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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the Hammer Territory podcast

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Speaker 1: is episode two three nine. I'm your host, Brad Roland,

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Speaker 1: coming to you on a Sunday evening. It is late July,

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Speaker 1: and I'm joined as I always am, by Scott Coleman. Scott,

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Speaker 1: I could do the same opening that we've done in

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Speaker 1: the last several Sundays, or we could just acknowledge the

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Speaker 1: Braves lost again and it was every day at this point.

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Speaker 2: How are you, hello, Brad, Good to see you, my friend.

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Speaker 2: You are currently recording live from rural Kentucky.

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Speaker 1: That's correct.

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Speaker 2: If anybody ever questions Brad Roland's dedication to this podcast,

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Speaker 2: he is in the middle of nowhere. And yeah, they

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Speaker 2: lost on Sunday. They have not one on a Sunday

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Speaker 2: and more than two. They lost yesterday, they lost the

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Speaker 2: day before that. They're probably going to lose tomorrow. They're

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Speaker 2: probably gonna lose again the day after that. This team,

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Speaker 2: you want to talk about, just the absolute defeatist of

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Speaker 2: all teams.

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Speaker 1: I mean they are.

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Speaker 2: This is a dead baseball team walking. There's fifty eight

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Speaker 2: games to go. If they could forfeit fifty eight games,

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Speaker 2: sign me up. Let's do it, because I mean, it's

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Speaker 2: just it's borderline depressing to watch this team go out

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Speaker 2: there and get their ass kicked seemingly every single night.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll get into a little bit more of that

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Speaker 1: later on in the show. But the Braves currently have

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Speaker 1: a bottom five winning percentage in all of baseball, which

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Speaker 1: is an unthinkable statement, and that is where things are

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Speaker 1: at this moment in time. We should say at the

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Speaker 1: top of the show, if you're new to the podcast,

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Speaker 1: first of all, God bless you for joining us now

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Speaker 1: for the first time. Thank you for being here. Please

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Speaker 1: subscribe to Hammer Territory anywhere you find your podcast. We're

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Speaker 1: part of the Foul Territory network of podcasts that we

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Speaker 1: cover the Braves year round. So join us. We will

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Speaker 1: not stop talking about the Braves. People keep sending us

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Speaker 1: notes either trying to let us off the hook, were

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Speaker 1: trying to encourage us, or both, and we appreciate it

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Speaker 1: for sure, but we're gonna be doing podcasts no matter

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Speaker 1: what happens with the Braves. There's unfortunately some bad news

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Speaker 1: even on top of the bad results for the Braves,

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Speaker 1: that we'll get into, then a trade room or two,

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Speaker 1: some game stuff. Michael Harris had a good week. If

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Speaker 1: there was a positive of the entire week, it was

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Speaker 1: probably that. But let's lead with the not so great

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Speaker 1: news because it's the biggest news. That's Grant Holmes going

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Speaker 1: on the sixty day aisle actually pretty quickly with right

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Speaker 1: elbow inflammation. Grant's had a really good season. He's been

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Speaker 1: one of the brighter spots of this club this year.

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Speaker 1: But he left the game a couple days ago now

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Speaker 1: and within what forty eight hours twenty four hours he

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Speaker 1: was immediately on the sixty day We don't know if

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Speaker 1: he's like out for a year like this is one

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Speaker 1: of those injuries that could be a hey, he has

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Speaker 1: to have Tommy John he's going to miss the season.

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Speaker 1: But regardless, his season in twenty twenty five is all

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Speaker 1: but over him and it basically has to be over

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Speaker 1: based on this machination. So what was your reaction to that?

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Speaker 1: And obviously, you know, Rock to his season and another

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Speaker 1: guy that is now out for either the year or

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Speaker 1: most of the year of the Brace.

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Speaker 2: It just sucks, and it sucks for Grant Holmes, who

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Speaker 2: is one of the very few, honest to goodness bright

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Speaker 2: spots on this entire team. The entire opening day, starting

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Speaker 2: rotation is now on the sixty day injured list and

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Speaker 2: the one note one side quick side note. People are

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Speaker 2: going to point to the starting pitching injuries as why

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Speaker 2: this season has been so bad, and that is part

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Speaker 2: of it, but it is not the reason this team

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Speaker 2: is so bad. I almost wonder, like the broadcast today

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Speaker 2: for a moment was talking about the injuries, and yes,

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Speaker 2: it's fair to say no team is going to overcome

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Speaker 2: losing an entire starting rotation, worth but this team has

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Speaker 2: so many problems beyond the rotation right now to just

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Speaker 2: wanted to at least say that out loud. But for Holmes,

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Speaker 2: it sucks. We'll see, maybe by the time people are

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Speaker 2: listening to the show, we'll have some more clarity. It

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Speaker 2: sounds like Holmes was undergoing some testing and then we'll

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Speaker 1: I do think that.

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Speaker 2: Grant's season was probably nearing an end no matter what.

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Speaker 2: In the next few weeks. He was already surpassed his

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Speaker 2: career innings maximum or is high in innings pitched. He

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Speaker 2: had made twenty one starts. They were not gonna have

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Speaker 2: Grant Holmes go two hundred innings in a lost season.

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Speaker 2: So I think Holmes was gonna be shut down anyway.

