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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to episode forty nine of the

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Speaker 1: Emmer Territory podcast. I am your host, Brad Rowland, coming

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Speaker 1: to you on a Sunday here in July, and things

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Speaker 1: have gone quite wrong for the Atlanta Braves over the weekend.

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Speaker 1: I am joined on this podcast and a podcast in

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Speaker 1: which we throw out the rundown by Scott Coleman. Scott,

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Speaker 1: are you feeling any better than I am right now?

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Speaker 2: Hey, Brad, I'm doing okay. As of twenty four hours ago,

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Speaker 2: this podcast, in our normal Sunday night slot, as we

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Speaker 2: have done for years, was feeling very much like it

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Speaker 2: would be pretty business as usual and run of the mill,

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Speaker 2: talk about a couple of games against the Cardinals, look

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Speaker 2: ahead to seven games this week, hit on some news

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Speaker 2: and notes and call it a show. And I think,

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Speaker 2: as listeners know, very quickly things have gone south, with

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Speaker 2: two very key injuries and certainly a lot of things

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Speaker 2: to talk about that we maybe were not expecting even

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Speaker 2: as of last night.

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Speaker 1: That's absolutely the case, and a few house comfy notes

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Speaker 1: here at the top of the podcast. Number one, I

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Speaker 1: apologize for my audio. Hopefully it is listenable. I won't

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Speaker 1: reveal all details of why I am recording where I am,

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Speaker 1: but I'm currently recording in a not ideal location just

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Speaker 1: because of challenges of where I am. I'm traveling for

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Speaker 1: work and it's a tough one, but we wanted. We

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Speaker 1: are dedicated to giving you the podcast content that you

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Speaker 1: to our podcast anywhere you might find podcasts. If we

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Speaker 1: just find us for the first time, welcome number one,

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Speaker 1: and also please stick around and your friends about the

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Speaker 1: show and we'll get into later on probably briefly. Always

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Speaker 1: compared it to usual the performances of the weekend for

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Speaker 1: the Braves from the game perspective and how they performed,

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Speaker 1: and it was not great necessarily.

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Speaker 3: But you teased it. I teased it.

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Speaker 1: The headliner by a lot is these two injuries that

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Speaker 1: the Brave suffered over the weekend. And it seems to me, Scott,

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Speaker 1: you can correct me if you don't agree, like kind

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Speaker 1: of a rock bottom moment. Hopefully, I guess that's kind

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Speaker 1: of a good spin on things that maybe it won't

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Speaker 1: get worse from here, but this has been a season

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Speaker 1: that has been marred by injuries. And while the Braves

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Speaker 1: have been respectable this year in a way that doesn't

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Speaker 1: always feel the way that way necessarily, they've done it

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Speaker 1: while overcoming some real issues roster wise, and that only

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Speaker 1: gets magnified now without Max Freed for a little while

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Speaker 1: TVD on how long because we'll get into a second

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Speaker 1: and also Ozzie Alby's for two months or so, and yes,

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Speaker 1: Ozzie's not been playing that well this year necessarily, but

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Speaker 1: still just two more guys and especially Free just after

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Speaker 1: the that the British just.

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Speaker 3: Could not afford. Basically is we're right.

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Speaker 2: No, Yeah, it feels like the Braves are snake bitten

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Speaker 2: this season where the team truly cannot go more than

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Speaker 2: maybe two weeks without losing a very key player to

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Speaker 2: this roster and just thinking about the season as a whole.

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Speaker 2: Opening Day, they lose Sean Murphy to the oblique and

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Speaker 2: he misses two months. They don't have Spencer Strider, they

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Speaker 2: don't have wrong Dacunya Junior. Austin Riley hurt his side

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Speaker 2: and ended up missing effectively a month by the time

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Speaker 2: he found himself. They are still without Michael Harris, who

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Speaker 2: is yet to begin a rehab assignment. Now they lose

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Speaker 2: Max Freed, Now they lose Ozzie Alby's. There have been

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Speaker 2: a handful of other injuries scattered in throughout the year

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Speaker 2: as well. It just seems like this team cannot win

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Speaker 2: when it comes to injuries, and their depth is really

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Speaker 2: going to get pushed over the next month at minimum,

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Speaker 2: at least that's what we expect Max to miss, and

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Speaker 2: we know that Ozzie is going to miss two months.

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Speaker 2: The Braves just I mean, it's it is a miracle,

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Speaker 2: Brad that as we sit here today towards the final

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Speaker 2: week of July, this team is still in the playoff

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Speaker 2: picture very firmly at this point, despite just so many

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Speaker 2: injuries to a very very talented roster.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I tried to allude to that too, because it feels and look,

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Speaker 1: we are agreeing with this sentiment to some extent. It

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Speaker 1: feels like it's been this like disaster season from hell

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Speaker 1: kind of season for the Braves this year, and that

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Speaker 1: also true, but it has really been a challenge. And

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Speaker 1: we'll kind of dig into the Max thing first, because

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Speaker 1: I know that you said this on our show last week,

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Speaker 1: So we did all of these extra podcast during the

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Speaker 1: All Star break looking ahead to the trade deadline. All

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Speaker 1: that is still roll over right now, but kind of

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Speaker 1: talked on the show extensively about how that's kind of

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Speaker 1: the package deal of Max Free and Chris Sale was

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Speaker 1: so important to get to October in one piece, and

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Speaker 1: that could still happen.

