How the D-backs Can STILL Make the Playoffs With Just 9 Games Left

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2:09We're playing that sad song the rest of this season until this team starts winning. Welcome into the pH and next time at Backshow. La from Studio K presented by our friends at Circle K. And my voice is already kind of trash from all the screaming I've done about this team losing the last two games. So I'm going to try to keep it chill. That's the reason why I'm thrilled to have my Damon dog back so that he can get fired up and do some screaming today about this team and what has happened the last two days. My name is Derek Montia, occasionally known as your mayor, pH and X. Thrilled to have you guys here. Welcome in to pH and next time at Backshow. Damon. Derek. Skiy to you. Happy Thursday. And a lot of people had accusations about your whereabouts yesterday after the series loss. Yeah, I mean, some, you know, I'm not going to be here to confirm nor deny the reports that I was scheduled to be on the post game show and that I in fact did a walk out with

3:09the diamond bags. As the diamond backs have done a scheduled walk out for the season, it feels like I have thus also decided I will be walking out from doing these post game shows. I get it. I totally get it. But I'm feeling a little of that myself, but of course, believe it or not, they still aren't dead. And we are going to talk about why that is the case, even though it's unbelievable. But this is the pH and X diamond back show presented by Game Time. Go download the game time app right now, create an account and use code pH and X for $20 off your first purchase terms do apply. And yes, they did, they do come off another series loss to the Marlins who own us. There's no other way to say that they have not won a series against the Marlins at home since May of 2022. It sounds like that's not that long ago, but that is four and a half years since the last time they beat the Marlins at home. That's not an AL team that we hardly ever see.

4:12That is the National League Miami Marlins who we see quite often. And it's unbelievable that they once again lost another game for to three and that they lose that series three games to two. But the big, the big thing here is yesterday, I mean, we are thumbnail with thank you fans. We're not even going to pretend like it's, it wasn't over after yesterday's game, but believe it or not, folks. And as Rex likes to point out the two of you watching, appreciate both of you though. Well, one of you, the other one I love the other one I love. I'll leave it up to you guys to decide, but I think I think we can figure out which way that goes. Hi, Deborah. I love you. Anyway, back to the playoff odds. It seems like it's over, but like we said, there is no e next to the Diamondbacks name. And their entire situation is changed dramatically after losing this series to Miami. As of Thursday morning here, they sit at 80 and 73, three and a half games behind the Padres for the final nationally wild card spot with nine games remaining.

5:16The Padres are 83 and 69 and have won nine of their last 10 games and they make me sick. They do this to us all the time and they did it to us again this year. This is the part about the final stretch that's not so great is that the Diamondbacks no longer control their own destiny, not to say that they really did. But with the amount of games at the Padres of one and you know, the groove that they are in currently, it's hard to imagine that they're going to suddenly not be winning games. But that's what we need to happen. That's what we need to happen. And if that can happen, then the Diamondbacks due to a certain extent control their destiny considering that they play the Padres in that final series of the season. It's the one series that we have circled on the calendar now for months. It's probably a series of that we've talked about since the beginning of the year when the schedule dropped and we were like, I can't believe we're playing the Padres again in the final series of the year. It's like three seasons in a row. All three of these seasons that have gone bad.

6:16We've ended the season against the Padres. But the Diamondbacks obviously can't simply win games just to get in. They need some help. They need some losses. They need those losses from all three of those teams ahead of them in the wild card race. And that would be great to see. It would be great to see those teams go through what we've been going through currently. But if the Diamondbacks somehow miraculously win every single one of their remaining nine games, they would they would finish 89 and 73. That can be the best record at this point that the Diamondbacks can obtain. They cannot hit 90 wins. And they would need the Padres to go five and five or worse in its final 10 games to finish below Arizona. And obviously three of those games would be three wins against the Padres. That seems unlikely considering that the Diamondbacks only have four sweeps this year, the entire year. And now we're asking them to sweep the final three series of the year against the Yankees, the Rockies and the Padres.

7:18Damon's making noises over there that I can't even comprehend over. I'm emotional just the thought of that. Just the thought of that has a homophobic and popping over there again. But obviously the way the record changes, if we go eight and one, we finish 88 73. Padres have to go four and six or worse. So the Diamondbacks finish seven and two, they would need Padres to finish three and seven or worse. And if they finish six and three, they would need the Padres to go two and eight in their final 10 games, which this is a team right now that's just one nine of their last ten. Is that likely? Probably not. However, sweeping that final series against the Padres, if that is at all possible, would aid that quite a bit. But the Padres series is essentially the season. What happens between now and then determines how relevant that series is. The Diamondbacks need to be within shouting distance of that team. And more importantly, I mean a series sweep would, even if the Diamondbacks end up tying

8:24the Padres, I believe would, the Diamondbacks at that point would be in based on them winning the season series against the Padres. And finishing with those three games is enormous. That's the reason why it's so important. We cannot sit here and think that the Diamondbacks at all in any way are going to catch the Cubs or the Phillies. That could happen. It's not out of the realm of possibility, but that's even less likely than catching the Padres. And even winning two out of three of that series against the Padres might end up being enough. But that, you know, that would need that would require the Padres to lose a lot of games between now, now and then. And this is absolutely a do or die situation. Three games here at Chase field, three games in Colorado, three games in San Diego. I don't want to say this isn't elite competition, but it is. The Yankees have the best pitching staff in all the baseball currently. And we have to go up against.

