Transcript of The Pitch Clock: World Series Preview

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Welcome to the PitchClock.

Here's the pitch, a two-part baseball segment combining a nostalgic baseball trivia game and an interview with an expert. This is the PitchClock. It's the World Series. How about that? We made it. It's the World Series. We made it here on the pitch clock. I'm Jeremy. You guys know that I'm wearing my pitch clock hat. So is Taylor. We also have Chris Cody and inexplicably, Ethan Badowski. Yeah. With us for this episode. Participating in our Trivia Portion, Adnan Virk, will be with us to talk all things 2024 World Series between the Yankees and Dodgers, but our resident Yankees fan. Taylor, what is your Trivia for today? In 1956, when Don Larson threw a perfect game against... I love you. No, that's not the game, but it was Dodgers-Yankees. Yogi Bear. The game today is three strikes, and you're out. 22 Yankees or Dodgers have 14 or more runs batted in in the World Series. Wow. Current? Oh, great. Okay, current. That was dumb. Okay. How many? 14 or more RBI. Fourteen or more RBIs in the World Series. So it's 22 total. You guys will alternate guesses. We'll go Ethan. That's garbage. Chris, Jared. That's not garbage.

Let me ask you a question. This is in World Series in general, not World Series against each other, right? World Series In general. In general. Seven seconds, Ethan. Starting with Yogi Berra. Number two, Yogi Berra. 39 RBIs. Chris, this is fun. This is in the World Series, correct?

Correct. I'm going to go with Derek Cheater.

Derek!

Strike one.

I'm going to stop cursing, sorry. That's two F-bombs for me so far. All right. Two F-bombs and one strike for Chris Cody. I'm going to submit Mickey Mantle. Mickey Mantle, number one. Number one on the board. When he said Yogi, I was like, I could say Mickey right now. Derek Jeter, for the people listening at home, this is the top 22, 45th.

How many RBI in World Series?

You don't know? Not a lot. That's crazy. And now our guest, Adnan Virk, is here with us to talk about this Yankees Dodgers World Series. It was the best case scenario for Major League Baseball from the beginning. We all, I think, wanted to believe that it might not happen, and yet it was the inevitable conclusion. Yankees Dodgers, and it It should be an incredible series. Adnan, I want to start here with the two biggest names in baseball, the two best performers in baseball, Shohe Ohtani, Aaron Judge. It's the first ever matchup of 250 home run hitters in the same season against each other in the World Series. Adnan, my question for you, which of these two players do you believe will have the better performance in the World Series with Ohtani performing better thus far in the postseason and Judge struggling thus far?

I I think it'll be Ohtani again. I think he'll just continue his trend because the Dodgers relievers are no joke right now, Jeremy. Their top six relievers have a 0.84 ERA. So Judge is going to face just an array of high leverage relievers coming out of that bullpen, which is why I think LA is going to be favored in this series, along with, as you mentioned, O'Tani and Betts and Freeman, et cetera. To your point about the two one seeds, which I kept trying to pooh-pooh the notion because so far in baseball, especially on this playoff format, we've seen so many upsets. I tried to explain people. I said, Listen, in the NBA, the number one team is Celtics. They're going to win the finals, and they do. The Warriors, the Cavs, whoever the number one seat is, they'll be there. That's how it works in basketball. Chiefs may not have been the number one seat a year ago, but guess what? With Mahomes, they're always going to be the favorite. In baseball, it doesn't happen that way. Billy Beane famously said, It's a crapshoot. My blank doesn't work in the playoffs. But to actually have both one seeds in the World Series, it's so special.

It's incredibly memorable, I think, already for baseball because we haven't had Yankees, Dodgers, and 1981, and yet it's the most popular World Series match of ever. With all that being said, third time since 2000, top seats from each league advancing. 2013, Sox Cardinals, 2020, Rays, Dodgers. If you get the Rays were the one seat just a few years ago. But specific to your question, Ohtani Judge. Listen, Ohtani was quiet at first, right? Against the Padres, he was not doing much. He was sitting around 220. Then all of a sudden, he looked like an NLCS MVP, stepped up big time. Obviously, Betz has been really good. Judge hasn't hit much. When he has hit, at least he's hit couple of big home runs. That's the good news. We'll always remember that home run off Klauss, it was led to Stanton's home run. They didn't win that game, but it felt like a big moment for Judge. He's getting harder, back to back homer in games. But overall, it's still a ton of swing and miss in Aaron Judges' game. He's not the same player in the postseason, and you can no longer still say, well, it's a small sample size.

