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Speaker 1: Welcome to Boss the territory, ladies and gentlemen. It was

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Speaker 1: a good day yesterday. Things are feeling good. Things are

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Speaker 1: Excited for that one, but hey, you know what, we

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Speaker 1: gotta we gotta, we gotta spend tonight kind of going

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Speaker 1: over some reactions from last from the outcome yesterday. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: it's only one game, right, you got one hundred and

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Speaker 1: You got to see Cora do what Kora likes to do, right,

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Speaker 1: the end of the games, using pink hitters, going with

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Speaker 1: the different matchups. But you saw the great pitching on

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Speaker 1: But I'm fully expecting all these other guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: gonna go over some reactions. I did post a I

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Speaker 1: made a post on Twitter yesterday asking for your reactions,

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Speaker 1: shall we? Again? Hope over Elber everyone is having a

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Speaker 1: great day. I imagine for the most part, everyone's having

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Speaker 1: a good day after yesterday's win. I think we've got

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Speaker 1: But fun time right now, fun time. If you can

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Speaker 1: We are trying to get to seven k by the

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Speaker 1: All Star break. Also, before I get started. Do you

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Speaker 1: want to say big thank you for everyone that joined

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Speaker 1: yesterday's postgame show. I compared it to last year's postgame show.

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Speaker 1: We got up to right around two thousand views total

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Speaker 1: we got here from Tommy Black said here had a

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Speaker 1: You need to cash in more runs. But happy with

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Speaker 1: TikTok going, got the Instagram going, and she says here,

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Speaker 1: Alright, let's get to it here, shall we. And Green

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Speaker 1: Monster nineteen, I see you in the chad. How you doing?

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Speaker 1: My friend? You said here, Jared, we have a career

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Speaker 1: high and stolen bases. If he's on base constantly, I

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Speaker 1: definitely think that is not fair affected whatsoever. You know,

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Speaker 1: we're talking about guys that could maybe hit thirty home runs.

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Speaker 1: Could Duran come out of nowhere this year and pop

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Speaker 1: thirty homers? Right? I mean, I don't know he's not

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Speaker 1: really the guy you look at as someone that could

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Speaker 1: hit thirty plus home runs, but again a guy that's

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Speaker 1: got something to prove and someone that showed he can

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Speaker 1: bat really well in the three spot last year. Could

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Speaker 1: Duran maybe surprising people give you thirty home runs? You know,

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Speaker 1: how many did he have back in twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 1: I mean he hit twenty one. You know, it was

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Speaker 1: over one hundred and sixty games. He had sixteen last year,

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Speaker 1: but that was with an inconsistent bat. I mean, I

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Speaker 1: think you would have to have just a crazy year

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Speaker 1: from Duran, But I don't know. Thirty home runs maybe

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Speaker 1: a little out of the question. But could I see

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Speaker 1: him maybe approaching twenty five or just setting a career

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Speaker 1: with like twenty two or twenty three. I don't think

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Speaker 1: that's completely out of the question. But speaking of home runs,

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Speaker 1: we got this from Nick who's hitting the first home

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Speaker 1: run for the Red Sox Robbie Well, Ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: if there's a time for the Red Sox to hit

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Speaker 1: their first home run of the season, it's in Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: a nice hitter friendly ballpark. We got Brady Singer on

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Speaker 1: the mound tomorrow going up against Sonny Gray, and if

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Speaker 1: we're taking a look at the numbers here. We talked

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Speaker 1: about this yesterday in the postgame show. We've got a

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Speaker 1: few guys here that have seen Brady Singer rather well,

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Speaker 1: will you or Brave? Five abs hitting four hundred against him,

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Speaker 1: and he's got a couple of base knocks ops over eleven, Hungred,

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Speaker 1: a couple of extra base hits with him. Anthony, he's

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Speaker 1: only seen him twice, but he's got a hit against him.

