It is just in with Nick's notes on a Friday night Nick is on vacation this week So shout out to our friend Parsons my Parsons behind the scenes I think he said we have to go along with Beth Ann is that yeah Producer from a J. I afternoon with my Marmani Beth and long is joining me this week. How you feeling? I'm feeling good I've been waiting for my time on the show we have talked about this multiple times behind the scenes And you will be a repeated guest even when Nick's back.
Oh, absolutely moving forward Especially come football season because I think Parsons is on to something with go along with Beth and I like it I like it. We're gonna workshop it. Yeah, so we can do with it I'm so with it Nick of course again on vacation and picked one heck of a time to go on vacation because NFL draft kicked off last Night actually taking place around to as we speak over in Pittsburgh and let's focus specifically on the Lions and their first round There was a lot of speculation that a bigger move could be coming Yeah, and in general for the NFL and a lot of people would then look at the Lions specifically Oh, could they make a big move because of the I guess how the season went last last season But also where they landed being at 17 isn't the most luxurious first round spot So could they try to make a move up? So we'll shout out the move they did make which of course is getting the Clemson offensive tackle of like Miller at 17 Offensive lines always a need especially we've seen it with the Lions.
How much do you like this move? I think it's a good move. I wouldn't say it's like the sexiest pick ever that they could have done I think it's more on the safe side, but I think he's gonna add a good piece to this lion's team coming up this next season He's got the size. He's got the background.
I think he's gonna play well with them. He's not life-changing He's not an Aiden Hutchinson or anything like that, but I think he's gonna help put them in the right direction Yeah, I think with the Lions, especially after the season they had last year for their offense And the biggest conversation was how is this offense gonna look after Ben Johnson goes on to Chicago? And the offense was inconsistent at times And then you look at also the move of basically looking at junior Gibbs this offseason saying you're our guy, right? We let David Montgomery go over to Houston in a trade We do bring in a guy that's gonna be more of a backup to gives and less of a one-two punch, right?
So Gibbs is gonna be the guy out of the backfield. So you need protection for that to work Exactly because if you're gonna go all in offensively on that position in general You need to make sure you have that protection But again, there's a lot of conversation about a bigger move taking place unexpected move That was you know rumored to be happening draft day Do you wish or how I guess how much do you wish that there was a bigger move whether it been to trade up or maybe to Trade the pick we have and someone else to make a bigger splash I think I would have liked to see Dan Campbell be a little drastic with this move up a little bit get us a better Addition to the team, but also we always know that Campbell has a plan in his head that he doesn't fully share Yeah, the public so as much as I would have loved to see it I don't think that was ever gonna be something that was gonna happen It would have made it more exciting like I am not exactly like thrilled over this pick I'm not gonna like jump up and down about it But it would have been cool to see I think cuz after the season we had last season I think we need something drastic at this point. Yeah, especially because we were let's remember in the NFC title game Just a couple seasons ago in San Francisco You lose Ben Johnson, but the offense still showed signs of being the offense that we know they can be yes The defensive side of the balls where we felt like maybe we needed a little bit of a splash and I know the the most craziest Name I guess was Miles Garrett will the Browns actually move on from him in my brain I'm like take the 17th pick take next year's pick take Sam LaPorda honestly and Even if it wasn't Miles Garrett, maybe it was another big playmaker a big splash on draft day I think it wasn't needed per se, but I think it was if the Lions were gonna do it during this run with Dan Campbell and Jerry golf This was the year to do that Yeah, I think it's time for them to make a statement like after running and being number one of the year prior And then having a season like we did last season I think we're losing our momentum a little bit especially in the public side I everyone was looking at the Lions last year so to make a move like this I think it would have been a little better to make a better statement But again Dan Campbell always has a plan inside so hopefully it goes the way he wants Well, and it's also you do you after going backwards and give whatever reason why we went backwards of not even making a playoffs last year Running back a very similar roster is always questionable no matter who you are Exactly After you go from being a game away from the Super Bowl to not even making the playoffs and our guys played for the most part It's not like we lost our starting quarterback to injury or anything, you know crazy like that It's tough to then look at your fan base and say hey, we're gonna run it back with you know A lot of the same guys that we had last year that's usually the time that you make a splash But I guess it's a matter of was it possible I don't think the the season was bad enough last year even though