WHEN CELESTINO WOULD PLAY. INSTEAD COME THEY ARE GOING WITH A BAT-HEAVIER ROSTER. KIRILLOFF BEHIND THE CUTTER FROM BURNES. THAT IS THE ONE THING WITH BURNES THIS YEAR, DAN, 14 HOMERS ALLOWED, 10 OF THEM SOLO SHOTS. LAST YEAR IN A CY YOUNG SEASON HE GAVE UP 8 HOMERS FOR THE SEASON. >> BALL.
SCOTT: 3-2 TO KIRILLOFF HE WILL BREEZE THROUGH HIS INNINGS TOTAL. THAT WAS THE DEBATE. EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF QUALITY WAS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. THE ONLY THING HE WAS LACKING WAS THE INNINGS PITCHED. 167. ZACK WHEELER HAD A MAJOR ADVANTAGE IN THAT CATEGORY. BURNES STILL WON THE BATTLE. LOOKS LIKE HE WILL WIN THIS BATTLE AS WELL. NICE PLAY BY WILLY ADAMES. MAKE THAT KOLTEN WONG. DAN: THEY ARE COMING IN A DAY AND AGE WHEN THE BALL GETS BY THE PITCHER AND YOU ARE ALMOST ACCUSTOMED TO EITHER A SHORTSTOP OR SECOND BASEMAN BEING THERE. VERY TOUGH IN YEAR 2022 TO HIT THE BALL UP THE MIDDLE AND PAST THE PITCHER AND NOT HAVE SOMEBODY STANDING THERE. SCOTT: THAT WAS URIAS ALL THE WAY OVER. LAST 7 STARTS FOR BURNES, THAT WILL PLAY. THIS IS KYLE GARLICK. MAJOR SPLITS IN HIS CAREER AGAINST LEFT-HANDED PITCHING. THAT IS WHERE HE DOES MOST OF HIS DAMAGE. IN THERE TODAY AGAINST A RIGHTY, LIKE I MENTIONED, MORE TO DO WITH A DEPTH ISSUE WITH MINNESOTA RIGHT NOW. DAN: AND THAT HE THAT LIVES AND DIES — CRAIG COUNSELL CLOTHES BEFORE THE GAME, THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE LINEUP THAT THE TWINS HAVE.
THEY MOCK HUMANS AND GAMES. THEY HAVE HAD DIFFICULTY–THEY WILL HAVE TO WIN SOME GAMES. THEY HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES. CRAIG COUNSELL TOLD US HE LIKES THIS MATCHUP FOR BURNES, A VERY AGGRESSIVE, FREE-SWINGING TEAM. SCOTT: RENFROE CHASING, DIVING, DOESN'T HAVE AN. GARLICK WILL HEAD TO SECOND WITH A DOUBLE. DAN: ALMOST WHEN YOU ARE HAVING ONE OF THOSE GAMES, THE BALL FINDS YOU. RENFROE HAD TROUBLE IN THE FIRST INNING. FLY BALL OFF THE BAT OF CARLOS CORREA DOES A GOOD JOB TRYING TO GET TO IT. SELLS OUT WITH A LITTLE SLIDE.
THE BALL GETS 15 OR 20 FEET AWAY. HAS TO HURRY UP AND GET TO IT TO TRY TO KEEP IT AT A DOUBLE. SCOTT: NOW THE 8 HITTER, YOU KNOW WHO THE BACK OF OUTFIELDER IS TODAY IN CASE THERE IS AN ISSUE? GORDON SMOKES THAT INTO THE CORNER. FAIR BALL. IT WILL BRING HOME ANOTHER FOR MINNESOTA. GARLICK SCORES EASILY ON THE ONE-OUT DOUBLE FOR NICK GORDON. DAN: SEEMS LIKE THE TWINS HAVE A GAME PLAN, AMBUSH CORBIN BURNES EARLY. GOT SO MANY WEAPONS HE CAN GET YOU OUT WITH. NICK GORDON, JUST LIKE MIRANDA, THERE IS ANOTHER CUTTER. THIS ONE STATE ON A FLAT PLANE, AND GORDON WAS ABLE TO PULL THIS ONE AND KEEP IT FAIR BY ABOUT 10 FEET, JUST INSIDE THE RIGHT-FIELD LINE. WONDER IF WE MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE IN THE REPERTOIRE, BURNES TRYING TO START MIXING IN A COUPLE OF CURVEBALLS, MAYBE A SINKER, GET AWAY FROM THAT CUTTER.
SCOTT: BIG GARY SANCHEZ, THE NINE HITTER. DAN: CURVEBALL WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT. SANTINO, AS JOHN USED TO: — GARY, YOU ARE KIND OF SCARY. SCOTT: I THINK HE IS HAPPY IN SPRING TRAINING, A SIGH OF RELIEF, LESS PRESSURE — GO FIGURE. MAYBE IF YOU — MAYBE A FEW LESS QUESTIONS FOR GARY COMPARED TO HIS NEW YORK CITY DAYS. DAN: HAD SOME DIFFICULTIES CATCHING AND THROWING, WILD PITCHES. ALWAYS SEEM TO BE IN THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING. GERRIT COLE. PREFERRED TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE CATCH HIM IF HE GOOD. SCOTT: BIG CUT AND A MISS ON THE COUNTER. DAN: GOOD PROBLEM THE YANKEES HAVE NOW. HIGASHIOKA HAD SUCH A GREAT SPRING, BUT TRIVINO HAS BEEN BRILLIANT BEHIND THE PLATE.
SCOTT: HE IS AN ALL-STAR. THERE WERE SOME SPLIT PLAYING TIME HERE WITH SANCHEZ AND RYAN JEFFERS, WHO WAS EARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SHARE. JEFFERS IS HURT. HE IS GOING TO BE OUT FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF. LOOK OUT. DAN: INSISDE MOVE THERE FROM CORBIN BURNES. ALMOST CATCHES NICK GORDON SLEEP ON THE BASES. SCOTT: QUICK QUIZ, THE BACK OF OUTFIELDER TODAY — THERE WE GO — IS THE BACKUP CATCHER FOR THE MINNESOTA TWINS. THAT IS CALEB HAMILTON. SANCHEZ CLOCK THAT ONE INTO CENTER, AND THEY ARE GOING TO WAVE GORDON HOME, AND THAT WILL TIE THE BALLGAME. DAN: THREE CONSECUTIVE HITS FROM THE TWINS, BACK-TO-BACK DOUBLES. GARLICK AND GORDON AND SANCHEZ FOLLOWS IT UP WITH ANOTHER BULLET RIGHT BACK UP THE MIDDLE.
NOT VERY OFTEN YOU SEE FOUR HARD HIT BALLS AND ONE INNING. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. FASTBALL UP IN THE ZONE. SANCHEZ DOESN'T MISS IT. NOT A LOT OF CUT ON THAT ONE. IT STAYS UP. FRUSTRATION ON THE FACE OF CORBIN BURNES. SCOTT: BOTH MINNESOTA AND MILWAUKEE HAVE BEEN SCORING IN BUNCHES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON. FIRST WEEK SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK. DAN: WELL, THIS IS THE PITCH ARSENAL FROM CORBIN BURNES. ABOUT 56% OF THE TIME YOU WILL SEE THE CUTTER. YOU WILL THROW THE CURVEBALL A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE SLIDER, SINKER, OCCASIONAL FOUR-SEAMER. JUST FALLING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A RUT. CUTTER NOT MOVING A LOT, STAYING UP IN THE ZONE, FLAT. SCOTT: STATCAST 3D POWERED BY GOOGLE CLOUD. SO WHAT IS THE MOVE? YOU START MIXING IN MORE OF THE CHANGEUP, THE CURVEBALL, MAYBE PITCH BACKWARDS A BIT. DAN: THAT IS NOT GOING TO GET ANY EASIER WITH ARRAEZ. SCOTT: YEAH, TOP OF THE LINEUP CARD FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL-STAR BIT DAN: TWINS HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GAME PLAN, ATTACK EARLY. THAT IS KIND OF THE CATCH 22 — YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GUY GO OUT THERE AND SEE HIS ARSENAL, BUT YOU HAVE SO MANY WEAPONS LIKE BURNES, HAS, YOU GO THERE AND YOU TAKE TOO MANY PITCHES, YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE HOLE, YOUR OPTIONS ARE LIMITED.
DIFFERENT APPROACH, THEY ARE READY TO HIT. SCOTT: STARTED WITH A CURVEBALL TO ARRAEZ. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. DAN: WHEN YOU GO THROUGH AN INNING LIKE THIS FROM CORBIN BURNES, YOU TRY TO FIND THE ONE PITCH THAT CAN GET YOU BACK IN THE SINK, SOMETHING YOU FEEL YOU CAN THROW TO GET OFF OF A BARREL. NOT VERY OFTEN DOES HE GIVE UP THREE CONSECUTIVE HITS IN A ROW. YOU TOUCHED ON IT, SCOTT, HIS LAST START AGAINST THE ROCKIES, THEY MADE HIM WORK FOR THE IMPORTANT SWINGS AND MISSES — THERE WERE NOT AS MANY SWINGS AND MISSES.
PITCH NUMBER 34, 35, ONLY TWO OR THREE SWINGS AND MISSES SO FAR FROM THE TWINS. SCOTT: THREE SWINGS AND MISSES SO FAR FOR THIS MINNESOTA OFFENSE. THAT LAST START AGAINST COLORADO, MANY 3-2 COUNTS. HE WAS 73 PITCHES THROUGH THREE INNINGS LAST TIME AROUND. WAS ABLE TO GET THROUGH FIVE. DAN: AND WHEN YOU HAVE AN INNING LIKE THIS AND YOU SEE THE PITCH COUNT OF 35, THIS HAS BEEN A VERY STRESSED-FILLED SECOND INNING.
LOTS OF TRAFFIC, THE HOME RUN AND MIRANDA. TRYING TO GET THE SEARCH FOR THAT ONE PITCH. SCOTT: THAT IS A FOUL BALL. ALSO, THESE HITS ARE NOT BLOOPERS. WE ARE LOOKING AT 100-PLUS MILES AN HOUR OFF THE BAT FROM THE MIRANDA HOMER, THE GORDON DOUBLE, THE SANCHEZ SINGLE. DAN: WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARLICK, BLOOP IN FRONT OF RENFROE, THERE'S BEEN SOME HARD-HIT BATTLES IN THIS INNING.–HARD-HIT BARRELS IN THIS INNING. SCOTT: TO A TWINS FAN. DAN: CATCH HIM WITH TWO HANDS, OLD-SCHOOL. KEPT HIS SHADES ON, TOO. NOT AN EASY THING TO DO — INDOOR BALLPARK, SHADES ON. TWO-HAND CATCH, TIP AND A CAP. SCOTT: FIVE-HOUR DRIVE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM IN MINNESOTA. PRETTY BUSY HERE THIS AFTERNOON. ARRAEZ HAS A LITTLE BIT OF — DAN: JUAN SOTO — SCOTT: JUAN SOTO APPROACH. DAN: THAT LITTLE DANCE, LUNGE FORWARD. GREAT BAT-TO-BALL SKILLS. ROCCO BALDELLI TOLD US HE DOESN'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY IN GAME LIKE HIM COULD HE SAID HE HIT EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING, AND HE'S DONE THAT SINCE HE CAME TO BIG LEAGUE CAMP IN 2019.
SCOTT: HE IS A TWO-STRIKE STAR. DAN: IN A DAY AND AGE — HOPEFULLY OUR GUYS CAN GET THIS — HE IS DOWN ON THE END OF THE BAT A LOT OF TIMES. GUYS WHO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY? WHERE DOES HE HIT IT? HE HITS IT JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE, SCOTT. LOOK AT THAT HEAT MAP. OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND. SCOTT: STATCAST 3D, POWERED BY GOOGLE CLOUD. ALL OVER CENTER FIELD. DAN: YOU SEE HIM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BAT. NORMALLY GUYS LIKE ARRAEZ , YOU WILL SEE HIM CHOKE UP ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INITIAL SUCH A SHORT, COMPACT STROKE. ALL THE WAY DOWN ON THAT BAT. SCOTT: WONDER IS MOVING, — RUNNER IS MOVING, AND AGAIN, 3-2 COMING UP. NOW 40 PITCHES, AND CORBIN BURNES IS JUST 1 1/3 THROUGH HIS DAY. DAN: 40 PITCHES, ONLY THREE SWINGS AND MISSES SO FAR BY THIS TWINS. THE MORE YOU WATCH ARRAEZ, THE MORE YOU LIKE WHAT HE CAN DO. JUST HAS A KNACK, UP, DOWN, IN, OUT. NOT A FEEL GUY, EITHER.
HE TAKES A HEALTHY RIP, BUT IT IS UNDER CONTROL. SCOTT: 10TH PITCH OF THE MATCHUP. GOT HIM, AND THE THROW TO SECOND IS A LITTLE LATE. GARY SANCHEZ THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING ON. ADAMES COULDN'T CORRALLED THE BASEBALL COME EITHER. DAN: YOU LOOK AT ME AND I LOOK AT YOU — WHAT WILL DO THEY THROWING OVER THERE FOR? VERY RARELY DO YOU SEE A SWING AND A MISS FROM ARRAEZ. GARY SANCHEZ WAS ON THE MOVE. SCOTT: SECOND STOLEN BAG OF THE SEASON, AND JUST SIX IN HIS CAREER. GARY NOT KNOWN FOR DOING THAT.
HE'S IN SCORING POSITION WITH TWO GONE IN THE SECOND. CORREA LIFTED A BALL TO RIGHT IN THE FIRST. RENFROE COULDN'T HANG ONTO IT. CRAIG COUNSELL CAME OFF THE STEP. DAN: WONDER IF THERE WAS SOME INTERFERENCE FROM ARRAEZ. PITTING THE THROW THERE FROM CARATINI. SCOTT: BREWERS SKIPPER HAD A FEW WORDS ABOUT IT. 2 STRIKES ON CORREA. DAN: IT'S AMAZING, THIS INNING HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG INNING, BUT A GUY LIKE CORREA COMES UP AND BURNES IS MADE THE BEST TO PITCHES SO FAR IN THIS INNING.
A SLIDER DOWN AND AWAY AT 90. IT IS USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS. BEST TWO PITCHES BACK TO BACK FROM BURNES THIS INNING. SCOTT: CORBIN IS AT HIS BEST WHEN THERE IS A RUNNER IN SCORING POSITION. DAN: A LITTLE EXCUSE-ME SWING, EMERGENCY SWING FROM CORREA. HE WAS ANTICIPATING SOMETHING HARD, IT WAS A SLOWER BREAKING BALL. GAME AND A CHANCE TO DOUBLE CLUTCH AND FALL OFF, STAY ALIVE. FRUSTRATING INNING. CORBIN BURNES, IS MADE SOME REALLY GOOD PITCHES HERE. THIS IS GUY WHEN HE IS ON TOP OF HIS GAME, YOU WILL SEE LOTS OF SWINGS AND LOTS OF MISSES. OPPONENT AVERAGE-AGAINST. TONY GONSOLIN, WHAT A MAGICAL YEAR HE HAS HAD SO FAR FOR THE DODGERS. SCOTT: HE'S BEEN MONEY FOR L.A. DAN: ARE YOU A BIG FAN OF SANDY ALCANTARA? SCOTT: ONE OF THE BIGGEST, ESPECIALLY THE WAY HE HAS GONE THE DISTANCE PRETTY FREQUENTLY, OR CLOSE TO IT. THE INNINGS TOTAL IS OFF THE CHARTS FOR A MODERN STARTER. CORREA AGAIN FIGHTS ONE ALL.
DAN: YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE A VOTE FOR CY YOUNG, BUT IF I DID END THE SEASON ENDED TODAY, I WOULD THINK REAL EASY GOING TO BED VOTING FOR SANDY ALCANTARA IS THE N.L. CY YOUNG. SCOTT: I GET HE SHOULD'VE STARTED THE ALL-STAR GAME I GET ALL THE FANFARE AND L.A., BUT SANDY ALCANTARA IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL. DAN: HE IS A THROWBACK, REALLY. SEVEN-INNING MACHINE. HE'S THAT ONE WAS HIS FIRST ONE IN A WHILE. SCOTT: I BET HE WAS REALLY ANGRY, TOO. THAT IS A BAD DAY FOR ALCANTARA. CORREA IS OUT ON STRIKES. THIRD K FOR CORBIN BURNES, BUT IT WAS ON THE 31ST TOSS OF THE INNING. RIDING UP THE PITCH COUNT AGAINST LAST YEAR'S CY YOUNG WINNER, AND JOSE OVER THE WALL.
WE ARE TIED AT 3-3. SCOTT: DO YOU LIKE HAVING OPTIONS, DAN? YOU WILL HAVE A CHOICE OF LISTENING EXPERIENCE. CLICK THE GEAR ICON AND CHOOSE AUDIO TRACKS. THAT IS MYSELF, DAN PLESAC, AMY G., OR THE TWINS AND BREWERS RADIO CALLS. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO HEAR THOSE UNLESS ON THE PRIMARY — JOE BIDEN AARON ASHBY— JOE RYAN, AARON ASHBY WE SAID HELLO TO THE LEGEND THIS MORNING. "SCOTT BRAUN." "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, STOP INTRODUCING YOURSELF. BECAUSE I'M 80 SOMETHING?" AND THEN HE GOES AND BECAUSE EVERYBODY — DAN: BY THE WRONG NAME. SCOTT: HE'S A GEM. DAN: PR GUY MIKE — HE CALLED HIM LARRY. "HI, LARRY!" SCOTT: BOB'S THE BEST. DAN: BACK TO THE DAYS I WAS WEARING A BREWER UNIFORM FROM '86 TO '92, HOW BIG HE WAS FULL TO HE WAS BIGGER THAN THE TEAM, WITH THE MILLER LITE COMMERCIALS.
HIS APPEARANCES ON JOHNNY CARSON, BLAINE KNIGHT. "MR. BELVEDERE." ALWAYS KIND OF MADE FUN OF HIMSELF AS BEING A BAD CATCHER WITH THE CARDINALS. WENT TO A BREWER GAME AND HE SAID THE KEY TO CATCHING A KNUCKLEBALL, LETTING GO AND PICKING UP WHEN IT STOPS, WHEN IT GETS TO THE BACKSTOP. SCOTT: SO MANY GOOD LINES. HE DEBUTED WITH THE BREWERS 60 YEARS AGO — THE BRAVES, SORRY, THE MILWAUKEE BRAVES. NATURALLY HILARIOUS. DAN: IN MY DAYS HERE WITH MILWAUKEE, SO MUCH GOING ON WITH HOLLYWOOD, HIS APPEARANCES IN MOVIES, MILLER LITE COMMERCIALS. BUT HIS FIRST LOVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BASEBALL AND THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FORMER OWNER OF THE BREWERS, BUD SELIG, WHO TURNED COMMISSIONER. THERE'S THE STATUE OF THE GUY THEY CALL UECK IN MILWAUKEE. BORN AND RAISED IN MILWAUKEE AREA. LOVES THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. BEEN A PART OF BREWERS BASEBALL. HE IS KIND OF WHAT HARRY CARAY WAS TO THE CUBS.
