WEBVTT - Braves Country uproar, Giants trade seller aftermath w/Susan Slusser 0:00:04.760 --> 0:00:07.440 Hey, we're talking to Susan Slesser right now, San Francisco 0:00:07.520 --> 0:00:10.719 Chronicle and a regular guest on splash It Territory with 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.080 Jeremy Affelt and Scott Ostler. Those two new to the 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:15.239 party on that show. Really excited about it. Please make 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:17.400 sure that you check it out. Susan, great to see you. 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:19.800 Let's start with the big stuff. What did you think 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:21.560 of what the giants did here? 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:24.320 Well, Tony I Fraiitella kind of put it perfectly yesterday 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:27.240 called it pure chaos. It was his first trade deadline 0:00:27.520 --> 0:00:30.320 and wow, you're a manager and suddenly you lose six 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:31.640 guys off your roster. 0:00:32.120 --> 0:00:33.040 That's pretty crazy. 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:36.720 I thought Buster Posey got very good value, which he 0:00:36.760 --> 0:00:39.239 did last year at the trade deadline. I think he 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:41.760 has a knack for this. It's not just him, of course, 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.640 it's Zach Manazi and Paul me and Jeremy Shelley, like 0:00:44.680 --> 0:00:48.080 the whole group. They seem to know exactly what they're 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.559 going for every trade deadline. It's a shame there in 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:52.400 that position, right, but they're not doing anything. 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:52.800 This year. 0:00:52.840 --> 0:00:55.240 They did the practical and right thing, and the surprise 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.560 was trading three guys with service time left starting with 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:03.400 Elliott Ramos, and you mentioned Eric Miller just a moment ago. 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:08.160 You know, that's a very interesting deal with Marcel and 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:12.800 Meyer coming back and Caleb Gillian going in their Rise deal, 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:14.840 so all of those are a little bit surprising. But 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:19.199 they clearly are targeting young starting pitching, pitching in general, 0:01:19.240 --> 0:01:20.160 and that's what they need. 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:23.520 Susan. The fact that they had six guys that other 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:25.640 teams wanted is pretty amazing for as bad as they've 0:01:25.640 --> 0:01:28.200 been this year, So there's something there, right, But they 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.040 obviously had to trade other than a Rise, a lot 0:01:30.040 --> 0:01:32.200 of guys that had service time, and that's what teams 0:01:32.200 --> 0:01:34.160 are looking for. And I give Buster a lot of credit. 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:37.160 He had pieces that other teams wanted, and he said, 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:38.680 you know what, I'll get rid of them even if 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.280 they do have service time left over, because I can 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.880 get more players back that we can evaluate and we 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:46.880 can try to develop. This was absolutely the right way 0:01:46.880 --> 0:01:48.080 for the Giants to go about this. 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:51.800 Yeah, And they were trading, of course from positions where 0:01:51.880 --> 0:01:54.880 you know, first of all, the two relievers with service 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:57.080 time left, that's an area where they really have to 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.200 rebuild that bullpen in the off season. They're going to 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.840 have to go after a lot of free agents there 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.320 to really make that a solid bullpen. 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:05.400 They know that. 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:07.800 And then with the outfield, they've got a lot of 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.040 good young outfielders, so I think they feel pretty good 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:14.720 about about where they are with that second base. You 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:17.160 trade Luis Arise, who was just I mean, he was 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.920 the best part of their season, the best story. Wonderful. 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:25.120 But if you're bringing in somebody like Marcella Meyer Meyer 0:02:25.200 --> 0:02:28.079 he is going to benefit just as much as a 0:02:28.200 --> 0:02:32.600 Rise did from working with Ron Washington. So that's something 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.760 to consider too. This all of this was done with 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:37.800 the plan in place. You can see it, and to me, 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.560 what's really interesting is we now get to see Tony 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:44.320 Vaitello work with young players. Right now, the Giants have 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.280 seven rookies on the team. They've got five guys with 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:51.120 under two years of experience. This is sort of supposed 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:52.320 to be his wheelhouse. 