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Speaker 2: So maybe the glimmer of hope here is that he's

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Speaker 2: going to be okay, doesn't need surgery. But if he's

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Speaker 2: not okay, if he needs surgery, not only do you

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Speaker 2: lose him in this season from hell, but then you're

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Speaker 2: probably going to be without Grant Holmes for the entirety

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Speaker 2: of twenty twenty six. And that is a legitimate loss,

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Speaker 2: Oh for sure.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that's one that we'll probably talk about more

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Speaker 1: when we get the definitive news if that happens. Hopefully

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Speaker 1: it doesn't happen. To your point, there is a realistic

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Speaker 1: scenario where he just has a issue of some kind

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Speaker 1: whatever the injection is, give him a bunch of time off,

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Speaker 1: shut him down, and he comes back next year and

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Speaker 1: he's fine. That's the great scenario. If not, though, like

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Speaker 1: to your point, it would be really bad for next year.

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Speaker 1: Not that he's a star, and he is, you know,

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Speaker 1: has had a good season. It ends with a three

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Speaker 1: point nine nine era for the year, Like that's a

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Speaker 1: guy that you would one hundred times of one hundred

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Speaker 1: a great story. Everybody loves the guy. All that stuff

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Speaker 1: you mentioned just to I could re emphasize what you

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Speaker 1: just said in passing all five opening day starters on

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Speaker 1: end of July is actually insane. And yes, Strider was

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Speaker 1: not in the opening day rotation. He's the one guy

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Speaker 1: but we'll talk about that more in a second. This

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Speaker 1: rotation is utterly disaster prone right now. It's just like

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Speaker 1: there's nothing there. I agree hardly with your point, by

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Speaker 1: the way, about this not being the reason. You know,

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Speaker 1: if you're the team broadcast I you're gonna be searching

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Speaker 1: for things to talk about. I don't really blame those

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Speaker 1: guys for pointing that. And look, when I would draw

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Speaker 1: the line, I I want to know what you think

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Speaker 1: about this. To this point, or even I would say

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Speaker 1: two or three weeks ago before sales Schwallbach White down

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Speaker 1: the season, if that makes sense. Like now, not that

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Speaker 1: it matters anymore, It doesn't really matter at this point

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Speaker 1: what they do winter loss, but now it's so bad

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Speaker 1: and we will talk about it more later, but they

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Speaker 1: have the worst era in the sport since the All

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Speaker 1: Star break, and it's because they don't have anybody left

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Speaker 1: and now as well. It kind of feeds on itself.

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Speaker 1: The bullpen was pretty good for a while. Now they

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Speaker 1: to overtax the bull It feeds on itself and that

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Speaker 1: self and itself, so by the end of the year

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Speaker 1: it's gonna look worse than it actually was for the pitching. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: so I think we'll probably be banging that drive. I

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Speaker 1: saw our colleague step until work. Who's still I think

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Speaker 1: maybe on a cruise somewhere. It's Pye on his way back.

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Speaker 1: Make at the same point too, like it's not really

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Speaker 1: the reason we know that. The diehards know that I

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Speaker 1: hope that we don't get that lost later on and

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Speaker 1: that the team at least says it's as a sober

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Speaker 1: look at itself the off season to say, hey, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it got bad. It got real bad because the pitching

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Speaker 1: can fill apart, but they couldn't score runs for the

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Speaker 1: first two and a half months of the season and

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Speaker 1: that was really the problem for most of the ways. So, uh,

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Speaker 1: weird season, Scott, weird season.

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Speaker 2: It is a weird season, indeed, and now we're seeing

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Speaker 2: the snowball effect. And it's why when they lost Sale,

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Speaker 2: I mean, Steven and I did in a mini emergency

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Speaker 2: show that afternoon and we, I mean we basically said

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Speaker 2: the season was over at that point because there was

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Speaker 2: just there's no one left. And then they lose Schwallenbach

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Speaker 2: two weeks later, then it was really over. And then

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Speaker 2: to lose Grant Holmes, who just I mean, the dude

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Speaker 2: stuck around in the minor leagues for a decade finally

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Speaker 2: gets a chance just over a year ago. Has been

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Speaker 2: such a good story. And now he has an elbow

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Speaker 2: injury of some kind and let's sincerely cross our fing

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Speaker 2: that he's going to be okay, And it's just more

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Speaker 2: of a rest and maintenance thing. But I mean, good lord,

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Speaker 2: b I mean, how's your.

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Speaker 1: Elbow these days? Do you have anything left?

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Speaker 2: Or if you know, if you're a listener you played

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Speaker 2: college ball, you might get a phone call from alex

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Speaker 2: and Thoppolis because dear lord, I mean, they might not

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Speaker 2: even have enough guys in Gwinnett who can, like in

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Speaker 2: the absolute frickin Wolves. You have a forty man roster

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Speaker 2: you have to figure out to make room. It is

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Speaker 2: going to get so ugly on the pitching side of

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Speaker 2: things down the stretch. Even if the offense hits a

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Speaker 2: I mean, man alive, it's gonna be scary hours for

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Speaker 2: the pitching staff.

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Speaker 1: The Braves currently have one starting pitcher that we know

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Speaker 1: is a Major leaguer, Yeah, one, and it's Special Strider, who,

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Speaker 1: by the way, they have every incentive to be careful

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Speaker 1: are you going to be throwing games in late September?

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Speaker 1: I kind of don't think so. In a last season,

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Speaker 1: so we'll get into a guy they acquired in a

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Speaker 1: second who they who actually has been a major leaguer.

