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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome to episode sixty six of the

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Speaker 1: Hemmery Territory Podcast. I am your host, Sprad Rowland, coming

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Speaker 1: to you on a Sunday evening here in mid August,

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Speaker 1: and I am joined as I often am, by Scott

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Speaker 1: Coleman and Scott in typical twenty twenty four Braves fashion.

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Speaker 1: It was a good week for the Braves on the field,

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Speaker 1: and then unfortunately on Sunday the Grim Reaper started to

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Speaker 1: inch up on us a little bit, and it's hovering

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Speaker 1: over this episode. Hey Brad.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, in some ways this was the most twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: four Braves outcome imaginable. They bounce back after just that

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Speaker 2: disastrous weekend at course Field. They go five and two

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Speaker 2: this week, pick up a couple of really nice wins,

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Speaker 2: and of course, or his fate would have it, they

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Speaker 2: may have lost maybe the most irreplaceable player in their

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Speaker 2: lineup right now, as Austin Riley got.

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Speaker 1: Hit with a pitch.

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Speaker 2: So we don't know. We are Sunday night here. I

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Speaker 2: think everybody is holding their breath at this point, but man,

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Speaker 2: it just feels like the Braves just win. There's like

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Speaker 2: some good Podza vibes and a good week overall, of course,

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Speaker 2: there's always something that seems to just drag everything else down,

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Speaker 2: and in this case, we just have to hope that

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Speaker 2: Austin is okay.

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Speaker 1: Right, We'll come back to it. But just as time

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Speaker 1: staff this. We're recording this about seven thirty pm Eastern

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Speaker 1: time on Sunday. Riley, as Scott just said, was hit

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Speaker 1: with a fastball in the right hand. He's had a

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Speaker 1: couple of tests that were inconclusive. Basically it's been a

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Speaker 1: TBD until the brids get back to Atlanta. They are

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Speaker 1: probably flying home as of maybe right now or a

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Speaker 1: little bit after this, and then MRI probably to come

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Speaker 1: on Monday, So hold your breath there. We'll come back

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Speaker 1: to that later on in the podcast. We shoul also

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Speaker 1: say at the top of the show, but we are

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Speaker 1: part of a foul Territory network of podcasts. Also, please

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Speaker 1: to help us grow the show via that platform. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: as Scott just alluded to, it was a good week

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Speaker 1: five to two on the field that brings the Braves

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Speaker 1: back within two games sorry, seven games of the Phillies

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Speaker 1: and two games ahead of the Mets to stay in

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Speaker 1: the playoff race. And people probably know this by now,

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Speaker 1: but about a week and a half ago or so,

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Speaker 1: the Braves fell out of the playoffs entirely. Then they

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Speaker 1: had the rough weekend, but things are looking up as

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Speaker 1: a result of all their strong play this week. Scott,

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Speaker 1: we should at least take a vibe check free Riley

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Speaker 1: injury or maybe putting that to the side for now.

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Speaker 1: It felt like, you know, we're famous for saying this,

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Speaker 1: It felt like there was some good vibes coming the

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Speaker 1: Braves away this week. A little bit of hiccup on

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Speaker 1: Fridays we'll get into in a second, but then a

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Speaker 1: couple of really nice wins, including a blowout on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: a not a comfortable win on Sunday, but certainly one day.

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Speaker 1: We're in relative control over for most of the way,

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Speaker 1: and it does seem like they're playing better baseball. A

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Speaker 1: couple of eruptions offensively they'll get into, but for me,

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Speaker 1: it just feels like there's a little bit of an

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Speaker 1: air of confidence again, Penning Rally. We'll stop giving that

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Speaker 1: calgo every five seconds in a second, but I just

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Speaker 1: feel like there was a it was a good week,

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Speaker 1: and we should probably just lead with that reality.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you look back on the ten game West Coast trip.

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Speaker 2: Of course they lost two games to the Rockies, but

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Speaker 2: I mean both of those games were very winnable and

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Speaker 2: the Braves should have won both. You know, Giants are

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Speaker 2: a solid ball club playing good baseball right now, and

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Speaker 2: you take three out of four with your only loss

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Speaker 2: to Logan Webb, who is probably going to be top

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Speaker 2: three and Cy Young at the end of the season.

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Speaker 2: And then, despite another frustrating probably should have been a

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Speaker 2: win on Friday Night against the Angels, the Braves bounce

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Speaker 2: back with back to back wins over the weekend. And thankfully,

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Speaker 2: not only are the Braves playing better, but the New

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Speaker 2: York Mets have fallen on hard times. They've had a

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Speaker 2: last couple of weeks. We're going to preview a very

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Speaker 2: important series with the Phillies soon, but even the Phillies

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Speaker 2: over the last month and a half have not been great.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I believe they're under five hundred since the

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Speaker 2: fourth of July. So the door is still open. The

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Speaker 2: Braves are still in the playoffs. And I think we

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Speaker 2: have said it probably eight million times on the show,

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Speaker 2: and we'll say it one more. Really, it is just

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Speaker 2: healthy baseball players in order to make that run in

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Speaker 2: the playoffs, and as we know, there has just been

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Speaker 2: one thing after another after another after another really since

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Speaker 2: opening day. And I mean not even Austin Riley, but

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Speaker 2: even Jorge Solaire was going to be a talking point

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Speaker 2: tonight just because he has missed the last four games

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Speaker 2: with what seems to be a mild hamstring issue. But

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Speaker 2: even those injuries are pretty concerning on their own.

