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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Hammer Territory podcast.

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Speaker 1: This episode two seven to three. I'm your host, Brad Rowland,

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Speaker 1: coming to you on a Wednesday evening you're in late September,

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Speaker 1: and I'm joined as I always am, by Scott Coleman. Scott,

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Speaker 1: the Braves are capable of losing again. We'll find that

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Speaker 1: out on Wednesday. How are you hello, Brad?

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Speaker 2: I was really rooting for fourteen straight wins to end

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Speaker 2: the regular season. It would have been fitting in this

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Speaker 2: very challenging year that we had. Of course, the winning

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Speaker 2: streak is over and now the Braves just have three

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Speaker 2: games left and they're winnable games against the Pirates. So sure,

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Speaker 2: if you're going for vibes, I would imagine the Braves

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Speaker 2: keep winning this weekend and go into the off season

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Speaker 2: on about as high of a note as you can

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Speaker 2: be when you're below five hundred.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it is interesting, and we'll talk about the games

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Speaker 1: a little bit later on in the show. We should

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Speaker 1: also encourage people at the top of the podcast to

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Speaker 1: check us out subscribe to have a territory. We cover

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Speaker 1: the Braves all year round, so subscribe on whatever podcast

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Speaker 1: platform you like, Apple, Spotify, YouTube, et cetera. But the Braves,

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Speaker 1: they just went ten games in a row. It's outrageous

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Speaker 1: to say out loud. They lost today. We'll talk about

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Speaker 1: that later on. It was their longest winning streak since

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Speaker 1: they had a fourteen game winning streak in June of

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two. So we alluded to this on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: but they had a longer winning streak just now than

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Speaker 1: they had in all of the twenty twenty three season,

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Speaker 1: when they won one hundred and four games. Ye, baseball, Scott,

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Speaker 1: Baseball is a bizarre mistress. I guess this is the

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Speaker 1: world ILL use right now?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know what. I am sad that the

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Speaker 2: season is coming to an end. Like we like baseball.

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Speaker 2: We like it, we do, and I mean i'd be lying.

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to come on here and lie and

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Speaker 2: say that there was a lot of fun baseball in June, July,

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Speaker 2: August where this team just nearly drove us off a

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Speaker 2: cliff and sent us to the insane asylum. But you

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Speaker 2: know what, man like, as of Sunday at what four

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Speaker 2: pm Eastern time?

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Speaker 1: I mean, no more Braves.

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Speaker 2: Baseball until I think opening day is like March twenty

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Speaker 2: eighth next year, and that's that's sad and obviously big

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Speaker 2: off season ahead all of that. We're going to talk

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Speaker 2: about that and document it plenty on the podcast in

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Speaker 2: the coming weeks before the offseason gets going. But it is,

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Speaker 2: you know, we are at the very end of the

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Speaker 2: twenty seventeen that we don't have playoff baseball to talk

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Speaker 2: about with the Atlanta Braves.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, sure is, and we will get it to that later.

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Speaker 1: There were some interesting takeaways from last couple of days

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Speaker 1: up games. We had a show Sunday that you and

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Speaker 1: I did, we'd have showed on Monday that Sean and

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Speaker 1: Stephen did that are worth listening to. We talked on

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Speaker 1: a lot of stuff and there is more to get to.

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Speaker 1: The off season is here. I know that a lot

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Speaker 1: of our feedback has been like talk about off is

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Speaker 1: and like, guys, we're going to get there. I promise

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Speaker 1: we got We're not gonna stop doing shows. It's coming.

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Speaker 1: We're trying to save some bullets, even though we have

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Speaker 1: talked about a lot of different things that are future

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Speaker 1: But I promise we'll get to all all the reviews

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Speaker 1: and the previews, and it's all happening. We assure you

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Speaker 1: of that, there was some big baseball news, not only

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Speaker 1: what you just said. I think if the Braves were

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Speaker 1: for sure. And it's a big deal. It happened between

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Speaker 1: our last show and the show. Baseball. Major League Baseball,

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Speaker 1: I should say, officially announced that the Automatic Ball Strike

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Speaker 1: Challenge System, the abs CHO system, is coming officially in

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Speaker 2: So I'm all for this. I think baseball had to

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Speaker 2: At this point, like, I was not in favor of

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Speaker 2: I mean, maybe that's a hot take, but me personally,

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Speaker 1: You where are you on that? I think? And of

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Speaker 1: the best case scenario. I am with you. It's interesting,

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Speaker 1: Like I've battled back and forth between like, Okay, if

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Speaker 1: it's only what it is and only robot amps fully automated,

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Speaker 1: it just upowers your bad I think the challengingstam is

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Speaker 1: the right thing in the middle. I do have one

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Speaker 1: not against full robot zones in the way that some are.

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Speaker 1: on both sides. But this is kind of the good

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Speaker 1: mix for me. And I'm curious. So if folks didn't see,

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Speaker 1: teams now get two challenges per game. If you challenge incorrectly,

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Speaker 2: Saying, well, two isn't enough. I almost wonder if two

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Speaker 2: people are like, well, every player should get a challenge.

