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Speaker 1: taking you on the AJA Tour. We started with the

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Speaker 1: Royals last week, a week ago from today, and now

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Speaker 1: we're in Red's camp today tomorrow, with the Cubs, Diamondbacks

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Speaker 1: We're looking at what AJ's view is of Red's camp

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Speaker 1: right now. Looks like a beautiful day out there, AJ,

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Speaker 1: for a team that I think you keep reminding people about.

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Speaker 1: Many people forget very successful year for the Reds. They

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they made the playoffs. People people just don't want

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Speaker 3: to remember that the Reds made the playoffs because of

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Speaker 3: they got pushed out in two quick games. But three

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Speaker 3: teams from the Anol Central made the postseason last year,

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Speaker 3: the Brewers, the Cups, and the Reds. Now you can

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Speaker 3: say it was the Mets that collapse or whatever. This

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Speaker 3: they bring back Amelia Bagone, They the lefty Caleb Ferguson,

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Speaker 3: work out. They're doing things. They have Tito Francona, who

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Speaker 3: And I really like this team, and we've been saying

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Speaker 1: So I want you to bottle that up and we'll

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Speaker 1: extend that conversation a little bit later when we talk

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Speaker 1: about the red season preview. We have Terry Francona coming soon.

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Speaker 1: Also conversations with Amelio Pagan, Brady Singer and maybe Hunter Green,

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Speaker 1: next couple hours. Also want to remind everyone that's watching today,

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Speaker 1: especially looking at the Reds Riverfront Territories part of the

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Speaker 1: FT Network. CE Trent Rosekrantz covers this team on a

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Speaker 1: daily basis. He's the beat guy for the Athletic covering

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Speaker 1: the Reds for years now, and Danny Graves in the

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Speaker 1: Reds Hall of Fame part of the Ft fam is

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Speaker 1: also running that show. So again, give that show some love. YouTube, subscribe, podcasts, Apple, Spotify,

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Speaker 1: wherever you get them.

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Speaker 2: That would be great.

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Speaker 1: We're not just talking Reds over the course of the

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Speaker 1: next couple hours, So let's get to the headliner today.

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Speaker 4: Charge about.

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Speaker 1: More money for AJ's former teammate Chris Sale. He said

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Speaker 1: people were asking him about potential retirement scratch that add

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Speaker 1: who knows he's getting up there in years, but he's

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Speaker 1: still looking like prime Chris Sale. Chad Bishop with this

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Speaker 2: I want to be here for that.

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Speaker 1: And it gets you guys off my back asking me

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Speaker 1: So we're up to over two hundred and sixty million

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Speaker 1: guaranteed dollars over the course of Chris Sale's career. And

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Speaker 4: I love it because the first time he ever came

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Speaker 4: And now he's on his second extension with the Braves.

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Speaker 4: He signed an extension with the with the Red Sox earlier.

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Speaker 4: I'm not sure if he signed something of the White Sox.

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Speaker 4: he's willing to take it. We'll do it, Yes, But

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Speaker 4: to sign an extension, you have to like where you're at,

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Speaker 4: like he was committed to be in Boston. Did that

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Speaker 4: Did the first part of it work out? Absolutely? You

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Speaker 1: Boston, like Kratz mentioned, but this is a prime example

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Speaker 4: So you guys got to solidify it. AJ, and then Scott,

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Speaker 5: Or no, Yes, and I'll get invited to Cooperstown.

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Speaker 3: So Apps, he's fifty seven point three war right now,

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Speaker 1: Then Scott, oh, I always love when AJ starts ripping

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Speaker 2: It's just fun. It shows how far we've come.

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Speaker 3: Just get I can just give an analytical answer in

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Speaker 5: This isn't even a conversation. He's in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks for the layup question. But what cap would

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Speaker 6: Series with the Red Sox.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he wouldn't go Red Sox so just because we

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Speaker 4: In four years, four years of top six Cy Young

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Speaker 6: I don't know.

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Speaker 6: I think he's put the debate to bed and astly.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, hey, I asked, right.

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Speaker 2: Do you know why I asked.

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Speaker 1: And smart move here by Atlanta because what they do

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's what he said.

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Speaker 2: That's what he said.

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Speaker 6: That's what he said.

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Speaker 2: That's what he said. Woo peeko.

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Speaker 1: Armstrong's bringing the smoke this quote. I love Chicago more

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Speaker 2: They care. He's from LA.

