Senator Eric Schmitt on The Protect College Sports Act | June 2, 2026

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Eric SchmittGuest1:15

Yeah, we've got practices at 5:45 in the morning, which Missouri time is 4:45 in the morning.

Eric SchmittGuest1:20

But, um, I fig- my OPS is 1850, I've discovered.

Wow.

Eric SchmittGuest1:24

Somebody's doing the stats.

That's actually insane.

Eric SchmittGuest1:25

So, um-

Do you get drug tested?

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[laughs] No.

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No, thank God.

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Right, no.

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Um, congratulations, by the way.

Uh, speaking of professional basketball in the NBA, congratulations to the San Antonio Spurs.

Won game seven.

I'm ex- I'm very-- I, I can't remember the last time I was this pumped up about an NBA finals series.

It might end up sucking, but I feel like this matchup is gonna be good basketball to watch.

I know, Big T, you haven't watched any of it.

I, I've watched a little of the Knicks.

Uh, I did not watch any of the Western Conference.

So you haven't seen...

You, you haven't watched Wimby play yet?

I've j- I've, I've seen clips.

You should watch Wimby play.

I will be watching the finals.

Okay.

Uh, but...

And they're, they're putting the, the trophy back on the court.

That's big for me.

Yes.

If they would put the trophy on the court the whole season, I might watch the NBA again.

You might get tricked into watching more games.

Yeah.

Uh, yeah, it's g-

Arian FosterHost4:02

I think, I think this is a testament to the power of what people can do, and social media.

Arian FosterHost4:07

Right or, right or, right or wrong, game seven, SGA ain't flopped like that.

Arian FosterHost4:13

I think, I think he heard the cries from the people, and he's starting to see the highlights, and then I think he is, man, 'cause that, that game seven, there weren't a lot of floor hits.

He played really good too.

Arian FosterHost4:23

Floor hits, there wasn't as much.

Arian FosterHost4:24

Yeah.

Arian FosterHost4:25

Bro, he's so talented.

Arian FosterHost4:26

He's so, he's so nice.

Arian FosterHost4:27

Just stop with that shit.

Arian FosterHost4:29

I hate it.

Arian FosterHost4:30

Stop that shit.

Arian FosterHost4:31

But yeah, I, I did watch the last, like, three or four games.

Arian FosterHost4:34

That was, that was a, that was a, that was a fun series to watch, and Wimby is a alien, dog.

Who do you, uh, who do you like in the finals?

Arian FosterHost4:43

Uh, I think San Antonio gonna win, but I'm pulling for the Knicks, uh, if I have to root, right? It's...

Arian FosterHost4:50

I wanna see, um, New York have a win.

Arian FosterHost4:58

You know? [laughs]

Okay.

Arian FosterHost4:59

New York, New York fans have, they've had tough going in professional sports for a while now.

Arian FosterHost5:03

So I, I wanna see them have, I wanna see them have a win.

Arian FosterHost5:05

That would be...

Arian FosterHost5:05

Uh, I'm rooting for them.

That's, um-

Arian FosterHost5:08

I think, I think basketball is better when the mecca is a contender as well.

Mm-hmm.

Arian FosterHost5:11

I'm old school basketball where, you know, Rucker Park, the mecca of, of, of, of street basketball.

Mm-hmm.

Arian FosterHost5:17

All that.

Arian FosterHost5:18

I, I, I wanna see New York have a win.

Arian FosterHost5:19

I'm all right with that.

How would, uh, how do you think the people from New York are gonna take that? Like, you patting them on their head and being like, "You know, I just wanna see these little guys get one." Poor, poor fella.

Arian FosterHost5:28

No, they big guys.

Arian FosterHost5:29

They [laughs] they the mecca.

Arian FosterHost5:30

That's what I said, they the mecca.

Arian FosterHost5:31

They, they started it.

Arian FosterHost5:33

I just wanna see them...

Arian FosterHost5:33

You know what I mean? They maybe [laughs] going through it with the Jets.