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:53.080 They're not. 0:02:53.240 --> 0:02:55.120 You know, wins and losses aren't really gonna matter this 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:58.600 final two months. But do these guys improve, do they 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:02.600 play fundamental fundamentally well, do they make the right decisions? 0:03:02.840 --> 0:03:04.560 These are the sort of things that I think the 0:03:04.600 --> 0:03:06.880 Giants are going to want to see and this is 0:03:06.919 --> 0:03:10.440 how we finally judge Tony Vittello, who was not really 0:03:10.520 --> 0:03:13.560 in a position to succeed with that roster and was 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:15.560 in a steep learning curve himself. 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:20.840 What about anyone you were surprised didn't move, even if 0:03:20.840 --> 0:03:24.600 it was not just talking about yesterday. I'll bring up 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:27.280 one guy who I'm just surprised doesn't have more league 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.800 interest if the Giants eats some money. The perception of 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.480 Willia Damas, who still has pop and you know, is 0:03:33.520 --> 0:03:36.120 a whatever four win player or something close to that, 0:03:36.320 --> 0:03:38.920 and I think would play better outside of San Francisco 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:40.520 in terms of the bat. And it's not like the 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:42.760 bat hasn't had pop in San Francisco, which is very 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.760 difficult to do him and anyone else that You're like, hmm, 0:03:45.800 --> 0:03:48.160 I wonder why the league isn't interested in that player. 0:03:49.400 --> 0:03:52.240 Well, you know, Willy and Matt Chapman both have no 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:55.800 trade clauses. That complicates things. And of course the biggest 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.840 complication for Chapman Dever's a Damas is those huge contracts. 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.040 The Giants I think would have paid down a little, 0:04:03.080 --> 0:04:05.440 but they weren't looking like, look, these guys are for 0:04:05.640 --> 0:04:09.920 more valuable even with these big salaries and long deals. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.880 Then you know you're not going to throw thirty million 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:14.640 at a team just to get rid of a guy, 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.880 even if the return is okay, which it probably wouldn't 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.400 be if you're asking a team to take on one 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.919 hundred million plus. So I think it just from again, 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:27.159 from a practical hill standpoint, I think Willia Domas, Matt Chapman, 0:04:27.440 --> 0:04:31.320 Rob Hildevers are probably worth more. Even on those big contracts. 0:04:31.560 --> 0:04:34.400 You know what you're going to get. Domicis down year, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:36.600 no doubt about it, but he has not been healthy. 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.800 That is something that is going kind of very overlooked 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:45.040 right now. Chapman's on the il. Of course, Endeavors is 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:48.560 going to have another thirty plus home run season, even 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:53.840 playing at Oracle Park. So none of that's really surprised me. 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:55.680 I think that there were some teams that kicked the 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:57.680 tires on all of them. I think they got calls 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.080 on all of them. But I don't think that there 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:01.880 was any chance that teams were going to pick up 0:05:01.920 --> 0:05:05.000 the entire deal, which probably you know, was what it 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:06.000 was really going to take. 0:05:07.240 --> 0:05:09.480 Well, we know why no one's interested in the Damas. 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.160 Let's be honest, he doesn't work very hard according to 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.560 everyone out there, Susan, you wrote it. You wrote it, 0:05:15.600 --> 0:05:18.400 You're trying to bury another player. I know how your 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:21.800 dastardly deeds are, Susan out there in San Francisco, So. 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:22.960 You gotta get context. 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.480 Can you clear this up for us? Why Willia Damas 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.200 and Tony Vtello had to come out and say, well, 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:30.120 he works just as hard as he's supposed to. What 0:05:30.160 --> 0:05:31.320 are we talking about here? 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:32.479 Yeah? 