Giancarlo Stanton and I would still be on the Marlins if Jose Fernandez hadn't passed away.
I'd still be there. Stanton would still be there. We'd all still be there this year if that [Jose Fernandez's passing] didn't happen. This would have been his last year before free agency so we would have been gearing up making a playoff push and we had a ton of talent on those teams.
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View episodeIf you got upset about Bryce Harper's dad 'cheating' during the Home Run Derby, you are a loser.
His dad cheated. And if you got upset about that, and I love Kyle Schwarber, you are the biggest loser in the world because it's the home run derby.
Bryce Harper will not be a National next year.
We commonly agree that, yes, Bryce Harper is no longer going to be a National next year.
Baseball is officially back because it finally received the Colin Cowherd 'Manalytics' seal of approval.
Baseball is fully back because it finally got the Colin Cowherd seal of approval. You know his Manalytics, which we are actually unironically fans of... We actually believe in Manalytics.
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View profileRobot umpires should only be used for challenges, not for every pitch
I think that would be like the furthest extent that you'd want see it. I don't want it like full, I, I just, yeah. Don't think it would be good... I think in big spots if like there's an egregious miss or something like that, like I think even the umpires would probably want it to be corrected.
The shift ban will significantly benefit every left-handed hitter in MLB
Any left-handed hitter, it's gonna be good because even if you weren't a guy that was full shift, you're still losing hits because of it. Analytically teams don't care, it's just more so like just don't hit a homer or a double. You'd get blown up and a ball that would stop in the infield grass basically ended up being a hit, and then you lose the one where you hit a line drive to right field and it hits the third baseman right in the chest.
Robot umpires will have unintended consequences like calling strikes on balls in the dirt
I don't want robot umps. No. Because I think there's gonna be a lot of unintended consequences with that. Because if you just have a square that buzzes ball or strike... there are a lot of breaking balls that'll be like in the dirt that'll clip the bottom of the strike zone technically. I don't want robots.