HE IS A LEGEND HERE IN MILWAUKEE. SCOTT: THAT IS HIS HOME RUN CALL. WE'VE GOT THE GLOBAL AUDIENCE WE NEED TO EDUCATE A BIT. LEADOFF WALK FOR URIAS. VICTOR CARATINI'S FIRST A.B. OF THE DAY FOR THE DAN: THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO WITH ROCCO BALDELLI, PUT UP THREE POINTS TO TIE THIS THING UP. ARCHER HAD A BIT OF A CRAZY FIRST INNING.
THREE-RUN HOMER BY ROWDY TELLEZ. SCOTT: PITCH STEPS AWAY IN A BASE FOR URIAS. DAN: YOU HEAR A TERM, SHUTDOWN INNING. SCOTT: THAT WAS THE ANTI-SHUTDOWN INNING THAT WE JUST SAW. DAN: ANOTHER CHANGEUP, HE SPIKES DOWN IN THE DIRT. SANCHEZ GOES DOWN ON ONE KNEE TO BLOCK IT. HE'S GOT THAT STYLE WHERE HE STARTS WITH ONE KNEE ON THE GROUND. SCOTT: MANY MODERN CATCHERS DO, DAN. CARATINI IN THE AIR. AND IT'S GORDON IN CENTER. TAGGING URIAS TO THIRD, HE IS GOING TO GET THERE. PRODUCTIVE FIRST OUT IN THE SECOND. LET'S HEAD OVER TO AMY. AMY: ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, GOING DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH BOB UECKER, BREWERS FANS NEED TO MARKET THEIR CALENDAR FOR THE STATE, AUGUST 5. A FULL-BLOWN CELEBRATION OF MILWAUKEE LEGENDS, RECOGNIZING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1982 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, OF WHICH ARE VERY OWN DAN PLESAC WAS A PART OF.
A FEW OF NOTE, ROLLIE FINGERS, ROBIN OUT, FORMER TEAM OWNER AND COMMISSIONER, WHO YOU MENTIONED IS A GOOD FRIEND OF UECKER'S, BUD SELIG. ALSO HEARTBREAKING — DAN, YOU CAN EXPAND ON THAT — THEY WENT TO THE WORLD SERIES WITH THE DRAMATIC WORLD SERIES WIN OVER THE ANGELS ONLY TO LOSE TO ST. LOUIS, AND MILWAUKEE HAS NOT RETURNED TO THE WORLD SERIES SINCE. DAN, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, RIGHT? DAN: I DO. AMY: THEY ARE DUE. DAN: THEY ARE OVERDUE, AMY. THEY HAVE THE DODGERS ON THE ROPES TO GO TO THE WEB SERIES, AND THE DODGERS CAME TO THEN-MILLER PARK AND WON GAME SEVEN AND SEND THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD SERIES.
THAT WAS THE YEAR I THOUGHT MILWAUKEE HAD THE BEST TEAM IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. THEY WERE A REALLY GOOD TEAM. NUMBER 19, ROBIN YOUNT, A GUY I WAS FORTUNATE TO PLAY WITH FOR SEVEN YEARS. CECIL COOPER, BEN OGLIVIE, P BUBIC, ROLLIE FINGERS, TED SIMMONS. SCOTT: TAYLOR WITH A BLAST TO LEFT. IF IT'S FAIR, FORGET ABOUT IT. IT IS A FOUL BALL. DAN: WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS TAYLOR CAN DO, HE CAN GET TO A FASTBALL. CRAIG COUNSEL TOLD US BEFORE THE GAME HE WOULD LIKE TO GET IN THERE AND GET SOME MORE AT-BATS OFF OF LEFTIES. CARTER FROM ARCHER. FORTUNATELY FOR THE TWINS AND ARCHER, THIS ONE HOOKS FOUR OR FIVE FEET ON THE FILE SIDE OF THE FOUL POLE.
— FOUL SIDE OF THE FOUL POLE. SCOTT: THAT WAS TORCHED. DAN: HE IS GOING TO GET A LOT MORE PLAYING TIME. THIS GUY CAN GET TO A FASTBALL. SCOTT: IN L — UNLESS THE BREWERS TRADE FOR, SAY, A CENTER — THERE IS YOUR WORLD SERIES DROUGHT. GUARDIANS LEADING THE CHARGE. PADRES NEVER WON, JUST LIKE MILWAUKEE, WE HAVE THE TRADE DEADLINE COMING UP. BALL THREE TO TAYLOR. WITH OUR LIVE CHAT ROARING, LET'S GET SOME QUESTIONS FOR DAN LATER ON WHAT YOU THINK THE BREWERS AND TWINS ARE GOING TO DO, PREDICTIONS. YOU CAN FROM PLAYER NAMES OUT THERE. THIS IS THE TIME C. THIS IS THE LAST YOUTUBE GAME BEFORE THE DEADLINE ON TUESDAY.
DAN: I WILL PUT MY GM HAT ON AND THINK OF GUYS WHO FIT. THIS IS ALL SPECULATION. A GUY LIKE JOSH BELL WOULD FIT WELL INTO THIS BREWERS LINEUP. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TEAMS ON JOSH BELL. REALLY BIG YEAR FOR THE NATIONALS. SCOTT: TAYLOR STRUCK OUT. YELICH BACK FOR HIS SECOND TRIP. I READ A REPORT THIS MORNING ABOUT RAMON LAUREANO, WHO IS AN EXCELLENT CENTER FIELDER FOR OAKLAND, WHO COULD FIT NICELY IN MILWAUKEE'S MIX. DAN: A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED. I THOUGHT A COUPLE YEARS AGO THERE WOULD BE POWER IN THAT AT-BAT. THAT POWER HASN'T SHOWN ITSELF PARTICULARLY THIS SEASON. GOOD DEFENDER. THE BASEBALL WORLD HAS CAPTIVATED BY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH JUAN SOTO, WHERE IS HE GOING TO BE.
ONCE THAT DOMINO FALLS, YOU WILL START TO SEE EVERYTHING — I THINK THE KEY FOR THESE TEAMS IS TO TRY TO GET SOMETHING DONE BY THE DEADLINE ON AUGUST 2. WHO ARE WAITING AROUND AND THERE IS ALWAYS DEALS AND MORE TEAMS IN PLAY, AND I THINK IF YOU CAN PULL THE TRIGGER, I GO BACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO, MILWAUKEE PULLED THE TRIGGER AND ACQUIRED CC SABATHIA FROM THE INDIANS BEFORE THE DEADLINE, AND THEY KIND OF BEAT EVERYBODY TO THE PUNCH. THEY FELT LIKE IF THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HIM PRE-DEADLINE, THEY WOULD HAVE HIM FOR MORE STARTS. WHAT A MAGICAL RUN HE WENT ON FOR THAT TEAM IN MILWAUKEE. SCOTT: HE WAS ON ANOTHER LEVEL. EVEN STARTING ON SHORT REST, ABSOLUTE BULLDOG. EVERYTHING THEY DREAMED ABOUT AND MORE. DAN: THERE WAS THIS SENTIMENT A PART OF ME, HAVING PLAYED HERE IN MILWAUKEE, THAT WAS HOPING THAT SOMEHOW SOMEWAY THE BREWERS WOULD KEEP CC.
A–WOULD KEEP CC AND THE FALL. THE OFFERS WERE TOO BIG. HE PARLAYED THAT INTO A BIG CONTRACT WITH THE YANKEES. TREMENDOUS PLAYER. HE WILL BE IN THE HALL OF FAME. SCOTT: YELICH LAYS OFF. 3-1. YOU KNOW HOW MANY COMPLETE GAMES CC SABATHIA HAD IN HIS 17 STARTS WITH MILWAUKEE IN 2008? 7. SEVEN OUT OF 17. COMPLETE GAMES. FORGETTABLE PLAN. — FORGET THE BULLPEN. CC GOING THE DISTANCE. DAN: IF YOU ARE THE MANAGER YOU VERIFIED IF YOU ALLOW THE GUY — YOU ALLOWED A GUY TO COMPLETE A GAME? SCOTT: YELICH WASN'T FEELING THAT SLIDER ON THE CORNER. ALL RIGHT, I LIKE TO KEEP IT REAL. YOU TELL ME. DAN: YOU ARE ASKING THE WRONG GUY GET. I'M T — THAT WAS ALMOST HALF OF BASEBALL. SCOTT: YELICH, RIGHT SIDE. IT IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH PLAY. AND THEY GOT HIM. POLANCO IN STRIDE, MAKES A BEAUTIFUL EXCHANGE TO GET YELICH AND SAVE THE RUN FROM COMING IN. TRYING TO WORK AN INFIELD KNOCK. FORMER SHORTSTOP IN POLANCO ALL IN MOTION. ARCHER KEEPS THE BREWERS OFF THE BOARD AND THE SECOND. SCOTT: AH, THE JOE RYAN EXPERIENCE, WHICH WE SAW A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON THE MOUND, THE SWIMMER COULD HE DOES UNIQUE STRETCHING, TOO.
WORLD TRAVELER, OF COURSE, LADIES MAN. HE'S GOT THE SMILE. A LITTLE SILVER METAL ACTION. AS AN OLYMPIAN, HE FINDS OUT OVERSEAS HE IS MOVING ONTO THE MINNESOTA TWINS. THAT WORKED QUITE WELL. AND NOW THE EXPERIENCE CONTINUES. BUXTON GOING AFTER THE FIRST PITCH FROM BURNES. TWINS STAY AGGRESSIVE, AND HE FLIES OUT TO CENTER, WHILE WE WELCOME IN THE JOE RYAN EXPERIENCE. JOE, GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? JOE: GOOD AFTERNOON, GUYS. FEELING GOOD. POLO IS ELECTRIC. WATCHING THAT ONE TONIGHT. DAN: JOE, IT'S DAN. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE A LEFTY CAPTAIN RIGHT-HANDER'S– TRAPPED IN A RIGHT-HANDER'S BODY? JOE: MAYBE. WHO KNOWS? I WAS LIVING MY CURVEBALL THE OTHER DAY. MIGHT HAVE TO TALK TO DARVISH ABOUT THAT ONE. SCOTT: DID YOU CATCH A SUNFLOWER SEED? JOE: THERE WE GO, NICE TOSS. SCOTT: DYLAN COMING IN HOT RIGHT NOW.
HOW IS THE YEAR GOING FOR YOU? HOW WOULD YOU EVALUATE THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON? JOE: IT'S BEEN FUN. JUST A GREAT GROUP IN THE CLUBHOUSE. MAKES IT EASY. I FEEL LIKE THE FOCUS IS ON — I'M SITTING HERE AND FORGETTING THE ALL-STAR BREAK WAS LAST WEEK. EACH GAME WE ARE SO LOCKED IN. IT'S BEEN A GREAT TIME. FIRST FULL YEAR UP HERE, IT'S BEEN A BLAST. JUST TRYING TO TAKE IT ONE GAME AT A TIME AND ONTO THE NEXT RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I'M GRATEFUL TO GET THE BALL CONSISTENTLY. COVID STUFF WAS ANNOYING, TO MISS THAT TIME, BUT I WAS PRETTY MUCH IT. DAN: UN UNIQUE STYLE, GETTING TO THE BALLPARK IN A BIKE. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CLOSE CALLS RI GETTING SIDESWIPED TO THE BALLPARK? JOE: THERE ACTUALLY IS A PRETTY SWEET BIKE PATH RIGHT BEHIND MY APARTMENT THAT SHOOTS OUT RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIELD. I DON'T REALLY HAVE TO GO ON THE ROAD TOO MUCH.
TWO MINUTES OF THE YARD. I'M PRETTY SAFE. DAN: DO YOU HAVE A HORN OR RINGER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO ALERT ONCOMING PEDESTRIANS OR TRAFFIC? JOE: AT NIGHT AS IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I'M STILL AWAY FROM CARS. SCOTT: POLANCO STRIKES OUT. JOE RYAN, LISTEN TO THIS. >> HOW YOU DO THAT? CAN'T DO THAT. HE MUST HAVE NO PECTORALS. SCOTT: THAT WAS ANDREW MCCUTCHEN MIC'D UP A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON THIS BROADCAST. YOUR RESPONSE — SPOKE TO CUTCH THIS MORNING ABOUT IT AND HE SAID, "WHEN I SAW HIM DO THAT, I KNEW THIS GUY MUST BE A SWIMMER, DOING SOMETHING BASE PUBLISHED AREN'T USED TO DOING–BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE USED TO DOING STRETCH-WISE." HE CAN'T STRETCH LIKE THAT. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF RESPECT AND JEALOUSY FOR THE STRETCHING ABILITY FOR YOU THERE. VERY IMPRESSIVE. LET ME BRING IN A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THIS THING IS MOVING IN THE TOP HALF OF THE THIRD. BUXTON AND POLANCO AND NOW MIRANDA, WHO HOMERED IN HIS FIRST A.B., SECOND INNING OFF BURNES.
FAVORITE FOOD? JOE: TRY TO KEEP IT SIMPLE. HOPEFULLY THERE IS A STEAK OPTION OR GROUND BRIEF, WHITE RICE, POTATOES, AVOCADO. SCOTT: GOOD PALEO DIET RIGHT THERE. ASK JOE WHAT HIS HOBBY IS. YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW. JOE: DEPENDS WHERE I AM AT. TRY TO FIND THE WATER IF I CAN. I THINK WE ARE ALL HITTING FLOAT TANKS TOMORROW, SO THAT SHOULD BE A BLAST. NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. SCOTT: WHAT IS THAT? JOE: I GUESS IT IS A SENSORY DEPRIVATION TANK WHERE YOU ARE FLOATING IN A HIGH-SALT SOLUTION AND IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELAXING. GOING TO TRY THAT ONE OUT.
HOPEFULLY SEE SOME FRIENDS. GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FLYING DOWN TOWE WILL SEE ABOUT SURFING DEPENDING ON THE WAVES TOMORROW AND ALSO STARTING THE NEXT DAY. GOT TO BE RESPONSIBLE. SCOTT: THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY RELAXING SPA-ISH OFF DAY IN SAN DIEGO. I LIKE THAT. DREW ANDERSON WANTS TO KNOW WHAT YOUR FAVORITE PITCH IS. JOE: FASTBALL. SCOTT: EASY, RIGHT? JOE: EASY. SCOTT: AND HITTERS HAVE A TOUGH TIME PICKING IT UP. THERE IS SOME UNIQUENESS TO IT. COMING FROM A LOWER ARM ANGLE. WHAT DO OPPOSING HITTERS WERE TEAMMATES SAY ABOUT THE WAY THE BALL COMES OUT OF YOUR HAND? JOE: IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS COMING OUT A LITTLE SLOWER, AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS NOT THAT HARD. JUST GOT THAT EXTRA ZIP ON IT. USED TO BE A LOT HARDER. WENT AWAY A LITTLE BIT. SCOTT: YOU ARE THE MAN, KEEP DOING YOUR THING. JOE RYAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
JOE: LATER. SCOTT: CORBIN BURNES BOUNCES BACK. SCOTT: ADAMES, TELLEZ, AND MCCUTCHEN COMING THROUGH. LET'S LOOK AT THE TRADE PIECES WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS EVEN MORE SO THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LUIS CASTILLO, FRANKIE MONTAS. SOME TWINS FANS ARE SALIVATING JUST GIVE US ONE OF THOSE PITCHERS. WILLSON CONTRERAS. ANDREW BENINTENDI, IT'S BASICALLY A LOCK WILL BE ON A DIFFERENT BALLCLUB WITHIN THE WEEK. ATTRACTIVE NAMES GOING TO BE PART OF PENNANT RACES. DAN: WHEN I LOOK AT THIS TWINS TEAM, IF I'M A FAN OF THE TWINS, I LIKE THE LINEUP, THEY CAN SCORE SOME RUNS. THEY COULD USE BOTH HEALTH AND THE BULLPEN, GUY LIKE DAVID ROBERTSON, WHO HAS HAD A GOOD COMEBACK SEASON WITH THE CUBS, HE WOULD BE A GUY WHO WOULD COME TO MIND.
FRANKIE MONTAS. SCOTT: WHAT DO YOU THINK? OUR POLL QUESTION, PREDICT THESE TEAMS AND THEIR ACTION AT THE DEADLINE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY WILL DO? TWINS AND BREWERS, OF COURSE. ADAMES IN THE AIR. DAN: I DON'T THINK EITHER ONE, SCOTT, IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG SPLASH. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOTO, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FRANKIE MONTAS FOR THE I THINK THE TWINS WILL BE IN ON SOME GUYS TRYING TO GET TO THE FRINGES, GUYS WHO CAN IMPACT. BREWERS COULD USE A BAT LIKE JOSH BELL, A GUY TO ME WHO WOULD FIT WHAT THEY WOULD DO GOOD TREY MANCINI OUTFIELD, FIRST BASE ON THE PITCH. SCOTT: YOUR VOTE WOULD BE BREWERS ADD A BIG BAT? DAN: I DO. TWINS HAVE TO GET PITCHING. OPEN FOR THE TWINS–BULLPEN FOR THE TWINS HAS HAD PROBLEMS. THEY HAD A COUPLE SERIES — FOUR WEEKS AGO THEY HAD A HOMESTAND IN A ROAD TRIP AGAINST THE GUARDIANS, WHERE THEY BASICALLY HANDED THREE OR FOUR GAMES AWAY.
THAT HAS BEEN A SEASON OF WHAT SHOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE TWINS, ON TOP IN THE CENTRAL BY A COUPLE OF GAMES. YOU KIND OF FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD BE SEVEN OR EIGHT GAMES AHEAD. YOU LOOK AT THE HOME RUNS ALLOWED, MOST IN BASEBALL. GOES HAND-IN-HAND YOU SEE THE THIRD IN RANKS AS FAR AS INNINGS. YOU'RE NOT GETTING A LOT OF LINK OUT OF YOUR STARTING PITCHING, EITHER.
