- I need both of you to give us your updated
postseason predictions.
So post-deadline, who are the teams that make it,
and who's a favorite to win it all?
Steve, do you want to start?
STEVE: Sure, I will say the Dodgers
are still the king of the hill, until they get knocked off.
I know they stumbled last year, but they have a lot of players
that are coming back in September
and in August, Justin Turner, Chris Taylor, Dustin May.
Maybe Walker Buehler could come back, and to add those guys
to the core that they already have with Trea Turner, Freddie
Freeman, and Mookie Betts, probably
the three best 1-2-3 punch of anybody in major leagues.
Sorry, Padres.
I think the Dodgers are still the team
to beat in the National League, and in the American League,
I like Houston.
The Yankees, obviously, are very good,
but the Astros made some interesting moves
themselves at the deadline.
Trey Mancini is going to help them a lot,
give them some punch and offense that they
weren't getting from Yuli Gurriel at first base.
They've got a catcher, Christian Vazquez from the Red Sox,
and they got a left handed pitcher for the bullpen,
which they didn't have.
They were lefty-less in that pen and getting Will Smith, who
was lights out over the postseason
last year as the Braves won the World Series.
I like the moves that the Astros have made,
and they made it to the ALCS five years in a row.
I don't see why it won't be six.
- All right, Bob, your turn.
BOB: I'm going to go for a rematch
of last year, Astros, Atlanta.
You know, it's almost like when you're in school.
They say don't change your answer.
Atlanta was my preseason pick.
Just like a year ago, I think you get a very
good chance to go back to back.
I thought they made some great moves at deadline.
Alex Anthopoulos is a genius there, so it's a power team.
Houston, as Steve mentioned, they've got the Yankees number.
They played the Yankees seven times this year.
Never once did the Yankees come to bat with a lead.