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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the Hemorate Territory Podcast. This

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Speaker 1: episode three four nine. My name is Brad Rowland, coming

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Speaker 1: to you on a Sunday. We're getting closer and closer

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Speaker 1: to Atlanta Braves baseball. It is Opening week and I'm joined,

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Speaker 1: as almost always by Scott Coleman. Scott, how are you

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Speaker 1: in the midst of March madness.

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Speaker 2: Brad, I am doing well. It is always good to

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Speaker 2: see you, and we have made it. This was a

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Speaker 2: long off season now. It felt like November and December

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Speaker 2: went pretty fast, probably because the Braves were very active

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Speaker 2: in those months.

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Speaker 3: But man alive.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think the Brave signed Tyler Kinley like

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Speaker 2: a week into the new year, and it has been

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Speaker 2: either very quiet or all bad news for the Atlanta

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Speaker 2: Braves since then. But we have finally made it. It

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Speaker 2: is Opening week. Baseball officially begins on Wednesday of this

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Speaker 2: week and the Braves get going on Friday. It's a

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Speaker 2: good time to be a Braves fan.

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Speaker 3: It really is.

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Speaker 1: And within the next five days, as we're recording this,

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Speaker 1: four days we're listening to it, the Braves will have

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Speaker 1: a game that counts and Scott, because it's finally opening week,

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Speaker 1: let us mix it up, engineered by Fastenal all right, Scott,

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Speaker 1: we have gotten some information we were kind of waiting

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Speaker 1: for and knew it was going to happen eventually, and

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Speaker 1: stuff like opening day starter, stuff like probables for the

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Speaker 1: first series of the season, and one of them was

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Speaker 1: not surprise. Let's just say Chris Saale as the opening

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Speaker 1: day starter was always going to happen unless he was

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Speaker 1: unavailable to pitch, but that was made official this week

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Speaker 1: and it's his seventh time ever doing this. He has

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Speaker 1: been He's already a kind of French Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: player and he's remarkable. So so it's like a warm

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Speaker 1: blanket to have Chris Sale on the mound on Friday,

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Speaker 1: at least for me, I feel pretty good about that.

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Speaker 1: Everything after that we'll see. But Chris Sale being the

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Speaker 1: opening day starter is encouraging and now.

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Speaker 2: Official, we will see I think is the official motto

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Speaker 2: of the Atlanta Braves starting rotation for twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 3: We will see.

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Speaker 2: But as long as Chris Sale is healthy, we know

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Speaker 2: this guy is going to be fantastic on the mound,

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Speaker 2: and we saw it last year, I mean, after winning

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Speaker 2: Cy Young in twenty twenty four. I think if Chris

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Speaker 2: doesn't lay out and die for that baseball against the

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Speaker 2: Mets and doesn't break his ribs, he might have won

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Speaker 2: Cy Young in back to back years. And God willing,

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Speaker 2: let's hope for another thirty starts and one hundred and

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Speaker 2: ninety innings from Sale this year. It sure feels like

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Speaker 2: the Braves are going to need him to stay healthy

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Speaker 2: if they have any chance at staying atop the NL

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Speaker 2: East and making a deep run into the postseason. And

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Speaker 2: that's going to start on Friday, and a great recognition,

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Speaker 2: a great honor for a very likely future Hall of

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Speaker 2: Famer in Chris Sale. I believe they said it's his

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Speaker 2: seventh Opening Days side, which is really impressive, just the

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Speaker 2: out there against a pretty decent Kansas City Royals team

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Speaker 2: and give the Braves some good innings and let's get

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Speaker 2: a win and get this season on a better foot.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you're right.

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Speaker 1: And then oftentimes I think because of all the things

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Speaker 1: it's almost not overlooked that Chris Sale has been so good.

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Speaker 1: But he has been like full stop, a top five

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Speaker 1: the moment joined the Braves. We're talking about a guy

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Speaker 1: just ridiculous when he's been out there and uh, knocking

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Speaker 1: very very good about. On Friday night, when the Braves

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Speaker 1: at least for now, the probables, and probable is an

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Speaker 3: Would be the case all season long. The Braves.

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Speaker 1: Other teams announce they're probable starters, they're not definite starters.

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Speaker 1: But as of today Sunday, as we record this, we're

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Speaker 1: of note, as the recorders on Sunday, Renaldo's velocity was

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Speaker 1: I am unaware of any postgame comments and I've been looking.