SCOTT: NOT A GOOD NUMBER. NINTH IN E.R.A. JUST IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE. DAN: AND USUALLY WHAT GOES HAND-IN-HAND, YOU SHOW ME A GOOD BULLPEN, I WILL SHOW YOU A GOOD STARTING ROTATION, OR PARTS OF. ONE OF THE REASONS YOU LOOK AT THE YANKEES, BOY, THEIR BULLPEN IS SO GOOD, WHY ARE THEY SO GOOD? YOU RUN GUYS OUT LIKE A GERRIT COLE AND NESTOR CORTES, JAMESON TAILLON, THAT CONTROL GAMES THREE OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK, THINGS ARE SETTLED IN THE SEVENTH INNING. IT IS EASIER TO MANAGE AND RUN A BULLPEN. SCOTT: TELLEZ SHOOTS ONE TO LEFT. HERE COMES GARLICK TO GRAB IT. DAN: WE TALKED TO ROCCO BALDELLI BEFORE THE GAME, SCOTT, AND PART OF THE CONVERSATION WAS FINDING THE RIGHT BALANCE OF WENT TO GO GET A GUY — YOU HAVE A DAY LIKE TODAY, CHRIS ARCHER, HAVEN'T SEEN THE SIXTH INNING OF A GAME ALL YEAR. YOU KNOW IT IS A BULLPEN GAME.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING THERE. HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE RELIEVERS — DANIEL BARD IS AN INTERESTING GUY. ANDREW CHAFIN, WHO PITCHED REALLY WELL WITH THE CUBS LAST YEAR, NOW WITH THE TIGERS. MATT MOORE — WE WANT MOORE, WE WANT MOORE. YOU WONDER ABOUT A GUY WHO SIGNED A LONG-TERM DEAL, LUCRATIVE ONE. HE HAS BEEN ON THE STRUGGLE BUS THE FOR FIVE YEARS. IT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING TRADE DEADLINE. I THINK THE TEAMS THAT ARE AHEAD OF IT — IF YOU WAIT TO GET SOMETHING DONE ON AUGUST 2, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
SCOTT: YOU SPOKE TO BOTH SIDES THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THEIR TRADE DEADLINE. HOW DID IT GO? AMY: I DID. WE IN THE MEDIA EASILY TALK ABOUT THESE PLAYERS AND PIECES, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS. BOTH MANAGERS SAY THIS IS A TREND THAT CAUSES A LOT OF ANXIETY FOR THE PLAYERS, SO I ASKED HOW YOU MANAGED DIFFERENTLY. THEY SAID THEIR JOB IS TO MANAGE THE DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN, AND KNOW WHICH PLAYERS ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE TOP. THE PLAYERS KNOW AND GET AN EXTRA PAT ON THE BACK, STAY CLOSE TO THEM DURING THIS TIME. THIS ISN'T AN EASY TRANSITION FOR ANYBODY WHO GETS TRADED. YOU'RE HERE TODAY, TOMORROW YOU ARE IN A NEW CITY WORKING. KEEPING THEIR EYE ON THE BALL ON THAT IS IMPORTANT. SCOTT: PSYCHOLOGY GAME, DAN. LIKE AMY MENTIONED, THIS IS REAL LIFE, AND THEN YOU BLINK AND MOVE TO A NEW CITY AND START THE NEXT DAY FOR A CONTENDER. DAN: AND I THINK PART OF IT, TOO, SCOTT, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF TEAM YOU ARE ON. IF YOU ARE ON THE BREWERS ARE ON THE TWINS, YOU ARE A LITTLE ANXIOUS BECAUSE YOU ARE ON A TEAM THAT IS IN FIRST PLACE.
IF YOU ARE FRANKIE MONTAS, JOSH BELL, DAVID ROBERTSON, YOU ARE THINKING, HEY, THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD JUMPSTART FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST. FIND MYSELF BACK IN THE POSTSEASON. YOU GO FROM A BAD TEAM TO ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET SOME LIFE. IT CAN WORK BOTH WAYS. SCOTT: TWO-OUT WALK FOR MCCUTCHEN. YEAH, GUYS LIKE MONTAS, BENINTENDI, THEIR BAGS ARE PACKED ALREADY. THEY'RE WAITING FOR THE PHONE CALL TELLING THEM WHERE TO GO, I'M THERE. HUNTER RENFROE TIME, POPPED OUT TO SHORT IN THE FIRST. DAN: YOU WOULD HAVE TO THINK THE TEAMS IN THE JUAN SOTO SWEEPSTAKES HAVE TO THINK THE DODGERS, YANKEES. SCOTT: CARDINALS? DAN: YOU KNOW, THERE IS PART OF ME THAT THINKS THAT IF YOU ARE THE NATIONALS RIGHT NOW AND YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE FOR SALE, THEY WANT TO MOVE THAT PIECE, BOY, I JUST DON'T KNOW. TO ME, I THINK, SCOTT, THE BEST LEVERAGE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE IS IF THEY CAN WAIT TILL THE OFF-SEASON.
WITH THE TEAM BEING FOR SALE, THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN. SCOTT: I MENTIONED CARDINALS BECAUSE WE ARE DOING A BREWERS- TWINS GAME. SOME BREW CREW FANS ARE SAYING PLEASE SAY NO. DAN: IT IS TOUGH IF YOU ARE MIKE RIZZO, THE GM. HIS JOB MAY BE IN JEOPARDY AND HE MAY NOT BE PART OF THE NEW OWNERSHIP PLAN. HE HAS TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE NATIONALS, NOT BEST FOR THE PLAYER. YOU HAVE TO WONDER IF HE IS TOO GOOD AT 23, TWO YOUNG. ARE YOU GOING TO GET EQUAL VALUE BACK IN RETURN? SCOTT: YOU BETTER, BECAUSE YOU ARE TRADING A LEGENDARY PROTECT ASH POTENTIALLY LEGENDARY FRANCHISE CORNERSTONE AND POTENTIAL HALL OF FAMER IF HE STAYS ON HIS FACE. HE'S GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO PICK HE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
TOP FIVE, IF NOT TOP THREE PLAYER IN THE SPORT. I'M IN THE NEW YORK AREA AND MANY METS FANS TEXT ME, "WE GETTING SOTO?" IT'S FUNNY, THEY'RE GOING, WELL, THERE WAS A REPORT HE WANTS TO GO THERE. HE DOESN'T GET TO DECIDE WHERE HE GOES. HE'S GETTING TRADED, HE IS NOT SIGNING. DAN: YOU GO BACK TO LAST MONDAY NIGHT IN THE HOME RUN DERBY, IT IS SOMEWHAT LIKE THAT WAS HIS COMING-OUT PARTYING 2022, SAYING TO THE BASEBALL WORLD, HEY, DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.
AFTER HAD A MISERABLE FIRST THREE MONTHS. I'M REALLY GOOD PLAYER. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW REALLY, REALLY GOOD I AM. SCOTT: WHEN FIRST STRIKES OUT. — RENFROE STRIKES OUT. ANOTHER SOLID INNING FROM CHRIS ARCHER AFTER GIVING UP THREE IN THE FIRST. HE HAS RECOVERED AND MAINTAINED THIS TIE BALLGAME THROUGH THREE INNINGS. SCOTT: WE HAVE OUR LIVE GAME COMMENTARY ROLLING RIGHT NOW. SUBSCRIBERS OF MLB'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL CAN CHAT WITH YOU TO CRITTERS.
ASK DAN QUESTIONS. HE IS HERE FOR A WEEK. TAKING A TRADE DEADLINE QUESTION THE WHOLE WAY. LIKE THIS POLL QUESTION PREDICTING WHAT TEAMS YOU ARE WATCHING TODAY WILL DO AT THE DEADLINE. NOT A WHOLE LOT WINS OVER FANS THINKING THAT THE TWINS WOULD ADD A BIG ARM OR THE BREWERS ADDING A BIG BAT. I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE SCARCITY AS WELL. IF YOU ARE A TWINS FAN, THERE AREN'T A LOT OF BIG-NAME START IS AVAILABLE. I.Q. MENTIONED, SO MANY PEOPLE — LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SO MANY CANS GOING AFTER ONE.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL BE THE TEAM GOING AFTER LUIS CASTILLO. BREWERS FAN SAVED I DON'T THINK WE ARE THE TEAM GETTING JUAN SOTO. DAN: I AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT I THINK BOTH OF THESE TEAMS WILL BE LOOKING AT GUYS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED GUYS, BUT NOT MAJOR IMPACT GUYS. I DON'T THINK THE TWINS HAVE WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO GET LUIS CASTILLO. I'M A BIG FAN OF FRANKIE MONTAS. HE SPENT TIME ON THE I.L. TYLER MAHLE IS A DARK HORSE GUY WITH REALLY GOOD STUFF. THERE ARE OPTIONS OUT THERE. I THINK IT IS THE TEAMS THAT CAN FIND THAT DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, GUY THAT CAN — HE IS NOT A FRONTLINE GUY, HE'S NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FIVE STARTER.
SOMEHOW FROM YOUR SCOUTING, YOUR DEVELOPMENT, YOU SEE SOMETHING IN THE PITCH MIX YOU MIGHT LIKE OR CHANGES YOU CAN MAKING PITCH USAGE, PITCH SHAPING THAT IF YOU LIKE YOU COULD GET A PLAYER AND HELP. I DON'T THINK THAT EITHER OF THESE TEAMS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE MAJOR IMPACT PLAYERS. SCOTT: I LOVE YOUR CALL ON MAHLE. TYLER MAHLE, LOOK HIM UP IF YOU ARE UNAWARE, SAY IF YOU ARE A TWINS FAN. ANOTHER STRIKEOUT FOR BURNES. THAT IS HIS SIXTH. MAHLE HAS BECOME STUFF. –BIG-TIME STUFF. DAN: GOOD CUTTER. STARTING TO SEE SOME SWINGS AND MISSES FROM THAT RIGHT ARM OF CORBIN BURNES.
VECTOR CUTTER–BACKDOOR CUTTER AND 95. HE LOOKED A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE. VERY STRESSFUL SECOND INNING. BREEZED THROUGH THE THIRD. PITCH COUNT AT 63. DELIVERING HIS 64TH PITCH. SCOTT: AND THAT SKY OPENING AS WE SPEAK. SPLITTING THE ROOF AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD. DAN: THE ROOF HERE HAS JUST BEEN A GAME CHANGER FOR NOT ONLY THE BREWERS, BUT THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE. JUST A BEAUTIFUL BALLPARK, AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD. THE OLDER DAYS WITH COUNTY STADIUM WHERE I PLAYED AS A MEMBER OF THE BREWERS, COLD AND COME BACK FROM THE MOUND — EASY ONE FOR CORBIN BURNES. TALKING TO PEOPLE, THEY SAY YOU HAVE A FOUR-, FIVE-HOUR DRIVE FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF WISCONSIN FOR A BREWERS GAME AND HE WOULD REIGN AND BE COLD AND BE MISERABLE AND THE GAME WOULD BE POSTPONED AND DELAYED, AND NOW YOU COME AND IT IS STARTING ON TIME AND NIGHT GAME IT IS COMFORTABLE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO A GAME HERE IN MILWAUKEE, YOU REALLY SHOULD PUT IT ON YOUR TO-DO LIST. GREAT TOWN, LOTS OF THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
WONDERFUL IF YOU CAN BE HERE AT THE RIGHT TIME OF YEAR WHEN SUMMERFEST IS HERE, GREAT MUSIC — WONDERFUL IF YOU CAN BE HERE FOR THE SUMMERFEST. GREAT SUMMER CITY. SCOTT: WISCONSIN STATE FAIR HAPPENING NOW, NEXT WEEK. I WAS WATCHING THE GAME LAST NIGHT. THEY WERE ALL OVER IT. TWO GONE. IT IS NICK GORDON. BURNES IN ABSOLUTE STRIKE THROWING MODE OR CHASE MODE, WHICH YOU SAW THERE. THE CURVEBALL. DAN: THAT IS THE 12-6. YOU CAN SEE THE TUMBLE ROTATION. HE ALSO SELLS IT WITH GREAT ARM SPEED. HE HAS MULTIPLE WEAPONS. NOT OFTEN THE TWINS ARE UNABLE TO DO, BUNCHED TOGETHER FOUR HITS IN ONE INNING OFF OF THIS GUY. SCOTT: GOT HIM. HE IS DEALING NOW.
SEVENTH K OF THE DAY FOR BURNES. THREE UP, THREE DOWN. HE RETIRED EIGHT IN A ROW. MAKING THEM LOOK FOOLISH IN THE FOURTH. SCOTT: DO YOU KNOW WHO HAD A WEEK? THIS GUY. AARON ASHBY SIGNS A CONTRACT EXTENSION MYTH — WITH A MILWAUKEE, GETS ENGAGED DURING THE ALL-STAR BREAK. HIS TEAMMATES ARE NICELY TAKING CARE OF HIM ON THE PREGAME SHOW YESTERDAY ON BALLY SPORTS WISCONSIN. ROWDY TELLEZ WAS ALL OVER HIM. HAVE YOU EVER HAD THAT OCCUR TO YOU DURING AN INTERVIEW? COAST CLEAR? CHECK AROUND FOR A SECOND. PERFECT. AARON ASHBY JOINING US LIVE FOR THIS HALF INNING HERE ON YOUTUBE.
FIRST OFF, THE YOUTUBE CROWD, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR AARON, HE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. HOW IS THE WEEK FOR YOU? AARON: GOOD WEEK. TOP TWO, A GOOD ONE. DAN: YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR LAST START, PUNCHING TICKETS, GETTING ENGAGED, YOU SIGNED A BIG NEW CONTRACTOR WOULD WHAT WAS FIRST OF THE THREE? AARON: THIS SEEMS TO BE THE POPULAR QUESTION. THE ANSWER REMAINS THE SAME, IT IS DEFINITELY THE ENGAGEMENT. I AM REALLY EXCITED. DAN: THAT IS A QUALITY ANSWER. YOU HAVE LEARNED WELL. GREAT RESPONSE. SCOTT: TO THE EXTENSION, FIVE YEARS WITH THE BREWERS. THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE 2027 SEASON WITH CLUB OPTIONS. BALL AND A STRIKE WITH ARCHER FOR MINNESOTA IN THE FOURTH. HOW DID THE EXTENSION COME TOGETHER? WHO APPROACH WHO? WHEN DID YOU FIRST FIND OUT ABOUT IT? AARON: DAVID REACHED OUT TO MY AGENT, BEFORE I WENT TO SAN DIEGO.
IT HAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH, TALKING SINCE THEN. WRAPPED THINGS UP LAST SATURDAY. SCOTT: CONGRATULATIONS. QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD IN THE LIVE CHAT. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT MILWAUKEE? THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION BEFORE YOU SIGN AN EXTENSION. AARON: THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, I TEXTED MY FIANCÉ THIS MORNING AND WAS LIKE, I DO NOT THINK YOU CAN BEAT A MILWAUKEE SUMMER. THE WEATHER IS UNBELIEVABLE, THE LAKES, THE WATER. ALL THE FISHING, GREAT FOOD. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO LOVE ABOUT THIS PLACE. AMY: YOU KNOW I AM GOING BACK TO THE ENGAGEMENT, I NEED DETAILS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YOU SURPRISED YOUR FIANCÉ. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT GOES INTO THAT BECAUSE THAT IS HARD TO DO. AARON: A LOT OF PLANNING, ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF OF PLANNING.
MAKING SURE WE COULD MAKE IT OUT TO CALIFORNIA FOR THIS THING. A LOT OF GORDON KNITTING. I HAVE A BALL COMING HERE — A LOT OF COORDINATING. I HAVE A BALL COMING HERE. GETTING HER FAMILY OUT THERE, HER FRIENDS, HER SISTERS. WELL WORTH IT. EVERYTHING WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. SCOTT: YOU NAILED IT. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST ABOUT BEING MARRIED? AARON: THIS IS A GOOD ONE. I DON'T KNOW, LIVING TOGETHER, SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WITH EACH OTHER, GOING THROUGH LIFE WITH EACH OTHER.
GOING TO BE A GREAT ADVENTURE AND I AM EXCITED FOR IT. SCOTT: MULTIPLE FANS ASKING, YOUR FAVORITE ALL-TIME PLAYER OR FAVORITE PLAYER GROWING UP? AARON: THAT IS TOUGH. I LOVE THE WAY MAX SCHERZER PITCHES. I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED WATCHING HIM. GROWING UP, BEING FROM KANSAS CITY, I LIKE LORENZO CAIN A LOT. I SHARE A UNIFORM WITH HIM. AND ON A VENTURE — AND DONOVAN, I LOVED WATCHING HIM PITCH IN HIGH SCHOOL. SCOTT: PAYOFF. A WALK. DAN: UNIVERSAL DH IS IN PLAY. LET ME ASK YOU,, A, COULD YOU HIT, AND, B, DO YOU MISS HEADING? AARON: NO AND NO. MY HITTING CAREER PEAKED WHEN I WAS EIGHT OR NINE YEARS OLD. WHEN PITCH STARTED WAS WHEN MY HITTING CAREER TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORST.
WHOEVER WAS ON THE MOUND, SOMEONE THROWING THE BALL AT ME WITH ANY VELOCITY OR MOVEMENT WAS NOT GOOD FOR ME. MY LAST YEAR OF MACHINE PITCH, I AM GOING TO BE A HITTER, I WAS HITTING HOME RUNS AND EVERYTHING. THEN KIDS STARTED THROWING THE BALL AND I WAS LIKE, I WILL BE A PITCHER, I GUESSED. I HAD EIGHT AT-BATS LAST YEAR, STRUCK OUT SEVEN, WALKED ONE, AND HAD A SAC FLY. NO ATHLETICISM AT THE PLATE AT ALL. SCOTT: AT LEAST HE GOT TO SAY HE DID IT. DAN: ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT PLAYING IN MILWAUKEE, THE GAMES WILL BE ON TIME WITH THIS RETRACTABLE ROOF.
YOU HAVE A DAY GAME, A NIGHT GAME, YOU CAN GET INTO A ROUTINE. AARON: THAT IS AWESOME, ONE OF THE COOLEST PARTS ABOUT THIS PLACE. WE HAD POP UP STORMS EARLIER WITH THE ROOF CLOSED. EVERYTHING PASSES OVER AND WE GET TO OPEN THE ROOF AND ENJOY A BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY IN MILWAUKEE. IT IS NICE KNOWING YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ON TIME, NEVER HAVE A CANCELLATION. SCOTT: GREAT MONDAY FOR YOU IN THIS BALLPARK. SEVEN INNINGS, TWO RUNS, NINE K'S. WAS WATCHING THE POSTGAME SHOW. TIM DILLARD CALLED YOU A MIXOLOGIST. HOW IS YOUR PROGRESSION GOING WITH INCORPORATING YOUR PITCH MENU WITH A LEARNING WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT IN CERTAIN TIMES? AARON: IT IS A CONSTANT GAME OF ADJUSTMENTS. IT CHANGES EVERY TIME YOU'RE OUT THERE. AS LONG AS YOU CAN MIX WELL AND BE IN THE ZONE WITH THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PITCHES, YOU WILL BE ALL RIGHT MOST OF THE TIME. SEVY DID A GOOD JOB MIXING EVERYTHING WELL. GETTING GUYS WITH TWO STRIKES AS SOON AS WE COULD, PUTTING THEM AWAY. SCOTT: ARCHER WONG, THIS IS IN THE PITCH CATEGORY WE WATCHED HIM LAST TIME AND STARTED TO UNWIND WITH NONCOMPETITIVE PITCHING.