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Speaker 4: Good for him, Like we heard a lot from PCA

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Speaker 1: Also important note Pete Crow Armstrong's father is a Cubs fan,

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Speaker 1: We've already had this become the topic of the day

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Speaker 2: To this list. And here is a separation factor for me, Kratz.

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Speaker 2: What's that Are you in?

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Speaker 1: Who are you around in the front row, in the

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Speaker 2: A little bit of it is luck of the draw.

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Speaker 1: Might you see a few more people snapping a selfie

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Speaker 1: I think just about anyone can be clear about that one.

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Speaker 1: Shoheo Tani could be the best player of all time

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Speaker 4: a lot of celebrities live in LA. He said, so

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Speaker 4: it's not as much like that, like team interaction with

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Speaker 4: the celebrities, they still have it because now the Dodgers

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Speaker 4: themselves are celebrities, Like they don't need celebrities coming in.

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Speaker 4: But I thought it was interesting that he said that.

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Speaker 4: And so this is good nature, fun, this is this

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Speaker 4: is this is it. If he gets some booze, remember

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Speaker 4: what AJ said, nobody booze.

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Speaker 6: Nobody.

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Speaker 1: Although if anybody on the Cubs said this, they could

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Speaker 1: be the twenty sixth man on the roster, they would

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Speaker 1: probably still get booed. This kind of quote does really.

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Speaker 4: They forget it. They forget it. I promise I wasn't nobody.

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Speaker 4: I got in Joey Vado's face where Cubs were Red's

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Speaker 4: camp today. I got in his face stirring at Bat.

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Speaker 4: I got booed my next step bat, and I think

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Speaker 4: my next step Bat, I got a hit. Nobody even

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Speaker 4: said a word. Nobody boo They forgot, They forget nobody's

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Speaker 4: That's what happens. PCA goes and makes another All Star team.

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Speaker 4: He comes into LA, runs all around center field making

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Speaker 4: diving catches. They're gonna keep remembering them. People are gonna

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Speaker 4: be like, why are we booing this guy? And they'll

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Speaker 4: be like, well, I don't even know everyone else is

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Speaker 4: doing it.

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Speaker 2: He said, we're in our phones too much. Everyone's in

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Speaker 2: their phones too much.

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Speaker 6: He said, we're on our phones. What hu uh?

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Speaker 2: Fly ball? Foull ball.

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Speaker 1: AJ has talked often about how it is fun to

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Speaker 1: be a heel. He's right now running around and grabbing

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Speaker 1: more players for us to chat with at Red's camp.

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Speaker 1: But AJ has always believed in this. He has preached

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Speaker 1: this to current players and Kratz. He has talked about

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Speaker 1: this during his career. There were times when he loved

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Speaker 1: being a heel. And if you don't know what a

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Speaker 1: heel means, you can look it up right now on

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Speaker 2: But PCA is gonna have fun with this.

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Speaker 1: It does bring a little attention and a little juice

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Speaker 1: to a random day in spring training where.

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Speaker 2: There's not much else going on, so it's fun.

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Speaker 1: The one thing I think people have to do is

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Speaker 1: just not take it too seriously, you know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: if you want to look up John Rockers quotes from

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Speaker 1: back in the day describing his New York City experience,

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Speaker 1: you can take things personally. On this front, he's saying

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Speaker 1: that they're not as dedicated as Cubs fans.

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Speaker 2: I think that's good, clean fun.

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Speaker 4: But everybody has a different sense of coffee at this

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Speaker 4: point in the year. And the Cubs. Were they a

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Speaker 4: bat short last year, were they a bullpen arms short

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Speaker 4: last year?

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Speaker 6: We'll never know.

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Speaker 4: Is anybody saying they're better than the Dodgers. Now, No,

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Speaker 4: are they closer to the Dodgers than they were last year?

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Speaker 6: Yes?

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Speaker 4: I think so. So there's some confidence he didn't just

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Speaker 4: come up with this on his own. Like you know,

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Speaker 4: these dudes are talking. They're not talking about beating the

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Speaker 4: Pirates and the Reds and the Brewers.

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Speaker 6: They're talking about winning the World Series.

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Speaker 4: And I know that that might be in a lot

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Speaker 4: of clubhouses, but I think there's dudes in there that

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Speaker 4: believe it, and that conversation is happening. And to win

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Speaker 4: the World Series, you got to beat the Dodgers.