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Speaker 1: Yes, And we'll circle back to that near the end

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Speaker 1: of the podcast, which at least knock out Friday's game.

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Speaker 1: It was the one not great result over the weekend,

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Speaker 1: a three to two loss in which the offense kind

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Speaker 1: of reverted back to where the offense has been for

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Speaker 1: most of the season. In some ways, they did get

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Speaker 1: hard to blame the pitching on that night. It was

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Speaker 1: pretty much all at offensive loss.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it should have been a win. I mean, fifteen

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Speaker 2: base hits was incredibly painful. Two for twelve with runners

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Speaker 2: that's kind of been a thing for the Braves lately,

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Speaker 2: where it seems like they bounce into a double play

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Speaker 2: you know, thankfully they did have a better offensive performance,

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Speaker 2: maybe just better execution on Saturday night when they had

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Speaker 2: night's game was maddening, you know. I think afterwards I

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Speaker 2: tweeted that this was the most frustrating Braves team since

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Speaker 2: the twenty fourteen club that had a lot of expectations

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Speaker 2: the rebuild. And obviously this year's team is not anywhere

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Speaker 2: you felt like maybe another game got away from them,

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Speaker 2: despite Spencer Schwallenbach pitching pretty well. Once again, you.

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Speaker 1: Heard it here first, folks, Scott's colomb for the rebuilt

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Speaker 1: as you just compared this team fourteen.

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Speaker 2: Now, I not there are people in Twitter who would

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Speaker 2: tell you this team needs to rebuild. Yeah, no, that's

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Speaker 2: not going to happen. But it has been a between

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Speaker 2: the injuries and just the seemingly many, many frustrating losses

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Speaker 2: this year, it has been a real chest, a real

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Speaker 2: test of all of our fan hood. I guess to

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Speaker 1: We have praised Schwellenbach endlessly the last few weeks, and

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Speaker 1: we'll do a ton of that, But I just have

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Speaker 1: again pretty good, as you reference, with eight strikeouts on Friday.

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Speaker 1: Since the evening of July, so about seven weeks or so,

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Speaker 1: he has a two point eighty six elray And here's

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Speaker 1: the money stat. Fifty three strikeouts and five walks. When

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Speaker 1: you're doing something right. And we love Spencer. That's not

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been so impressive, and you know, I think

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Speaker 2: in a way there was something to take away from

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Speaker 2: Schwellenbach's start on Friday. It seemed like after a really

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Speaker 2: great start, the Angels hitters eventually started to sit on

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Speaker 2: learning opportunity for Spencer to kind of see that when

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Speaker 2: multiple ways to get guys out. On the whole, his

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Speaker 2: and they took advantage of it a little bit, and

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Speaker 2: the Braves still should have won the baseball game. If

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Speaker 2: in scoring position, they probably win the ballgame. But again, man,

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Speaker 2: even though it wasn't maybe the best we have seen

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Speaker 2: it should have been enough for the Braves to get

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Speaker 2: to win. And hopefully Spencer can take something from that

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Speaker 2: start and have another good one against the Phillies this

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Speaker 2: upcoming week.

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Speaker 1: We can go from there to Saturday, which was much

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Speaker 1: more fun for everyone based on the execution like you

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Speaker 1: the offense scores eleven runs On Saturday, they score double

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Speaker 1: digit runs for the third time and eight days, which

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Speaker 1: last year was like ho home for this team. They

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Speaker 1: did it all the time. But as a reminder, they

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Speaker 1: did not score ten runs in a baseball game for

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Speaker 1: like four and a half months before that. It sounds impossible.

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Speaker 1: I understand sounds impossible, but literally four plus months between

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Speaker 1: in eight days, So baby steps, I suppose, Scott, because

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Speaker 1: the offense was spelludated.

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Speaker 2: You know. I think one thing that feels different with

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Speaker 2: the lineup right now than where it was maybe a

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Speaker 2: more than they were before, and part of that is personnel. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: Now he's been incredible, and you know, the strikeouts are

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Speaker 2: MLB dot Com had him on the front cover just

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Speaker 2: I think it must have been this morning when I looked,

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Speaker 2: and really just a special season for a player who

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Speaker 2: the Braves hit a grand slam in acquiring.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely just for more on the say young thing. Tim

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Speaker 1: Hudson finished fourth one year at Bridge Uniform. Just found

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Speaker 1: that's a couple of other you know, Srider finished fourth

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Speaker 1: last year, I believe. So They've had some candidates, but

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Speaker 1: Sale is right now the front runner, and it has

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Speaker 1: been a heck of a ride. And by the way.

