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Speaker 1: This is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back.

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Speaker 3: It is Cincy three sixty ESBN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 3: Jim Day will join us in just about four minutes.

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Speaker 3: We've got Jim Day coming up at two ten. He

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Speaker 3: will He'll join us to talk some some Cincinnati Reds.

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Speaker 3: Another NBA trade, Austin former Duke Blue Devil Jared McCain

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Speaker 3: is being moved from the Philadelphia seventy six ers. They

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Speaker 3: are sending him to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a

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Speaker 3: twenty twenty six Rockets first round pick and three second

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Speaker 3: round picks. So there you go. Another trade in the NBA.

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Speaker 3: The other thing for the Dallas Mavericks. I was reading

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Speaker 3: this over the break. You mentioned the Anthony Davis trade.

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Speaker 3: The Mavericks now have the resources to build around Cooper Flag.

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Speaker 3: They're likely going to have another lottery pick. They also

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Speaker 3: have a late first round pick. They have a one

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Speaker 3: hundred and fifty and guaranteed one hundred fifty million and

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Speaker 3: guaranteed money next year, which is well below the tax

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Speaker 3: apron and they are below the luxury tack tax this

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Speaker 3: season now, so they have flexibility in the next twenty

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Speaker 3: four hours to kind of build up to the NBA Draft.

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Speaker 3: Don't forget they have Kyrie Irving as well coming back

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Speaker 3: off of an injury, so perhaps they have a move

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Speaker 3: from Kyrie Irving happening as well in the near future.

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Speaker 3: But something to keep an eye on from the NBA

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Speaker 3: as as the trade deadline approaches.

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Speaker 4: To make sense, like the Bulls got Mike Conley and

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Speaker 4: they're like, oh, they're gonna move on from him, huh.

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Speaker 2: They just I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I don't and I don't, like I'm not invested enough

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Speaker 2: And bizarre to me, Yeah, just crazy. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: It's hard to follow, but.

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Speaker 3: It is interesting here in Cleveland because I'm seeing that

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Speaker 3: there's been a lot of pushback for the hardened deal

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Speaker 3: thirty six year old Harden for a younger Garland and

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Speaker 3: you send draft picks to the seventy to the Clippers.

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Speaker 3: It feels like by a lot of accounts that the

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Speaker 3: Clippers won that deal in moving on from James Harden,

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Speaker 3: which again is fascinating to me, because to me, James

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Speaker 3: Harden is he's an enigma, Like I don't know what

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Speaker 3: to make of him because he's got so much talent,

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Speaker 3: But if you look at his career in the most

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Speaker 3: meaningful games, he has come up short. He's not played

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Speaker 3: his best and they've built and by that I mean

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Speaker 3: teams have built good players and championship contenders around him,

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Speaker 3: and they've never really found a way with James Harden

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Speaker 3: to get over the hump. So I think all of

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Speaker 3: that is interesting to follow along with. Obviously not something

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Speaker 3: that we here in Cincinnati follow along with as much,

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Speaker 3: because well, we don't have an NBA team. If there

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Speaker 3: was an NBA team in Cincinnati, where would that go,

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Speaker 3: unto your kind of your your following enjoyment, where would

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Speaker 3: they slot in behind the Reds and Bengals.

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Speaker 4: It'd be close for two? Oh, okay, yeah, it'd be close.

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Speaker 4: NBA teams are a big deal.

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Speaker 2: NBA games are so much fun.

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Speaker 4: And they you know, they feels like they play every

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Speaker 4: single night. It is very similar to baseball in that sense.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I do think they're fun to go to, though

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Speaker 3: I enjoy a uh don't I think the last one

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Speaker 3: thought that if Lebron plays in year twenty four that

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Speaker 3: sort itself out. The NBA trade deadline is going to continue,

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Speaker 3: but for us now an awesome opportunity because spring training

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Speaker 3: is now right around the corner for the Cincinnati Reds,

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Speaker 3: and the Reds made a huge splash by Addie Neo

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Speaker 3: Henio Suarez back to this roster. It fills an immediate

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Speaker 3: need forty nine home runs last year to a team

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Speaker 3: where the Reds are right now than our good friend

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Speaker 3: Jim Day, who's nice enough to join us right now?

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Speaker 2: Jim, what's up?

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Speaker 5: What's happening? Fellas a long time?

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Speaker 2: The talk been too long? Jim. How's the offseason been?

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Speaker 5: Well, my phone as it rang good.

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Speaker 3: I would imagine it's been a busy couple days for you.

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Speaker 3: Obviously everyone's reaction. There's been so much excitement around this

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Speaker 3: see how important is that for this ball club.

