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Speaker 2: Oh you know what I should do? I should put

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Speaker 2: I was working on this last night with my girl

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Speaker 4: I can honestly say, I don't know that I've ever

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Speaker 2: Course fun for a while. Apparently gen Z does hearts

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Speaker 3: I don't know. Whould you say, doesn't differently?

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Speaker 2: got you guys some cards for Valentine's Day. We're gonna

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Speaker 4: Only you get me this excited, and it's a picture

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Speaker 1: Just yeah, you need to smile more, bud he.

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Speaker 3: Todd.

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Speaker 2: If you saw that, you never knew crats and you

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Speaker 1: Yeah exactly, And then you saw him swing a bat

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Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, never mind, we're good.

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Speaker 4: with that picture and you're like, this guy hates his

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Speaker 2: Read it and describe it.

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Speaker 3: I don't I don't have a problem with you.

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Speaker 1: That's what it says in me smiling, I really don't

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Speaker 2: one year, one point three to five million. That can

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Speaker 2: I don't remember the essence of it. Yeah he did.

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Speaker 2: He had a shoulder injury. He's fully recovered. Arizona ads

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Speaker 2: By saying welcome by Winter Meetings in February twelfth. Okay,

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Speaker 2: February twelfth is Winter Meetings. Every year we have a

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Speaker 2: not in a particular city, Todd Father, but just anywhere

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Speaker 1: We don't know what Montgomery is going to do, as

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Speaker 1: Matter of putting everything together. Everybody's staying healthy and do

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Speaker 3: You know there's some guys right there. Alec Thomas.

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Speaker 4: I love Justin Martinez his arm I love it. The

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's what he said.

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Speaker 2: That's what he said.

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Speaker 2: That's what he said. We got a couple of Framber

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Speaker 1: No, And I think he's right. It sounds like he's

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Speaker 4: No matter what we think about two Vey's defense at second,

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Speaker 2: Hey, more on this because this is going to be

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Speaker 2: Doesn't they just cover the Astros. It's Chandler Rome, it's

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Speaker 2: Go check it out wherever you can find your shows.

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Speaker 2: And now let's go to Tiger territory, because Scott Harris

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Speaker 2: the question was what happened? How come you didn't get bregmant?

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Speaker 2: That's fine, And then he talked about if they're in

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Speaker 2: We're going to explore trade opportunities. Really good about the

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Speaker 2: Todd Father, I like this. Hey, this dude doesn't want

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Speaker 1: Listen, you love everything, You're the best, you love those boats.

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Speaker 1: You're straight from the piper's mouth. Listen, go on, go

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Speaker 3: You know some people might not like it, but there's

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Speaker 1: This is the life we live in, and I'm glad

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Speaker 3: And this is the new era. So here we go,

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Speaker 4: I love it. I mean they made every reason, they

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Speaker 4: It's more than anybody else is giving you. So when

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Speaker 2: he had an early birthday. So yeah, he's a younger

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Speaker 2: general manager and he definitely has a little confidence that

434
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Speaker 2: I like in a quote like that, I'm going to

435
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Speaker 2: go back against your tourklsin talk because Cole Keat's at first.

436
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,639
Speaker 4: I'm just saying they need a right handed bat.

437
00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,240
Speaker 2: I agree, they do need a right handed back. Kerry

438
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,200
Speaker 2: Carpenter is going to get a lot of DH time,

439
00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,200
Speaker 2: although I don't think he's that bad in the outfield.

440
00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,480
Speaker 2: So for that young of a dude, I would like

441
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 2: to see him play in the outfield more. I get

442
00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:05,639
Speaker 2: that there's you know, some playing time shuffling to figure out.

443
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:08,399
Speaker 2: You're right, though, I mean, if Turkelsen just absolutely tears

444
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,239
Speaker 2: up spring training, it's going to be different. He's very

445
00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:12,760
Speaker 2: humbled right now, and he's trying to take like me

446
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,080
Speaker 2: against the world approach in a good way. You know.

447
00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:19,560
Speaker 2: He talked in camp already about how he understands that

448
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:22,200
Speaker 2: he hasn't performed upday expectations, so he's just going to

449
00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:24,240
Speaker 2: try and go prove himself. He said all the right things.