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Speaker 3: We should at least say that and acknowledge it now.

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Speaker 1: But the fact that you know, within a few days

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Speaker 1: of that Max Freed goes down, we'll kind of explore

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I did say, to my credit, I

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Speaker 2: Because here we are three games into the quote unquote

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Speaker 2: second half of the year, and the Braves lose Max

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Speaker 2: Freed just crushing on many levels. I mean just for

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Speaker 2: Max himself, a player who is four months away from

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Speaker 2: hitting free agency, a player who has earned the tens

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Speaker 2: and hundreds of millions of dollars that is coming his

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Speaker 2: way presumably, and now for the second year in a row,

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Speaker 2: he has been shut down with a pretty serious elbow

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Speaker 2: and four army issue here. This one is a little

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Speaker 2: odd left forearm neuritis. It's a nerve issue, which I

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Speaker 2: same time, it's also a little scary that just based

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Speaker 2: on some of the symptoms that Max has talked about,

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Speaker 2: even if there isn't something necessarily torn or broken in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so the circumstance here is pretty odd. Max.

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Speaker 1: This is all reporting that happened today. Max spoke to

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Speaker 1: the media, as did Brian Snicker, and Max said that

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Speaker 1: he's essentially felt something for the first time with this

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Speaker 1: and we'll talk about that if you want to. But

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Speaker 1: he essentially I won't were the entire quote, but he

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Speaker 1: felt something and didn't think much of it. Quote in

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Speaker 1: this game, you feel things all the time. Normally they

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Speaker 1: go away. I didn't feel like I was in any jeopardy.

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Speaker 1: entingling from there, and they're obviously being careful with him.

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Speaker 1: He at least voiced that. That's the positive is that

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Speaker 1: we shared that with the training staff this week. The

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Speaker 1: first alarm bells actually happened when the when the Braves

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Speaker 1: did not personally think about Max Freed being hurt as

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Speaker 1: the reason for why that happened, but that certainly seems

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Speaker 1: to be the case. And then Brian Sticker said that

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Speaker 1: thankfully nothing showed up on the MRI. Nothing major is

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Speaker 1: the way that he also said that, but they're gonna

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Speaker 1: kind of rest him until he's you know, free of symptoms.

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Speaker 1: And the last thing said is that quote hopefully it's

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Speaker 1: you could frame this in a positive direction and that

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Speaker 1: maybe Max is back in a couple of weeks and

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Speaker 1: this is more of a blip. But I don't know

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Speaker 1: about you, Like I'm never gonna feel comfortable with that

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Speaker 1: with a pitching injury, and this goes for anybody. You know,

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Speaker 1: Max is obviously one of the best on the game,

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Speaker 1: but it wouldn't matter who it was.

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Speaker 3: Anything that has to do with your pitching.

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Speaker 1: Arm, pitching, elbow, pitching, forearm, pitching, shoulder, any of those things.

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Speaker 1: It is scary until it's not. And right now we

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Speaker 1: are still in scary spot. In a scary spot, yeah

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Speaker 1: we are.

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Speaker 2: And there was a good bit of research done by

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Speaker 2: Lindsey Crosby on Twitter talking about other pitchers who have

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Speaker 2: dealt with this same injury with forearm neritis, and the

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Speaker 2: recovery time is a little bit all over the place.

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Speaker 2: This past season, Toronto's Jimmy Garcia had the same ailment

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Speaker 2: that Max does. He ended up missing thirty two days

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Speaker 2: on the injured list. So about a month, and in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, Garrett Whitlock of the Boston Red Sox

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Speaker 2: then there is the scarier instance where the Angels Ben

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Speaker 2: Joyce ended up missing ninety two days, so three months,

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Speaker 2: and then Josh Simpson of the Marlins is on one

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Speaker 2: hundred and fifteen days away and counting. He has still

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Speaker 2: not resumed pitching. That is quite the stretch anywhere from

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Speaker 2: four or five weeks to four months and counting. So

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Speaker 2: because it's a unique injury, I think that adds to

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Speaker 2: some of the concern. Again, so far, Max Fried and

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Speaker 2: Brian Snitker have said all of the right things that

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Speaker 2: they don't seem overly alarmed, although anytime you have numbness

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Speaker 2: You know, it seems like Max is going to be back,

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Speaker 2: But really for the next couple of weeks at least,

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Speaker 2: we just kind of have to hold our breath and

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Speaker 2: cross our fingers, because, yes, could the Braves make a

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Speaker 2: deep run without Max Freed healthy. Sure, playoffs get weird,

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Speaker 2: but I still feel very strongly that the Braves absolutely

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Speaker 1: So let's reset a little bit here and talk about

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Speaker 1: what happens now. What you just said is important to acknowledge,

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Speaker 1: and we just don't know what he'll be back and

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Speaker 1: right away near to the Braves, and the deadline is

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Speaker 1: ten days away or less than ten days away at

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Speaker 1: this point in time. So it is very possible, if

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know Ozzie missed time a couple of

437
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Speaker 1: years ago. You mentioned this in our doc and other

438
00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:43,520
Speaker 1: people have as well, like the sickos that remember this stuff.

439
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:46,639
Speaker 1: This is very similar to ab with a von Grissom.

