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Speaker 2: That's what he said. Okay, we have great articles out

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Speaker 2: they said the adjustments they're making are so much quicker

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Speaker 2: Kratz with you first, because then you're going to jump

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Speaker 2: during the segment, at some point is bat speed. Bat

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Speaker 2: speed is now measurable. We have statistics for that that

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Speaker 2: the fact that the concept is not new. He said,

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Speaker 2: Gaining speed, power, force production has been beneficial for every

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Speaker 1: Of course not.

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Speaker 2: Skill, mental makeup, competitive edge prep and a thousand other

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Speaker 2: the fact that being more physically explosive and producing more

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Speaker 1: Thank you Brent for saying exactly what everybody was thinking.

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Speaker 1: And in no way am I trying to be like,

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Speaker 1: You'd hear it every year in August. Minor leagues, big leagues.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's a really good question, I think in

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Speaker 1: I guess, but isn't there a Braves archetype like when

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Speaker 1: If there's anybody that understands people, it's a it's Alexanthopolis.

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Speaker 4: What do some of these candidates have to offer, Whether

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Speaker 4: Well, the big thing with Alex was I think that

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Speaker 4: But you know, Alex kind of I don't know, tongue

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Speaker 4: Who stays, who goes, maybe not just in twenty twenty six,

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Speaker 3: Right, managers of don Way. Finally, when they finalized that

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the Braves farm system is not what it was

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Speaker 4: Waldrip's a guy I'm looking at really closely. There are

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Speaker 4: push through the system, but will they arrive next year?

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Speaker 4: The cam Kamenetties of the world, Jared Richie's been really impressive.

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Speaker 4: They've got some really good arms. Position player wise, it's

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Speaker 4: a little bit light, but if you're looking at positions

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Speaker 4: that the Braves need to fill, I think Short stops

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Speaker 4: that spot and we can talk about that a little bit.

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Speaker 4: Their hope is that Hasan Kim, who was able to

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Speaker 4: come in and kind of get an orientation for a month,

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Speaker 4: will decide that he likes Atlanta enough to maybe stick

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Speaker 4: around for at least twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: Grant good stuff, Thank you for stopping by for a

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Speaker 2: quick chit chat. And as soon as the World Series over,

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Speaker 2: obviously we'll dive back in. Braves fans right now sitting

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Speaker 2: on the sideline, probably rooting again. It's the Dodgers, right

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Speaker 2: Is that the sentiment down.

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Speaker 4: There probably fair to say, I don't know that there's

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Speaker 4: really any way to just root for the leagues anymore.

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Speaker 4: I don't know if that's even a thing or ever

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Speaker 4: was a thing in Major League Baseball, but yeah, probably

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Speaker 4: never rooting for the Dodgers around these parts.

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Speaker 2: Yep, that makes sense.

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Speaker 3: Should we ask him? No, real quick, what what do

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Speaker 3: you think the series is going to be?

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Speaker 1: Oh?

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Speaker 2: You got a prediction?

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Speaker 3: In prediction ten seconds.

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you seven games is what I want. I

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Speaker 4: think Toronto has the best chance of really giving the

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Speaker 4: Dodgers a test, So I'll go Toronto in seven games.

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Speaker 2: Oh okay, real quick, got the buzzer. Actually, just thought

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Speaker 2: of this. Braves fans do they like when Freddie thrives there?

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 2: Is it a bittersweet root for him last year when

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Speaker 2: he was ridiculous in the World Series?

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Speaker 4: It's probably bittersweet. But if you know Freddy Freeman, if

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Speaker 4: you've had a chance to get to know him the

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Speaker 4: way that Braves fans had, I understand that the separation

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Speaker 4: it was what it was. But he as a person

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Speaker 4: is easy to root for, and I'll always want to

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Speaker 4: see Freddy have success. That may sound kind of counter

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Speaker 4: to saying that you never root for the Dodgers around here,

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Speaker 4: but on a personal level, I'll always kind of look

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Speaker 4: at Freddy as a guy that I just want to

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Speaker 4: see the best things for him.

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Speaker 2: I'm with you, and you're a good dude, so that

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Speaker 2: makes sense. Grant, You're the man. Thank you for joining us,

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Speaker 2: enjoying this series, and thanks for stopping by.

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Speaker 1: Dude, you got it. Thanks guys,