He's been in the play since 2017. Every year, he's in the playoff. Against the actuals, he struggled mildly. But even this year, Royals and guardians, I don't think this is A-list pitching necessarily, and Judge still struggles. So I think in this matchup of MVP MVP, which everybody wants to see. So much star power. I think O'Tani will fare better, although obviously the Yankees pitching has been great so far, and I think it'll continue.

Yeah, Judge right now batting under the Mendoza line despite those couple of homers. And the good news is for the Yankees, they have several other guys in this lineup. You look at Giancarlo Stanton, he's fourth all time in Yankees' postseason home runs. Juan Soto, who we know may actually be the best hitter in baseball, even when you count Judge and O'Tani, he had his clutch home run late. Then There's Muki Betz on the other side who broke out of his slump, Freddie Freeman, who's obviously banged up. There are bats all over this series. So Adnan, guys not named O'Tani and Judge, who is the player that you're looking at to be the X-Factor best performer in this series, whether it's one of the guys I just named or someone else?

No, it's a guy you mentioned, Stanton, Jeremy. He's been unbelievable. Five homers, 11 RBI, 794 slug in nine games this postseason. Each of his last four hits are home runs, and he's a home run three straight games. No one ever in the of baseball has had 16 home runs in his first 36 postseason games. The guy has been unbelievable. And he's finally in the World Series, 1,649 regular season games, the fourth most among active players that a World Series appearance. Only McCutchen, Goldschild, are a lot of more than him. He's from Los Angeles. He returns his native LA, 10 homers, 26 RBI, and 25 career games at Dodger Stadium. Think about that. He averages more than a homer a game at Dodger Stadium. So he's been electric so far. He also owns the ballpark's farthest homer in the Statkast era. May 12th, 2015, he had a homer in 475 feet. So let's all pray, especially for Taylor and all the Yankees fans that Stanton hits one in 500 feet. But he's been awesome, man. He's much maligned in this area. People point The fact he doesn't play 150 games, back he doesn't play defense. Guess what?

He has been unbelievable this postseason. Anytime he hit a big hit, Stanton. People look at the class, the home run. I keep looking at that Tana Byby because that felt like guardians up to nothing. This game, Cleveland wins. You're going to go to game with Gary Cole. I was like, Man, one swing of the bat, and all of a sudden, the Yankees are back in this thing. It was a great moment for Stanton and for the Yankees. He's been awesome.

All right, Ethan, you're up for your second guess here. There's one strike to Chris. I'm going to go with Bernie Williams. That's a good one. Are you looking at my sheet over here? Burn, Baby Burn. 21st. Wow. Just sneaks on the list. Sneaky good in World Series. Chris, do I want to just go with some old Yankees? Notice I'm pretty sure we've only named Yankees thus far. I'm going to go with the Dodger here. Really bad one, though. I don't even I don't know if he played in the World Series with them. This is bad. Oh, boy.

This is bad, guys. This is bad. Matt Kemp.

Matt Kemp never played in a World Series. I don't think he ever played in a World Series. All right. This is not going well for me so far. Two strikes for Chris. I'm going to go ahead and submit Hedecky Motsui. Hedecky Motsui, not on the list. Really? He didn't make the top 22. He was 27. So Ethan, with a lead. Who said Ethan could play? Taylor did. Jerk over there. The best ability sometimes is available. We're supposed to get top-tier guests, and we have Ethan in the World Series. Huge special. Congratulations, Ethan.Thank you.All right. Anyway, you're up. My next guest, he's played for two different teams in the World Series, one of them being the Dodgers. I'm going to look at Ethan's sheet. We're going to go with Muki Betz. Muki Betz?Wow. Not on the list. Some would say, Worst guest than Matt Kemp. How many RBIs does he have in the World Series? Where I think you went wrong, it's he doesn't have those RBIs with the Dodgers. With the Dodgers. Oh, it has. Okay. With the Yankees or with the Dodgers. Chris? That's why That's not White Camp. But I appreciate- I'll go with Tino Martínez.

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Don Levatard. It sounds to me like everybody could use a hug because a hug is always the right size. Stugatz. All I have put in my body today is three cups of coffee and an entire cup of honey.

Don't let him fool you.

He said in the break that he's jittery. This is the Dan Levatard show with the Stugatz. I can't believe you guys have talked this much offense without mentioning Juan Soto.

Like Jeremy said, in passing, he might be the best hitter in this series.

Is there any scenario, and I know I'm looking past this series, where the Yankees let Soto walk?