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Speaker 2: Well that that feels like players are gonna just start

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Speaker 1: The game more likely than not.

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Speaker 2: So I'm very curious to see kind of the game

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Speaker 2: to be with challenging Do all players on the roster

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Speaker 2: to challenge? Like does does Nacho Alvarez get to go

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Speaker 2: the same way that Ronald Acuna Junior does? Because if

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Speaker 2: you only get two, brad, you better be damn sure

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Speaker 2: that you were right. And nobody wants to waste a

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Speaker 1: No, you're right. It will be fascinating. I tend to

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Speaker 1: think without look at so early. I think the stars should,

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Speaker 1: and probably will on most teams get a little bit

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Speaker 1: more freedom to challenge. On the braves. That would be

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Speaker 1: guys like Ronnie, guys like Matt Olsen, you know whoever?

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Speaker 1: I should probably have carte blanche to challenge whoever he

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Speaker 1: Like I think Ronnie would be a guy that I'd

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Speaker 1: So like if it was only two and they went away,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think you said you know basis loaded, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: Or a ball like that. That'll be different.

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Speaker 2: It's something that hasn't really had happened in the major

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Speaker 2: that's something. I think that the challenge system will be

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Speaker 2: fascinating to see when the first challenge happens next year,

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Speaker 1: Of what the overall reaction is. I'm sure there'll be

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Speaker 1: and you're right, I think if you're starting to get

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Speaker 1: calls that are blown, like there'll be times when teams

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Speaker 1: the teams lose two challenges and later on, but there

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Speaker 1: will there is a recourse that Baseball can say, look, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Games get going. I guess, you know, late March of

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Speaker 1: subtle issue, Scott. It's already been done. It's okay. I'm

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Speaker 2: So we'll we can let maybe for now, maybe in

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Speaker 1: It's not a bad idea anyway. Well, that's an interesting

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Speaker 1: lead baseball topic. We will get into some brave stuff

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Speaker 1: Hopefully you can find this more consistently moving forward. Now, Scott,

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Speaker 1: All right, Scott, we already discussed the Braves streak coming

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Speaker 1: two FIP, Like, I know Thera was in the ones

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Speaker 1: for a while. That was never going to sustain. We

436
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Speaker 1: all knew that, but you look up and you know

437
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Speaker 1: he was in the rotation for two months ish and

438
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Speaker 1: had really good numbers and the supporting numbers are good too,

439
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Speaker 1: like that it was not just like an era bas

440
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Speaker 1: like some guys without naming names, like they have great

441
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Speaker 1: era runs and it's like, well, everyone that's looking at

442
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Speaker 1: the numbers and the underlining data is like flashing red

443
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Speaker 1: light to say, this is not a real thing. With Waldrop,

444
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Speaker 1: it was gonna regress, but it regressed to like it

445
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Speaker 1: still looks pretty good under the hood for Hershrom And

446
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Speaker 1: that's for us a process driven podcast, like really really

447
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Speaker 1: exciting because it's kind of funny he was better in

448
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Speaker 1: the majors than he was in Gwinnette on a stat

449
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Speaker 1: base resume standpoint, that's kind of funny, but I'll put

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Speaker 1: it back to you, like it looked to me like

451
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Speaker 1: the stuff played up and this isn't everything, but this

452
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Speaker 1: is a first round pick pedigree. Like no one was

453
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Speaker 1: ever doubting the raw talent with Waldrop and he seems

454
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Speaker 1: to have harnessed it appropriately in the major leagues this year.

455
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Speaker 1: And we all know that Waldrop splitter, it is fantastic,

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Speaker 1: Like that's his Honestly, the day the Braves drafted Hurston

457
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Speaker 1: Wall that was like a major league ready split finger.

458
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Speaker 1: But we know the name of the game with Herston

459
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Speaker 1: is the other offerings And credit to Gorev, the deck

460
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Speaker 1: friend of the show who works for Baseball Perspectives. But

461
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Speaker 1: Gorev shared that Waldrip's knuckle curveball was actually rated as

462
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Speaker 1: the second best pitch thrown across the entire Major leagues

463
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Speaker 1: on Tuesday night, and it looked really good watching the

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Speaker 1: game on Tuesday, Waldrip had a couple of nasty curves

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Speaker 1: that he got for strike three. Looks really good and

466
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Speaker 1: you start to tell yourself a story of you have

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Speaker 1: that split finger that's really really effective. If he has

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Speaker 1: a legitimate weapon with with that knuckle curve, that he throws,

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Speaker 1: which is already kind of a funky pitch. In addition

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Speaker 1: to that splitter. The fastball does not have to be

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Speaker 1: John Smoltz prime level fastball for him to get hitters out.