DAN: YOU GET TO THE POINT WITH CHRIS ARCHER, 4.1, HE WAS BREEZY. ALL OF A SUDDEN HE HITS THE BALL. HAS HAD A MEETING WITH HIS PITCHING COACH AND IT IS A DIFFERENT GUY. SCOTT: URIAS WILL MAKE HIS WAY TO FIRST. TWO WALKS TO START THE FIRST. COULD BE A PITCHING CHANGE SOON. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR BEST PITCH IS? AARON: IT DEPENDS FROM DAY-TO-DAY. SOMETIMES IT IS A CHANGEUP AREA IT IS A NOT TALKED ABOUT PITCH FOR ME, WHICH IS FINE. MY CHANGEUP HAS COME A LONG WAY, THE LONGEST WAY SINCE ENTERING PRO BALL. I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY MY SLIDER IS THE BEST PITCH. IT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT MY CAREER IN PRO BALL. I WILL GO WITH THE SLIDER AS THE BEST PITCH. SCOTT: WE WILL KEEP THE CHANGEUP FOR NOW. I AM GUESSING THIS IS WHAT HAYDEN MEANS WITH THIS OR GAME ORLORD, AARON'S FAVORITE BALLPARK TO PITCH IN? WHERE ELSE HAVE YOU ENJOYED PITCHING SO FAR? AARON: I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED PITTSBURGH.
I LOVE THE STADIUM. THE MOUND FEELS GOOD. ALSO ST. LOUIS HAS A REALLY GOOD MOUND, TOO. THOSE TWO STADIUMS, I ENJOY THOSE. SCOTT: PICKS TWO PARKS OF A PITCHER'S VARIETY, ST. LOUIS AND PITTSBURGH. DAN: OF COURSE. YOU SHOW ME A PLACE WHERE A BALL DOES NOT TRAVEL WELL AND A GOOD MOUND — THAT IS WHY I LOVED PITCHING IN ANAHEIM. GREAT BALLPARK TO PITCH IN. AARON: I KNOW A LOT OF GUYS LIKE TAMPA. SCOTT: ASK WILLY ADAMES ABOUT TAMPA. WE DISCUSSED IN THAT EARLIER. HE SAID I AM GOOD, I WILL STAY IN MILWAUKEE. THANKS FOR THE TRADE, EVERYONE. AARON: GOOD MOUND, FUN PLACE TO PITCH. SCOTT: THE LIGHTING IS DIFFICULT FOR HITTERS SOMETIMES. THE BASEMENT AFFECT — EFFECT. THAT IS BALL THREE TO CARATINI. JENNIFER WANTS TO KNOW, FUNNIEST PLAYER IN THE DUGOUT? WE HAVE A FEW GOOD ONES.
AARON: I TELL YOU WHAT, WE HAVE A LOT OF FUNNY GUYS HERE. SCOTT: I KNOW ADAMES AND TO LEAD –TELLEZ. AARON: THEY ARE GREAT. WHO IS SUPER IS BOXBERGER. MY LOCKER IS NEXT TO HIS. DUDE IS ALWAYS A TREAT. HE ALWAYS INTERJECTS SOMETHING SMALL THAT IS FUNNY. SCOTT: THE SARCASM GAME, LOVE IT. THIS WAS A BLAST. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT A WEEK FOR YOU. GOOD LUCK. NICE TALKING TO YOU. AARON: APPRECIATE IT. SCOTT: THAT WAS AARON ASHBY. THREE STRAIGHT WALKS FROM WALKER. THE BACK WITH THE FOURTH IN A MOMENT. SCOTT: WE ARE IN THE FOURTH. JUICY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BREWERS WHILE WE HAD AN ENJOYABLE CHAT WITH AARON ASHBY. CHRIS ARCHER STARTED TO UNWIND IN THE FOURTH. THREE CONSECUTIVE WALKS. HE IS PULLED FROM THE CONTEST.
FACING TAYLOR AND TOP OF THE LINEUP CARD WITH ADAMES AND TELLEZ LURKING. DAN: A STORY OF JEKYLL AND HYDE. ARCHER MODE THROUGH THE BREWERS LINEUP, GIVE UP THE FIRST. BUT BREEZED THROUGH THE SECOND AND THIRD AND ALMOST ON CUE, BACK-TO-BACK WALKS. HE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A THIRD CONSECUTIVE WALK. YOU PUT HIM IN A HORRIBLE SPOT, BASES LOADED, TO GO THROUGH THE HEART OF THE ORDER. SCOTT: IT IS TAYLOR AND LEADOFF MAN CHRISTIAN YELICH ON-DECK. WONG, URIAS AND CARATINI WALKING TO START THEIR HOME FOURTH. DAN: COMING IN FROM THE BULLPEN, THIS GUY. BASES LOADED, NOBODY OUT. IF YOU CAN GET ONE RUN YOU WILL FEEL YOU HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB. REALLY NEED TO PULL A RABBIT OUT OF YOUR HAT TO GET OUT OF THIS WITH NO RUN SCORING. TERRIFIC CHANGEUP. HE WILL THROW THE CHANGEUP ABOUT 36% OF THE TIME. 95 TO 96. SLIDER AND A CURVEBALL TO GO ALONG WITH IT. BUT PRIMARILY FASTBALL CHANGEUP. SCOTT: LAST PITCHED SUNDAY AGAINST THE TIGERS, A SCORELESS INNING. ANOTHER GOOD ONE. DAN: TERRIFIC ARM SPEED. IF YOU ARE TYRONE TAYLOR, YOU HAVE TO PULL OFF THE FASTBALL.
THE CIRCLE CHANGEUP. NOT ONLY THE VELO, BUT GOOD DOWN SPINNING ACTION. SCOTT: DO YOU GO THERE AGAIN, FOUR IN A ROW? DAN: YOU DON'T LIKE TO, BUT AS BAD AS TAYLOR HAS LOOKED AT THOSE PITCHES — IT CAN'T BE GOOD HITTING WITH THE SHADOWS. IT IS COVERING THE MOUND AT HOME PLATE. THE PITCHER'S ARM IS IN THE BRIGHT SPOT, SO YOU SEE A BRIGHT BALL COMING IMMEDIATELY INTO THE SHADOWS.
SCOTT: 1-22. — 1-2. DAN: TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, HE WILL THROW A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CHANGEUP. YOUR CHANGEUP IS GOOD, YOU STAY WITH IT. SCOTT: BALL CHANGEUPS IN THIS MATCHUP AND NOWHERE TO GO NOW. HAVE TO FIND THE ZONE. DAN: ONE BALL AND TWO STRIKES AND THE NEXT CHANGEUPS WERE NONCOMPETITIVE PITCHES. BACK YOURSELF INTO A CORNER. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A HEATER, THIS MAY BE THE TIME TO GET ONE. SCOTT: GOT HIM. CHANGEUP IN THE ZONE. DAN: AFTER A COUPLE OF BAD ONES, HE THROWS A DANDY. SCOTT: BIG PITCH FROM COTTON. DAN: ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A FOUR-SEAM HITTER. YOU SAW THE HELMET ALMOST COME OFF OF TYRONE TAYLOR. TERRIFIC PITCH. SCOTT: KIND OF FLUTTERING ACROSS. TYRONE TAYLOR NEVER COULD TIME UP THAT CHANGEUP. WE WILL SEE IF YELICH HAS A DIFFERENT FADE. THROWING A FASTBALL TO START.
DAN: HIGH HEATER, TRYING TO CHANGE THE EYE LEVEL. TWINS PLAYING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE INFIELD IN, PLAYING FOR THE DOUBLE PLAY. TWINS TRYING TO PLAY FOR THE DOUBLE PLAY BALL. YOU CAN SEE DEFENSIVELY WITH THE SHADOWS, YOU HAVE CORREA ON THE SECOND BASE SIDE OF SHORTSTOP. THREE DEFENDERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE. IF YOU ARE YELICH, YOU ARE TRYING TO GET THE BALL IN THE AIR. SCOTT: REALLY TOUGH TIME TO SEE A BASEBALL IF YOU ARE A HITTER, THE WAY THE FIELD IS SPLIT WITH THE SHADOWS. THAT IS WHY IT IS A BUMMER IF YOU ARE A TWINS FAN WATCHING ARCHER NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THE ZONE, RUNNING OUT OF GAS.
COTTON IS IN TROUBLE AGAIN. ANOTHER THREE BALL COUNT. DAN: HE HAS MADE GOOD PITCHES WHEN HE HAD TO. HE PAINTED HIMSELF INTO A CORNER RIGHT HERE. NOWHERE TO PUT IT. IF YOU ARE CHRISTIAN YELICH, SITTING IN A GOOD SPOT, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING YOU CAN PUT IN THE AIR. THE ONLY NEGATIVE FOR THE BREWERS WOULD BE A GROUND BALL TO THE SECOND BASE SIDE WITH THE OVERLOADED SHIFT. SCOTT: YELICH WALKED IN THE FIRST. THAT WAS A FULL COUNT. DAN: AFTER YOU HAVE GONE THREE CHANGEUPS IN A ROW, THIS 91 LOOKS 95. YELICH CANNOT GET ON TOP OF IT. SCOTT: THIS TEAM DOES DAMAGE. THEY LEAD BASEBALL IN PITCHES PER PLATE APPEARANCE THIS YEAR. 3-2. DAN: GUTSY PITCH RIGHT THERE. HAD NOT BEEN ON TARGET WITH THE CHANGEUP AT ALL. YELICH TIED HIM UP. YOU SEE THE CIRCLE CHANGEUP.
A GOOD ONE DOWN AND IN. YELICH FIGHTS IT OFF TO BUY ANOTHER PITCH. SCOTT: I LOVE TO WATCH IT IN SLOW-MO. LET'S SEE IF HE DIALS IT UP AGAIN. PAYOFF. DAN: HE IS MAKING GOOD PITCHES ON YELICH. THAT ONE WAS ANOTHER 93 MILE PER HOUR FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL. YOU GET THE FEELING HE COULD PULL A STRING ON ONE OF THOSE GOOD CHANGEUPS DOWN AND AWAY, MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET A SWING AND MISS OR A GROUND BALL TO THE RIGHT SIDE. SCOTT: EIGHTH PITCH. YELICH HAS FOULED FOUR PITCHES. NINTH ONE IN THE MATCHUP. BALL FOUR. HE WALKS IN A RUN. DAN: GARY SANCHEZ TRYING TO PULL THAT ONE DOWN IN THE STRIKE ZONE. COTTON WANTED THAT ONE TO BE A STRIKE. COTTON GAVE IT EVERYTHING HE HAD. YELICH STARTS WITH A HEATER, 93. DOES THE CHANGEUPS. A CHANGEUP THAT ALMOST HITS YELICH. A GOOD FASTBALL, INNER THIRD. YELICH WAS ABLE TO FIGHT IT OFF, BUT HE FIGHTS OFF ANOTHER HEATER. NOT A PARTICULARLY GOOD CHANGEUP. YOU CAN SEE THE FRUSTRATION. COTTON WITH HIS HANDS UP ON HIS HEAD. A COUPLE BALLS HIGH OUT OF THE STRIKE ZONE.
SCOTT: PROFESSIONAL AT-BAT. DAN: THE BREWERS HAVE SCORED A RUN WITHOUT HAVING TO PUT THE BALL IN PLAY. FOUR WALKS IN THE INNING, THREE BY CHRIS ARCHER AND THE FIRST FROM COTTON. SCOTT: ONE OUT HOME FOURTH. THE BREWERS JUST VAULTED BACK IN FRONT. ADAMES HAS THE FIRST PITCH. HE WAITS. THAT IS BALL ONE. FOUR CAREER GRAND SLAMS FOR WILLY ADAMES. WONG, URIAS, AND CARATINI ON THE BAGS. DAN: IF YOU ARE A FAN OF THE TWINS, YOU ARE FRUSTRATING THE STARTING PITCHING, NOT ABLE TO GET DEEP IN THE GAME. PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE BULLPEN THAT HAS BEEN HIT AND MISS. IT IS HARD TO WIN THAT WAY WHEN THREE OUT OF EVERY FIVE GAMES YOU ARE GOING TO THE BULLPEN IN THE FIFTH INNING. THAT IS WHY I THINK AT THE TRADE DEADLINE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THE TWINS WILL HAVE TO UPGRADE, WHETHER IT IS A STARTING PITCHER, OR GET LENGTH BACK INTO THE BULLPEN. SCOTT: I THINK THEY WILL DO BOTH. I DO NOT KNOW IF IT WILL BE THE MOST MARQUEE NAME. BALL TWO TO ADAMES. SIX WALKS FOR ARCHER. THAT MATCHES A CAREER-HIGH FOR HIM.
HE HAS DONE THAT TWICE THIS SEASON. THAT IS LIFTED TO LEFT. HE GOT UNDER IT. KYLE GARLICK LOADING UP. THAT SHOULD BRING IN ANOTHER FOR MILWAUKEE. SAC FLY FROM WILLY ADAMES. DAN: GOOD JOB BY ADAMES GETTING THE BALL UP IN THE AIR. WE WILL LOOK AT THE PITCH SEQUENCE FROM COTTON. GOOD FASTBALL AT 92. ADAMES FALLS BACK. ANOTHER GOOD HEATER AT 92. COTTON'S THREW THE KITCHEN SINK. 92. HE GETS THE FLY BALL SAC FLY. THE FIFTH RUN FOR THE BREW CREW. SCOTT: ROWDY TELLEZ CLIMBS IN. THREE RUN SMASH FOR HIM IN THE FIRST. TAKES THE FIRST TWO. BIG POWER BATS, BUT NOT EASY TO STRIKE OUT, EITHER. IT IS AMAZING FOR HIS SIZE HOW MANY BASEBALLS HE CAN GET TO, HIS BASE COVERAGE IS ELITE. DAN: HE HAS POWER IN ALL FIELDS, TOO. THE BREWERS LIKE TO DO UPGRADING, GET POP IN THIS LINEUP. HE HAS BEEN VERY GOOD SINCE HE PUT ON A BREWERS UNIFORM. SCOTT: AS YOU CAN SEE, CLUTCH. TEAM LEADER IN R.B.I.'S. BACK TO THE FIRST. >> CHANGEUP FROM CHRIS ARCHER. HE WANTS THIS BALL TO BE UP AND AWAY AND IT STAYS UP IN THE OUTER THIRD.
RING THAT BELL, BIG FELLA. SAYS HELLO TO AMY G. IN THE DUGOUT. SCOTT: LIFELONG GIANTS FAN. 6'4", 255 POUNDS. THAT IS BALL THREE. AGAIN, A THREE BALL COUNT FOR A BREWERS HITTER AGAINST COTTON IN THE FOURTH. DAN: IT HAS BEEN A CRAZY INNING FOR THE TWINS PITCHERS. THREE WALKS FOR CHRIS ARCHER A FOURTH WALK THAT WALKED IN A RUN FROM COTTON. SCOTT: RUNNERS MOVING.
TELLEZ SHOOTS ONE TO RIGHT. DOES HE HAVE ANOTHER? OH YEAH! HAPPY ROWDY DAY. THREE RUN GONER. IT IS 8-3. DAN: IF YOU ARE ROCCO BALDELLI, THIS IS A MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN TOO OFTEN. CHRIS ARCHER NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE FOURTH INNING. FOUR WALKS IN THE INNING. ONE BIG SWING AT BAT FROM ROWDY TELLEZ. SCOTT: AMY G., GET READY. [BELLRINGING] TWO HOMERS, SIX DRIVEN AND FOR TELLEZ THIS AFTERNOON. LOVING THAT CHANGEUP. FOUR MULTI HOMER GAMES THIS SEASON, NINE IN HIS CAREER.
HAVE A DAY. DAN: SECOND LOOK AT THE HOMER FROM ROWDY. HE HAS THAT THING DOWN. A LITTLE LOOK FOR AMY G., HIS SECOND BOMB OF THE AFTERNOON. HAS BEEN A LONG INNING FOR THE TWINS PITCHERS. THE 46TH PITCH OF THE INNING. SCOTT: HEY, AMY. DAN: YOU ARE ON TV. SCOTT: SENDS ONE TO RIGHT CENTER. KIRILLOFF IN THE SUN PUTS HIM AWAY. WHAT AN INNING CAPPED OFF BY ROWDY TELLEZ WITH YET ANOTHER THREE RUN SMACK.
8-3, BREW CREW THROUGH FOUR. SCOTT: CREATOR SPOTLIGHT TIME. WE FOCUS ON A YOUTUBE CREATOR, ROBBIE HINE, WHO TALKS BASEBALL PAST AND PRESENT. HAS OVER 3 MILLION VIEWS. STARTED THE CHANNEL OVER THREE YEARS AGO. KEEP HUSTLING, ROBBIE. I AM SURE HE WILL BE WATCHING THE BREWERS THIS WEEKEND. HELLO. WE HEARD FROM ROBBIE EARLIER. ENJOYING THIS CONTEST WITH THE BREWERS JUMPING AHEAD NOW BY FIVE. THANKS TO ROWDY TELLEZ WITH HIS SECOND HOMER OF THE DAY. BOTH THREE RUN SHOTS. AND BACK TO CORBIN BURNES IN THE FIFTH. IT IS A FAVORABLE CALL. VERTICALLY. DAN: YOU ALWAYS HOPE AFTER A LONG INNING LIKE THAT THE BREWERS PUSHING ACROSS FOUR, FIVE RUNS IN THE INNING. WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF CORBIN BURNES CAN FIND THE GROOVE AGAIN. HE WAS SO GOOD IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH. SCOTT: A LOOK AT THE CONTRAST.
47 PITCHES THROUGH TWO, 20 SINCE IN THE THIRD AND FOURTH. CLEAN BASEBALL. HE HAS RETIRED EIGHT IN A ROW. DAN: YOU ALMOST GET THE FEELING HE SQUANDERED A THREE RUN LEAD EARLY ON. THE THREE RUN HOMER FROM ROWDY TELLEZ. MAYBE THAT IS ALL BURNES WOULD NEED THIS AFTERNOON, THEN THE TWINS STRUCK FOR THREE RUNS AND TIED THINGS UP. YOU FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THE TWINS CAN BUNCH TOGETHER ANOTHER INNING LIKE THAT AGAINST BURNES.
SCOTT: MIRANDA HOMERED FROM MINNESOTA IN THE SECOND. GORDON BROUGHT HOME GARLICK WITH A DOUBLE. SANCHEZ, WHO IS UP NOW, DROVE IN THE THIRD RUN FOR THE TWINS. AND THE LAST ONE THEY SCORED. 2-2 COUNT TO LEAD OFF THE FIFTH. THAT CURVEBALL IS LOOKING TIGHT FOR BURNES. WE WILL SEE IF HE UNLEASHES IT HERE. HE DOES, BUT SANCHEZ DOES NOT BITE. I WILL SAY THIS. THE BREWERS ARE LOOKING MOST LIKELY TO ADD MORE OFFENSE TO THEIR LINEUP, BUT THIS IS A BETTER OFFENSIVE BALLCLUB THEN LAST YEAR'S AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON. THEY HAVE DONE GOOD WORK. SANCHEZ TURNS ON ONE AND URIAS WILL PUT HIM AWAY. CHRISTIAN YELICH THE STAPLE IN THIS LINEUP FOR YEARS. WHAT IS HE SAYING TODAY? >> THAT WILL WORK. LET'S GO.