9:25And one of the best pitchers in all the baseball and their staff. Plus again, the Rockies are the Rockies playing them in Colorado is always a real wild card situation. But there's no margin for air. And that's the problem. This is team hasn't been playing their best baseball or flawless baseball all season long. They've had a couple of games where they played flawless baseball, but a handful. They're not enough for you to look back over a stretch and say we need to get back to that point in May or that point in July. There was that stretch from July 9th on where they were very good for the rest of that month. A month where, to be honest, the schedule was hard enough that it should have probably killed their season right then and there. And because of how good they were in July, that's why we are talking about them still playing relevant baseball right now. And at the very least, that's what they've given us. But again, I understand the feeling that fans have about that not being enough any longer.

10:28You know, that's something that we want doing a show about this team, but coming so close once again to the postseason and not making it is crushing when it comes to, you know, it happening three three seasons consecutively. Yeah. Yeah, it's been a really, really tough stretch to take, Derek. And I think people are understandably kind of fed up with missing the playoffs by a game. And especially when you look at like the investment that this team has put forth, if you're Ken Kendrick, right? Like this is a, you've spent more money over the last, you know, three seasons since the World Series than you ever have in your investment. Just doesn't, it's not yielding the results that it should be. Yeah, 100%. I mean, it's, it, it, it does become, like I said, the other day kind of the definition of insanity, doing the same thing and expecting different results. They, you know, they've been up against it.

11:30And obviously baseball as a sport is going to change forever. This offseason, this CBA negotiation will forever change how the financial, you know, pyramid here, which doesn't always feel, that doesn't feel a great word to use. I feel like this is a scheme, you know, but anyway, it is kind of a scheme or a scam, if you will. But I will say that, you know, the financial structure of major league baseball is going to change one way or another with the CBA negotiation. So who knows how the spending works because based on this floor and ceiling that the owners have proposed, it almost puts the diamondbacks below the floor. They're like right there at the bottom, they would, you know, almost need to increase spending. And that's a good thing. That would allow us to do so without having to enter those, you know, tax brackets and such that the diamondbacks right now, the luxury tax, you know, brackets that they've been trying to avoid. And that would actually allow this team to spend more.

12:31And that would probably allow this team to be far more competitive. So the future is very unknown right now, especially for this franchise. But that's why it makes the here and now so much more important. This is it for this era of the Arizona diamondbacks. They're not going to burn everything down to the ground and they're not going to just, you know, start over. Their core is still strong and there's still a lot of good pieces to build around. But with LeVolo's contract expiring, there's a good chance he won't be brought back. And I couldn't really tell you about the future for my case. I will stick up for Hayes and though and say this. I think you all have been kind of terrible to this man, considering what he has been strapped with as far as the financial restraints of the organization and what he has been able to do as a GM to make this team as competitive as it's been in his time as our general manager,

13:31considering the broken ass team that he was handed when he started here as a general manager. And I mentioned that he has been through some of the toughest things in life that any person could go through while being the general manager of this team. And he still somehow gave this organization his all in trying to make this team a winner. So I think I think it, you know, I understand the way people feel, but especially about Tory, I get it. It's been 10 years and, you know, it's not been the most successful 10 years, but a lot of people value Tory for what he has been able to do as a manager. I understand the flat he gets, but I mean, I don't think that I would argue that or anyone would really argue that my case and hasn't been a massive upgrade on Dave Stewart in the previous regime. But how long does that get to be used as a, as like a reason why, you know, you're not

14:32being successful at your own job? It's been a decade. I mean, it's not like again, it's not entirely his fault. I mean, injuries, he's been running the show for a decade. I going out and getting Corbin Burns was a pretty damn good move, considering how reliable and durable he's been. And then he has the biggest injury of his entire career while, while here, Jordan Montgomery was the best available free agent pitcher on the market and the Diamondbacks went out and signed him. And I don't think, yeah, and I don't think that I actually think that that was probably if I'm reading between the lines, I think Ken Kendrick probably pushed for Jordan Montgomery more than Mike Hazen did. Sure. But if Mike Hazen was the one that was the primary pusher of that, then that's one of the worst moves of his entire career. He doesn't get to wear that as a badge of honor. He paid Jordan Montgomery $20 million a year to be the worst pitcher in baseball for the Diamondbacks. That's bad GMing just objectively. I mean, yeah, but again, when you're looking at the track record of the guys that they acquired and what they were doing and what they were, yeah, I mean, it sucks that they didn't perform.

15:34I don't know the reason why it didn't work out for them here. It's just kind of like Corbin Burns. I mean, it sucks that he got injured. There's not much you can do about that. That's not something you can blame Mike Hazen for. But, I mean, I could blame him for not having a good enough team around Corbin Burns where if Corbin Burns goes down, then you're not going to be able to make the playoffs. I don't know. They had a lot of guys that suddenly needed Tommy Johnson. I mean, Derek, I know you're, I've kind of backed you into a corner where you're playing Devils advocate a little bit here. But I think that on the one hand, you can say that Dave Stewart was the worst GM in franchise history. Mike Hazen is levels better than Dave Stewart. Mike Hazen, if he was let go by the Diamondbacks is probably running another organization in a week because people respect him highly. But that all being said, we can still hold people to the standard of, you know, you need to be good at your job. Not you need to be better than the last guy. And being good at Mike Hazen's job, in his cases, getting this team to the postseason, which