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Speaker 1: Imagine imagine Scott people actually thinking that Alex is the

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Speaker 1: problem after he did that. Alex got Chris Sale for

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Speaker 1: a song apologist von Grissom, but Julie, not just von Grissom,

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Speaker 1: but the fact that Boston is paying Chris Sale is

446
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Speaker 1: like laugh out a lot funny in August and twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty four.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, great addition. And I mean, what was Alex supposed

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Speaker 2: to do? Was he supposed to build a roster that

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Speaker 2: could stand losing like literally a fourth of its best players.

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Speaker 1: I mean, there.

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Speaker 2: Is time for criticism of a GM. We have done

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Speaker 2: it many times on the show over the years with

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Speaker 2: things he has done or not done. But yeah, man,

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Speaker 2: I mean, no GM in baseball or any professional sport.

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Speaker 2: Obviously you're a You're an Atlanta Hawks NBA guy. I

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Speaker 2: mean if the Hawks lost their four best players, would

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Speaker 2: they have a prayer? No? Of course not. No, no

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Speaker 2: team regardless of sport would, And he has done. I

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Speaker 2: mean the Braves as a whole being able to withstand

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Speaker 2: the injuries they have withstood and still being in the

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Speaker 2: playoffs here with about six weeks to go is like

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Speaker 2: a borderline miracle. And who knows, maybe if they can

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Speaker 2: actually get healthy and get into the dance, they'll be

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Speaker 2: able to make some noise.

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Speaker 1: Speaking of injuries, we already led with it, but Sunday's

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Speaker 1: game the Headliner, unfortunately, is the first ending exit at Boston.

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Speaker 1: Riley X ray and CT scans its conclusive. Again, we

487
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Speaker 1: said that before, but just to reemphasize that he'll have

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Speaker 1: an MRI, presumably on Monday, or maybe even late late

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Speaker 1: late on Sunday. We will see when they land. It's

490
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Speaker 1: a long flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta, as I

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Speaker 1: can attest, even on a private jet as they are

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Speaker 1: flying on. Look, We're not gonna get into all of

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Speaker 1: the fallout here because our fingers are certainly crossed. But

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Speaker 1: I think you alluded to this earlier as Austin being

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Speaker 1: arguably the least replaceable player on the roster right now.

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Speaker 1: He's not having his best season. He's been fine, but

497
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Speaker 1: not great. But the reality is Scott, they don't have

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Speaker 1: a third baseman behind him. They have some names of

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Speaker 1: guys we can name, like you know, they could play

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Speaker 1: Luke Williams, who played today at third base with Maryfield,

501
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Speaker 1: played a little bit there for Philly this season. They

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Speaker 1: had Macho Alvarez. They have Zach Short in Triple A.

503
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Speaker 1: He's not currently on the roster, but it was on

504
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Speaker 1: the roster before. Those names are not exactly exciting, So

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Speaker 1: if let's just say this. If Austin Riley is out

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Speaker 1: for a length of time, it is danger, danger, danger

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Speaker 1: top everything else.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think you can make a pretty

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Speaker 2: easy argument that he is the most irreplaceable player on

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Speaker 2: this team.

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Speaker 1: There's just nobody behind him. I mean, it's it's crazy.

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Speaker 1: I mean maybe because look, Ozuna has been considerably better

513
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Speaker 1: than Austin Riley this year, but Ozuna is a DH.

514
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Speaker 1: You can find DH options like you can play so late,

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Speaker 1: you can play stlayer there, like knock on wood. If

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Speaker 1: you lose Chris Sale, that obviously would be awful. Chris

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Speaker 1: Sale has been the best player this year. I've been

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Speaker 1: including Ozo, maybe those guys, those two guys are one

519
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Speaker 1: and two. But a pitcher is a pitcher, Like it's

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Speaker 1: easier to replace a pitcher than it is your everyday

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Speaker 1: third baseman. So yeah, it's I think that we are

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Speaker 1: align on that. I think if there was one guy

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Speaker 1: you would say on August eighteenth that Braves couldn't afford

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Speaker 1: to lose, it would have been Riley.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, just and defensively, Austin has been really

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Speaker 2: really good offensively, even with the slow start. I mean,

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Speaker 2: it feels like by the end of the season. If

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Speaker 2: he gets to continue hitting, Austin's overall numbers are going

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Speaker 2: to be very similar to what he's done based on

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Speaker 2: the pace he has been at since that side injury

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Speaker 2: back in May. It is just crushing. And God, let's

532
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Speaker 2: hope that when he gets additional testing, maybe there's a bruise,

533
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Speaker 2: maybe it's something minor where I mean, even if Austin

534
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Speaker 2: only has to miss a week or two, it would

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Speaker 2: be incredible. Obviously, a day to day would be the dream.

