 It feels like I say this every year, but it should be a holiday like opening day should definitely be a holiday and I can't wait. I'm gonna wake up. There's gonna be like 15 games tomorrow and I just I'm I'm very excited and yesterday was our AL preview today NL And then when we're done, we wake up tomorrow and we get to actually stop previewing stuff and watch games True AL preview is great because Rob I think what ended up happening is Ali convinced us that the Mariners might have a legitimate shot at Doing some big damage this year In L East is is gonna be a wild division this year. I think there's three teams that legitimately have a shot Mo the the top two of those I still think the Braves and the Mets are a slight tick above where the Phillies are at but the Phillies are gonna rake this year and they're gonna be a lot of fun to watch I don't know if they're quite as good as the Braves and the Mets But they're gonna be just as fun if not more fun to watch because Aside from their two aces they have they're gonna give up a lot of runs and they're gonna score a lot of runs Which is always well as a hitter professionally a lot of fun to watch Pitching ninja might not like that as much, but this division is interesting for me I This is I think this one's a toss-up down to the very very end I think the Mets and the Braves are gonna go back and forth and I do Ultimately have the Mets pulling it out in the regular season, but I mean again toss up there. I think Yeah, I so does Reese and you know I think Hoskins being out for the year is difficult for them. They were already kind of in a place where They're offensively loaded. You can't really afford to deal with many injuries then rangers Suarez Who's their number three guy who knows like hopefully it's not too long But he's not gonna be available to start the year Reese Hoskins out for the year So I don't know. I mean we saw a few minutes ago Christian Pasha was traded for I don't know about you But that doesn't put me over the top for them to for them to win the NL East But this is I agree with you Ali. I think this division is probably gonna be the most exciting one to watch I have the Mets over the Braves in the regular season. Yeah, I think we'll talk more Long-term in a little while but for the regular season I think just the pitching depth of the Mets is just gonna I think pitching depth throughout a regular season is huge And they they certainly have that not you know, not that the Braves Don't with Fried and Spencer Strider who I'm very high on You know, I just I wish I knew it was happening with Michael Soroka I'm a huge fan of his and I don't really know as we haven't known for like two or three years what's happening with him So I hope he's back in healthy Justin Justin Yeah, we're distant distant relatives. Yes Yeah, just the more the more distant you get the further the name Yeah Yeah, I agree. That's a big reason he chose to sign with the Mets is He said he wanted to you know, Justin was a big part of the reason he signed there Which I think is really cool for him to say that and you know, it's always a tough transition But we'll see I'm excited to watch him Who you asking me or other people I say Justin I have Justin shocker Is that true max is the most tweeted pitcher in your Who's second In the last couple of years because max has been around as long as you've been doing this Shohei hasn't I would say in the last two years. It's got to be shohei Yeah My vote is Spencer Strider. I know max freed is Yeah Yeah, rob. Who are you? We know I I have the Mets in the nle's in a toss up for the regular season Who's your division winner? I do I think this year having you know, I don't think we got Ronald Acuna last year. I think we saw one year He came back probably I don't want to say too soon, but he wasn't himself last year coming back from his injury I think this year we're getting we'll get back to close to 40 40 ronald acuna And you know, that's not technically in addition to this lineup But it but it is like this guy's one of the best players in baseball when he's healthy And hopefully now a couple over a year removed from this injury Almost two years removed. We get we get him back. I agree. Is that a little foreshadowing there? Is that Um, yeah, I I agree. I I had him the year he went down. I think I picked him to win The the mvp. So hopefully he's at least back to that form because he's one of the most exciting players in baseball I know we haven't Talked about them because as we can see here on the fandom sports book the marlins are plus 4 000 to win the division But as a big pitching guy rob these the marlins have to be an exciting team For you certainly and I think they're a little under. I mean their offense is going to be a lot better Pitching staff is electric. I don't hate them Yeah, and then louis rise batting title guy coming in