16:35he's frankly failed to do in the last couple of years here. I don't understand why he doesn't have to wear that because of things that happened seven, eight, nine years ago. I'm not saying he doesn't have to wear that, but you're really going to blame him for injuries and such. And you're not even going to consider the other moves like locking Corbin Carroll into the contract that they locked him into extending him right before he, I wasn't going to consider that. But that's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm saying. I just think that it's better than Dave Stewart if that's a bark here. Right. And I'm not saying that coming a few games short isn't also on Mike Hazen, right? Falling a few games short three seasons a row falls on everybody. That's a part of this team. I'm not, I'm not saying that. But what I am saying is that again, there, there is a lot of factors here with this situation considering that the team is maxed out on spending. That spending was done on players that didn't, that weren't even here on the field playing,

17:36you know, a lot of that money, right? So I mean, is that not the GM's fault, though, for signing those contracts for signing a player that got injured Damon? I don't know how about Madison. What about Madison, what about Madison, Bob Gardner? Well, we're still paying him. Is that not Mike Hazen's or not still paying him, but I know he's, he's logging off the books. I'm pretty sure well, not long off the books. We certainly were paying him last season. So maybe we stopped between last season and this season, but we had to pay him to go away from the organization. I mean, I don't know, but I will say that the trade deadline moves were bad. There's going to be bad moves and a GM's tenure. What they did this year, not addressing the needs, constantly not addressing the needs was definitely a mark against Hazen here overall. Yeah. I mean, I don't see how you could argue otherwise. Again, Derek, I know that I'm kind of putting you in a bad spot here where you are trying to put things in. And saying that you are, but I've admitted that multiple times already now. So I'm trying to be fair to you in this, in this conversation by saying that and by making that very clear, but I don't think it's fair to just like wipe away.

18:40Well, Mike Hazen's trying to put together a good team. I'm not wiping that away. Like that's crazy. I'm not wiping that away. What I'm saying is a GM's not at fault for a pitcher getting injured and missing 15 months from Tommy John surgery. I'm not for not having the depth in the organization requisite to get past an injury like that. He's in charge of the entire organization's roster, top to bottom. Other teams have injuries and they're perfectly fine because they have better teams around them. Not disagreeing with that, but they also lost several of their guys due to Tommy John surgery as well, including Ryan Nelson, who was one of their best pitchers on the team. Right. I mean, the offense is the problem this year, not the injuries to the pitching. That's it. That's absolutely the offense. That's absolutely the truth. But it's also the same guys that have been here on the field doing the being the team, right? We talked about that. The missing factor here this year has been Katele Marte has been Corbin Carroll has been heraldopredomo. We talked about them hitting just the other day, Pradomos numbers hitting with runners

19:42in scoring position, right? Like there are a number of factors here, but the players that were added to this team are actually the ones that are a big reason why they're winning, right? The Nolan R and auto move. There's a great move right there, having the Cardinals eat as much of his contract and him hitting 26 home runs here and kind of having a resurgence in his career. What sad is is that those guys were as you and I have talked about, they were supposed to supplement these guys. We said, bring in a couple of guys that can help them. Now those guys, James McCann has one of the best batting averages on this team. Nolan R and auto is like leading the team in home runs. That shouldn't be the case because the guys that should be doing that are Corbin Carroll, heraldopredomo and Katele Marte. I don't disagree with that. You're right. I mean, also one thing that you and I were in big favor of was obviously not trading Katele Marte. And now everything that we've been through after this off season, I don't know if I would still have that same stance. And depending on if I heard the packages and if it could include a Peyton Toli, I'm saying, yes, no matter who else is with it. But that kind of situation showed loyalty to a player that, again, they tried their best

20:47to kind of downplay that situation, but I'm guessing they were more shopping him around than they made it out to be. And there's probably good reason for that after hearing that this thing that happened this year didn't just happen last year, but also happened a year before and all of this stuff. Again, my bigger point here about this is that, you know, as far as cleaning house, which most people want to do, I don't know if that's the right move. I don't either. I'm not advocating for that. I'm, I think I'm trying to say more that I think that the answer is probably more in the middle of, you know, whether they deserve the blame versus don't deserve the blame. I think my case in, as you stated, has maybe had some stuff that have been out of his control such as Corbin, Katell, and Jerry all having down years, something that is not his fall. Everybody's going to invest in those players. Everybody's going to think that those players are good enough to make your offense at least league average or slightly a little bit better than that. But where he, what he can control is signing Carlos Santana to be the team's platoon first

21:52basement in the office season and that being the one move there, bringing back Pave and Smith over and over and over again to this team and giving him meaningful A B's when we could have gotten a guy like Gina when he was cut. And instead they're like, we don't want to pay him $3 million. We'd rather run out Pave and Smith at later points with the season on the line. Like that kind of stuff to me, I can blame my case in four on the, I think that there's stuff that's out of his control as well. I'm not advocating for getting rid of them. I just think that like, you know, it's, I wouldn't necessarily say that he's blameless here. I think that there's a lot of stuff that he could have done differently. I completely agree with that. I never said he was blameless, but what I said is people that are calling for his job forget the good that he's done for this team and he's done a lot, but he's done it on a shoestring budget. The floor is a lot higher with my case as GM versus what it has been in years past. I think that it's also fair to argue, you know, should we try to strive for a better,