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Speaker 2: I am not holding my breath for that, but I

537
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Speaker 2: hope to be wrong. But yeah, man, I mean, there's

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Speaker 2: nobody on this roster who can do anything like Austin Riley.

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Speaker 2: Can you know, I guess Brad, we could do a

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Speaker 2: little bit.

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Speaker 1: Of predicting here.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know what they would do, honestly,

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Speaker 2: I guess they would just throw Luke Williams at their

544
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Speaker 2: base and hope and that was a disaster. But I

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Speaker 2: don't know that was today's option in a pinch. Look,

546
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Speaker 2: if there is, we will probably do a mercy podcast

547
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Speaker 2: on this if the results are bad, So hold on

548
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Speaker 2: tight for that one if necessary. But yeah, it's some

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Speaker 2: combination of what other guy's name, I mean, Williams is

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Speaker 2: the internal option. He's the only lack of beIN throw

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Speaker 2: on the team right now. With Ozzie injured. Maryfield is

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Speaker 2: the utility.

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Speaker 1: I but Ozzie's I was gonna be out for a

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Speaker 1: while longer, So you're you're just kind of papering over

555
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Speaker 1: a little bit. Nacho played some third base this year

556
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Speaker 1: for Gwinnette. They didn't love that experience the first time round.

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Speaker 1: Maybe he'd be better there with a little bit more seasoning.

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Speaker 1: Who neck knows. But the point stands that we just

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Speaker 1: set again. They don't have an option. They don't have

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Speaker 1: any There are bad options and worse options for third

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Speaker 1: base if Austrailey is out.

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Speaker 3: For endly time.

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Speaker 1: So just by the way, just to back you up

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Speaker 1: on the resurgence, because he had that kind of downturn

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Speaker 1: earlier this year, since mid June. Basically, I've just pulled

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Speaker 1: this like a fifty five game sample size at ops

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Speaker 1: of nine. He's back to being austra rally it has

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Speaker 1: been for times. So yeah, tough scene, Scott, I gotta say,

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Speaker 1: tough scene. That's enough on that, I think right just

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Speaker 1: to yeah, I have somewhat reasonable yes, amazing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it is painfully fitting for the season. And God,

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Speaker 2: let's hope for all of the bad injury luck the

573
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Speaker 2: Braves have had this season, maybe just maybe they will

574
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Speaker 2: catch a break here for lack of a better word,

575
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Speaker 2: and be okay and have Austin back out there sooner

576
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Speaker 2: rather than later.

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Speaker 1: I was so excited to just like full on dance

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Speaker 1: on the podcast about Charlie Morton on Sunday. That should

579
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Speaker 1: have been the headliner of the show, Scott. I should

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Speaker 1: have come on and said, oh ho hoo, Scott tried

581
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Speaker 1: to retire my guy Chuck like a week ago. He's

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Speaker 1: come back from the dead. Last two starts, fifteen k's,

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Speaker 1: three walks, three runs allowed, and that still happened. I'll

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Speaker 1: just curw a little bit, but unfortunately I couldn't do

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Speaker 1: it with my full chest like I would have today.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna cue you and let you do a

587
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Speaker 2: victory lap. But yeah, I mean, hey, credit to Charlie.

588
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Speaker 2: Obviously the offense didn't do very much on Sunday, but

589
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Speaker 2: he did a really, really nice job of limiting the

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Speaker 2: Angels to just one run.

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Speaker 1: You tried to jinx him too. I shared that on Twitter.

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Speaker 1: If people don't have Twitter. I shared, I shared Scott's text.

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Speaker 1: We were going back and forth as we often do

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Speaker 1: on Sundays, and Charlie had a no no going through

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Speaker 1: four innings and I get a text from Scott about

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Speaker 1: Chuck Morton's masterclass and then within what five minutes, you're

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Speaker 1: texting me. I guess not with something like that is

598
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Speaker 1: to follow up loaded basloaded no outs in the immediately

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Speaker 1: in the fifth inning, but hey, he got out of it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, credit to Charlie. He played America's favorite game,

601
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Speaker 2: hits a batter in the foot with a curveball with

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Speaker 2: the bases loaded and strikes.

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Speaker 1: It was a bad somebody. I can't remember who it was,

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Speaker 1: so God bless this listener. Someone was immediately like, well,

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Speaker 1: that was the worst time for Scott's favorite game, Like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's correct, Basis, loaded no outs is the worst time

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Speaker 1: for Charlie to do what Charlie does with hitting someone.

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Speaker 1: But hey, I don't know I got out of that. Honestly,

609
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Speaker 1: I was like covering my eyes that entire rating, but

610
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Speaker 1: it happened. We got and then Dylan Lee took over

611
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Speaker 1: from there and it was smooth sailing, So yeah, hey,

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Speaker 1: credit to Dylan Lee. God Dy, Dylan Lee rules. He

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Speaker 1: just does.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. He is fantastic, especially with the fact that the

615
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Speaker 2: Braves are presumably not going to have a j Minter

616
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Speaker 2: for the rest of the season. Dylan Lee and Aaron

617
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 2: Bummer are going to throw some very very important pitches

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Speaker 2: for this team over the final six weeks and hopefully

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Speaker 2: deep into the playoffs. Dylan Lee is awesome. We have

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Speaker 2: talked about it on the show for many years, and

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Speaker 2: he is now. I mean, I would have Dylan Lee

622
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Speaker 2: as my number one left handed option in a, you know,

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Speaker 2: must win type of situation.