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Speaker 1: He isn't a great major leaguer, but he's a major

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Speaker 1: Promos, Okay Scott. The Braves to make a trade on

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Speaker 1: All right, So the Athletics and North Side territories. Patrick Mooney,

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Speaker 2: where maybe you just lost two relievers from your bullpen.

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Speaker 2: Like the Toronto Blue Jays, who have either the best

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Speaker 2: record or second best record in the majors right now,

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Speaker 2: they have bullpen issues, so you know that they feel like,

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Speaker 2: all right, we have a chance this year. We can

435
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Speaker 2: win the division, get hot for three weeks, get to

436
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Speaker 2: the World Series. But Ricelaglasias would be significantly better than

437
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Speaker 2: some of the options Toronto has internally at this point.

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Speaker 2: The Cubs make a lot of sense. I mean, all

439
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Speaker 2: the contenders could use a Rys Laglacias, someone who has

440
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Speaker 2: been very, very good for a long time, even if

441
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Speaker 2: he is a bit older now. And it really I

442
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Speaker 2: mean that's the same case for is Marcelo Zuna having

443
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Speaker 2: a good year? No but some teams have horrible production

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Speaker 2: out of the DH spot. Similarly, Pierce Johnson good reliever,

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Speaker 2: not an amazing one, but again, Pierce Johnson's a lot

446
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Speaker 2: better than some of the guys the Cubs and the

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Speaker 2: Blue Jays are thrown out there, even like Aaron Bummer,

448
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Speaker 2: Like I do wonder, Brett, I want to say this

449
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Speaker 2: out loud on the show. The Dodgers just lost Tanner

450
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Speaker 2: Scott to an elbow injury. Doesn't Aaron Bummer kind of

451
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Speaker 2: feel like a Dodger tight pitcher. Obviously a lot of

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Speaker 2: similarities with the front offices, with Anthopolis and some of

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Speaker 2: the lieutenants there who came over from LA. I don't know,

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Speaker 2: I could see like the Dodgers there, if another team

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Speaker 2: loses their lefty setup man in the next couple of

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Speaker 2: days or has lost their lefty set up man, maybe

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Speaker 2: Aaron Bummer, even if he's not great, is a worthwhile

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Speaker 2: gamble because you never know. Maybe you're using Bummer to

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Speaker 2: get Bryce Harper out in the NLDS. You need someone

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Speaker 2: to make those pitches.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm a Humber sent with you. That makes total sense.

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Speaker 1: I know we've been saying this a lot, and some

463
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Speaker 1: will be repetitive. We did. I wasn't on the show,

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Speaker 1: but we did a full eighty minute deadline extravaganza that,

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Speaker 1: by the way, still holds up in full right now.

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Speaker 1: That was almost I was like ten days ago, but

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Speaker 1: it's still like very relevant. Listen to that show if

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Speaker 1: you missed it. But yeah, I mean all the bullpen guys,

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Speaker 1: all of them, even Bill Lee, who is probably like

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Speaker 1: the least likely to be traded out of all those

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Speaker 1: guys because he's got the most control, He's the cheapest.

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Speaker 1: Every one in the bullpen, and I mean everyone in

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Speaker 1: the bullpen should be available everyone. That's my opinion. Now,

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Speaker 1: if you go not to relate the whole thing again

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Speaker 1: the Alex club, you know team control bit that he

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Speaker 1: always says, technically Johnson, Bummer Lee, all those guys are

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Speaker 1: underteae control. We'll see. But yeah, I mean a Cleasi

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Speaker 1: is not to I want out the people because that

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Speaker 1: it was off throaker conversations, But people that host shows

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Speaker 1: on our network have reached out to me to say, hey,

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Speaker 1: how available is Iglacias And this has been the last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks, and not Patrick who were talking about

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Speaker 1: and reported us publicly. And the answer is like very available,

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Speaker 1: like obviously earlier. But I think the reputation of Aglesias,

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Speaker 1: not just with people like us, but people like in

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Speaker 1: the league is higher than braves fans reputation of him

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Speaker 1: right now. Like Braves fans have watched him be bad

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Speaker 1: this year. That's of course true. You're right that he

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Speaker 1: had that stretch, but some of the peripherals are better

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Speaker 1: than his performance, even if you don't care about that.

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Speaker 1: Teams do, I promise your teams do. Oh yeah, so,

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Speaker 1: I think for all the world, it will legitimately shock

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Speaker 1: me if he's not traded. I don't understand a world

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Speaker 1: why he wouldn't be traded. I mean, I don't mean

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Speaker 1: that negative way. I think we probably defended Brysell more

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Speaker 1: than most have this season. But like, there's just no

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Speaker 1: reason not to move. Like literally, I can't think of

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Speaker 1: a reason. He's expiring, pay a salary whatever, but uh,

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Speaker 1: he has he'll have suitor. I'm confident that Braves could

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Speaker 1: trade him multiple places in the next four days if

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Speaker 1: they want to. It's just like which package is the

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Speaker 1: most enticing money wise, prospect wise, all of those things.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, because they're on the list, You're right,

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Speaker 1: all those teams. Anybody that's trying to buy can you

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Speaker 1: use Rycel Glaciers even if Braves fans think he stinks,

506
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Speaker 1: Now he might stick now that's possible. But they're trying

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Speaker 1: to these teams that are trying to add I mean,

508
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Speaker 1: relieve is revoltaible. I mean times we have to say this.