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.440 Absolutely, you know. I asked Willy about this about two 0:05:35.520 --> 0:05:38.920 weeks before the Friday Apple TV broadcasts, which is where 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.880 it was brought up that Ron Washington had said he's 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:45.080 not available to work with me every day. I'd like 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.240 to work with him every day. Ron Washington said the 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.560 same thing to me. He said the same thing I 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:52.360 think to numerous people. He would like to get Williadamas 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.520 out there. Willy is not having a good season. Defensively, 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:58.200 Willy knows that. There is a reason I talked. I 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:00.800 talked to Willie. He's play not a secret. He has 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:04.000 a bad back, but he has to maintain aj you know, 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.880 especially in the modern day, players are really careful and 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.240 the training staffs are very careful with the whole idea 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:13.000 of if you're limited in some way but you're playable, 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:15.480 you're going to cut back in other areas, and in 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:17.640 this case, it's on field work when you've got a 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:21.600 bad back. That kind of makes sense. Tony Vitella's point was, 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.480 Ron Washington is really here to work with the guys 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.960 who needed the help. Luis arrives number one, and look 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:32.320 what he did with him number two. Rafield Diver's playing 0:06:32.360 --> 0:06:35.279 a new position, Bryce Eldridge playing a new position. You 0:06:35.360 --> 0:06:38.040 look at the left side and it's Chapman and Adamis. 0:06:38.120 --> 0:06:41.480 These are guys who have played these positions their entire lives. 0:06:41.560 --> 0:06:44.920 They do know what they're doing there, and Adamis's back 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:48.200 injury is something that they have to be concerned with. 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.880 So I think that's really kind of where maybe where 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.799 the disconnect was. I know Ron Washington knows that Willie's 0:06:53.839 --> 0:06:56.479 dealing with the bad back. And another thing that I 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:59.120 think completely goes under the radar when it comes to 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:02.240 Adamas in the work he's doing. He does work with 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:05.360 Wrong Washington several times a week. I mean, we're out 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:06.640 there in the dugout. 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:07.760 We see it. 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.280 It's not like he's just ignoring it. He's out there 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.360 doing that work. It's just not every day the way 0:07:12.880 --> 0:07:15.680 a Rise was doing, the way Bryce Eldridge is doing, 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:18.600 and that's for a different reason. They're new to those spots, 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.680 or in a Rise case, really trying to change his reputation, 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:23.040 which he did and then some. 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:29.760 Today's episode is sponsored by the ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program. Kratz. 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:33.000 We love our pups, we do, and I can't put 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:35.320 Bella in a bubble. So you know what I'll do. 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:37.760 I'll do the next best thing for her. 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:42.239 That's right. The ASPCA Pet Health Insurance Program offers customizable 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.320 accident and illness plans that can fit your budget, your lifestyle, 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:49.040 and even your pets particular quirks. 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He was out there seven 0:08:37.240 --> 0:08:39.280 days a week, and that was what he meant by 0:08:39.320 --> 0:08:41.360 and he got a little bit taken out of the 0:08:41.400 --> 0:08:42.160 way he meant it. 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:45.959 I think that Ron Washington sees a guy who's having 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.480 a subpar year defensively a lot of that because the 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.840 back end his natural inclination is to think I can 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.120 fix him, and he probably could I And I think 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.000 that's probably frustrating for him. I'm sure it's frustrating for 0:08:58.080 --> 0:09:00.000 Will in fact really said I would love to work 0:09:00.080 --> 0:09:02.920 with him. I think they're on the same page there. 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.520 I think Wash just kind of wishes it and maybe 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.200 says it a little bit too much to to maybe 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.880 people they don't have the context about what's what's going 0:09:13.920 --> 0:09:16.080 on there? I think it's all coming from a great place, 0:09:16.240 --> 0:09:18.719 I really do. Everybody wants the same thing. 