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Speaker 1: I think it was our guy at Capitol Avenue on

625
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Speaker 1: Twitter that said this kind of jokingly today, like, do

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Speaker 1: you remember that this season the Braves essentially set Dylan

627
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Speaker 1: Lee to triple A just so they can have Bryce

628
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Speaker 1: Eller starter game, Because that happened this Yeah, and Dylan

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Speaker 1: Lee is like a top ten lten and releader in

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Speaker 1: the league this season. Like I'm not even kidding. By

631
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Speaker 1: the way, that might sound like hyperbole, it actually isn't.

632
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Speaker 1: Dylan Lee has literally the like a top ten lefty

633
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Speaker 1: reliever in the sport this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he was in the minors twice, so yeah, World

635
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Speaker 2: Series starter Dylan Lee. Oh my god, that's true. I

636
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Speaker 2: forgot almost that for like half a second. I forgot

637
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Speaker 2: that did happen as well. What a career for Dylan Lee.

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Speaker 2: He's thirty years old. It feels like he's not thirty

639
00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 2: years old, but he is. Yeah, but you'll never you'll

640
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 2: never be able to take away that start from him.

641
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 2: And he had he started a game last year too,

642
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Speaker 2: the record season something like that, something weird like that.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, we love Dylan Lee. Shout out to him.

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Speaker 1: Yes you do, Okay, okay, Scott. That's that's the games.

645
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Speaker 1: We went through the games, two wins. We've mentioned that,

646
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Speaker 1: but five and two on the week it's very very strong.

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Speaker 1: So there. We kind of teased around it earlier, but

648
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,480
Speaker 1: the mild hamstring strain, there was no really update today.

649
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: They kind of did the cautious thing that snit does,

650
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,520
Speaker 1: which I actually a him in favor of give the

651
00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: guy an extra day. They got Monday off. I had

652
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,240
Speaker 1: no issue at all with him sitting the rest of

653
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,640
Speaker 1: the weekend. Hamstrings, you don't fool around with. If he

654
00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: doesn't play Tuesday, the alarm balls will sound. I will

655
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: say that because it's it's the biggest game of the

656
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: year so far. You could argue it's the Phillies at

657
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: home after an off day on Tuesday. Obviously, don't want

658
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,400
Speaker 1: to put too much amazon on one game, but are

659
00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 1: you with me on that. I feel like, if he

660
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: doesn't start on Tuesday, I'll start to worry. But if not,

661
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: it's fine.

662
00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fair, and so far the Braves and Jorge

663
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 2: have said all the right things. It sounds like a

664
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 2: pretty minor hamstring issue, although ham strings are probably the

665
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 2: scariest yeaccurring no.

666
00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 1: Such things, Yeah, I suppose, and thank god.

667
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, when the injury happened, I don't

668
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,320
Speaker 2: think anyone really even picked up on it in real time.

669
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 2: He just slowly kind of walked back to the dugout.

670
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 2: But it wasn't like one of those hammis where you

671
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 2: see it happen in real time and think, oh, dear God,

672
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:17,560
Speaker 2: that's a three month injury.

673
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, because those do happen. Obleaques and hamstrings are like

674
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: the death of baseball players. Sometimes it's just those. You

675
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: just can't do anything about it either, and they're hard

676
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: to rehab and it's uh, it's tough. But yeah, hopefully

677
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,240
Speaker 1: it's okay. All the all of the on record quotes

678
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,959
Speaker 1: that I have seen have been positive, and they won

679
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 1: out him on Saturday and Sunday, so they did the

680
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: right thing there. And hopefully he's in a lot on

681
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,000
Speaker 1: Tuesday leading off because he's their best lead off option.

682
00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: And we'll again that's a secondary across the fingers compared

683
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 1: to Riley, but they need him to they need Claire

684
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: as well. He's been great. We said it before, but

685
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:49,160
Speaker 1: he's been really really good since they got him, and

686
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: he's done, I mean, defensively similar to Loreano. It's been

687
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: an adventure out there. But if so Laire gets on

688
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: base and hits, I don't I don't really care. Just

689
00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: catch the ball once a while, it's fine.

690
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, And having Michael Harrison center field will only help

691
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 2: that cause yep, you know, giving him some support in

692
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 2: the gaps will will be helpful for sure.

693
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:10,720
Speaker 1: That is accurate. It seems as if a bit of

694
00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 1: positive news injury wise will be happening on Tuesday, because

695
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: Renaldo Lopez is now in line to return semi officially.