450
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Speaker 2: He's good dude, good fella, but good Back to Scott

451
00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:33,600
Speaker 2: Harris quotes here Todd father, if I was the president

452
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Speaker 2: of baseball operations for the Tigers and I made the

453
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Speaker 2: best offer really by far in terms of guaranteed money,

454
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Speaker 2: I'd be pretty pissed off because this is something you

455
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Speaker 2: have to get permission for from your ownership group, and

456
00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,440
Speaker 2: you're you're like, hey, I think this guy could give us,

457
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:50,960
Speaker 2: you know, five to seven more wins this season something

458
00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,040
Speaker 2: like that. Right, don't just go off war. He can

459
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 2: make an impact on the team both on the field

460
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Speaker 2: and off the field. I think this guy could fault

461
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:02,080
Speaker 2: us into a division title and a title contender. Right. So, yeah,

462
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,959
Speaker 2: I'd be ticked, and I like the way he said it.

463
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Speaker 1: I I would be a little peeved, But at the

464
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Speaker 1: same time, I'd be a little confused too, Like, listen,

465
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Speaker 1: I put my neck on the line here to get you,

466
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Speaker 1: and I you know, I made the best offer. I

467
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,719
Speaker 1: gave you years, I gave you the most money. What

468
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 1: else What else could I have done?

469
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Speaker 3: I don't know that.

470
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Speaker 1: And that's how you just kind of like bewildered a

471
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Speaker 1: little bit, Like, dude, we got aj Hinch over here,

472
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Speaker 1: and that's your guy, Like, what what else could we

473
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Speaker 1: have done?

474
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Speaker 3: Yeah?

475
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Speaker 1: You sit back, maybe over you know, at dinner or whatever,

476
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 1: you talk to your cronies and you're like, man, all right,

477
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Speaker 1: well there goes one. I mean, hopefully this this isn't

478
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Speaker 1: a trend here, but I don't think it is. But

479
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:43,040
Speaker 1: at the same time, it's like you always have something

480
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Speaker 1: in the back of your mind. So I'd be a

481
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Speaker 1: little confused a little bit why he wouldn't come over there.

482
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Speaker 4: Maybe if they felt like he was, they were used,

483
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,800
Speaker 4: if the Tigers were used to just build up other prices,

484
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 4: maybe then they'd have a chance to feel pissed off.

485
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,119
Speaker 4: But to me, it's just like anybody any other job.

486
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 4: You give it the best shot that you had. You

487
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 4: might have extended you know, Hey, you know what, ownership

488
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,760
Speaker 4: let me into the purse strings a little bit, so

489
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 4: I got into that cash. But you know what, maybe

490
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 4: it opens up an opportunity for somebody else. Maybe maybe

491
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Speaker 4: your willingness to be a winning team. I get it.

492
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Speaker 4: It's gonna be tough to get Aeronauto to say I

493
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Speaker 4: want to go to Detroit. You know, maybe he doesn't

494
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Speaker 4: want to go from Saint Louis to Detroit. I get that,

495
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Speaker 4: that's why he's But he could change his mind. He

496
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,119
Speaker 4: clearly needs to change his mind if he wants to

497
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Speaker 4: get out of Saint Louis. And you're almost getting the

498
00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 4: same offensive value as what Bregman did last year. We're

499
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Speaker 4: only going on last year recency bias. I get that

500
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:48,760
Speaker 4: and Aeronauto has been declining. I get that, but you're

501
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 4: gonna get guaranteed better glove. So to me, their value

502
00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 4: based on war was almost exactly the same. You would

503
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Speaker 4: be paying this dude around as Ken just saidossibly for

504
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 4: three years at fifteen a year, just just something to

505
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 4: get out there. Possibly it's there. The numbers aren't that different.

506
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Speaker 4: But we were talking about Bregman getting two hundred million.

507
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:12,399
Speaker 4: I get it, I get it. Ernata doesn't want to

508
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Speaker 4: go there. People change their mind, people change their mind.

509
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Speaker 2: I'm with you. I mean, he's not going to get

510
00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:24,520
Speaker 2: traded when you give five teams one just signed guy.

511
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,280
Speaker 2: The Yankees weren't interested, the Padres can't take on that

512
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 2: kind of money, the Dodgers don't have room, and then

513
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 2: there might be one other team I'm missing. I don't know.

514
00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,160
Speaker 2: That's it's a tough sell.