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Speaker 1: I mean, just locate the thing decently well and throw

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Speaker 1: it ninety five ninety six to keep hitters honest. So

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Speaker 1: that was really encouraging. If Waldrop has that splitter and

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Speaker 1: a curveball he can go to I mean, this kid

476
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Speaker 1: could be really, really good next season, and that is

477
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Speaker 1: a massive step forward for the Braves in the future

478
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Speaker 1: of this rotation. It absolutely is, and we will definitely

479
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Speaker 1: do a deeper dive or two or three in the

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Speaker 1: off season. So we're not gonna do that now, but

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Speaker 1: you know, age twenty three season obviously went well, big

482
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Speaker 1: step forward. He is at the very least a big

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Speaker 1: factor next year. Yeah, we don't know what that's gonna

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Speaker 1: look like yet. I am not. I personally am not like, oh,

485
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Speaker 1: he's the third starter, like a fourth starter. I'm not

486
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Speaker 1: doing that yet. But he is certainly now firmly in

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Speaker 1: the mix for next year's rotation. And to do the

488
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Speaker 1: bit we always do, you're gonna need more than five starters,

489
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Speaker 1: so he's gonna be one of them. We will certainly

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Speaker 1: see him next year. I'm not going with for health purposes,

491
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Speaker 1: but an encouraging performance today and also over the last

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Speaker 1: couple of months for Hirston waldrip. Oh. By the way,

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Speaker 1: just a quick mention we much in the three home runs.

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Speaker 1: Two of them were Harrison we talked about earlier on

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Speaker 1: the podcast. One of them Ronald Acunya. Breaking news, rond

496
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Speaker 1: Acuna is really good at baseball. The last two weeks

497
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Speaker 1: his ops is like eleven hundred with five home runs.

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Speaker 1: Gard A the days when for some reas people worried

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Speaker 1: about ron mcuny. I't I never said why, but they were,

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Speaker 1: and here we go. He's a star, guys, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be fine. And there was a note too.

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Speaker 2: So many pointed to set on Twitter that Ronald has

503
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Speaker 2: actually opened up his batting stance a little bit in

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Speaker 2: the month of September. I retweeted it on Wednesday morning.

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Speaker 2: If folks want to go and find it, it shouldn't be

506
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Speaker 2: too buried on my feed. But Acunya has made some

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Speaker 2: adjustment stories his feet set up. So I just feel

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Speaker 2: like Ronald, he's such a he's such a talented player,

509
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Speaker 2: and it just feels like when he is in a slump,

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Speaker 2: at least by his standards, he just goes in the

511
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Speaker 2: cage and starts tinkering with things and he's like, you

512
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Speaker 2: know what, this works, and now I'm gonna hit four

513
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Speaker 2: hundred and twenty foot home runs to right center field

514
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Speaker 2: because I am a freak and I mean, god willing.

515
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Speaker 2: Let's get through these final three games healthy and then

516
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Speaker 2: have a normal offseason. Let's have Ronald back in the

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Speaker 2: MVP conversation in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: I think he will be I think I might pick

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Speaker 1: him to win it if he is healthy between now

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Speaker 1: and then and no issues. I might pick him because

521
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Speaker 1: guess what, when he is healthy, he is conservatively a

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Speaker 1: top five player in baseball. I think maybe I'm wrong

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Speaker 1: about that, but I don't think I am easily what

524
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Speaker 1: we see maybe top maybe top three. Yeah, we'll leave

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Speaker 1: it there, all right, Let's get to Wednesday's game again.

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Speaker 1: The street came to an end today a four to

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Speaker 1: three loss to the Nationals. The Sean Coleman Scott Coleman

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Speaker 1: just dream of fourteen in a row, and the two

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Speaker 1: of you are really championing the potential of that down

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Speaker 1: the stretch. It stopped four to three loss, like nothing vacuum.

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Speaker 1: It was a very ho home loss. Braves kind of

532
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Speaker 1: tried to come back at the end, they were not

533
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Speaker 1: able to. Again, all we hit three solo home runs

534
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Speaker 1: and they all win the last four innings. The offense

535
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Speaker 1: was not great today. Home runs from Baldwin, Ozuna, and

536
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Speaker 1: Eli White hit a home run. One of these storylines

537
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Speaker 1: of today was, besides the loss, Drake Balwin homeward again.

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Speaker 1: That's not four home runs in the last two weeks

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Speaker 1: for Drake. He's been really good since his little like

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Speaker 1: early month swoon. I would say mini Swoon, We'll call

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Speaker 1: him Minie Swoon. Wasn't wait very long. He was fine. Yeah,

542
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Speaker 1: but we've been, of course chronicling like almost every day,

543
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Speaker 1: the Rookie of the Year race. It took a little

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Speaker 1: bit of a turn on Tuesday. Kate Horton is the

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Speaker 1: primary competition for Baldwin. He wasn't bad, but he left

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Speaker 1: his start after three innings with a medical thing. He

547
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Speaker 1: seems to be fine, but he didn't go deep in

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Speaker 1: the game. It was kind of a weird, weird performance.