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Speaker 6: Well, they've been able to develop a culture and a

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Speaker 6: if that makes any sense. They are a tight knit group,

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Speaker 6: you don't tell me one person that doesn't talk about

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Speaker 6: he's just a good human being. And when he talked

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Speaker 6: he walks it. He just has this aura about him.

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Speaker 6: He just gives off positive energy all the time or

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Speaker 6: he's already communicated with Elie de la Cruz and Noelvie

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Speaker 6: to him being traded, you know it's gonna go a

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Speaker 6: long long way, particularly with the Hispanic players, but really

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Speaker 6: I mean, it is a home run signing.

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Speaker 3: It's such a good signing in so many areas. And again,

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Speaker 3: You mentioned Ellie de la Cruz. From a sheer baseball standpoint,

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Speaker 3: what does slotting Suarez into the lineup do for a

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Speaker 6: Well, it's gonna give Ellie protection. No one gets pitched

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Speaker 6: And that doesn't even it includes more than just him

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Speaker 5: Give him some protection.

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Speaker 6: Now, at the same time, you know, Suarez strikes out

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Speaker 6: I'm assuming they're gonna back three and four in the

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Speaker 6: he's gonna hit behind Ellie I would you know, you're

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Speaker 6: a great deal with the pitching staff they have. You know,

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Speaker 6: it's it's just makes it difference. It spreads the lineup out.

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Speaker 6: You have guys that are now going to hit sixth

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Speaker 5: Out and it just makes a massive difference.

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Speaker 4: Jim, for you personally, you said your phone hasn't rang.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure it's been kind of off the hook for

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Speaker 5: I mean it's listen is great for me. I mean,

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Speaker 6: I've been very open in saying on whatever shows I'm on,

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Speaker 6: I don't know, how does he do good interviews? I

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Speaker 6: mean I understand he can swing the bat, but can

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Speaker 6: does he do get interviews?

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Speaker 5: Is he fun? Is he you know there's human interest

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Speaker 6: So so selfishly, yeah, I mean he's great.

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Speaker 5: I mean he's he's a guy that will mess around.

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Speaker 2: So you mentioned good interviews.

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Speaker 4: We saw the news that Joey Vado is going to

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Speaker 4: Have you you know, has Joey sought out your advice

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Speaker 4: and do you think he'll be how do you think

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Speaker 6: And I think there'll be some growing pains with him

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Speaker 6: And I don't know if he's going to be in

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Speaker 5: But he has that.

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Speaker 6: Ability to turn it on and off, and he's such

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Speaker 6: great player, so they're getting the full package there. I

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Speaker 6: do think there's going to be an adjustment period, but

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Speaker 6: he will be as prepared as anyone because he literally

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Speaker 6: doesn't want he doesn't need the money, and two, he

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Speaker 6: So you can better believe that he will once he

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Speaker 6: gets over those growing pains, he'll be excellent.

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Speaker 3: How how much Jim do you look forward to spring training.

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Speaker 5: Make the team, just to be.

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Speaker 6: Not be sent down like heck, you got DF eight.

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Speaker 3: Lastly, you mentioned the rotation, and I think they've done

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Speaker 6: Chase Burns might be the most talented pitcher on the roster,

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Speaker 3: The rotation certainly a lot to be excited about about

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Speaker 3: I know it's an exciting time. Jim can't thank you

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Speaker 3: we look forward to talking again soon.

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Speaker 5: Anytime. Fellas.

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Speaker 6: I leave Tuesday and my phone will always be on

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Speaker 2: How long will you be out there? We'll just start

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Speaker 2: calling you up randomly.

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Speaker 6: You can call me up randomly, although just remember that well, no,

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Speaker 6: you guys are on.

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Speaker 5: It that they used to have someone.

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Speaker 6: I'm not going to mention names that would call me

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Speaker 6: at like they hosted a show from six am ten am, no,

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Speaker 6: and would ring me up. You know there's two and

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Speaker 6: We won't mess any names. Yeah, but my phone, you

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Speaker 6: just call me randomly. Fine, I'll probably be standing there

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Speaker 6: and watching have a tough job. You know, I'm sting

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Speaker 2: Will you be out there? The duration? How long is

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Speaker 3: That's awesome? Yep, it's got to be terrible. It's gotta

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Speaker 3: be terrible. Jim, thanks a lot, man. All right, I'll

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Speaker 3: tough it out for you, guys.

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Speaker 2: Please do please think about us.

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Speaker 5: It's all for you.

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Speaker 3: That is the great Jim day. That's awesome. I guarantee.

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Speaker 3: It's been such a whirlwind couple of days. I know

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Speaker 3: I'm sure getting ready to head out of this weather

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Speaker 4: We're gonna work on that Jim day Au Haineo Surez

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