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Speaker 1: If you get the guy that just just had that

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Speaker 1: stretch of six weeks, If that's the guy you get,

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Speaker 1: you're thrilled. If you're a team buying on a Glacias

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Speaker 1: for again, very very cheap like Unfortunately for the Braves,

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Speaker 1: I can't image they're gonna get a king's ransom for

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Speaker 1: any of these guys. But yeah, Bummer should be available,

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Speaker 1: Lee should be available, Johnson should be available, and especially Iglasious.

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Speaker 1: I don't know about you affect the lastest question right now,

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Speaker 1: are you with me? Because I kind of showed my

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Speaker 1: hand that Aglacis is the single most likely player to

519
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Speaker 1: be traded for the Braves. Yes, yeah, I think that's

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Speaker 1: the case, only because Ozuna can say no, that's the

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Speaker 1: only I mean, they're kind of neck and neck, and

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Speaker 1: like Ozuna, it goes ahead because he has the ability

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Speaker 1: to turn down a trade, that's basically, and.

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Speaker 2: Only a couple of teams need DH help, whereas every contender.

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Speaker 2: You can be a contender with the best bullpen in

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Speaker 2: baseball and you still need more relievers like that. You

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Speaker 2: never say no to Iglacias, who's pitched in the highest

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Speaker 2: of leverage in the sport. He's a vet, He's been

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Speaker 2: doing this a long time. He's not gonna have stage

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Speaker 2: fright going out there in the ninth inning of a

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Speaker 2: soul stadium in the playoffs. And I mean, look at

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Speaker 2: the standings right now, Brad. There are maybe seven or

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Speaker 2: eight teams who are going to be selling and twenty

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Speaker 2: ish who are presumably gonna be buying. And every team,

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Speaker 2: every team buys relievers. I mean, yeah, you go back

536
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Speaker 2: to when the Braves were good, not that long ago,

537
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Speaker 2: but like they're always in the market for a reliever

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Speaker 2: in July.

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Speaker 1: Like everybody has, even the Dodgers. We all laughed this

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Speaker 1: all winter about the Dodgers being this like perfect roster

541
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Speaker 1: and they need pitching somehow because they have so many injuries.

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Speaker 1: They be pitching, because everybody needs pitching this time of year.

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Speaker 2: Everybody looking at the standings. And then we'll wrap up

544
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Speaker 2: Braves are selling. The Nationals are selling, although honestly, from

545
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Speaker 2: the pitching side, Nats don't have a whole lot. The

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Speaker 2: Pirates are selling, the Rockies are selling, God bless them.

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Speaker 2: The Rockies don't have much to sell. The Orioles are selling,

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Speaker 2: the White Sox are selling, The Athletics are probably selling. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the Athletics will sell. But other than that, like, you know,

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Speaker 2: the Angels are probably gonna sell, The Twins might sell,

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Speaker 2: the Rays might sell. The Diamondbacks are probably going to sell.

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Speaker 2: But you know, okay, what was that Nine teams and

553
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Speaker 2: everybody else is going to probably be trying to buy.

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Speaker 2: It's it's supplying demand, and the Braves should be able

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Speaker 2: to get They're not going to get a top one

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Speaker 2: hundred prospect for Rice Degalacias, no, but they might get

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Speaker 2: something decent. If they have six teams fighting over him, price.

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Speaker 1: Goes up, yep. And the Braves might have the most

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Speaker 1: if they're willing to trade guys like Bummer and Lee

560
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Speaker 1: or Johnson, any of those they might they might have.

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Speaker 1: They may have the most relievers of quality to trade

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Speaker 1: of any of those teams, because like, those teams are

563
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Speaker 1: bad teams and they were already bad teams. The Prayers

564
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Speaker 1: are bad team now, but they weren't supposed to be.

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Speaker 1: And they're built like a team that was trying to

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Speaker 1: win this year, which because they have four or five

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Speaker 1: guys that they're invested in that are relievers. All right,

568
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Speaker 1: let's move on to a little bit of game talk,

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Speaker 1: not a ton. A couple of observations and then we'll

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Speaker 1: get out of here. One of which is that the

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Speaker 1: Braves have lost five games in a row. That's just

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Speaker 1: one of those things. But they're now at there low

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Speaker 1: point of their season. Record wise, they're forty four and sixty.

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Speaker 1: Forty four and sixty. They're seven of nineteen now, sorry,

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Speaker 1: seven and nineteen, the last twenty six games. Like they've

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Speaker 1: fallen off the cliff and predictably to some degree, and

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Speaker 1: the pitching is given out. That's where we are. The

578
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Speaker 1: pitching's given out, just to give a number on that

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Speaker 1: they've lot and this five game lostory. They've allowed nine runs,

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Speaker 1: nine runs, eight runs, six runs and eight runs in

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Speaker 1: the last five games. So we went into it a

582
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Speaker 1: little bit more earlier, but it's caving in on itself

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Speaker 1: now in a way that is predictable. They've actually been

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Speaker 1: better offensively. It's kind of funny. They've been better offensively

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Speaker 1: in the last couple of weeks and it doesn't matter

586
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Speaker 1: anymore because they have the pitching. It hasn't those the

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Speaker 1: well I said better, I don't. That doesn't mean great.

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Speaker 1: It just means better. It doesn't mean right. Could only

589
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Speaker 1: go up.