549
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Speaker 1: And then Ball hits the home run today and I

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Speaker 1: look up and our friends at draftings have Baldwin pretty

551
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Speaker 1: substantially cutting into the deficit of the betting odds. Caveats, supply,

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Speaker 1: betting odds are not gospel on awards voting at all,

553
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Speaker 1: but Baldwin is a much closer to fifty to fifty

554
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Speaker 1: than he was just three days ago. So hey, some progress,

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Speaker 1: partially because Drake's been awesome recently. Yeah. Oh, he's he's

556
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Speaker 1: so awesome. I mean, just he's really good. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I just enjoyed talking and talking about Drake Baldwin watching

558
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Speaker 2: Baldwin played baseball like he's just such a good player.

559
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Speaker 2: Farly exceeded my expectations, and I had expectations coming into

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Speaker 2: the year for Baldwin, but this dude is just complete hitter,

561
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Speaker 2: so talented, really steady behind the plate.

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Speaker 1: Seems like the pitchers like throwing to him.

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Speaker 2: Just the total package as a rookie, And it'd be

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Speaker 2: really great recognition for Drake to win Rookie of the Year,

565
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Speaker 2: and hopefully he can have a good final homestand or

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Speaker 2: home series of the year and keep making up ground

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Speaker 2: on Horton, because it would be not only great for Baldwin,

568
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Speaker 2: but as we know and as a reminder, the Braves

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Speaker 2: would get an.

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Speaker 1: Extra first round pick if Baldwin wins Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 1: I don't think people should overweight it, but it might

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Speaker 1: be helpful on the margins to voters who may not

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Speaker 1: be super dollar into the Braves the last couple of

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Speaker 1: months because the Braves have been out all the radar.

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Speaker 1: If he has a big weekend at the end of

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Speaker 1: the season, maybe gets some more attention for that, and

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Speaker 1: it might swing a voter or two. But whether it

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Speaker 1: should or not, just the reality is it's a Randoms

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Speaker 1: thirty person sampling a BBWA voters at the end of

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Speaker 1: the year that pute on that. And if he has

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Speaker 1: two home runs this weekend or has a big weekend

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Speaker 1: at the very end, like oh, Drake bald what's hot

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Speaker 1: right now? Let me look at his stats and you know, objectively,

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Speaker 1: go ahead.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, let's get like a walk off

587
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Speaker 2: Drake Baldwin to run homer or something like that to

588
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Speaker 2: make the headlines, get on MLB's Twitter, like all those things.

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Speaker 1: I do think, like without being a we're not I

590
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Speaker 1: won't lie to you on the on the podcast. I

591
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Speaker 1: think Drake Balwin for me, I would vote for Drake W.

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Speaker 1: Baldwin right now Fork of the Year if I was

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Speaker 1: a voter, and I wouldn't say that if I didn't

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Speaker 1: believe it. I think that Drake has a slightly better

595
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Speaker 1: He's not a slam nunk case by any means. Horton

596
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Speaker 1: has been good. Baldwin, I think being a catcher is

597
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: a big thing for me, hitting the way he is

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Speaker 1: hit while being a very solid defender a catcher not

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Speaker 1: an elite one, obviously. I think Murphy is better than

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Speaker 1: him right now defensively, but like ball Wanen's fine, Like

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Speaker 1: Balwin's a fine defender as a rookie who mashes, and

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Speaker 1: like that's a really tough spot, really valuable player. I

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Speaker 1: would lean in his direction personally, but we will probably

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Speaker 1: litigate that. Sure, that's the point in October, when the

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Speaker 1: voting is closer. We'll probably do a full deep tub

606
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Speaker 1: on that race as it comes. But go Drake will

607
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Speaker 1: be fun for the Braves. Love the Drake, We love

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Speaker 1: the Drake ft fam.

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Speaker 1: Just a funny note. I think Sewn and Steven mentioned

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Speaker 1: this on Monday, but not also one player of the

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Speaker 1: Week last week in the National League, rightfully, so he

632
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Speaker 1: was awesome. He's been on an absolute heater. I laughed

633
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Speaker 1: that it was announced Monday morning, and he is this week.

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Speaker 1: In the three games since then, oh fifteen. That's still

635
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Speaker 1: really good, guys. But we could laugh about him being

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Speaker 1: over fifteen as soon as they announced Player of the Week.

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Speaker 2: The Braves ability to gather these hitters who were either

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Speaker 2: just absolutely scorching hot out of their minds or in

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Speaker 2: like an o for whatever skit is amazing and it's

640
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Speaker 2: not exclusive to the Braves and and all that, but

641
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Speaker 2: just very on brand. Madelson could not make an out

642
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Speaker 2: last week, and now he is oh for fifteen against

643
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Speaker 2: one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball with the Nationals.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, for what reason he did not enjoy the national

645
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Speaker 1: staff last three days or so? Last thing from Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: Bryce Elder was decent again. Bryce has been really solid

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Speaker 1: for a couple weeks months now. He threw seven innings today,

648
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 1: give him three runs. It struck out seven. He ends

649
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 1: the year with a five point three zero ERA. Boy,

650
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 1: so we can be honest about that. Obviously, he was

651
00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,720
Speaker 1: bad for most of the season. He did, as he

652
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: laughed about recently on the show, lead the team in starts, innings,

653
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: et cetera. That's more of a bad sign for the

654
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: team than anything else. But he did have an ERA

655
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 1: in like the mid twos over his last six starts

656
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: of the season, Like he was a competent starter in

657
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 1: the last like month and a half, which it didn't

658
00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 1: matter by then. But I mean he's not to be

659
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: very clear, he's not in the Heuston waldroup zone. You

660
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:51,320
Speaker 1: shouldn't bank on him. But I think that Bryce will

661
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,960
Speaker 1: probably still be in the organization next year because his

662
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:56,560
Speaker 1: value to the team and the way they think about

663
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,200
Speaker 1: it is probably higher than his trade value would be.