440
00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,399
Speaker 1: When Von Grissom came up from the Miners, he had

441
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Speaker 1: never played second base before, basically been a shortstop, and

442
00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 1: he came up to replace Ozzy and it was kind

443
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,160
Speaker 1: of a mild surprise, but not a huge one.

444
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Speaker 3: This time around, Nacho was not a surprise at all

445
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Speaker 3: like that was.

446
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Speaker 1: It's kind of the obviously going to do the Braces

447
00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:03,120
Speaker 1: have an incumbent backup that they can afford to start

448
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,520
Speaker 1: for two months, you know, all respect is zac short.

449
00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,600
Speaker 1: They don't want to do that, I don't think, especially

450
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Speaker 1: with Arcia already struggling the way he has this year.

451
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:13,399
Speaker 1: So it's kind of a natural move, you know, just

452
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Speaker 1: people didn't already hear this. It's already been reported multiple times,

453
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Speaker 1: and not is gonna come up and play second base.

454
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Speaker 1: You know, we don't have to do a ton of

455
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Speaker 1: a ton on this, but it's it was funny to

456
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Speaker 1: see several people kind of wonder why it wasn't him

457
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Speaker 1: playing shortstop and Arcia playing second base. It seem pretty

458
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Speaker 1: obvious to me, Scott, But uh, isn't it just as

459
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Speaker 1: simple as Nacho's defense is not supposed to be great

460
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Speaker 1: and Arcia, if he has a positive, is his defense, Like,

461
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Speaker 1: it seems pretty clear that they would trust Arcia's glove

462
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,919
Speaker 1: a lot more shortstop. Yes, Nacho is playing a new position,

463
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Speaker 1: but second base is not the most difficut position for

464
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Speaker 1: a guy wh's been playing shortstop for a long time.

465
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, I mean, it would be silly to

466
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Speaker 2: move Orlando off of shortstop if you don't.

467
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Speaker 1: Have to, especially for a guy who, again, like I'm

468
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Speaker 1: not saying not so can't pay shortstop, but one of

469
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Speaker 1: his questions is his defense. If he was supposed to

470
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Speaker 1: be the next Anderton Simmons, then yeah, you move Arcia.

471
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Speaker 3: That's fine.

472
00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: But Nacho is not supposed to be that defensively, So

473
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Speaker 1: that's in case nobody didn't kind of follow that he's

474
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Speaker 1: actually more of a bat first prospect than a clift

475
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Speaker 1: first guy. Again, maybe maybe he can hold up short

476
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Speaker 1: hold up a shortstop. I'm not saying you can't, but

477
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Speaker 1: this is not This is not a situation where you

478
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Speaker 1: could hope that he'd be better than Narcia defensively. Because

479
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Speaker 1: of fact, I think we probably agree on this, but

480
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Speaker 1: just to say it plainly, if they thought Nacho was

481
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Speaker 1: going to be as good defensively as Arcia, they would

482
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Speaker 1: have already been having a play shortstop before Tounately.

483
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree. And the fact that Nacho now

484
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,920
Speaker 2: comes up plays second base, which is obviously an important

485
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 2: position on the infield, but it's not shortstop. And and

486
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:46,399
Speaker 2: I'm excited to see what he can do offensively. He

487
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,879
Speaker 2: has a very interesting profile. He never really hit for

488
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 2: power until he came up to Gwinnett, and all of

489
00:23:53,240 --> 00:23:55,879
Speaker 2: a sudden he's shown some real pop. He has a

490
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,680
Speaker 2: great eye at the plate, He walks quite a bit,

491
00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 2: gets on base quite a bit. So he does a

492
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Speaker 2: lot of things that are going to give him a

493
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Speaker 2: chance to be successful at the major leagues. There are

494
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 2: also some questions about Nacho long term. Talking to the

495
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 2: prospect guys over at battery power dot com, there are

496
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,639
Speaker 2: some questions about Nacho being able to hit the fastball

497
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:21,440
Speaker 2: at the major league level, especially hard fastballs, upper nineties fastballs.

498
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,399
Speaker 2: Is he going to be able to turn those around

499
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 2: and drive them? That was an issue he was having

500
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 2: in the minors. And as we know, a scouting report

501
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:33,119
Speaker 2: can get out so quickly on young players once pitchers

502
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,679
Speaker 2: seemingly figure out how to attack them, and he's going

503
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,080
Speaker 2: to have to make some adjustments. And I am sure

504
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:40,320
Speaker 2: his heart is going to be pounding when he gets

505
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,879
Speaker 2: into the lineup on Monday Night at Truest Park against Reds.

506
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Speaker 2: It'll be great to have him up. Hopefully it provides

507
00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,159
Speaker 2: a bit of a spark, but at the end of

508
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Speaker 2: the day, man, I mean it is even if you

509
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,399
Speaker 2: are the biggest Nacho Avaretz fan in the world. And

510
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,200
Speaker 2: let's hope he becomes a franchise piece for a long time.

511
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Speaker 2: The idea of having an up the middle duo of

512
00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,679
Speaker 2: a very much struggling Orlando Arcia and a rookie being

513
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:08,159
Speaker 2: thrown into the fire of Nacho Alvarez. It's gonna be

514
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:10,719
Speaker 2: a little touch and go, and let's hope it's okay

515
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 2: and Nacho rises to the challenge. But a lot is

516
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,960
Speaker 2: going to be asked of this kid to help stabilize

517
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Speaker 2: second base for the next two months.