I think there is only in that the Mets are going to pay just absurd money. So John Hayman, who's a New York Post writer and, of course, colleague at MLB Network, he pulled 14 different insiders. This was before the playoffs, Cody. 14 people within front offices in baseball, giving me the numbers on Soda. The lowest number was 10 for 450, and the highest was 14 for 660. That's before the playoffs. He's now hit 333 this postseason. He's hit three home runs. The guy's been massive. So I don't think we're going to get that 10,450. It's starting to feel like maybe it is going to be at least five, if not pushing six. So how many teams can actually pay that money? Even the Dodgers with their money. They just spend a billion dollars. They're not signing Soto. The Cubs, okay, I know they have deep pockets, but they're not signing Soto. It really feels like it's going to be Mets versus Yankees. And would Steve Cohen be that guy to go, All right, a price is right. One dollar more. I'll do it. I'll give Soto $700 million I was like, I think he's crazy.

I don't think he's that crazy. So I don't foresee a scenario in which the Yankees don't resign him. But to your point, could it happen? Yeah. If he hits 450 in the World Series and just completely goes out, somebody will get in and say, One of these owners, I'm Steve Cohen in the Mets, what would be better? The Yankees win the World Series and I'll steal their star player. Stranger things have happened. But to your overarching point, no, he's been indispensable to the team. That home run will live forever. Cliff Floyd, former Marlin gray, did a great breakdown with me. No one's better at the elevated fastball than Soto. He's the only guy who, of course, want fastballs down on the zone, especially lefty hitters. 95 up in the zone. Somehow he gets on top of that, Paul, and he goes, Cliff, he goes, It's like serving a dish, like a waiter. They just serve a dish. He goes, he's just able to keep that swing level, and he gets on top of 95 up in the zone. Nobody else can hit a high fastball like Juan Soto. And like Jeremy said, might be the best player in the game.

So I think he's staying with the Yankees. And I think deep in his heart, he wants to stay. Having said that, Scott Boris is his client. I've heard some whispers like, well, he'll take less for the Yankees. I'm like, No, he's not. Let's make this blunt. If the Yankees offer 10 for 500 and the Mets offered 11 for 550, he's taking the Mets offer. That's exactly right. He'll push up that money. No question about it.

I know they signed Gary Cole, and then they picked up the Stanton contract, but it seems like they've been waiting around.

The Yankees have actually been not spending for what we were accustomed to 15, 20 years ago.

So it seems like it just makes sense. If you're going to just overspend on someone, Soto is worth it.

Yeah, the In fact, he's 25 years of age, I'm like, these are the contracts you want to sign these guys. Normally, it's the Miguel Cabrera's the pool. It's the guy's 30, you go, man, you get him 10 for 240. That's not going to be a good contract. For Soto, you're like, well, dude, he's 25. He's about to turn 26. Give him 14 years. Fine. He'll play until he's 40. And the last few years don't look good, but you lower the whole overall AAB. But you're totally right, Cody. The years the Yankees spending wildly. It's funny. The last time they won the World Series, what did they do? They went out and spent. They signed Mark to share for $180 million. They signed Aja Burnet, and they fancy science. Dc Sabatia for $161 million. That was all in that offseason. And then '09, they won the World Series. So this year, Cashman makes this major one move. I'll deal Michael King and a couple of good players for Soto. We're going to go win a World Series. If it ends up happening, obviously, the world is yours when it comes to in that contract.

I'm going to go ahead and guess $550 million over 14 years. But there's nothing better than the Yankees fan base being so remarkably miserable as a fan base that they're already complaining about losing Soto before the World Series has even happened. It's great. And speaking of complaining, there's nobody better to complain about than a manager. And I think, personally, both Aaron Boon and Dave Roberts have done a masterful job this postseason, whether it's managing their bullpins, whether it's picking the right guys on the right day to start and come in later in the game. Whose reputation can get a bigger boost from winning this World Series? Because I think for so many, Adnan, Dave Roberts winning in 2020, nobody really gives the type of credit that's deserved for everything that comes with winning a World Series. So which manager can benefit more with their fan base and nationally from winning a World Series this season?

You can make a case for Doc, Jeremy, because you're right. The one World Series you win is in this truncated, weird COVID year of 2020. But the fact he's in fourth World Series in eight seasons, they've won the pen up four times. I think that's pretty notable. This guy's a great manager. Now, there was some whispers if the Dodgers lost the Padres, would his job be in jeopardy? Perhaps. But I think within the game and outside the game, Dave Roberts' reputation is assured. Audly Funny enough, though, Jim Bowden, former colleague at ESPN, does a great job at MLB Network Radio. He was telling a story about how his top three managers of the year in the National League are Mike Schult, Carlos Mendoza, and I can't remember the third time I had, but it wasn't Dave Roberts. Point is, Dave Roberts texted him and was like, Are you kidding? He said, This is my best managing job. Jim's laughing. He's like, You win 98 games. Have you seen my pitching staff? This was genuinely good work by me. So I think people oftentimes can be their own harshest critiques, but they can be their best evaluators.