and the guy had never hit He'd never had a multi-home run game in his entire career He did it in the world baseball classic in the stadium. He's going to be playing in which matters I think you know, he's obviously comfortable in that stadium. I think he's going to be a big addition to that lineup Very very very tough division for them to be in but I think they could make some noise at least Yep, I agree. I wonder what um No, I was just like I was going to look at there to make the playoff odds and in this division Braves are at minus six fifty to make the playoffs um We can we'll talk about We'll talk about sigh young in a little while, but I got a lot to say about him Yes Yeah, you're a pitching guy. Of course, you're not high on the cardinals folks Stroh is my dude like stroh and I go back a long way and and I think he's a good leader of that team. I think that they have a shot. I wouldn't wouldn't surprise me No, I I'm really relieved to hear you say that. I didn't know we're on like exactly you didn't even have to convince me like the We are Look, I don't I don't feel like Whoa, whoa, whoa, alley One Yes But two what I was going to say is if you're looking if you like the cubs I don't know if I don't know if they're going to win the division But what I would wouldn't hate looking at is their win total here is 76 and a half. I don't take that I definitely like the over there of seven. I think this team is I think the way they are right now they're a 500 baseball team And 500 gets you into contention that last, you know month of the year with the extra playoff team Look, I think 76 and a half is really low I agree with you and I think and I didn't mention tayon too who has been like an absolute study edit that sweeper And he's another guy that that could have a big year I think that's a value pick. I agree with you Let's go. I want to hear you talk about the cubs rotation real quick because there's some names in there justin steele Hayden Wasneski. Yeah, he's yeah ty. I mean Stroman is the name that we all know but there's some guys with Really good stuff that could surprise some people this year, right? Yeah, I mean wasneski is is legit one of the filthiest guys in baseball His slider sweeper is filthy hit 97 in the spring Um, I like him. He's a competitor. I think he's a big dude for that team steele same way Um, and keegan thompson's low key good Drew smiley is a solid veteran like they have pictures and I think people are sleeping on them so much. Yep. I I agree. I I was saying I When I did uh, I did offseason grades earlier this offseason and I gave the cubs an a it was like One of the top three best off seasons and to me That doesn't mean that they're going to win the world series. It just means of everybody like Who improved? More than they improved and I think there's a conversation we had yesterday I think the angels have vastly improved. I think the cubs had perhaps the best offseason there was I mean building a team starts up the middle and you look at danzby swanson niko horner gold glovers cody bellinger and centerfield gold glove caliber guy out there They've built this core that already is is pretty solid And I look I I think we're undervaluing the cubs. Obviously. We're all in agreement here Shocker alley got us on that train once again But yeah, I don't we're just following I don't see this team being a 76 win team I just don't I think their pitching is better. I think I think at the end of this year We're talking about justin steele and Hayden, how do you say his last name rob with nesky with nesky? And tayona a lot more than we have been so far So do you view like I view the cardinals as a thin staff that is I have a lot of question marks like they could be really good. They could also not be Um And that's where I see the difference. I can see it wouldn't surprise me to see the cubs overtake them But I also wouldn't surprise me to see the cards Have you know, I kind of get everything they can out of that That rotation. I do worry about that I'm gonna go look at the cardinals win total. So the cubs is at 76 and a half this has the cardinals 12 games better than the cubs at 80 88 and a half That's a lot. I think that's a lot too Ben you said 76 and a half the cubs headed and just looked up they had 74 wins last year. Oh my gosh Yeah, they're better than they're way better than they were last year. Yeah Okay, we're all in agreement here. Yeah, Chicago cubs Chicago cubs over 76 and a half wins They could very well do that like I I'm a little nervous Okay No, no, you can like I think that's fair. I think they can do that I'm not sure I'm there to pick it, but I am a little nervous on The like the brewers have pitching no doubt Burns is obviously not happy And he I worry about impressing a little much. He could also could be the best pitcher in the anil and he probably You know, you could