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Speaker 2: You know, when the Braves lost on Friday night, Our

591
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Speaker 2: friend Steven Tolbert pointed this out. But when the Braves

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Speaker 2: lost on Friday night, it was their fifty eighth loss

593
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Speaker 2: of the season. They lost fifty eight games. The entirety

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Speaker 2: of the twenty twenty three season, they were one hundred

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Speaker 2: and four and fifty eight.

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Speaker 1: It was July twenty fifth when they did that.

597
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Speaker 2: Just a couple of years ago. Man like, we won't

598
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Speaker 2: go depression mode again. But World Series one hundred and

599
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Speaker 2: one wins, one hundred and four wins. Even last year

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Speaker 2: when they won eighty nine games with the entire offense

601
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Speaker 2: hurt made the postseason to this brad to one of

602
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Speaker 2: the laughing stocks of the league, and good lord will

603
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Speaker 2: we won't go down this hole again.

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Speaker 1: But it's just it was sad. We'll have to at

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Speaker 1: some point. But as a point we'll probably do a

606
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Speaker 1: retrospective like when there's a little more distance. But you're rhy.

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Speaker 1: I mean even the biggest Braves hater skeptic anybody, no one,

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Speaker 1: no one, and I mean no one thought forty four

609
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 1: and sixty, Like nobody thought that in the world. So uh. Anyway,

610
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Speaker 1: so Friday, nothing we way to add other than like

611
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Speaker 1: they faced Nathan Evaldie, which I thought was funny in

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Speaker 1: a cruel way because we spent all winter talking about

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Speaker 1: Nathan A. Evaldi as like the perfect Braves target. We

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Speaker 1: wanted him, they didn't get him. He's been awesome this year,

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Speaker 1: he has hey, including on Friday against the Braves. So

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Speaker 1: that was funny, right, Yeah, we were right. We're not

617
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Speaker 1: always right, We're often wrong, but we were not wrong

618
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Speaker 1: about Ithie Valday didn't see him. Yeah, So anyway, that

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Speaker 1: was the only thing on Friday other than Michael Harris

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Speaker 1: we'll talk about right now, because Michael Harris had a

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Speaker 1: heck of a week and a weekend. Saturday was kind

622
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Speaker 1: of the centerpiece of that. But he home We're on Friday,

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Speaker 1: and then on Saturday Michael Harris went like legitimately crazy.

624
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Speaker 1: He had a home run, two triples, in the same

625
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Speaker 1: game and a double. And I will be honest with

626
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Speaker 1: everybody listening, I was not watching. I was following the game,

627
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Speaker 1: but I was I'm working at Scott alluded to at

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Speaker 1: the beginning of the podcast in Kentucky, I couldn't watch

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Speaker 1: live and I got a text from Scott. I was

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Speaker 1: already following. I got a test from Scott that included

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Speaker 1: an explotive that I won't share on the air. But

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Speaker 1: I was like, what happened now? I thought something a

633
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Speaker 1: tothing bad happened. I was like, Oh, Harris, just Homer

634
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Speaker 1: or triple together. It was like, Michael Harris is just

635
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Speaker 1: having out of my experience apparently on July twenty sixth,

636
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Speaker 1: Like it's only one day or two days or three days.

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Speaker 1: But hey, Michael Harris, that's fun.

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Speaker 2: Hey man, If you want to pick one single topic

639
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,080
Speaker 2: for the second half of this season for the Braves

640
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Speaker 2: that they need to go their way, it is Michael

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Speaker 2: Harris continuing this and continuing to figure things out. Not

642
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 2: just the weekend in Texas, which was very, very good,

643
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 2: but even against the Giants, Harris had a lot of

644
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:54,440
Speaker 2: hard contact. He lined into one out I think right

645
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,760
Speaker 2: to the third baseman that was like one hundred and

646
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:58,760
Speaker 2: nine miles an hour and should have been a hit.

647
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 2: He had the two triples, one of them was a

648
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 2: home run in most parks. I think he had three

649
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 2: homers all week long, including one to dead center at

650
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 2: Truist and then two in Texas. So there's some legitimate

651
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 2: things to be encouraged about. And then you add on

652
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 2: the fact that Michael Harris changed up his batting stance,

653
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:17,960
Speaker 2: moved his feet.

654
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 1: Around a little bit.

655
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 2: And then Mike Petrullo of MLB dot Com had a

656
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 2: note that Michael Harris, even if it is a smaller sample,

657
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 2: has more of an uppercut in his swing in recent days,

658
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 2: which is interesting. It's a little bit more in line

659
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 2: with Lee gaverage where he was below the gaveraged before that.

660
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:43,080
Speaker 2: So again, new swing and the fact that Harris immediately

661
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 2: has seen results as a result of it as a

662
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 2: product of it is really encouraging. And by far and away,

663
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 2: I mean if the Braves were good and then Michael

664
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Speaker 2: Harris had the week that he just had, it would

665
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 2: have led the show because it's like, Okay, maybe is

666
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,600
Speaker 2: Michael Harris back? Is Is he going to be the

667
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,239
Speaker 2: super talented kid that we all know him to be.

668
00:32:01,720 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 2: It's just a couple of games. We'll see how he does.

669
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 2: But it just feels like Mike is more confident and

670
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:07,880
Speaker 2: more comfortable up there.

671
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, it does. And trust me, we're not trying to

672
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: say it's all fixed. It's not a big enough sample size. No, No,

673
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 1: I think that I'm glad you brought the Petrilo tweek

674
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,920
Speaker 1: because that gives a little bit of for me, that

675
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 1: gives some reason for optimism more than just like, hey,

676
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: he had a good three days. Like because Michael's got talent.