664
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,600
Speaker 1: And I'm okay with him as like the tempt starter,

665
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 1: maybe the a starter, even a starter. Fine, like he's

666
00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:06,720
Speaker 1: not he's not good. I will stand on that he's

667
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,480
Speaker 1: not good, but he is someone you can throw in

668
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 1: a non embarrassing fashion in imaguly baseball game.

669
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:15,520
Speaker 2: So absolutely, and hopefully the offense is better, more consistent

670
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 2: next season, Hopefully the bullpen's a little deeper, healthier.

671
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: You know, if if.

672
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 2: Bryce Elder is coming up for two spot starts against

673
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 2: the Marlins and the Pirates and the Braves are in

674
00:31:26,320 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 2: a perfect world, much better and you know, in above

675
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,320
Speaker 2: five hundred and not necessarily sweating every game, that's fine, Like, sure,

676
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 2: you don't want to rely on Bryce Elder, but injuries

677
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 2: are going to happen. Players are going to need a day,

678
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,960
Speaker 2: whatever the situation. Is, but we just can't. We just

679
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 2: can't go into another year where Bryce Elder is anywhere

680
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:47,320
Speaker 2: near the rotation on opening day because god knows, by

681
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 2: you know, all Star Break, they're probably going to have

682
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,280
Speaker 2: to call on Bryce to make a couple of starts,

683
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 2: and ideally you're just in a good situation where you

684
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 2: can withstand a couple of hit starts instead of having

685
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,080
Speaker 2: to really rely on the guy like.

686
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: They did this year. Yeah, I mean, the funniest part

687
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,520
Speaker 1: about that is you're right, But also he wasn't in

688
00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:06,680
Speaker 1: the rotation. They just he wasn't supposed to be in

689
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:08,560
Speaker 1: the rotation anyway. Oh, this isn't reminder. This is a

690
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 1: reminder that like our bit aside, like you need, it's

691
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: more than five, more than six, more than seven. He

692
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 1: ended up leading the team and then starts the innings

693
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: while not being in the open day rotation. That is

694
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 1: how this works sometimes in Major League Baseball, So having

695
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: depth around it matters. Before we get to a look

696
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 1: ahead to the brief final weekend of season, did you

697
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: have a reaction to Ozzie Abbey's injury that we wanted

698
00:32:32,320 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 1: to get out? If you don't, that's fine, We could

699
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: move on Shawn Stephen covered it for us on the

700
00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: show on Monday, if anybody missed it, But I wanted

701
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: to at least give you the chance to offer any

702
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: thoughts you might have had on Ozzie's any season, any injury,

703
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: and of course the influence I would say more importantly

704
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:47,400
Speaker 1: on the future than the present.

705
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 2: I mean, no, no grand take, just I wish Ozzie's

706
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 2: body would cooperate for once, because he's just had a

707
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 2: laundry list of injuries at this point in his career

708
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 2: and it sucks him.

709
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,520
Speaker 1: Bones are scary. It's the same risk that he broke

710
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:03,120
Speaker 1: a year ago.

711
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 2: Not what you wanted to see, but I don't think

712
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,200
Speaker 2: it changes anything for the Braves in terms of picking

713
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 2: up his option. I don't know if it's swung anything

714
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,719
Speaker 2: for you, Brad, but I think they bring back Ozzie

715
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 2: unless they do, like a scan of his hand, if

716
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 2: his hand is just like absolutely destroyed, which I don't

717
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 2: think it would be, unless they have medical reason to

718
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 2: believe that Ozzie's never gonna hit again. I think you

719
00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 2: bring him back and just hope that with a full

720
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 2: off season strengthen strengthening that hand and building back his grip.

721
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 1: Strength and everything that he will.

722
00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:35,959
Speaker 2: Be mostly fine and hopefully even as the year goes along,

723
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 2: he'll continue to get even better.

724
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 1: I tend to agree. I thought some of the reaction

725
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: was overboard with like, oh, they can't pick up the

726
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: option now. I don't think that's the case. If it

727
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 1: was expensive, like if was Asha was fifteen million, it'd

728
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: be a different discussion. But it's not. It's sevenly with

729
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 1: a buyout. So yeah, I think that it's not great clearly.

