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Speaker 1: broke a Yankee story. Welcome everyone to the Monday edition

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Speaker 1: of Fair Territory. A ton of headlines over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: think you mean, how many two hundred hitters can one

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Speaker 1: But as for the two hundred hitters, at the time

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Speaker 1: they're not hitting two hundred anymore. They're a little bit

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Speaker 1: I don't have to. The bottom line is the Yankees

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Speaker 1: here they are again incorporating them and hoping they'll take

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Speaker 1: Here we go, keep going, all right? From anonymous you

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Speaker 1: I love these nose. Oh not surprising that happy bow Tie.

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Speaker 1: feather in the Yankees cap that Rosie intended. Well, thanks

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Speaker 1: Fans need to understand not every homegrown player is going

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Speaker 1: But when you produce guys who are playing in the

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Speaker 1: That's a good question. Why did this article need to

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Speaker 1: The first question comes from Dylan Edward, who asks is

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Speaker 1: Andre Munoz the best closer in the American League. Dylan,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do you one better right now, Andres Munos

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Speaker 1: could still make an argument that Robert Suarez is right

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Speaker 1: there with Muno's Robert Suarez of the San Diego Padres.

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Speaker 1: But Suarez gave up his first run of the season

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Speaker 1: comes from D rfu Passing, who asks why hasn't JD.

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Speaker 1: Martinez been signed by anyone? Lots of teams out there

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Speaker 1: certainly there are teams really could benefit from another hitter

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Speaker 1: seems to me that the issue for Martinez and I

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Speaker 1: the value the players have in their minds for what

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Speaker 1: things have changed for the Braves. Yes, they started five

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Speaker 1: and fifteen overall, and they are not going to give

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Speaker 1: fall out of it, which I don't anticipate them doing.

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Speaker 1: This is a team that still is awaiting the second

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Speaker 1: debut of Ronald Acuna Junior. They're playing better. They should

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Speaker 1: continue to play better still barring some unforeseen circumstances, and

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Speaker 1: I do expect that they're going to contend. They had

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