we missed a playoffs to be able to pull off a move like that Right having the 17th pick, you know and offering that to other people That's more times than not gonna be enough to make a splash the teams that make a splash on draft They are usually the ones with the top 15 pick top 10 pick that can offer it to get that big name player or whatever It may be so at this point It's the defensive side of the ball the rest of the week and that should probably get focused on yes The offensive line but it feels like we've been saying about the defensive secondary for like years at this point It has been years like Aidan Hutchinson needs a number two on his side He has been carrying this defensive side of the ball And we can't just keep relying on him forever as we saw two seasons ago when he was out with a huge major injury You can't just expect that we can put it all on him now and not have somebody to back up who has almost the same caliber to him Yeah Yeah, and that's that's the biggest thing is we had hutch last you know two seasons ago Even though we made the run that we did and we got to the playoffs as a top seed got a bite But like obviously the hutch injury was the biggest storyline You don't have one of those from last year to kind of fall on as an excuse for lack of a better term of like hey This is what happened as to why we didn't go as far as we wanted to last year and even get into the playoffs Now the interesting part is we have as of on paper the easiest schedule going in to next season Yes You know and when it comes to that that makes us the favorites to win the division I don't know how much I'm believing in that just because I'm watching all the teams around us get better And I think we're underestimating Kyler Murray in Minnesota I agree I think that connection is gonna make the Vikings a lot more dangerous and then the Packers and Bears were both playoff teams Easiest schedule or not do you have that type of faith in the Lions to say yes we should be the favorites I don't yet. I don't see this team coming together after watching all these teams around us continue to grow and become huge threats to Dan Campbell.
I think that I can't I can't for sure say that we are going to dominate this season I had I don't see it yet Obviously we still have a long draft to go and we have to see what training camp is going to bring us too But I cannot confidently say we're going to go out and we're going to be just like we were two seasons ago Now and that's the tough part and even if we do look good Chicago has a bunch of momentum green Bay is always relevant and I'm going to say it again Minnesota scares me. Oh, I'm terrified of Minnesota. I think so right like and I know Justin Jefferson's out there Basically, you know trying to call out JJ McCarthy and make it a competition Kyle and Mary's the guy right let's Kyle and Mary was playing great football at the beginning of last season in Arizona So at this point give him a weapon like Justin Jefferson give him a coach like Kevin O'Connell That scares me. Oh, I'm completely terrified of it.
There were other headlines here. We got talk about from the NFL draft We got Pistons playoffs. We got Tigers playing well all coming up on Justin with Nick's notes We are back on a Friday night is Justin with Nick's notes Nick on vacation. So we're going along with miss Beth Ann Long Thank you so much for taking the time on a Friday night Of course.
I always love making time for sports. Well and especially NFL draft week Yeah biggest week and I don't want to say shout out to Pittsburgh But they did a cool thing I guess and that is breaking the round one record that was held here in Detroit NFL draft attendance and they kind of shattered it they shattered it kind of shattered it so the Lions number or I say the Lions Detroit's number Uh was 275,000 fans on round one and again that was a couple years ago 320,000 fans in Pittsburgh. I think that's crazy. I did not think Pittsburgh was gonna get anywhere near our number No, but so here's what I'm gonna I'm good for Pittsburgh But I'm gonna say a couple things number one I can't say I'm shocked because the Steelers they're a football town.
They are I can't number two I think they kind of had the edge because they held it in their stadium. Yes, I agree Right where like Detroit wasn't in Ford Field. It was out, you know more in the public So I don't know it's it might have been easier for them to like keep tabs and also pack in more people Yeah, you can get more people in there I like the way that we did it as Detroit because it was a city we have a lot to offer But we have to give it to them You can pack a stadium a lot quicker and then do stuff outside the stadium to allow people who can't make it in Right like we know what the stadium's capacity is let's get that capacity and then add on Everything that's going on outside on the streets and so on so Detroit didn't do that maybe for the sake of the record That's why yeah, we're gonna say that's we're gonna give them a little credit where it's do fine But that's it that's all we're gonna leave it at so let's talk about the rest of the NFL draft We talked you know focus on the Lions side of things a few bigger headlines coming out around one As expected Francesco Mendoza goes at number one to the Vegas Raiders But and this was a headline leading up to the draft Nick and I kind of talked about it I want to get your take on it and he followed through on this Mendoza was not present now for this draft as the top number one pick Do you have an issue with this? I don't particularly have an issue with it.