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Speaker 1: But what did you make from afar seeing the numbers,

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Speaker 2: March, No, you want to see for a guy who

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Speaker 2: session and across the board when all those velocity was down. Now,

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Speaker 2: I will say it was interesting. So on one hand,

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Speaker 2: the fact that Ronaldo's vilo was way down is obviously

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Speaker 2: That is never an encouraging sign. That being said, the

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Speaker 2: Braves had Ronaldo throw eighty pitches on the dot on

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Speaker 2: So if you want to try to be positive and optimistic,

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Speaker 1: It's they're related. Obviously, it's a lot hard to miss

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Speaker 1: But I was already a little bit wary of Ronaldo

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Speaker 1: I'm not predicting this to happen, but it would no

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Speaker 2: Definitely, and let's cross our fingers and hope for the

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Speaker 2: best with Ronaldo. And if he does make that scheduled

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Speaker 2: And if these mid nineties, I don't think anyone's gonna

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Speaker 2: was a hey, get your work in, but don't exude yourself.

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Speaker 2: Let's just throw eighty pitches and we'll move on to

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Speaker 2: the regular season. But that also just feels, i mean,

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Speaker 2: this was the absolute last thing anybody wanted to see

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Speaker 1: This off, you know, earlier in the month, we did

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Speaker 1: want you to hit a benchmark of pitches. Cool, if

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Speaker 1: you're not throwing the way you're gonna throw it a

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Speaker 3: I guess I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I mean there's been I guess if you're

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Speaker 2: looking for positives on the pitching side, Chris Sale looks great,

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Speaker 2: Diddy or Fuentes, who we're going to talk about, looks great,

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Speaker 2: and it's going to be on the opening day roster.

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Speaker 2: Ritchie had a good spring, and Grant Holmes, who of

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Speaker 2: good and looks mostly healthy but man alive. Spencer Schreider

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Speaker 2: saw Rinaldo Lopez this afternoon with decreased velocity. They lose Schwallenbach.

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Speaker 2: They lose Walldrip like the games have not even begun.

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Speaker 2: We have six months to go and we are already

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Speaker 2: hanging on for dear life with the health of the

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Speaker 1: And I promise everyone on this pod we will not

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Speaker 1: do our seventeenth edition of should they have signed someone?

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Speaker 3: This winter? We are on record about that.

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Speaker 1: If you want to know what we think, they should

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Speaker 1: Okay, Scott, let us discuss Deeter flint Has, who you

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and this is not my original comparison, I assure

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Speaker 1: For sure, And while Weiss laid out the plan for

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Speaker 1: he spends six to eight weeks in the bullpen and throwing,

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Speaker 1: you know, four innings a week instead of making one

434
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Speaker 1: to two starts, it might help keep him fresher and

435
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Speaker 1: just kind of keep his innings cap within a reasonable

436
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Speaker 1: amount before you have to start having hard conversations down

437
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Speaker 1: the stretch. I'm looking forward to seeing him at the

438
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Speaker 1: bidgery level again. I'm happy for him too. I mean,

439
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Speaker 1: we covered it a lot at the time. There was

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Speaker 1: a lot of unfair things being said about Didier fronts

441
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Speaker 1: last summer that were kind of dismissive of his potential

442
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Speaker 1: as a pitcher, like he was obviously not ready, but

443
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Speaker 1: that wasn't his fault and it is what it is.

444
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Speaker 1: I'm glad he's been awesome. It seems like a good

445
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Speaker 1: kid by all counts, and oh yeah, we'll get into

446
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Speaker 1: we'll get into all that more when he's pitching. But

447
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Speaker 1: that was a certainly an encouraging piece of news from

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Speaker 1: this week. I will give the caveat just to be

449
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Speaker 1: a reporter that I am sometimes all of the stuff

450
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Speaker 1: about this guy's going to make the opening day roster.

451
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Speaker 1: It was floating around the last three days from Fuentes

452
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Speaker 1: to these desk guys. We're talking about. It's reporting. It's

453
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Speaker 1: not official, because it's not. We're not there yet. Nothing

454
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Speaker 1: has been named, nothing has been announced. The Brakes have

455
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Speaker 1: not finally as the roster at this point in time,

456
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Speaker 1: So that's a blanket caveat for all of this stuff.

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Speaker 1: With that said, the Braves did not announce, but they

458
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Speaker 1: did sign Dom Smith and Kyle Farmer to split major

459
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Speaker 1: league deals that certainly indicate a plan for them to

460
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Speaker 1: be on the opening day roster, and Ben Gammell got

461
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Speaker 1: set down among those three veterans that were kind of

462
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Speaker 1: battling for maybe two spots on the team. And then

463
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Speaker 1: also maybe a somewhat related thing, the Braves did sign

464
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Speaker 1: Roddy Telez to a minor league deal on Friday. Te

465
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Speaker 1: Lez is a name you might have recognized, you that

466
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Speaker 1: he actually had a thirty five home one season in

467
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two, not that long ago with the Brewers.

