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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to the hemorh Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 1: This this episode one eight six. I am your hoast

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Speaker 1: Brad Roland, coming to you on a Wednesday evening, and

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Speaker 1: I am joined as I almost always am, by Scott Coleman. Scott,

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Speaker 1: the Braves are suddenly playing at least pretty well and

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Speaker 1: winning some baseball games at a rate that we have

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Speaker 1: to appreciate after the slow start. How are you, my friend?

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Speaker 2: Hey, Brad, I am great. I think everybody is feeling

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Speaker 2: a little better after that win on Wednesday afternoon. To

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Speaker 2: be honest, if this game was played two or three

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Speaker 2: weeks ago, it kind of felt like a game the

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Speaker 2: Braves probably would have lost in very frustrating fashion. But

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Speaker 2: this team has suddenly found a way to win some games.

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Speaker 2: They had a great homestand when five and one, which

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Speaker 2: they really really needed to get that record a little

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Speaker 2: more respectable. They're now ten and fourteen, which is not

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Speaker 2: terrible after the zero to seven start, and we're going

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Speaker 2: to talk about the game and depth. But in some

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Speaker 2: ways this was very much a game the Braves needed.

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Speaker 2: It was a Bryce Elder start, which nobody feels great

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Speaker 2: about going in, and you had big time contributions from

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Speaker 2: guys like Nick Allen and Eli White, and the Braves

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Speaker 2: are going to need kind of that bottom half of

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Speaker 2: the roster to really step up if they're going to

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Speaker 2: climb out of this hole.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and we should say if we have new listeners

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Speaker 1: or watchers, if you're watching on YouTube, we are actually

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Speaker 1: currently live on YouTube, which will not be at every

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Speaker 1: show thing, but it will be every once in a while.

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Speaker 1: We'll hop on here and do it live, as they say,

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Speaker 1: but we are part of foul Territory as a network.

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Speaker 1: We are also Hambor Territories, particularly this show covering the

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Speaker 1: Braves year round. And please subscribe to this podcast anywhere

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Speaker 1: you find your podcasts. Like we just talked around and

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Speaker 1: talked about, the Braves have now won five to the

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Speaker 1: last six games, and that is going to feel great

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Speaker 1: compared to everything else that happened before that. They're now

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Speaker 1: ten and seven in the last seventeen games, which isn't

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Speaker 1: anything incredible, but it is a ninety five win pace

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Speaker 1: over seventeen games, and they kind of had to have that.

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Speaker 1: I mean we said that back when they started zero

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Speaker 1: to seven. They kind of had to win it. A

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Speaker 1: ninety five ish win pace get where they wanted to go,

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Speaker 1: and so far they are doing that. And I want

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Speaker 1: to give you a stat to get this going a

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Speaker 1: little bit at the top of the show. It's actually

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Speaker 1: from our colleague Steven Tolbert about the last six games

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Speaker 1: to watch the Braiser five and one.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: In the six games, they have scored thirteen runs in

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Speaker 1: the eighth inning alone. For whatever reason, variants, noise, whatever,

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Speaker 1: thirteen runs the eighth inning only eighteen runs and the

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Speaker 1: other eight innings combined, But for whatever reason, the eighth

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Speaker 1: inning has been very kind to them during this run.

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Speaker 1: And as you'll see in the headline of this podcast,

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Speaker 1: it's another eighth inning explosion and they've had a few

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Speaker 1: And look big picture, thirty one runs over six games

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Speaker 1: is not the absolute peak of the powers of this offense.

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Speaker 1: But you'll you'll take five runs a game and run

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Speaker 1: with it, basically, especially it compares to what we're dealing

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Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, you take it all day long. And really,

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Speaker 2: since the abysmal start out West, the offense has been

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Speaker 2: pretty darn good. And there's still nights with some runners

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Speaker 2: a little bit. And right now the Braves need their

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Speaker 2: because the pitching has been very Jekyl and hide and

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Speaker 2: we'll dig a little deeper into the pitching staff. But

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Speaker 2: right now, I mean, if the Braves are not putting

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Speaker 2: it's now the eighth inning, if they want to move

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Speaker 2: that up a little bit for our mental health sanity,

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Speaker 2: that would probably be good. But hey, I guess you

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Speaker 2: take the runs however you can get them, especially when

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Speaker 2: I mean, you really hold your breath when they go

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Speaker 2: but the bullpen has been shaky at times two this year. Really,

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Speaker 2: the Braves need basically everyone to pull their weight right now.

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Speaker 2: And thankfully, after that abysmal start, the offense has really

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Speaker 1: It has, and it's been you know, as by the

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Speaker 1: way our colleagues Sean and Stephen today podcast of Tuesday Night,

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Speaker 1: that's still very relevant right now talking about a lot

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Speaker 1: basically the reality being that the current roster kind of

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Speaker 1: pitching staff is not what it has been in previous years,

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Speaker 1: especially when compared to last year, with the pitching staff

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Speaker 1: they have to score runs and that's why it's so

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Speaker 1: encouraging that they actually are scoring runs. One player we've

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Speaker 1: an OPS of nine forty. That's Michael Harris. It hasn't

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Speaker 1: awesome catching no matter what happens every single year, whether

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Speaker 1: But the office has to be good, as Shawn and

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Speaker 1: Stephen laid out perfectly, and it really has been good

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Speaker 1: for six games. It's six games, but this is still

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Speaker 1: a talented offense when they are semi healthy, and they

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Speaker 2: Still, yeah, yeah, really encouraging after the slow start, and

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Speaker 2: I think we all felt eventually this offense would wake up.

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Speaker 2: I know it's they won five out of six and

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Speaker 2: we're going to keep the vibes positive. I am genuinely

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Speaker 2: concerned about the pitching staff right now, Brad. I know

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Speaker 2: and it's funny. A couple of years ago, the offense

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Speaker 2: Last season, it was the complete opposite, right, Like, you

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Speaker 2: have this one of the best pitching staffs in recent

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Speaker 2: had all the injuries. This year, it's maybe not quite

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Speaker 2: the extremes of twenty twenty three because that was just

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Speaker 2: it feels like, as we come up on almost a

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Speaker 2: to be an offense first team. And then maybe if

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Speaker 2: they can stabilize that bullpen and get some reinforcements in

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Speaker 2: balance out a little bit. But it feels like this

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Speaker 2: is going to be a team that wins more games

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Speaker 2: seven to five than they do two to one, which

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Speaker 2: was the case seemingly every night last year.