I'm gonna say I don't get me wrong I love when first draft picks are at the draft I think that's just a monumental moment in your career to start off that way But I can understand his reasoning for why he wanted to be around family He wanted to enjoy that moment with them I get But I don't know I could go either way on it. I I don't know I think putting your family before a huge monumental career shift like that is a choice Yeah, that's a good way to put it. It's a choice. I will go on a complete opposite end of this I can't stand it.
No, I don't think there's one good reason you could give me to not be there number one I understand family whatever bring them to Pittsburgh. Exactly. I don't know what to tell you You're the number one pick you can make that happen I'm pretty sure the league would make that happen and it's it's again less about you and more about the team you're about to be on and the league This is a tradition, right? I think this is a horrible look from Mendoza to start his NFL career Both from the league side of things and from the team side of things for the league We're used to having especially the number one pick walking the stage and doing the traditional handshake picture on ESPN On national tv be there to show it off But that's also showcasing the team that you're about to be on right which as a number one picker always gonna go on a team that obviously has Some struggles that's why they're the number one pick but the Vegas Raiders are like a special scenario They have been a struggle for a very long time If you're Mendoza and you want to try to be the next face of this franchise and the savior You should want to do everything by the book and do everything right and that includes showing up and and taking that picture and you know Having all the pride of show or showing off that logo right of your new team instead you're sitting at home It's just and I'm going as far as to say he doesn't care But it gives it gives that look that you don't care as much as you should I can agree with you on that I think as for the industry you need to just go walk that stage and just have your moment Show I'm going to help change that team and you can get a look like they're gonna send a camera No matter what to your family's house You're the number one draft pick and have that moment with them afterwards So I can agree with you on that it just it doesn't give him a great look I can understand his reasonings But as you've said, I don't think it starts off his career very well in the spotlight And again, this is a Raiders franchise that has taken a lot of heat for a lot the max Crosby situation Even the Tom Brady situation wisey in the booth But he's doing this and of course the coaching changes and Carroll and all that stuff It just it's on and on and on with this team You should want to be doing everything by the book The other biggest headline coming out of the first round this one is not something I thought we'd be talking about Shout out, I guess Dan Orlowski.
He was right. Ty Simpson is the first round quarterback going to the Rams The LA Rams with the 13th pick get Ty Simpson from Alabama and Sean McVay did not seem thrilled about this afterwards I'm not sure what the conversations were like But Sean McVay is not happy or how shocked were you on this move and can you at all understand this move? No, I think it's the most wild move but I have like no words for it at all If you're a team That just was one game from the Super Bowl And you have you are fortunate enough to have the 13th overall pick that following draft You still have your returning most of the team from last year and you're worried about the future Exactly and also your coach who is well regarded in the league as one of if not the top coach is clearly not on board with his move Now, so how do we follow through on this and also is Ty Simpson that guy? No, he's an undersized quarterback What do you think he's going to give you as a team?
Seriously, what is going through your head as you were being like, that's the guy I want Especially to cause this much noise around your team that is supposed to be contending again for in the NFC this year Because you still have Matthew Stafford by the way, exactly and for me Ty Simpson is not worth what this is going to cause and potentially maybe even lead to McVay Not being there once Stafford's no longer playing which is not what the Rams should want And everyone that's trying to defend this I promise you if this was the Lions two years ago after going to San Francisco And we got a backup for Jared Goff instead of trying to make our team better at 13 You'd be losing your minds right now. Exactly. There's no good reason for this and Ty Simpson's a guy that many didn't even think Would go in the first round unless maybe Arizona traded up to get him at 32 or something That's the only way this guy was going in the first round instead he's a top 15 pick Yeah, this dude is nowhere near a 13 overall draft pick I hope sitting on the bench all season watching Matthew Stafford is worth it And this is a guy that like they go oh if he's gonna be good It's worth him, you know sitting for two years in a league fine Yeah, I don't disagree you wasted a top 15 pick on a guy that should sit for two years before playing in a league Exactly. What's he gonna?
He's not gonna do anything for you now. Absolutely nothing I can't understand it. I can understand whether in the Rams or a great organization normally Normally they get it and I don't know what and then also again Whether or not you like the move or not Sean McVay did not no that should be all right We gotta do something else done. Exactly.
So that's it the only other thing I want to mention is I'm very upset That bane did not fall to us. We were two spots off You mentioned earlier on about having someone for hutch on the defensive side of the ball bane coming out of Miami It hurts that would have been it all right. So pistons got game three in Orlando We will talk that tigers are playing good baseball all coming up on a friday night We are back Justin with nitch notes. Nick is out.