0:09:19.640 --> 0:09:21.880 Yeah, I agree, I totally agree. I love Wash, So 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:23.600 I don't want anyone to think that I'm taking a 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:25.760 shot at Wash. By the way, was there any talk 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.760 with Buster Posey and the Phillies when they traded Luisa 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.199 Rise that Ron Washington had to go with him to 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.960 Philly or was that possibly a throw in and maybe 0:09:33.960 --> 0:09:35.440 they could have got another prospect back? 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:40.280 You know what, I think Ron Washington leaves Luisa Rise 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:43.880 like in the absolute, but like he's graduated. You know, 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:47.440 he knows exactly how to follow the Ron Washington method. 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:48.920 He's good, he's good to go. 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:50.079 He is fixed. 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.560 I think the next the next guy is Marcella Meyer. 0:09:53.960 --> 0:09:56.880 So and you know, continuing with Bryce Eldridge, who's still 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.920 a work in progress at at first base, and plenty 0:09:59.920 --> 0:10:01.679 of of other young guys. So I'm sure we will 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:04.240 see popping in and out here and there. Wash is 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:05.880 always going to stay busy. I think he said he 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.240 had five guys on the field the other day, like 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.800 one after another. It was a very hot day too 0:10:10.880 --> 0:10:14.160 in San Diego, and Wash was just tripped with sweat. 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.440 He's seventy four. We worry a little bit, but that 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.240 talk about work ethic, that guy's got it. 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:25.040 Hey, we haven't talked to you since the Harrison Vader 0:10:25.360 --> 0:10:27.800 scooter incident, so I wanted to get your thoughts on 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:31.080 what's going on there. And I know he was already out, 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:33.240 but then they're not going to pay him until he 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.040 is able to play baseball again, So what do you know. 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:41.160 It's also complicated, and you know, we would really probably 0:10:41.240 --> 0:10:43.400 have to have a look at the actual contract and know, 0:10:43.960 --> 0:10:46.400 you know, have a very legal background in things like 0:10:46.480 --> 0:10:49.720 contracts and the CBA and all of that to determine 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:53.520 Harrison Bader's future. My guess is at this point, probably 0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:56.840 both parties would like to just move on from it somehow. 0:10:57.800 --> 0:11:00.600 Clearly the Giants are not happy with Harrison, and he 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:05.160 is understandable. He re injured and already injured foot and 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:08.880 kind of made a consult that was supposed to determine 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:12.760 the direction of his treatment and hope to getting him 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:17.360 back this year. That ruined that essentially, that consult, So 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.920 the you know, the specifics I think are kind of known. 0:11:22.040 --> 0:11:23.960 We would like to know a little bit further. The 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.679 Giants say they're still investigating. Certainly it was a very 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:29.840 late at night incident in front of the Balboa Cafe, 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:33.079 which is very popular bar in the Marina, very lively. 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:36.840 You know the reports of eyewitnesses saying he drove into 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.880 the back of a fire truck. This is all kind 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:43.880 of not great, So the Giants suspending and without pay. 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:48.000 There is language in most contracts and Aja you would 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:50.840 know this about you know, things that you're not supposed 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:53.160 to do. But one of those things I'm told pretty 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:58.200 standard is not driving a motorized vehicle while impaired. And 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:02.800 of course there's language about personal responsibility, especially for not 0:12:03.080 --> 0:12:05.120 being injured away from the job. 