677
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: We all know that by the way Sarah Langs and

678
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: you pulled this. But everyone's ready for the cycle, which

679
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 1: he had a chance at he was. It's a rare

680
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: time where he going to his fourth plade appearance without

681
00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 1: the single, the easiest part to get of the cycle,

682
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:44,720
Speaker 1: and he tripled, and it's like, way, way, way, way

683
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,720
Speaker 1: harder to do what Michael did then get the hip

684
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 1: of the cycle. According to Sarah Langs, there have been

685
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 1: three hundred and six cycles in history. It's not that many,

686
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 1: but there have only been seventy three people ever in

687
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 1: a game that I have had two triples at a home run,

688
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 1: so rare if air for Michael on Saturday, by the way,

689
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,200
Speaker 1: they lost the game, which is like, so Braves and

690
00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: it was great.

691
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 2: I actually watched on Saturday night. I was around doing

692
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 2: stuff like have.

693
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: The game on.

694
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 2: It was a great game, really entertaining back and forth,

695
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 2: and then the Braves lost, and that's just like the

696
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:19,360
Speaker 2: perfect memory of this year.

697
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: No, but I mean my on Harris, like we'll save

698
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 1: a lot of the analysis of guys like down the

699
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 1: Stretch for like down the Stretch, but he has all

700
00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: his numbers jumped a ton in one day, which is

701
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: kind of funny because that's just how bad he was

702
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 1: for so long and how good he was that day,

703
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,959
Speaker 1: like a giant jump in the stats. But actually our

704
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,440
Speaker 1: guy Stephen Tolbert had this. He has He's always had

705
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:42,800
Speaker 1: a big first half second half split. Now it's only

706
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 1: a few years sample. Obviously, Michael's came up mid season,

707
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 1: a couple of short you know all that, so keep

708
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: that grain of salt for sure, mountain of salt. But

709
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,280
Speaker 1: he's always been a second half guy versus the first

710
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 1: half guy. In fact, in his career right now he

711
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: has eighty w RC plus in the first half, which

712
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,959
Speaker 1: is bad, then one in the second half h I mean,

713
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 1: I don't know if that means anything. I mean I

714
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: could I could think of some guys who actually had

715
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 1: that traditional split, like old pal Mark to Share, I

716
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,239
Speaker 1: had that like famously, that's I'm old. That's like the

717
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: person always.

718
00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 2: Think that I think of when it comes to that,

719
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,479
Speaker 2: I was gonna say, that's a deep cut, nice pull.

720
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:20,880
Speaker 1: I mean, he was like known for that, like he

721
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: was all I mean, it was always with him too.

722
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 1: He was always gonna be a slow starter, and then

723
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 1: he just got scalding in like late May, and then

724
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,680
Speaker 1: it was just hot rest of the way. I don't know

725
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: if Michael Harris is gonna be that, nor am I

726
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 1: saying otherwise, neither is Stephen. It's just an interesting observation like, oh,

727
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: maybe he's just gonna be this. But I to me

728
00:34:39,200 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 1: more importantly is the swing change. He's still never gonna walk.

729
00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,160
Speaker 1: We understand that this a change or swing does not

730
00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 1: does not change the fact that it doesn't take walks.

731
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: That's that's a different that's a separate thing. But there

732
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,240
Speaker 1: is a pathway. It's more of the Assie Albies model, honestly,

733
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 1: of like if you hit for power, it covers up

734
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,920
Speaker 1: a lot of other things, like Michael's OBP is probably

735
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: never gonna be very good, just barring a just a

736
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: massive sea change. But if you hit for more power,

737
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 1: you could be a decent hitter again. But what you

738
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 1: can't do is never get on base and never hit

739
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 1: for power. That combination doesn't work.

740
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 2: And he hits the ball hard like Mike, even this

741
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 2: year when his numbers were in the absolute toilet when

742
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 2: he did make contact, he still is making decent contact

743
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 2: with the ball. It just wasn't resulting in anything. A

744
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,360
Speaker 2: lot of ground balls at I was gonna took the

745
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,320
Speaker 2: words out of my mouth too much on the ground

746
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 2: hit the baseball in the air, which he did this

747
00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,760
Speaker 2: past week. So again, if there's maybe one on field

748
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:43,880
Speaker 2: storyline that we're tracking these final two months, Michael Harris

749
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 2: is my easy number one. I mean, I guess Ozzie

750
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:51,400
Speaker 2: Alby's if he can turn his season around, his career around. Obviously,

751
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,800
Speaker 2: Drake Baldwin. I mean, there are reasons to watch the

752
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:56,360
Speaker 2: on field product or at least follow along in the

753
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,839
Speaker 2: box score. But yeah, hey, great week for Mike by

754
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 2: far and away the player of the week for the team.

755
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 2: And let's see, let's keep it rolling, hopefully as a

756
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 2: good couple of series ahead of him, because then it

757
00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,600
Speaker 2: can feel like, Okay, talented player, horrible first half. Has

758
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:14,279
Speaker 2: he made enough adjustments to get that behind him?