WOW, BIG RANDY. BIG RANDY IS FEELING HIMSELF TODAY. HEY, RANDY. SCOTT: I DID NOT KNOW THAT NICKNAME FOR ROWDY TELLEZ, BIG RANDY. STRIKE ONE TO ARRAEZ. DAN: HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A ROUGH GO, 1-2. GROUNDED OUT HIS FIRST AT-BAT TO SHORTSTOP. PUNCHED OUT LAST TIME HE WAS UP. SCOTT: HE IS DUE, DAN. BUT BURNES HAS THE GOOD STUFF GOING. DAN: A 96 MILE PER HOUR CUTTER ON THE HANDS. YOU CAN SEE HIM FLEXING. HAS SO MANY WEAPONS. THAT GUY DOES, TOO. ROWDY HAS HAD A BIG AFTERNOON. SCOTT: YOU MEAN RANDY. [LAUGHTER] DAN: YOU CAN GET CALLED WHATEVER YOU WANT TO BE CALLED WHEN YOU HIT BOMBS TO CENTER. SCOTT: MORE WALKS THAN STRIKEOUTS WITH AT LEAST 1000 PLATE APPEARANCES. IT IS A SHORT LIST AMONG ACTIVE PLAYERS.
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
HE STUDIES LINEUPS, KNOWS WHAT TO DO BEFORE A GAME STARTS. HE CAN ADJUST ON THE FLY. SINCE THAT 3-1 THIRD INNING, HE HAS SETTLED DOWN AND BREEZED THROUGH THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND HE IS 2/3 OF THE WAY THROUGH THE FIFTH. SCOTT: COMPETITIVE ON THE MOUND. I WOULD SAY HAVING QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS, HAS A LAID-BACK PERSONALITY OFF THE FIELD. WHICH I IMAGINE IS A GOOD THING. NO MATTER HOW YOUR DAY GOES, HE IS CHILLING AFTERWARDS. USUALLY HIS DAY IS GOING WELL. 97. UPPER 90'S FROM CORBIN. DAN: HE HAS ALL THE TRICKS YOU NEED TO BE A GOOD ONE.
THERE IS A REASON HE WON THE CY YOUNG LAST YEAR. A LOT OF WAYS TO GET YOU OUT. WE SAW FASTBALL THIS INNING AT 99. I LOVE HIS PRESENCE ON THE MOUND. WITH ALL GOOD STARTING PITCHERS, AND HE IS IN THE LINEUP OF GUYS WHO COULD WIN THE CY YOUNG EVERY YEAR, YOU SEE THE OFF-CENTER GRIP, ALMOST A FOUR-SEAMER WITH CUT ON IT.
HIS DEMEANOR IS A SLOW PACE. SEEMS CONTROLLED WITH HIS BODY. DOES NOT RAPIDFIRE ONE PITCH AFTER ANOTHER. SCOTT: ON THE GROUND TO SHORT. ADAMES CHARGING AND FIRING TO PUT AWAY THIS TWINS OFFENSE. THREE UP, THREE DOWN FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE INNINGS. HE HAS RETIRED 11 STRAIGHT END IS IN CONTROL. BREW CREW UP FIVE. SCOTT: THAT MAN IS MIC'D UP. GIVE US YOUR BEST, CHRISTIAN YELICH. CHRISTIAN COLON — CHRISTIAN: IS THIS NUMBER 10 ON THE WEEK FOR YOU? WHAT A TEAMMATE. INVENTORY INTERVIEWS, YOU ARE PRETTY GOOD TEAMMATE. WHEN YOU ARE NOT DOING AN INTERVIEW, YOU ARE PRETTY GOOD TEAMMATE. SCOTT: THAT IS GREAT. HOW APPRECIATIVE ARE TEAMMATES WHEN YOU GET ASKED FOR AN INTERVIEW THE BREWERS ARE LIKE, AARON IS THE GUY. HE IS A GREAT SPEAKER. DAN: IT IS ALL FUN.
CHRISTIAN YELICH KNOWS WHAT IT IS ABOUT. AARON SIGNING THAT NEW DEAL. ONE THING THERE BREWERS HAVE DONE WELL THE LAST FIVE TO 10 YEARS, THEY HAVE DEVELOPED WOULD GROWN — HOMEGROWN PITCHING, WOODRUFF, BURNES, ASHBY, LAUER. WITH WOODRUFF AND BURNES, THEY START THEM IN THE BULLPEN, THEN GET THEM INTO THE STARTING ROTATION. THEY DO A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT IN MILWAUKEE. SOMETIMES UNCONVENTIONALLY. WE TALKED EARLIER, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE IN DIRE NEED OF PITCHING HELP. THEY GO OUT AND ACQUIRE MIKE MOUSTAKAS AND JONATHAN SCHOOP. WE SAID, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT FOR? THEY DON'T NEED MORE HELP. THE IDEA WAS, MAY BE IF THEY ADDED MORE OFFENSE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO RELY SO MUCH ON THE BACKEND OF THE BULLPEN, OR THE UNDERBELLY.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE BREWERS WILL DUE BY AUGUST 2, BUT THEY WILL DO SOMETHING. THERE IS A METHOD TO THE MADNESS, WHICH IS WHAT DAVID STEARNS IS ALL ABOUT. SCOTT: CRAIG COUNSELL SAID, I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ALL THE RUMBLINGS AND RUMORS AND READ EVERYTHING. CALL ME WHEN SOMETHING IS DONE. THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO EVERY DAY ON THE FIELD STILL, DESPITE THE TRADE DEADLINE CHAOS THAT IS LOOMING.
LINER INTO POLANCO'S GLOVE. HE HAS PLAYED A MEAN SECOND BASE AND WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THAT POSITIONING. ONE DOWN IN THE FIFTH. AMY: CONGRATULATIONS IS IN ORDER FOR JIM KAAT, FORMER TWIN. BECAME THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TWINS TO BE ENSHRINED IN COOPERSTOWN AND [INDISCERNIBLE] HE WAS A TWIN FROM 1959 TO 1973. 16 GOLD GLOVE AWARDS. SCOTT: AMY, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK. BAD CELL SERVICE. WE WILL FIX IT AND GET BACK OVER TO AMY G. IN A FEW. A FRIEND OF OURS, JIM KAAT. THERE IS KOLTEN WONG INTO THE CORNER. OFF TO SECOND, TESTING THE THROW. HE IS IN THERE. ONE OUT DOUBLE FOR WONG IN THE FIFTH.
DAN: ALWAYS LOOKING TO ADD ON. NOT WAITING AROUND. HE BARRELS THIS ONE UP. CIRCLE CHANGEUP OUT OVER THE PLATE. DOES A GOOD JOB BARRELING IT UP. HAS TO TURN IT ON A LITTLE BIT. GOING AROUND FIRST BASE. SCOTT: REACHING BASE THE SECOND TIME TODAY HE SCORED. A FIVE RUN INNING FOR MILWAUKEE. WE WILL SEE HOW THEY FOLLOW IT. THIS IS THE THIRD PITCHER OF THE AFTERNOON FOR MINNESOTA. CANO. THE RIGHT-HANDER OUT OF THE TWINS BULLPEN. TWO BALLS TO URIAS. DAN: HAS BEEN THE STORY OF THE DAY FOR TWINS PITCHING. A LOT OF DEEP COUNTS. BACK TO THE BIG FIVE RUN INNING. FOUR WALKS FROM TWINS PITCHERS, THREE FROM CHRIS ARCHER.
SCOTT: IN THE AIR, A LONG WAY INTO RIGHT AND HEADING OVER THE WALL AND GONE. LAUNCH ANGLE HOMER FOR LUIS URIAS. THE BREWERS ARE IN DOUBLE DIGITS. DAN: YOU SEE WHY HITTERS WANT TO COME TO THIS BALLPARK, MILWAUKEE AMERICAN FIELD. THE SUN STARTED TO COME THROUGH AND THE BALL CARRIES WELL HERE. ANOTHER BIG HOME RUN FOR THE BREWERS. PULLING THIS THING OPEN. ANOTHER FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL DOWN AND AWAY. URIAS DOES NOT TRY TO PULL IT. BARRELS IT UP TO THE DEEPEST PART OF RIGHT FIELD. THIS BALL KEEPS GOING AND GOING. KIRILLOFF DRIFTING AND DRIFTING. IT HAS ENOUGH TO GET OUT. SCOTT: NOW CARATINI FOULS A PITCHER WAY. NOT A BAD PITCH.
DAN: NO. 96 MILES PER HOUR. YOU CAN SEE THE REACTION OF CANO , YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. THE BALL TRAVELS WELL ON A WARM DAY IN MILWAUKEE. SCOTT: THE ROOF IS OPEN, TEMPS IN THE 80'S. URIAS IS AN UPPERCUT SWINGER AND IT WORKED OUT FOR HIM. HE IS UP TO 12 HOMERS ON THE YEAR. NOW MILWAUKEE LOOKING LIKE THEY ARE ON THEIR WAY TO TAKING TWO AGAINST MINNESOTA AS CARATINI STRIKES OUT. 7-6 WINNERS YESTERDAY. URIAS HAD THE SAC FLY. NOW A 10-3 ADVANTAGE. AMY CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? AMY: I CAN. CONGRATULATIONS TO FORMER TWINS JIM KAAT AND TONY OLIVA, INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME SUNDAY. THEY BECAME THE FIFTH AND SIXTH TWINS ENSHRINED IN COOPERSTOWN IN THE FIRST TWO TWINS INDUCTED IN THE SAME CLASS.
A FEW ACCOLADES OF NOTE, KAAT IS 83 YEARS YOUNG. HE HAS 16 GOLD GLOVE AWARDS AND IS STILL THE CLUB'S ALL-TIME WINS LEADER. OLIVA, 84 YEARS YOUNG, SPENT HIS ENTIRE 15 YEAR CAREER WITH MINNESOTA AND WON THREE AMERICAN LEAGUE ADDING TITLES, 1964 ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AND EIGHT TIME ALL-STAR. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. SCOTT: YES, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH KAAT AND OLIVA. DAN: ANOTHER SIDE NOTE WITH JIM KAAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FOLLOW GOLF, HE IS A SINGLE DIGIT HANDICAP FOR BOTH SIDES, RIGHT AND LEFT. SCOTT: A SWITCH GOLFER, THAT IS INCREDIBLE. YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS WITH ONE SIDE. DAN: FOR 18 YEARS I FRUSTRATED MYSELF ON THE MOUND. TALKING ABOUT A GAME THAT WILL DRIVE YOU NUTS, GOLF. NONMOVING BALL JUST LAYING THERE. YOU HAVE ALL DIFFERENT SELECTIONS TO HIT IT WITH. IT IS HARD TO HIT THAT STRAIGHT. SCOTT: YOUR WHOLE ADULT LIFE HAS HAD A LOT OF FRUSTRATION. I NEED THAT — I MEAN THAT IN A GOOD WAY. SCOTT: TAYLOR'S SWINGS THROUGH AND HAS HIMSELF A TWO OUT SINGLE.
HE HAS HIS FIRST HIT OF THE DAY. DAN: A VERY GOOD GOLFER HELPING US TODAY. THIS GUY CAN HIT A BALL. WORD HAS IT IN EAGLE AT PEBBLE BEACH OVER THE ALL-STAR BREAK. SCOTT: HE IS HANDLING STATS FOR US TODAY. THAT IS CONFIRMED. DAN: HIS DAD WAS THE VOICE OF THE DOUBLE-A EL PASO DIABLOS WHEN I WAS IN L.A. WITH THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. THE GREEN WEENIE FLAG, NOW HE IS THE VOICE OF THE A'S RADIO. SCOTT: YELICH, BALL ONE. DID THE AAA — TRIPLE-A BASEBALL GAME IN EL PASO.
HE GOES BAD NEWS, THE AC JUST BROKE READ IT WAS 100 SOMETHING DEGREES THAT DAY. I WAS PASSED OUT IN THE SEVENTH. DAN: THAT WAS THE TOUGHEST BALLPARK I EVER PITCHED IN. SCOTT: ONE ON FOR YELICH. 2-0. DAN: IT IS HARD TO GAUGE THE TYPE OF PITCHING YOU WILL FIND IN SPRING TRAINING IN ARIZONA. THE BALL FLIES IN SPRING TRAINING IN THE CACTUS LEAGUE. IT IS HARD TO GRADE AND EVALUATE YOUR PITCHERS. A LOT OF GAMES 10-9, 8-7. A LOT OF RUNS SCORED IN THE CACTUS LEAGUE AREA — LEAGUE. SCOTT: LOVING THIS POST ALL-STAR BREAK BREWERS OFFENSE. OVER THE WEEKEND THE BREWERS SCORED 25 RUNS AGAINST COLORADO, WON ALL THREE. IT WAS A WRAPAROUND SERIES. THEY WERE SHUT MONDAY. ANOTHER W YESTERDAY. DAN: REALLY SHAPING UP TO BE A TWO TEAM RACE IN THE N.L.
CENTRAL. I LIKE MILWAUKEE BECAUSE THE STARTING PITCHING. LAST NIGHT NOLAN ARENADO AND PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT, NOT ABLE TO GO TO TORONTO, UNVACCINATED PLAYERS. PAID THE PRICE FOR LAST NIGHT. THE BLUE JAYS PUT IT TO THE CARDINALS 10-3 LAST NIGHT. GRAND SLAM FROM GEORGE SPRINGER. HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THEM BEFORE THE BREAK, THEY WON THREE OF FOUR. IT IS A TWO TEAM RACE. IF YOU BELIEVE THE CARDINALS ARE ONE OF THE TEAMS DEEP IN DISCUSSIONS AS FAR AS ACQUIRING JUAN SOTO. SCOTT: I AM WITH YOU ON MILWAUKEE. I THINK THE CARDINALS NEED TO MAKE A SPLASH TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE FOR THAT DIVISION.
BALL FOUR TO YELICH, WHO IS MIC'D UP TODAY. CHRISTIAN: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FACE BURNES AND NOT SEE SPIN WITH THE ROOF OPEN. I GOT IT, I GOT IT, I GOT IT. WHAT IS UP, DUDE? GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE YEAR, DUDE. SCOTT: THAT IS SCARY. CORBIN BURNES WITHOUT SEEING SPIN THANKS TO THE SHADOWS? NO THANKS. IMPECCABLE TIMING FOR THE ROOF TO OPEN. DAN: YEAH, REALLY. THIS HAS BEEN THE STORY FOR TWINS FANS WATCHING THE GAME. A CLIFFSNOTES VERSION OF WHAT GOES WRONG WITH THE TWINS. HERE IS A GOOD LOOK AT THE ROOF OPEN AT FAMILY FIELD. JUST A SLOPPY GAME PITCH-WISE. CHRIS ARCHER NOT ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE FOURTH INNING. A GLOVE FOR GARY SANCHEZ. SCOTT: THAT FIRST GLOVE GOT WORKED. A TOUGH ONE TODAY FOR THE TWINS STAFF.
THIS TWINS TEAM IS MORE BEAT UP THAN MILWAUKEE RIGHT NOW AND IT IS EVIDENT TODAY. PITCHING DEPTH WISE WE WENT OVER EARLIER THE OUTFIELD SITUATION RIGHT NOW. THEY ONLY HAVE THREE OUTFIELDERS THAT COMPLAINED DEFENSIVELY WITH MAX KEPLER'S BROKEN PINKY. TAYLOR AND YELICH ON FOR ADAMES. THAT WAS AFTER YELICH'S WALK. FRESH LEATHER. ADAMES SINGLED AND SCORED IN THE FIRST. ALSO A SAC FLY IN THE FOURTH. UH OH. DAN: I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. THE LAST THING ROCCO BALDELLI NEEDS TO SEE IS MORE TRAFFIC AND ROWDY COMING UP AGAIN. SCOTT: BIG RANDY. A TOUGH ONE FOR ADAMES. HE WILL NEED A SECOND. DAN: SO YOU WANT TO BE A HITTER. A LITTLE RICOCHET ACTION. THAT SAYS IT ALL. SCOTT: OUR BUDDY MARK DEROSA PAINTS THE PITCHER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THAT. JUST GRAB A HAMMER, FIND A SPOT ON THE INSIDE OF THE ANKLE AND JUST — IT — AND JUST BASH IT. THEN GO BACK IN THE BOX TO FACE 99. DAN: CHRISTIAN YELICH, I AM GLAD IT IS HIM AND NOT ME. SCOTT: HE IS MIC'D UP, SO WE MIGHT FIND OUT WHAT HE SAID.
2-2. ROWDY TELLEZ WITH TWO PLUS HOMERS, SIX PLUS R.B.I. GAMES. BRAUN AND JENKINS THE ONLY OTHER ONES TO DO IT CONSECUTIVE TIMES IN A SEASON. THAT IS STRIKE THREE. ADAMES GOES DOWN. STILL TALKING. HIS OFFENSE, WALKING AND POWERING UP FOR 10 RUNS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FIVE. SCOTT: BRING YOUR FRIENDS TO THE ONE SPOT WITH ALL THE FREE MLB GAMES. DOWNLOAD IT TODAY. KEEP UP WITH THE SHOW WHEREVER YOU ARE. THE GAME OF THE WEEK, LIVE ON YOUTUBE. TWINS AND BREWERS, JUST LIKE WE DID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WHEN JOSE MIRANDA WAS MR. WALK-OFF AGAINST JOSH HADER. TO — THIS TIME, THE BREWERS TAKING IT TO MINNESOTA. DAN: FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE INNING, CORBIN BURNES WILL HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND REGAIN SOME MOMENTUM AFTER A LONG INNING HE WILL GLADLY TAKE IT. A LOT OF TIME IN BETWEEN PITCHES. SCOTT: HE HAS SAT DOWN 11 IN A ROW.