Arian FosterHost5:36

[laughs] I wanna see them get one.

I mean, to be fair, they did have a 30-year run where the Yankees won every other year, and the Giants won twice, and...

Did the Rangers win one?

Rangers haven't won since the '90s.

Arian FosterHost5:50

No, '90s.

Yeah.

Arian FosterHost5:51

Yeah.

Arian FosterHost5:51

M- you make a good point with the Giants.

Arian FosterHost5:52

I definitely forgot about the Eli days.

Arian FosterHost5:53

Uh-

They just kind of pop up and win, yeah

Arian FosterHost5:55

...

Arian FosterHost5:55

but I feel like New York is more encapsulated by the Knicks and the Yankees rather than the Giants.

Arian FosterHost5:59

But it, y- 'cause aren't the Giants at that, their stadium in Jersey, ain't it?

Yep.

Yes.

Arian FosterHost6:03

So

SoYes, yes.

J- yeah, you're right, you're right, yeah

Uh, and then-

No, no, no

...

Wemby, Wemby might be in line to have the best, like, two-month span ever, or month-long span ever.

He could theoretically win the NBA finals and then, like, a year later, or not a year, a week later, uh, sign a Supermax contract that could pay him $301 million over five years.

That would be a pretty good couple weeks.

Yeah.

Uh, but you, you should watch these finals, Big T, and just, like-

I will be watching

... take in Wemby and just be amazed by how good he is and how, like, much of a freak he is.

Now, that said, we're gonna start to hate Wemby pretty soon if he just keeps winning.

I mean, the, the Spurs are-

[laughs] That's crazy.

[laughs]

The Spurs are kind of the anti-American team.

[laughs]

They always have international-

Yeah

... stars.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, Aaron, you disagree?

Arian FosterHost6:57

[laughs] No, I, I think that's just hilarious that's where you go.

Arian FosterHost7:00

[laughs]

Oh, I've been thinking about it because-

Arian FosterHost7:01

He goes, like, he's so good-

He is

Arian FosterHost7:03

... that we're not gonna like him soon.

Well, it-

Arian FosterHost7:04

That's, that's, it's funny

... it's a combination of him being so...

And we hate, we hate anybody that's just dominant.

Um, but not only is he so good, but also, like, just him being as big as he is with, like, eight-foot wingspan, just like st- like a giant just swatting people out of the air, just blocking three-point shots from the key.

Um, that is a ki- that's the type of player that we might as, as a culture, that's gonna wear thin sooner than I think other teams would.

Like, like the, uh, the Warriors.

It took, like, four years, three years of Warriors dominance for America to be like, "Okay, we don't like you anymore." It, with Wemby, if he's just a, a human cheat code and they get two back to back, I feel like that tide is going to shift rapidly.

But listen, I love Wemby and I love how much he cares.

Like, he was crying at the end of the game.

He was so emotional, and he's, like, so invested in this team, uh, and invested in his own greatness that this is, like, exactly what you want out of a young superstar.

So I love watching him play.

I, I hope to not hate him.

I'm just thinking that, like-

Arian FosterHost8:11

[laughs]

... yeah, it could.

It, it, it will probably happen at some point.

Arian FosterHost8:14

Wemby, play out the scenario in which the tide turns for you.

Arian FosterHost8:17

We're like, "Yep, that's it.

Arian FosterHost8:18

Can't stand this guy anymore."

Okay.

Well, let's see.

It, it, they would win this one.

They would, uh, they would win NBA finals, and then over the off season they'd, like, I don't know, they'd sign some massive free agent.

Let's see what the free agents are.

Uh, let's see.

NBA 2026 free agents.

Let's see who's gonna be available out there, 'cause it's, once you start to get in the conversation of them, like, just adding super teams.

Um, hmm.

I don't know exactly.

I, I'm having a hard time reading which, w- which guys here have the player options, which guys would be true free agents at the end of this year.

What's James Harden's situation like? Can he...

