Breaking Down A.J. Hinch's Criticism of Spencer Torkelson
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 6 May 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Mike and Rico react to what A.J. Hinch had to say about Tigers 1B Spencer Torkelson and his less-than-ideal start to the season at the plate.
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, Rico is slandering snoop dog and I'm not going to stand for it. |
| 0:04.0 | Just saying, he's a good looking 70 year old. |
| 0:08.0 | Again, unnecessary slander. |
| 0:11.0 | So, I want to bring this back around. And we opened the show a couple ways with the Tigers. |
| 0:17.3 | Thanks for stopping by. Swept out of New York. Six total runs. |
| 0:23.0 | Look, I out of New York, six total runs. |
| 0:28.0 | Look, I give Hinch credit because he's shooting you straight with Torkelson. Basically, you see him keep dropping in the order. |
| 0:31.0 | The next place he's going to be is sitting next to me. |
| 0:34.6 | Well here's your problem. |
| 0:35.5 | I have a multitude of problems with the Torkelson conversation, and let me start by saying, |
| 0:42.0 | if you're upset about Torkelson and demand change there, then why are you not |
| 0:46.9 | upset with Parker Meadows? Why are you not upset with Colt Keith? Why are you not upset |
| 0:51.6 | with anyone who plays catcher for this team? Why are you not upset with anyone who plays catcher for this team? |
| 0:54.0 | Why are you not upset with habe bias? |
| 0:56.3 | Like, it's not fair to just make Torque this piñata. |
| 1:01.3 | Now we can have a Torque conversation. I'm fine doing it. You're not going to like my |
| 1:06.2 | answers, but we'll do it. You know why though? People are upset at Torc because Torc was supposed to be, |
| 1:12.1 | you know, in this year three he's supposed to be, you know, in this year three, he's supposed to be hitting like 30 home runs. |
| 1:16.4 | He was that guy. We were all looking forward to this from his days going back to Arizona State. |
| 1:22.8 | You mean on May 6th he's not supposed to be the only first baseman in baseball with zero |
| 1:27.2 | home runs? |
| 1:28.2 | Correct. |
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