518
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

519
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,399
Speaker 1: I think if you told even the prospect enthusiasts that

520
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 1: Nacho was going to be.

521
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,080
Speaker 3: Up playing every day on July twenty.

522
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,119
Speaker 1: Second, a few months ago, it would have been a

523
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Speaker 1: pretty shocking tern of events. Now, granted, he's been really

524
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,679
Speaker 1: good in Gwinet, and he was good before that, and

525
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 1: he earned that.

526
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Speaker 3: He's the perent motion and I have no issue with

527
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Speaker 3: this at all.

528
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Speaker 1: Like I was certainly less enthusiastic about the prospect of

529
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Speaker 1: bringing up Nacho as a shortstop than other people were.

530
00:25:44,760 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 1: I just tended to trust prospects less everybody else does.

531
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Speaker 1: But this situation, like it's really your only option, Like

532
00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:53,560
Speaker 1: they don't have anybody else that makes any sense. They

533
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,640
Speaker 1: could still make a trade. It would not surprise me anyway.

534
00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:59,520
Speaker 1: You know, we did talk about a lot of scenarios there,

535
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 1: even on that podcast where we kind of dove into

536
00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:04,240
Speaker 1: Snarra as a shortstop. It's a similar sentiment like theyre

537
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:05,960
Speaker 1: just weren't that many names out there that made a

538
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 1: ton of sense. So, uh, they're just gonna have to

539
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 1: hope Nacho plays great. And yeah, maybe somebody asked us.

540
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:15,679
Speaker 1: Somebody asked us this on Twitter. Is it possible that

541
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Speaker 1: Nacho is just so good over the next six to

542
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 1: seven eight weeks that you can't take him out of

543
00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:25,320
Speaker 1: the lineup? And I think that that's possible, but obviously

544
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 1: that the scenario there will probably be he moves to

545
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Speaker 1: shortstop and you bring Ozzen back.

546
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Speaker 3: I can't.

547
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Speaker 1: I'd be pretty surprised if Ozzie was healthy and you

548
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,280
Speaker 1: just didn't come back to Ozzy. He's been too good

549
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 1: for too long. Yes, I would certainly acknowledge that Ozzy

550
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,240
Speaker 1: has not been great this year. He's not been and

551
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,200
Speaker 1: and that's you could argue if you wanted to be

552
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:43,640
Speaker 1: an optimist, and I don't think I'm very optimistic today, Scott.

553
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:44,800
Speaker 3: I don't know about you, but if you.

554
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,200
Speaker 1: Wanted to make this argument, Ozzie's not been very good,

555
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 1: so maybe Dacho could be better. That's that's definitely possible

556
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 1: with the way that has been playing. But you don't

557
00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:55,879
Speaker 1: write Ozzy's off. He's too young. Yeah, the defense is

558
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 1: not great anymore for sure, But I don't think that

559
00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,520
Speaker 1: you could just like send Ozzie to past because of

560
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 1: this personally.

561
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 3: Oh no, no.

562
00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 2: No, And I mean it's easy to forget that despite

563
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 2: a pretty down twenty twenty four, Ozzy Albays in many

564
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 2: ways had a career best season just a year ago,

565
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,639
Speaker 2: and it seemed very sticky and it wasn't like just

566
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:18,880
Speaker 2: out of the blue he suddenly had this great year

567
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 2: and it seemed flukish.

568
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Speaker 5: No.

569
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Speaker 2: I mean, this guy is a very quality middle infielder.

570
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 1: It's twenty seven years old, by the way, which is yeah, right,

571
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,640
Speaker 1: he fears he feels thirty seven sometimes just because he's

572
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 1: been around for so long and he came up at

573
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: such a young age in the out of the farm system.

574
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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean he'll love Ozsy just by all

575
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 2: accounts of fantastic human being. And let's hope that he's

576
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:43,199
Speaker 2: able to get back at some point early enough in

577
00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 2: September and kind of get his groove and find his

578
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 2: footing and get some bats in before the playoffs come.

579
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:52,359
Speaker 2: And hey, if not, cho Albertas wants to be so

580
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 2: good and outshine kind of what the experts and scouts

581
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,359
Speaker 2: expect him to be at this point in his career,

582
00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,920
Speaker 2: and he's so damn good that the Braves can't even

583
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,400
Speaker 2: fathom taking him out of the lineup and they move

584
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:05,919
Speaker 2: him to shortstop, then great, let's do it.

585
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 3: It would be it would be very.

586
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,399
Speaker 2: Welcome for all of the bad things that have happened

587
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 2: to the team this season on the injury front. If

588
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,920
Speaker 2: Nacho Alvarez, at twenty one years old, wants to really

589
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,959
Speaker 2: shine and just lock himself into the shortstop position long term,

590
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 2: I think there is a million reasons why we would

591
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 2: very happily welcome that development.

592
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, we agree on that. Just want to get out

593
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:29,719
Speaker 1: in front of that a little bit because we got

594
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 1: some questions about it. I totally understand all that and

595
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:35,160
Speaker 1: the enthusiasm, because look, I'm excited about Nacho too. I'm

596
00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: intrigue to see what he looks like. This is not

597
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,920
Speaker 1: a rond Nakunya can't miss prospect. That's worth acknowledging. He's

598
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: not supposed to be He's not supposed.