22:52a bigger ceiling too, because it feels like now it's time to go to the next level. The next step of actually making the playoffs consistently as a franchise and is this regime, the regime that's going to get us there is the question a lot of people are asking. I'm not giving an answer either way. I'm just, I'm just merely stating like, I think that that's what the true question topic of this entire thing is. Here's what I'll say. First of all, here's what I'll say, Rex, I'm being too emotional. Bannem, Bannem from the chat right now. This is how emotional I'm being. Put him in time out, get him out of here. I don't want to see another killer X comment for the rest of this episode. That's how there you I'm too emotional there. That's how emotional I'm being killer X. I want to spamming my chat anymore like you do every single time you're here. But also what I will say when it comes to this entire situation is I would love to see Mike Hazen with whatever the new financial structure is because again, the geno thing still makes me wonder, does that $3 million is that was that just enough to put them over

23:53this stupid luxury tax where now they have to pay all sorts of additional money? I know when it came to their off-season spending that they spent far more than we thought they were going to spend. So they did enter in being very close to that luxury tax. And again, even something like that might be enough to push them over. So when I say I would like to see at least Mike Hazen here with whatever the new CBA brings us, that could put the diamond backs from being right there at a threshold where they can't spend anymore to just being at the bottom level of where they need to be due to the new floor. And that could give them a lot of time to perhaps do more, right? I still think that I will agree with Damon, some of the bad contracts, some of the huge contracts that this team probably shouldn't have even signed, even though it was, it looked good at the time, adding the best available starting pitcher on the free agent market is always going to be a big move. It's always going to be tantalizing. And for some reason, the diamond backs have done it and it doesn't work out for them

24:54hardly ever. It is pretty wild. It is pretty wild, right? Like they go out and essentially get the best starter. And that's it. You know, I mean, and he wasn't the best, but even like E-Rod, right, was like a big time free agent addition. Yeah. He was pretty bad for the first couple of seasons. Look at that. Eduardo Rodriguez during that free agency season. Like there were a lot of articles about him and a lot of teams that were interested in him, right? So you're right. I mean, he had consistent. He was consistent. But it just, yeah, even E-Rod, even E-Rod didn't really work out until this year. And why didn't E-Rod work out because essentially he's been injured this entire time, this entire time. And it was finally healthy at the end of last year and then into this year. And he was finally able to pitch for this team and be the pitcher they thought they were getting originally. But even that deal didn't work out for them because of the injuries, right? And a lot of stuff when it comes to, you know, Mike Hayes and his tenure has not worked out. And I do feel like some of it is out of his control.

25:57But a lot of it is and I'll acknowledge this Damon. A lot of it is, you know, mismanaging or moves that he thought would work out that didn't work out. More importantly, though, I think like it's almost like this team at times with the ABS challenge system where they miss an ABS that they should have obviously called and they didn't do it. So then they just ABS another random pitch that was not out of the zone and then they blow a challenge, right? It almost felt like, you know, at times this team couldn't get the player or the position that they were looking to fill. So they just got somebody else and it was the best that they could do. And that best didn't work out. I think immediately of the first base situation that you addressed with Carlos Santana that made me and you not talked for three weeks straight outside of doing the show. We almost got that again right now. Yeah, I know. Well, we're going to get I've been using I must speak to you after this. Yeah, that's insane. That's crazy to think that storming out of this office. But the fact of the matter here is is that, you know, a lot of things have not gone

26:57this team's way. And yeah, I mean, that that eventually has to fall on the GM. It has to fall on the manager. I just don't foresee the team parting ways with my case in. I don't, you know, see them necessarily bringing Tory back. However, these two guys have kind of been connected throughout their entire career. So it's going to be interesting to see what happens when it comes to that decision being made. Should the Diamondbacks not make the playoffs, but that's not let's hope. Let's hope and keep our fingers crossed. That's not the direction that we go because what needs to happen this week is the Diamond backs need to essentially win the series against the Yankees. They need to win every series. These are the Yankees where the Yankees are deploying their literal like playoff rotation. Yeah, why are they doing that to us? Well, I'm sure it's fine, right? The unluckyness of the draw essentially, but it sucks that that's how it's going to play out here where we're going to have to go in and there's, you know, just no, no, if answer about it, you're going to have to go win a series against a really, really good

28:01pitching staff probably about as good of a three as you can get in baseball these days. And meanwhile, you just scored one run or two runs against junk and gusto for the Marlins, which is classic. I mean, that's always how the season was going to. Yeah. Yankees need to beat them two to one and you need to sweep the Rockies. And then the Padres need to lose games. If that happens, we have a chance. I mean, for those of you out there that want to know if we actually do have a chance or if it's a pipe dream, we have a chance. It's also asking a lot and expecting a lot for this team to win that many games over their final stretch, right? Essentially losing two games over their last nine games going seven and two, but we're doing things have happened. Baseball is what it is. And you never know. I'll tell you what, here's the one bright spot I can give when it comes to that Derek is if for some, if somehow you are able to go on a run here, going into the playoffs,

29:03we're going to be the hottest team in baseball going into the post season. And that's got to make you feel good about your chances once you get there. But again, that does nobody any favors if you don't get there. And it also doesn't mean anything if you don't go on a win streak right now. So yeah, got to get there. We got to get there. Do you believe the Dbacks can win seven of the last nine? Me personally. Yes. I thought you were. I thought maybe that was like a more general. Two chat chat. Do you believe the Dbacks can win seven of their last nine? No, I don't. No, I don't. I thought it was very, very possible this entire thing until the Padres went nine and one in their last 10 games before they became the best team the sports ever seen. And I guess we probably should have just assumed that's what was going to happen because that's what's happened to us in the past couple seasons here as well. Their offense was so bad too. All season long and you're seeing baseball. Yeah, you knew that wasn't sustainable.

