Dodgers Lead NL West by a Half Game over the Giants

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00:00Here are some of these standings.

00:01You talked about the West in the National League.

00:04I thought I would highlight that first for you here.

00:06The Dodgers now are in first place, but only by a half game as the Giants.

00:12And if the Giants win today, which they're up 7-2 after a three-run homer by Dominic Smith,

00:18they would have the same record as the Dodgers.

00:21Can you believe that?

00:2369 games.

00:24They'd have the same exact record here in the middle of June, which if you told people,

00:29remember how big a favorite the Dodgers are, Scottie?

00:31They're supposed to win the West by 15, 20 games.

00:34And they'll be even.

00:35And the Padres are only one back in the loss with 29 losses right there with them.

00:40Very competitive in the West.

00:42And we talked about it yesterday, how Robbie Ray is the most unbelievable record in ERA in the National League.

00:49And he's not even mentioned in the top five guys for the Cy Young.

00:53Meanwhile, he has a better record in ERA than all of them.

00:55The only one that has a better ERA than him, I guess, is Skeens.

01:00But he's got a terrible one-loss record.

01:03And you know what they also, I don't know if you have this story in there, if you do or don't.

01:07It's the one about Helen Keller.

01:10Your boy, did you know that the two of them have, they're like rated, they have the best two quality start pitchers in baseball.

01:19They said that Keller is tied with Skeens for these two together, the best starts, quality starts in baseball.

01:27Meanwhile, what is Keller?

01:29One in seven?

01:30One in eight?

01:31How is that possible that he has the best quality starts?

01:36That guy is ass mustered.

01:38He's bad luck.

01:39He's black cloud diner to me.

01:41I don't see where that even makes sense.

01:44How could it be that he's got quality starts when he loses every time he pitches?

01:48Well, the particulars now for qualities, I believe six innings and three or less runs is now considered a quality start.

02:01If you go six innings with three or less runs.

02:03So that is true.

02:04Skeens has 11 and Keller's tied for second with 10, as you mentioned.

02:08So Keller has 10 quality starts this year, however you would like to.

02:14But they have a combined record of 5 and 15.

02:16Yeah, keep telling yourself that.

02:18Mitch Keller.

02:19Yeah.

02:20Quality starts.

02:21That's how it goes.

02:23I did find a way to get the Pirates on the wildcard board, though.

02:27They're on there somewhere.

02:29I know.

02:29There they are.

02:29I got them.

02:30I said, go to the Pirates.

02:31They're 11 back in the NL wildcard race.

02:35So they're still on our board.

02:37Oh, yeah.

02:37How about how far?

02:38Look at the Braves.

02:39Still buried there.

02:40Nine games out of the NL wildcard.

02:43Are the Giants, the Phillies, and the Padres would be the three NL wildcard teams if the

02:48season ended today?

02:51Well, that means great playoff baseball, if you ask me.

02:56Yeah.

02:56We get those three teams involved.

02:58It certainly does.

02:59As far as the American League side, Toronto and Tampa, of course, have been playing better.

03:06And that means Toronto and Tampa are in the one and two slots in the AL wildcard with Minnesota

03:11in the third.

03:12Cleveland, Kansas City, Seattle, LA.

03:15I mean, it's tight.

03:15Look at that.

03:16All the way down to Texas.

03:17It's like three, three and a half games.

03:20Lots of teams involved in the AL.

03:21How many back is Baltimore?

03:23Does that say five?

03:25I've got eight.

03:27I've got them at eight games back of the wildcard right now.

03:32Eight.

03:32Well, I'll tell you what.

03:33The fact that they're eight games out with as bad as they've stunk, you've got to be kidding me.

03:39Like, I'm not kidding you.

03:40That guy that you played that clip, I've never heard of it.

03:43Oh, Westberg.

03:45Well, yeah.

03:46That guy might as well be in the U.S. Open as an amateur.

03:49I don't have any clue who that is.

03:51He's one of their, they have a lot of these young bats.

03:55Obviously, we know Jackson Holiday.

03:57You know, they have a couple of other young bats that, you know, he came up a year or two ago.

04:02He's been hurt a lot, Westberg.

04:04But when Westberg's been in there, he's been all right.

04:06You know, he's not been Gunnar Henderson, but he's been decent.

04:10He might as well be Blitzberg.

04:12I don't know who that is.

04:13So, if I don't know who you are, you don't matter.

04:17I know everyone.

04:17You don't matter.

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