599
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 3: To be that way.

600
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,600
Speaker 1: But hey, some guys just come up and play well

601
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: and that might happen right away, and I hope that's

602
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: the case. Beginning on Monday when he debuts for the Braves. Scott,

603
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: anything else you want to get to on the injury front.

604
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: I mean we could talk about the games for a second.

605
00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 1: I guess this weekend not a ton to get excited about.

606
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: I'm contract you a lob be gobble to bring up

607
00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 1: Charlie Morton, but anything else you want to add on

608
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: the injury before we move on.

609
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 2: I would just like to wish that nobody else gets

610
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 2: hurt on this team.

611
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 1: I mean, honestly, though, while we're there, we should at

612
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 1: least like they just can't afford any more injury. I

613
00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: mean we were probably already there before this, but realistically, oh,

614
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 1: I have one more, I have one more thin and

615
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 1: Mary up, Scott, I forgot about this. Can we just

616
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: do like ten seconds on the fact that, No, the

617
00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 1: Brig's not gonna sell like people were like, are the

618
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 1: Brive sellers now?

619
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 3: No? No, they're not.

620
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,800
Speaker 2: No, No, I mean they're not sellers. And as we

621
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 2: talked about at the top of the podcast, despite all

622
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,120
Speaker 2: of these injuries, they are still nine or ten games

623
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 2: above five hundred. I don't have it in front of me,

624
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,600
Speaker 2: but comfortably in the playoff mix. No, they're going to

625
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,960
Speaker 2: add at the deadline. There's really nobody to sell either, which.

626
00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: Is just kind of silly and well, ironically the guy

627
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: to sell will be Max, and they're not going to

628
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:49,480
Speaker 1: sell Max.

629
00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 2: Now, so right, I can't sell the picture with the

630
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,640
Speaker 2: bad elbow. But no, guys, I mean, I know, fans

631
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:58,320
Speaker 2: get emotional and they want to you know, the hot

632
00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 2: takes get flying whenever uff goes poorly. But no, this

633
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 2: team is not selling. They're going to add over the

634
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 2: next week plus. And for the fans who feel like

635
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 2: this team really needed something, maybe in a way, these

636
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 2: two very key injuries to the Braves will kind of

637
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 2: push Alex to be even more aggressive at the deadline,

638
00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 2: and who knows, maybe he will add more than he

639
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 2: was initially expecting because he feels like this team is

640
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 2: going to need more help and more depth, especially over

641
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 2: these next few weeks and months to navigate towards the

642
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 2: end of the year.

643
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's well said, and hopefully we'll be able to

644
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 1: cover that in real time.

645
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 3: But I'm sure they're going to be active. The phones

646
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 3: will be very ring off the hook.

647
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:38,560
Speaker 1: Let's just say, over the next eight to nine days

648
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: at Braves HQ, because the games were kind of not

649
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: that exciting in a good way for the Braves. In

650
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: the last couple of days, we'll kind of fly through

651
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,080
Speaker 1: these with some just observations. Saturday, they split the double header.

652
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,680
Speaker 1: They won the first game based on pitching basically alone.

653
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Speaker 1: Moreton was quite good, as I'm again construction ob going

654
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Speaker 1: to bring up when it happens, as so was the

655
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,040
Speaker 1: bullpen your gout. Eddie Rosario with two home run to

656
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: run homer to tie it and eventually kind of give

657
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 1: the Braves a chance to win it in Game one

658
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 1: and in Game two, lots of home runs, but not

659
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 1: a good result.

660
00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 2: It was a good thing that the Braves just kind

661
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 2: of out of nowhere stole game one because you know,

662
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 2: you mentioned Charlie Mortin was really good. The bullpender's really good.

663
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 2: The lineup was lifeless against Kyle Gibson, and thankfully Eddie

664
00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 2: hit that two run homer to tie it. And then

665
00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:32,560
Speaker 2: there was some really good small ball execution there.

666
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 3: Baby sack bunt talk, we got to do it too.

667
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 2: Sacks game yeah, two sack bunts. I don't know what

668
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 2: has happened to the Atlanta Braves. Two sack bunts and

669
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 2: the same game first time in three years they have

670
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:49,479
Speaker 2: done that, although I would argue that, I mean, like

671
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 2: Zach Short was one of the sacrifice buns.

672
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Speaker 1: And this is a good optionunity for a small bit

673
00:31:56,200 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 1: of podcast drama, because I usually I am verrulently against

674
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: sack bunts of any kind, and I know our guy

675
00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 1: Stephen Tolbert does not like a sack bunt, and I

676
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 1: don't think you liked that one. Even I don't want

677
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: to misrepresent Steve, I'm pretty sure he didn't like it either.

678
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: And then I will say this, I actually thought the

679
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: sack bunt by Zack Short made sense. The first one

680
00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 1: I didn't like, but the one in the tenth is

681
00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,000
Speaker 1: like the only time I'd ever be cool with it,

682
00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 1: because Zach Short, all due respect, is kind of not

683
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: He's kind of a pitcher in some ways with with

684
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,520
Speaker 1: with the bat and man on second, nobody out when

685
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:34,479
Speaker 1: you need one run is like the time to do it.