515
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Speaker 4: Yeah, how bad does no one want to play? And

516
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Speaker 4: obviously he's gonna play in Saint Louis And honestly, you know,

517
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,439
Speaker 4: he was a Rocky when they were good, so he

518
00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 4: knew winning. Then then he went to Saint Louis and

519
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 4: they've stunk for a part half his time there. So

520
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 4: how bad does he want to win.

521
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Speaker 2: We were getting all right, one more, one more for

522
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:05,920
Speaker 2: that's what he said. The legend. Patrick Murphy, manager of

523
00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 2: the Milwaukee Brewers, just getting it out of the way.

524
00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,479
Speaker 2: So Adam mccalvey writes on this tweet, if you were

525
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 2: surprised to hear Pat Murphy name an opening day starter

526
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Speaker 2: on Wednesday, the very day pitchers and catchers reported to

527
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 2: spring training, you were not alone. Freddie Peralta was named

528
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Speaker 2: the opening day starter and they asked him about it,

529
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Speaker 2: and the quote was I was like, hey, it's not

530
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Speaker 2: even the first day. And I'm sure he was smiling

531
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Speaker 2: and laughing, because that's Freddie style. He's full of smiles.

532
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,679
Speaker 2: But Murph was hilarious, just like, hey, yeah, I know

533
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Speaker 2: you guys want that. So there you go, Freddie starting

534
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 2: ha ha. Now you can't bother me about it.

535
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Speaker 4: We should have asked it. When I saw this came out,

536
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Speaker 4: I was super bummed that I didn't ask him, who's

537
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Speaker 4: going to be the opening day starter? But it never,

538
00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,880
Speaker 4: not even once came to my head when we saw

539
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Speaker 4: him at the bbwa's you were going to ask him, well,

540
00:26:59,240 --> 00:27:01,679
Speaker 4: oh yeah, saying I wish I would have it. Just

541
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:04,720
Speaker 4: never wouldn't have been something like it's usually halfway through

542
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,119
Speaker 4: spring training, how everything's lined up, but everybody's pitching. They

543
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,320
Speaker 4: got a big calendar in a manager's office. They know

544
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,120
Speaker 4: when every single picture is pitching and when that gets off,

545
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 4: like it's like six days here. Oh, now we're ready

546
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 4: for five, you know, five days and we're only gonna

547
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Speaker 4: go five innings here and then boom, opening day and

548
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,000
Speaker 4: you can see who it's gonna line up. I love

549
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 4: it that they already did it.

550
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Speaker 1: And then I mean, listen to Marlins did the same thing.

551
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,919
Speaker 1: Then't they already named a starter for the Marlins Sandy

552
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 1: O contract. It's not the end of the world. You

553
00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: can always change your mind. And I think people don't

554
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,480
Speaker 1: understand that. But hey, listen, you're the starter. Let's go.

555
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 1: You're our guy. Let's go now. It's like a you're

556
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: going to bed a little chip on your shoulder, like, yeah,

557
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:53,160
Speaker 1: I am.

558
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 3: Let's do this. That's exciting.

559
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 1: So let's go through the camp knowing I'm gearing up

560
00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,960
Speaker 1: for day one and now you got your plan.

561
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 3: It helps out players in the long run.

562
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,879
Speaker 2: Also, I mean, who else is starting Game one for

563
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 2: the Brewers. Freddy's been the rock now right, it was

564
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:14,400
Speaker 2: Corbin Woodriff, Freddy corbyin gone woodriff, hurt now Woodriff rehabbing,

565
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 2: trying to get back, looking pretty normal right now in

566
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 2: spring training. They're pumped. But he's not going to do

567
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:23,680
Speaker 2: opening day Freddy Peralta. I mean, there's nobody else that's

568
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 2: going to be in that category. He's earned it, so

569
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 2: that's an easy one.

570
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 4: I can't name their five starters. And I'm a Brewers fan, Yeah,

571
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 4: especially with Dale Halls. Now he's going to start the

572
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 4: season on the IL. Well he's shut down right now.

573
00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 4: Obviously they haven't said the word IL, but they said

574
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 4: the word shoulder.

575
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Speaker 2: Your boy is there. Nasty Nestor won't come on the show.

576
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 2: Nasty Nestor in Milwaukee.

577
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 4: I'm saying five. I can't. I can't name all five.

578
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 4: Big Wus throwing. Big Woo might be throwing right now,

579
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 4: or maybe he finished.