DAN: 87 PITCHES SO FAR FROM CORBIN BURNES. MY GUESS WOULD BE THIS WOULD BE THE END OF THE ROAD IF THEY CAN GET HIM THROUGH THE SIX AND TURN IT OVER TO THE BULLPEN TO TRY TO HOLD THE LEAD THE REST OF THE WAY. SCOTT: THAT BULLPEN SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT RESTED. AND THERE IS AN OFF DAY TOMORROW FOR BOTH SIDES. DAN: BREWERS GET TO SPEND A WEEKEND IN BOSTON TAKING ON THE RED SOX. CORBIN BURNES HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD. HE TIED UP BUXTON WITH A GOOD SINKER. A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET YOU OUT. EIGHT STRIKEOUTS, THREE BY THE SLIDER. AND ONE CURVEBALL. SCOTT: EIGHT TOTAL TODAY. SEVEN DOUBLE-DIGIT STRIKEOUT GAMES THIS SEASON. 19 FOR HIS CAREER. THAT IS ALREADY A FRANCHISE RECORD AND HE HAS A LOT MORE BASEBALL LEFT TO GO IN HIS CAREER. DAN: WHAT HE HAS DONE TO RIGHTIES IS TIED HIM UP ON THAT POSSIBLE IN. BUT SEE IF HE GOES UP AND IN. SCOTT: GOT HIM. MAKE IT NINE. DAN: HE IS ON A ROLL RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT ALL OF THE GOOD ONES DO AND HE IS DEFTLY ONE OF THE GOOD ONES.
HE STRUGGLED A BIT THROUGH THE SECOND INNING. A FASTBALL AT 96. IT HAD SOME LATE LIFE AND MOVEMENT. SCOTT: NEXT UP IS POLANCO. HE IS HITLESS TODAY. HE STRUCK OUT IN THE THIRD. A SOLID, CONSISTENT PLAYER FOR MINNESOTA. THE POWER WAS OFF TO A SLOW START FOR HIM THIS SEASON BUT IT IS REALLY BOUNCED SINCE RETURNING IN LATE JUNE FROM THE FIRST INJURY TRIP OF HIS CAREER. HE ALSO HAS A 17 GAME ON-BASE STREAK WHICH IS ON THE LINE RIGHT NOW. DAN: IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EARLY PART OF THE CAREER FOR URBAN BURNS — CORBIN BURNES, HE STRUGGLED.
8.82 EARNED RUN AVERAGE. HE WAS IN 32 GAMES THAT YEAR. SCOTT: ANOTHER ONE. DAN: HE WENT HOME THAT OFF-SEASON I WANTED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES. HE CAME TO SPRING TRAINING IN ARIZONA WITH A NEW AND IMPROVED CUTTER. THAT WAS A GOOD LOOK AT IT AGAIN. THAT REMINDS ME OF WHAT LUCAS GIOLITO DID A FEW YEARS AGO WITH THE WHITE SOX. NEW ARM ACTION FOR HIM. HE WENT FROM ONE OF THE WORST TO ONE OF THE BEST. SCOTT: MIRANDA A SPINNER INTO RIGHT. HE IS A HIT MACHINE RIGHT NOW. DAN: YOU JUST DO NOT KNOW FROM DAY-TO-DAY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET RID THE STARTING PITCHING HAS CERTAINLY SUITED CORBIN BURNES.
GOOD JOB BY MIRANDA GETTING INSIDE OUT AND KEEPING THIS BALL IN. SCOTT: NOT EASY TO DO AGAINST THAT GUY. THIS IS HIS SECOND OUTING. JUST ONE BLIP CAME IN THE SECOND. A THREE RUN INNING FOR MINNESOTA. CRUISE CONTROL SINCE THEN. WE WILL NOT STEP ASIDE AFTER THIS HAPPENING. DAN: THE SAUSAGE RACE. THEY ARE BACK IN THE BARN AREA RIGHT NOW PUTTING THE RACING SHOES ON. THE ROOF IS OPEN. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TREES A — CHORIZO, HE HAS HAD SOME ROUGH SLEDDING. SCOTT: YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE A SAUSAGE RACE AFICIONADO. DAN: HE HAS HAD SOME BETTER DAYS. SCOTT: HE LOOKS HAPPY. DAN: HE WILL NOT BE IN ANOTHER FEW MINUTES WHEN THE STARTING GATE OPENS.
HE HAS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. SCOTT: WE HAVE THE OFFICIAL STANDINGS. SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT THEM NOW? SAUSAGE RACE STANDINGS. HE HAS THREE VICTORIES THIS YEAR. DAN: THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS IS HE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT THE BACK IN OF THE FIELD. BRAT LEADS THE WAY. HOW ABOUT THE POLISH SAUSAGE? SCOTT: THAT IS MY PICK TODAY. DAN: I WILL GO WITH THE ITALIAN. I THINK IT IS TIME FOR THE ITALIAN SAUSAGE. HE CAN GET RIGHT UP ON THE FINISH WIRE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I HAVE NOT DONE. I HAVE NOT BEEN INSIDE ONE OF THOSE SAUSAGE EVENTS. AND I HAVE NOT GONE DOWN THE SLIDE. SCOTT: THAT IS SURPRISING TO ME. DAN: I AM NOT AFRAID OF HEIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW WHY. NEXT TIME, WE ARE GOING TO GO DOWN THAT THING. SCOTT: I AM IN. I WOULD HAVE DONE IT TODAY. DAN: WE CAN GET YOUR LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN WE WERE TODAY. CORBIN BURNES WOULD LIKE TO END THIS WITH A SWING AND A MISS RID SCOTT: A GOOD BATTLE FROM KIRILLOFF. DAN: WHY DO YOU HAVE TO DO THAT? DID YOU HAVE TO SHOW US THAT? THERE THEY ARE, BACK IN THE BARN AREA. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME RACETRACK. SCOTT: SOME GOOD SMACK TALK GOING ON DOWN THERE. 2-2 OFFERING. GOT HIM. HE STRUCK OUT THE SIDE. 11 PUNCH OUTS THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE GREAT CORBIN BURNES. >> 50% OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE COMMUNITY AND ONE LUCKY FAN TAKES THE OTHER HALF. YOU HAVE UNTIL THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH INNING TO PICK YOUR PRIZE.
GOOD LUCK. ♪ TIME NOW FOR THE FAMOUS SAUSAGE RACE. NUMBER ONE, THE BRATWURST. NUMBER TWO, THE POLISH SAUSAGE. NUMBER THREE, THE ITALIAN SAUSAGE. NUMBER FOUR, THE HOTDOG. NUMBER FIVE, THE CHORIZO. SAUSAGES, ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, GO. DAN: THEY ARE OFF. CHORIZO OUT FOR THE EARLY LEAD. THE HOTDOG IN SECOND. THIS WAS GOING RIGHT DOWN TO THE WIRE. IT IS ITALIAN SAUSAGE! THEY WILL NEED TO SPROUT WINGS TO GET TO HIM. [LAUGHTER] WE WERE RIGHT.
HE NEEDS TO RACE ON A MUDDY TRACK. SCOTT: HE LOOKS EXHAUSTED. DAN: HE IS. HE REALLY HAD A ROUGH GO. BIG WIN FOR THE ITALIAN. HE HAS 12 VICTORIES ON THE YEAR. THE BRAT IS LEADING WITH 14 VICTORIES. THE ITALIAN NOW IT'S 12. SCOTT: YOU CALLED IT. DAN: YES. SCOTT: CRAIG CALL. — GREAT CALL. THE TRAUMA LEVEL, IT WAS UNEVENTFUL. THERE WAS THE ITALIAN FROM THE JUMP. DAN: HE HAD A FIRE OUT OF THE GATE. SCOTT: ROWDY TELLEZ SPEEDING UP OPPOSING PITCHER'S THIS AFTERNOON. A COUPLE OF THREE RUN BLAST. HE HAD AN EIGHT R.B.I. GAME, THE GAME OF HIS LIFE, ON MAY 4 AGAINST CINCINNATI.
HE SHOULD HAVE A COUPLE OF AT-BATS LEFT. HE HAS 20 HOME RUNS THIS SEASON. A STRONG YEAR FOR HIM. DAN: THIS IS UNCOMFORTABLE. HE IS SPRAYING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. HE HAS BEEN ERRATIC. GOOD VELO, GOOD CHANGEUP AT TIMES. SCOTT: EIGHT R.B.I.'S ON MAY 4. HE ALMOST HAD 10. HE WILL SETTLE FOR A DOUBLE WITH THE BASES LOADED. NO POSITION PLAYERS YET. THERE COULD BE LATER. HE WALKS. DAN: BOTH CHANGEUPS. THE FIRST 20 HITS OUT THE LEFT CENTER FIELD. SCOTT: A STRONG DUDE. STAT STUFFER DAY FOR ROWDY TELLEZ.
HERE COMES MCCUTCHEN. STRIKE ONE. TELL US MORE ABOUT ROWDY. AMY: I WHEN YOU GUYS TO GO BACK TO YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS. WHAT IF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL TEAM AT J.D. DAVIS, NICK MADRIGAL, AND DYLAN CARLSON IN THE LINEUP? THAT IS EXACTLY WHO HE PLAYED WITH. ALL IN SACRAMENTO. THAT IS WHY HE GREW UP A GIANTS FAN. THEY WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY NEVER LOST A GAME. THEY CHECK IN ON EACH OTHER AS OFTEN AS THEY CAN. THEY ALL VERY MUCH REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THEIR CONNECTION IN HISTORY WITH EACH OTHER IS. SCOTT: THAT IS A GOOD ONE. IT IS CRAZY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ALUMNI LIST. BIG LEAGUER AFTER BIG LEAGUER. MCCUTCHEN REACHING FOR ONE. WHAT A MOVE BY CANO FADING AWAY. DAN: NOT AN EASY PLAY. A VERY DIFFICULT PLAY FOR A RIGHTY. YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOURSELF AN ANGLE. YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE THROWING ON THE RUN. HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF FIELDING THIS. THROWS IT OFF THE BACK FOOT. THROWS A STRIKE.
A DO OR DIE PLAY. HE WAS LIKE, ARE YOU SERIOUS? SCOTT: THAT HAD SOME SMOOTHNESS TO IT. YOU NEED EVERY OUT YOU CAN GET THIS AFTERNOON. BREWERS ARE LOCKED IN. HUNTER RENFROE, POP-UP. ARRAEZ BRINGS IT DOWN. NOW KOLTEN WONG. WHAT DO YOU THINK? DAN: THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS A GETS. HE WILL WANT THIS ONE ON HIS HIGHLIGHT REEL. THAT IS A REALLY GOOD PLAY. THAT IS THE KIND OF PLAY YOU WORK ON IN SPRING TRAINING. YOU WILL SEE THAT PLAY MADE QUITE A BIT. BUT NOT A LOT OF GUYS CAN DO IT ONCE THE SEASON ROLLS AROUND.
A TERRIFIC WAY. HE HAS THAT LOOK TO HIM. HE MIGHT'VE PLAY SOME OUTFIELD. SCOTT: CLEANUP HITTER. DAN: THERE IS SOME RIGHT FIELD AND THAT BODY AS WELL. SCOTT: THE OHTANI OF HIS LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM. WONG HAS REACHED TWICE, SCORED TWICE. HE HOMERED YESTERDAY. HIS SEVENTH OF THE SEASON. A GREAT BACK-AND-FORTH BATTLE YESTERDAY. THAT SHOULD DO IT FOR THE SIXTH. A BETTER ONE FOR CANO. CAP SEE BREWERS OFF THE SCOREBOARD. SCOTT: THIS STARTED LAST YEAR AND CONTINUES. THE YOUTUBE PLAYER OF THE GAME TROPHY. WE GIVE THE FANCY OPTION TO DECIDE WHO HOLDS THE TROPHY. STAY TUNED AT THE END OF THIS ONE. YOU CAN VOTE ON WHO WILL GET THE TROPHY. DAN: I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS COULD BE ROWDY TELLEZ HAVING HIS NAME CARVED ON THAT BEAUTY. SCOTT: AT LEAST AT THE MOMENT. DAN: THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SOME SERIOUS DAMAGE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
IT ALL THAT HAS HIS NAME ENCRYPTED ON IT. SCOTT: THREE INNINGS TO WORK WITH. JAKE MCGEE STRUGGLED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS. HE HAS BEEN WITH THE BREWERS FOR A LITTLE OVER A WEEK. HE HAS EXPERIENCE PITCHING IN BIG GAMES. KYLE GARLICK LOADING UP. THAT IS GOING TO LEAVE THE YARD. HIS EIGHTH OF THE YEAR. 10-4. DAN: THAT HAS BEEN THE THEME OF TODAY'S GAME. WE SAW THE TWINS DO THAT. MIRANDA WAS ABLE TO DO IT EARLIER ON AREA JAKE MCGEE NOT EVEN ABLE TO SETTLE IN. SCOTT: HE LOVES LEFT-HANDED PITCHING. THE FASTBALL HAS BEEN GETTING CRUSHED THIS SEASON FOR JAKE MCGEE. THAT IS WHY THE GIANTS LIT HIM GO. DAN: SHE HAS PITCHED IN HIGH LEVERAGE FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT TEAMS. THIS IS A BIG AT-BAT. WITH THE THREE BATTER MINIMUM YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. YOU WANT TO PICK AND CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTS. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU CHANGE UNIFORMS, HE WAS ON THE STRUGGLE BUS FOR THE GIANTS. SOMETIMES IT CAN RECHARGE THE BATTERIES. YOU START CONCENTRATING MORE. SCOTT: A WALK FOR GORDON. DAN: NOT GETTING ANY EASIER WITH GARY SANCHEZ COMING UP.
SCOTT: THIS IS A BALLCLUB THAT PACKS A PUNCH. A LOT OF POWER IN THIS LINEUP. SECOND BIG LEAGUE GET THAT FOR HAMILTON. RECENTLY CALLED UP. DAN: YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE A GOOD IMPRESSION. YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET IN SOME HIGH LEVERAGE SPOTS. HE WOULD LIKE TO WORK HIMSELF INTO THE MIX. BREWERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GUYS WHO CAN HELP GET BIG OUTS. HE HAS HAD A MARVELOUS SEASON. SCOTT: NO ONE IS TOUCHING HIM LATELY. DAN: THE SECRET IS OUT WITH MILWAUKEE. THIS IS A TEAM THAT, BARRING ANYTHING BAD HAPPENING, THEY SHOULD BE IN IT ALL THE. A COUPLE OF CLOSE PITCHES HAVE NOT GONE HIS WAY. THAT IS A GOOD STARTING ROTATION. SCOTT: THAT BREWERS STARTING STAFF. NICE. PERALTA IS HEARD.
HE IS NOT PITCHED MUCH THIS YEAR. DAN: HE HAS FOUND HIMSELF IN THAT STARTING ROTATION. ANOTHER GUY WITH A BIG ARM FROM THE LEFT SIDE. IT IS A GOOD ROTATION. SCOTT: GOOD CHALLENGE FROM MAGEE DOWN THE PIPE AND HE WINS IT. DAN: TWO-SEAM FASTBALL, MIDDLE MIDDLE. SCOTT: LUIS ARRAEZ IS 0-3 TODAY. SWINGING AT THE FIRST PITCH. YELICH HAS IT. DAN: NOT VERY OFTEN YOU SEE HIM GO0-4. HE MAY GET ANOTHER SHOT. MAY BE ABLE TO COME UP IN THE EIGHTH. GOOD JOB BY YELICH. SCOTT: HE WAS HITTING THE SNOOZE BUTTON OVER AND OVER. CARLOS CORREA TO LEFT CENTER. ON ONE PITCH, HE IS RETIRED. SO THE TWINS IN THE SEVENTH. STRETCH. SCOTT: HOME SEVENTH FOR MILWAUKEE. THEY HAVE DOUBLE DIGITS. I HEAR YOU STILL WANT TO USE UP YOUR ARM A LITTLE BIT HERE IN MILWAUKEE. GET NOSTALGIC. DAN: DO WE HAVE 75? >> THAT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. [LAUGHTER] DAN: THAT IS NOT 52. SCOTT: THAT IS HARSH. I DID NOT KNOW WE WERE GOING THERE.
DAN: LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING, I KNOW RIGHT NOW, YOU GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES TO GET LOSE, I COULD THROW 175. THERE IS NO WAY THAT 52 IS MY BEST. GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES TO LIT LOOSE. I WILL GET IT UP THERE. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. SCOTT: I BELIEVE IT. THAT RADAR AGAIN WAS OFF. DAN: ONE OF THE GREAT DIRECTORS AT OUR NETWORK. SCOTT: THAT IS THE ULTIMATE TROLLING GOING ON. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US OUT. WE HAVE CHANGES DEFENSIVELY FOR MINNESOTA. QUITE A FEW OF THEM. FIRST PITCH COMING THROUGH FROM TREVOR MEGILL. DAN: CLAIMED OFF OF WAIVERS FROM THE CODES — CUBS IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. GOOD E.R.A. ONLY 13 HITS ALLOWED. YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT 100 LOOKS LIKE? THIS IS IT. SCOTT: PERFECT TIMING FOR US TO GET YOU CAUGHT UP ON SOME DEFENSIVE CHANGES. LUIS ARRAEZ GOES FROM FIRST SIGG — TO SECOND. CALEB HAMILTON BEHIND THE PLATE.
DAN: A GOOD LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL BALLPARK IN MILWAUKEE. RETRACTABLE ROOF. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THEY HAVE DONE FOR BASEBALL. YOU GET INTO GAMES IN SEPTEMBER, THE PACKERS WOULD PLAY A COUPLE OF EXHIBITION GAMES. WATCHING WHERE ROBIN YOUNT WOULD PLAY IN CENTER FIELD. SCOTT: HELPFUL FOR DEFENSIVE POSITIONING. DAN: IT WAS A GREAT BALLPARK. THIS PLACE HAS ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES. RATE FOOD — GREAT FOOD. THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT HERE IN MILWAUKEE. A GREAT CITY. A WONDERFUL PLACE TO PLAY.
SCOTT: IT JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER HERE. THEY WILL ADD A FOOD ITEM. PLENTY OF BEVERAGE OPTIONS. IT GETS PACKED. WE ARE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DAN: BEAUTIFUL BALLPARK. HITTERS LOVE THIS PLACE. OUTSIDE OF COORS FIELD, AND MIGHT BE AS GOOD A BALLPARK TO HIT IN IN ALL OF BASEBALL. BEAUTIFUL TIME OF THE YEAR HERE IN WISCONSIN IN THE SUMMERTIME. FABULOUS. SCOTT: A DEDICATED FAN BASE. THEY TRAVEL AS WELL. DAN: IT IS AMAZING HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. THE MAIN RIVAL BEING THE CUBS. THE BREWERS USED TO BE IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST. ANOTHER GREAT PITCH. ANOTHER GOOD FASTBALL. 99. SCOTT: HE HAS HIS GAME FACE ON. HIS BROTHER TYLER HAS GREAT STUFF. HE HAS JUST NOT BEEN ABLE TO STAY ON THE MOUND THIS YEAR. A STARTING PITCHER. LOOKS LIKE HE HAS A TOP OF THE ROTATION KIND OF ARSENAL. THAT WILL BE NICE AND EASY. ONTO THE EIGHTH. A BIG LEAD FOR THE CREW. SCOTT: WHO WANTS MORE CHRISTIAN YELICH CONTENT? >> I HAVE NO FRIENDS FOR THREE HOURS. NOT GREAT. SCOTT: YOU HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS WORLDWIDE ON YOUTUBE TODAY APPRECIATING CHRISTIAN YELICH ALL MIKED UP FOR THE DAY.