686
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 1: So I didn't love it still, but I actually was like,

687
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 1: all right, you know what, if there's ever a time,

688
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,160
Speaker 1: go ahead and sack bunt this time. And uh, you

689
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Speaker 1: know what, Steven, for listening to this podcast, sack wun's

690
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: are okay?

691
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Speaker 3: Well, once in a while, I don't. I don't like

692
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 3: them either. Just to be fair, Yeah, you neither.

693
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was it was correct in the

694
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 2: moment I thought, And thankfully the Braids were able to

695
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 2: win that first game because going into the night cap

696
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 2: with Bright Elder against Sonny Gray, who has been fantastic,

697
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 2: my man, Sonny Gray, I still wish, even with the

698
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,840
Speaker 2: fantastic editions of Chris Sale and Ronaldo Lopez, I wish

699
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,800
Speaker 2: the Braves would have added Sonny Gray last.

700
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so funny to be like I wish they

701
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: got Sunday Gray when the two guys they added are

702
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: like throwing gems every night.

703
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 3: It's actually quite funny.

704
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Speaker 1: You're right, though, maybe better, maybe better with Sunny Gray

705
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: than they would be without him.

706
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,959
Speaker 2: It might be like twenty twenty eight. But damn it,

707
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 2: the Braves are going to add Sonny Gray one of

708
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 2: these years. Maybe maybe he will become their Charlie Morton

709
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 2: and pitch until he's forty years old. Be yeah, hey,

710
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 2: it's you can do a lot worse. But yeah, I

711
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 2: mean the game on Saturday night was frustrating. Now, the

712
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 2: Braves did hit four home runs and almost had five

713
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 2: if not for a foul ball from Austin Riley very early.

714
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Speaker 1: I'm actually convinced that if that ball is fair, than

715
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Speaker 1: the Braves win the game. I don't know why I'm

716
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: convinced of that.

717
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 3: But I am.

718
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Speaker 2: It seems like when they get out to an early lead,

719
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Speaker 2: they win. They've been very good. When they get out

720
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Speaker 2: to an early lead and then compared to the other

721
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 2: team scores first, it's just like, oh boy, we'll see

722
00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 2: if they can come back from this one. You know, Bryce,

723
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 2: it was kind of a weird start. Both Bryce Elder

724
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,720
Speaker 2: and Spencer Schwellenbach got hit pretty hard, but they also

725
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 2: struck out a ton of hitters. Elder struck out nine

726
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,839
Speaker 2: over six innings. Schwellenbach gave up three homers and four

727
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Speaker 2: runs over six but struck out eight and didn't walk anyone.

728
00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:26,799
Speaker 2: So it wasn't like they were just hanging them in

729
00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 2: the middle of the zone and had no chance from

730
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 2: the very opening, but they did get hit hard. The

731
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,520
Speaker 2: Braves tried to make it interesting there, made it six

732
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Speaker 2: to five with the three homers and four batters from

733
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Speaker 2: Riley Ozuna and Eddie Rozario Homward for a second time,

734
00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 2: but the Cardinals kind of broke it open in the

735
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Speaker 2: ninth inning against Grant Holmes, and then we know that

736
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,280
Speaker 2: Sunday's loss. I mean, as if the Freed injury before

737
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:53,680
Speaker 2: the game and the Ozzi Alby's injury during the game

738
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,960
Speaker 2: warn't enough. A pretty frustrating loss on Sunday afternoon to

739
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 2: lose the series.

740
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Speaker 1: One more quick point on Saturday, and I saw Steven.

741
00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 1: Not to pick on Steven because I agree with him.

742
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: There was fighting this battle on Twitter. I started to

743
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:10,640
Speaker 1: and I decided to kind of log off Saturday night.

744
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: But people were mad about Grant Holmes pitching, and it

745
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 1: was like, guys, this is a doubleheader and they had

746
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: to blourn the bullpen in the first game, like they

747
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: kind of had to do that. And I'm not someone

748
00:35:18,719 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 1: who defends snet's bullpen usagiton, but I had no issue

749
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: with that whatsoever. It didn't go well and they tried

750
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Speaker 1: to get a third inning from him. I get that

751
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,399
Speaker 1: that didn't look great, but they did play another game

752
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,359
Speaker 1: that day, Like understood what they were doing.

753
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 2: Let's just say, yeah, the rain out on Friday night

754
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 2: was not ideal. No, not not only do you have

755
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,840
Speaker 2: the doubleheader on Saturday, and I know that these guys

756
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,840
Speaker 2: just had four days off for the All Star Game,

757
00:35:43,200 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 2: but you have the doubleheader Saturday, and then I don't

758
00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 2: believe the Braves have an off day until the first

759
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 2: week of August. They have a very heavy schedule coming up,

760
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 2: including I believe another doubleheader in New York because of

761
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 2: a rain out earlier in the season, so they were

762
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,840
Speaker 2: playing a ton of baseball over the next two weeks.

763
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:05,240
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean, sure, if your bullpen was fully rested,

764
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 2: of course you go to somebody else besides Grant Holmes.

765
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 2: But when you're inning nineteen of a day, sometimes you

766
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 2: just have to ride it and see what happens.

767
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, and to you, I looked it up. They don't

768
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 3: have a day off until August fifth, so yeah, another almost.

