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Speaker 2: Fan sided inside of Robert Murray is back with us.

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Speaker 2: It is his season to shine. Robert, good to see you, man.

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Speaker 2: And we did have a little trade right after the

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Speaker 4: That would then bolster their team for next year before

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Speaker 4: we get to any of the oh, who's going to

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Speaker 4: All right, you talked about the Braves. Adamantly, they are

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Speaker 1: I would say they're not going to be trading any

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Speaker 3: Robert, I just want to know why with the Braves,

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Speaker 3: Why wouldn't the Braves think about trading somebody to get

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Speaker 3: Is it fair because two years ago in twenty three,

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Speaker 1: No, I totally hear you their aja, and it's something

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Speaker 2: All Right, Robert, I'm going to bring in one or

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Speaker 1: Honestly, those are the only two that I've really heard

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Speaker 1: So it'd be the definition of selling low. I think

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Speaker 1: those are the only two names that I've heard. That

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Speaker 2: Actually having I think the best offensive season he's had

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Speaker 1: No, I think that's totally cool. That's a good shot

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Speaker 1: So I think that's a worthy name of the Twins.

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Speaker 1: Dude decided to sell one.

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Speaker 2: More fan question and then we'll have Aja finish up

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Speaker 3: GOT love that if you're an Angels fan, all right,

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Speaker 3: I got I'm gonna ask you a strange question and

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Speaker 3: I know Foster because he pitched at First Academy where

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Speaker 1: AJ you read my column. I appreciate you. You. I've

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Speaker 1: He is. He is somebody who is on the radar

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Speaker 1: I say this. I've had three different people around baseball

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Speaker 1: I think we'll be hearing about his name plenty. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: mind for sure, Robert.

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Speaker 2: Great to talk to you. Trade season is on, Let's

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Speaker 2: get it going and we'll talk to you maybe next week,

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Speaker 2: if not the week after.

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Speaker 1: appreciate you boys, and I'll talk to you soon