A NEW PITCHER TAKING OVER. DAN: ANOTHER GUY WITH A GREAT ARM. GOOD SINKER. E.R.A. A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF4.00. 10 WALKS, 25 STRIKEOUTS. HIS JOB RIGHT NOW IS TO TRY TO GET THROUGH THE TEETH OF THE ORDER. SCOTT: MOSTLY SINKER AND SLIDER. HIGH-SPEED FASTBALL. LAST SEEN IT YESTERDAY. A SCORELESS SIXTH. THE SLIDER IS THE STRIKEOUT PITCH. GUSTAVE GOING UP AGAINST THREE GOOD ONES. BUXTON, POLANCO, AND MIRANDA. DAN: THAT IS A STRIKE. A GOOD FASTBALL. THAT IS THE SINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
A GOOD ONE. ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT IS ON THE MIDDLE PART OF THE PLATE AND IT DIES DOWN AND IN. SCOTT: IT IS MIGUEL SANO INSTEAD OF POLANCO ON-DECK. AND THEN URSHELA, WHO TOOK OVER FOR MIRANDA. WE WILL GET A GOOD LOOK AT MIGUEL SANO, WHO STARTED YESTERDAY. A COUPLE OF PLATE APPEARANCES AND THEN HE WAS REPLACED. DAN: IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A GUY WAS A BIG PART OF THE MIDDLE OF THE ORDER. HE HAS HAD DIFFICULTY STAYING ON THE FIELD WITH SOME INJURIES. HAS HIMSELF HEALTHY SWINGING THE BAT. THE DILEMMA IS NOW WHERE DO YOU PLAY HIM? THAT IS THE DILEMMA FOR ROCCO BALDELLI.
SCOTT: BUXTON CANNOT PLATE IN THE FIELD EVERY DAY. HE HAS TENDINITIS. HE NEEDS SOME TIME AT D.H.. YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THAT UP. DAN: WE WERE TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEADLINE. MAYBE SANO COULD AUDITION HIMSELF. IF THE TWINS WERE LOOKING INTO A PACKAGE. MAYBE HE WOULD BE A BAT. SCOTT: BUXTON DOWN ON STRIKES AGAIN. YOU ARE RIGHT, THE EMERGENCE OPPOSING MIRANDA MAKES IT EVEN MORE TRICKY. DAN: AND THEN YOU HAVE LUIS ARRAEZ, ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS IN THE GAME RIGHT NOW. GOOD BREAKING BALL RIGHT THERE. SCOTT: NOW HE GOES UP AGAINST MIGUEL SANO. FIRST PITCH SWINGING. WILLY ADAMES WILL MAKE THE PLAY. DAN: YOU GET TO SEE THE STRONG ARM THERE FROM ADONIS. REALLY A NICE PLAY. HE DOES A GREAT JOB THROWING OFF HIS BACK LEG. GOOD CATCH. ALMOST LOOK LIKE THAT BALL WAS DEFLECTED OFF THE GLOVE OF THE THIRD BASEMAN. IT MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE FLEXION.
HOW ABOUT THE THROW OVER? SCOTT: CHRISTINE ACCURACY. I HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH ONEIL CRUZ THROW A BALL. HE CAN THROW IT. SCOTT: A STATCAST MACHINE OVER THERE IN PITTSBURGH. FUN TO WATCH. LOOK AT HIM GO. A LASER PAST ROWDY TELLEZ. A THREE-HIT DAY FOR THE ROOKIE RID TODAY IN THE SECOND INNING, THE TWINS AT THE TIME TRYING TO COME BACK. THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO START IT.
HE HAD A BREAKOUT YEAR THE MINOR LEAGUES LAST YEAR. KIND OF MEDIOCRE NUMBERS BEFORE THAT. NOW HE IS UP WITH THE BIG-LEAGUE CLUB. HE LOOKS LIKE HE WILL BE IN THIS GAME FOR A LONG TIME. DAN: HE IS FEELING HIMSELF. THAT MAY MAKE SANO EXPENDABLE. SCOTT: THREE CONSECUTIVE THREE-HIT GAMES. DAN: IT IS FUNNY HOW IN THIS GAME IT CAN COME AND GO. SO NO WAS A BIG PART — SANO WAS A BIG PART OF THE ACTION FOR THE TWINS. SCOTT: MIRANDA IS HITTING EVERYTHING. MIRANDA IS GOING TO BE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. THERE IS A DUDE IN SEATTLE WE HAVE SEEN ALREADY AND WE WILL GET ANOTHER GAME UP IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. JULIO RODRIGUEZ IS ABSOLUTELY LEADING THE CHARGE.
DAN: NOT MUCH HE CANNOT DO. SCOTT: MAY THE ALL-STAR GAME AS A ROOKIE. THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE UPCOMING GAME OF THE WEEK SCHEDULE. KIRILLOFF, FOUL BALL. DAN: HE JUST MADE THAT GUYS DAY. SCOTT: THE BEST PART IS HIS FRIENDS WILL NOT BELIEVE HIM. DAN: WE WERE WATCHING THAT GAME ON YOUTUBE. SCOTT: HE WILL SAY SCROLL BACK, GO ON THERE, THE GAMES ARE SAVED. I WILL SHOW YOU. DAN: HOW ABOUT THAT? I DON'T KNOW THAT IS HIS DAD OR GRANDFATHER. TAKE A PICTURE. DUKING IT OUT. SCOTT: THAT IS HOOKED FOUL. DAN: THIS IS A DECOY MOVE RIGHT HERE. THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO HIM ARE JEALOUS. SCOTT: RING THEM UP AND SIT THEM DOWN. DAN: YOU CAN LOOK AT IT BUT YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK TO ME. SCOTT: STAYING HYDRATED IN WISCONSIN. SCOTT: ENJOY THE SHOW WHEREVER YOU ARE. DOWNLOAD THE APP TODAY.
THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC IS BACK. IT WILL TAKE PLACE IN PANAMA AND GERMANY. I WANT TO SEE WITH THE PITCHING STAFF LOOKS LIKE. LOOK AT THE OPPONENT AVERAGE AGAINST. ONLY 10 HITS ALLOWED. SCOTT: GOING UP AGAINST YELICH. DAN: GOOD BREAKER. YOU HOPE IF YOU ARE A FAN OF THE TWINS THAT ROCCO BALDELLI DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE BULLPEN SO OFTEN. I'M SURE THE TWINS ARE TAKING FLYERS. SCOTT: CHRISTIAN YELICH COMES THROUGH. AMY: JOE SMITH WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR WHAT HE IS ON THE FIELD. BUT WHAT HE IS DOING OFF THE YIELD IS GREAT. HIS WIFE IS ONE OF OUR SPORTS REPORTER COLLEAGUES. IN 2017, THEY LAUNCHED A FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE. HE LOST HIS GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER TO THAT DISEASE. IT IS GENETIC. A 50% CHANCE OF PASSING IT ON TO YOUR CHILD. PARENTS AT RISK CAN GUARANTEE THAT THEIR CHILD WILL BE FREE OF IT.
BUT IT COSTS A LOT. ABOUT $30,000 ON AVERAGE. THEY ARE CURRENTLY HELPING NEARLY 100 FAMILIES WITH THIS PROCESS. THEY ARE EXPECTING THEIR FIRST BABY. SCOTT: CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE GAME. WE TALK TO THE TEAM INTO MANAGERS IN BASEBALL PEOPLE HE HAS BEEN AROUND. CLASS ACT. PROPS TO HIM. I SPENT SOME TIME WITH THEM THIS MORNING. DAN: HIS MANAGER COULD NOT SAY AND OF THINGS ABOUT JOE SMITH, HOW GOOD HE IS WITH THE TEAM. HE BRINGS A LOT OF ENERGY TO THE BULLPEN. HE HAS A WAY OF BRIGHTENING EVERY ROOM HE IS IN. ROCCO BALDELLI LOVES HAVING JOE SMITH IN THE MIX WITH THE TWINS. SCOTT: ADONIS — ADAMES, ROLLER, URSHELA HANDLING. A COUPLE OF FIRST PLACE BALLCLUBS. WRAPPING UP THEIR SEASON SERIES. BREWERS ON THEIR WAY TO TAKING THREE OF FOUR THIS YEAR IN THE BORDER BATTLE. THANKS TO THIS GUY. HAVE A DAY, ROWDY TELLEZ. NOW AT 20 HOMERS AND 65 R.B.I.'S ON THE SEASON.
SIX OF THEM COMING TODAY. A COUPLE OF THREE RUN SHOTS. DAN: A BIG OFF DAY TOMORROW FOR THE BREWERS. THEY GO TO FENWAY AND TAKE ON THE RED SOX IN THE WEEKEND SERIES. MIGHT BE CATCHING THE RED SOX AT THE RIGHT TIME. THEY HAVE HAD A SLEW OF INJURIES. WHAT HAS ROWDY DONE TODAY? HE HAS GOTTEN ROWDY TWICE. RING THE BELL. HE HITS ANOTHER CHANGEUP. TWO BOMBS, SIX RUNS BATTED IN. SCOTT: A COUPLE OF STRIKES. I HAVE ASKED CRAIG COUNSELL ABOUT THE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS FOR ROWDY TELLEZ. THAT IS TOWARD THE RIGHT SIDE. HE SAID IF HE CAN ELIMINATE CHASING THE LOW PITCH.
LIKE YOU COULD NOT FOR BARRY BONDS — FULL BARRY BONDS DOWN IN THE ZONE. SOMETIMES HE WILL CHASE A BASEBALL OUT OF THE ZONE AND THAT JUST DOES NOT TURN INTO GOOD QUALITY OF CONTACT. DAN: THAT IS A DILEMMA IT YOU RUN INTO WHEN YOU'RE HITTING IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE ORDER. YOU WANT TO DRIVE IN RUNS SO BAD. SOMETIMES YOU START EXTENDING THE STRIKE ZONE. SCOTT: YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE SOME OF THAT AWAY FROM HIM BECAUSE HE IS SUCH A GOOD RUN PRODUCER. THERE ARE GUYS WHO ARE BETTER AT DRIVING IN RUNS OR THEY WANT TO BE IN THOSE BIG SPOT. DAN: THAT WAS THE DILEMMA A COUPLE OF YEARS WITH JOEY VOTTO. THAT WAS A KNOCK ON HIM. HE WAS GOING TO TAKE WALKS BUT HE WAS NOT DRIVING IN AS MANY RUNS. HE HAS STRUGGLED WITH THAT. THE AVERAGE AND PRODUCTIVITY GOES DOWN. THAT IS A TOUGH SPOT TO BE IN IF YOU ARE ROWDY TELLEZ. YOU TRY TO PICK YOUR POISON. SCOTT: YELICH SINGLED, NOW HE IS AT THIRD.
THE CHANGEUP IS THE STRIKEOUT PITCH. I THINK YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF VERY DIFFERENT RACES GOING ON IN THE CENTRAL DIVISIONS. IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, IT IS THE CARDINALS AND BREWERS. YOU TECHNICALLY HAVE THREE TEAMS IN THE A.L. CENTRAL WITH A SHOT. THAT IS BALL THREE TO MCCUTCHEN. MINNESOTA IS OUT IN FRONT, BY NOT MUCH. THREE GAMES UP ON THE WHITE SOX. WE HAVE BEEN COVERING THIS GAME LONG ENOUGH. THE TALENT ON THE WHITE SOX ROSTER I JUST DO NOT THINK CAN BE HELD OFF. DAN: THEY HAVE THREE GAMES IN A ROW. THE WHITE SOX IS NOT EVEN COME CLOSE TO PLAYING THE BRAND OF BASEBALL THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING THEY ALL SEASON LONG. THAT IS WHAT IS SCARY IF I'M A FAN OF THE TWINS AND THE GUARDIANS. EVENTUALLY THIS WHITE SOX TEAM IS GOING TO HIT. LANCE LYNN WILL BE BETTER, GIOLITO WILL BE BETTER. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY DYLAN CEASE IS NOT TALKED ABOUT MORE THAN HE IS. HE IS A TERRIFIC STARTING PITCHER, LOTS OF SWING AND MISS.
THE WHITE SOX ARE LOADED. THEY ARE THE DANGEROUS TEAM IN THE CENTRAL RIGHT NOW. SCOTT: I THINK THEY ARE READY TO OUT. THE TWINS HAVE HAD A TOUGH TIME HOLDING THEM OFF. DAN: IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE TWINS IF THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AT THE TRADE DEADLINE. THEY HAVE HAD TO GO TO THE BULLPEN SO EARLY SO OFTEN. WE SAW CHRIS ARCHER TODAY IN THE SAME THING. HE WILL GET YOU MAYBE TO THE FOURTH INNING. BUT YOU HAVE TO EMPTY OUT THE BULLPEN. IT IS HARD TO DO THAT THREE OR FOUR DAYS A WEEK. SCOTT: HUNTER RENFROE, A LASER. LUIS ARRAEZ HAVING FUN OUT THERE . SCOTT: WE NEED YOUR HELP. IS THERE ANY DEBATE HERE? THE POLL IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. THE YOUTUBE PLAYER OF DAN: THE GAME. DAN:IT HAS TO BE THE GUY YOU ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE. A COUPLE OF THREE RUN HOME RUN'S, ONCE A CENTER FIELD, THE OTHER WAY STRAIGHTAWAY TO RIGHT FIELD. SCOTT: SIX R.B.I.'S, COUPLE OF BLASTS. IF YOU VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, WE WILL NEED YOU TO CHIME IN WITH A COMMENT ON WHY.
DAN: YOU HAVE LOTS OF EXPLAINING TO DO. SCOTT: THAT IS RIGHT. THE NINTH INNING MAN DAN:. ANOTHER GUY WITH A THREE PITCH MIX. HE HAD SOME BIG NUMBERS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES. HE WILL THROW ANY PITCH AT ANY TIME. GETTING A CHANCE TO CLOSE OUT A GAME IN THE BIG-LEAGUE POORLY BREWERS. — FOR THE BREWERS. SCOTT: KYLE GARLICK HAS A HOMER IN HIS POCKET FROM THE SEVENTH.
GOING GLOBAL. I GUESS IT IS THURSDAY FOR THEM. THREE MISSES FROM STRESS LACKEY. MAKE IT FOUR. A WALK. THEY KNEW THEY COULD HIT SOME HOME RUNS. NOT THE EASIEST THING TO DO. THEY NEED SOME STRIKES. SCOTT: THIS IS NICK GORDON. SOME OF THEIR STARS ARE SITTING. POLANCO IS DONE FOR THE DAY. THERE IS ONE. THE TOSS TO SECOND. SAFE IS GARLICK. DAN: THE TWINS HAVE A DAY OFF TOMORROW AND THEN HEAD OUT TO THE WEST COAST TO PLAY IN SAN DIEGO. A NICE PLAY BY ROWDY. WITH A DECENT THROW, MAYBE SOMETHING DOWN AROUND THE BAG, BUT THAT IS A TOUGH THROW WHEN YOU HAVE TO THROW IT TO THE OUTSIDE.
YOU CAN SEE GARLICK IN THAT RUNNING LANE. SCOTT: A SEVEN-GAME HOMESTAND. THREE AGAINST DETROIT. FOUR AGAINST THE BLUE JAYS. DAN: THEY WILL RUN UP AGAINST SOME GOOD PICTURES INS — PITC HERS IN SAN DIEGO. SONNY GRAY ON SATURDAY MATCHING UP AGAINST JOE MUSGROVE. SCOTT: MILWAUKEE WILL HAVE SIX ON THE ROAD. THREE IN BOSTON, THREE IN PITTSBURGH. DAN: A REALLY GOOD CHANGEUP FROM STRZELECKI. PROBABLY THE BEST OFF-SPEED PITCH HE HAS THROWN. SCOTT: HE DEBUTED ON JUNE 2.
DAN: YOU CAN SEE THE FOUR-SEAM CHANGE OF GRIP. SCOTT: THAT IS IT. CALEB HAMILTON HANGING IN THE BATTER'S BOX. THAT IS THE SECOND OUT IN THE NINTH. DOWN TO THE FINAL CHANCE FOR THE TWINS. IF YOU MISSED IT AFTER THE GAME, THEY ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU. WE WILL NOT LEAVE YOU HANGING. CAN I DO A COUPLE MORE SHOUT OUTS? WE APPRECIATE OUR GLOBAL FAN DAYS. DAN: NOT VERY OFTEN DO YOU SEE THIS. LUIS ARRAEZ GETTING A CHANCE FOR HIS FIFTH AT-BAT RID. SCOTT: HE WAS THRILLED TO MAKE THE ALL-STAR TEAM. NOT YOUR TYPICAL POWER HITTING FIRST BASEMAN. HE CAN PLAY SECOND AS WELL.
HAVING AN OFF DAY. DAN: REALLY DIFFICULT TIME RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOWS. THE SUN JUST OUTSIDE OF THE BATTER'S BOX. ALL COMING OUT OF THAT DARK. TOUGH HITTING CONDITIONS. SCOTT: A RECOVERY AND AN UNDERHAND FLIP, GAME OVER. BREWERS TOP THE TWINS. MILWAUKEE UP TO 55-44 ON THE SEASON. I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAD QUESTIONS. WE WILL GET TO SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS, INTERVIEWS, TROPHY TO HAND OUT, HIGHLIGHTS. ♪ MILWAUKEE TAKES IT OVER MINNESOTA. A SEASON-HIGH 10 WALKS FOR THE BREW CREW. SOME POWER FROM ROWDY TELLEZ. IT WILL BE THE UPSET OF THE YEAR IF HE DOES NOT HAVE A TROPHY IN HIS HANDS A COUPLE OF MINUTES. DAN: GREAT AFTERNOON. A TERRIFIC AFTERNOON. CORBIN BURNES WAS A LITTLE SHAKY EARLY ON BUT THEN HE FOUND HIS GROOVE. SCOTT: CY YOUNG WINNER LAST YEAR.
DEFTLY IN THE RUNNING THIS YEAR AS WELL. WE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE INTERVIEWS AND MORE CONTENT FROM CHRISTIAN YELICH. WE WILL GO OVER WHAT IS HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AS WELL. LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE DAMAGE LOOKS LIKE. IT WAS HEAVY HITTING. DAN: BOTH CHANGEUPS. A SECOND BELLRINGING. SCOTT: THE TROPHY. LET'S HAND IT TO HIM. THAT IS ALL YOU. ARE YOUTUBE PLAYER OF THE GAME JOINING US LIVE RIGHT NOW. ROWDY TELLEZ, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU WERE BRINGING IT TODAY. >> THE FIRST AT-BAT I JUST WANTED TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE AIR. JUST TRYING TO FIND THE BARREL. ABLE TO PUT A GOOD SWING ON IT. DAN: YOU COME BACK AND YOU WANT TO GET IN A GOOD GROOVE. DOES IT TAKE YOU UP COUPLE OF GAMES — A COUPLE OF GAMES TO GET BACK IN THE SWING SCOTT: >> YOU NEED THOSE DAYS TO RELAX.