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Speaker 1: Sure, and we'll talk much more about this even on

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Speaker 1: into that, plus a breakdown of the game on Wednesday

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Speaker 1: in which Bryce Elder was actually more than okay. Today,

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Speaker 1: Okay, Scott, we can dig back in here and focus

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Speaker 1: a little bit on the game on Wednesday, the only

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Speaker 1: If you want more coverage of Monday and Tuesday in

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Speaker 1: That's just what it is. But today, the four to

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Speaker 1: one victory to win the series over the Cardinals, it

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Speaker 1: was in the afternoon. It was the actually a morning

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Speaker 1: game if you are one Scott Coleman. Afternoon for me,

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Speaker 1: but a very early game, some morning breakfast baseball out

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Speaker 1: there in Arizona. But uh, let's just sleep with this,

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Speaker 1: Bryce Elder, we pick on a lot. I gotta be

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Speaker 1: honest with you, and I think most of it has earned.

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Speaker 1: Most of it is not unfair by any means. But

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Speaker 1: Bryce Elder has been it punched you back to some degree.

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Speaker 1: He pitched well today. No, I don't think he was perfect,

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Speaker 1: little bit kind of the Brice Older experience. But listen, man,

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Speaker 1: we can't beggars, can't be choosers. And when you are

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Speaker 1: getting that kind of outing for him if it's one game,

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Speaker 1: and then, by the way, not punting the game like

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Speaker 1: it would have been brutal to get that from Elder

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Speaker 1: he pitched well and gave the big real chance to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, man, you take it all day long. And six

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Speaker 2: so nice for Bryce to cover some innings. And you

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Speaker 1: all right, three seventy eight run over the wall in

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Speaker 1: the corner. But it wasn't that. He just smashed one, honestly,

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Speaker 1: And to tell you how rare this was, and I

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Speaker 1: will emphasize the sample's pretty small. He hasn't played that

436
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Speaker 1: much at the major league level. But it was his

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Speaker 1: second home run since twenty twenty two, only his eleventh

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Speaker 1: career home run in the majors, and it was the

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Speaker 1: single biggest swing of the game by a lot. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: we understand that. And again like a no doubt or

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Speaker 1: in a big spot. And he saw all kinds of

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Speaker 1: stories after from the beat guys, but this is like

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Speaker 1: a story bit moment, and it kind of was like,

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Speaker 1: we've always kind of liked Eli White, but he's he's

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Speaker 1: a reason pure role player. We understand that. But those

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Speaker 1: little things that you can kind of get from role

447
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Speaker 1: players along the way to Steeler win here, still win here.

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Speaker 2: They can add up.

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Speaker 1: You don't want to overstate it, but it was. It

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Speaker 1: was a big moment Chelsea Eli White.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean a huge swing. Quite literally. That might

452
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Speaker 2: have been the deepest home run Eli White has hit

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Speaker 2: in his entire life. Look it up. I don't know

454
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Speaker 2: if the minor league data is there, but at least

455
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Speaker 2: in the majors he launched it. I think Eli is

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Speaker 2: actually using one of the torpedo backs, or at least

457
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Speaker 2: at one point he was. Hey, he barreled the b

458
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Speaker 2: Jesus out of that baseball. It was you, right man?

459
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Speaker 2: That was a no doubter. I mean it almost. I

460
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Speaker 2: think it cleared the seats and left field and made

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Speaker 2: it out to the facade. I mean it was, Oh yeah,

462
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Speaker 2: it was.

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Speaker 1: It absolutely was. And you know, Eli White is known

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Speaker 1: for really being the pinch runner. That's why he's kind

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Speaker 1: of on the team. He's the fastest guy on the

466
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Speaker 1: team basically other than maybe prime Prime mccunya is faster.

467
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Speaker 1: But other than that, maybe you could say Prime Harris,

468
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Speaker 1: but he's right up there. He can fly, but that's

469
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Speaker 1: kind of that's what his role has been and maybe

470
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Speaker 1: a little bit of defense or whatever. But yeah, a

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Speaker 1: big time shot for him. I don't know if that's

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Speaker 1: ever gonna happen again this year. If you okay, Scott,

473
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Speaker 1: here's here's the question for you. Will Ei White hit

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Speaker 1: another home.

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Speaker 2: Run this season?

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Speaker 1: Great the site, It's not not even being me if

477
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Speaker 1: you go by the track record, it's not a guarantee

478
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Speaker 1: you will. Like it's maybe, you say yes, but more

479
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Speaker 1: than one more.

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Speaker 2: He will torpedo bat a ball into the dugout.

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Speaker 1: On Friday in Arizona. He's gonna homer again. I'm gonna

482
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Speaker 1: make yeah, maybe, but yeah.

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Speaker 2: The Eli White Redemption Tour, he will Yeah. Hey, good,

484
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Speaker 2: great moment for him, the teammates and the dugout when

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Speaker 2: nuts he got mob in the dugout whenever he got there.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it was just such a fun moment. And

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Speaker 2: I mean, heck, we would have taken a sack fly

488
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Speaker 2: in that moment. It was one to one runners on second,

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Speaker 2: third and one out. Just hit a ball to the

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Speaker 2: outfield and it wasn't even close. Man, he just crushed it.

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Speaker 2: Good for Eli. I'm sure it was a very happy

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Speaker 2: flight for him and the whole team. Coming out West Arizona,

493
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Speaker 2: and man, I mean, you need players like Eli White

494
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Speaker 2: to have their moment. It's not probably going to be

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Speaker 2: every single night, but if he can just every now

496
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Speaker 2: and then do something to help win the game. Hit

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Speaker 2: a home run, hit a ball in the gap, steal

498
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Speaker 2: a base in a tie game in the ninth inning,

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Speaker 2: whatever you have to do. The Braves need it, and

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Speaker 2: good for Eli for really stepping up when they.

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Speaker 1: Needed for sure, and because just to stay true to

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Speaker 1: our podcast, many people including me, honestly, I think Steven

503
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Speaker 1: even tweeted this, We're wondering why Verdugo didn't hit for

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Speaker 1: White in that spot? I thought it in the moment.

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Speaker 1: Snid was asked about it after the game and he

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Speaker 1: said he wasn't going to hit him for White, but

507
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Speaker 1: he was going to hit for Dugo the batter for

508
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Speaker 1: fair Child. H Obviously, you don't want to say now

509
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Speaker 1: that it was the wrong decision, because it obviously worked

510
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Speaker 1: out great. Did you have to say thought I did?

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Speaker 1: Because I'm not saying it was a crazy decision not

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Speaker 1: to do it, but I was like, man, it got

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Speaker 1: for Dugo. This is a pretty big spot. He's a

514
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Speaker 1: better here than White, Like, why don't you use it now?

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Speaker 1: But okay, Smith one for one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it worked out. Brad, are you a better baseball

517
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Speaker 2: player than Stuart Fairchild?