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Speaker 1: I believe that was a double against him that he

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Speaker 1: hit Contreras. He's seen him a few times. Seven AB's

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Speaker 1: in his career. Duran's had ten abs against him, hitting

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Speaker 1: three hundred. So honestly, I'm gonna I'm gonna say this

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Speaker 1: right now. I think the Red Sox hit their first

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Speaker 1: home run tomorrow. I think it's gonna come from someone

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Speaker 1: near the top of the order. If I were to

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Speaker 1: pick man, you know, hitter friendly park. You know, if

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Speaker 1: you're looking at you know Duran, he's got ten abs,

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Speaker 1: you know. Funny enough, Kenner Phileff has got sixteen ABS

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Speaker 1: against him, hitting three seventy five against him in his career.

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Speaker 1: Could you see Ikf get a start tomorrow against Brady singer.

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Speaker 1: I'm not so sure, but I'm gonna say, either will

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Speaker 1: your Wilson or Duran or Anthony. I'm gonna say one

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Speaker 1: of those guys, you know, with al hard Anthony was

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Speaker 1: hitting the ball yesterday, I would not be surprised whatsoever

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Speaker 1: if he hits the first home run for the Red Sox.

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Speaker 1: I'll say, Roman Anthony. Let's stick with the with the

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Speaker 1: guy that's hot right now, Roman Anthony, He's gonna be

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Speaker 1: my pick to hit the first home run for the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox. So moving on here, moving on, we got

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Speaker 1: the next from Matt. What have we got here? What

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Speaker 1: is the bullpen gonna look like? How many twenty plus

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Speaker 1: homer guys will we have? Well, we just talked about

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Speaker 1: the home runs. I'm gonna say right now, a max

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Speaker 1: of two two guys max for thirty plus home runs,

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Speaker 1: but for twenty plus home runs to be sure I

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Speaker 1: read that correctly. Hold on, how many twenty plus homers

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Speaker 1: will we have? How many twenty plus homer guys will

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Speaker 1: we have? Okay, so how many could hit twenty? I

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Speaker 1: think Roman could hit twenty. Story already showed last year

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Speaker 1: he can hit twenty. I think Durank can hit twenty. Wilson,

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Speaker 1: I think can hit twenty with half a season at Femway.

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Speaker 1: Will you're I don't know about Caleb Durbin, Will Meyer.

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Speaker 1: I think Meyer probably falls more somewhere in the fifteen

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Speaker 1: to twenty rain just because he's not gonna be going

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Speaker 1: up against you know, the lefties consistently enough, I would say,

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Speaker 1: And you always just wonder about the durability with him.

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Speaker 1: Could SETI hit twenty? I don't see why not. I

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Speaker 1: don't see why not. Hold on, what just happened here?

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Speaker 1: I don't know what just happened? Hold on? Why did

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Speaker 1: that there? Let's get rid of that. So with SETI,

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Speaker 1: you know he had sixteen last year? Could he approach twenty?

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Speaker 1: I mean he's taking a step forward offensively the last

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Speaker 1: couple of seasons, the last few seasons. So I think

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Speaker 1: SETI could possibly do it. You see, So I think

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Speaker 1: you got I think you've got at least five guys

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Speaker 1: in this lineup that could hit twenty plus home runs.

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Speaker 1: I think you've even got six possibly, right, and even

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Speaker 1: you know, nervas, I feel like nervas. I won't put

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Speaker 1: that on him. He finished with fifteen last year in

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Speaker 1: his rookie year, could he take a step fuward? I

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Speaker 1: don't know. I think just there's so much for a

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Speaker 1: catcher to be worrying about. I'd say he probably falls

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Speaker 1: in that fifteen to twenty range. So I'm gonna say

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Speaker 1: five or six guys fall within that the twenty plus

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Speaker 1: home run range, or I think that's possible. Now, what

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Speaker 1: is the bullpen going to look like? You ask? Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, the bullpen coming into the year, that was

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Speaker 1: an area that I was a little worried about. You know,

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Speaker 1: Slayton came in yesterday. The command wasn't looking amazing in

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Speaker 1: the beginning. He was able to get through the inning.