So we're going long with miss bettane long from day I have to know I love the sound of it. Okay. And the more I say it I'm sold on it Mike Parsons again a lovely producer by the way with paul w smith Lovely behind the scenes here at wdr He's loving it every time I say it to so i'm saying it for him So I hope he's listening but we're gonna focus more on the pistons now and what is gonna be game three shifting to our lando That is tomorrow afternoon. It was a rough game one last week They bounced back and game two game two that you were present for by the way I was I was up with the rest of the media at game two and oh my gosh that that was an electric game Not the first half the first half of day vriger and I compared it to college basketball It was going into a halftime tied it was insane and it was just a sluggish Start but they went and they got their butt swept in the locker room and clearly because that third quarter was electric The place was just so loud the fans were so into it and I couldn't believe the stats that they put up there Yeah, so you mentioned they were tied at the half and it wasn't just the fact that they were tied it It also was only 46 to 46 which yeah in today's NBA is like what are we doing exactly right on both sides And then at one point they started the third quarter up 27 to three Yeah, at one point just in the third So at that point it was just a blowout the rest of the way and it ended up a 15 point when this after what we saw in game one Was the performance in game two enough for you to be confident that all right?
We're back on track. Everything is fine. I would say I'm confident especially after hearing what they had to say in post game Like they were told it's no butts anymore. We're not we're not listening to this like you have to be accountable And I think that's a coach you need in the playoffs especially for what the pistons are going for like this is a huge monumental Time for the pistons industry.
So I am feeling confident now I think they set the tone going into game three that like you cannot mess with us We are here to play and despite now that they're gonna be in magic territory I think they're gonna still be strong through this yeah I'm worried about the magic and I wasn't shocked that they came out playing well in game one because I guess it's the rest versus rust Conversation and they had a play in game that you know they had to win to get in so they basically had a playoff game before the pistons Who sat for a week, right? So that it could have been the thing from game one I don't know that game two was enough for me to be like I'm good Okay, especially going on the road you talked about the sluggish first half Yes, both teams were sluggish, but the pistons were sluggish I like the opening minutes and then we kind of fell off. Yes. Number two is after that 27 to 3 run in the third quarter If you take the rest of that game in a box was not that pretty right the magic did get back into it a little bit And it was not just a romp that it looked like it was gonna be in the third quarter still a 15 point win Don't want to take that away from them But there was still stretches of that game the entire first half and post a 27 to 3 run That is still concerning to see and the only other reason that I'm still waiting to see is Jalen Durham needs to get going Oh my gosh.
Yes So he's the guy that people whether you want to call him the number two to Kate or not He is at least Kate's partner right when those two because Kate can dish the ball as well as he can score it And he is number one target right and when Jalen Durham can get going in the paint and yes They're doubling him and I can understand that but he has been more than talented enough in the paint to be able to work around that for Much better teams than your Orlando magic and yet the magic I found a way to box Durham in in the paint And he did not even get to a double double. I think we had a parlay going and he barely hit our parlay He barely did he barely hit our parlay, but 11 points and nine boards. That's not Durham numbers This is a 20 10 2015 guy on the regular during the regular season. I don't know what the magic Have on this guy.
No that the other teams just didn't throughout the season No, I don't I don't understand what they have on. He's not up to playoff standard What so ever like watching Kate like he was insane these pat like not too much the first game But the second game the points he was putting up was amazing and turns just not he's not doing it for me And he needs to figure it out going into game three when I also say as much as I kind of stayed on the negative side of things There was a lot to like about what the Pistons did in game two You could even though it was a sluggish first half in the end the opening minutes the energy that they came out with Even though it was still close game. I just kind of felt like okay. We're back on track, right?
Yeah, all five of our starters were in double figures six players in total in double figures Isaiah Stewart comes off the bench. He's got 10 He is just as important probably energy wise as Jaylen Duren Everyone's talking about during what's going on with during and that's a fair conversation But what Isaiah Stewart brings off the bench also He's got some range which that's something that Duren does not have right and he can bring that He's our energy guy coming off the bench to buy his Harris at 16 So if Jaylen Duren continues to struggle Who do you want to see Kate turn to the most to kind of fill in that void? I would say I say I do or I definitely think he is stepping up to Kate and being there for him because I'm just Duren scaring me. I if he goes into this game three the same way he's been these past two games Like we're not this is gonna be a long series.