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Speaker 1: varies see mintmobile dot com. If I'm cubs Brass and

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Speaker 1: I see a nice first half from Picrow Armstrong might

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Speaker 1: want to have a little conversation about an extension. I'm

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Speaker 1: not saying that one quote is going to create that,

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Speaker 1: but clearly this guy wants to stay here. He just

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Speaker 1: called out a team and he does not want to

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Speaker 1: be a part of the Dodgers in the future. Now,

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Speaker 1: there are plenty of other teams that he could sign

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Speaker 1: with one day in free agency.

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Speaker 2: No, you think so. You think you.

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Speaker 1: Put something like this out there before free agency and

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Speaker 1: then end up signing with the Dodgers, hears from now,

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Speaker 1: I don't think so.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he doesn't like and he likes the Cubs.

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Speaker 1: I know he called out the fans, but still, if

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Speaker 1: I'm Pete crow Armstrong, I'm trying to get an extension, and.

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Speaker 2: I think a quote like this does throw a hint

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Speaker 2: out there.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he had this premeditated and said,

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Speaker 1: you know what, I'm going to call out Dodger fans

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Speaker 1: and talk about how much I love Cubs fans and

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Speaker 1: maybe that'll turn into an extension for me. There already

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Speaker 1: have been extension conversations from last year. He might get

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Speaker 1: something done in spring training krats. So I'm just throwing

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Speaker 1: this out there for Cubs brass. If you believe in

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Speaker 1: the player, he clearly believes in you and loves you.

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Speaker 2: He grew up a freaking Cubs fan in LA. Locked

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Speaker 2: that extension up.

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Speaker 6: I hear you, I hear you that extension.

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Speaker 4: I think I think it's tough because he believes he's

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Speaker 4: the first half player there feel for a fearful of

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Speaker 4: the second half player. His defense is worth an extension.

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Speaker 4: His offense in the first half was worth an extension.

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Speaker 4: How do you value somebody like that? You go eight years?

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Speaker 4: Does his defense and speed wear down? Does he even

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Speaker 4: want an extension? Because you know he came from money.

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Speaker 4: He was, you know, higher pick he signed. Like, there's

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Speaker 4: a lot that goes into that extension talk. So I

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Speaker 4: think the Cubs need to do it. I'll be honest.

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Speaker 4: Paid the man as many.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think he wants an extension. He might have

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Speaker 1: some money, he doesn't have that kind of money. Plus,

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Speaker 1: the defense isn't going to slump. He's the best center

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Speaker 1: fielder in baseball right now.

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Speaker 2: Defensively it looks like he'll be that for quite some time.

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Speaker 1: So good for PCA throwing a little juice in there

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Speaker 1: for the Cubs Dodgers rivalry this year? What about the

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Speaker 1: Dodgers Mets Rivalryjan Soto coming after show, Hey o Tani,

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Speaker 1: this one was a little more playful, or at least

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Speaker 1: it appeared that way. The quote from him on Otani,

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Speaker 1: he better keep doing what he's doing because I'm coming

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Speaker 1: Sodo talking about Otani. I already know what Kratz is

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Speaker 1: going to say. Good freaking luck, because you don't pitch.

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Speaker 1: So if Otani keeps doing what he's doing, you have

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Speaker 1: almost no chance at an MVP. Not if Otani's putting

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Speaker 1: up numbers. If he just replicates what he did, even

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Speaker 1: last year, and I think he'll pitch more than he

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Speaker 1: did last year. He's auto MVP for the next few

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Speaker 1: years if he puts up right, you know, one fifty

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Speaker 1: ohps plus and he's dhing just about every day, and

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Speaker 1: then he gives you what fifteen plus starts really is

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Speaker 1: all it probably takes to keep racking MVPs and have

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Speaker 1: such a clear distinct advantage over someone. Do you maybe

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Speaker 1: have a chance if you're an all around player, I guess,

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Speaker 1: And I know Soto added the stolen bases to his

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Speaker 1: game last year, but he is not going to be

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Speaker 1: an elite defender, and that will knock a couple points

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Speaker 1: off the old war number in the MVP voting.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean he had a higher war than Bryce

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Speaker 4: Harper the year that Juan Soto could could have won

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Speaker 4: the MVP, but Bryce won it that year and a

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Speaker 4: few more homers like if you're just comparing, and I

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Speaker 4: think sometimes like a lazy argument as you compare their

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Speaker 4: hitting and you're like, well, I think Wan probably brings

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Speaker 4: a little bit more to the plate. I wouldn't even

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Speaker 4: sit there and argue with you. I think Wan's ops

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Speaker 4: last year was lower, but I would say Wan's coming

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Speaker 4: into what even baseball pundits, baseball front offices call your prime.