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Speaker 1: But you actually mentioned this to me. Isn't he just

469
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Speaker 1: like Dominic Smith in a different jersey, Like they're basically

470
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Speaker 1: not the same exact player, but there's like a very

471
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Speaker 1: very similar profiles, like overall talent levels. Yeah, it's interesting

472
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Speaker 1: that the Braves brought in another like pure first base

473
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Speaker 1: DH only but not a guy who's like Crewe better

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Speaker 1: than what they had already.

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Speaker 3: It's just an interesting at.

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Speaker 2: My guess is that dom Smith will be with the

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Speaker 2: Braves on opening day and they will get Rowdy Teles

478
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Speaker 2: some regular bats in Gwinnett. And it's almost like a

479
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Speaker 2: insurance policy on your insurance policy, because you know, up

480
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Speaker 2: until three weeks ago, they did not anticipate a real

481
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Speaker 2: need for dom Smith or Rowdy Teles to be there.

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Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, primary DH against right handed pitching, you know,

483
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Speaker 2: historically pretty similar numbers for both Smith and te Les.

484
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Speaker 2: Both hit righty's decently well. Not great hitters at this point,

485
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Speaker 2: but they're serviceable, could hold their own. If they're batting

486
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Speaker 2: seventh or eighth in the lineup most nights, it's probably

487
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Speaker 2: not going to kill you. And hopefully once the Braves

488
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Speaker 2: get a bit healthier with Sean Murphy and Hassan Kim,

489
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Speaker 2: they have better options at DH and just more flexibility

490
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Speaker 2: with the roster. Telez does have more power, or at

491
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Speaker 2: least the potential for more power than Dom Smith, but

492
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Speaker 2: at the same time, there's a reason that these guys

493
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Speaker 2: were mostly just floating around and available in March or

494
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Speaker 2: I think late April was when Dom Smith signed. It

495
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Speaker 2: is what it is, and I mean it's the situation

496
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Speaker 2: you're kind of handed. I mean, unless the Braves pull

497
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Speaker 2: a rabbit out of their hats three days before opening day,

498
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Speaker 2: it feels like this is kind of what you're gonna

499
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Speaker 2: have until mid May, when you get a little bit

500
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Speaker 2: healthier with a couple of players coming back.

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Speaker 1: I forgot until this week that Smith used to play

502
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Speaker 1: outfield a decent amount. I don't know if they would

503
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Speaker 1: ever just stick him in left field and pray. I

504
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Speaker 1: don't know if that's even on the table, but just

505
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Speaker 1: want to say that out loud, like he has plays

506
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Speaker 1: and outfield in the major leagues not that long ago.

507
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Speaker 1: So Telez is a pure first base DH that's all

508
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Speaker 1: he's ever going to be able to do, whereas Smith

509
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Speaker 1: could at least maybe stand in left field, maybe he

510
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Speaker 1: had advantage there on something down the line. And Farmer

511
00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 1: plays basically everywhere he's even caught in the major leagues.

512
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Speaker 1: Not a catcher by trade, but he has done that.

513
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Speaker 1: Like I don't know if that's they're gonna do that,

514
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Speaker 1: but he's the he's the emergency catcher. I can tell

515
00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,920
Speaker 1: you that right away, probably and he's literally played everywhere

516
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Speaker 1: in field, outfield, middle end, field, like every everything. So

517
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Speaker 1: he's thirty five years old. It was decent left with

518
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Speaker 1: since Daddy Minnesota or of his decade. Certainly a fringy guy,

519
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Speaker 1: that's what you're gonna get this time of year.

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Speaker 3: And we'll see.

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Speaker 1: But I do think that I give the caveat but

522
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Speaker 1: Smith and Farmer are likely to be on the Obaniony roster,

523
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Speaker 1: like that's certainly the case. It's more of if they

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Speaker 1: if the Braves. Somebody shakes loose this week, and the

525
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Speaker 1: Braves are like, we prefer this this player to this player.

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Speaker 1: That could happen, but if they don't, if they don't

527
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Speaker 1: bring anybody in, it's going to be farmer. And Smith

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Speaker 1: then questions answered that we were asking the last couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think especially I mean the first month

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Speaker 2: or so of the season, I think the Braves are

532
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Speaker 2: really going to be stretched. Then on this bench, you

533
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Speaker 2: don't have Murphy, don't have Kim. You're kind of adjusting

534
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Speaker 2: on the fly to not having Profar. God help us.

535
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Speaker 2: If another player gets hurt, then you're really going to

536
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Speaker 2: be stretched. Then yeah, it's gonna be touch and go.