We're not gonna make it at that point Well, and again the type of stretches that we've seen even through game two This is a team that has to go on the road in the playoffs now in our Lando Either way game two went great The magic are still happy that they stole a game in our arena And now they got the next two in their place And that is if you would have told them it was gonna be one one going in the game three No matter how that one one took place their throat exactly, you know So now you got that momentum that you have to work with You said your confidence is still there though after watching game two How long will this series go do you think I think we're gonna need a game seven I think we're going all the way to game seven. I think we're gonna go all the way After what I have been seeing these past two games I I could see us having to go all the way our energy has given me hope But I'm a little worried to see how far it's gonna go in the Pistons winning game seven. Yes, that's still the prediction Still my prediction. Okay.
Yeah, no, I don't know if we'll go seven. I could see six Okay, but I will feel better about how where my mind is with that after I see how we play on the road Because again these stretches at home have been ugly at times and I can only imagine when that that crowd is against you in a playoff atmosphere How that's gonna look it's interesting though because there's a lot of teams struggling that should kind of be dominating Denver loss last night The Knicks lost their trailing their series cleveland lost they're still ahead, but they lost boston dropped game two To filly so the zemba playoffs feel a little more unpredictable than they have In recent years elsewhere in the east after kind of seen through three games the most of these most of these series who scares you the most still I am gonna say boston or new york both of them scaring me a little I would say boston more than new york though. I think you're thinking of last year for new york I think that still scares you Last season was scary. That's that's fair I mean the pistons dominated the Knicks yes in the regular season But at the same time the playoffs are a little different boston scares me the most that is number one But for me in terms of scary i'm thinking more unpredictable and it lana looks good Atlanta does look at the season right like and this is post-a-tray young trade They brought in coming up from golden state they ended the regular season strong to the point that they didn't even need to play in tournament Which a lot of people thought they would and now they're taking the nicks, you know Two one so far through three games Not what people expected and that's what makes them scary because they're playing with nothing to lose Nobody had them even going this far to be a threat in the east So I think scary Atlanta probably because i'm thinking more unpredictable but boston's probably even though they dropped game two at home I'm still you know on them to be retained on back to be very competitive Deeper into the eastern conference playoffs So we'll see how all this plays out again game three for the pistons and magic in Orlando is tomorrow afternoon when we come back The tigers are playing great baseball.
They're in Cincinnati this weekend. We'll talk to you baseball coming up Back on the Friday night just in with nicks notes although nicks on vacation So we're going long with miss Bethan long from jr afternoon with rhinar money Hi, Justin. That doesn't sound so good. It sounds great.
I'm loving it again. This is the fourth time I've had to say it tonight. I'm in my parsons. You win.
I love it We're gonna stick with it You will be hearing from you especially throughout football season. You're gonna be a regular here on the show So we gotta make sure that sticks and it sounds well We're gonna talk baseball though This time around the tigers are playing good baseball as of late and and that comes off of a thrilling 5-4 win over the brewers yesterday a walk-off home run from Spencer torkelson Jama Jones had a late game home run to tie the game Torkelson was somebody that has struggled throughout the season early parts of this season back to back days with a home run So the tigers feel good about that. This is a team that struggled a bit early on and they have not lost a series Since early April in minnesota They split with boston so there is a series tie in there But other than that they've gotten a couple sweeps had a great homestand a last homestand against miami and kansas city There are two games over 500 going into their series this week in incense and adi against the reds from what you're seeing with this team We know they can pitch the offense is probably the bigger question mark between the two sides of the ball with the way they're playing People like to overreact about baseball early on in the season. There's 162 games We get it.
Yes Is are your nerves calm here now that we're playing better baseball? Does this feeling look like a playoff team to you this is looking like a playoff team to me like you said It's so early on we have a long way to go. So I I hate hearing people like already like throw out the towel I'm like i'm done. This is not worth watching but I think they're looking really great I think this is a good playoff run team for us especially the past two years You know we haven't made it that far and I could see this one taking us pretty far into playoffs Yeah, and the offense is the biggest question mark in you know for me I feel good about this team making the playoffs cleavily will always scare me because I don't know what it is about that franchise They are competitive every year and they happen to be in our division Yes, they have hosey remarris who is obviously a great player But the rest of that team is a bunch of younger players every year that you kind of don't really hear too much about outside of cleveland But yet they find themselves at the top of the division at the end of every year So that's the only team that scares me every year in the al central and this is a team that should make the playoffs This is a team that should be at the top of the division the pitching staff is that good the offense So it's a little inconsistent right and that's where and Nick kind of brought this up a few weeks ago And I thought it was a great great point We I don't know that we have anybody that strikes fear in opposing pitchers.