580
00:29:05,320 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 2: He threw already and they yeah, they like cheered and

581
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,240
Speaker 2: it was cool. You know, they did like a hey,

582
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 2: welcome back.

583
00:29:12,160 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 3: Do they do that?

584
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 2: Is that a normal thing when like a guy comes

585
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 2: back from a long injury where he like finally throws

586
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,800
Speaker 2: to hitters, And they did kind of a like, let's go.

587
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 2: I think they maybe did like some hugs and stuff

588
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,360
Speaker 2: like your back dude, just.

589
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:24,640
Speaker 3: Depends, just depends.

590
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's that kind of guy though. He's that kind

591
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 4: of guy that some guys that go on IL and

592
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,680
Speaker 4: they go like they they're a recluse. Big Woo's Big

593
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 4: was there. Big Woo was one of the guys like

594
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 4: he's so relatable to everybody. And so I'm sure that

595
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,479
Speaker 4: that's the kind of that's when it really you know,

596
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,000
Speaker 4: it really hits guys when they make their first you know,

597
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 4: live batting practice. Sessh, that's big, that's big. So I'm

598
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 4: glad they did something cool for him.

599
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 2: I also want to be fair to the Brewers on

600
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 2: the way out here. So Freddy p won number two

601
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 2: starter who was damn good last year. It's just a

602
00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 2: new name. Tobias Myers very good last year. Yes, Ness

603
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 2: Cortes three and then four actually is a guy that

604
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 2: the front office loves and that many front offs is love.

605
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 2: And he's been up and down. But remember he just

606
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,200
Speaker 2: finished what top ten I think in stuff plus that

607
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 2: just came out Aaron Savali and then they've got Aaron

608
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 2: Ashby right now as the five.

609
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,160
Speaker 4: Soot forgot, I forgot about.

610
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 2: I see you Milwaukee. Hey, this is the time of year,

611
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,200
Speaker 2: spring training. We get cleaned up on all the roster stuff,

612
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 2: because obviously there was no reason for us to talk

613
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 2: about Tobias Meyer between you know, like October third or

614
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 2: whatever their last day was, and he was really good

615
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 2: in that last game. And then just now, dudes with

616
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 2: the team league minimum, second year or whatever it is

617
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 2: for him on service time, blah blah blah, All right,

618
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 2: signing in a couple questions, Let me do the questions. First,

619
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Speaker 2: someone brought up Arnado to the Jays as a question.

620
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:58,680
Speaker 2: Steven asked, I mean, sure, awesome, awesome fit. Will Nolan go?

621
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 2: Probably not okay? And then one more follow up was

622
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Speaker 2: would you rather try and force it now if you're

623
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,680
Speaker 2: Nolan and the Cardinals, or do you at this point

624
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 2: just wait and let him actually prove himself because it

625
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 2: works for both sides. If he's good in this first half,

626
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 2: Todd father better than he was with the bat last year,

627
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 2: more of a say, twenty percent better than league average

628
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 2: versus league average bat. More teams are going to be interested.

629
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 2: That opens up more opportunities for him, and it opens

630
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:30,160
Speaker 2: up better trade opportunities for the Cardinals to get the

631
00:31:30,280 --> 00:31:32,880
Speaker 2: money that they want taken in the contract.

632
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, but it also hurts him.

633
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: What happens if he comes out and first two months

634
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 1: he's batt in two fifteen, you know what I'm saying.

635
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,040
Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's going to happen, but what happens

636
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: if it does? You got to take both. So right now,

637
00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: if I'm RNA, I'm trying to get out of there now.

638
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:49,840
Speaker 3: Just in case.

639
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: You know, I do have a stinky first half for

640
00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 1: a couple of months, So then you're stuck. Then you're

641
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: stuck there for forever until you're done playing pretty much.

642
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 1: So it's it's a tough situation to be in, you know,

643
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: you do you put all your coins in and say

644
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: I'm all in, I'm gonna'm gonna better myself this year

645
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: because I didn't get what I wanted, or do you

646
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: find a way to get a team before spring training

647
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: ends and go there. So that's it's really tough to do,

648
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 1: really tough decision, especially as you're getting older.