definitely make that But I also worry that he presses To try to make a point and maybe Doesn't Follow it up as well. So the cubs could win the division I I would also add about the brewers again. I'm on I'm higher on the cardinals than you guys I think the lineup is by far the best in that division. Oh sure. Yeah, and and the pitching isn't Great, but I'm a little, you know, like montgomery Well in spring really good when he got to the cardinals last year Michaelis who knows of jack flarity? I hope he's I hope he is back and healthy But not super good signs of that in spring training. I'm higher on the cardinals than most but the brewers to your your point Obviously the pitching is there but Why I feel like everybody rode off jesse wanker after one One down year and now he's been hitting well in spring training with the brewers like You know, we can talk about their lineup But if jesse wanker is the jesse wanker that we saw a couple of years in a row prior to his Stent in seattle then this lineup all of a sudden gets much deeper with two big lefty bats and him and Yellich, which is also another question mark. They just have a lot of question marks Which is my concern But if any of those question marks turn around wanker Yellich then we could be void voids another big question mark, but This team they're they are good So but but to that point we have question marks on both the two favorites, right? Like we have question marks. I have question marks on the cardinals pitching Um, we have question marks on the brewers offense The cut like if you have those question marks, why not roll the dice, right? Well, I would say where I don't have question marks is with the front office of the cardinals over the front office of the Brewers and come trade deadline time Last year the brewers were right there in first place in the division and they got worse and gave away their their closer who's the best closer not named evan Diaz and baseball and They didn't add to their offense, which was their big problem Whereas the cardinals needed pitching and they went out and got it So, you know, I think this is going to be a tight division And I trust the cardinals to do more down the stretch if they need to improve Then I do the brewers who don't seem to really want to add around the team You got what you got and we're going to focus with that and I just I don't I don't love that about them Did you I felt like that it was deflating too like I felt like you you felt that in the in the fan base getting rid of hater Um, it just felt that way like it was like you you have a shot and you're just Not that devon like devon williams is my dude he stood But it was nice having two guys I've never seen a reaction in a locker room like I did from the brewers You mentioned the the fans Players in the locker room were visibly upset and shaken by that trade And I that was that was the demise of their season. I think and Yeah, obviously they they ended up blowing it down the stretch and not being very good And is that all like josh haters fault? No, obviously not but that did something to the locker room and They continue to do things that just Frustrate me and players corbin burns this offseason over 750 thousand dollars Like I don't believe that the brewers organization and this is getting really into the weeds on who's gonna win the division But I I believe in the cardinals Willingness to to do what's right to win in the moment. Then I do the brewers Yeah, I that I agree with and to me Baseball becomes this weird game Where you're taking an absolute stud like corbin burns who you want to be totally bought in over 750 thousand dollars Just give the man like are you telling me he's not worth that? Like It's corbin burns. They blamed him for not making the playoffs. That is bad like it's corbin freaking burns Yeah That that breaks my mind like to me if you're arguing over that little money, just give the dude it and and suck it up buttercup and you know Get your get get burns bought in burns and woodruff or studs you have those two guys All all totally psyched up the pitch. That's one thing but now creating this drama Which you created last year doesn't make any sense. Yeah, I agree All right, you should own a team. Let's all own a team What team yeah Like just don't tell anybody we're gonna buy a team. Nobody's nobody knows this We got all the answers I'm feeling You know who you know a team I want to own the Arizona Diamondbacks because That's the division we're talking about next and that's the team I believe in not to win the division But they're heading in the right direction. We'll talk about we'll talk about them in a minute, but Are you ready to are you ready to go into the nl west here? Yeah, I I mean unless we want to talk Pirates or reds Rob might want to talk reds with I love the red like so Like people don't get out on the reds