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Speaker 2: It's unfortunate. And you know, we talked at the end

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Speaker 2: of the we'll call it the end of the transaction

539
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Speaker 2: period of the offseason. It's like, hey, the Braves have

540
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Speaker 2: some real depth here that we kind of like for

541
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Speaker 2: the first time in forever. And of course here we

542
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Speaker 2: are and we're kind of looking around and like, well,

543
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Speaker 2: maybe somebody will get cut who's of interest. And I

544
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Speaker 2: know there's a couple of players who have been let

545
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Speaker 2: go over the weekend. You know, it's like Hey, maybe

546
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Speaker 2: we want to hit her who's a little bit better

547
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Speaker 2: against left handed pitching. Let's acquire him for basically nothing

548
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Speaker 2: and have him instead of Farmer on the bench to

549
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Speaker 2: start the year. I think that's certainly within the realm

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Speaker 2: of possibilities.

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Speaker 1: I agree, and we'll do a little bit of a

552
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Speaker 1: quick look at the roster as it stands right now,

553
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Speaker 1: the projected roster in a second. But that is the

554
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Speaker 1: the position player side of things. On the pitching side,

555
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Speaker 1: Martin Perez is not gonna be a big roster coming

556
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Speaker 1: out of camp, but he will be picking around in Gwinnett.

557
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Speaker 1: By all the reporting, it was not a given that

558
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Speaker 1: he would stay with the Braves if he didn't make

559
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Speaker 1: them be in their roster. That's for me, that's more

560
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Speaker 1: of the bigger note to say he's going to stick around.

561
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Speaker 1: That could be useful depth if they need him in

562
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Speaker 1: a playable situation and he you know, he can go

563
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Speaker 1: to the miners and give you that. And the other

564
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Speaker 1: pitching news was that the Braves did send both Dylan

565
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Speaker 1: Dodd and Jr. Richie down to the Miners. Not shocking

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Speaker 1: at all on either one. But I think we said

567
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Speaker 1: you and I last time we talked that Dodd was

568
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Speaker 1: really the only relief only option, like non starting option

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Speaker 1: that they could keep that wasn't like kind of almost

570
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Speaker 1: a lock, and if they sent him down, that was

571
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Speaker 1: like a show showing their hand of what they were

572
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Speaker 1: going to what they're gonna do, which is trying to

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Speaker 1: have as much length as possible in the bullpen and

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Speaker 1: have six and a half starters basically coming out of camp.

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Speaker 2: For sure, And if the Braves were in the World

576
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Speaker 2: Series tomorrow, I have to think that Dylan Dodd would

577
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Speaker 2: be in their eight man bullpen to win one game, right,

578
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Speaker 2: But it's a long season and Dodd had an option left,

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Speaker 2: so because of that he got squeezed off. But I

580
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Speaker 2: promise you we will see Dylan Dodd sooner rather than

581
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Speaker 2: later this year. And then for Jr. Richie, a kid

582
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Speaker 2: who did everything right this spring, again, it just comes

583
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Speaker 2: down to a numbers game and who has options and

584
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Speaker 2: who does not. It's a bummer that Richie wasn't able

585
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Speaker 2: to find himself on the opening day roster, but hopefully

586
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Speaker 2: he'll get a couple of starts in Gwinnette under his

587
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Speaker 2: belt continues to throw the ball well and then will

588
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Speaker 2: be an impactful piece for this team this upcoming year because,

589
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Speaker 2: as we talked off the top, I mean, the need

590
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Speaker 2: for Diddy or Fuentes and Jr. Richie to be effective

591
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Speaker 2: contributors this season has really gone up. Yeah, I think

592
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Speaker 2: Richie will be up at some point. I am sure

593
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Speaker 2: Dog will be barring injury and TVD. So we know

594
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Speaker 2: that Alex likes to maximize versatility and optionality and pick

595
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Speaker 2: whichever word you want to insurance, and they have done

596
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Speaker 2: that with the way they've aligned this roster to begin

597
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Speaker 2: the season atwas on paper as at this point in time. Okay, Scott,

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Speaker 2: in a second, we're gonna look ahead what the roster

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Speaker 1: Austin Riley the way he's looked in recent days. Obviously,

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635
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636
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Speaker 3: Want to say he's the most pivotal.

638
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Speaker 1: Piece on the roster, but if he's the best version

639
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640
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Speaker 3: If you're the.

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648
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Speaker 2: take it man like, there's no guarantee that continues over

649
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,000
Speaker 2: to win the games really count, But across the board,

650
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,160
Speaker 2: I think most of the Braves regulars have hit the

651
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 2: ball really well, and Austin Riley and Mikeys Streemsky might

652
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 2: be the two best examples of that. Riley hit a

653
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 2: no doubter off of Garrett Crochet over the weekend. I

654
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:24,840
Speaker 2: mean launched it, and I think would have had another homer,

655
00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 2: but it bounced off the wall as well. Austin looks great.