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.000 Susan last thing. First of all, you should never drive 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.760 a vehicle impaired, whether you're a baseball player, anything in life, 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.880 So let's get that out there. And second of all, 0:12:13.320 --> 0:12:15.800 as a former Giant great as you know, and as 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.200 a former person that's been to the Barrier plenty of times, 0:12:18.480 --> 0:12:21.280 we've all been to the Balboa Cafe. Okay, we've all 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:24.040 had a good time at the Balboa Cafe. So that's 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.240 not knock Earrison Beta for being hurt being at the 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:28.800 Balboa cafe. We could get mad at him for taking 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.720 the scooter, but we've all been to the Balboa Cafe 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:33.000 and had a nice time there. 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:34.520 It's true. 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:35.120 I'm not. 0:12:35.440 --> 0:12:42.200 I mean, yes, you click, but you know what if 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.960 you've got a foot injury Andrew going out for a 0:12:45.000 --> 0:12:49.240 fun evening, there's so many options now, Yeah, take an uber, 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.600 get a driver. You know, he's at an income level 0:12:51.600 --> 0:12:53.720 where getting a driver seems like a great I would 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:56.679 totally do that, So there are responsible ways to do that. 0:12:57.720 --> 0:13:00.920 True, Well, hopefully it's back on the field. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:02.920 Not his first swater accident either. By the way he 0:13:03.200 --> 0:13:06.040 got into one college which also he would think he 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:07.240 would know not to be on a scooter. 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.240 Well as long time ago, but now he's definitely he's 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.600 probably done. I feel about He's a he's a great 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.720 dude too. He's just awesome to cover. He's fun to watch, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:17.319 like it's just fun. 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:21.600 And you know what, guys, there were teams that did 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:23.800 have some interest in him if there was any chance 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:25.840 that he was going to be healthy down the stretch. 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:28.040 People know what he did with the Phillies last year, 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:30.480 so it's an extra level. But like for both the 0:13:30.520 --> 0:13:33.600 Giants and for Bader, he could have been helping a 0:13:33.600 --> 0:13:36.720 contender down the stretch if he actually had a console 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:39.040 that led to him being able to play maybe the 0:13:39.120 --> 0:13:40.160 last six weeks or so. 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:43.480 Yeah, that fasciitis ain't no joke, Susan, I've got it. 0:13:43.480 --> 0:13:45.360 It sucks. And I don't know if I could ride 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:50.000 a scooter with fasciotis. And although I also got mine 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.920 in San Francisco, so maybe there's something about the streets. 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.440 I don't call it. Yeah, you think they they started 0:13:55.559 --> 0:13:59.160 off they're fascis. Okay, we'll tune into the nex conspiracy 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:02.400 theory with favor. He's a kid. Yeah, Susan, thank you. 0:14:02.440 --> 0:14:04.480 So I'm not kidding about getting flash fest shal I 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:04.800 know you. 0:14:04.760 --> 0:14:09.040 Got fassyis in Kansas, No, San Francisca. Yes, very well aware. 0:14:09.120 --> 0:14:11.040 We know AJ's life. That's a weird one. 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.679 That is weird when you walk thirty thousand steps, when 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:15.880 you walk from up the hills, you walk from the 0:14:16.000 --> 0:14:18.960 four Seasons to the wharf to the what's the place 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:21.560 where the invented Irish coffee, and then you decide to 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.360 walk back to the wharf, and then you walk back 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.320 Vista In or whatever, and then you walk back to 0:14:25.360 --> 0:14:28.880 the Yeah, but then you go all through the it 0:14:28.920 --> 0:14:30.800 was I ended up with like thirty thousand steps and 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:32.960 I got back to my room and I was like, out, 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:34.400 what's wrong with my foot? 0:14:34.480 --> 0:14:37.280 And then I'm like, oh, it seems like a driver's situation. 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:42.480 Exercise, Susan, I'd rather be outside carbon footprint the whole 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:43.120 thing drop. 0:14:43.200 --> 0:14:45.440 You know what, There is a there's a happy medium, 0:14:45.440 --> 0:14:48.600 ah between exercise and thirty thousand steps. 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:49.800 Oh truth. 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:54.360 Yeah, fifteen thousand season. 