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00:00All right, Tigers play in playoff baseball again tomorrow and the starter.
00:05Tyler Holton, Reese Olsen, they're still figuring it out,
00:07but Scooble will start game two.
00:08That was believed to be the case, but you never know with chaos.
00:12It's good to get that confirmed.
00:13Scooble regular rest on Monday game two.
00:16Yeah, it's nice to know that,
00:17especially if you're, you know, making that trip down there
00:20and you want to know, am I going to go?
00:22Do I want to try and force it and go Saturday
00:25if they're going to try and speed things up for Scooble?
00:27Nice to know that they're not.
00:28He's going to be on regular rest and you're going to be able
00:31to hopefully come back with a minimum.
00:33Of one Scooble win.
00:35You know, the dynamic with this series is it's going to be interesting
00:38to see how he pitches and go and kind of moves around Jose Ramirez.
00:42Yes, because to me, he's the arguably best switch hitting player in baseball.
00:47So it doesn't matter what pitcher you decide to use.
00:50He'll just go to the other side.
00:51But OPS against the left handed pitching is 1081
00:57against right handed pitching.
00:59It's seven ninety seven.
01:01So there is a definite difference, even though seven ninety seven
01:03is pretty solid still.
01:05I mean, you want to avoid a thousand eighty one.
01:08That's an argument to pitch around a guy.
01:11Yeah, I mean, you might see Scooble dancing around him.
01:14Oh yeah. Don't give him anything good.
01:16And if he walks, he walks.
01:17Well, AJ's had they've had intentional walks of Jose Ramirez, too.
01:20I mean, that's the other option.
01:21Like you'd think you would avoid a lefty for the reason
01:23that you don't want a lefty in the first inning against Jose Ramirez.
01:27Probably means it could be resource in.
01:28Yeah, it points to Houghton.
01:30It sounds like he wants to start Houghton almost.
01:32But because Ramirez is there, you're like, all right,
01:36we're in jeopardy of falling down in the first inning.
01:38You want to do that?
01:38But who knows?
01:39You can start brisky if he wants.
01:40I mean, I had brisky start games.
01:42There's a righty on the mound.
01:43And now you still get to save Olsen for the bottom of the order
01:46so that he gets off to a good start and can go deeper into the game.
01:51The way they've done this, I mean, he alluded to it, he goes.
01:54The unselfishness of this team.
01:57He mentioned how he was going to pinch hit for Torkelson,
02:00but he kept him in one more at bat because they didn't make the pitching change.
02:03And he goes to Andy Abana as McKinstry comes.
02:05Nobody has an ego when they get taken out of these baseball games.
02:08Right. Like that's kind of unique.
02:11It's very pro sports.
02:13Yeah. I mean, especially when you start to get into the playoffs
02:16and guys want their at bats, right? Legacy, man.
02:20Well, it's not only that, but you're dealing with guys
02:23that are playing with a lot of confidence right now.
02:25That's why I asked that question.
02:26How much does confidence play into this?
02:28And guys want to get up there. They want to take their cuts.
02:30They want their shot at winning the game for the team.
02:34And it's the same thing on the mound.
02:36You strike out four or five and you're like, I want to keep going.
02:40But the fact is, all of these guys have bought into exactly
02:47what A.J. Hinch is doing, and it's the matchups.
02:51And they're willing to to make that sacrifice
02:54because it ultimately has led to wins.
02:57And he did a good job. We've talked about it, too.
02:59But clearly he's mapped this out where they have off days
03:02between almost every game in this five game series.
03:05There's only one back to back in a five game series.
03:07So they're going to have anybody they use on Saturday,
03:10unless something gets crazy, will be available on Monday.
03:13Anybody they use on Monday will be available on Wednesday.
03:18Like they're going to have the full complement, whether it's 12 or 13 pitchers.
03:22They're going to have damn near every arm available every game.
03:24They play this series with the exception of the back to back a Wednesday, Thursday.
03:28I didn't guarantee to play a Thursday game.
03:30So we'll see how the series unfolds.
03:31But Scoble lines up for two and five.
03:33Yeah, a game five, if necessary, with the best pitcher on planet earth on the mound.
03:37It's why we've talked about this Cleveland series and we're not worried.
03:41There's not concern.
03:42Some of this is it's kind of a house money deal.
03:44Seasons of success, no matter what.
03:46But it also feels like Detroit should win this series, right?
03:49Yes. I mean, that's why
03:51we're confident in saying that this is a World Series team
03:55because of the confidence that you're playing against the,
03:58you know, the Guardians.
04:00And you look at the lineup and you look at the names and you look at Ramirez
04:05like that, that is a formidable foe.
04:08But in Cleveland, they're looking at it as, well, we've got to face
04:12a team that is red hot, playing good baseball.
04:18The best baseball that maybe they've played in a decade.
04:23And now we've got to face that team.