730
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,800
Speaker 1: I mean, I've always been an Aussie defender, but I

731
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 1: think that it's it's worrisome for sure. I think that

732
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 1: if you wanted to argue, and I probably will argue

733
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: this winter, having someone in the organization that you feel

734
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 1: good enough about if Ozzie isn't Ozzie to play at

735
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: second base would be helpful. Maybe it's not Shu Alvara's,

736
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe they's maybe they have not your play second

737
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,279
Speaker 1: base in the Arizona Fall League, and yeah, we'll see

738
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 1: how that goes, and that would that'd be reasonable to me.

739
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 2: I will make the drive over and say, listen, guys,

740
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 2: not you Alvaz at second base today.

741
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 1: Let's get him in there. I can for sure and

742
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest, not your guy, but like, I

743
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 1: think that would be a reasonable thing. I've seen Brandon

744
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 1: lows name thrown around, a guy who has played some

745
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 1: second and some outfield, like that kind of free agent

746
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: acquisition that could not like a primer second basement, but

747
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:42,919
Speaker 1: could play there if Ozzy wasn't available, but without doing

748
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,319
Speaker 1: the spoiling all of our off season content. You look

749
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,399
Speaker 1: at the of the free agent lest at the second base,

750
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 1: it's really Glabor Torres and that's kind of it at

751
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:54,040
Speaker 1: second base or in Ozzy. And I think you already

752
00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: have Ozzi. You're already paying the buy out. I would

753
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: just keep him, And yeah, maybe you're to your point.

754
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: The medicals are stuff we don't know about. But if

755
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: you go off of the normal recovery time, everyone said this,

756
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,239
Speaker 1: all righty, I know Sean Stephen did too. Like you

757
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 1: can't just say, oh, he'll be recovered in six to

758
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: eight weeks, it'd be one hundred percent. That's different things.

759
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 1: But it happening now versus happening in spring training. It's

760
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,360
Speaker 1: better that it happened now. You get the whole winner

761
00:35:20,680 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 1: and hopefully he's back and right. But yeah, it sucks

762
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: because he had kind of not blow everybody away, but

763
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 1: he kind of looked like Ozzie the last like two months,

764
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,600
Speaker 1: and I was like, all right, no one, he's not this.

765
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 1: He wasn't playing like the star he was a couple

766
00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 1: of years ago. But he was like clearly playing average

767
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: starting second base or better the last two plus months

768
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,400
Speaker 1: of the season. Yeah, and making that much money, that's

769
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:43,799
Speaker 1: all he needs to be, Like, he doesn't have to

770
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,040
Speaker 1: be a star making seven million dollars, Like it's fine,

771
00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 1: it's just that you hope that this is not messing

772
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: up that aspect of it.

773
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 2: Interesting name, and I think Steven mentioned this name a

774
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 2: while back, but Willie Castro is also a pending free agent.

775
00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 2: Castro predominantly played with the Twins. Now he's with the Hubs,

776
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 2: I think, but free agent to be can play some

777
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 2: second base, can play some outfield, kind of like a

778
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 2: utility player, decent enough hitter.

779
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: So maybe a.

780
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 2: Player like that would make sense for the Braves just

781
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 2: to kind of help cover up their the questions they

782
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 2: have with injuries. Just wanted to say his name out

783
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,280
Speaker 2: loud while we talk about the free agent class.

784
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 1: YEP, we will see and have an extensive preview on

785
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: that I can assure you later on in the winter,

786
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 1: last thing before we get out of here. On this

787
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: show on Sunday, you and I discussed, we kind of

788
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 1: laughed about it, the potential of Charlie Morton coming back

789
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:39,640
Speaker 1: to the Braves. That happens, Scott, the Braves signed Charlie Morton. Yeah,

790
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 1: that's one thing number two I said on the show,

791
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: and I meant what I said that if Charlie made

792
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: a start with the Braves, I would make sure I

793
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 1: was in the building for it. Barring a change, that

794
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: is not going to happen. The Braves have announced their

795
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 1: probables and look probable. It's not definite. But when you

796
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,400
Speaker 1: when you announce probables, they are your probables. Theynnounced that

797
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: it's gonna be Joey Wentz on Friday, Special Strider on Saturday,

798
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:08,400
Speaker 1: and Chris Sale on Sunday. I'm fine with that, by

799
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: the way, I'm not offended. We're gonna give Charlie start people.

800
00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 1: I think that I will be I'm not bothered by it.

801
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:19,280
Speaker 1: It's fine. I I would be fine if he pitched

802
00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,240
Speaker 1: on Sunday and Chris Sale was done for the season.

803
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 1: But Chris Sale probably wants to pitch, and you're not

804
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:24,960
Speaker 1: gonna tell Chris Sale. Now, that's kind of what I'm

805
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:28,080
Speaker 1: guessing at this point, And I don't know about you.

806
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,920
Speaker 1: I kind of hope that Charlie relieves Chris Sale on

807
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,320
Speaker 1: Sunday and finishes the game. Yeah, that's kind of what

808
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,239
Speaker 1: I want to happen now. Granted, I'm I'm in the

809
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,200
Speaker 1: tank for Charlie. I've always I've always been in the

810
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:42,880
Speaker 1: tank for Charlie. So that's that's my tank for Charlie stance.