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Speaker 4: I think your prime can stretch way deeper into your career.

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Speaker 4: But Wan's coming into his prime, and let's say prime

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Speaker 4: is going to be his next five years.

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Speaker 6: Wan's going to have to continue to improve.

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Speaker 4: Unfortunately, we don't know much about like Tommy John surgery

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Speaker 4: or internal bracing, which show Hey got. Wan, just like

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Speaker 4: you said at the beginning, does not have a chance

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Speaker 4: to win the MVP. If show Hey stays healthy, show

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Speaker 4: Hey will not have as good as hitting numbers. If

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Speaker 4: he pitches, if he makes twenty five starts in a year,

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Speaker 4: it's just he's there's just gonna be some type of

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Speaker 4: drop off that is not going to allow show Hey

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Speaker 4: to have the ridiculous, ridiculous fifty to fifty seasons like

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Speaker 4: he has. So Swan's gonna have to do. Wan Soto

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Speaker 4: is gonna have to do something historic to beat show

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Speaker 4: Hey out. And until show He's not pitching in a season,

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Speaker 4: I just don't see how anybody else wins it.

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Speaker 1: We've got some quotes and we want to do a

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Speaker 1: deeper dive on Pete Alonzo exiting the Mets and now

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Speaker 1: making an impact with the Orioles from the jump. I

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Speaker 1: know it's only spring training, but we'll get to all

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Speaker 1: of that. Let's start with Daryl Strawberry. Here's a guy

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Speaker 1: who was met and then eventually left to be a

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Speaker 1: Dodger through free agency after the nineteen ninety season. He

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Speaker 1: was shocked and says Pete will regret leaving the Mets

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Speaker 1: for the Orioles. Here's the quote from Daryl. I was

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Speaker 1: really shocked that Pete would leave New York for Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: Pete could have broken all the records and could have

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Speaker 1: been on top of every offensive category for this organization.

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Speaker 1: And then sometimes when you don't see that and realize

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Speaker 1: how important that is, one day he's going to wake

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Speaker 1: up just like I did and regret you didn't stick

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Speaker 1: where you are at.

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Speaker 2: He said.

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Speaker 1: Also, the biggest mistake I saw was after they lost

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Speaker 1: in Miami. That was the end of the season, when

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Speaker 1: the Mets blew their wild card lead, that Pete opted out.

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Speaker 1: Daryl said, I think if he just waited and said, okay,

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Speaker 1: I'll stay at that, So stay in, don't opt out

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Speaker 1: of your contract and then ask the Mets for four

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Speaker 1: more years something like that. They could have worked it out.

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Speaker 1: He thinks also that both sides could have fought harder

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Speaker 1: in the situation. Now, remember years back, Pete did get

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Speaker 1: an extension offer from the Mets, and while you're chatting,

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Speaker 1: Crats'll pull it up to give you the exact number.

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Speaker 1: It was a nice number, but Pete ended up making

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Speaker 1: more on the free agent market. The Mets in the

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Speaker 1: David Stearns era was not as into Pete. I think

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Speaker 1: that's pretty obvious, and Steve Cohen has spoken recently about

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Speaker 1: how he is paying David Sterns a lot of money

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Speaker 1: to make these types of calls. So it was under

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Speaker 1: the give me the Last GM Billy Eppler era where

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Speaker 1: they threw the.

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Speaker 2: Extension Pete's way.

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Speaker 1: He said no, he did the longer deal, but really

653
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Speaker 1: a one year deal, the opt out deal. Played this

654
00:31:39,520 --> 00:31:42,719
Speaker 1: out and then hops over to Baltimore. I don't think

655
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,760
Speaker 1: it's fair for Darryl to call out Pete during this

656
00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: particular offseason when the Mets weren't in sniffing distance of

657
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: what Baltimore was throwing his way and valuing him at.

658
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 4: The key number here is two times the Mets really

659
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 4: weren't that interested in locking up this player in Tee Alonso,

660
00:32:03,600 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 4: who Daryl Strawberry is saying shouldn't have left. Not sure

661
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 4: why he left, don't make the same mistake that I made.

662
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 6: Dal Strawberry. For kids who don't know, you need to

663
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 6: look up his numbers. And when he.

664
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 4: Left New York it was a steep drop off. There

665
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 4: are other things that went into that. You never know.