Is, does he have a player option?

Arian FosterHost9:08

I have no idea.

I believe he has a player option, which-

Here are unrestricted free agents.

Okay.

LeBron James, CJ McCollum, Khris Middleton, Kristaps Porzingis-

Mm-hmm

...

Tobias Harris, John Collins, Anfernee Simons.

Okay.

And then Nikola Vučević.

I mean, if, if LeBron went to San Antonio, that'd be very funny.

Arian FosterHost9:30

[laughs]

Just dominated.

That, at, at that point we would hate Wemby instantly.

Is he gonna play again?

Arian FosterHost9:37

[laughs]

What if he just retires?

I think, the more I think about it, he'll be back.

1,000%.

With the Lakers?

Uh, maybe.

Cavs?

Maybe Cavs.

Arian FosterHost9:48

He's definitely, he's definitely gonna play another year.

Yeah, I think, I think he will too.

Then he's gonna become full-time YouTube golfer.

This is how, uh, how far I am out of the NBA.

Zach LaVine has a player option for $49 million?

That's kinda crazy.

Is that real?

That's kinda crazy.

Is he good?

Uh, yeah, he's pretty good.

He's, he's a, he's pretty good, yeah.

That's in USD?

Yeah, he's pretty good.

Pretty good player.

[laughs]

Where, what-

I, yeah, I mean, I, I'm, I'm really out of the loop

...

I'm trying to think what the NFL equivalent of Zach LaVine might be.

Um, I think it might be, like, Kenneth Walker.

No.

The Super Bowl MVP-

[laughs]

... you think is the equivalent of Zach LaVine?

Yeah, uh, well, listen, Kenneth Walker wasn't the best player on his own team.

I understand that, but-

Yeah, he had a good, he had a good game.

He's one-

Zach LaVine is capable of having amazing games.

Is Zach LaVine one of the five or six best guys at his position in the league?

Uh, that's, that's different.

That, that's what Kenneth Walker is.

I think he's probably top 10 at his position.

All right.

I mean, yeah, I, y- I don't know.

Trae Young, $49 million.

James Harden has a player option for $42 million.

Yeah.

Gonna go ahead and pick that up.

Yep.

Yep, for sure.

Um, now people don't wanna have the conversation about when Wemby was back in France, there was a player that was better than him in France for a while by the name of Alexander Sarr, Washington Wizard.

Maybe that's what we need.

Like, he's the dark star rising in the east to defeat Wemby.

Nobody beats the Wiz.

Nobody beats the Wiz.

That's right.

That's right, Mad Dog.

[laughs]

You know it.

Uh, all right.

What-

Did you see who just resigned with, uh, their former NFL team?

With their former NFL team? No.

Yeah.

A receiver.

Oh, Odell.

Yes.

Yeah.

Odell Beckham back with the Giants.

Uh, good for him.

I saw that Jalen Hyatt was trending, and I was like, "Why in the world is Jalen Hyatt trending?" And it's people saying, "Snatch his jersey number off and give it back to OBJ."

Yeah, you gotta give, you gotta give it back to OBJ.

I agree with that.

I don't know that he's...

I mean, he's coming off some injuries.

He's a little bit older.

Do you know how old he is?

Odell Beckham.

I was stunned.

Mm, 32.

Arian FosterHost12:11

I mean, like, 30, 31, 32Yeah.

That's Super Bowl champion Odell Beckham.

People forget that.

Arian FosterHost12:19

The Rams?

Oh, yeah.

Arian FosterHost12:20

Yeah.

I think he...

Did he score a touchdown that game too? I know he got- He tore his ACL in the first half, but he was a good player for the Rams.

Arian FosterHost12:29

Some of the best hands the game has seen.

Yeah.

I just, I don't know if the, uh, if the legs are gonna be there now, but good for him.

Now we're gonna have an interview with, uh, sitting US Senator Eric Schmitt from New- uh, from Missouri in a second, and he's gonna talk to us about, uh, the new, uh, Saving College Sports Act that they're trying to pass.