like The hunter green is in for a big year and I'm not the only guy to say it obviously other people saw it too But he after struggling at first was dominant towards the end of the season Dude throws, you know 103 will play. He's got a nasty slider. I know he's working on his change up He is meant to be a star. He will be a star Love the dude and nicladolo is as nasty as there is and you know He is he's also a very filthy dude and grand mash craft is another young pitcher Who throws absolute heat so that team Has some promise stick with them When you say stick with them I mean, yeah, yeah, it's very admirable I'm trying guys like I don't want people if you're a reds fan watching You have to look forward to right up even the even the front office last year said to the fans Where are you gonna go like It's so aggravated I'm with you. There's some guys that are gonna be fun to watch hunter green leading the charge there But I'm saying for me. It's gonna be fun. Like I like these guys True, you're gonna get a lot of content out of the reds. I am just like my marlins too. Yeah All right, um, NL West here Our season was the changing of the guards in this division. I am all over the Padres this year If it's not gonna be the Braves, I hope it's the Padres Yeah, I mean I yeah, I mean not this much. I mean in the nl in general, obviously, but uh, Yeah, I'm I'm all over the Padres There's to me There's no doubt in my mind that the Padres are by far the better lineup I was watching the exhibition between the Dodgers and the angels last night The Dodgers lineup aside from Mookie and freddy and will smith has some legitimate issues and By far the Padres are the better lineup I I'm a big fan of their rotation with obviously the names. We know darvish snell and muskrove I think nick martinez is going to be really good this year I I think on paper their team is definitely better I think we can all agree there the problem with the Padres the last couple of years has been getting over the hump of performing better than Performing up to their capability and we talked about this a little bit yesterday With the Padres even though we were doing the american league is they're a team that hasn't lived up to the hype yet And I almost feel like that playoff series against the Dodgers last year Is going to be able to be the changing of the guard for them in the nls They had a big Dodgers problem the Dodgers were the Padres Padre Yeah, that works and nice and I think that I think they got over that hump I really do and I think this year We're we're looking at a team and if we go if we go back to look at the odds The Dodgers are still the favorite and that's simply because they're the Dodgers and they've been winning the division a lot in years past The Padres are the better team and I I don't think there's any way around that I mean the Dodgers had a 90 win floor for a decade. Yeah, like that's a that's a long time Yeah, I I I agree. I wonder there there are win totals this year. I want to see Let's check those out win totals. Where's the Where's the Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers? 96 and a half is what they're at And the Padres Are at 93 and a half. So they have a basically a three game difference And I just I I just I don't agree with that. I think the Dodgers are I think the Padres are definitely the better team I think the I think the Dodgers took a big step back They lost trade turner. They didn't add a short stop. They got Bit they got bit by not adding a short stop when they decided to and I I don't blame this They they went in and believed in Gavin Lux and unfortunately what happened happened with him being out for the year now But it really leaves them in a tough place depth wise If they if they accrue any injuries this year, they're really going to be in trouble Yeah, I I agree. I have a lot betting on like Dustin May to have a big year. I think he's also got Perhaps the just a natural Jump off the page stuff Of anybody in the nl Um, but he's got to put it together for a full year. Where are you at with Dustin may may good hair or bad hair? I love his hair like I I think it's great hair. I think he's got great. He's got hops you watch him jump on the mound He's fan like he is a guy. You can't take your eye off. He's an athlete He is an athlete and pitchers are athletes dog gone it um, so I was that even a question it is It's a baseball. It's a baseball Us position players do not consider pitchers athletes in a locker room. It's very much So like when we go out to stretch or get ready for a game, it's like athletes this way pitchers over there Like it's yeah, definitely a thing that pitchers aren't athletes. Absolutely but Hey, so what do you think about about I think blake snell is terminally He's like forever underrated to me I I have his stuff as being Um top notch when he's on It's it's just