30:05You knew they had to wake up eventually, you know? Yeah. I mean, it's just unfortunate. You know, I hate being the first team out of the playoffs every single year. But yeah, I definitely think that the Padres have just built up too big of a lead at this point where it's going to be really, really difficult for the Dbacks to come back out. I'll be honest, I think really the only route to making this happen here, Derek, is we got a clawback that extra half game and then we got to sweep the Padres. I think that I think that's pretty much the route to making the playoffs is your three and a half back. You got to get within three by the time you play that final series. And if you can get within three, then you unload the clip against the Padres. Everything you got, everything you got every single player you got every ounce of gas that is in the tank. Yeah. And then you get a percent above 100 that you can give 110, 111, Derek, you got to give

31:05every single thing that you got there. If you're pro no more in a situation like that, I want to see you truck the catcher, you know, if the catcher is going to give himself up to you at his that Padres series, run him over. Level, he rose style. Level him. Yeah. Yeah. No mercy. Yeah. I mean, it's time for that. It's time for war. And Damon, you know me, I, I, I, I, I might have a, I might have a Glock, but I have a weapon that's stronger than that. And it's right here. It never runs out of ammunition. And I'm ready for war. You're a voice. Yeah. That's the reference I was making to my stupid mouth is what I was making a reference to. But I will be here to advocate even for my case and even when people are calling me as shill. And I'll be here to still have hope for this team until there is an e next to their name. Because I just feel like they have been underwhelming all year long. And there is no reason why they can't play better. They are so capable of it.

32:07But they just, they seem to fold in the biggest moments this year when the spotlight is the brightest. That is when they will to weigh. It feels like they're an emotional team. Like in the same context there where you're saying that the, with that Padre's offense, there's no way they were going to have the 30th ranked OPS in baseball all season long. Yeah. You know, it's, it's like, can the Dynabax truly continue to fold in all of these big circumstances where they just go up there and it doesn't look like they even know how to hit when there is runners on base in front of them to a level that we really haven't seen in a long time. Like this whole stretch, the runners in scoring position has just been brutal for last couple of weeks here. And it's crazy. You, you can tell they're getting in their own head about it. And to me, that's just not a team that I think is going to have this miraculous turnaround where all of a sudden everyone's hot and can tell and Corbin are playing the level of baseball that we've, you know, come to expect out of them the last couple of seasons.

33:10That feels unrealistic to me. I know. You never know, man, and we got to hold out hope. That's all we can do at this point. But we're going to take a quick break. And on the other side of this break, we are going to preview essentially this must win series. Once again, with the New York Yankees that starts on Friday night, don't you go anywhere? You're watching the pH and X Diamond Back Show. Oh, man. Damon, let me tell you, I might be sick of this team. I'll tell you that. But one thing I'm not sick of is watching any sport over at Heal of River Resorts and Casinos because it is the ultimate spot to watch any game football Sundays or better there. Baseball games are better there. Everything is better there. You can place a few bets, grab some drinks and make an entire day out of it. Can even stay there. Stay the night, make an entire night out of it, make an entire weekend out of it. I just had an in prompt to staycation here in town. It was the best feeling ever. So nothing beats heading out to Heal of River Resorts and Casinos, checking out the

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37:19You're going to break a window and you're going to know exactly where to go after that to go replace it. Good folks at the window depot. Damon, it's time now for our draft Kings match up breakdown with the Arizona Diamond Backs taking on the New York Yankees right here at Chase field in the final series of the year. It's here. It's already here. It feels like it's a hundred thousand games until it's down to the last view and then you find yourself going, it's almost over. And this is it. This is the last three games. Chase field is going to be rocking. This place is going to be packed. It's going to be electric, not to mention the fact that they are going to be having the 25th anniversary celebration of your Arizona Diamondbacks winning the World Series against these very same New York Yankees. Everybody except Matt Williams is going to be in the house because apparently Matt Williams is coaching a team that is in the playoffs and he refuses to miss on Matt Williams. And I'm better than you guys. Yeah, that's basically what it is.

38:21It's a it's a crazy. It's a crazy. But you losers can't make the playoffs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm on you know, I'm over here hanging out doing doing my coaching career right now is what I'm doing. So anyway, good good good for Matt Williams to have things going on in his life. But anyway, they Diamondbacks of course have to win this series against Yankees. This is huge. Let's take a look here at the Yankees at a glance this season compared to the Diamondbacks. Got the Diamondbacks with an 80 and 73 record. The Yankees are 88 and 64. They don't really have a ton to play for. They're not going to catch the raise. I believe who have clinched the division, which is crazy to say. But I think they still could. They're 88 and 64. So I don't know if it's completely out of the realm of possibility. We would much rather have them not have anything truly to play for. They are four and a half games back. They could still catch the raise though.