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Speaker 1: Because no, I'm not. I'm not.

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Speaker 2: No.

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Speaker 1: Actually, someone brought us up to me the other day.

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Speaker 1: I want to make sure I'm not crazy about this.

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Speaker 1: I think in his career he's got like a pretty

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Speaker 1: good platoon split where he actually hits like fairly well

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Speaker 1: against one side of the plate. Not this year, yeah,

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Speaker 1: not this year so far, I believe he is.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's won four. I think he's one hit and

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Speaker 1: twenty plate appearances for the Braves. It may not be.

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Speaker 1: He might not be wrong for the roster. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to be mean because he has had

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Speaker 1: some moments in the major leagues, so he's not. I

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Speaker 1: think he's probably better than he's been so far with

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Speaker 1: the Braves. But uh, you know what Stuart was was

534
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Speaker 1: gonna get pitched it for, so maybe okay, if nothing

535
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Speaker 1: else Snit essentially admitted he believes there's a big enough

536
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Speaker 1: gap between Eli White's bat and Stewart's Fairchild's bat where

537
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Speaker 1: he was gonna pitch it for one of those guys

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Speaker 1: and not the other.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so if if a million dollars was on the line,

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Speaker 2: I would take Eli White over Stewart Fairchild. Maybe that's crazy,

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Speaker 2: maybe that's a prisoner of the moment, but I'm.

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Speaker 1: Laughing at the YouTube comments, which by the way, feature

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Speaker 1: our old co host Eric Cole, who's in our YouTube

544
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Speaker 1: chat right now, which is just Eric. But they're making

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Speaker 1: fun of me and the idea of me hitting the

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Speaker 1: league pitching, and by the way, that would be the

547
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Speaker 1: funniest thing anyone's ever seen. I'd have absolutely no prayer.

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Speaker 1: I would stand there and not swing. I promise you that,

549
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Speaker 1: no chance, just hope to hope to walk, only opportunities

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Speaker 1: just to walk.

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Speaker 2: Maybe we could get like Sean Nukomb out there and

552
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Speaker 2: he could throw four balls before three strikes and see

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Speaker 2: what happens and hopefully not hit me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so look a good day. It's one game. We

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Speaker 1: only have one game to talk about in depth because

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Speaker 1: we had a show yesterday. But it was a fun one.

557
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Speaker 1: If you look at the holistic thing, it was not fun.

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Speaker 1: For six innings, it was not They could not get

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Speaker 1: a run across and it was maddening. And I'm picturing

560
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Speaker 1: the podcast we're prepping for the podcast making notes and

561
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Speaker 1: I'm thinking, if they lose this game one, nothing but

562
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Speaker 1: right sellt on the mound. The vibe of the podcast

563
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,840
Speaker 1: is not going to be upbeat. But then the combination

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Speaker 1: of of course Nick Allen and Eli White carries you

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Speaker 1: home as we all predicted to begin this season. Okay, Scott,

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Speaker 1: Before we get to something else, I do want to

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Speaker 1: see up our spotlight segment on today's podcast, and of

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Speaker 1: course it's brought to you by our friends at FanDuel

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Speaker 1: Sports Network and that's the place to watch the Braves

570
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Speaker 1: all year long. Stream them there. I will tell you

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Speaker 1: more about them in a second. But our spotlight today

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Speaker 1: is actually going to be a guy who's kind of

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Speaker 1: always been good last couple of years, but has some

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Speaker 1: pretty crazy outlier numbers we have to highlight. And that

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Speaker 1: player is Marcelo Zuna. Marcelo Zuna, I think people know

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Speaker 1: he's been pretty good so far, but a couple of

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Speaker 1: numbers throw at you, Scott. He is a one eighty

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Speaker 1: nine WRC plus at a second in the National League

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Speaker 1: so far. That's pretty good company. And how about this,

580
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Speaker 1: he has a five one hundred, five hundred on base percentage.

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Speaker 1: Now I understand it's April twenty third, but it's basically

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Speaker 1: a month of baseball and he has a five hundred OBP.

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Speaker 1: What do you make of that? Because Marcel has been

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Speaker 1: not like mashing the ball power wise. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: his numbers look good, but he's just not swinging because

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Speaker 1: he doesn't have to. They're just walking him, pitching around him,

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Speaker 1: or whatever has happening there. But that's a Bonzian of

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Speaker 1: base numbers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, for a month, and the advats are just so good,

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Speaker 2: and Marcel, whenever he does make contact, he's done a

591
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Speaker 2: good job of making hard contact, but he has just

592
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Speaker 2: become this uber patient hitter at the plate and not

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Speaker 2: giving into pitchers on the corners. And I mean, he

594
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Speaker 2: was always a pretty good on base guy. I think

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Speaker 2: Marcell's career on base or career walk rate is about

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Speaker 2: ten percent and has never been a home runner bust

597
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Speaker 2: player by any means. But this year, man, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Marcel goes up there, he makes the opposing hitter or

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Speaker 2: opposing pitcher work and five hundred. The five hundred on

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Speaker 2: base percentage almost a month into the season at this

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Speaker 2: point is really impressive. And whenever he's in the middle

602
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Speaker 2: of Riley and Olsen and Michael Harris has turned it

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Speaker 2: on Sean Murphy continues to hit for a lot of power.

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Speaker 2: Even when Murphy's out, you have Baldwin. We need more

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Speaker 2: on base in the middle of this order. And if

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Speaker 2: Marcel can come even close to this, He's not going

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Speaker 2: to carry a five hundred on base all year long,

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Speaker 2: I don't think. But even if it comes down a

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Speaker 2: bit and he's you know, if he's a four hundred

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Speaker 2: on base in the middle of this order, that is

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Speaker 2: truly awesome. The power is still there. He's hit for

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Speaker 2: some power. He may not hit forty homers again this

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Speaker 2: season like he's done in the past, but just so

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Speaker 2: impressive that Marcel. For everything this guy has done since

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty, good and bad on the field, off the field,

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Speaker 2: all of that, he has managed to become genuinely one

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Speaker 2: of the five or six best hitters in baseball for

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Speaker 2: two calendar years now. That is crazy. We were calling,

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Speaker 2: not just us, everybody was calling everyone to sell everybody,

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Speaker 2: even the biggest Marcelo Juna Braves fan out there this

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Speaker 2: time two years ago or just before it, we're saying,

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Speaker 2: when do we dfa Marcel he can't hit? He can't field,

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Speaker 2: he can't do anything, and he is up there with

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Speaker 2: quite literally the best in the world offensively for two

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Speaker 2: years now, Aaron Judge, Shohei Otani, Freddie Freeman, Jordan Alvarez,

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Speaker 2: Mookie Bets. He compares with all of those guys, and

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Speaker 2: it's just crazy that he's doing this now in his

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Speaker 2: mid thirties.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thirty four. And you know, the worry would have

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Speaker 1: been if there was one by Marcelo at the play

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Speaker 1: would have been like, look, he's at the age where

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Speaker 1: you slowed out, maybe like thirty four years old, Like,

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Speaker 1: there's not a guarantee. And he's had this incredible underlying

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Speaker 1: data bat at ball profiles, barrel rates, all those things

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Speaker 1: that you that we like to point out for a

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Speaker 1: couple of years now and yeah, maybe that's a little

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Speaker 1: bit less. We'll see, hasn't been this year so far.