being consistent for him But his stuff is unhittable when he's on well I What he did in the really the second half of the year last year like I I feel like He got to san diego. It took him a little while to get acclimated and then last year he came in with you know again like Is blake wood is blake snell gonna be and he really struggled to find the zone a lot but once he figured it out and he was good Playoffs good in the second half I mean, we're talking about a lefty that throws a hundred with nasty curve ball nasty slider. I mean And we we don't really talk about like to your point We don't really talk about and I think because of the question mark of like what blake snell are you gonna get? You know, the stuff is gonna be there and he's he's nasty Yeah, I I totally agree and I feel like every time he is Underrated by by fans at how good his stuff is Rob, where do you I when I mentioned nick martinez a little while ago and I saw you like shaking your head How do you feel you're all in on nick martinez as well big year coming? I think he's totally legit. Yeah, I absolutely am in on him I like that rotation a lot and I think that they're the It surprises me that there'd be more money on the Dodgers other than the fact that Dodgers always went Where where are the Dodgers better than the Padres? Lineup pitching rotation. I would argue no for both of those Wow No, they have some depth in their bullpen, but I'm not saying that the Padres don't either I I just I don't see a lane where The Dodgers are the Dodgers are a playoff team, right? They're gonna they're gonna win. I think around 90 ish 90 to 95 games and that in that area They're good and I think that division will be a battle the whole way through I just I I think the Padres are one of the best teams in baseball clearly and I don't see a lane where The the Dodgers are a better team and then they got over the hump of not being able to beat the Dodgers So then you have all that you finally have confidence You have a better pitching rotation. You definitely have a better offense. You have the better closer I don't know. I I definitely like the Padres here I think the question is are you gonna get the hater that you saw towards the end of the season Which you should expect to get like that is that is who hater is Or the hater you saw in the first part of the season where it was kind of all over the place I think the hater has been so good for so For this stretch of time that anybody that doubts that dude is just wrong like he's the he's the he's a stud Well, if you remember it wasn't even the first Half of the season at the beginning of the year a couple of months the first two months of the year There was a legitimate discussion about like a sigh young closer again, right? Yeah, that's how good he was And then he went through one of the most strange stretches Not yips related that I've ever seen a pitcher hit. It really was wild and Then he got back to it was good and good at the end of the year good in the playoffs And I I have no reason like you said to believe we're not going to get Dominant josh hater again Yeah, and I had some inside scoop that it was just purely a very minor mechanical tweak that he did Uh, which created him back to being unhittable josh hater and I would expect unhittable josh hater this year that dude is money All right. Yep. I agree So we're all in agreeance and I think we are Yeah, wow one division. All right, I'll take it Yep, I think we are as well All right, well we talked all three divisions Now let's talk national league winners. Yeah, let's just check this out. Let me look at the odds All right, I'm gonna pull up the odds here national league champions Braves and Dodgers are the two favorites here plus 380 for both of them Padres plus 500 Mets plus 500 Phillies plus 750 and then a bit of a drop-off after that with cardinals and broers Well Ben who's your who's your pay my in L champion is the Atlanta Braves. I I think Offensively Ronald Acuna Jr. This year. I think we get him back. I think Austin Riley's Everywhere you look with this team, right? You have Michael Harris the second out in the outfield now And then their starting rotation is dominant And then I was really looking at their bullpen the other day And it's really I think gonna be a very underrated part of their game They got nick anderson in that bullpen now AJ mentor will be a a big part of it and then ricella glaceous who when he came over to the braves last year was a top Three four closer in the game of baseball once he got there though He wasn't he wasn't closing. He was mostly eighth inning But top three four reliever in the game of baseball now. He's going to be that closer I think the Atlanta Braves are a are a as complete of a team as it gets and they are my in L champion Did nobody pay attention like I thought the same thing when a glaceous came over I