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Speaker 1: You know, Whitlock gave up the double Chatman ended up

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Speaker 1: shutting it down. I do think you're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: this coming year. It was so dominant last year, so

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Speaker 1: many ups. That's why I think justin Slayton's a big

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Speaker 1: him last year. This is the year for him to

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Speaker 1: get back on track show what he did a couple

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Speaker 1: of years ago. Because listen, as much as I would

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Speaker 1: love to say, oh Chapman Whitlocke they dominated in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty five. I mean, you know, I'm not personally gonna

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Speaker 1: expect that for another year. That's why this is a

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Speaker 1: big year for Slaton. In my opinion, I'd like for

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Speaker 1: Wiser to be a bit more consistent this year. You know,

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Speaker 1: Danny Colombe, let's see, you know what he's gonna be

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Speaker 1: looking like health wise this year. Someone like Ryan Watson

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Speaker 1: who made the team out a spring. Remember he was

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Speaker 1: of the Rule He came from the Rule five, so uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, the Red Sox they see some upside with him.

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Speaker 1: He did look amazing overall this spring. He looked a

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Speaker 1: little better towards his last few outings. But that is

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Speaker 1: a guy that I think if he gets into a groove,

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Speaker 1: I think he's got the stuff to be able to

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Speaker 1: show you something. You know. Gervanni Buran, who he's an

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Speaker 1: interesting guy. He had a very good metrics in the

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Speaker 1: minor leagues last year. A guy that's got some uh,

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Speaker 1: he's got some interesting stuff, right, guy that's gotta he's

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Speaker 1: got a you know, the way he cut, the way,

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Speaker 1: the way the mechanics are on the mound, the wind

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Speaker 1: up off the mound. He's a He's a tough ab

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Speaker 1: to look at. He's a kind of an awkward ab

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Speaker 1: and I wonder if that's a guy that can end

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Speaker 1: up surprising some people this year. You know, we'll see.

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Speaker 1: And then you kind of wonder with guys like Cutter

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Speaker 1: Crawford and Patrick Sandoval, do they work into this bullpen

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Speaker 1: at some point? You know, especially with all the starters

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Speaker 1: you got Cartter Crawford, could that end up being at

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Speaker 1: some point a key member of your bullpen? I don't

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Speaker 1: know whether that's long relief, could end up being someone

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Speaker 1: that comes in, you know, as a middle guy, maybe

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Speaker 1: You know, Sandoval, that's a guy who has a good

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Speaker 1: track record. I'm not I'm not sure what the what

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Speaker 1: the path is going to be for him. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: But I think you got a lot of interesting guys

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Speaker 1: that can step up in this bullpen for the Red

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Speaker 1: Sox this year. So i'd like to say with the bullpen,

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Speaker 1: my answer to this question is, let's uh to be determined.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious to see what it's gonna be looking like

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Speaker 1: at the All Star break. We'll see what we got.

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Speaker 1: This one from the lock what have we got here?

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Speaker 1: Uh going to have to win a lot of low

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Speaker 1: scoring games, and Cora is going to need to have

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Speaker 1: the season of his life to scratch out the runs needed.

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Speaker 1: And we talked about this with Tyler Melican on the

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Speaker 1: and I said that, to me, is the most fascinating

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Speaker 1: part of this season is how Cora is going to

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Speaker 1: manage this team. There's a lot of buttons that he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have to It's not that he, of course, he

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Speaker 1: needs to push as many right buttons as possible, but

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Speaker 1: there's a lot of buttons to press, whether that's off

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Speaker 1: the bench, guys coming from the bullpen. He's got all

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Speaker 1: these different starters to work with. I'm very intrigued to

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Speaker 1: see what Cora or how he handles everything this year.