811
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,440
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter, guys, the game doesn't matter. I understand.

812
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be the best thing for them to win.

813
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: That's fine. They've been managing too much to win the

814
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: last couple weeks anyway, So I don't know what you

815
00:37:53,239 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 1: think about that. But Charlie's not starting. It's unfortunate, So hey,

816
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 1: save me some money. I don't. I don't have to

817
00:37:57,360 --> 00:37:58,839
Speaker 1: buy a ticket this weekend. It's nice.

818
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think too for Morton, like, I'd like

819
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 2: to see whatever day it is, that Charlie comes out

820
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,840
Speaker 2: of the bullpen. Pitch somewhere, please, Yeah, pitch an inning,

821
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 2: come back out for the next inning, get one out,

822
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 2: and then have Brian Sniper come out shake hands. I'm

823
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 2: sure the Braves will have something said. You know, it

824
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 2: should be a pretty full, truest park, even though it's

825
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:20,960
Speaker 2: the end of the season and all. That should be

826
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 2: a pretty nice audience and hopefully the fans realize it's

827
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 2: very likely the end of the road for Charlie Morton,

828
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,240
Speaker 2: a plus human being World Series champion with the Atlanta Braves.

829
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,359
Speaker 2: Just great ambassador for the franchise, such a nice guy.

830
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,760
Speaker 2: I know when we had Justin Tiscano on the show

831
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 2: in the spring, he talked about just conversations he had

832
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 2: with Charlie Morton on his time on the beat and

833
00:38:41,080 --> 00:38:46,200
Speaker 2: just such a thoughtful, smart, kind human being. And I

834
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 2: think that's probably the ultimate compliment you can give a

835
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 2: professional athlete, because they are all very talented, they're all

836
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 2: great at what they do, they all work hard, spend

837
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 2: hours in the gym. But Charlie just being that good

838
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 2: of a human being says a lot about him and

839
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 2: hopefully he gets to send off that he deserves.

840
00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, and uh, look again, I don't overstate it. I

841
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: thowt people that were mad that Braves brought Charlie, but

842
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 1: I don't understand that, like, I get it, Like if

843
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: they were playing for something right now, I would understand

844
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 1: the reaction, like, but they're not. The season's over, like

845
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: what they're not doing. And by the way, we said

846
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: this on the show, but I didn't explain it as

847
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: well as well we could have. I'll take I'll take

848
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:22,359
Speaker 1: responsible for that. They didn't even have to claim him

849
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,520
Speaker 1: after we did the show on Sunday, he got he

850
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 1: got he'd already been DFA. He got released after that,

851
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:34,240
Speaker 1: which made him basically free. So so there's no downside whatsoever.

852
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 1: I know that on the day he was called up,

853
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: they had they set Laura down and it was not

854
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 1: because of Morton, like it is what it is, like

855
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 1: they just didn't want Laura up for some reason. It

856
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. But Charlie hope he pitches. If he doesn't pitch, like,

857
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna throw a fit. It's not that big

858
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: of a deal. I just I'd like for him to

859
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Speaker 1: if you bring him back for me. It's like kind

860
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 1: of silly if you don't have him pitch at some

861
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: point this weekend. It's almost it's not quite it's it's

862
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: not quite as bad as as the Kimberle thing where

863
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,919
Speaker 1: it was like baffling to every degree. But I don't

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Speaker 1: know why you sign Morton and don't have a pitch

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Speaker 1: this weekend, So I'm expecting him to pitch at some point.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what it's gonna be. If I knew

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Speaker 1: what it was gonna be, I go honestly, if they if

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Speaker 1: they said, like right now today, Hey, Charlie's going to

869
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,319
Speaker 1: pitch the sixth inning on Friday, I would probably try

870
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: to go on Friday. Yeah, but uh, we don't. We're

871
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:20,439
Speaker 1: not gonna do that. So who knows.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, end of a I mean, hell of a career

873
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Speaker 2: for Chuck. And really, I mean you just look around,

874
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 2: like some of these you know, they're they're better than

875
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 2: Charlie Morton, but Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander, like we're

876
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 2: coming to kind of the end of an era for

877
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Speaker 2: some of these remarkably talented, very very accomplished, no doubt,

878
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,880
Speaker 2: first ballot Hall of Famers, And yeah, I mean it's uh.

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Speaker 1: It'll be good.

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00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 2: Hopefully Charlie gets to send off it's against the pirates.

881
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 2: Hopefully he goes out there and just gets a couple

882
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 2: of outs and a clean inning and and get out.