was like that is a huge get for the Braves And I felt like nobody paid attention to that other than like I felt I was beating that drum And I totally agree with you like I love that dude. Yep. I agree. I do too. I do too. I like mentor too I'm a big agent update alley likes every Braves player I I love the Atlanta Braves like I would die for that team. Are they your nl champion pick? Yes, Ben. They are my nl champion pick Along with my world series pick. I think they are the world series So now we have to agree because you're never wrong like I'm Rob, what about you? Who's your who do you like here? I? It's tough like I can make an argument for the the mats I can make an argument for the Padres, but I'm in Atlanta and we're all going Braves Wow That means it's not gonna happen. Yeah. No, don't say that. You're not allowed to say that here Listen, we know the Mets are gonna met Sorry, no offense. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. There's a new pitcher in town. All right And I think the new pitchers in town give put some respect on Kota's name I'm sorry. I just I think the Braves all around are better They have power all throughout their lineup a stellar pitching staff like we've been beating Yeah, it was I don't need to make my case. I I already made it but a strider for the full year Doing Spencer strider stuff. He is just dominant yeah like So much fun to watch. I agree. Let's um before we all of us are on all of us are on the Braves This is sad. We can't do that. So let's All right, we can we're not gonna go to cubs like we're not saying like miracle season cubs. No, we need to be realistic Okay, before before we finish up I want to talk about the the sigh young because we've mentioned a lot about Spencer strider And I have the odds up right here My don't tell me your own My nl sigh young winner is Spencer strider and he has the what one two three fifth best odds At plus 1000 to win the award last year He became the fastest pitcher in history to 200 strikeouts in a season passing randy johnson And I feel like we're just not talking about that I I tried to talk about as much as anybody would listen. I totally agree with you like like It was my people are talking. I mean granted Framber was fed like I heard that like why are you picking strider over friend like strider all time history of baseball The fastest starter 200 k's and that is a big deal And he was he also threw the best game last year with 16 k's and was Just lights out and that's him like I think he's going to continue to get better Working a little bit on a change up not that he needs it I It's tough though because I also think You can make a case for burns obviously who's always there I do worry about the contract stuff But I think that goes one way or another he either uses that to fuel him or he uses it to do too much Which they're both possibilities. Yeah, and what about like I like the idea of Scherzer with the pitch clock With his gamesmanship to me. It's one of the things of all the pitchers in baseball I see the pitch clock helping him Because he views this as a challenge and as a game and will use that to his advantage. So It wouldn't surprise me to see him have a surprise have a really good year this year Um, not that many enough. Obviously it's max Scherzer. He's gonna have a good year every year But this may be a uniquely plus he's pitching alongside that other dude Who's a scion award winner in the american league? Yeah, and he may just want to prove himself Like just say, you know, I'm the big dog here max is competitive The other guy's competitive too. It may bring out the best in both I think they're gonna I think I think it's gonna bring out They're both the most competitive people you'll find and I think them being On the same team going back and forth all year long on the all-time strikeout list passing people together passing each other Every time they start I think we're in for a treat with those two guys leading that rotation and we're gonna see something special for sure So one thing I remember this quote where I think it was Justin who said even walking down the street I have to be first like I feel like I it's always a competition everything even if I don't say it I'm competing. Was he like that? Oh, yeah, he's like that my whole childhood. I'm nine years younger and I could never Win at anything and the one time I finally won in something. I remember like it was yesterday I beat him in a video game and he said to me he looked at me and said even a blind squirrel Finds a nut every once in a while and I didn't know what that meant So I went and asked my parents and they told me and then I started crying and to this day It's really upset me that Justin said that and he's so competitive that he actually hated He did not like that. I beat him in a video game and he's always been that competitive And