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Speaker 1: He's got a lot to work with, right, So I'm

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Speaker 1: very curious about that. But I agree Coorra, he's you know,

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Speaker 1: you don't got you don't got like you know the

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously, Roman Anthony, I think is a is

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Speaker 1: a budding superstar, but you know, you don't have the

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Speaker 1: luxury of say Juan Soto or Aaron Judge, or Bobby

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Speaker 1: Wick junior. Right, top players in the game, you know,

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Speaker 1: guys that can you know, they just make a manager's

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Speaker 1: day extremely easy, right of course, you know, Roman, I

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Speaker 1: think can be that guy. And there's other you know,

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Speaker 1: very good players in this lineup too, But there's so

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Speaker 1: many matchups and you know, late inning replacements that I

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Speaker 1: think Cora is gonna have to utilize to the best

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Speaker 1: of his ability, right, He's gonna have to utilize these

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Speaker 1: guys uh as effective as possible, I think, to get

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Speaker 1: the best outcome for this team, right because again, you

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Speaker 1: don't have these you don't have again, like these top

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Speaker 1: superstars in the game right now that can bail you

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Speaker 1: out at least right now, Right, Roman, I think can

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Speaker 1: be that guy. But I'm talking about veterans, superstars that

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Speaker 1: are veterans, right. So Cora I think is gonna be

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Speaker 1: a big part of this team. But yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: I do agree. While the offense obviously it's not like,

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Speaker 1: you know, I wouldn't say it's murderer's row. I think

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Speaker 1: it's a very solid lineup top to bottom, a lot

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Speaker 1: of guys that can just make things happen. But I

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Speaker 1: do think, you know, it is very possible that what

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Speaker 1: we saw yesterday we coul end up seeing a lot

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Speaker 1: more of that throughout the year. So yeah, that's where

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Speaker 1: the you know, starting pitching and the bullpen is going

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Speaker 1: to have to come together. So you go on to

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Speaker 1: say here that the bullpen when healthy is devastating and

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Speaker 1: the rotation is better than last year. So there's that's.

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Speaker 1: Yeah again, I think the bullpen does have a a

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Speaker 1: lot of IV's in that bullpen. If Chatman and Whitlock

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Speaker 1: can replicate at least close to what they did last year,

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Speaker 1: if guys can step up or get back on track

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Speaker 1: like Justin Slayton, if guys can be a bit more

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Speaker 1: consistent like Greg Weiser, if guys like Cutter Crawford, sand

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Speaker 1: of All could maybe have some roles in the bullpen. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: hopefully it works out that way. And we got one

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Speaker 1: more here from Jake. What do we got here? Jake

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Speaker 1: says this team is gonna win a ton of ball

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Speaker 1: games with scores like this. Pitching is definitely the strong suit. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean kind of the same thing what we've been

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Speaker 1: talking about. I think you're gonna see a lot of

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Speaker 1: these kind of games, these scrappy games, right, scratching and kwawan.

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Speaker 1: I think you'll see a lot of those excited for it.

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Speaker 1: Now, all right, let's back to the main screen here.

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Speaker 1: Let's play that good old music yet again, shipping up

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Speaker 1: to Boston. What do we got going on in the chat?

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Speaker 1: Let's see, let's see here we go John from John Deforge?

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Speaker 1: Did I say that? Right? Deforge Deforge? I am sorry

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Speaker 1: if I'm botching that. Should the Red Sox pursue Matt Shaw?

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Speaker 1: I mean we talked about this in the off season.

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Speaker 1: I mean before they got Kayla. I'm sure they made

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Speaker 1: phone calls about shaw Right. It was reported that they

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Speaker 1: were interested, but then they went and got Durban Right.

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Speaker 1: You know, in a way they kind of show some similarity.

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Speaker 1: So I wouldn't be surprised at all if they were

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Speaker 1: looking to a choir shaw Right. But it's interesting after

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Speaker 1: the Cubs just signed Nico Horner to the extension six

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Speaker 1: year deal I think for around one hundred and forty

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Speaker 1: million bucks. You've signed Alex Bregman obviously, so your infield

679
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: is set for the next five to six years. Bregman, Horner,

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00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 1: Swanson and first base you got Michael Bush, so your

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00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 1: infield is completely set. Shaw. The only way I see

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Speaker 1: Shaw working into the mix now is at least on

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Speaker 1: a full time basis. Is the outfield. I think some days,

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Speaker 1: you know, he can play in the infield. When a

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Speaker 1: guy needs a day, he can DH. So even with

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Speaker 1: the Horner extension, I still think Shaw is gonna have

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Speaker 1: a spot on that team. You remember, you got Ian

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Speaker 1: Happ coming up on free agency, Sias Azuki coming up

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Speaker 1: on free agency, Pete c Armstrong they also just extended.