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Speaker 1: But he's currently leading baseball in walks, all of baseball,

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Speaker 1: and he's one of but I think he's the only

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Speaker 1: player right now in the league, maybe one of a

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Speaker 1: couple of players to have more walks of strikeouts. Last year,

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Speaker 1: there were three guys in the entire league that had

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Speaker 1: more walks of strikeouts. It was two superstars one Soto,

644
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Speaker 1: Mookie Bets and Steven Kwan who just doesn't ever strike out.

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Speaker 1: Basically great hitter but not a power guy at all.

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Speaker 1: To have the combination of Marcel's power and a more

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Speaker 1: walks to strikeouts profile is like rarefied again Soto and

648
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Speaker 1: Bets air from last year. That's super duper duper star level.

649
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Speaker 1: So anyway has been awesome. Want to shout him out,

650
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Speaker 1: you know, because we talk about a lot of guys

651
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Speaker 1: like Olsen and Riley and the guys who have who

652
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 1: are supposed to hit for the braves sans Harris and

653
00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: sans Ozzie kind of the real three, the three real

654
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: boppers have been more than good enough so far. Yeah,

655
00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,400
Speaker 1: three of them. Yeah, So Ozo has been the one

656
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Speaker 1: that's been the best the whole time. And it's like

657
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: because of that, we don't talk about him a lot

658
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Speaker 1: that much, which why we're telling him now. But like, man,

659
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 1: you know, want to take it for granted because they

660
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: need it, but he is doing it again.

661
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:03,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's easy to overlook just consistency and being just

662
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 2: so damn good while being so consistent in Baseball one

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664
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Speaker 2: about marcel We're not breaking any ground in this segment

665
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 2: that he's been awesome this year, but man, I mean

666
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Speaker 2: just such a good hitter, a complete hitter in a

667
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Speaker 2: lot of ways too. And the fact that Marcella is

668
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Speaker 2: doing this and if he just keeps on going for

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Speaker 2: another five months, he's going to get a really, really

670
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Speaker 2: nice contract this offseason. And I don't think there was

671
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Speaker 2: a person on the planet this time two years ago

672
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Speaker 2: who would have thought that was even a remote possibility.

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Speaker 1: No, definitely not. Okay, we'll get into something about specialstriters,

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Speaker 1: let us talk a little bit about Spencer Strider and

688
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 1: an unfortunate absence. Now, it was discussed yesterday a little

689
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 1: bit by Shawn Stevens, so it's not breaking ground on

690
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: the podcast, but if you missed it, Strider went down

691
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 1: with a ill timed hamstring injury while playing catch. Apparently, uh,

692
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 1: kind of strange for a professional athlete, but he felt it,

693
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Speaker 1: and I think to his credit, he was like, I

694
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Speaker 1: can't go. And by the way, Special Strider is an

695
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Speaker 1: absolute physical beast, so like he's not a soft guy,

696
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:50,360
Speaker 1: Like he's gonna pitch if he can pitch, and he

697
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: can't pitch. So all that said out for a little while.

698
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,840
Speaker 1: We still have a timeline, but he went on the

699
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 1: isle immediately. That usually means three or four weeks at least.

700
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: We'll see we're all guessing TVD. But in the meantime

701
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: they have a pitching issue right now. It helps to

702
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 1: get Rice Elder to go six innings and give up

703
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,160
Speaker 1: one run today. That's great, but that's not gonna happen

704
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 1: all that much, we don't think. And a Smith Schaiverer

705
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,520
Speaker 1: pitched today in Gwinette as a record of this podcast.

706
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: He would seemingly be the guy they would plug him

707
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,560
Speaker 1: in Strider's spot. No one said that that's definitely gonna happen,

708
00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 1: but we would guess that's probably going to happen if

709
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,680
Speaker 1: you missed it. They had to use a bullpen game

710
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 1: on Tuesday because they had nobody to go in that

711
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: spot anyway. Unless there are other crazy off threeighter options,

712
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 1: that's probably going to be Smith schov What do you

713
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,640
Speaker 1: think of that? And also just the reality of not

714
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Speaker 1: having Strider And then people don't even talking about we're

715
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Speaker 1: not a Lopez anymore because it can be out for

716
00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 1: a while. But like this is two of their They

717
00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: had four proven starters entering the season. One of them

718
00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 1: Strider had not even come back yet, and one of

719
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 1: them was Lopez and they're both out again, so they

720
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Speaker 1: had four. Now they take away they only have two

721
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 1: guys left who we would trust as starring pitchers. I

722
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,600
Speaker 1: mean Grant Holmes, is we like Grant Holmes? To be fair.

723
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Speaker 1: So if you want to throw grhnd Holmes in there, sure,

724
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: but Grant Holmes is not special Schrider. He's not Chris

725
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 1: Sale or schweben Bach. Where are we? I mean we

726
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 1: led with the back of the office. It has to

727
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 1: be a lot better because of the pitching staff beat,

728
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: but look, the reality is it's kind of bleak man like.

729
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: The rotation's kind of ugly at the moment. Yeah, not

730
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: kind of it is, it's kind of it's kind of ugly.

731
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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah.

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Speaker 2: And first of all, the Braves really need Chris Sale

733
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 2: to figure it out. They need Spencer Schwallenbach, who's been fine,

734
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Speaker 2: but I think Spencer can be better than what he

735
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 2: has shown, especially in his last couple of starts. And

736
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 2: Grant Holmes is exactly who he is. He's effectively wild

737
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,240
Speaker 2: when he's good. But overall, Grant Holmes is not even

738
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Speaker 2: on my top ten concerns about this team. But I

739
00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:59,200
Speaker 2: think it's a J. Smith Shauber's time again. We were

740
00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 2: all pretty confused why they decided to go with Elder

741
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 2: over Smith schav two starts ago, but clearly these things

742
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 2: kind of have a way of working themselves out, and

743
00:34:08,600 --> 00:34:11,439
Speaker 2: now we're getting both. I have to think it's Smith

744
00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:16,040
Speaker 2: shovor he would pitch on Monday in Colorado against the Rockies,

745
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,920
Speaker 2: which I don't know. Course, field for a young guy

746
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 2: like Smith Shov not ideal, but they really don't have

747
00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:23,400
Speaker 2: that a.