656
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 2: You mentioned about a thirteen fifty ops and five homers

657
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 2: this spring in thirty eight at bats.

658
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 3: He just looks good.

659
00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 2: And Riley is such an important player for this lineup.

660
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 2: I mean, man alive. He's probably gonna hit third or

661
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 2: fourth for this team. And the Braves need capitol letters

662
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:46,760
Speaker 2: Austin Riley. If this offense, which is probably going to

663
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 2: have to pick up even more of the slack with

664
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 2: the uncertainties around the starting rotation, Like if the Braves

665
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 2: are going to win a lot of games seven to

666
00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 2: six this year, Austin Riley's gonna need to be a

667
00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 2: big part of that.

668
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you mentioned the regulars. We don't do a

669
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,680
Speaker 1: lot of game level coverage during spring training. We talk

670
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 1: about stuff that pops pitching, young guys, et cetera. But

671
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: the Braves have been the best team in their Great

672
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: Fruit League. They have the best record in their Great

673
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,840
Speaker 1: Fruit League run differential. Does this matter at all? I

674
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 1: have no idea, but it is an indication between that

675
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: and the individual stats because you're right. I mean, almost

676
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: every single one of the regulars is having a good

677
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: spring by the numbers, and you expect that a subdegree,

678
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: like I think Matt Olsen is likely to look good

679
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: against spring training pitching, right, Same with Ronnie, same with

680
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 1: any of these guys. But it's good that they all

681
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 1: look like that. I mean, it's not a bad thing.

682
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 1: It's a data point you can file away. Even if

683
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: you kind of I roll it like I kind of

684
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: am right now, It's not bad. It's not a bad

685
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 1: thing to have your guys looking the way they're supposed

686
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 1: to look, because you're right, they do need We talked

687
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: about it this win or a bunch, but every time

688
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 1: we talk with all the pitching staff, it's like, Yes,

689
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 1: you can go back to twenty twenty three and say

690
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 1: that team that one hundred plus games had a very

691
00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 1: ordinary pitching staff, and you'd be right. And the reason

692
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: why they want to hurt post games because they had

693
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 1: this incredible all time offense and on one hand, you

694
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: cannot project that kind of offense. They were incredible that year,

695
00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: like all literally all time great. But it is a

696
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,720
Speaker 1: reminder of what an awesome offense can do. It covers

697
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: up a lot of sins, and the Grims have the

698
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 1: ability if everything goes well, and look, the likelihood of

699
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 1: that over the last couple of years been pretty low.

700
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: But if everything goes pretty well or better with the offense,

701
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 1: they can be a great offense. That's still in there,

702
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,880
Speaker 1: I believe, especially if Austin rally is Austin rows, that's

703
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 1: that's full circle. But if you go you've got Austin

704
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:37,240
Speaker 1: and Ronnie and Matt Olsen, who's awesome, and Drake Balwin

705
00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:40,400
Speaker 1: who's awesome cooking at the same time. There are not

706
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 1: many teams that have four hitters like that.

707
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,400
Speaker 3: They're just aren't. So uh. There are ways to.

708
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: Find some optimism, and I think that offenses maybe the

709
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,880
Speaker 1: place to find it right now, given the uncertain with

710
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:53,640
Speaker 1: the pitching staff. So go go on ahead, I believe there.

711
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I just checked this. They are also leading

712
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 1: a greatferent league and run scored so champion banner fly

713
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 1: the banner right now, Scott, They're gonna win the Great

714
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: Fruit League, it seems like and I'm okay with that.

715
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 2: There we go. Yes, Right at Truest Park you have

716
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty one championship flag and then right below

717
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 2: it you'll put the Grapefruit League champions twenty twenty six

718
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 2: for everyone to enjoy listen.

719
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: We all need something to hold on to, Scott. You

720
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 1: know me, if people listen to the podcast for a

721
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,280
Speaker 1: long time, you'll know I'm not the most optimistic person

722
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: in the world. You gotta find something, man. It's been

723
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,400
Speaker 1: a trying time for the Atlanta Braves for the better

724
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: part of a calendar year, and I'd like to just

725
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 1: find some things that are positive. And I'm joking about

726
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 1: great Fruit League stuff, but it'd be cool if they

727
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: would hit. And Austin Riley has been hitting, So sign

728
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:38,920
Speaker 1: me up for that.

729
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 2: Amen, hit the baseball. I think you said it perfectly

730
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 2: a minute ago. The top four in this lineup I

731
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:49,040
Speaker 2: would put up against basically anyone well Kunya Olsen, Riley Baldwin.