649
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 4: I don't think his decline has been that steep. For

650
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 4: three years. He was MVP third and MVP race in

651
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 4: twenty two so two seasons he's had a steep decline,

652
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 4: But you're talking about dude that's gonna play elite defense

653
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 4: still and a dude that is essentially one hundred or

654
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 4: less strikeouts per season, and he's on the field all

655
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 4: the time. So he's gonna be out there first half.

656
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 4: He's gonna play eighty one games like he just he

657
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 4: is on the field. It's what he's done. It's his

658
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,240
Speaker 4: mo So to me, that value is right now for

659
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:59,000
Speaker 4: a team, is right now for Arnado to go go

660
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 4: beyond a team, be out there every day, solidify that

661
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 4: third base position for a team that needs it.

662
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,040
Speaker 2: And the Cardinals are going to play him because they

663
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:08,920
Speaker 2: want to trade him. So I originally was like, what

664
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 2: if he gets off to a slow start, but the

665
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:12,240
Speaker 2: Cardinals get off to a fast start and they want

666
00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 2: to play someone else over him, They won't because they'll

667
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 2: want him to swing out of it and get on

668
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 2: a good track so that the trade value is still there.

669
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 2: You don't want to start sitting them consistently. So it's

670
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 2: just a little sloppy. Now, all right, we didn't get

671
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 2: to that White Sox signing. Joey Gallo signs a minor

672
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 2: League contract with the White Sox. And this is just

673
00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 2: beautiful because AJ is a White Sox fan. He's not

674
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:42,479
Speaker 2: here today, and he has always had interesting thoughts on

675
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 2: Joey Gallo as well. Joey definitely is not for the

676
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 2: old school batting average lovers. I'll be frank there. He

677
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 2: would say it too, even during his glory days, because

678
00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 2: Joey had some big days with the Texas Rangers. But

679
00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 2: as far as I remember, I want to say, there

680
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 2: was like one year where he had this batting average anomaly,

681
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 2: but the rest of his career you would look here,

682
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,439
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go right now. You guys want to guess

683
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 2: what his career high batting average season is, and it

684
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,279
Speaker 2: is world's higher than any other season that he had.

685
00:34:16,920 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 4: Two fifty seventy five.

686
00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:24,919
Speaker 2: Two fifty three. Good job, krats, you cheated man as

687
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 2: you Yeah, come on, number two he was Yeah, he

688
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 2: was banking.

689
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 4: I just watch baseball, Yeah.

690
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 2: Number number two, I watch.

691
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:34,960
Speaker 4: There you go.

692
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 2: Okay, So that was in twenty nineteen with Texas and

693
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,799
Speaker 2: the second best batting average that he ever put together

694
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,879
Speaker 2: was in the low two hundreds. Yeah, So I think

695
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,919
Speaker 2: number two was two o nine. I think i've got

696
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 2: that right in twenty seventeen. Yeah, two o nine, And

697
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,120
Speaker 2: since he hit twenty twenty one, he hit one ninety nine,

698
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 2: and since then we've got a one sixty.

699
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 4: And his values in the ops, his values in the ops.

700
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 4: I remember that, I remember that fifty Yeah, because he

701
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 4: like why did he like wide it out? And he

702
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 4: would like go no stride? Sometimes this is unbelievable. What's

703
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 4: he gonna do? Listen, everybody gets enamored by this stuff.

704
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,320
Speaker 4: They get enamored by like, oh, he needed to swing change.

705
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,799
Speaker 4: Dude're always trying to swing change. You're always trying to

706
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 4: change your swing to do something better. I hit forty homers,

707
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 4: I would hit forty five. Nobody's like I hit forty

708
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,240
Speaker 4: just gonna kind of stay status quo. No, you're looking

709
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 4: to get better. You're looking to get better in the

710
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:50,319
Speaker 4: weight room. All this stuff he was, he was. His

711
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,400
Speaker 4: OPS before was elite.

712
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,359
Speaker 2: Yes, he was elite. Do you know what it was

713
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,919
Speaker 2: in twenty nineteen his OPS was nine eighty six, OP

714
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 2: plus was one forty five. He was a star that year, William.

715
00:36:03,520 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 2: I don't see how the Yankees move Stroman unless the

716
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,480
Speaker 2: eight fifty percent of twenty twenty five and twenty six

717
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 2: salary if it kicks in. So here's the one part

718
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 2: we didn't get to. And I know we've talked a

719
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 2: lot about stro show, but it's a story.