39:21That's unlikely. As I sit here and say the Diamondbacks catching the Padres of three and a half back is likely. Or they have a chance, but they do have a chance. So stop bugging me. The Yankees have a 721 OPS, which is tied for 12th best in baseball. The Diamondbacks OPS believe it or not actually went up a little bit. They're now at 713, which is 20th. They were 21st last time we ranked this. So hey, even though they can't really score, they're doing better than they were. Which is crazy to say. Damon, this ERA for the Yankees crazy, crazy ERA numbers. Yeah, it is 3.19 for the team, which is first in all baseball. You imagine. No, I can't imagine. So it would happen on a year where we had the 20th best OPS. I'm sure. Yeah, yeah, it was 100%. We wouldn't have been winded 12th best. No, God, no. 3.26 starting ERA for the Yankees is the best in baseball. And they're 1 3.09 bullpen ERA also the best in baseball.

40:24Oh my God, we're cooked. We're so cooked. I was above average though. Maybe they'll make some mistakes there. They have one, which is tied for 16th. The Diamondbacks still have 43, which is second most in baseball. And as we pointed out here, the D-backs won the 2025 series two games to one. So it could happen, right? Sorry, that cough in the back sounded. I mean, you're just getting yourself sick just looking at this. It's hot. I get it. I mean, you need to go, you might need to go two and one here. Yeah, I mean, that's really the most you can hope for. Oh, it's certainly the most you could hope for. There's no chance we're getting a sweep in this series. Nor are we beating Cam Schittler Schittler. I didn't mess that up on promise. I just words are hard sometimes or names. You guys know that. We're going to turn him into Cam Schittler.

41:24That's going to be great. Sub to ERA. Oh my God. That's going to be something. That's going to be something. Let's take a look here at the probable pictures for this series. I mean, it's your three that you want to be fair. You know, I know that we're talking about that. Now you're right. It being it being a disaster because of the Yankees in their playoff three that you have here, but it's certainly our best three pictures. So I guess you're saying there's a chance to play off rotation. This is it, right? Correct. And it's unfortunate that Corbin Burns got, you know, the bat had the bad adding that he had there the last time out against the Marlins. You know, you feel like that's not what Corbin Burns is going to be. That's just Corbin Burns still coming back and getting, you know, acclimated back to baseball. Hopefully. That's the hope. Nothing is guaranteed. Obviously you don't know these guys are ever going to be, you know, themselves returning

42:27from a surgery like that. But I believe in him. And I think that, you know, like Damon said, if there was three guys you wanted in the series, this is it. And that's no offense to Michael Soroka. He's been very good lately too. But here at Eduardo Rodriguez matches up with Garrett Cole, a Erod still impressive 15 and 6 2.62 ERA. Garrett Cole, eight and nine with a 3.67 ERA. Then in game two, you got the youngsters going at it, Brandon fought and his 3.770 ERA and seven and three record going up against Cam Schliitler. There we go. 14 and six 1.95 ERA for Cam. And he's just been an incredible, incredible, not even acquisition, right? He was a minor leagueer for them, I believe if I'm not mistaken. And like just what a great major league pitcher he has become. And then in the finale, we got Corbin Burns going up against Will Warren, who is 10 and six with a 3.89 ERA this year for the New York Yankees.

43:30And I don't love it. I don't love it. But it's hard to. Again, it's just there. It's there, pitchers. It's having Cam Schliitler in there. It's having Garrett Cole in there. And it's knowing the gravity of these games. I, it's, and it's, it's going to be crazy, right? Because watch, watch the offense suddenly wake up. That might be more aggravating to me than if they don't, if they don't, I'm like, yeah, okay. But oh, oh, oh, you put up seven runs against Cam Schliitler and you can't even score more than one against the Marlins bullpen. Ah, you know that kind of thing. But let's hope, let's hope that's what happens. Let's hope that's the kind of anger that they instill in me. We also have, oh, and yes, 2 BMC is pointing out root beer who has been root beer float some floats, floats, floats some floats on me. I don't know. But root beer float, oh, root beer floats on me. Yes.

44:31Okay. You owe me a root beer float. It has been a source of positivity. And he has always felt, or they, I should say, have always felt like this team is still alive. And I appreciate that. We need a little bit more of that. It's easy to be pessimistic. I get it. You got to put your heart on the line in order to have hope and believe. But let's do that. Let's all not be that guy that we banned from the chat today. Damon, let's take a look at the husband and wife law team injury report. Because guess what, folks? There is nobody on the aisle that isn't on the 60 day. I'll let's go husband and wife law team. I mean, ever since we started doing this, thanks to the good folks at the husband and wife law team, this injury report has shrunk drastically, Damon. This is the first time that the diamondbacks are at what you could consider to be 100%. With Ryan Nelson returning to the roster this week, they are officially at 100% as

45:32far as players that they will be getting back this season. Meanwhile, you see here on screen, the four guys that are on the 60 day. I L. Ryan Thompson with a strain lower back. He was moved to the 60 day I L on August 5th. His expected return is next year. AJ Puck, he was put on the 60 day I L back in March with a left shoulder capsule, sprain. And he is most likely not going to be a member of the diamondbacks when he returns from injury. That would be the expectation I imagine. Christiane Menna, however, still will be. He's still experiencing the injury from his right, terrorist major strain and then Andrew Saul Frank, who had in season and ending shoulder surgery at the beginning of the year. He is on the 60 day I L. However, though, that's it. Those are the guys that were not coming back. And there were no plans to come back except AJ Puck. Perhaps he was supposed to come back and you all know how that went. But this is it. This is the first time we've actually been free and clear as far as the 10 day I L and