732
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 2: That is as good one through four as there is

733
00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 2: in Major League baseball. Mike Stremsky had a great spring,

734
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 2: hopefully he carries that over. And then you really gets

735
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 2: into what do you get from Michael Harris what do

736
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 2: you get from Ozzie Alby's, what do you get from

737
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 2: Sean Murphy? And when does has On Kim come back?

738
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,239
Speaker 2: And how good is Hassan Kim? And I mean, there

739
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 2: are a lot of questions, but at least one through four,

740
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 2: maybe one through five, I feel about as good as

741
00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 2: you can feel about a lineup here. As we approach

742
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,240
Speaker 2: opening day.

743
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: We agree on that point. As a bridge, we tease

744
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,040
Speaker 1: the open day roster one more time. It is not official.

745
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 1: It will not be official until at least Thursday.

746
00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 2: I believe Windesday.

747
00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: I think window because the league starts earlier. I forgot

748
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 1: that season the Braves were playing Friday, so I have

749
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,320
Speaker 1: Friday in my head. You're right, there is a cutoff

750
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: deadline that it's earlier than that because there are games,

751
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 1: So stay tuned for that LEFL coverage. At what happens

752
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:40,960
Speaker 1: in the meantime, I think we know what it's going

753
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 1: to be unless there's an injury or a trade or

754
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 1: as signing Butcher. That's three ors, so there's a lot

755
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 1: of uncertainty relatively speaking, but the starting eight that they

756
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: have available health wise right now. Baldwin Olsen Ozzi, Dubon Riley, Yastremsky,

757
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:01,280
Speaker 1: Harris and Akunya is in Stone their top eight right now,

758
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 1: with Murphy and Kim unavailable. Then you have the bench

759
00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: which got the Cirta Teme we talked about earlier. You

760
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: got him as the backup catcher. You got Eli Whitees Smith,

761
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: Farmer and Mateo. I would be shocked, but it wasn't

762
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: those five. Do you have a hot take that'stop that.

763
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,279
Speaker 2: I hope they all perform well when called upond, and

764
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 2: I also hope they are not called upond very much.

765
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: Somebody's got to look every single day early in the season,

766
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:33,440
Speaker 1: one of those five has to play. Eli Whites had

767
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 1: a nice couple of weeks. I think this week, you know,

768
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,879
Speaker 1: spring week, he's the most known by Braves fans. Eli

769
00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 1: White is a guy like he's a good depth piece.

770
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,879
Speaker 1: He could run as the hitting I'm not convinced about.

771
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: He's got some pop in the bat if it works.

772
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,040
Speaker 1: I think Smith's probably the best hitter of those five.

773
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 1: That's not a high bar to clear.

774
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:53,399
Speaker 3: If I had to.

775
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 2: Guess, We'll say, you know, last season about two hundred

776
00:35:56,520 --> 00:36:00,360
Speaker 2: played appearances against right handed pitching. Dom Smith married a

777
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:05,879
Speaker 2: one nineteen WRC plus and like, yeah, mid seven's ops.

778
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,120
Speaker 2: I think he hit like two ninety five. I mean,

779
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:10,880
Speaker 2: if you told me, I would probably bet the under

780
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,360
Speaker 2: on that with Dom Smith. But if you told me

781
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,239
Speaker 2: you got even close to that as your primary left

782
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 2: handed DH option. I mean, all day long and twice

783
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 2: on Sundays.

784
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,680
Speaker 1: All joking aside about Dom Smith, who is not incredible.

785
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: He is a professional hitter.

786
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:27,239
Speaker 3: Like he is.

787
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,399
Speaker 1: He'll go up and take good he'll go take good

788
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 1: play appearances. He can hit, he won't to embarrass you.

789
00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,319
Speaker 1: He's not going to be somebody that's just an automatic out.

790
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:35,919
Speaker 1: I don't mind him being.

791
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 3: In the lineup. I really don't.

792
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: Eli White does other things better than him, obviousally, but

793
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,839
Speaker 1: hitting probably isn't one of them, always says I guess

794
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:48,360
Speaker 1: Righty's I really wish that Dom Smith was a reverse

795
00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: of his current platoon split because just because just Scrimski's

796
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 1: the other is the same side as Dom Smith. If

797
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,600
Speaker 1: those guys had a complimentary skill set, it would be better.

798
00:36:55,640 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 1: But beggars, choosers, et cetera. So that's the thirteen player

799
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 1: roster on the pitchers player side, barring a surprise pitching wise,

800
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 1: same kind of deal.

801
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,720
Speaker 3: We kind of know even if we don't.

802
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 1: Sale Strider, Lopez, Grant Holmes, our guy Bryce Elder will

803
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 1: be on the roster borring a Shock and then Didier

804
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: in the kind of hybrid role.