759
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:17,279
Speaker 1: Let us hope that's a storyline that Look, we're going

760
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 1: to be in need of some semi positive storylines to

761
00:36:20,320 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: follow down the stretch, and Michael getting it together for

762
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 1: the future would be huge among them. Sunday's game was

763
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:30,879
Speaker 1: just over in a flash. I mean Bryce Elder got

764
00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: absolutely rocked. Eight runs allowed. His ERA is now six

765
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,399
Speaker 1: point two three for the season, HISRA is over ten

766
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: and his last seven starts. I don't mean to be

767
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: mean to Bryce, but he's currently the number two starter

768
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:49,919
Speaker 1: I guess for the Braves. Oh, anyway, we'll leave it there.

769
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: That's all we have to say about that. It's just

770
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 1: that he's I mean to be charitable. There was a time,

771
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: and it was a long time, honestly, where like even

772
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,880
Speaker 1: if you thought Bryce was not very good, and I

773
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 1: kind of always thought that you could have thought, like, hey,

774
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:07,640
Speaker 1: at least he'll throw you five six innings, And recently

775
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 1: it's been so bad. He can't he can't stay out,

776
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:12,280
Speaker 1: he can't stay on the field. Like he keeps getting

777
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,520
Speaker 1: bounced in the fourth inning because he can't get anybody out.

778
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,240
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's troubling. I feel I actually felt

779
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: bad today, like I did. I was able to watch

780
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 1: some some of today and it was just it was

781
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 1: not competitive, I mean truly, and I mean it hasn't

782
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:29,359
Speaker 1: been competitive for the last like month, maybe more than that.

783
00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 1: For Bryce, he had that again, that start that maybe

784
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:35,879
Speaker 1: we'll never forget that, like dominant outing six weeks ago,

785
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,000
Speaker 1: and it's been like everything's been a disaster since then.

786
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 1: So hopefully gets it fixed out because like he should

787
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:44,799
Speaker 1: be your eighth starter, not your second or third. But man,

788
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: it's I felt if I feel bad watching him right now.

789
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 1: I hope he can get it figured out to where

790
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: go back to being like the guy who could run

791
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 1: a five R Like that's not a great pitcher, but

792
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: like that's a guy you could throw out there if

793
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 1: you need him. Right now, he's not even that at

794
00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: the moment. Unfortunately.

795
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 2: Well and Rice is gonna have to eat it, I know.

796
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 1: And that's the thing, like they're trying to let him

797
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: eat it, and today they couldn't do it. I mean

798
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: it's I know, and look Brian Sticker is not gonna

799
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: just stop trying to win. Like That's one of the

800
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 1: things that we should probably emphasize throughout this next two

801
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,280
Speaker 1: months is that, like, yeah, obviously there's some considerations beyond

802
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 1: winning baseball games. Now for the Braves, there have to be.

803
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,440
Speaker 1: But in the moment, like if your snit, you're not

804
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 1: gonna be like turn your brain off and like not

805
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 1: try to win. These are pro athletes, they're competitive guys.

806
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 1: They're gonna try to win games when they're playing in

807
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,000
Speaker 1: them and planning for them. But when you're getting getting

808
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 1: when you give him eight runs in three innings, like

809
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 1: you can't keep pitching at that point, Like it's not realistic.

810
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 2: We're gonna see I mean, they might just have to

811
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 2: keep sending them out there. They it's gonna be ugly, Brad,

812
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 2: This pitching is gonna be really ugly down the stretch,

813
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 2: And I agree. I mean, I don't want Bryce Elder

814
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,319
Speaker 2: to be, you know, embarrassed when he's coming up from now.

815
00:38:54,440 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: I felt bad today, I really did. Like I don't

816
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: mean that. I mean, I know I'm snarky sometimes I don't.

817
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: I felt genuinely bad, Like Bryce is He's better than

818
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 1: this man. Like I'm not saying he's good, he's not, honestly,

819
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: but he's better than this. I mean he's and he

820
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: has been better than this. It's just that he's picking

821
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 1: a bad time to be really really really really bad.

822
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 1: Bryce Elder and stuff. So I just want to mention

823
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 1: that it was the only takeaway from today, Like nothing

824
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: else happened today, Like they were down eight to one

825
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 1: in the blink of an eye and that was it,

826
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 1: Like it was just a baseball game that happened. They

827
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 1: lost another game. We would normally preview the upcoming series.

828
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: We kind of did that a little bit already with

829
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 1: the report from Ken Rosenthal that Fetny's gonna pitch on Tuesday.

830
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:36,560
Speaker 1: They did announced Riter on Monday, so that's a it's

831
00:39:36,600 --> 00:39:41,759
Speaker 1: always worth watching Spencer on Monday, worth watching Acunya, worth

832
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,880
Speaker 1: watching Bowl win. We'll get into all that in August

833
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 1: and September, like reasons to watch this team, basically it

834
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 1: will be a topic. But in the meantime, they have

835
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 1: three in Kansas City, then they go to Cincinnati for two,

836
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 1: and then they do the Bristol game is on Saturday

837
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: this week. I'm sure the league is not exactly thrilled

838
00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:01,839
Speaker 1: that the Braves there huge draw for the Bristol game.

839
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,520
Speaker 1: If you don't know this is happening, they're playing at

840
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:07,799
Speaker 1: a speedway like they're playing at a racing venue, and

841
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,040
Speaker 1: I'm sure they'll draw a massive crowd. Still, the Braves

842
00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: are the team of this region, as we've covered for years,

843
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,200
Speaker 1: but man, it'd be better for the sport and better

844
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: for everybody at the Braves were good and they're really

845
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,799
Speaker 1: really not good right now. That's unfortunate. We'll talk about

846
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: later in the week. But that's what's the week coming up.