46:3660 day I L guys that were expected to come back in 2026. So I guess I have to pose a question, Damon. Doesn't that make it even more frustrating? Doesn't it make it even more frustrating that they're losing games like they lost to the Marlins and losing series like they lost to the Marlins? Considering we have been waiting all season for this all season, we have been waiting for this team to be back to 100%. And yeah, I guess you could argue that these pictures that return from significant layoffs still probably aren't at 100%. But I mean, this is the roster that maybe we didn't expect to have at this point, but this is the roster we thought that when we got to this point, we would be playing our best baseball. And instead, that's very much not the case, very much not the case. I think it was always the plan was always, you know, when this roster was going to be fully healthy, ready to go and back from injury that, you know, you were hopefully in a playoff

47:39position already or very close to one. It almost worked out, but this final stretch here has obviously kicked you out of that. And it sucks because it's more so to do with the Padres not being able to lose than the Diamondbacks not being able to win against. That's very, I mean, that's fair. They did reach just a season high 10 games over 500, not that long ago and they were there. But I think it's now it's the fact that, and again, this is more of the conversation we had about, if you can't win a series against the Marlins, when essentially your season is online, how do you expect to go into the playoffs and win a series there? I know anything can happen, but it's hard to believe that this team and the way they're constructed is going to go into the playoffs and make some loud noise like they did in 2023. But I also did not believe it was going to happen then. As Damon could attest to, I had multiple vacations planned for the month of October, not the first week, just the month.

48:39And let's just say I've been looking into some flights to Cancun for October 5th through the 8th is all I'm saying. But let's hope that I don't book those plans and don't get to. Let's hope that they keep me very busy well into the month of October because that would be great. We would love that around here. We're going to take a quick break on the other side of this break. We are going to do, you know, the thing that we do on Thursdays around here. We might be running out of throwback Thursday material very fast, but for the time being, we still got some big moments that happened on this day or on this week in Arizona Diamond Back's history. So don't you guys go anywhere you're watching the pH and next time it back show. Well as you can tell, I'm definitely in need of some pure edibles right now to improve my mood. I could use that considering how this season has gone, where we're at. And pure edibles has some brand new gummies that might help you not only get a good night's sleep, but might help just improve your overall well being even when your baseball team isn't

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54:54Looking forward to that. They are giving away those throwback jerseys, which are electric and everybody should come on out and help drown out those Yankees fans because you know those people from New York are going to crawl out of wherever holes they've been living in to come to this game at Chase Field. On during this week in Diamondback's history, we've had some significant things that have happened in the history of this team, including back in September 15, 2002, Kurt Schilling who will be present at Chase Field this weekend struck out eight brewers to join Randy Johnson as the only teammates in MLB history to record 300 plus strikeouts in the same season. I just still can't believe how special having those two guys on this team truly was and how much at the time all we did was complain about the offense. I mean, I can't. I mean, I can't. Johnson to one loss. You idiots. I hate this team. Nothing's changed.

55:54Nothing's changed. September 18, 2002. Greg Colburn became the second player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. That's a trivia answer that most of you probably aren't going to remember. So I'm just going to repeat that one more time. Greg Colburn was the second player in franchise history to hit for the cycle. He did it on September 18, 2002. Then on September 14, 2003, Randy Johnson tossed a one hitter against the Rockies. He tosses a one hitter, complete game against the Colorado Rockies on September 14. Five days later, on September 19, 2003, Randy Johnson hit his first career home run. And boy was in a moment. I wish we could show that highlight right now on this on this show, but we can't, but it was a moment and let's just say the reaction from his teammates. It was against the Milwaukee Brewers.

56:57He did it at age 40. Oh, I mean, talking about talking to talk about a guy that that did it for the Unks, a guy that proved that even at 40, we are not washed. And it was off of Doug Davis was a fastball to left field that landed in the Brewers bullpen fittingly enough. And the back's won that game by score for to nothing. In fact, that was his only home run of his career. September 15, 2004, Randy Johnson also became the all time left handed strikeout leader with a seventh inning strikeout of Vinny Castilla passing Steve Carlton and moving into third place on the all time list with a three to two win over the Rockies. In September 13, 2010, the Diamondbacks and Reds back to back home runs in the second inning where the first back to back homeers in the same inning since April of 2006. So nearly four years since two teams facing off against each other had back to back home

57:58runs in back to back innings against each other or in the same inning in the same inning. And then and those were that was Miguel Montero and Ryan Church who did it for the Dbacks and then J Bruce and Drew Stubbs who did it for the Reds in that game. September 19, 2011, one Ian Kennedy who was really, really good at a time for the during this time for this team. He became the National League's first 20 game winner after a one to nothing victory over the pirates. Nothing has changed for this offense. A one to nothing victory. He allowed one hit and a career high 12 strikeouts to win that game. He's the only pitcher since 1900 to register at least 10 strikeouts and allow one hit or less in his 20th win. The only other one to do it was Warren Spawn who tossed a no hit air with 15 strikeouts back in 1960. He was the fourth Diamondback to reach the mark after Randy Johnson, Kurt Schilling and Brandon Webb all became 20 game winners.