696
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,560
Speaker 1: The Braves did go with TBA on their official probable

697
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 1: pitchers that is still currently listen his TBA, but I

698
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: believe it was. Tiscano of the AJC reported that it's

699
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 1: gonna be Ronaldo. That was the assumption that everyone when

700
00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: they want TVD because that's kind of like in line

701
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 1: for him. He hasn't pitched in three weeks or so,

702
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: but hey, Ronaldo, we'll come back. Here's the Phillies.

703
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, all eyes will be on Ronaldo. On Tuesday night,

704
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,520
Speaker 2: he pitched pretty well with Gwinnette in a rehab start.

705
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 2: It will be a full week of rest for him.

706
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 2: As he pitched on Tuesday of this past week with

707
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 2: the Stripers. The velocity was good. It sounds like his command,

708
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:59,320
Speaker 2: especially of the secondary pitches, was not great according to

709
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 2: the prospect guys over at battery power. But obviously it

710
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 2: will be great to have him back in the rotation.

711
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 2: We know how good he was early in the season,

712
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:11,920
Speaker 2: and let's hope that if there's a silver lining out

713
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,200
Speaker 2: of this, that letting him have three weeks away will

714
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,320
Speaker 2: allow him to just kind of hit the reset button

715
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:18,799
Speaker 2: rest a little bit.

716
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 4: You know.

717
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 2: We know obviously he is well above his recent season

718
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 2: career highs in innings pitched, and you know, having a

719
00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 2: effective Ronaldo Lopez in the middle of the rotation is

720
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 2: only going to give this team a boost, and you know,

721
00:34:34,680 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 2: I think it's just you know, it's gonna be a

722
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:40,800
Speaker 2: big challenge for him on Tuesday night against Philly, and

723
00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 2: let's hope he can start that series off on the

724
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 2: right foot with a strong effort.

725
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not going to be easy for him. Philly

726
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: is quite good. They didn't lose today finally because they

727
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 1: had been read hot all of a sudden again. But

728
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,879
Speaker 1: that's one to circle. I have to laugh. You probably

729
00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: didn't see this because we're recording when it happened. But

730
00:34:57,080 --> 00:34:59,800
Speaker 1: Justin Diiscano just dropped his game story on the Riley

731
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 1: exit today and in his Twitter tease of the story,

732
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 1: he quit amar Larryano's reaction to Austin Roley getting hit

733
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: with getting a hit in the hand and I can't

734
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,279
Speaker 1: say the word on the podcast. It starts with an F.

735
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: It's a bad Yeah.

736
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,399
Speaker 2: I was gonna say it's a bad four letter word.

737
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:17,439
Speaker 2: And we're a family show.

738
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 1: I just thought it was a very very apt lead

739
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,359
Speaker 1: by Justin and by Ramon and everybody was in line

740
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:25,839
Speaker 1: with that one. All right. Well, before we get out

741
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 1: of here, it is the Phillies, so day off on

742
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 1: Monday for the Braves as they travel back from California

743
00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:34,480
Speaker 1: where they had these success this week long flight, hould

744
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 1: your breath on, Riley, and then the Phillies come in.

745
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 1: They have not been very good since the break. They're

746
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,040
Speaker 1: under five hundred. It's also a break now. They did

747
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 1: just have a winning streak and they just referenced they

748
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 1: did lose today. I believe they won four in a

749
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: row before that, so they kind of found their footing

750
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,680
Speaker 1: a little bit. That they've left the door open a

751
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 1: little I was doing a radio interview earlier with our

752
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:53,359
Speaker 1: friend Grank McCauley, and he was like, hey, they left

753
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: the door open. I'm like, yeah, they kind of did.

754
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:57,319
Speaker 1: I'm not sure how open it is. It's a seven

755
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: game deficit as of this series, but as we've discussed before,

756
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: the Bresident Phillies placed seven times in the next two weeks.

757
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 1: So it's now we're never time for the Braves. They

758
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 1: have to win some of these games, but the door

759
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 1: is cracked open, Like Philly could be up by twelve

760
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,359
Speaker 1: right now with the way the Brazen played and they're not. Yeah,

761
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:13,840
Speaker 1: so there's that.

762
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's funny. I tweeted out the comparison

763
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 2: in records for the Braves and the Phillies since the

764
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 2: fourth of July, and I think they a both have

765
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 2: like the same record, and b I think both teams

766
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 2: were like three games below five hundred.

767
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: Yeah.

768
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 2: And there were even some Phillies fans in our mentions

769
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 2: who were like, oh, so, it's not just the Phillies

770
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 2: who were absolutely driving their fan base insane, And I

771
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 2: think it was pretty appropriate. Clearly, the Phillies got off

772
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:49,360
Speaker 2: to an unbelievable schedule. Part of that was probably the

773
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 2: fact that they played a very soft schedule early on.