So for Dave Roberts to go, No, I know what I was up against, the fact that we got Landon Nack out here pitching criminal games. This was great what we did for the Dodgers. So answer your question, though. It's Booney, without question. My old buddy from ESPN, he's the nicest human you'll ever meet. Everybody Lovin' loves Booney, but he was under the gun this year. And he has an option for next year. And I would never put this simplistically. I certainly didn't text it to him. But it was like, if you lose the Royals, he's probably out of his job. If you lose the guardians, it's 50/50. And if he makes the World Series, he's going to get an extension. So it's worked out great for Booney because now I'm like, no, you ended the drought. You're in the World Series for the first time in 15 years. Win or lose, the Yankees have gone somewhere they haven't gone in a while. He's been the manager for seven years. They made the playoff six of seven years. Last year was his worst year, once they still finished above 582 wins, but missed the playoffs, I get it.

But they bounced back. So I'm like, dude, if they win the World Series, he's getting a five-year contract. If they lose the World Series, he's still getting a three-year contract. But I think the perception has changed. I think for years, it was always, hey, Aaron Boon is a great guy. Everyone knows that. Everyone knows he's a baseball lifer. His grandfather played baseball. His dad played baseball. He played baseball. But does he actually understand the whole art of managing? And he does. If you've watched this postseason, the fact early on, he was willing to go to Clay Holmes or willing to go to Weaver, specifically for those five out saves. He's like, Wow, that's the way Joe Torre would use Mariano Rivera. But then very quickly, he realized once Holmes got touched up against Fry, once Weaver got touched up, it's like, Hey, we can't just keep relying on these guys, every situation. He's putting Mark Leiter Jr. In a playoff game. Mark Liner Jr. Got out of the roster 12 hours before first pitch. That is about as ballsy as it gets. I'm like, Wow. Because Booney knew the numbers are inconceivable, fellows. The times that hitters faced a reliever for the third time, batting average is 276 on basis 3:40, slugging is like 4:80.

So the more and more times you have to face that same reliever, advantage to the team that is hitting. So he quickly saw that data and goes, I can't keep running out Weaver for five-out saves. I can't keep using these guys. I'm going Tim Hill, who the last time we spoke, Taylor said he wasn't crazy about. Tim Hill, he's sticking it to Taylor. Mark Leiner Jr. And that mustache coming through. And part of that has to be given credit to the manager who believes in these guys at the biggest times possible. He pulled the strings perfectly.

I'm going to... Oh, actually, Babe Ruth. That is a good guess. Babe Ruth, fifth on the list. 30 RBIs in the four.I'm not going to get too cute here. All right, I'll just... Yeah, I'm not going to get cute either here. Dimagio. Is he on this list? Joe Dimagio, number 4.Wow, all right, he is.With 30 RBIs also. I didn't know all these old-ass Yankees. Come on, you know these Yankees. It's Joe Dimagio, Mickey Man, O'Beara, and Babe. I am going to go with... Stop looking at our All the names I have on here are the names we've already written down. How much time is left on our pitch clock? Five seconds. Five seconds.

How can I know? I'm but a man. I'm but a man.

I am going to go with Alex Rodriguez. The ride.Strike three for Chris Cody. He was only in one World Series, right? Yeah. Okay, so I'm going to go ahead and say Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig was number three. It was number three. You misspoke. Why didn't I just say Lou? Cut that, cut that, cut that. Ethan, we're essentially head to head now. One strike each, and We have, thus far, we have said Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, and Lou Gehrig. I'm going off the board here. I believe those are the only ones we have. Dodger. Duke Snyder. Duke Snyder, number seven on the list.

That's a pull.

Duke, Snyder. Thank you, MOB The Show. There's got to be someone nicer than Aaron Boon. Come on, I know you're friends with him. Just give me one name that's nicer than Aaron Boon. Come on.

Alex Cora is a pretty nice guy. I'm working, as you know, Cody, on probably Monday Night Hockey here. So I was in Toronto yesterday. Our producer, Merck Asken, is a gigantic Red Sox fan. And I said, I'm going to do something for you today. I'm going to FaceTime Alex Cora. So I texted AC earlier. I texted the guy, I go, Can you give me a couple of minutes? And Alex was great. I don't think if tomorrow someone... If I was with Cody and he go, Hey, this guy's a big Adnan Merck fan. I'm like, Okay, can you FaceTime him? I don't know if I give you five minutes of FaceTime. I may be like, Well, send him a text or tell him, Thank you. Alex Cora, probably the nicest human, giving five minutes to my buddy Merck Askin. Booney. If I FaceTime Booney right now, go, Hey, you're on the pitch clock, I don't think he's answering that call.