This is a bipartisan bill, um, so we, we're gonna get into it, uh, in a little bit with him.

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All right, Big T, tell me about this, um, this thing that you sent over today about a new cleaning company in New York City.

Shift.

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, so, uh, I think they're live in several cities, but if you want someone to come in to your home and clean it for free, they will do that.

Uh, the only catch is-

Mm-hmm

...

they wear a camera on their hat that scans your entire residence to, they claim, teach the robots how to do it.

So they say they're training, like, an army of robots-

Mm-hmm

... to do household tasks and things like that.

But if you're willing to give some company that you don't know, uh, a full scan of your apartment, they'll come clean it.

They'll clean it for free?

That's what they say.

So what, what is the company behind this that ha- Do they have the robots already?

I don't know.

Are they doing this because somebody is paying them to collect data on everybody because they've-

I think that's-

... got the robots

...

I think that's likely the case.

So Shift just might be a, a, a middleman company.

Yeah, I would be stunned if there is not a lot of money behind this from a really big company that you've heard of.

Hmm.

Here's how it works.

"Book a Shift cleaning.

A vetted Shift operator comes to your home wearing one of our devices.

They clean, they leave, you pay nothing.

In exchange, we record the cleaning.

Robotics is being built on data about how people do daily tasks, and the value of that recording is what funds the service.

Anything personal in it is anonymized before the recording is processed."

Okay, here we go.

"What happens to my data?" This is from the Shift website.

"We anonymize the footage, process it, and license it for AI and robotics training."

Mm-hmm.

So they are s- they are then selling recordings of the inside of your apartment to the highest bidder in terms of robotics or AI company.

So you don't even know where your stuff's gonna go.

Arian FosterHost15:55

Well, let me, let me play devil's advocate.

Arian FosterHost15:57

If you live in an apartment, your floor plans are probably on the website anyway, right? Or even-

Yes

Arian FosterHost16:03

...

Arian FosterHost16:03

if you live in a house.

Yeah.

Your floor plan-

You can go...

I just don't know.

I do- I mean, we, we can't even fathom what a, a scan of your house will be used for in five years.

Arian FosterHost16:17

Yeah, I'm not, I'm not saying I would do it.

Arian FosterHost16:18

I'm just saying I, I, I, I don't know that I'm that skeptical.

Arian FosterHost16:22

Like, if you, like, if you...

Arian FosterHost16:23

Like, if I put my house on sale for the market, all my rooms are scanned, pictured anyway.

Yeah, but the... you're not giving it to Anthropic.

Arian FosterHost16:33

Anthropic could get it online if they wanted to.

Yeah, I guess.

So the people that are coming to your house to clean your stuff, they don't even work for Shift.

They're independent contractors that-

So it's a DoorDash for-

Shift-

... cleaning your house.

Yeah.

Arian FosterHost16:47

Now, that's, that's wild.

Arian FosterHost16:48

There's [laughs]...

So cleaners are independent-

Arian FosterHost16:51

Israel, those are the career [laughs]

... they're independent cleaning professionals vetted by our partners.

So they're not, they're not even vetted by Shift.

They're vetted by Shift's partners.

So what does Shift do?

I don't know, but it's not good.

Shift is a technology platform that connects you with independent professionals, not a cleaning company, employer, or staffing agency.

So they have partners who then vet the cleaning volunteers, who then get paid maybe through Shift, who's being funded by AI and robotics companies to get intel about stuff that's inside people's apartments.

But you get your place cleaned for free.

Arian FosterHost17:32

[laughs]

So there's that.

Arian FosterHost17:34

Yeah, gonna be a hard pass from me, dog.

Is that worth it? You must have...

You gotta have a messy, messy house to get it cleaned for free.

Anyone that uses this should be on a list.

Uh, they will be.

Yes.

They will be on a list-

You gotta be, uh, uh-

...

but a, a publicly available list so you can know who among you-

Is dumb enough-

... is training the robots.