774
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 2: The schedule has gotten more difficult, and some of their

775
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:59,320
Speaker 2: players who were just on like unbelievable paces have cooled

776
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 2: quite a bit. Yeah, But obviously, regardless of the standings

777
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,840
Speaker 2: and where things are, this is a very important series

778
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,040
Speaker 2: for both clubs. If you're the Phillies, you probably feel

779
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,919
Speaker 2: like you can come in and kind of slam the door,

780
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 2: even if you haven't done that so far in the season.

781
00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 1: And if you're the.

782
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 2: Braves, especially at home, you feel like if you can

783
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 2: even just take two out of three, you will continue

784
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,399
Speaker 2: to make up ground with what five and a half

785
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 2: weeks left to go in the season.

786
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: By the end of it.

787
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 2: Obviously a sweep would be incredible, but you know it's

788
00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,320
Speaker 2: going to be a big time matchup between these two clubs,

789
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 2: and really they just haven't seen a lot of each other.

790
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 2: I mean, when was the last time these two teams played?

791
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 2: Was it May? Because with the new balance schedule, you

792
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 2: just don't see your divisional foes like you used to.

793
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's been a while, and you know a lot

794
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 1: of the times in these recent years when it's been

795
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: the Braves and the Mets doing these races, don of stress.

796
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,279
Speaker 1: They play a ton late in the year. They have

797
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: his two series, but it's only they're playing thirteen times

798
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 1: and yeah, they lost saw each other. I'm looking now,

799
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: it's been a while. Am I missing something? Oh yeah,

800
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 1: there is Uh, they played in July, so they played

801
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: once in July. Three gamer before that was then opening

802
00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 1: before that though, it was the first series of the year.

803
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: So they've played three games since March thirty first against

804
00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:13,320
Speaker 1: the Phillies.

805
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 2: There you go, it's been a while.

806
00:38:15,200 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 1: And they even then like they had this stretch now,

807
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 1: but then they don't play each other the last four

808
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:22,279
Speaker 1: weeks of the year, which is weird. Like it it's

809
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 1: just the way it is with this new schedule and

810
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,000
Speaker 1: all that, but yeah, I looked it up now. Actually,

811
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 1: since the break, you know, we've talked about how the

812
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 1: Braids are not played that well since the break, and

813
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 1: that is one hundred percent accurate. They've actually gained ground

814
00:38:35,120 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 1: on Philly since the all start break. They went into

815
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,480
Speaker 1: the break down eight and a half and now they're

816
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: down seven despite objectively not playing well. But Philly had

817
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: this real downturn that they were kind of maybe due for,

818
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: and once they heated back up, the Brads have not

819
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 1: done the same. So look, they're STI dangerous a least.

820
00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:55,080
Speaker 1: I think I led with it early on the podcast.

821
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:56,919
Speaker 1: If I didn't, that was my mistake. But the Braids

822
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:58,360
Speaker 1: are still only two games ahead of the Mets for

823
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,840
Speaker 1: the wild card. That's more of a practice concern is

824
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,320
Speaker 1: just getting in the playoffs. I think we have to

825
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: say out loud that the division race is not over,

826
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: but it is a secondary concern. It was for me

827
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,800
Speaker 1: right now. Yes, it's a long shot to be sure.

828
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:15,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, getting the playoffs first and foremost, and it does

829
00:39:15,120 --> 00:39:17,759
Speaker 2: feel like the time is now, And maybe maybe that's

830
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,319
Speaker 2: an obvious thing to say. As we hit the last

831
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 2: two weeks of August. But you know, if the Braves

832
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 2: are going to chase down Philly seven games is not impossible.

833
00:39:27,920 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 2: I think it was about this time in the calendar

834
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 2: two years ago when the Braves were seven or eight

835
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:35,239
Speaker 2: games back of the New York Mets, and of course

836
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 2: chase them down for that crazy run. I mean, sure,

837
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,319
Speaker 2: I want to win the division. I think everybody out

838
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,120
Speaker 2: there listening wants to win the division. I will take

839
00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 2: a playoff bid obviously over everything else. But if the

840
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 2: Braves can keep it going this week against Philly and

841
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 2: then they take on the Nationals, who sold off some pieces,

842
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:55,920
Speaker 2: you know, let's hope that things can keep going in

843
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 2: the right direction, because I believe after the series this week,

844
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:02,279
Speaker 2: the phil continue to have a pretty tough schedule on

845
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:02,920
Speaker 2: the horizon.

846
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right, and I have I'll be frost some

847
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 1: numbers out you real quick without prepping you for this.

848
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: The Braves currently, this is fan graft, it's updated as

849
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,160
Speaker 1: of right now to this moment, they have an eighty

850
00:40:13,440 --> 00:40:16,600
Speaker 1: point six percent chance to make the playoffs and a

851
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 1: ten point seven percent chance to win the division. Does

852
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 1: that sound reasonable to you on both fronts?