720
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 3: Okay.

721
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,799
Speaker 2: He has a vesting option for next year. So this

722
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:23,840
Speaker 2: is where I do want to get the pros and

723
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,439
Speaker 2: cons of what he said and what he believes, which

724
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 2: is that he should be a starter. He signed with

725
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 2: the Yankees to be a starter. There were essentially incentives

726
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,840
Speaker 2: in that contract for him to hit one hundred and

727
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 2: forty innings, and that was based on him staying healthy,

728
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 2: not him cracking the rotation. Sure, there's a little bit

729
00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 2: of both. If he suddenly falls off the planet and

730
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:43,840
Speaker 2: can't be a big league starter, that's different. But he

731
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,839
Speaker 2: still is a respectable big league starter. He right now

732
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 2: could be on the outside looking in. Kratz, so he

733
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,680
Speaker 2: wants to hit that one forty innings because he gets

734
00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 2: eighteen million dollars next year if he does so. He

735
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,080
Speaker 2: is very motivated to be a starter, and that's why

736
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:03,160
Speaker 2: he very clearly states right from the jump, I'm not

737
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 2: going to get paid to be a reliever this year

738
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 2: and then lose my contract option for next year. I'm

739
00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 2: just saying. I'm not saying it's the right or wrong thing.

740
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:13,319
Speaker 2: I'll let you take that over because this is the

741
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 2: former player show. So what do you.

742
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 4: Got Listen, I tried to be in the big leagues

743
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,920
Speaker 4: all the time. I get it. Me and Marcus Stroman

744
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,760
Speaker 4: are not on the same level. For me, my level

745
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 4: is just be I wanted to be in the big leagues.

746
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 4: You signed me. I have an opportunity to be in

747
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 4: the big leagues. I do my job, I do well.

748
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 4: Why am I not in the big leagues. It's similar.

749
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 4: It's happening to a superstar. In his mind, he's a superstar.

750
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,400
Speaker 4: Reality is he's probably, you know, just a you know,

751
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 4: he's probably at number four right now in a rotation.

752
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 4: Just because he doesn't get what he signed up for

753
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 4: doesn't mean that he needs to like hold out or

754
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 4: this isn't fair. The game is not fair. The game

755
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,560
Speaker 4: is going to screw you over at some point. Everybody,

756
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 4: it's going to be something different for him right now.

757
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 4: That's what it looks like. Yes, it's okay that he

758
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 4: says he wants to be a starter, but you know what,

759
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,399
Speaker 4: if his vesting option doesn't pick doesn't get picked up,

760
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,879
Speaker 4: that means the team is doing it, and maybe he

761
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 4: doesn't want to be a part of that team. Maybe

762
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 4: he just wants to cash.

763
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:23,319
Speaker 3: And I would just say, where does he fit in

764
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:27,640
Speaker 3: that rotation? You know what I mean? Does he does

765
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:29,880
Speaker 3: he fit in that rotation right now? I mean what

766
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 3: would what would you guys think? Yes or no?

767
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,120
Speaker 1: I don't think you know, he's not in their top

768
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:35,720
Speaker 1: five guys.

769
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,200
Speaker 3: He'd be a nice piece to have, you know, just

770
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:39,000
Speaker 3: in case.

771
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 2: Let sizzle, Hey, Ronald d'acunya junior is going to play

772
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 2: Major League baseball again this season. I miss Ronald d'acuna junior.

773
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 2: Fun player to watch fantasy baseball darling right, he gives

774
00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:01,240
Speaker 2: you everything. Batting average, home runs, still in bases, galore,

775
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 2: RBIs Oh oh wait, hold up? Might be a few

776
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 2: less swipes, might be a few less swipes to preserve

777
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 2: the body for the entire season, including the playoffs. I

778
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:14,360
Speaker 2: don't like it, but it's just what happens with age

779
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 2: and with injuries. So here's Mark Bowman. Acunya spoke today.

780
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 2: First of all, huge props to Aucunyan. I'm serious on

781
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 2: this one. He addressed the media in English, and he

782
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 2: usually would work with an interpreter Marco. So that means

783
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,760
Speaker 2: he worked on his English to sofseason and I always

784
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 2: just have the utmost respect for that. I can barely

785
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 2: speak English. Now let me begin. Acunya says he feels good,

786
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,360
Speaker 2: believes his left knee is more stable than his right

787
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 2: knee was coming off the twenty twenty one ACL tear.