748
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: Bad opponent though, which which might help. The Rockies are

749
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: quite bad, so that might be helpful.

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00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean other than Smith Shov, I mean

751
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 2: you can always do a bullpen game. The Braves could

752
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 2: go really some. I know the prospect guys are high

753
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,839
Speaker 2: on guys like Lucas Braun and Blake Burkhalter, but they're

754
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 2: down in double A and and man, that would be

755
00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 2: quite the jump to ask. It would be a Schwellenbach

756
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,000
Speaker 2: type of jump. And that's a lot to ask of

757
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:52,240
Speaker 2: a of a prospect, but not someone who is viewed

758
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 2: as elite in the eyes of the talent evaluators. So yeah,

759
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 2: I think it's Smith Schav. Let's hope the command is

760
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 2: better than what he has shown. The stuff is still

761
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 2: quite good, but I think we're all just gonna kind

762
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 2: of hold our breaths right now for at least those

763
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 2: two starts for Smith Shov and Elder, And if the

764
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Speaker 2: Braves could get to a spot where maybe they're splitting

765
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:13,719
Speaker 2: those games fifty to fifty. I think you'd take that

766
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 2: all day long. Yeah.

767
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 1: And the other guy who people know the name of

768
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,279
Speaker 1: Hirston Waldrip has like a six something era and went

769
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Speaker 1: at I haven't been watching him, to be fair, but

770
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 1: that's that's not the greatest indicator, you would say. And

771
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,400
Speaker 1: a guy who I think is seemingly supposed to be

772
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 1: far away anyway, not far far away, but like not

773
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Speaker 1: ready to go right now.

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Speaker 2: Somebody asked. Somebody asked friend of the show, Gore of

775
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,759
Speaker 2: the Deck about Waldrip in a Q and A the

776
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 2: other day, and Goreb's take is just the fastball is

777
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 2: nowhere near major league ready. He doesn't demand it. Yeah,

778
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 2: it doesn't command, it doesn't have a lot of movement.

779
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,800
Speaker 2: He is effectively a one pitch pitcher. And there's no

780
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,440
Speaker 2: way So if maybe Waldrop gets better, he was a

781
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 2: first round pick for a reason. But if folks have

782
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,479
Speaker 2: been asking or thinking about him, I mean I would

783
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: be shock if he's up anytime in the next couple

784
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 2: of months. Yeah.

785
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: We tend to agree there. Other than maybe a plug

786
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 1: and plugs, they have to kind of situation. Just we've

787
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: seen that before, where they they've had to go to

788
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,239
Speaker 1: the pretty deep depths in the past just to get

789
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: a guide with a fresh arm. Look, we don't want

790
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,280
Speaker 1: to do the victory lap, but there is a reason

791
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 1: why we spent a lot of the winner. You know,

792
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,759
Speaker 1: Bullpen is the one that everyone's bad about and including us,

793
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: to be fair, but we have almost a policy of

794
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:28,080
Speaker 1: this podcast that you can't have enough starty pitching, and

795
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 1: we are seeing the reason why that is right now.

796
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,640
Speaker 1: Like I'm not you know, pick whatever name you want

797
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: to boring Starry Pitcher X and we were calling for that, like, hey,

798
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,040
Speaker 1: just sign a veteran somewhere, Like they had Griffin Canning,

799
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Speaker 1: who I'm not saying that's the only thing you have

800
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:43,880
Speaker 1: to focus, but he's been he's been pretty good with

801
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,360
Speaker 1: the Mets. That was a guy they had. They literally

802
00:36:46,440 --> 00:36:49,839
Speaker 1: had the organization. They traded for him and then defade him,

803
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:51,919
Speaker 1: so like they had options. We don't have to really

804
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: get the whole thing, but people were and I get

805
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:56,880
Speaker 1: why because if you all you want to do is

806
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 1: count to five or count to six, they kind of

807
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: had enough. But man, you just need more. You need

808
00:37:01,719 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: more than five or six. That's just been proven over

809
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 1: and over again, and we unfortunately already are seeing that.

810
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: On April twenty third.

811
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Speaker 2: I will I will never understand what exactly happened this

812
00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:16,879
Speaker 2: offseason with the financials of US. I have a theory

813
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 2: I do too, and but you know, you look at

814
00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 2: all let's break a little news here, Brad. From two

815
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 2: different sources. I've never tweeted this, two different sources, I

816
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 2: am highly confident the Braves made a real, real push

817
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 2: for Nick Pavetta.

818
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: I also have heard that yes, okay, we're safe there.

819
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,359
Speaker 2: I think one close to the Braves, one not close

820
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 2: with the Braves at all in terms of sources, like

821
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 2: they had the money to go out and sign a Paveta,

822
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 2: where they apparently had the money to go out and

823
00:37:48,120 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 2: sign a Jeff Hoffman who they failed on medical concerns.

824
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,960
Speaker 2: And we'll see Hoffman got a multi year deal and

825
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,760
Speaker 2: he's been great. But if that shoulder blows out tomorrow,

826
00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 2: you're in big trouble. So they had money, but they

827
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 2: didn't have money. I don't know. It's so I guess

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Speaker 2: you're the.

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Speaker 1: Only question I'll throw out there at at the audience

830
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,880
Speaker 1: avatar for what you were saying, was that before or

831
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Speaker 1: after Profar, was it like, do they have one bullet

832
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 1: to fire and they fired on a Profar instead, which,

833
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 1: by the way, we liked. But that has not gone

834
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,000
Speaker 1: well so far as we all know.

835
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Speaker 2: I don't know.

836
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Speaker 1: We don't know for sure, we'll never know. To your point,

837
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:26,760
Speaker 1: probably Alex is never gonna tell us. But it is weird.

838
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 1: And even if you didn't aim high like that, or

839
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: aim higher like that, you could have signed a start

840
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:34,799
Speaker 1: for four million dollars or five million dollars or three

841
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: million dollars a boring guy that everyone would have hated

842
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 1: or just kept gripping Canning or whatever. And I promise

843
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 1: you that player would have projected to be better than

844
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 1: Bryce Elder, better than Lucas Braun in twenty twenty five

845
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 1: in the major leagues, better than Herson wall Drip. Like

846
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 1: you could have used an arm, whether it be a

847
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 1: starter or bullpen guy. And again we don't have to

848
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 1: do with every episode, I promise you. But because we're

849
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 1: talking about this theme, it is it is. It does

850
00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: make it more glaring. And I was the one that

851
00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:02,400
Speaker 1: I think went off the least about the bullpen because

852
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: I think bullpen's are volatile and they kind of have

853
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:05,919
Speaker 1: a lot. But even then that's been that hasn't worked either.