Yeah, who's dumb enough...

I, I could definitely see, like, a, an apartment complex advertising this as a perk.

Also-

Like, "We, we have free cleaning that'll come in"

... there's a real, uh, a, a, a lefty argument to be made that this is training to take away work of lower income individuals.

Yeah.

Well, this is exactly what I think everybody should be concerned about, which is that AI will take the place of, uh, a lot of working class jobs.

Truckers-Things like that.

Fast food.

Fast food, yeah.

It's gonna be a lot.

But I'm starting to feel like I might be vindicated that AI is not what it's been promised to be.

Uh, you saw Amazon.

They're backing off their-

Yep

... demand that everyone use AI.

Uh, was it Amazon or s- some other company that spent some untold amount of money in a month on AI because it was just running crazy doing stuff?

I forget what company that was, but they...

So the Claude licenses that kept burning through, they, they did, like, $500 million of, uh, of business, uh, kind of accidentally-

Yeah

... with Anthropic.

I'm okay with all that.

I, I do think that this is, like you saw, um, uh, Kevin O'Leary, Mr.

Wonderful, and his, uh, his data center that he's trying to open up in Utah.

Yeah.

Have you paid attention to that at all?

We talked about it on an episode of this show-

Yeah

... that you obviously listened to, so thanks for that.

Yeah, yeah.

Um, that, like, when that guy starts to get involved in stuff, I feel like it's, it might be time to look at some bubbles.

Oh, you're anti-Mr. Wonderful?

I, I think that there's some stuff that he's good at investing, and this is just clearly.

Like, he's a Canadian guy, and he's all of a sudden taking a, a giant interest in a nondescript piece of land in U- in Utah that he feels like he's entitled to.

I think that should set off alarm bells for everybody.

Yeah, I mean, people are really p- data center's the new buzzword.

Yeah.

If you say data center, people will rally behind whatever you want.

Yeah.

They don't like, they don't like that stuff.

But yeah, this particular company, um, I...

Couldn't you see, though, like, a, a apartment building saying, "We're gonna offer you, uh, free cleaning-

Yeah

... once a week"?

My piece of shit apartment building would probably do something like that.

Yeah, don't mind the cameras that they're gonna be wearing-

Yeah

...

when they go inside.

They're gonna blur your faces.

That'll, that'll all be okay.

Uh, Big T, you and I had a good sports day yesterday for a different reason.

US Men's National Team.

Looked, looked nice aside a, a couple of mistakes from guys who pr- hopefully won't be playing.

That's, that's the thing is, like, you look at the final score, 3 to 2, and you're like, "Oh, that's a close game."

Should've been 5 to 1.

Should've been 5, maybe 6 to 1, and there were some mistakes that were made by guys who will not be starting and-

Against a good team.

Yeah.

Senegal is a very good team.

Uh, some would say that they won the African Cup last year.

Other people would say that Morocco won it.

There was a big...

It was a whole big thing.

Um, but yeah, I, I thought that they looked really good.

Our offense, our attack looked cohesive.

The, uh, the midfielder's connection with the strikers, that looked dynamic.

I'm, I'm excited.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think we'll, uh, we'll find out a lot Saturday at Soldier Field against Germany.

I'm looking forward to it.

Yep.

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Uh, Aaron, what are you up to? What's going on with you these days?

Arian FosterHost22:07

Not much, man.

Arian FosterHost22:08

Uh, you guys bullied me back into watching my Brewers, and oh, what a time you did it.

Arian FosterHost22:13

We're on a little tear, right-

I'm-

Arian FosterHost22:14

...

Arian FosterHost22:14

in the best month in the, in the league.

It's every time you-

I'm telling you, dude, you might be like a-

[laughs]

... a charm of sorts.

[laughs]

Arian FosterHost22:21

I'm, I'm not saying I'm the reason.

Arian FosterHost22:22

I'm just saying when I started watching them, they had literally the best month in Major League Baseball, and Mizerowski might be one of the best pitching prospects in a long time.