883
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,279
Speaker 2: You know go out on top because he I mean,

884
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 2: the Braves crushed Charlie in Detroit over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and uh, it is at least a couple more

886
00:40:57,200 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 1: days where there is someone on the Braves roster older

887
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:04,960
Speaker 1: than I am. Once they cut ties with Jesse Chavez,

888
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: I have been older than at the entire roster. And

889
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 1: there's a decent chance Scott that once Charlie has done

890
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,439
Speaker 1: this weekend, that there may never be a player older

891
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,719
Speaker 1: than me on the Brives roster. There could be, but

892
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,959
Speaker 1: it's not a given. So I'm ansied Ian Chris Sale

893
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,640
Speaker 1: is older than you, and I know they're players that

894
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: are older than you. I think Rice Sell was like,

895
00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: I think it's all yeah, me and me and o'zuna

896
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:29,319
Speaker 1: are like the same age. Yeah, Marcel Pierce Johnson's thirty,

897
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,600
Speaker 1: same age as ozoo and etcetera. So you still got

898
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:34,000
Speaker 1: a couple of guys. I got nobody. If once they

899
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,799
Speaker 1: go really really old and free agency, Hey, if Justin

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00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 1: Brovetta wants to come sign with the Braves, come on down, Justin,

901
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: feel free. You are in your podcasting prime. Brad Roland.

902
00:41:44,520 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 1: Maybe I suppose that's not true, but alas all right

903
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,439
Speaker 1: before I start sharing stat nuggets on Tyler Kinley, which

904
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: I have a bunch of them, but I won't. I

905
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 1: won't sure even bet at forty one on the podcast,

906
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: he let a home run today and that was his

907
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: first time run of these allowed with the Braves e

908
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 1: a zero point seven to four for Todler Kinley. They laughed, Scott.

909
00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 1: They laughed at us, Scott, when we said it might

910
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: be a decent find, they laughed at us. They made Kinley. Yeah,

911
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:10,600
Speaker 1: I think Tyler Kinley is gonna be on the team

912
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 1: next season. Well, Snick gaves some quotes and again this

913
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: is very of the podcast. I think it was too

914
00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: I can't think you had it. Somebody had it. Stick Gaves.

915
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 1: Obviously he's not in charge of the roster, but he

916
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: was like, they're impressed with Tyer Kiley. They seem to

917
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 1: like t Kiley. So yeah, it's nice find. Nice Fine,

918
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: all right, Scott, let's get out of here. Anything else

919
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 1: to plug? If not, we can sign off this thing.

920
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,520
Speaker 1: H go Colts. Between now and the time we talk again,

921
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: they might be four. Oh, we'll see how that goes.

922
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 1: We wive a show I think on Thursday or Friday.

923
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,160
Speaker 1: Somebody some of us will have a show at some

924
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 1: point between now and Sunday. But yes, go Colts.

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00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 2: Indeed, this will become not just We would never We

926
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:53,040
Speaker 2: would never betray Brad would never betray.

927
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,399
Speaker 1: His Atlanta Falcons. He is a Falcons fan. I really

928
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 1: should though, I really should be Trailey talkings at some

929
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 1: point soon. Maybe all maybe I'll just pick it, Maybe

930
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 1: I'll be one of pop just picks a new team

931
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 1: in a dull age. I can't do it. I can't

932
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Speaker 1: do it.

933
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Speaker 2: You pick a team when you're five years old and

934
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:09,239
Speaker 2: they'd impact your happiness for.

935
00:43:09,239 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 1: The rest of your life. It is a sickness we have,

936
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,880
Speaker 1: all of us. But it is a sickness indeed.

937
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 2: And speaking of sickos, I would just want to take

938
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Speaker 2: a quick second a sincere, heartfelt thank you to everybody

939
00:43:22,120 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 2: who has tuned into the show this season, whether you've

940
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:27,479
Speaker 2: been listening to us for years or if you found

941
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 2: the show for the first time last week. It's I mean,

942
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,600
Speaker 2: behind the curtain, you would never know. The Braves are

943
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 2: having their worst year in like eight years, and we

944
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 2: really appreciate it. We love doing the shows, we love

945
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,400
Speaker 2: the community. So a big thank you, as always to

946
00:43:40,440 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 2: everybody for checking out the show. We got three more

947
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:46,799
Speaker 2: games left, we keep going all through off, throughout the offseason.

948
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Speaker 1: And and then baseball be here before we know.

949
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Speaker 2: But I just wanted to give one last kind of

950
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,280
Speaker 2: shout out to everybody for checking out the show, because,

951
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:54,320
Speaker 2: like I said, man, you would never know the Braves

952
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:56,440
Speaker 2: were twenty games below five hundred at one point.

953
00:43:56,680 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 1: The way people continue to tune in and that means

954
00:43:58,640 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 1: a lot to us, absolutely does. We'll probably shot them

955
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: out again on Sunday when we do our final in

956
00:44:03,719 --> 00:44:07,360
Speaker 1: season show of the season. But yeah, stay tuned. We

957
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,840
Speaker 1: appreciate everybody being here. We do not stop in the auteuason.

958
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 1: We barely even slow down, if at all, Like we're

959
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,239
Speaker 1: gonna be here multiple times every week, So stay tuned.

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Speaker 1: Procrite to the podcast, follow Scott at Scott Coldan fifty five,

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