World Series Dark Horses : Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies & St. Louis Cards

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Speaker 1: [00:00:12] Middle of the month here in August. August 15th, be exact. We know who the favorites are for the world. The Dodgers who are streaking, the Yankees who are not the Astros are going to get a little run as they passed the Yankees in the standings. And then the Mets. The Mets, now that they got the grand back and Scherzer at the top of their rotation, looking good. So here's my rule for this segment. You cannot pick them as a World Series pick. Who are the dark horses? [00:00:39][26.4]
Speaker 2: [00:00:39] Who are the dark horses? If you're taking out those four teams, the easy fifth one is the Braves, because I think the Braves are as good as those teams. I know their record hasn't shown it so far this year and they're starting to get healthier. [00:00:50][10.8]
Speaker 1: [00:00:51] But I think they'll start. [00:00:52][0.5]
Speaker 2: [00:00:52] Yeah, for sure. I think Atlanta is right firmly in that group and I know that's kind of like silly because they just won the championship. They're going to be the fourth seed in the wildcard. They're obviously a very, very good team. Atlanta definitely in that group, Padres definitely in that group. And the Saint Louis Cardinals definitely in that group. The St Louis Cardinals have four guys in their bullpen who throw over 100 miles an hour and I can't name a single one of them. It's incredible. [00:01:18][25.9]
Speaker 1: [00:01:19] Well, isn't that modern day baseball just guys coming out and just throwing absolute gas? They get the average velocity has to be at close to 100 by this point. [00:01:27][8.3]
Speaker 2: [00:01:28] You're absolutely right. But I at least know, like Duvall is the closer for the Giants and he can throw 103. I don't know any of the players on the Cardinals and all of them throw 100. [00:01:37][8.5]
Speaker 1: [00:01:38] You don't have to know them. What you have to know is they're cardinals, baseball players. And typically that's been good enough to win a lot of games over the last 20 years. But I think about the Cardinals is one of the top franchises in the MLB. If I had to throw out some potential options, you know, I got to go with a team that I threw out there in the off season who at first disappointed me, heavily disappointed me. In fact, the Seattle Mariners. Yes, the Seattle Mariners. The same team, the same franchise that hasn't won a playoff series. And God knows, when the Seattle Mariners, who have a former Cy Young Award winner and Robbie Ray at the top of their rotation and also went out and acquired Luis Castillo. So they have two studs. And when I think about what wins in October, what wins playoff baseball games, starting pitching, it's guys who can go deep. It's guys like you get with that strikeout stuff and they have that and they have some fun players. Obviously. Julio Rodriguez, what he did in the home run derby, you talk about we talked in passing about potential new faces of baseball. Leo Rodriguez is putting his stamp on that after a slow couple of months to begin the season. I think that's kind of where you trace the Mariners and their struggles. You know, you have stars like him who are struggling out the gate, Kalinic who starred here. I picked him up as a flier in multiple fantasy baseball leagues that really live up to the hype. But nonetheless, the Seattle Mariners, they started coming around. They had that hot streak in June. And overall, I think that they if they get into the playoffs, have an opportunity to make some noise. I'd also throw out the Philadelphia Phillies here. Now, I know they're the third team in the NL East, but they have clawed their way back in it without their best player, Bryce Harper, who's been injured for the last couple of months. They managed to claw their way back into the conversation and they're getting him back. And I have to figure, I have to think that Nick Castellanos can't suck at baseball for this entire season. Castellanos was a stud for the majority of his career with the Cincinnati Reds. I got to believe that he knows how to play baseball and will figure it out, especially playing in that bad box they have in Philly. [00:03:54][136.1]
Speaker 2: [00:03:54] So Phillies difficult because I don't know if they're going to make the playoffs. I kind of picked teams that I knew for sure would make the playoffs and make a deep run. I feel like the Brewers will ultimately take that final spot. [00:04:05][11.0]
Speaker 1: [00:04:06] A game and a half up on them and okay, the Brewers too, they have a strong top of their rotation. But I think the Phillies, as soon as they get their guys back, as soon as they get Harper back, are set to make a little bit of a run. Obviously, I think when we talk about who's going to make noise in October, it's usually the team that gets the hottest in September. That's just been the case in baseball. It's momentum is a power play in Vegas. [00:04:29][23.3]
Speaker 2: [00:04:29] Except except that one year that the Brewers were the hottest team in baseball, then they lost to the Nationals on. [00:04:34][4.8]
Speaker 1: [00:04:34] A wild card. Just work. Last year though obviously the Braves wanted the hottest team in September are one of the hottest teams is September and they took that momentum all the way to the championship. The Nationals got hot at the right time for the second half of the season and that carried them to a World Series title. When I look at both the Phillies and I look at the Mariners, both got hot in the last month or so, and maybe they could carry that momentum into the postseason. So again, we're we're talking about that top tier. If we're taking those teams out of the equation. I look at this next group down and I look at those two teams because I have known assets that I can point to and say that that could carry them into a potential World Series title. [00:05:13][39.0]
Speaker 2: [00:05:14] I understand the point there and I agree with you. I just won't go that. Bridge too far with the Phillies, with the Mariners. I agree with you. And you mentioned obviously Robbie Ray and you mentioned Castillo. George Kirby has also been a very good starter for the Mariners this year. He'll probably be their Game three starter, which that's a solid Game three starter. [00:05:33][18.8]
Speaker 1: [00:05:33] Yeah. If you could literally get a three man rotation going, just kind of bridge together your fourth starter and Gonzales has been fine for them. That could sometimes be enough. In October. [00:05:44][10.8]
Speaker 2: [00:05:45] Many of us have hitters too. [00:05:46][1.0]
Speaker 1: [00:05:47] Now I was a prop bets on the Yankees, so I'm hoping that we don't get into this next year. Down to those early subthemes I'll highlight you highlighted a couple teams. Well, Busters, what teams are you highlighting as potential dark horses to take home the 2022 World Series trophy drop blue undergarments leave a like on this video from juju talk sports it kind of I better stay safe happy healthy we'll see you next to. She? [00:05:47][0.0]
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