666
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 4: You know how things are going, but you also never

667
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 4: know as a free agent what it's going to be

668
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 4: like somewhere else. And I'm sure Daryl left. I don't

669
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 4: know the exact reasoning, but I'm sure he left for

670
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 4: a big contract. And if you're not loved where you're

671
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 4: at where Pete was because they went through the free

672
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 4: agency dance twice and they weren't willing to extend him.

673
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 4: I think Pete kind of knew going into the off season. Look,

674
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 4: they're not they're not that into me, Like, I don't

675
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,480
Speaker 4: see why they would change their tone. I've had an

676
00:32:56,520 --> 00:33:00,160
Speaker 4: incredible career. I'm the career leader in home runs here.

677
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 4: The fans love me. They just weren't that into them,

678
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 4: you know, would they have finally matched the offer. Maybe,

679
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,840
Speaker 4: but did he want to stay?

680
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:10,719
Speaker 6: I don't know.

681
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:13,640
Speaker 4: He seems pretty happy every time we've talked to Pete,

682
00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 4: every time you see something with him, and like the

683
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 4: orange really suits him, and I think it's unfair to say, ah,

684
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,320
Speaker 4: you know what, he should have just stayed. Darryl is

685
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 4: part of the group of Mets, that old school, that

686
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,320
Speaker 4: old crew, that old group that won the World Series.

687
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 4: I've never seen more of a staunch group of guys

688
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 4: who are like, we love the Mets. You know why,

689
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 4: because the Mets have kept him around. They won a

690
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 4: World Series, and the Mets have loved those guys, and

691
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 4: they love the Mets and Mets fans. It's a reciprocal relationship.

692
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 4: It's a give and take relationship. And those guys are

693
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 4: true blue Mets fans and they were just ex Mets players.

694
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 4: I mean, you can go down the list of all

695
00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 4: the guys and Daryl's one of them. And you never

696
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 4: hear this from front office guys who are staunch Met fans.

697
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 4: But these guys are not really front office, but they're

698
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 4: not coaches. They're just strong, strong fans of the Mets.

699
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 4: And so good for him for saying it. Like he

700
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,480
Speaker 4: wanted to keep Pete around because he's useful the front office,

701
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:26,240
Speaker 4: who's who's delving out the contracts, did not. They feel

702
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 4: like Jorge Polanco and other use of their money in Boba,

703
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 4: Schett is a more useful use of their money. And

704
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 4: we'll see how it works out.

705
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:41,320
Speaker 1: Twenty twenty three, the contract extension offer from the Mets

706
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,800
Speaker 1: with seven years, one hundred and fifty three million dollars.

707
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: If you count the seven year stretch as the prior

708
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,840
Speaker 1: too seasons for Pete plus the five year deal he

709
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: just signed with the Orioles, that's seven years, two hundred

710
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 1: and five million dollars.

711
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 2: It's a big difference.

712
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: I'd love to know when that was in twenty three, right,

713
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 1: I think if he had an opportunity to get the

714
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 1: seven to one point fifty three or to get I

715
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,799
Speaker 1: don't want to put the same number out there because

716
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: they are very far apart. But my point is in

717
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: the last two years, from what we know, he didn't

718
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 1: get anything close to even four or five years on

719
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: a deal offer. It was like two maybe three. So

720
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: they didn't they put him in a place where he

721
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: had to say no.

722
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 5: For sure.

723
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 4: And the part and the part where Darryl said, where

724
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 4: Daryl Strawberry said, you know, he should have accepted the

725
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 4: He should have accepted the or not taken the opt

726
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 4: out and then negotiated it. What in the previous offseason

727
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 4: would have indicated to Pete. Oh, yeah, they'll definitely give

728
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 4: me an extension. They could have given an extension the

729
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:56,080
Speaker 4: entire year. They could have given him the five years

730
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 4: that he wanted the year before. They could have done that.

731
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,960
Speaker 4: And I'm not saying it's again it's bad that Stern's

732
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 4: doesn't want to go past go go that long. It

733
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 4: doesn't want those long term deals. It's just what they want.

734
00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:12,520
Speaker 4: So you're gonna not be able to retain certain players.

735
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:17,520
Speaker 4: And to me, Peede Alonzo was becoming a franchise type

736
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 4: of player, not just franchise for when he's there, but

737
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 4: franchise forever type of player. And they're willing to move on.

738
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 4: Good for Pete for being willing to move on and

739
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 4: going away from a place that he was comfortable in.

740
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, Orioles value him more. It is what it is.

741
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, So let me explain one reason why the Orioles

742
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 1: really love Pee Alonso.

743
00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,320
Speaker 2: Right now. They feel like they made a mistake.