He's an animal.

I saw-

Arian FosterHost22:35

He is insane right now.

It's whatever, uh, you know, all of his stats over the last six games, uh, you know, he had 57 strikeouts and on- had only allowed however many runs, whatever.

He's the only guy in the history of baseball to do that over six games.

Arian FosterHost22:50

So I got...

Arian FosterHost22:51

So m- my kid is with the other moms right now, so I, but I have my eight-year-old, and the Brewers were playing Houston this weekend, and I was like, "Baby, we're going to a game on Sunday." She's like, "Okay, cool." She's like, "Yeah, I can't wait.

Arian FosterHost23:05

It's gonna be fun, me, Daddy-daughter date at the game." So on Sunday I was finna buy the tickets, and then she goes, "Hey, Dad, um, can I have a play date with my friend?" And I was like, "Ugh." She was, like, so excited.

Arian FosterHost23:20

Loves her little friend.

Arian FosterHost23:23

I say, "Yeah, man, go ahead."

Wow.

Arian FosterHost23:24

So I just watched it at the...

Arian FosterHost23:25

And Mizerowski was on the mound.

Oh.

Arian FosterHost23:27

That's, that's...

Arian FosterHost23:29

Yeah, I was, I was, I was upset, but that's my baby girl, man.

Arian FosterHost23:31

Like, she was like, "Please." They wanted to have a swim date and all that.

Arian FosterHost23:34

I was like, "All right.

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Go ahead, man.

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It's all good."

You know what? I think the fact that the Brewers even, uh, put, put a moment of hesitation in your mind with your child shows that you really-

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[laughs]

... you're really bought in.

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I am, I am, 'cause I definitely thought about saying, "Girl, you crazy as hell.

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The Miz is pitching." But nah, it's, I was like, "All right, you got it, man." Just watched it at the crib.

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Had a little drink.

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It was fine.

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It was cool.

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But yeah, I'm, I'm back, I'm back locked in, watching my, watching my dogs get down.

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That's it.

Mizerowski's the third pitcher ever to have a six-start span featuring 50 or more strikeouts and one or zero runs allowed.

PFT, the other two were in '21 and '18.

Do you have a guess?

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Hmm.

'21, I think that season there's one guy that stands out.

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Who's cuz for the, uh, Dodgers?

Ohtani?No, the other dude

Yamamoto, uh-

No, not Yamamoto

Clayton Kershaw?

Like the-

K-Kershaw?

Clayton Kershaw?

Kershaw.

Yeah, Kershaw.

No, but one of these guys is a lefty who's fairly similar to him-

Verlander?

...

in many ways.

Not left-handed.

Um, Greinke.

I'd say currently the second best lefty in the game still.

Shit.

Um.

Maybe first.

You can make an argument he's the best.

Who would the best lefty be?

I watch him a lot.

Just tell me.

Chris Sale.

Okay.

And the other one in '21 was Jacob deGrom.

Okay.

Yeah.

He was pretty much unhittable-

Yeah

...

when he was dialed in.

And he's, they wouldn't win games.

Yeah.

Yeah.

They'd-

They'd lose one-nothing

... yeah, we'd get two runs-

Yeah

... of support, yeah.

Um, deGrom's still playing, right?

Yeah, he's on the Rangers.

Rangers? Is he, is he pitching this year? I haven't heard much about him.

I think he has been this year.

I think he's been solid.

Yeah, he has a, uh, he's pitched 59 innings this year with a .377 ERA.

So-

Good for him

... fine.

Good for him.

I'm just glad that he's healthy.

He, he might be the all-time what if guy.

Like, if he had stayed healthy, he would've been a dominant pitcher like no other.

Trout?

Would, if he played on like a, a better team?

No, I mean, he's hurt all the time.

Yeah, I mean, he's still gonna have a great career.

Yeah, he'll be a Hall of Famer.

He's, he's playing good this year.

Yeah.