854
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:07,840
Speaker 1: They could have spent money a bullpen, they didn't do that.

855
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,560
Speaker 1: And yeah, they had the excuse of Joejamennez being hurt

856
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 1: and he's making eight million dollars, Like that doesn't matter.

857
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,320
Speaker 1: You've already spent that money on somebody that you can't pitch.

858
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,720
Speaker 1: But man, this bullpen's not good either. Like on paper,

859
00:39:18,840 --> 00:39:21,840
Speaker 1: it's just not like you need the best versions of

860
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 1: Dylan Lee and Aaron Bummer and other Dylan Lee's not

861
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: been the absolute best version of himself so far. Risell

862
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: has not been himself so far. You can't afford it, man,

863
00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:33,120
Speaker 1: you can't. This is a too, it's two thent of

864
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,799
Speaker 1: a group. So we were intentionally positive for a lot

865
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 1: of this episode. They still got to pitch better. And

866
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:42,320
Speaker 1: I think that, I mean, maybe maybe Scott you know

867
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,680
Speaker 1: me eternal optimist, do my Seann Colin impression here on

868
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:48,160
Speaker 1: the podcast. Maybe Alex has the has a slush fun ready,

869
00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 1: and he's like, you know what, I'd rather have it

870
00:39:50,120 --> 00:39:52,479
Speaker 1: in July, or rather have it in June to spend

871
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: than try to sign somebody in March. Maybe that's it,

872
00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: But boy, they're gonna if they write the ship the

873
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 1: way they have so far, knock on wood, they have

874
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,279
Speaker 1: so far right of the ship to some degree, to

875
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 1: stay in this thing, which is only half the battle,

876
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,280
Speaker 1: or not even half the battle, a third of the battle.

877
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 1: But I okay, they can't keep this. This pitching staff

878
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 1: as constructed right now cannot possibly be the pitching staff

879
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:19,279
Speaker 1: on August first.

880
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 2: It can't be.

881
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: Oh no, if they're trying to win, if they're not

882
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 1: in a selling mode, like if they keep winning at

883
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 1: a reasonable clip, they gotta buy pitching. They have to.

884
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, there's yes. I mean it's not sustainable. Now,

885
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:36,280
Speaker 2: let's hope that Strider is back in a couple of weeks.

886
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:40,040
Speaker 2: It was a grade one hamstring, so as mild as

887
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 2: the lightest one. Yes, so he gets Strider back, hopefully

888
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 2: Grant Holmes holds up, which is not a guarantee. And

889
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 2: if you get to a point, let's say that they

890
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 2: just Misshover gets better with more experience and seasoning, then

891
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,800
Speaker 2: your rotation is going to be fine. It may not

892
00:40:56,880 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 2: be last year's rotation, which was incredible, but it'll be fine. Yeah,

893
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 2: I agree, Bullpen. I don't know. It's every night you're

894
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 2: gonna be white knuckling it, and some nights it's gonna

895
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,280
Speaker 2: be fine, and some nights it's not gonna be fine.

896
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: Well, before we move on, we should say old pal

897
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 1: Jesse Chavez is back to save the day. Yeah, baby,

898
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:21,919
Speaker 1: Now he is back, the last part I was kidding about.

899
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 2: He is back.

900
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,560
Speaker 1: He was signed to a major league he was promoted

901
00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 1: to the major leagues. Today. He didn't pitch today. He

902
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 1: pitched once earlier this year at the Braves, got dfade

903
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,759
Speaker 1: miners back. He's always back. He's always summer lingering at

904
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,439
Speaker 1: the right at the right age of forty one. We've

905
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: said this before. Jesse's been pretty bad for about a

906
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,760
Speaker 1: calendar year now. I would not beck on him saving anything,

907
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 1: but he's around. He's an arm and there it is,

908
00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: and I mean, lets you have anything else to add?

909
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 1: Wish it was Noe, not your Alvarez on the six

910
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,720
Speaker 1: six of n AL not great. It's a rist issue

911
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 1: for Nacho.

912
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 2: We didn't think.

913
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 1: I don't speak for you. I didn't think he was

914
00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:58,680
Speaker 1: gonna help the breaks this year anyway at the major

915
00:41:58,760 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: league level. But you don't want to one of your

916
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 1: better young guys out with a risk injury for multiple months, like,

917
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 1: that's not good news for anybody involved. If he gets

918
00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:10,280
Speaker 1: traded or whatever like that, that's not good for him period.

919
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, especially for an organization that does not have a

920
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 2: ton of position player depth of real prospects or semi

921
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 2: real prospects. Yeah, it's a bummer for Nacho. Hopefully he's

922
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 2: able to get at least a couple of months in

923
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 2: this year and build on the things he did last season,

924
00:42:26,520 --> 00:42:29,080
Speaker 2: even if he's not ready for the majors right now.

925
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 2: And then yeah, I mean the bullpen you mentioned Jesse Chavez.

926
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 2: Maybe Jesse can find the fountain of youth and be

927
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,799
Speaker 2: the pitcher who was pretty effective in the first half,

928
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,399
Speaker 2: although second half was quite bad. Craig Kimbrel is now

929
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 2: with Gwinnett, so sounds like, yeah, he's coming. At some

930
00:42:47,200 --> 00:42:50,400
Speaker 2: point we should say, I know, Stephen and Shawn did

931
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 2: it last night. We'll also say this is not going

932
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 2: to be twenty eleven, Craig kimberl at this point. If

933
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,880
Speaker 2: he can be a stabilizing force and be better than

934
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 2: Aniel Delo Santos or Rafael Montero or one of those types,

935
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 2: then awesome, that will definitely help. That will definitely be

936
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,440
Speaker 2: a role. But there is a reason that Kimberrell was

937
00:43:10,480 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 2: a minor league free agent signing in the back end

938
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 2: of March. And I think we have to temper expectations.

939
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 2: I saw people say asking if Kimbrell might take Iglacius's

940
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:23,880
Speaker 2: job closing, Oh my lord, I would be shocked. I mean,

941
00:43:23,920 --> 00:43:25,919
Speaker 2: I Glacius has been really bad. I would think it'd

942
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:27,040
Speaker 2: be Day's Bell before that.