769
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 1: Two two weeks before they have no day off. So yeah,

770
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:26,879
Speaker 1: pretty tough stuff there. You mentioned somebody's game. We did

771
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: talk about this last week or maybe in the last

772
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,879
Speaker 1: few days about matt Olsen. That is still happening. Matt

773
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 1: Olsen has been in the dregs for quite some time now.

774
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: It gives me no pleasure to report that, but it's true.

775
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,320
Speaker 1: His numbers are rough for the season and getting worse

776
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: by the day. I had some hope that he would

777
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,320
Speaker 1: kind of find it during the break that did not happen.

778
00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 1: All the Chipper Jones jokes have been out there. Get

779
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:53,640
Speaker 1: Chipper going somewhere with Matt Olson, immediately, please someone.

780
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 3: But yeah, it's been rough for a while. Just knowledge of.

781
00:36:56,560 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 2: That it is rough, you know. I think we have

782
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,720
Speaker 2: talked plenty on this show over the last week about

783
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 2: the Braves need more from Matt Olson. Yes, just full stop,

784
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 2: no questions asked. He is one of their stars, and

785
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,799
Speaker 2: as they continue to lose stars to injuries, they need

786
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,560
Speaker 2: the healthy ones to step up. And I guess if

787
00:37:18,600 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 2: you're going glass half full, Olsen did have I believe

788
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 2: four baseballs hit over one hundred miles an hour and

789
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 2: had nothing to show for it over the weekend.

790
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 3: Yeah he had some bad luck, to be sure.

791
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,799
Speaker 1: I mean watching all that, but actually did a little

792
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: bit of I was trying my best, as you might imagine,

793
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:35,760
Speaker 1: to find something from Matt.

794
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 3: So I watched some.

795
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 1: Replays of those bad at balls, and like, yeah, he

796
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,919
Speaker 1: was unfortunate. We'll say that doesn't mean he's hitting the ball,

797
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:45,920
Speaker 1: doesn't mean he's actually smashing the ball.

798
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 3: He was last year.

799
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,760
Speaker 1: He's not, But he also was a little b unlucky,

800
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:49,799
Speaker 1: so maybe there's something there.

801
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 2: Maybe, but at the end of the day, for a player,

802
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,520
Speaker 2: the Braves need to get going. He was zero for

803
00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:01,719
Speaker 2: twelve with two strikeouts, two double plays, and now on

804
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 2: the season, Matt Olsen, the fourth place finisher in National

805
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:10,560
Speaker 2: League MVP just a year ago, is down to a

806
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 2: six ninety two ops Brad a six ninety two OPST

807
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 2: and that was with a terrific start to the season.

808
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 2: And it's just, man, I hope Mac gets going. He

809
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:28,040
Speaker 2: seems like he's ever so slightly late on everything and

810
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 2: he is ever so slightly under everything. Maybe they're right,

811
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 2: like get Chipper Jones to Atlanta. I don't care what

812
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 2: you have to do. Uh make an adjustment with his hands,

813
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,000
Speaker 2: with his load, with his his feet, do something, because

814
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:43,960
Speaker 2: the Braves need more out of Matt Olsen in the

815
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 2: second half.

816
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 3: We did a little bit about this on a show recently,

817
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 3: about how there's some you know, every other year stuff

818
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 3: with Matt and I don't know what that actually means

819
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 3: for anyone, but it has been true. But man, I

820
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 3: would have lost every dollar to.

821
00:38:57,200 --> 00:38:59,479
Speaker 1: My name betting on Matt Olsen having a seven hundred

822
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: o PS or low were at this point in time, like, uh,

823
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: this is like a I think that we talked about

824
00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 1: it amidst amidst ourselves offline in the hebitary church chat

825
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 1: this week, like it's like a first percentile outcome from

826
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,040
Speaker 1: Matt Olson this year, like given health, like if you

827
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: take help off the table, him being this bad overalls

828
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: like a staggeringly poor outcome for what the periods could

829
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 1: have expected in a prime year.

830
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,000
Speaker 3: He's not he's not old.

831
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,919
Speaker 1: There's no reason that this was going to happen, even

832
00:39:25,920 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: if he forecasted some progression. And by the way we did,

833
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: we did say and the off season like he was

834
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:32,760
Speaker 1: not going to be the same guy he was last year,

835
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: probably because he was so ridiculously good year ago, but

836
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: that was not this. I was not forecasting this. So

837
00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: yet we were on the sand page there gotta be better.

838
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 3: Uh.

839
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,920
Speaker 1: Kelnick was actually rough recently as well, but he kind

840
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: of found it a little bit over the weekend. Maybe

841
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:49,160
Speaker 1: a small thing there. That's kind of all we have.

842
00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 1: I mean, we should we should at least acknowledge that

843
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:54,919
Speaker 1: both Smith Shaver and Ian Anderson are on the way back.

844
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:57,520
Speaker 1: Ian's been out for a long time, of course, but

845
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: he is getting closer. Pitched on Sunday in Guinette, So

846
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,279
Speaker 1: there's that. I don't know anything else to add for

847
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:06,960
Speaker 1: we look ahead briefly to the week, to the week

848
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: that's to come for the Braves.

849
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:13,319
Speaker 2: Just a very quick shout out to Drew Hackenberg. And

850
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 2: listeners who don't follow the minor leagues may say.

851
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 3: Oral famous Drew Hackenberg.