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Speaker 1: So good for the Cubs, man, Good for the Cubs.

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Speaker 1: You know, they're getting guys locked down and they're keeping

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Speaker 1: the core together for a long time to try and

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Speaker 1: win a World Series championship over the next several years.

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Speaker 1: But that's how I think Shaw is going to work

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Speaker 1: into the mix for the most part. If they don't

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Speaker 1: trade him, would be either left or right field. After

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Speaker 1: this coming season. I'd imagine either Hap and or Suzuki

698
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Speaker 1: are not going to be back after next year. I

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Speaker 1: think Shaw will end up being in one of those spots.

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Speaker 1: So but hey, who knows, Maybe they end up keeping

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Speaker 1: one of those both those guys around too, and then

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Speaker 1: Sean maybe they could trade, but I imagine one of those

703
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Speaker 1: guys will walk in free agency. They'll let them go

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Speaker 1: somewhere else. I think Shaw will take over that spot,

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Speaker 1: so you know, we'll see how Shaw does. But I

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Speaker 1: don't think the Red Sox are going to pursue him

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Speaker 1: from Green Monster nineteen. Always looking forward to the post games, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm very excited to get back to the post games here,

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Speaker 1: especially with how the last month was going. It just

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Speaker 1: felt once the bulk of the offseason, you know, was done,

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Speaker 1: and they made the last big move for Durbin, you

712
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Speaker 1: were just ready to get to the season, right. The

713
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Speaker 1: spring training felt very slow this year because we were

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Speaker 1: all that excited about the regular season. So what do

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Speaker 1: we got from extra in fifty seven to fourteen? Ikf

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Speaker 1: should not be starting games with the Red Sox or

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Speaker 1: even beyond this roster, especially when there's more talented players

718
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Speaker 1: like Eton Soguard in Monasterio. He's just an overpaid defensive substitute.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna push back a little on that now. They

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Speaker 1: paid him six million bucks if you're looking at it

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Speaker 1: from a front office perspective, if you're looking at wins

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Speaker 1: above replacement, if you're looking at the value of one

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Speaker 1: war that's worth around nine to ten million bucks on

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Speaker 1: average these days. He had a zero point seven Fangraft

725
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Speaker 1: wins above replacement last year, so that was worth right

726
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Speaker 1: around seven million bucks. So you're paying him six million bucks.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a I think you're gonna get what

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Speaker 1: you pay for. But I do think, of course, I understand,

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Speaker 1: he's not going to be a better bat than Meyer.

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Speaker 1: He's hes gonna be one of the worst bats on

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Speaker 1: your roster. I mean, let's just get that clear. But

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Speaker 1: I think he is gonna bring a lot to this

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Speaker 1: team defensively, and I think he's gonna bring good intangibles

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Speaker 1: with this team behind the scenes. I think he's gonna

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Speaker 1: be good for the clubhouse. He kind of makes me

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Speaker 1: think of Pokey Reese in a way back from two

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Speaker 1: thousand and four, a guy that didn't have a whole

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Speaker 1: lot with the bat at the time, but you knew

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00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,239
Speaker 1: you could count on him defensively. You knew he was

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Speaker 1: gonna be good for you in the clubhouse. That's how

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Speaker 1: I see Ikf again as an everyday guy, I'm not

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Speaker 1: so sure about that. I don't think you're gonna see

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Speaker 1: him every day. He got to start an opening day

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Speaker 1: because it was a lefty, So I think you you

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Speaker 1: don't have to worry about that for the you know,

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Speaker 1: because the bulk at the time are gonna be going

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Speaker 1: up against righties. So but I do think he's a

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Speaker 1: strong addition for the team. He's a strong member of

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Speaker 1: this team, and with what he brings to the team,

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Speaker 1: He's obviously not Roman, right, That's kind of how I

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00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 1: look at him. But again, I don't think he's overpaid.