853
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 2: Yes and yes, if you would have asked me the

854
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 2: division chances, which I was guessing you were prepping me

855
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 2: on I thought about it, I would have said, like

856
00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:37,840
Speaker 2: eighty five fifteen, which is not is not zero. Obviously

857
00:40:37,920 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 2: the Phillies are in a good spot. If we could

858
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,160
Speaker 2: reverse it, of course, you would take a seven game

859
00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 2: lead for the Braves at this point in the calendar.

860
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,399
Speaker 2: But yes, we have seen when the Braves just kind

861
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 2: of put it all together, and it's been few and

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Speaker 2: far between, but this team, clearly, despite all of the injuries,

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Speaker 2: has found a way to win more times than not.

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Speaker 2: You know, this team can really turn it on when

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Speaker 2: they are firing on all cylinders, and you just have

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Speaker 2: to hope that continues the rest of the way, and

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Speaker 2: who knows, maybe they can chase down Philly or even

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Speaker 2: if they just get in the playoffs again sent to

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Speaker 2: a million times. Just get into the playoffs and see

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Speaker 2: what happens.

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Speaker 1: A few more notes than we'll sign off Tuesday is

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Speaker 1: Zach Wheeler, who is probably number two to Chris Sale

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Speaker 1: in this I own race against Ronald A. Lopez that's

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Speaker 1: probably advantaged Philadelphia objectively even in in Atlanta Wednesday is

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Speaker 1: Aaron Nola and Max Fried a matchup that we've seen

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Speaker 1: like one hundred thousand times. I have to say in

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Speaker 1: my life it feels.

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Speaker 2: Like I was gonna say, one hundred thousand feels light.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, which is hey. Two great pictures too, not like

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Speaker 1: Uber Uber uber aces, but certainly the next tier down

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Speaker 1: excellent pictures. And then it's a TVD for Philly. On Thursday,

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Speaker 1: it gets Schwellenbach for the Braves. That is that is

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Speaker 1: a Fox National game. As you pointed out to me,

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Speaker 1: that's a national only. I believe there's no ballely on

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Speaker 1: that one. So just as a PSA for Thursday. It's

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Speaker 1: still few days away now obviously, but if you want

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Speaker 1: to fly, you want to find that game, you want

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Speaker 1: to fly an unusual.

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Speaker 2: Dial, Yeah, and you know, a lot of intrigue in

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Speaker 2: these matchups. Zach Wheeler has obviously been at the top

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Speaker 2: of his craft for many years. Let's hope that Ronaldo

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Speaker 2: is comfortable and is peppering the zone and getting back

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Speaker 2: to striking out ladders, because that's something that had kind

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Speaker 2: of gotten away from him a little bit in his

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Speaker 2: last couple of starts before the injury. We know that

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Speaker 2: Max Freed has not been his usual self since coming

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Speaker 2: off the injured list. This will be his fourth start

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Speaker 2: since coming off the ALE, and let's hope the command

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Speaker 2: finds itself. Just hasn't really been there in his first

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Speaker 2: three starts, but it seems like he's inching in the

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Speaker 2: right direction every time he's gone out there. And then

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Speaker 2: a big boy start for Spencer Schwallenbach on Thursday night

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Speaker 2: you mentioned national television, probably the biggest start of his

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Speaker 2: short regular life in the major leagues. And yeah, we'll

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Speaker 2: see who Philly ends up throwing out there. They've had

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Speaker 2: a couple of pitchers banged up on the il, but yeah, man,

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Speaker 2: important series. I hope that Truest Park is jacked up. God,

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Speaker 2: let us hope that Austin Riley is batting third for

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Speaker 2: the team, or I guess he's batting second these days,

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Speaker 2: but regardless, see can bet wherever the hell he wants

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Speaker 2: if he's out there, that's true. Let's you know, let's

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Speaker 2: hope that Austin's hand is okay. And yeah, I mean

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Speaker 2: it's just man so fitting for this team. Great week,

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Speaker 2: exciting series on the horizon. And also your third basement,

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Speaker 2: who's maybe the best third basement in baseball, might have

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Speaker 2: a broken hand might have a broken finger. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It just sucks. Yeah, yeah, I mean it's a Objectively speaking,

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Speaker 1: I think it's a quimplup series because the Phillies have

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Speaker 1: the pitching advantage because they have Wheeler going and the

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Speaker 1: Braves do not have Sale going. That probably leans things

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Speaker 1: to Philly. But the games in the games are in Atlanta.

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Speaker 1: Brace have a day off all that stuff like. It's

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Speaker 1: going to be interesting to see what happens, of course,

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Speaker 1: and we'll have you covered throughout the series, probably after

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Speaker 1: every game, or if not after everyone at least after

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Speaker 1: two of the three games. We will have podcast content

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Speaker 1: all of that. Subscribe to the show anywhere you might

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Speaker 1: find podcasts. Scott anything to share before we sign.

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Speaker 2: Off, nothing to share. If Austin Riley is listening, he

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Speaker 2: can have my hand for the rest of the season.

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Speaker 2: some good news.

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Speaker 1: you all later this week. Hold your breath on Austin

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