GET READY FOR THE SECOND HALF. WE HAVE TOUGH FIRST HALF WITHOUT A SCHEDULE IS MADE. NOW WE GO ON THE ROAD AND WE ARE EXCITED TO GET GOING. DAN: YOU HAVE TOMORROW OFF AND THEN YOU GO TO BOSTON. HAVE GUYS ASKED YOU WHAT IT IS LIKE PLAYING IN FENWAY? >> I TOLD HIM IT IS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO PLAY. IT IS THE COOLEST STADIUM TO PLAYED IN. SOME OF THE GREATEST PLAYERS TO EVER PLAY THIS GAME. SCOTT: WE ARE SHOWING YOUR HOME RUN DISTANCES RIGHT NOW. >> I GREW UP A DIEHARD GIANTS FAN. SHE WAS THE COOLEST PERSON. I TOLD HER I WANTED TO MEET HER. SO WE TOOK A PICTURE. IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. SCOTT: SHE WAS PROBABLY THRILLED AND FLATTERED AS WELL. >> I AM 20 SEVEN, SO THAT MADE HER FEEL LITTLE BIT OLDER. DAN: NOW YOU ARE TALKING MY LANGUAGE. SCOTT: THE FANS. AS CLICHE AS IT SOUNDS, WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF HANDS. WE JUST UNDERSTAND THEY ARE REGULAR PEOPLE. WE HAVE GOOD TIMES. THAT IS A BIG THING FOR ME. SCOTT: THIS WAS FUN. ENJOY THE VICTORY. GRATULATION SOLO HOME RUNS.
YOU WILL GIVE THAT ONE BACK. THAT IS THE SAMPLE. >> I AM NOT A PLAYER OF THE GAME VERY OFTEN. SCOTT: THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR. TO EDUCATE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THIS BETTER BE SUPER LOPSIDED. THOSE ARE TROLLS. DAN: OR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF CORBIN BURNES AND CHRISTIAN YELICH. SCOTT: WE WILL SHOW YOU HOW IT HAPPENED, COMING UP. WE WILL HAVE HIGHLIGHTS AND WE WILL HEAR FROM CHRISTIAN YELICH'S BOTH DURING THE GAME AND A POSTGAME INTERVIEW. LOOK AT THAT EXCHANGE. THE WHOLESOME CONTENT YOU ALWAYS NEED. ♪ >> FORGET ABOUT IT. >> UNBELIEVABLE. >> CANNOT BELIEVE IT. >> I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
>> WHAT A FINISH. SCOTT: BELIEVE IT. WE DID IT AGAIN. IF YOU MISSED ANYTHING, LET'S WRITE BACK — RUN IT BACK. DAN: YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER FROM LAST YEAR, CORBIN BURNES. SCOTT: CARLOS CORREA LIST ONE TO RIGHT. BACKING UP FOR THE WALL. HE DROPPED IT. CARLOS CORREA WILL BE INTO SECOND BASE. POPPED UP. THAT IS THE INNING. GOING AFTER THE FIRST PITCH AND SENDING IT TO LEFT CENTER. ON ITS WAY AND GONE. ROWDY TELLEZ. BIG MAN, BIG POWER.
JOSE MIRANDA HAS LEFT THE YARD. SOLO SHOT FOR MIRANDA. JUMPS ALL OVER CORBIN BURNES TO START THE SECOND. DAN: WE SEE A COUPLE OF HOMERUNS. THAT DID NOT HAVE MUCH CUT TO IT. SCOTT: SMOKED INTO THE CORNER, FAIR BALL. THAT WILL BRING IN ANOTHER MINNESOTA RUN. SCOTT: IT SEEMS LIKE THE TWINS HAVE A GAME PLAN TO AMBUSH CORBIN BURNES EARLY. THEY WILL WAIVE GORDON HOME. THAT WILL TIE BALLGAME. DAN: THREE CONSECUTIVE HITS FOR THE TWINS. SCOTT: YELICH, CARATINI, AND URIAS. WALKS IN A RUN. THAT IS LIFTED TO LEFT. HE GOT UNDER IT. KYLE GARLICK MOVING UP. THAT SHOULD BRING IN ANOTHER FOUR MILWAUKEE. RUNNERS MOVING. HAPPY ROWDY DAY. 8-3. DAN: IF YOU ARE ROCCO BALDELLI, THIS IS A MOVIE YOU HAVE SEEN TOO OFTEN. SCOTT: IN THE AIR, GOING A LONG WAY TO RIGHT. A LAUNCH ANGLE HOME RUN FOR LUIS. — URIAS. DAN: ANOTHER FOUR-SEAM FASTBALL THAT WAS DOWN AND AWAY. HE DOES NOT TRY TO PULL IT. THE BARRELS IT UP. SCOTT: MCCUTCHEON REACHING FOR ONE. WHAT A MOVE BY CANO. DAN: HE DOES A GOOD JOB OF FIELDING THIS THING BAREHANDED.
THROWS IT OFF HIS BACK FOOT. A DO OR DIE PLAY. I GIVE IT A 10. THAT IS A VERY GOOD PLAY. SCOTT: THIS IS US, REAL-LIFE COME ALIVE. IN THE SEVENTH, THEY GET ONE BACK. DAN: THAT WAS KIND OF THE STORY OF THE DAY. THEY AMBUSH THESE PICTURES EARLY. SCOTT: IN THE NINTH, LUIS ARRAEZ GOING HITLESS IN FIVE AT-BATS. HOW RARE IS THAT? DAN: YOU WILL NOT SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.
STRZELECKI KNOCKS IT DOWN AND GETS IT OVER. BREWERS WHEN IT — WIN IT. SCOTT: IS TEAM VICTORIOUS. A DOUBLE DIGIT RUN DAY FOR THE BREWERS. THEY TAKE BOTH IN THIS TWO-GAME SET AGAINST MINNESOTA. MORE ON THE WINNING BALLCLUBS TODAY. AMY: A GREAT DAY ON THE MOUND FOR CORBIN BURNES. A HUGE DAY FOR ROWDY TELLEZ. BUT THIS GAME WAS TIED GOING INTO THE FOURTH INNING. IT WAS CHRISTIAN YELICH DREW A BASES-LOADED WALK TO BRING IN THE GO-AHEAD RUN THAT REALLY GOT THE OFFENSE STARTED TODAY. THAT IS WHERE WE BEGIN. >> IT IS HARD TO SEE AT THAT TIME OF THE GAME.
THE BALL COMES IN DARK. HE HAS A GOOD CHANGEUP. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE CHAI WOULD NOT BE IN BETWEEN ON THAT. I WAS ABLE TO GET ONE UP THERE. AMY: WE HAD NOT HEARD BIG RANDY UNTIL WE HEARD YOU. WHAT A DAY HE HAD. JUST THE IMPACT OF ROWDY TELLEZ. >> I FORGOT I HAD THE MICROPHONE A COUPLE OF TIMES. I STARTED CALLING HIM BIG RANDY PROBABLY A MONTH AGO. JUST AS A JOKE ROWDY AND RANDY KIND OF SOUND SIMILAR. I CALLED HIM BIG ROUND — BIG RANDY ANY KIND OF STUCK. HE HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO THIS YEAR. WHEN HE GOES, WE GO. IT IS GOOD TO SEE HIM HIT A COUPLE OF HOMERUNS THERE. SCOTT: I THINK BASEBALL FANS HAVE A TENDENCY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE REALLY GOOD PLAYERS.
HE WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK. YOUR TAKE ON WHAT HE IS ABLE TO DO OUT THERE EACH TIME? >> SEEMS LIKE HE WAS FIGHTING A LITTLE BIT IN THE SEVENTH INNING. A LOT OF THE GUYS ON OUR STAFF, THEY CAN SETTLE IT DOWN VERY QUICKLY. THEY CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN GAMES. HE FIGURED IT OUT. SOMETHING CLICKED FOR HIM. HE GAVE US SIX REALLY GOOD INNINGS. AMY: HE WAS ASKED TO THE FUNNIEST BREWER WAS AND HE DROPPED BOXBERGER HONEST. DO YOU AGREE? IF YOU DISAGREE, DO YOU THINK IS THE FUNNIEST FOR — BREWER. >> I WOULD SAY MCCUTCHEON. HE HAS A GOOD PERSONALITY. SOME GOOD ONE-LINERS. BIG RANDY IS FUNNY AT TIMES. HE HAS HIS MOMENTS.
WE HAVE A GOOD GROUP, A CLOSE GROUP. THAT HAS BEEN THE REASON WHY WE HAVE HAD SUCH SUCCESS. AMY: CONGRATULATIONS ON THE VICTORY. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. THE BREWERS HAVE A REALLY GOOD GROUP OF GUYS. ON THIS HOMESTAND THEY HAVE HAD SOME LONG GAMES. A COUPLE OF WALKOFF GAMES. THAT IS EXHAUSTING AND INTENSE AREA THEY SUSTAIN THEIR ENERGY DOWN THE THREAD — STRETCH? SCOTT: YOU WILL TAKE WHATEVER. GET THE JOB DONE. THE VICTORY FOR THE BREWERS OVER THE TWINS. YOU WANT MORE CHRISTIAN YELICH CONTENT? SOMETIMES HE FORGOT HE HAD THE MICROPHONE. WE WILL RUN THAT, NEXT. ♪ SCOTT: THE POSTGAME SHOW CONTINUES. THERE WAS TONS OF OFFENSE FOUR MILWAUKEE. CORBIN BURNES LOOKED VERY SHAKY EARLY ON. DAN: HE STRUGGLED IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF INNINGS. BUT AROUND THE THIRD INNING HE FOUND HIS FORM.
WE SAW A COUPLE OF PITCHES IN THE UPPER 90'S. THAT GOOD CURVEBALL RIGHT THERE. 11 STRIKEOUTS ON THE DAY. A COUPLE OF SLIDERS AND A COUPLE OF SINKERS. HE HAS A TREMENDOUS MIX OF PITCHES. HE THROWS TO BOTH SIDES OF THE PLATE. HE CAN THROW IT BACKDOOR, FRONT DOOR, UP, DOWN, IN AND OUT. VERY FEW NONCOMPETITIVE PITCHES. HE IS RIGHT AROUND THE GLOVE ALL THE TIME. SCOTT: HE TIED A SEASON HIGH WITH 11 STRIKEOUTS. HE WAS SPEAKING TO ALL OF US THE ENTIRE GAME. IT SOUNDED LIKE THIS. >> THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO OPEN IT AT SOME POINT. I FOUND A TOE TAP FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY. FIRST TIME. >> HOW DID IT FEEL? >> I LIKED IT.
IT FELT PRETTY GOOD. >> I DID IT FOR SUMMER. >> I FEEL LIKE RECOGNIZING PITCHES, TIMING IS DIFFERENT. YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO IT. KEEP GOING. I GOT IT. ALL GOOD? GOOD LUCK THE REST OF THE YEAR. THAT WILL WORK. LET'S GO, BIG RANDY. I HAVE NO FRIENDS FOR THREE HOURS. ANOTHER ONE? WHAT IS THIS, NUMBER 10 ON THE WEEK FOR YOU? >> I HAVE YOUR SUNGLASSES. >> WHAT A TEAMMATE YOU ARE. YOU ARE A PRETTY GOOD TEAMMATE. I HAVE BIG RANDY. IT IS NOT GREAT. BIG RANDY! HE IS FEELING HIMSELF TODAY. GOOD BATTING. THANKS FOR NOTHING, RENFROE. YOU HAVE KINDA CARRIED US THIS ENTIRE WEEK.
SCOTT: THEY LIKE HAVING CHRISTIAN YELICH AROUND. WHILE THE POWER IS NOT THE SAME AS THE 2018 M.V.P. SEASON IN THE 2019 RUNNER-UP YEAR, YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENSION. HE WILL BE PART OF THIS TEAM FOR A LONG TIME. NINE YEARS, NORTH OF $200 MILLION. THE O.P.S.+ IS STILL ABOVE LEAGUE AVERAGE. HE HAS DEALT WITH SOME BACK ISSUES. HE HAS TRIED TO MOLD HIS GAME INTO A DIFFERENT FORM OF HITTER. HE HAS BEEN A LEADOFF GUY GETTING ON BASE. DAN: IT IS A DIFFERENT CHRISTIAN YELICH RIGHT NOW. BREWERS FANS SAY WE WANT TO SEE GLIMPSES FROM THE GUY FROM 2018 AND 2019.
HE WAS SO DANGEROUS. HE CAME INTO THE BATTER'S BOX AND HE COULD IT — PITCH VELOCITY. THE BIG QUESTION WAS HOW GOOD WOULD HE BE GETTING AWAY FROM THE BIG BALLPARK IN MIAMI? HE HAS ANSWERED THAT QUESTION. HE HAS HAD SOME ISSUES WITH HIS BACK. HE IS A GOOD PLAYER. HE IS JUST NOT THAT GUY WHO IS AN IMPACT GUY. THAT IS NOT SAYING HE CANNOT BE AGAIN. HE HAS TINKERED AROUND WITH SOME DIFFERENT BATTING STANCES. I KNOW HE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN HOW TO PLAY. HAVE TO BE A GOOD PLAYER. HE MAY NOT BE THAT ELITE PLAYER BUT IT IS STILL IN THERE SOMEWHERE. SCOTT: HE HAS A GREAT EYE. PERFECT FOR THE LEADOFF SPOT. HE TOOK A BIG WALK. WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE GAME. WHO WOULD THEY GIVE UP TO GET SOTO? DAN: THAT IS WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. EVEN IF YOU SAY THE WILDEST PACKAGE YOU COULD NOT BELIEVE, I DON'T THINK THE NATIONALS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT. THEY'RE LOOKING FOR YOUNG, CONTROLLABLE PLAYERS.
THE DEAL THAT WILL MAKE MOST SENSE IS THE BEST LONG TERM. SCOTT: I THINK THEY JUST ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. WHAT CAN THE TWINS DO AT THE DEADLINE TO ADD TO THEIR BULLPEN? THERE ARE A TON OF GUYS. DAN: I WOULD THINK DAVID ROBERTSON WOULD BE ON THE BOARD. SO WITH DANIEL BARD. THEY HAVE A ROTATION THAT DOES NOT GIVE THEM A LOT OF LINKS.
— LENGTH. THE TWINS WOULD LOVE TO PULL THE TRIGGER ON ANY OF THEM. SCOTT: YOU CAN REBUILD A BULLPEN OR ADD TO IT SIGNIFICANT HE AT THE TRADE DEADLINE. WE HAVE SEEN TEAMS DO THAT. WHICH TEAM HAS THE BEST OUTLOOK FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON BETWEEN MILWAUKEE AND MINNESOTA? DAN: WITHOUT QUESTION RIGHT NOW IT IS THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS. THEY'RE STARTING PITCHING, FOR THE TWINS RIGHT NOW, THEY WILL NEED TO GET HEALTHY. THEY NEED SONNY GRAY. DYLAN BUNDY LAST NIGHT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY GOOD. THIS IS A TEAM RIGHT NOW THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO GET MORE LENGTH OUT OF THE STARTERS. SCOTT: THIS LEAD RIGHT HERE FOR THE TWINS HAS SHRUNK TO TWO OVER THE GUARDIANS. I HAVE SAID IT ALL YEAR, I DON'T THINK THEY ARE AMAZING, BUT I THINK THE WHITE SOX HAVE TALENT.
DAN: I THINK WITH THE TWINS AND THE GUARDIANS HAVE DONE IS THEY HAVE LET THE WHITE SOX HANG AROUND. SOMEONE TELLS ME THEY WILL GO ON ONE OF THOSE 15 GAME STRETCHES WHERE THEY GO LIKE 12-3. IF THEY GET TO THE TOP, THEY MIGHT NOT RELINQUISH THE LEAD. SCOTT: HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION. WHO WAS THE BEST PLAYER TO EVER PLAY ON THE BREWERS OR TWINS? DAN: I AM BIASED. I HAD A CHANCE TO PLAY WITH PAUL MOLITOR AND ROBIN YOUNT.
IT IS NOT ME. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO. SCOTT: I AM A SAVES GUY. I AM GOING WITH THE ALL-TIME SAVES LEADER, DAN PLESAC. DAN: ROD CAREW, KIRBY PUCKETT. SCOTT: THOSE ARE GOOD ONES. MAYBE JOE MAUER IS A BIG-NAME. DAN: JUSTIN MORNEAU HAD SOME REALLY GOOD YEARS. SCOTT: THAT IS RIGHT. HOW WILL THINGS PLAY OUT IN THE CENTRAL? THERE ARE A COUPLE OF GOOD ONES. WE NEED TO INCLUDE THEM. SINGLE GLOVES. DAN: A LOT OF GOLD GLOVES FOR JIM KAAT. SCOTT: TONY OLIVA. HE HAD THREE BATTING TITLES. JUST ELECTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME. CAN THE TWINS BREAK THEIR 18 GAME POSTSEASON LOSING STREAK? IT IS CRAZY TO SAY THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN SAYING IT EVERY YEAR NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE IN A PLAYOFF POSITION. THE WILD-CARD COULD BE HANDLED IN THE A.L. EAST. THEY HAVE TO NOT MATCH UP THE YANKEES. DAN: I THINK JOE RYAN IS A GOOD PITCHER. YOU PUT HIM UP AGAINST A GUY LIKE SONNY GRAY. I THINK IF THEY GET IN THIS YEAR, THE STREAK WILL BE SNAPPED. SCOTT: IF YOU WIN THE DIVISION, YOU'RE GUARANTEED TO PLAY THREE GAMES, ALL OF THEM AT HOME. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCE FOR THEM. DAN: IF THEY WERE GOING TO BREAK IT, THIS WOULD BE THE YEAR. SCOTT: YOU WOULD GET A BEST-OF-THREE SERIES. I WILL SAY IF THEY MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, THEY CAN GET AT LEAST ONE VICTORY. I THINK THAT IS PRETTY SAFE TO SAY. I ENJOYED THIS. DAN: A COUPLE OF WEEKS FROM NOW, AUGUST 11, WE WILL TAKE A TEXAS TWO-STEP WITH THE RANGERS AND THE ASTROS.
BIG BATS LIKE SEAGER, ALVAREZ, GARCIA, ALTUVE. ROWDY TODAY, TWICE. THREE RUN HOME RUN'S. WE WILL DO THIS AGAIN A COUPLE WEEKS FROM NOW. FOR THE LEGENDS, DAN PLESAC, AMY G, AND THE ALL-STAR CREW, WE ARE LOGGING OUT FOR NOW. WE WILL SEE YOU SOON RIGHT HERE ON YOUTUBE. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTION CONTENT AND ACCURACY. VISIT NCICAP.ORG] ♪.