Trout is, uh, how many home runs does he have? Like, I'm gonna guess 16?

I think 13 or 14.

13.

Yeah, he's, so he's not bad.

Not a bad start to the year.

Could be a big trade piece if, if they'd wanna get rid of him.

I, I don't think he wants to go anywhere.

I think he's completely happy.

Imagine if the Braves got Mike Trout at the deadline.

That would be great.

No, I'm just thinking about the Frank meltdown.

They'd be cr- oh.

Yeah.

[laughs]

Oh.

Yeah.

I would attempt it, but, I mean, nothing could compare to-

[laughs]

... to what that would do.

Do you think it would be a bigger meltdown if he signed with the Braves or if he signed with the Dodgers?

Braves.

Yeah?

'Cause Fra- I don't think he hates the Dodgers more than anyone el- 'cause they're just good.

I think he-

He hates the Braves

...

I think he hates LA winning championships.

Yeah, but I think the Braves would cut deep.

That would cut really deep.

That'd be incredible.

Just imagine-

Or Yordan Alvarez.

I'd take Yordan.

Yordan, you think he's gonna be moved?

If they were smart.

Yeah.

They need to tear it down.

They do.

It's, it's, it's about time.

They hung on, hung on for about two years too long.

Well, they were still good a couple years ago, but.

Yeah.

Could be a fun trade deadline.

And might not be any baseball next year.

Everybody's gonna sell out, go all out to win this one.

That's true.

W- this might be the last season ever of baseball.

Yeah.

You know, why don't, why don't the Nats make a little move? Nats-

Could use about five pitchers

...

Nats, yeah, complete overhaul of the, uh, the rotation.

Just trade out the starting rotation.

Uh, you can keep doing...

W- we're doing a lot of the opener thing.

Like, not just for, you know, a lot of teams do bullpen days.

Um, but the Nats, we've, we've gone to an opener a few times, uh, where you just have one guy, like, pitch the first inning.

Another guy pitch the second inning.

I have a proposal for you.

Yeah.

I'd do CJ Abrams for Spencer Schwellenbach.

Tell me about, about Spencer.

Uh, he's hurt right now, but he's an animal.

He'll be back this season.

How old is he?

Like, 23 or 24.

Okay.

What position does he play?

He's a starter.

He had a .309 ERA last year, .97-

Oh, he's a pitcher

...

WHIP.

Yeah.

Okay.

He's a beast.

Uh, consider it.

I'll consider it.

CJ Abrams is gonna be a great piece.

Everybody should want CJ Abrams.

Or I'd do Chris Sale and Didier Fuentes for James Wood and CJ Abrams.

No deal.

No deal.

You need pitchers.

How old is Chris Sale?

30-

Yeah, too old

... 7?

Yeah, see, no, absolutely not.

It's funny when you-

Didier Fuentes is 20.

Yeah, he's 37.

Okay, James Wood and CJ Abrams are both what, 23?

Yeah, they're demons.

And-

But you need some pitching

... they're gonna be great for the next, like, 15 years.

But then you'd need offense.

We will need offense if we traded those two guys, although the rest of the lineup's pretty good, too.

It, I'm just gonna become a full-time genealogist in terms of the, uh, Juan Soto trade and, like, following everywhere that that trade has led for us, because in that trade, not only did we get, we got Wood, we got Abrams, we got McKinstry-

McKinstry

...

McKinstry, who then we, we then traded to the Rangers, and so we got more prospects back for him.

Now, if we traded CJ Abrams and got a bunch of prospects for him, like, we could be, like, he would be the, Juan Soto would be the Genghis Khan of the Washington Nationals in about five years, where, like, everybody on the team you could trade, you could trace back to that one trade.

Yeah.

What a terrible trade by the Padres, by the way.

Didn't work out.

They rented Juan Soto for, like, four months.

Happens.

Bad.

The, the Braves did that when I was a kid, uh, got Mark Teixeira for three months for, uh, Elvis Andrus.