943
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,759
Speaker 1: Uh, Day's Bell, Pierce stillan Lee, Aaron Bummer are all

944
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 1: better than gregor rl?

945
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:33,359
Speaker 2: Yeah?

946
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:36,279
Speaker 1: Probably it's twenty five the I mean, let's Craig find

947
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: something that he has not had for a full a

948
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: couple of years. Now, those five guys, including Rysel, I

949
00:43:41,800 --> 00:43:44,600
Speaker 1: think hopefully Rysel is still better than Gregambral. But yeah,

950
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,320
Speaker 1: you're hoping Craig Kimball could give you some middle relief.

951
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 1: That's what you're hoping for us. And look, if he surprises,

952
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 1: that's that'll be an awesome story. A guy who was

953
00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:56,640
Speaker 1: the best, the best believer pitcher in the world for

954
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: several seasons with the Braves. He was that good for

955
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 1: a long time, might be going to the Hall of Fame,

956
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,319
Speaker 1: that's how good he was. He hasn't been that guy

957
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,799
Speaker 1: for a while. So anyway, and they am to keep

958
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,480
Speaker 1: in mind between Jesse and Craig and whoever they come

959
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 1: up with. And I joked about it earlier, but relievers

960
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: are generally kind of cheap in the trade market. You

961
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 1: can find relievers, they've done it before, They've traded for

962
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: guys they ended up being helpful. You can overhaul the

963
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 1: bullpen relatively cheaply. Starters is a different story. It's harder

964
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: to do that. So we'll follow that arc later on

965
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 1: in the year. Okay, Scott, Quickly, we'll hear from our sponsors.

966
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:32,040
Speaker 1: Then we'll come back and preview Braves Diamondbacks, which gets

967
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,800
Speaker 1: on our way on Friday evening out there in Phoenix.

968
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:44,360
Speaker 3: Me out to my tea, a bandos work, watch me

969
00:44:44,560 --> 00:44:46,480
Speaker 3: something and RP Eyes.

970
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,520
Speaker 2: I'm just god. They are my local for truth.

971
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 4: Well the runs they don't win in the shame.

972
00:44:56,280 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 2: Braves gags trim.

973
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:09,000
Speaker 1: Now, Okay, Scott, let us get out of here. But

974
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:12,800
Speaker 1: first let's preview the Scott Coleman Bowl. If you're unfamiliar,

975
00:45:12,840 --> 00:45:14,920
Speaker 1: if you're new to the podcast, Scott lives in Arizona,

976
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,719
Speaker 1: which is why I'm saying that he's not a Diamondbacks fan,

977
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: but he lives there, so that's why I'm saying that.

978
00:45:18,960 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 1: But listen, the Braves just beat some teams that are

979
00:45:21,640 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: not incredible. The d Backs are a lot better than

980
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:27,960
Speaker 1: the Cardinals and the Twins, so step up at the

981
00:45:28,239 --> 00:45:31,160
Speaker 1: compeition level there and this is not sustainable. But the

982
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:32,800
Speaker 1: Braves are currently two and eleven on the road this

983
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: year and a tough spot here. Now. Granted they play

984
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,040
Speaker 1: the Rockies where to tease that out after the Diamondbacks

985
00:45:39,040 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 1: that's much easier. But if they could be the Diamonbacks

986
00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 1: in a series, that would be very, very positive. Because

987
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks are good and frisky.

988
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:50,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, kind of crazy. The Diamondbacks are fourteen and nine

989
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 2: and they're in fourth place. Yeah the LS, Yeah, NLS man.

990
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,879
Speaker 2: I mean you might have four playoff teams from the NL,

991
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 2: which is crazy. I know it's still early, but the

992
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 2: Diamondbacks are legitimately good. The lineup has been crushing it.

993
00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,759
Speaker 2: I think the last time I look, d Backs were

994
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:12,640
Speaker 2: top five, top six as a team. Offensively, the pitching

995
00:46:12,719 --> 00:46:16,280
Speaker 2: has been okay. Guys like Zach Allen and Merril Kelly,

996
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:18,720
Speaker 2: who the Braves are going to see this weekend. Actually

997
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 2: haven't pitched super well, but I mean they have a

998
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 2: track record and a long history of being good, So yes,

999
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,680
Speaker 2: this is clearly a step up in competition, probably the

1000
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 2: best team the Braves have seen since they went out

1001
00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,719
Speaker 2: West to play the Padres and the Dodgers to open

1002
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:36,719
Speaker 2: the year. Maybe the Phillies too, although Philadelphia just got

1003
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:41,879
Speaker 2: swept by the Mets. The Mets Philly rolling unfortunately, Mets

1004
00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 2: never lose and the Phillies have some problems. But yeah,

1005
00:46:45,640 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 2: it's going to be a challenge, for sure. There will

1006
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 2: be a million Braves fans at Chase Field, which is

1007
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 2: always fun. And hey, if you can win two out

1008
00:46:52,719 --> 00:46:55,759
Speaker 2: of three in Phoenix and then go to Colorado and

1009
00:46:55,880 --> 00:46:58,160
Speaker 2: beat up on a bad Rockies team. We said it

1010
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,160
Speaker 2: at the beginning, We'll say it one more time. Just

1011
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:03,839
Speaker 2: keep on stacking series wins. Even a three and three

1012
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:05,359
Speaker 2: road trip would not be the end of the world.

1013
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,560
Speaker 2: But if you could somehow go four and too, then

1014
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:09,719
Speaker 2: you'd take that all day long, and then you get

1015
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 2: back home where the Braves have been really good so far.

1016
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,279
Speaker 1: For sure, that's the realistic goal. Probably is foreign to

1017
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 1: they'll never say that, of course, but you want to

1018
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 1: just stack series victories, and they do. Miss Corwin Burns

1019
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 1: whore gonna pitch On Thursday, when the Braves are off

1020
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:25,399
Speaker 1: and traveling to Arizona, the Diamondbacks play a game. In fact,

1021
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:27,279
Speaker 1: by the time people by the Tide the Braves play

1022
00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,600
Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks, Arizona will have played two more games. They're

1023
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:33,160
Speaker 1: playing tonight after we record this podcast, and they're playing

1024
00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:35,800
Speaker 1: again on Thursday. So a rest advantages. You want to

1025
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,760
Speaker 1: go into that a little bit, but with some travel,

1026
00:47:38,800 --> 00:47:41,120
Speaker 1: it's probably going to be. Like Scott just said, Zach Gallon,

1027
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,799
Speaker 1: Marrick Kelly, and Brandon Fott, that's the order they would

1028
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:45,799
Speaker 1: normally be in. They had not announced that because they

1029
00:47:45,840 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 1: have two more games to play, but usually they announced

1030
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:50,920
Speaker 1: that a couple of days in advance. We'll see the

1031
00:47:51,000 --> 00:47:55,319
Speaker 1: Braves are lining up and have announced actually sale Holmes Schwallenbach.

