00:00Let's take a look at the National League East now, where the Phillies are on top, at least for the time being.
00:04The Mets got off to that scorching start.
00:06They've fallen back a little bit.
00:08The Phillies are going to be there in the end, and the Red Sox beat the Mets.
00:11So the Mets lose.
00:12Phillies win.
00:13That's what happened.
00:15And as of right now, the Mets are still the favorites to win the division because it's an all-in season.
00:19But I could say the same thing for Philadelphia.
00:21Don't look now.
00:22Braves, one game over .500 without Acuna and without Strider.
00:27And both of those guys are coming back.
00:29So they're in good shape, I would think, moving forward.
00:31And, of course, Washington, I don't know.
00:33I probably would characterize them as a little disappointing.
00:36I thought they'd be around .500.
00:38Still time to do that, but six games under.
00:40And then Marlins got a great win last night, but we kind of know their situation.
00:44So what do you make of this division?
00:46Yeah, I think it's a real fun division, honestly.
00:48You mentioned those injured guys coming back for the Braves.
00:52We'll see Strider here.
00:53And that's going to give them, I think, a big jolt.
00:56They've already been playing better.
00:57So, yeah, I certainly think they're going to make a nice run.
01:01You know, the Mets, when you start off as hot as they did, you're going to come back to earth a little.
01:05But that doesn't mean you're going to stay there.
01:07You can get right back going.
01:09And for them, I think it's a lot of the offense.
01:12And it's partly because Juan Soto hasn't really gotten going yet.
01:15It looked like he did there for a while.
01:17Then he slowed down again.
01:18He was stealing bases a little bit.
01:19You know, they're talking about his lack of hustle.
01:21Maybe he just wanted to steal more bases.
01:23I don't know.
01:24But the bottom line is, if I have to bet on is Juan Soto going to get going and start hitting, yeah, I'm going to take that bet.
01:30So, I think they're going to be fine.
01:31I think the offense will be fine.
01:33I like the Phillies coming into the year.
01:35I still like them.
01:36They're taking advantage of a little bit of a soft spot in the schedule right now with their last series, the series they're in right now in Colorado.
01:42It'll be interesting to watch them out.
01:44I was almost at Oakland.
01:45It's going to be interesting to watch them at the A's out in Sacramento, who's certainly been playing well this year.
01:51But I think that'll kind of be an interesting, fun series.
01:54But, yeah, so I like the Phillies overall, but I think the Mets are going to be right there.
01:58To me, that's almost a toss-up.
01:59And the Braves are going to make things real interesting as well once they get healthy.
02:03So, I think you have, to me, the most fun division in baseball with the top-end talent there and these teams that we know there's a lot of media attention and a lot of pressure.
02:12And these teams are all trying to win right now because the window, I'm not going to say it's closing, but you never know with what these windows are for these teams.