Well, it would be understandable, considering he's got some World Series. I'm willing to try, though, if you want to try. I mean, if you want to, by the end of this, if you want to FaceTime Booney, we're not going to be mad about it. At Adnan, look, we could dive into the pitching of both of these teams. You already mentioned the Dodgers and the way that their relievers have performed. We've now mentioned the way Aaron Boon has pressed all the right buttons. But this is the pitch clock. We don't have enough time to dive into all of this in the long form. So now I'm going We didn't have to ask you, you take the pitching into consideration. You take O'Tani and Judge. You take the managers. You take the rest of these rosters. Who's prediction? Adnan Verk, who is going to win the World Series and in how many games? Can we write this down?

I'll do it because I know we're up against the clock here as well. But I want to give two other nuggets. Anthony Volpe has reached base safely all nine games this postseason. Under the radar, my man's getting 310, 459 on base, 345. And one more for you, Gerri Cole, who's starting game one. He's faced 192 batters since September first. He has allowed One home run. That was against M. J. Melendez.

So he's due. All right, he's due. Show, Hey, lead off home run. Put all your money on it.

I'm pulling hard for Booney in the New York Yankees. I live here in the New Jersey area. One of my kids is becoming a giant Yankees fan. But you're asking me deep down, what do I feel? Dodgers His bullpen has been electric. Their offense is a juggernaut. I think the Dodgers went in six.

The roller coaster of emotions that you just put Taylor through, who started fist-pumping in the other room and then immediately put the thumbs down. It was incredible. Adnan Virk, hey, we We probably only have one more episode of the Pitch Clock with the World Series going on. That's if we're lucky. So Adnan, thank you so much for joining us on this World Series preview edition of the Pitch Clock. Now, let's send it back to the competition between myself, Chris, and Ethan to wrap this thing up. All right, I have one that I want to say from the Dodgers, but I'm not. I'm trying to just keep surviving, so I'm going to say Reggie Jackson. Reggie Jackson was on the list, number 16 with 17 RBI. How do we not say Mr. October till right now? When you said right fielder on those teams, it threw me to Reggie Jackson. Roger Maris, not in the right answer. Ethan, you're up. Still one strike for each of us. This guy was a dodger, but I'm just going to make sure I have his name right. Peewee Reese. That's on this list, right? It was my next guess.

I'm going to punch Ethan in the face. What a guess by Ethan. It was my next guess. It was 18th on the list. Yeah. Peewee Reese. 16 RBIs for Peewee. Peewee Wow. If I could reach you right now, I would punch you. How about this one? Roy Campanella. Wow. Roy Campanella, not on the list. No. That's a second strike for Jeremy. Loser. Do you know where he would have been? Is he anywhere near this list, or am I just... This is one of the cases where-I see him going to Google. He might. I don't have the exact- That's all right. Two strikes for me. Ethan, you're back up here. All right, this is bad of us, but have we not guessed Jackie Robinson yet? That's a second strike. Yeah, Jackie Robinson was 31st. Okay, how about Paul O'Neill? Paul O'Neill, not on the list. Okay, hold on. That's a Third strike for me. Ethan still needs no. Oh, because he started the round. So Ethan is the victor. This mother- This is unsatisfying. I would like to get a guess. I mean, don't get an extra guess. I'll take the dub. I'll take the dub.

All right. So I come in second place once again. Ethan swoops in. Congratulations on your victory. Can we hear the rest of the list? Yeah, no notable misses on this list. Six was Bill Scowran, Gil McDonald, Hank Bauer. Hank Bauer. Wow. Bill Dickey, Gil Hodges, Billy Martin, Tony Lozari, Elston Howard, Charlie Keller, Bob Musel, Bobby Richardson, Joe Gordon. All right, so I feel good. Any of those names. Outside of Gil Hodges, I named every single name that I knew. I'm pretty proud of this. Honestly, guys, solid effort all the way around. Not by me. And I think that level of competition should lead into a pretty terrific World Series here. So excited that that's coming up tomorrow night. And But, yeah, guys, stick around for another episode of The Pitch Clock next week. Hey, everyone, it's Mike Ryan. So I'm hearing that you still haven't entered the DraftKings' Weekend Observation presented by Miller Life, Prediction Pool. Let me ask you, what exactly are you waiting for? You don't want to guess how many times two gods might swear in this segment. There are so many things that are on the table for you to play along with us.

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