that's forever been a thing and that's why I will take it with me To the grave that I am one for one with a homer off of my brother and my career So that's the ultimate win So you don't even need a group hug here. You've gotten over that like you own him now Yeah, I got over it our whole life We would talk about when when we're both playing professional baseball I'm gonna hit a home run off of you and Justin said no, I'm gonna drill you in the ribs So it was like this whole thing our whole life and then I Turns out we're both playing professional baseball a little bit different But I did play professional baseball and got one at bad off of them First pitch I saw hit a homer touched home ran back to my field and have never faced him again Does that ever come up like at family? Gatherings like do you know you always you would never bring that up like at Thanksgiving or so? Oh, I bring it up all the time and so do other people. Oh hell. Yeah, you do. So do other people. It's great. Yeah I hope he's watching There's a chance he watches a lot of my stuff. He's he's a great He's a great great older brother and I think him and max this year are gonna do special things in New York I'm excited. Yeah, do we have the MVP picks too? We're gonna do that. Yes. I think we need to Talk about Okay, so I have a case for two guys For MVP and I want to see if either of you bring them up. Does it rhyme with ronald acuña jr? No, and I really I really like that, but I wasn't gonna come out and pick two braves players. I tried so one of them is a braves player though Austin riley Yes, yes, I love Austin Riley. He's hard not to like like he just he he's a stud I um, I just had Literally last week. I just had Austin Riley. I saw that my podcast. It's a good interview I'm a huge huge fan of his. I mean the guy is as hard of a worker as you'll find Um, he just is gonna continue to get better. I I I like that a lot So are you on? No, I'm on wan soto. I I'm going to I know soto is the favorite here, but Yeah, before last year we were talking about wan soto as being the best hitter in the game of baseball And at 23 years old at the time heading into last year Passing ted williams in certain categories and saying this guy could ultimately end up being one of the greatest hitters of all time Then he had one down year by his standards And then he shows up in the wbc and spring training and hits 800 with a bunch of bombs Like this guy's about to go off this year Finally has himself a place that he knows he's gonna play all year started the year last year in washington Which I don't care what anybody says starting a year When you're when you're trying to win an mvp with a team that you just know isn't going to be very good Is a difficult situation to be in he's on a good team RBI opportunities will be there every single at bat most likely. I think he I think he goes off this year This is the first time we mentioned washington and it was in a I Don't doubt like One as a pitching guy watching his at bats They're brilliant like he his knowledge of the strikes on is better than any umpire He is in control of every at bat. He takes even when he's not doing well. So like that is a that's a good pick I like akunya He's just he's just you can't take your eyes off that dude when he's when he's playing. Yep I like that too I also I also had pray turner in the mix. Oh Oh, well, yeah Mr. Stud all american hard to not go with that with the way he's playing right now The wvc kind of like swin me. I was all in on austin And I was like Crap, maybe I should make a case for tray turner as well. So I wouldn't be upset if Either one of them won or ronald looking jr. But Turner was so much fun to watch in that too. Yeah, it was so fun. And I am like anti-fillies They I went to the nl ds series last year in a brave shirt and I was I'm still like recovering from the trauma They're tough Well, what about rookie of the year? I know, uh Ben is all in on on, uh, Yeah, corbin carol for me. Yeah Okay, I feel like it's not a good thing that I'm on a lot of the same things as you because he is my rookie It could be like jing saying that she's my rookie of the year as well I'm going codi sanga. So that is my pick The odds are are up here now corbin carol is the favorite jordan walker right behind codi sanga plus 800 Um, look, I'm the conductor of the corbin carol bandwagon. I'm all in on this guy and He has every single tool imaginable. He is Um, my comparison for him is jacobi ellsbury. I mean, he will he will be the fastest guy in baseball this year He's shown and 100 of bats last year. He hit four homers. I mean, I think we're about to see a pretty special year from him Yeah, I'm going sanga just because it was professional experience and I think being alongside two first ballad hall of famers to help Guide him is almost an unfair advantage with his stuff. I mean again