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Enroll on online today at 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:03.320 K twelve dot com, slash foul that's the letter K 0:16:03.800 --> 0:16:06.880 the number twelve dot com slash f o u l 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:10.840 K twelve dot com slash foul K twelve serving three 0:16:10.880 --> 0:16:14.480 million students and counting. A little tweet from Chris Catillo, 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:17.160 Mass Live covers the Red Sox said. Marcella Meyer is 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:19.440 said to be enthused by the trade and changing scenery 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:21.720 out west. He's excited about the new opportunity instead of 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:25.040 being bitter about a lack of a long leash in Boston. 0:16:25.680 --> 0:16:29.760 You know, sometimes you need that, Okay, Yeah, of course, 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:31.520 he's excited. He's going to go and he's gonna get 0:16:31.600 --> 0:16:34.040 the opportunity to play every day. But wasn't he kind 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:35.400 of getting that in Boston or No. 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.040 They were bouncing him around a little bit. I think 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:40.800 this is going to work out well where Buster Posey's 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:44.600 just gonna say here you go, have fun, go take off. No, 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:47.000 I agree, but still every day, same spot. You know 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:50.720 they were bouncing them around. There's just there's These are 0:16:50.760 --> 0:16:53.720 two very different front offices. Boston's gonna get a lot 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:56.920 more cute and San Francisco is going to be a 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:59.680 lot more traditional. With the way that Posey looks at things. 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:02.520 That's their I don't know. Listen, of course he's enthused. 0:17:02.560 --> 0:17:05.399 He got out of Boston where he wasn't you know? 0:17:05.520 --> 0:17:07.840 Now he's going. Here's the thing about this, as a 0:17:07.880 --> 0:17:12.560 young player, unless you're a star right off the bat, 0:17:12.600 --> 0:17:16.560 I might trout someone like that, you're honestly a better 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:19.760 equipped as a player to go to a bad team 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.000 to come up. Now, the Brewers, they do, but Brewers 0:17:23.040 --> 0:17:25.160 are probably the one team where they play their young 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.960 guys a lot. But a young guy with the Dodgers, 0:17:28.240 --> 0:17:31.680 where's he going to play? Dalton rushing. Perfect example, Will 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:33.359 Smith didn't get hurt. He doesn't get to play no 0:17:33.840 --> 0:17:35.800 name another position where they play a young guy. 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:40.800 At some point, Pajes broke through. But it's really. 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.520 Pie went through some ups and downs. Oh ups, and 0:17:43.560 --> 0:17:45.440 they were like, we hate this guy. Remember last year, 0:17:45.480 --> 0:17:46.040 we hate this guy. 0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:48.560 Vargas went through that for a short period. 0:17:48.240 --> 0:17:50.800 Of got shifted to Chicago, and now he's thriving because 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:51.840 he got to go and play every dingy. 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:52.480 It's a great point. 0:17:52.600 --> 0:17:56.640 I mean, honestly, when you're a young kid, it's hard. Yeah. 0:17:58.920 --> 0:18:14.720 Yeah, let's get into the Braves. His is kind of 0:18:14.800 --> 0:18:18.080 joining us right now from the athletic covering this team Hazers. 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:21.879 Good to see you. And I know Braves Country is 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:26.520 livid right now. They feel like they were totally ripped 0:18:26.520 --> 0:18:28.760 off from what should have happened at the trade deadline. 0:18:28.960 --> 0:18:30.920 I'm sure you're seeing the comments and all of that too. 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:34.080 So let's get into this. What happened? What did they 0:18:34.160 --> 0:18:37.920 try for? What did Alexanthopolis tell you after the deadline? 0:18:39.480 --> 0:18:43.560 Yeah, I think to say Braves Country were upset might 0:18:43.600 --> 0:18:46.080 be an understatement. I mean to see the reaction all 0:18:46.119 --> 0:18:48.800 throughout a social media people calling it to the radio 0:18:48.840 --> 0:18:51.840 stations and just a general reaction. It was clearly disappointment. 0:18:51.880 --> 0:18:54.639 And you know, it's not just you know us who 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:57.000 said it. There's been multiple outlets that have you know, 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.280 the Braves as the losers of the trade deadline, and 0:18:59.280 --> 0:19:02.440 that's a that's unfortunate because you look at this team 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:06.159 and the starting lineup passed stars everywhere, right from Akunya 0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:10.080 to Olsen to Drake Ballwin to Ozzie Alby's to Michael Harris, 0:19:10.440 --> 0:19:12.199 every single we're in that line that that's one of 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.120 the toughest lineups that you're going to face you out 0:19:14.119 --> 0:19:17.320 all of baseball. The issue has been while the starting 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:20.320 pitching as of late has been pretty well so far, 0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:22.720 the reason they went into that June swoon, I think 0:19:22.800 --> 0:19:24.760