744
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 1: We have many quotes coming out of Orioles camp over

745
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: the last few days about how they were missing something.

746
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 1: They brought up an exciting young core that didn't really

747
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,200
Speaker 1: have the Pete Alonso and there are a number of

748
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 1: quotes from different stories. Ken Rosenthal's story in the Athletic.

749
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:09,719
Speaker 1: There's a Baltimore Banner story, so here's Ken's story. To

750
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: get the most out of their young core, the Oriols

751
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: had to bring in outside veteran help. Michae Elias was

752
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,120
Speaker 1: quoted saying, looking back at the last couple of years,

753
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,479
Speaker 1: I think for our young position player group, it would

754
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: have been helpful for them to have somebody accomplished from

755
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: outside the organization who wasn't part of our rebuild, wasn't

756
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 1: an Oriols draft pick, wasn't an Oriols development story, come

757
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 1: in and just absorb a lot of the attention on

758
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 1: the team speak for the team. Jordan Westburg telling the

759
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: Baltimore Banner, I do think it would be good to

760
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,240
Speaker 1: have a personality going forward, whatever adjective you want to use, polarizing, loud, boisterous, whatever,

761
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:45,000
Speaker 1: but just something different. I think it would be beneficial

762
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 1: freeze people to be themselves, and then I'll finish with

763
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:52,360
Speaker 1: Tony Manslino, who's now the bench coach for Walt Weiss

764
00:37:52,400 --> 00:37:56,880
Speaker 1: over in Atlanta, he said, because he was the interim

765
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 1: manager for the Orioles after Brandon Hyde was fired. He said,

766
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 1: just recently, in the past twenty four hours, we were

767
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: asking a bunch of players in years two, three, and

768
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 1: four to be superstars. And the reality is nobody has

769
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: a bunch of players in years two, three and four

770
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,400
Speaker 1: who are superstars. He's not saying you can't be a

771
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,479
Speaker 1: superstar earlier in your career, but to rack that many

772
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 1: players and ask them to lead the team.

773
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 2: You always hear this from people.

774
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 1: Hey, if you want a total all around team, it

775
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: can't just be all of one thing. You need to

776
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: have the blend. And it seemed like they were just

777
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 1: flowing with what they tanked to create and that was great,

778
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,439
Speaker 1: but they didn't add the icing on the cake. That's

779
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,360
Speaker 1: what they tried to do this past offseason. It seemed

780
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 1: like they did that well. One more quote from Mansolino,

781
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,240
Speaker 1: by the way, he goes being here talking about Atlanta

782
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: coming out of this situation, I just came from and

783
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 1: I don't say this lightly.

784
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 2: I feel like.

785
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 1: He as in the Braves Alexandropolis, Walt Weiss specifically, kind

786
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: of rescued me in a lot of ways and got

787
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:52,400
Speaker 1: me over into this place and working under him, and

788
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,320
Speaker 1: I couldn't be happier.

789
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 2: Whoa that was?

790
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I mean eh, Tony Tony said, said it

791
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 4: with his chest. I'm gonna go back to the first

792
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,759
Speaker 4: thing before we hit that part of it, Tony Manzelino

793
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 4: talking about it. Michaelias now like he must have gone

794
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,120
Speaker 4: back and watched some of the old FT's, the old

795
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 4: FT episodes that we This is what we've talked about.

796
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 4: Was Michaelias the guy to be able to take this

797
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 4: team because of theirs very much parallels with the Astros

798
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 4: whom Michaelias worked for and the Orioles as they came up,

799
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,839
Speaker 4: Like is he able to take this team to where

800
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 4: the Astros were going? Well, the Astros went out and

801
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:41,280
Speaker 4: made some trades for some for some guys that were

802
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 4: getting to the end of expiring contracts. They were afraid

803
00:39:45,200 --> 00:39:50,919
Speaker 4: to go to get that veteran and now might you know, hey,

804
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,560
Speaker 4: you know what, now we got to do it. So

805
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 4: it was tough to do. It was tough. It was

806
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 4: tough for Michaelias to do it, or maybe he just

807
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 4: didn't think the team was quite ready, or maybe the

808
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 4: owners change. There's a lot of things that were going

809
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,880
Speaker 4: on in there, but I'm glad that they've noticed it

810
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,480
Speaker 4: now that hey, you know what a veteran leader. Veteran

811
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 4: leaders different personalities, and it's not all just the same

812
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 4: young guys, because Michaellias saw it as well, Josel Tuve

813
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 4: Correa and Bregman and Springer, they were all young guys