touching 99 the ghost fork Good degree of confidence and a lot of experience and able to pick the brain of two studs I think that that not that, you know, long term. I'm with you I just I I worry about the bumps that you get as a rookie and I think that that his Experience might push him over. Yeah, ali. Where are you at your corbin? I am I am as well. I know a lot of the the bets have come in on jordan walker as well, but I'm on corbin karelia. So I live in decatur and he went to decatur high school jordan walker He's right down the road. Yeah, so It's hard not to like the dude. Did you ever see him play in high school? You know, I am trying to remember because I'm sure he played when I coached like I was I was coached I was a pitching coach For a high school team. We played them regularly. So I'm trying to remember. I'm gonna ask my son if If we played them, I feel like you'd remember the six foot six Probably like a freshman at the time. So we were like playing and it was really young just like, uh Our team played drew jones as well. Oh, yeah. Yeah, he was okay. He's Yeah, we had a lot of good good folks down here in georgia. Yeah, george is a hot bed for talent. That's for sure Yep, they also are Never mind. I'm not even gonna make the comment again. What were you gonna say? I was just gonna say something They also like to you know, the braves Ninja, I don't know if you've heard ali's a big braves fan Good for her. She should be It's a fun. They're very like they are so much fun. They're so much fun I love watching and I've been I had them winning the world series So 2021 22 and this year too. Yeah, I've um, you know We obviously saw them win it in 21 They were close last year and they're gonna come back this year And snit is such a good manager to Ben if you have Them winning the nationally do you have them winning the world series or no? I do not I have the astros over the braves In seven is my prediction Wow So you're Yeah, yeah astros over braves rematch of 2021 little different result, but Yeah, that's my prediction Yeah, that's so tough like Obviously, I mean that could very well happen. I don't know about seven. I'd like to see the braves Win it again. Anyway, but uh I hope the braves yankees with the braves winning. Oh, yeah, that's right Yeah All right. Well, I think we just Did we killed it? I don't care anybody disagrees with us. They're just wrong. Yeah complete agreement Agreeing on a lot of this isn't bad luck Oh, it is Yep, well, this was a lot of fun guys, but we're done two previews now now. There's nothing to do but opening day I know I'm excited like what what are we gonna watch tomorrow? Like is there the braves? They're on it one If you're wondering, I'm definitely gonna be watching that. I'm gonna have my three monitors up watching every single game possible So yeah, this is gonna be insane. Like I'm already stressing out about the amount of work I'm gonna have to do during the day with Getting this getting that We should um, we should keep doing this throughout the regular season though That's the freaking Lutley. This is fun. Yeah, I'm down Yeah, same. All right. Well, I think that does it for our nl preview, right guys? Are we good? Yeah, we killed it. I don't care again what anybody said. We killed it. Well, everyone enjoy opening day Thank you for hanging out with myself and ali and pitching ninja for an al and nl preview We're gonna do stuff throughout the regular season It'll be a lot of fun come back and hang out with us throughout the year on fandall and twitch and youtube Wherever it might be But for now enjoy opening day everyone. I hope everyone has a blast. I know I will And I hope you you know, I hope you learned some stuff from us Hey, and a shout out to ben here for controlling all this like yes Adjutri like not only Not only doing this stuff, but like you're the maestro behind this. Yes. Thank you. Thanks. He had the odds up He was running everything like holy crap. It hasn't been it hasn't it hasn't been easy, but he froze for me He doesn't hear it Can you guys hear me? So here it's it's funny before we finish up I have to say so my the way you guys can see me because I'm still visible for on the stream The way you guys can see me I have my laptop in front of me because you guys are seeing me through a different way And I saw my battery percentage ticking down and it was gonna be perfect And then rob started going on a tangent about how technologically I've been doing great And I was like, oh no, my camera's gonna go for them And but you know it's still working out fine for the stream. So thank you Good work, dude. Good work everyone. Thank you all for for listening Thanks for listening to our nl preview and we will be back throughout the regular season with more So enjoy opening day everyone ali and rob enjoy opening day to you guys as well Thanks Ben you too