752
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: I think, just again, if you just look at what

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Speaker 1: he did last year. I look at fangraft War. That's

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Speaker 1: the number that I go off of. I know you

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Speaker 1: got Baseball Reference. I do consider Baseball Reference too, but

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Speaker 1: that's the way I look at it. He was worth

757
00:42:21,040 --> 00:42:23,959
Speaker 1: right around seven million bucks last year. He gave him six.

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Speaker 1: That's where I'm at. So hopefully he comes up in

759
00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: some big spots this year, and you know, honestly, I

760
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: wouldn't be surprised if he did. I got a mosquito

761
00:42:35,560 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: in here from Avery. What's going on? Man? Love the

762
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 1: content expiring to the rest of us. I'm glad I

763
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Speaker 1: can inspire you at home and listen. If my potato

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Speaker 1: brain can put all this together, well, I had some

765
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Speaker 1: help putting together the setup, the new setup that we have,

766
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Speaker 1: but hey, if my potato brain can figure out how

767
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Speaker 1: to get everything put together with a little bit of

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Speaker 1: help than I think anyone can. Right Thank you, my friend,

769
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Speaker 1: do appreciate that. I hope you're doing well. Green Master nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Here's a good question. Will Tristan Costas have a role

771
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Speaker 1: on the team in any way? I think Cossas is

772
00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: a bit of an X factor with this team, especially

773
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Speaker 1: if you're looking for power. You kind of don't know

774
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Speaker 1: what he's going to bring to the table as of

775
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Speaker 1: right now. I think that could go either way. How

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00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: he fits onto the team right now, Like if he

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Speaker 1: was ready to go right now, you kind of wonder

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Speaker 1: how he's gonna fit. I'll say this, this is something

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00:43:34,880 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: that I've been thinking of the last couple of days.

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Speaker 1: I think when he eventually is ready to come off

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00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:43,360
Speaker 1: the IL and he's got the rehab assignment done and

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00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:45,960
Speaker 1: he's good to go, and whenever they feel like he's

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Speaker 1: ready to come back up to the major league level,

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Speaker 1: that's when I wonder about Masa. I kind of wonder there,

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Speaker 1: you know, do when Costas is ready, do they find

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Speaker 1: a way to move on from Masa? Because really with

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Speaker 1: Masa at this point, he's he's your DH because he

788
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: got too many outfielders. So if you're not going to

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Speaker 1: play Masa in the outfield, I mean, who would you

790
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Speaker 1: rather have at DH shit this point, getting abs I

791
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Speaker 1: mean considering you even find a way to figure out

792
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Speaker 1: how to get Cassas onto the team at that point,

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00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:28,720
Speaker 1: I mean, would you rather go with more power upside

794
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:33,720
Speaker 1: with Casus to get DHABs or or the high floor

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Speaker 1: of Masa. I think you could go either way. Maybe

796
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,880
Speaker 1: the Red Sox feel like they can just keep Castas

797
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Speaker 1: down to the minor leagues of the year and then Masa,

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Speaker 1: you know, with the good bat that he has. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's just finding you know, pink shit appearances throughout the week,

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Speaker 1: couple of starts possibly during the week, and they just

801
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Speaker 1: roll with that for the season. You know. But I

802
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 1: think Cassas, he's interesting to pay attention to this year.