847
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 1: But the big thing is, of course the deadline Thursday.

848
00:40:25,239 --> 00:40:25,799
Speaker 1: That's the thing.

849
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, all eyes on the deadline. We should time

850
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:33,120
Speaker 2: stamp this. It is just before midnight Eastern Time on

851
00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,760
Speaker 2: Sunday night going into Monday morning. So there's almost certainly

852
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 2: going to be movement for the.

853
00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:39,840
Speaker 1: Braves this week.

854
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 2: We will have a show breaking it down no matter

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Speaker 2: how big or how small the return is. There are

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Speaker 2: three games in Kansas City the Royals. There are five

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Speaker 2: hundred ish team great story a year ago, have struggled

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Speaker 2: this season. And one cool note though, Brad, you mentioned

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Speaker 2: Strider's pitching on Monday and ssuming all goes well, and

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Speaker 2: assuming which is far from a guarantee these days, but

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Speaker 2: assuming all goes well, that lines up Strider to start

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Speaker 2: in the I don't even know the right word for it,

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Speaker 2: this grand show in front of seventy thousand fans, half

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Speaker 2: of which are going to be depressed Braves fans. But

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Speaker 2: Strider will get to pitch at the Speedway more than likely,

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Speaker 2: which would be cool, national audience, big stage, all those things.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, Reds are Reds aren't. Reds are not a

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Speaker 2: bad team either, So this might be another tough week

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Speaker 2: for the Braves.

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Speaker 1: I am glad about that. And again, we'll probably prive

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Speaker 1: you it at a little bit later on in the week,

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Speaker 1: but Strider gives you your best possible chance that night.

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Speaker 1: It's officially called the MLB Speedway Classic. For the record,

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Speaker 1: it's on Saturday. It's on big national Fox TV. Like

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be spectacle, it's actually it's gonna be cool.

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Speaker 1: I wish the Rads were better, but it'll be a

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Speaker 1: cool atmosphere. No matter what I would go, if I

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Speaker 1: was able to, I'm not able to go. We should talk.

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Speaker 1: Maybe Sean's going, Shawn wasn't to see he should go anyway.

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Speaker 1: So that's coming up this week, but the deadline is Thursday.

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Speaker 1: It's at six pm Eastern on Thursday, so the Brain's

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Speaker 1: actually play Thursday night after the deadline, which would be interesting.

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Speaker 1: But we will have a show that day for sure.

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Speaker 1: No matter what. In the meantime, I expect them to

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Speaker 1: do something and buy something. I mean maybe some things plural,

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Speaker 1: but we don't know if that will be the last day.

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Speaker 1: It could be to night, could be tomorrow. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: We'll have shows if they make a transaction, if they trade,

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Speaker 1: If they trade I Glaciers, that will be a reaction

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Speaker 1: show as fast as we could possibly do it. Same

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Speaker 1: with Thozuna. They won't be earth shattering in the way

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Speaker 1: that would be if they were buying. Like there's even

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Speaker 1: you know, tray for Hori Solier last year was a

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Speaker 1: much bigger deal than anything they're gonna do this week.

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Speaker 1: I think maybe they will surprise everybody, but we'll be

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Speaker 1: here covering them, jumping into action. Steven's back from his

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Speaker 1: world tour, so that we'll all be churning out content

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Speaker 1: in the next few days.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, probably going to be a busy week ahead, Brad.

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Speaker 2: We'll see, we will figure out who's doing what shows

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Speaker 2: it is. You know, I talked to Sean the other

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Speaker 2: night and we were both just so bummed that this

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Speaker 2: is usually such a fun time of the baseball calendar.

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Speaker 2: Second half in full swing, Pennant Chase start to think

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Speaker 2: about playoff matchups. Who are they going to add? Who

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Speaker 2: are they going to trade for?

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Speaker 1: Instead?

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Speaker 2: It's okay, which underperforming veteran are the Braves probably going

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Speaker 2: to trade in the next seventy two hours. It is

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Speaker 2: what it is, and as we always say, win or lose,

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Speaker 2: we will do a show. Unfortunately, there's been a lot

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Speaker 2: of losing, and I think there's probably gonna be even

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Speaker 2: more losing on the horizon.

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Speaker 1: I tend to agree with that. Well, Scott, we should

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Speaker 1: get out of here on this Sunday evening. Folks can

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Speaker 1: be following you where on social media if they are

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Speaker 1: new to the podcast or new to Scott in general.

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Speaker 2: Oh Man, Scott Coleman fifty five on Twitter slash x.

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Speaker 1: It's a dark place these days.

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Speaker 2: It is. I can tweet man, this movie's great, and

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Speaker 2: I get seven replies talking about how they want to, like,

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Speaker 2: you know, blow themselves up or something, and it's.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's uh. Being known for covering a team on

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Speaker 1: social media and having that team be the disaster the

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Speaker 1: current Braves are makes for a tough social media experience

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Speaker 1: because even if you're trying to escape it, you can't

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Speaker 1: escape it. But we'll be here. Follow Scott. Listen Colt

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Speaker 1: training camps un our way, So follow Scott for that.

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Speaker 1: Anything else.

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Speaker 2: Please as follow year Anthony Richardson is going to complete

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Speaker 2: nine passes in a game and he's going to break records.

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Speaker 1: Oh we're all three else, Okay, well follow me if

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