2024 American League Showdown: Orioles vs Astros Insight
Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00So let's talk about who's going to win the American League outright. Teams like the Yankees,
00:07the Orioles, the Guardians, the Astros, and the Twins. Joe, the Guardians at 650 are worth
00:12a conversation. It's just, they're never going to do it. And that to me is just, you want
00:18them to, you have to make the conversation and the argument if they had the pitching
00:22and so just not going to happen. O's, Yanks, who's taking this? I think it's the Orioles.
00:29It feels like a million years ago, but remember Shane Bieber? I was going to say Shane Bieber
00:34in my head. I was like, when is he due? He's out for the entire year. And then it's a year.
00:38But if he had stayed healthy this year, especially the way he started the season, those first
00:41couple of starts were unbelievable. First of all, this number probably wouldn't be 650,
00:45but we would be having a much different conversation, I think, about the Guardians. I think they
00:48lack that other big time. You know, Bybee has been very good, but they just lack that
00:52other guy in that rotation. The Astros looming at plus 650 are really the interesting one
00:59on this board to me. I'm sticking with the flag that I planted back in April when we
01:03did our pre the beginning of the year. I love the Baltimore Orioles at plus 270. I just
01:08don't think you're getting a great number on them. I think it was more like four or
01:13five when we started earlier in the year and have to go back and look at it, but that's
01:15when we invested in it. I think it's worth reinvesting in. I still think the Orioles
01:19have enough. And I think those young teams are dangerous because they just don't know
01:23they're not supposed to be there or that good yet. And now they have Corbin Burns, who's
01:27very special. So to me, it's the Orioles. And if you want to look for a later one, it's
01:31the Astros because the Astros, I mean, honestly, more than anybody on this list, understand
01:36what it takes to flip the switch and get it done. That's a veteran team, even more than
01:40the Yankees. I think the Astros have a little bit more killer instinct than that Yankee
01:43team does. And that's been proven time and time again.