814
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 4: that came through the organization and we won a World

815
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 4: Series with those guys like but they also did it

816
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 4: with a few veteran add ons that they had on

817
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:33,759
Speaker 4: that team. Charlie Morton started Game seven like they had

818
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 4: Brian McCann behind the ditch. I think they have McCann

819
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 4: that year or Dan mccannon twenty two or twenty one, anyway,

820
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,640
Speaker 4: whatever it is, they added on. And so that's what

821
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 4: the teams need to do now. The Tony Manzolino quotes

822
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,959
Speaker 4: that he got that he got saved from out of there,

823
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,520
Speaker 4: I don't know. Rarely do you hear Rarely do you

824
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 4: hear guys talk like this, So there had to be

825
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 4: something that he didn't agree with, but if I'm not mistaken,

826
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 4: he was the interim manager, and when he became the

827
00:41:10,160 --> 00:41:15,840
Speaker 4: intern manager, his exact quote was, AH, you know, I

828
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,279
Speaker 4: don't know that I'm really gonna change anything when the

829
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 4: team was struggling. If you really want to be that manager, like,

830
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:27,800
Speaker 4: that's your chance, that's your chance to put your stamp,

831
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 4: your footprint on trying to change something. And so what

832
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 4: all happened, what all went down there, I'm sure we'll

833
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,879
Speaker 4: hear more about it here in the next few weeks year.

834
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:40,640
Speaker 6: While he's a Brace coach.

835
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 1: I think it's tough to throw a quote like that

836
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,919
Speaker 1: out there. And I'll read the quote again for AJ,

837
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,359
Speaker 1: who's back with us here the rest of the way.

838
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:53,479
Speaker 1: Tony Mansolino, interim manager for the Orioles last year, taking

839
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 1: over after Brandon Hyde.

840
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 2: AJ.

841
00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 1: He said, being here coming out of this situation that

842
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,320
Speaker 1: he just came from, and I don't say this lightly.

843
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 1: I feel like he kind of rescued me in a

844
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,319
Speaker 1: lot of ways and got me over into this place

845
00:42:03,360 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: and working under him, and I couldn't be happier.

846
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:06,200
Speaker 2: That was Tony talking.

847
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: About Walt Weiss and the Braves rescuing him from the Orioles.

848
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 1: To me, when you use that word, and you also

849
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,319
Speaker 1: said within the quote, I don't say this lightly, that

850
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 1: means there was some shit going down and we haven't

851
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,600
Speaker 1: not really heard about anything to that extent. It looked

852
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: like a team that were underperformed. To me, this might

853
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:28,560
Speaker 1: have a slice of a front office disconnect. And again

854
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: I'm playing conspiracy theory game where a show that's what

855
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:35,040
Speaker 1: we do. I don't think there were like personality issues

856
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 1: within the Orioles. I feel like we would have heard

857
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,440
Speaker 1: about that one of us three, or there would have

858
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:40,360
Speaker 1: been something out there.

859
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 2: Felt like a.

860
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 1: Team that underperformed, that didn't stack their coaching staff with

861
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:48,920
Speaker 1: enough pitching depth, and as we've been talking about now

862
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,839
Speaker 1: for the last several minutes, was relying on all young

863
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,760
Speaker 1: core players without a Pete Alonso to take away attention

864
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 1: and to lead the charge.

865
00:42:58,320 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 5: Yeah.

866
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:00,319
Speaker 3: Also, maybe he's a little mad at it and get

867
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 3: the job after he took over. I mean it's always that.

868
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Speaker 3: I don't know if you guys talked about that, but

869
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 3: there's always that little, you know, tidbit you have to

870
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 3: throw in there. I'm not saying that that was the

871
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 3: case here at all. I don't know what these were

872
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 3: mentioned of. But yeah, I mean there had to be

873
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 3: a disconnect because I'm sure he wanted to keep that

874
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:17,960
Speaker 3: big league job. So I don't know if he went

875
00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 3: to michae Elias and the rest of the front office

876
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 3: and said, hey, this are my thoughts and they disagreed.

877
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,839
Speaker 3: But he's if he says he's in a better place,

878
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 3: how about we just say, hey, I'm in a better

879
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 3: place now. It didn't work out in Baltimore and move

880
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 3: on it. Just when you say these things after you're

881
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,400
Speaker 3: not hired as the manager or if you're let go

882
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 3: as a player, And listen, we've all been emotional, we've

883
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 3: all been mad, you just sound like you're a little salty, right,

884
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 3: And I don't know, Listen, I wish him nothing but

885
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:44,879
Speaker 3: the best of the braves and I hope everything goes well.