1032
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 1: So as good as they can do right now, those

1033
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: are their top three starters at the moment. So I mean, okay,

1034
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,600
Speaker 1: just philosophically, Sott, would you rather have these guys? There's

1035
00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: nothing to do about it now, but you would you

1036
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:09,200
Speaker 1: rather have your big guns go against Arizona or would

1037
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:11,360
Speaker 1: you have your big guns go against Colorado when you

1038
00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,440
Speaker 1: really really really need to be Colorado, Like, do you

1039
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 1: have philosophical thought there about those two things.

1040
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:18,879
Speaker 2: I would rather the rotation be set up the way

1041
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,560
Speaker 2: it is. I'd rather the Braves' best three go against

1042
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:25,719
Speaker 2: the Diamondbacks, and then I mean, Colorado. The Rockies are

1043
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:26,640
Speaker 2: so bad.

1044
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:31,000
Speaker 1: They are so I mean they might be White Sox

1045
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,359
Speaker 1: from last year level bad. We don't know just yet.

1046
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 1: It's still still small fable size. But the Rockies are

1047
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: four and eighteen. They're playing right now, and I believe

1048
00:48:39,040 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 1: that's still zero zero, but yeah, they're four eighteen is

1049
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: to record this podcast, So they're terrible.

1050
00:48:44,360 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 2: So yes, hopefully with the pitching lined up the best

1051
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,759
Speaker 2: it can be, you beat a good Diamondbacks team, take

1052
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:52,880
Speaker 2: the series, and then I know it's gonna be a

1053
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:55,680
Speaker 2: little bit of white knuckling with Bryce Elder and a J.

1054
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:59,800
Speaker 2: Smith Schover probably and then sail I guess again in

1055
00:49:00,239 --> 00:49:01,360
Speaker 2: in the closure.

1056
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:03,239
Speaker 1: They would be sale by the end by the by

1057
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 1: the end of the series.

1058
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:07,040
Speaker 2: But yeah, but whoever the Braves see for Colorado is

1059
00:49:07,120 --> 00:49:09,239
Speaker 2: not going to be any better. And the lineup there

1060
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 2: is bad. The bullpen is bad, so the Braves have

1061
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 2: done a pretty good job out West in recent years,

1062
00:49:13,840 --> 00:49:15,719
Speaker 2: other than the opener to begin the season that.

1063
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, other than the Ohen seven a

1064
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,280
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. But uh, that was against two

1065
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:22,440
Speaker 1: awesome teams. You know, we said it. We said it then.

1066
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 1: It doesn't excuse it, to be very clear, we didn't

1067
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:27,880
Speaker 1: excuse it then even but at the moment, the Potterys

1068
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 1: and Dodgers are the two best teams in the Majors. No,

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Speaker 1: it's two, and they're two and three alone with the Mets.

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Speaker 1: So two of the three teams the Majors.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and we won't reletigate it. Braves very easily

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Speaker 2: could have won a couple of those games. Hopefully they

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Speaker 2: play well against Arizona and then take advantage of a

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Speaker 2: bad Rockies team and just keep on rolling.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 2: That's that's what they're going to need to do. The

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Speaker 2: schedule other than so they have the Diamondbacks are really good,

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Speaker 2: and then they come home and play the Dodgers, who

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Speaker 2: somehow every year have half of their pitching staff hurt

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Speaker 2: by May first, and that's the case again this year.

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Speaker 2: But once you get past Arizona and La, the schedule

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Speaker 2: lightens up quite a bit, and let's hope it's pirates

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Speaker 2: nationals in a row, so yeah, take advantage. Hopefully get healthier.

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Speaker 2: Let's get Ronald Acuna Junior out on a baseball field

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Speaker 2: soon so he can return. Hopefully Strider's back in a

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Speaker 2: few weeks with that hamstring all good things. Get some

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Speaker 2: more depth and reinforcements with Kimberl and the bullpen, all

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Speaker 2: of those, and just keep it rolling because the vibes

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Speaker 2: are much much better now than they were a week ago.

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Speaker 2: It was so disappointing to lose that series up in Toronto,

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Speaker 2: but they came home, took care of business five out

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Speaker 2: of six and ten and fourteen. While it's not where

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Speaker 2: anybody wanted it to be, if you just told me

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Speaker 2: blindly that this team would be ten and fourteen after

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Speaker 2: THEO to seven start, I think I would have said, yes, absolutely, sign.

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Speaker 1: Oh for sure, and we started positive, well and positive.

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Speaker 1: You never wanted to bake you the oh and seven start,

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Speaker 1: But on the day they started oh and seven, if

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Speaker 1: you said ten and fourteen, I would have one hundred

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Speaker 1: percent taken that. And I think anybody that's with a

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Speaker 1: rational thought, because again that's a ninety five win pace

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Speaker 1: over seventeen games. Would it be better if they had

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Speaker 1: three more? Was right now? Of course it would be.

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Speaker 1: But bit by bit I would say, just notch by notch,

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00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:15,960
Speaker 1: stack them, stack wins. Hopefully you go to Arizona and

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00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 1: steal to here. That'd be great. The Breds are not

1107
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,000
Speaker 1: a huge under dogs any of these games. They shouldn't be.

1108
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Speaker 1: And then Colorado's Colorado. So that's a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a preview. It is Wednesday. Things can change between now

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Speaker 1: and Friday night. We probably will have a podcast Friday

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Speaker 1: night or Saturday, so we say two for that and

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Speaker 1: then usually it's Scott and iye on Sundays and our

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Speaker 1: typical throwback time slot we've been doing for a how

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Speaker 1: many years? A long time? Scott, you know you have

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Speaker 1: talking on Sunday nights. Any else to add, my friend,

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Speaker 1: and if not, plug all the Scott colemanness of Scott Coleman,

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Speaker 1: because again this is like prime sco I'm sure you're

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Speaker 1: doing Barry Power recaps this weekend because it's late games

1119
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Speaker 1: in Arizona. You're you're the guy. It's the West Coast correspondent.

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Speaker 2: That's right, And a big shout out to Eli White

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Speaker 2: for saving saving this podcast because if they would have lost,

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00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:05,200
Speaker 2: if they would have lost one nothing on a Bryce

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Speaker 2: Eller game, I think we would have been in a

1124
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Speaker 2: very different headspace. But yes, great homestand for the Braves,

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Speaker 2: let's hope they keep it rolling out west. I am

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