805
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 3: They've said bullpen.

806
00:37:24,160 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 1: But will they carry will they carry Jose Suarez? I

807
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 1: think they're going to do that, and he's kind of

808
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,880
Speaker 1: a hybrid as well. They have two long men basically

809
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 1: in Fuentes and Suarez and five starters. I mean, they're

810
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: trying to get as much like as possible. And I

811
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: get it because Lopez and Holmes, even Strider are bigger

812
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 1: risks to leave a game early than most pitchers are.

813
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,239
Speaker 2: I think, so it will certainly be a day by

814
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 2: day proposition. And you know, I wonder if so, let's

815
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 2: say the Braves do pitch sale Strider, Lopez, Holmes an

816
00:37:57,520 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 2: Elder in the first five games. I wonder in game

817
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:02,959
Speaker 2: six if they just have like a set plan of look,

818
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 2: Diddy or Fuentes is gonna take the ball and he's

819
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 2: gonna pitch until he can't pitch anymore, and then Jose

820
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 2: Swarez is going to pitch until we get to the

821
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 2: seventh inning, and then we will evaluate and see where

822
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 2: the game is and say we are getting six innings

823
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,560
Speaker 2: out of these two guys no matter what. And if

824
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,839
Speaker 2: you're winning, then you manage the game like you're winning.

825
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 2: And if you're losing nine to two, well then someone's

826
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 2: gonna eat it. Probably Jose Swarez is going to eat

827
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 2: it the rest of the way and just kind of

828
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:27,120
Speaker 2: get you home that way.

829
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 3: I agree.

830
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,320
Speaker 1: I mean, we will learn more about this, as Weiss

831
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: is undoubtedly asked about it, maybe even this week, but

832
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 1: that sixth game will tell us a lot. I think

833
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 1: about how they're going to plan. Are they willing to

834
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,399
Speaker 1: have Chris Sale throw on regular rest earlier in the year.

835
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 3: I don't know.

836
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,279
Speaker 1: We'll find out. Strider is the same thing, Mopet is

837
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 1: the same thing. I mean, there's a lot of guys

838
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,839
Speaker 1: who might need an extra day, and if you get

839
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,759
Speaker 1: him all on extra day by getting through that game

840
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: with some combination of fencees, Suarez and the bullpen wouldn't

841
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 1: absolutely hate that. And we'll see what they do assuming

842
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:01,239
Speaker 1: that those six plus wars. That's and then you have

843
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 1: the guys that we've been calling virtual locks in the

844
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: bullpen for a while, Iglesias, Robert Suarez, Kinley Piomps, Lee,

845
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 1: and Bummer. Those six were like always basically unless they

846
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:14,640
Speaker 1: get hurt, they'll be on the team. And they're all

847
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: healthy knock on wood.

848
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean, those guys all had nice springs

849
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,000
Speaker 2: for the most part. Aaron Bummer in particular, I don't

850
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 2: believe gave up a run and had I think I

851
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 2: saw six strikeouts and five appearances. Small samples and all that,

852
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 2: but a good sign because Aaron Bummer can be an

853
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:33,800
Speaker 2: effective reliever when he is healthy and throwing the ball well.

854
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,720
Speaker 2: Hopefully he regained some of the velocity that he lost

855
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 2: last year that I think really impacted his effectiveness. We

856
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 2: know how good and how consistently good Dylan Lee has

857
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:44,960
Speaker 2: been whenever he's been up in the majors, and then

858
00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 2: on the right side, Iglesias and Suarez should give you

859
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 2: just a lights out eighth ninth inning combo late in

860
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 2: games to get you home. Tyler Kinley was a madman

861
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 2: after the trade last year, and then you'll all. Piomps,

862
00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 2: while coming off a down year with the Brewer, has

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Speaker 2: thrown the ball well as well and seems to be healthy.

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Speaker 2: So I feel really good about this bullpen group as

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Speaker 2: a whole. There's also some live arms kind of waiting

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Speaker 2: in the wings, and Gwinnett who you could call upon

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Speaker 2: at some point. I feel pretty good about similar to

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Speaker 2: maybe the top half of the lineup. I feel similarly

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Speaker 2: good about this bullpen being really good and hopefully the

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Speaker 2: starters can at least get through five or six innings

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Speaker 2: most nights and then give you a lead and you

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Speaker 2: can get it home from there.

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Speaker 1: Yep, I feel good as good as I can possibly

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Speaker 1: feel on Sunday, March twenty second about the bullpen. So

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Speaker 1: all signs point to get to the season, get get

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Speaker 1: through the grape fruit lead, come back from Florida, be healthy,

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Speaker 1: and hit the ground running starting on Friday.