No consistently We have players that have had big moments Riley green's probably at the top of that list But you look at a guy like kerry carpenter who has had great playoff moments and he is baton around 100 And he is struggling this season. So orkelson had a couple big home run seasons He's just now getting going. I don't know that we have a name that strikes fear moving forward We are obviously well away from the trade deadline But at some point this season Does this team need to add to the offense in order to make the run that we hope they do in the postseason? I would like to see an ad happen because I don't think we're like you said we're not striking fear Every game going and there's not somebody that other teams are going to be stressing about because there hasn't been consistency yet Any of them right and that's where a lot there's been a lot of two-one games Which it's great that you know, we know the pitching staff can kind of make that happen for us and we've had a couple two-one wins But that doesn't take away from the offense doing what the offense should do because this is an offense that if we can put up four to five runs We could probably win almost every one of those games because of how good our starting rotation is the bullpen is also something that we've seen It rocked a little bit over the last week or so and that is something that you'd like to see get addressed as well If we want to make that playoff run You like them adding Henley Janssen that is a veteran who has been there done that at the back end of the bullpen And that's a big deal But I think the tigers do need another bat another reliever to actually be something that could turn into a postseason run Not just make the postseason but make a run in October and potentially get all the way to the championship series Which we haven't seen in a while.
Uh, we got we were just talking off Mike What is going on with Justin Verlander? This isn't this is something that I'm the less I hear about it the more I'm worried about it For me, he made one start. This was a huge deal. He was supposed to make his return to america park on sunday Night baseball all of a sudden he's not we have not seen him since we have not heard any updates since Is this a situation where a lot of times you hear the phrase no news is good news?
It feels a little opposite here. No, listen, listen I have been saying this since the moment the news broke about verlander This was gonna happen. I knew something like this was going to happen. That is what you're gonna get when you throw a 43 Old player back in don't be wrong.
I love him. I love what he has done for the city for this team And he will forever be a Detroit tiger to me But this early in the season already be having him hip injury and you just I don't like not seeing a timeline yet for him to be making a return What worries me is originally he was just gonna be the guy that you know on the injured list Maybe a week or two and he was gonna be back. He made one start He got and this is the other part too. He got rocked in his one start in Arizona Right where he had an up and down season in san francisco last year, but he ended strong He showed signs that he could still be that guy But for him to come out and clearly there'd be something wrong Even before put that first start because again He comes out and he faces a team that he saw a lot last year because he was in the same division as Arizona and Arizona jumps all over him But the fact that we're being so quiet about this is where i'm like what was going on What is really going on here because I was very much I thought our pitching staff was good enough to take that risk that you just mentioned and bring in a verlander who probably can't give you what he used to Or even come close to that but we have enough to kind of back it up to get that You know just see him back in english to see him back in america park But we haven't even gotten gotten that far.
No, we haven't gotten to see what he could really do and like you said I don't like the quietness around this everything that has been coming out lately from him is like i'm doing good We're going in the right direction, but I still have stuff to do What is it actually happening then because it's just seems like a slight injury to the public But you're not being open about what is it gonna look like to get you back out there? Even like guys like garrick coles coming back from atami john we're hearing that oh he had a rehab start He's in a ball. He's in double a he threw this many pitches this that any other where with verlander like you said Like there's the lack of transparency of what's going on in this process behind the scenes It just feels scary, especially at this stage of his career of it's almost feeling like is he gonna be able to go Is he gonna be able to make this happen? That's scary for me for the pitching staff as a whole i'm not as worried because kater Matero has pitched very well in place of verlander He took the loss his first time out on that sunday baseball game But other than that he has been thrown some shutdown baseball sense So I think for the starting rotation and just getting the production that you want from that five spot in the rotation I don't worry so much about that.
I'm worried of like, okay We made a big deal about this verlander return. Where is he? Exactly and I think that's gonna be the conversation because of the headlines that was surrounding this move for this tiger organization again They're in Cincinnati this weekend taken on the reds. It's a tough week they're in Atlanta next week Those are two teams off the red hot starts over in the national league national league Bethan long Thank you so much for joining me on a friday night.
Of course. It's my favorite time my favorite topic We're gonna get you back here. We'll kick Nick out a couple more times. Yes.
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