58:59Here's here here, you know what, I'm going to hold off on that one. We want one that I want to hold off on. But on September 16, 2022, our boy Dre Jamison made his major league debut against the San Diego Padres tossing seven shut out frames. Can we get that Dre Jamison back? I need that Dre Jamison back. With Ryan Nelson, they became the third duo in baseball since 1901 to each toss seven scoreless innings in their debut. That's how good Dre Jamison and Ryan Nelson were when they got called up in 2022. It was unbelievable. And I don't think we were really expecting that out of either guy. So outstanding. They were outstanding when they came up. And I think they were outstanding for the rest of that season. But the one last fact that happened during this week is kind of hilarious. And Dave and you're probably laughing this on September 19, 2013, debanks, debax, the Arizona

1:00:04Diamondbacks, the Arizona Diamondbacks ranked as the number one franchise in major league baseball, according to ESPN, the magazine's ultimate standings. And I think we know why that magazine doesn't exist anymore because of bad information like that. They were ranked Damon as the sixth overall best franchise in all of sport. What year was this again? 2013 September 19, 2013. What the hell were they thinking? Boy, how things have changed. All right, well, let's take a quick break. Let's say goodbye to these beautiful colors. And on the other side of this break, we're going to take one maybe maybe one last might do another one, but one last trip to look at some of the stats from our favorite prospects down in triple A on another edition of the snake farm.

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1:05:14forward to that. But in the meantime, we have what could be one of the final looks of the season. We've got some triple A stats now that the Reno aces seasons wrapping up. Let's take a look at how some of the prospects are doing on snake farm this week. We got some end of the season numbers here kind of getting close to the end of the season for Lou James Grover, Manny Pena, and one guy that we haven't talked about at all, I believe on the show Danny Sretty, who is a shortstop third baseman and second baseman. He was recently promoted to triple a Reno. He's played 35 games for the aces and he has been doing a great job. He is a 934 OPS. He has five home runs. He has 16 RBI. He has a 316 batting average. And again, he has a guy that plays multiple positions and could fit the mold for one of those guys that the debacks call up and kind of have backup all of the infielders, considering he can do that very well. It seems like Lou James Grover continues to rake in Reno.

1:06:16It would be great to see this translate over to the major leagues. And now that he's had that kind of experience, this season and gotten his feet wet. Hopefully we can see him continue to get better at that level when he comes back. But there's no doubt that he was an asset at a triple A level. He has a 389 on base percentage and 825 OPS. He hit 305 and 57 RBI's in 96 games for the triple A Reno aces. And then Manny Pena, who was called up around the middle of the season or promoted during the middle of the season, he's still doing some great things. He doesn't have the power that he had in Amarillo. He was literally not hitting the cover off the ball for the sod poodles. But he still has a 297 batting average at a triple A level. He has 27 RBI's. This is again 52 games. He has five home runs and a 746 OPS. All three of these guys are guys that very, very easy to potentially see them get called up next season, get utilized in the same way that certain guys have been utilized this

1:07:16year. And I think a couple of those guys, including a guy that we will see out at Arizona Fall League, Demetrio Cresantes, I think those guys will eventually be kind of similar situations to what we saw this year. Overall, I know this season might not end the way that we wish it to, right? But let's not forget, due to necessity. We saw so many guys make their debut this year. And a lot of those guys truly did have themselves a decent, major league year, not only is Ryan Walchmit stuck, but think about Jose Fernandez and what he contributed when he was first called up. We still have the statue plans. I don't know if we'll get those approved, but we still got like an actual architect to make a blueprint, along with the statue of hashtag the meeting, which that's still happening. We're still going to make that happen. I'm very grateful to the fact that they make the playoffs or not. But Ryan Walchmit, Tommy Troy, Lou James Groover, so many guys came up and made their

1:08:18debut this year, not to mention the arms and the bullpen as well. I mean, the dynamics have just had to do this based on need. And a lot of these guys have stepped up and made that transition to the major league level well. Groover still has, I guess, some development to go overall. But I think that he's going to get there and I wouldn't be surprised to see him putting up these same numbers. He's putting up for the Reno East is at a major league level. He seems to be that that good. So hopefully those skills will translate, but we got another game tomorrow. We'll be back tomorrow covering game one of the New York Yankees. So hope to see you guys out at Chase field. I'll be there all weekend long because I have nothing better to do than to go hang out and just be sad around the ballpark thinking that this might be the end. You know, I felt that already. I had people the other day like, are you going to be here because if not, want to say goodbye? It's like, no, no, no, no, no, don't say goodbye yet.

1:09:20Because we're going to see each other in the Yankees series. And then you know what we're going to do. We're going to see each other in the mother FN national league division series round. I said it and I don't give a damn who heard me or who thinks I'm crazy. And if you call me crazy and call me emotional, I'll ban you from the chat as I illustrated earlier in the show. I don't I won't actually do that. I like the rest of you. I would never do that to the rest of you. It's just that man and he deserved it. Anyway, love you guys. Thank you guys for stopping by. We'll see you tomorrow for another post game show. Until then you can follow us on social media. I'm at cap underscore K man with a K Damon is at Damon dog with a DAWG at the end and I promise I promise I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that this is working by the end of today. But it's not right now. Park Park our show is a pH and X underscore D backs but all roads do lead to at pH and X underscore sports on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Yeah, make sure to hit that like button on the way out. Appreciate you guys stopping by today. You guys are the best.

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