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Speaker 3: So that's a show. Scott. We have talked a lot.

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Speaker 1: We will do are customary hopefully we will try to

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Speaker 1: do at least our customary fire off. It takes episodes,

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Speaker 1: but you already heard some of that from Steven and

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Speaker 1: Cheng in the last few days. We will have we

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Speaker 1: have a special guests lined up. We wan't announce who

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Speaker 1: it is until it's been recorded in the can. We

885
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Speaker 1: have special guests lined up, hopefully in the next couple

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Speaker 1: of days, and then they'll be again on Friday, and

887
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Speaker 1: we should have a show post game from the first

888
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:15,040
Speaker 1: game of the year, I think is the plan. If

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Speaker 1: you're new to the pod. We don't have a show

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00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: every single night, but we do an average of four

891
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: per week during the season. Occasionally, if we need to

892
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 1: go five or more, we'll do it. And the first

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Speaker 1: game of the year.

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Speaker 3: We'll probably have a podcast.

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Speaker 1: So between those two things, it's a great time to

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Speaker 1: subscribe to the Hombor Territory podcast. I say that with

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Speaker 1: obvious bias as one of the hosts of the podcast,

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Speaker 1: but I actually do mean it. It's a great time

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Speaker 1: with subscribe to an Land based podcast. There's a lot

900
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 1: going to be happening. We are, we have fun doing

901
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 1: the pod. We do work hard to make sure the

902
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 1: pods is as good as it can be. But lock

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00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 1: in Apple, Spotify, YouTube. If you're a YouTube watcher, primarily

904
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: we welcome you. Please also do us a solid and

905
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: subscribe on audio platforms download there help us choose the

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Speaker 1: numbers a little bit. I'm not ashamed ask that. It's

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Speaker 1: fine if you're a audio listener. I am one of

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Speaker 1: those generally for podcasts, but I always like and subscribe

909
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: on YouTube to shows that I'm trying to support as well.

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Speaker 1: Comments appreciated social media follows. Scott missing, I'm missing anything

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Speaker 1: at all?

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Is there an update on tournament challenge the Beat Brad

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Speaker 3: Role Invitational. Am I winning?

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Speaker 2: Ooh, I don't think you are winning.

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Speaker 3: I'm not winning. I know I'm not winning.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to jinx it. My bracket's actually in pretty

918
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Speaker 2: good shape here. As we hit the eight o'clock hour, I.

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Speaker 1: Was gonna say, wait til it goes bust over the

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Speaker 1: next two hours as recording this podcast, just.

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Speaker 2: You Wight, Arizona loses, you will never hear from me again.

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Speaker 1: But folks, folks, just to look behind the curtain at

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Speaker 1: the end of the podcast. We are recording this at

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Speaker 1: this particular hour. In the small event Arizona loses, I

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Speaker 1: couldn't guarantee I could get Scott on the podcast. So

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Speaker 1: that's why we're recording now because I don't want I

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Speaker 1: have to try to make Scott talk about the braves

928
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Speaker 1: at eleven thirty after.

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Speaker 3: An Arizona loss in the round of thirty two.

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Speaker 2: So you would probably have to build an AI to

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Speaker 2: get me to do an episode of pod with you

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Speaker 2: Brad after that. But we're not gonna have that happened.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully the rest of the day of the tournament goes well.

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Speaker 2: I hope everybody out there has enjoyed some basketball and

935
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Speaker 2: we set it off the top, but baseball is right

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Speaker 2: around the corner.

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Speaker 3: I know.

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Speaker 2: It has been a challenging, to put it lightly, a

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Speaker 2: challenging spring training for the Braves, but there's still a

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Speaker 2: lot of talent on this team. If you look at

941
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Speaker 2: the projection models and like the win totals in Vegas,

942
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Speaker 2: still projected to be one of the better teams in

943
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Speaker 2: the National League. God willing, they have some good injury

944
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:29,000
Speaker 2: fortune coming their way and just some bounce back seasons

945
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Speaker 2: and some really talented players. I'm ready to have baseball

946
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Speaker 2: back in our lives. I think we all are. And

947
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Speaker 2: it all gets started on Friday night and should be

948
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Speaker 2: a fun, fun time at Truest Park.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, so lock in, subscribe, tell your friends, we'll be

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00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: here all week with preview concept and then when things

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00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,880
Speaker 1: get going, we will have you covered throughout the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty sixth season and beyond. So take a listening everybody.

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Speaker 1: We do appreciate it and watching on YouTube if you're

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00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: watching us on that platform. Thanks to Scott for being here.

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Speaker 1: That's our show for today and we'll see you all

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Speaker 1: next time.