803
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Speaker 1: Would not be surprised at all if he ends up

804
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Speaker 1: being with this team at some point down the road,

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Speaker 1: maybe even as early as around you know, July. We'll

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Speaker 1: see extra and how long can the Red Sox wait

807
00:45:12,719 --> 00:45:14,240
Speaker 1: for Wong to figure it out? This is the biggest

808
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: hole in this team, you know, it is interesting. I

809
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,040
Speaker 1: do think Wong again behind the scenes I do feel

810
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Speaker 1: like he brings more than you would imagine. I feel

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Speaker 1: like he seems to work well with the pitching staff,

812
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Speaker 1: So I don't know if that's something, but I mean, yeah,

813
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Speaker 1: with the bat you kind of wonder I think. I

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Speaker 1: think with Wong's it's like, I don't need a whole lot.

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Speaker 1: I don't need a lot of offense from you, but

816
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,800
Speaker 1: if you can just at least give some good defense,

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Speaker 1: that's where I'm at. And Wong he has struggled in

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Speaker 1: that department as well. I don't know. I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a big year for Wong. Jennifer, how you doing.

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Speaker 1: I like your post game shows better than Nesson, Thank you.

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Speaker 1: I really do like the nests in postgame shows. I

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Speaker 1: mean they're really good. I love Tom Karen, you know,

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Speaker 1: Jim Rice talking, you know DeNardo. I love listening to

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Speaker 1: those guys. Man, they're they're the best of the pros.

825
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Speaker 1: Pros out there, man, they know what they're talking about.

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Speaker 1: But I do appreciate you swinging on by. I want

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Speaker 1: everyone to watch any postgame show you can, right, especially

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Speaker 1: the ness In one. If you want to come over

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Speaker 1: to me, I am more than happy that you can.

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Speaker 1: You can join, but I do love the ness in

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Speaker 1: post game shows. That's just me. Who am I I'm

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Speaker 1: just a dope that sits at my desk. Jennifer, you

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Speaker 1: need all twenty six players to win a World Series,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, you know, I agree, you know, but I

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Speaker 1: think you also you need all the guys down to

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Speaker 1: the minor league level too. I would actually say you

837
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Speaker 1: need the whole forty man roster to help you win

838
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Speaker 1: a World series, you know. And Jennifer, where can you

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Speaker 1: get the Moster Territory T shirt? I gotta talk to

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Speaker 1: the guys at Foul Territory about that. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: We had the shop up at one point here on

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Speaker 1: the channel. I don't know if it's still here. Let

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Speaker 1: me go, let me go look at the channel really quick.

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Speaker 1: Let me see, because I know it was here at

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Speaker 1: one point, but I haven't seen it recently. Yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna have to talk to the Foul Territory guys because

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Speaker 1: I'm not even seeing the store tab. So I'll get

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Speaker 1: back to you on that. But I do like, I

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Speaker 1: do like the Monster Territory shirt and Green Monster nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Let's do the last one here, Robbie, will there be

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Speaker 1: a no hitter throne. I mean, if there's ever a time,

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Speaker 1: I mean, my goodness, now could feel like the This

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Speaker 1: year could feel like the year. You know, with all

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Speaker 1: the good picturing they got crochet, the guy's got no

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Speaker 1: hit stuff every time he steps on the mound. I

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Speaker 1: think they got a great shot to take to get

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Speaker 1: a no hitter. This year, we'll see. I mean, listen,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's not just the good picture you have,

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Speaker 1: but it's the good defense you have behind him. Then,

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Speaker 1: you know, behind behind them. Now, how many times have

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Speaker 1: you seen a no hitter, you know, and a guy

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Speaker 1: infield makes a great play to save it. You need that.

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Speaker 1: It's not just the picture, right, That's just why they're

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Speaker 1: always thanking the defense behind them, because it's their part

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Speaker 1: of it too. You know, I almost look at like

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Speaker 1: a no hitter obviously the pitching, but it really feels

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Speaker 1: more like a team effort to me, because there's so

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Speaker 1: many factors that come into play, right, You always need

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Speaker 1: of those. So but they got both of that, both

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Speaker 1: of those aspects this time around. I think you could

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Speaker 1: see it this year. We'll see but I'm out of here, everybody.

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Speaker 1: That's all we got here for tonight. We're gonna wrap

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Speaker 1: it up right there. Good mail bag episode for tonight.

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