852
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:21,000
Speaker 2: Who in the world is Drew Hackenberg, But Drew is

853
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 2: the Braves' number nine prospect according to MLB dot Com.

854
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 2: And Drew set a minor league record this season with

855
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:35,040
Speaker 2: sixteen strikeouts, yes one six sixteen strikeouts in his start

856
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 2: for Mississippi on Sunday. Very cool for him. He feels

857
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 2: like a player who could find himself in the mix

858
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 2: either more than likely in the bullpen, but perhaps in

859
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,799
Speaker 2: the rotation as early as next year. Of course, we

860
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 2: will wait and see on that, but really just a

861
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 2: cool moment for Drew to strike out sixteen hitters over

862
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 2: seven innings is pretty special for him, so congrats.

863
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 3: That is.

864
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 2: Anytime a prospect of maybe not super high up notoriety

865
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 2: makes national headlines is pretty cool, So congrats to him.

866
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure, a little bit of positivity at the

867
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Speaker 1: end of the podcast. In the otherwise pretty somber episode

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Speaker 1: of the show, the Braves do play again on Monday.

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Speaker 1: They have the Reds come into town for three games.

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Speaker 1: The Reds are Okay. This is what I would say

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Speaker 1: at this point in time and what we know right

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Speaker 1: now about this series, that the Braves are scheduled to

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Speaker 1: pitch Lopezn't on Monday, sail on Tuesday, and then that

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Speaker 1: big old TVD on Wednesday. Given Max Freed's absence has

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Speaker 1: been covered earlier, so we'll see what that looks like.

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Speaker 1: I truly don't even know. Do you have a guess

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Speaker 1: about Wednesday. I don't even have a guess myself.

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Speaker 2: Boy, It would not be Bryce Elder because it would

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Speaker 2: be short rest.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he just pitched on Saturday, so nope.

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Speaker 2: And it would not be a j Smith Shaver who

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Speaker 2: is still yeah, who's still rehabbing and pitched on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: It might be Dylan Dodd.

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Speaker 1: If Don hasn't pitched by then. He I mean, I

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Speaker 1: would say, if Don doesn't pitch on Monday's, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be done.

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Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So probably let's hope they can win Monday and

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Speaker 2: Tuesday at least.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they've got they got one. I should, I should.

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Speaker 1: I didn't look this up by who else my pitch?

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: They got they got whinings, they got vines, they got names,

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Speaker 1: they got guys that can throw in there. None of

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Speaker 1: them are exciting games, but they do have names, they've options.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so let's hope for a couple of wins to

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Speaker 2: start the series on Monday and Tuesday. It would be

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Speaker 2: nice to pick up a few wins, especially with all

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Speaker 2: the bad news the team just had. The Reds are

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Speaker 2: a weird team. They just got swept by the Nationals

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Speaker 2: to start the second half. They're below five hundred, but

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Speaker 2: they have a positive run differential for the season. This

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Speaker 2: is just something I noticed looking at the standings. The

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Speaker 2: Saint Louis Cardinals are six games ahead of the Reds

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Speaker 2: in the NL Central, so six games not a small

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Speaker 2: amount at this point in the year. The Reds have

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Speaker 2: a plus sixty two run differential compared to the Saint

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Speaker 2: Louis Cardinals, so there's been some bad luck in there.

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Speaker 3: Cardinals defence new Magic Baby, It's back that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Every time the Braves see the Cardinals, it feels like

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Speaker 2: something bad happens. But you know, the pitching is pretty good,

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Speaker 2: the bullpen is very good. For Cincinnati lineup is okay.

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Speaker 2: But overall, even with all of the injuries, you would

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Speaker 2: sure hope the Braves could take two out of three

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Speaker 2: this week.

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Speaker 1: You would certainly hope that to be the case, especially

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Speaker 1: with Lopez and Sale on the mount in two of

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Speaker 1: those games. But we will see. We will have full

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Speaker 1: coverage as always on this podcast. We're also firmly in

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Speaker 1: the in the mode of the season where we are

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Speaker 1: at emergency podcast zone, so we don't know when's gonna happen.

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Speaker 1: The deadline is again on the thirtieth as we're recording this.

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Speaker 1: It's now officially the twenty second in on the East

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Speaker 1: Coast as we're past midnight.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, eight nine days away from the deadline.

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Speaker 1: So stay tuned for potential emergency podcasts on this feed,

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Speaker 1: plus our usual stuff not only with myself and Scott,

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Speaker 1: but also with Steven Tolbert and Sean Coleman.

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Speaker 3: It's goott anything to plug before we sign off.

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Speaker 2: Nothing to plug. I'm glad we could make this happen

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Speaker 2: very late into Sunday night and now Monday morning. A

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Speaker 2: big thank you to everybody who has checked out the show.

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Speaker 2: We really do appreciate the support. Let's hope we get

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Speaker 2: to do a couple of really fun emergency episodes over

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Speaker 2: the next week. Be sure to like and subscribe. That

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Speaker 2: way you get the feed or the episode into your

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Speaker 2: feed as soon as it comes out, and we will

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Speaker 2: be back soon with another episode.

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Speaker 1: Will indeed please subscribe, Tell your friends we really appreciate

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Speaker 1: everyone listening to the podcast, and we'll see you all.

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Speaker 3: Thankst time.