886
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,640
Speaker 3: But I don't know, just you just seem a little

887
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 3: salty when you say these things after you let go.

888
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,799
Speaker 1: What about Daryl Strawberry's quotes, which we already commented on,

889
00:43:53,880 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 1: but we can get them from you. Your thoughts on

890
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 1: Strawberry saying that Pete Alnso is going to regret his decision.

891
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 1: The Mets didn't offer anything close to what the Orioles.

892
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 2: Threw his way.

893
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 5: The Mets didn't even make him an offer, did they?

894
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 5: I thought?

895
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 3: I mean I read this this Twitter thread and John

896
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 3: Hayman fired back with You're wrong. They never even made

897
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:15,040
Speaker 3: him an offer. So how how is he gonna go back?

898
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,080
Speaker 3: Will you just show up at camp and be like, hey, guys,

899
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:19,399
Speaker 3: I'm back. I don't want to leave here. Listen, Pete

900
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,680
Speaker 3: Alonso did that last year. He didn't leave. He came

901
00:44:21,719 --> 00:44:23,399
Speaker 3: back on the one year deal with the opt out,

902
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 3: and what do he do? He had another great year

903
00:44:25,440 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 3: and what the Mets do not offer him another contract?

904
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:30,399
Speaker 3: So what's he supposed to do? Darryl sit there and

905
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,040
Speaker 3: just show up at did Port Saint Lucien say guys,

906
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 3: I'm back, and I don't you don't have to pay me,

907
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:36,960
Speaker 3: I'll just play for free. When the Orioles offered him

908
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 3: what he offered, No, like come on, dude, like it's

909
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 3: just just such a this is just such a I

910
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 3: just got my number retired by the Mets. I have

911
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:46,759
Speaker 3: to do whatever they want me to say, like come on,

912
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 3: know the facts before you say that.

913
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Speaker 5: I'm sorry.

914
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,359
Speaker 1: I don't even think the Mets wanted him to say that.

915
00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 1: I think Dyryl doesn't really pay attention to the nuances

916
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: of free agency and what is going on in the offseason,

917
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,320
Speaker 1: and so a reporter. But yeah, but he's going to

918
00:45:00,360 --> 00:45:03,160
Speaker 1: go and he's like, oh, yeah, he's gonna regret that, but.

919
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Speaker 3: He's going to go on the side of the Mets,

920
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,040
Speaker 3: right because they just retired his no doubt, you know,

921
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 3: So he's gonna always, oh, you know, he's gonna look

922
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 3: back at his choices. And I don't know what his

923
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,759
Speaker 3: free agency choices were when he left the Mets. Maybe

924
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 3: you know, they were great obviously, but he made that decision.

925
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 3: That's your decision, Darryl. But if Pete doesn't have the

926
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Speaker 3: same opportunity to stay, and I don't know, maybe the

927
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Speaker 3: Mets did offer Daryl a great contract Bick. Then again,

928
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Speaker 3: I don't remember. That was a long long time ago.

929
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,720
Speaker 3: But Pete had a different path because again, the facts

930
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,840
Speaker 3: line up, and every reporter that you see says the

931
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Speaker 3: Mets never made him an offer, so he can't just

932
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Speaker 3: show up. It takes two to tango, they always say,

933
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,759
Speaker 3: and you need the team to want you back. The

934
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Speaker 3: Orioles wanted Pete Alonzo. Guess where he is. He's in Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it seems like the early impact is strong.

936
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Speaker 1: So theme here, you go where you're wanted. And for

937
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,880
Speaker 1: the Orioles, I think a lesson was learned and we'll

938
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Speaker 1: see if that impact plays out for this season. The

939
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Speaker 1: one thing that could hold them back early on this

940
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: season is that they're all aready down a couple players.

941
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Speaker 1: I think there's enough depth for them to still be

942
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Speaker 1: in a good position lineup wise. I know they'll be

943
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:07,280
Speaker 1: without Westbrook for at least a month. Sounds like Holiday

944
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 1: will miss at least a few weeks, but there are

945
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: some opportunities for other guys to step up here and

946
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: they still added. Like AJ has been mentioning about seventy

947
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Speaker 1: home runs with Pete and Taylor Ward, I don't think

948
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Speaker 1: offense is going to be the problem.

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Speaker 2: I have more questions about the.

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Speaker 1: Bullpen anyway, thoughts let us know if you're watching after

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