788
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 2: He acknowledges he will need to be less aggressive on

789
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,040
Speaker 2: the basis. When asked about not returning until May, he

790
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:47,840
Speaker 2: said he'll be ready whenever the Braves clear him. So

791
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 2: just gave all the good answers. He's ahead of schedule,

792
00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:56,760
Speaker 2: but he's gonna go off their timetable. Yeah, here's Justin Tuskana,

793
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,360
Speaker 2: who covers the team too. Kudos to Acunya basically did

794
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:01,799
Speaker 2: the whole interview in English. It was good English. He

795
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 2: didn't need Franco the interpreter translator. So kuny joke that

796
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:12,200
Speaker 2: he lost his job. Franco lost his job. Alexanthopolis spoke

797
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 2: and said Akunya won't play in any spring training games,

798
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:16,880
Speaker 2: but he might dch in some games on backfield. No

799
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 2: discussion of him dhing at all once he's off the IL.

800
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 2: And I've heard that multiple times. Too. They don't want

801
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 2: him daching, They want him in the outfield. No timetable

802
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 2: until late spring. On his eta off the il, they

803
00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 2: said he's way ahead of the same stage of his

804
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 2: previous ACL recovery. So some people are probably going to

805
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 2: complain Todd father and say, he's ahead of schedule from

806
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 2: last time around. He began the last recovery at the

807
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,839
Speaker 2: start of the season. Why don't you just bring him

808
00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 2: back right off the jump. They don't want to do that.

809
00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 2: They want to make sure that they don't have a

810
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,000
Speaker 2: repeat situation of a few years ago where he came

811
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 2: back and he wasn't himself for that entire season. So

812
00:40:57,520 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 2: they've spoken about it a lot and how they want

813
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 2: him to take it easy and they want to just

814
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,919
Speaker 2: give much more time off the surgery. And I think

815
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:08,439
Speaker 2: the key was Todd father that you can't totally tell

816
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:11,759
Speaker 2: how much the knee is strengthened, right, So they know

817
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 2: that if they give him a little bit more time

818
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 2: than last time, even if he's ahead of schedule, they're

819
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 2: going to put themselves in a good position. And obviously

820
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 2: they feel confident enough that the team can handle the

821
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,520
Speaker 2: first month of the season without him.

822
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think the one thing we got to

823
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,760
Speaker 1: point out is he's working. We saw videos of him running,

824
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: We've seen him getting after it with.

825
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,800
Speaker 3: PT physical therapy.

826
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:35,680
Speaker 1: This guy is trying to get back and wear for him,

827
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: and I think the best thing they can do is

828
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: get him back to nearly one hundred percent. I think

829
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: this is the right move. I think if you're too

830
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: quick on things, it's going to hurt you in the

831
00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:47,760
Speaker 1: long run. It might not hurt you in the beginning,

832
00:41:47,800 --> 00:41:50,400
Speaker 1: but those last forty to fifty games, all of a sudden,

833
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:52,839
Speaker 1: your body's like, oh boy, I can't keep up. And

834
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 1: that's when people get injured. But yeah, I like to

835
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,960
Speaker 1: move here. These doctors, they have some of the best

836
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: out there. Every team does. They guys know what they're doing.

837
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: And if they say maybe another month, will do it.

838
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 1: Keep working, going games, going the backfield, get your swings in,

839
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:09,360
Speaker 1: get some extra running in, and kind of slow the

840
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,760
Speaker 1: pace here a little bit for him. I think that'll

841
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:14,239
Speaker 1: be better for him. I mean, thirty stone bases is

842
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 1: still a pretty good year of my opinion. So yeah,

843
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: he's still going to be a maniac on the base pass.

844
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 1: He's still going to go first to third and score

845
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:23,799
Speaker 1: on you know, balls in the gaps and stuff and

846
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:24,920
Speaker 1: go trace down balls.

847
00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 3: But yeah, you got to be a little more cautious.

848
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 1: This isn't the first time, so he's got to be

849
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: very wary of what he does, even though he'll be

850
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,520
Speaker 1: back to almost full strength and get after it, but

851
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,240
Speaker 1: be you know, aggressive but under control.

852
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 4: I always say, and I've probably said it four or

853
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:45,760
Speaker 4: five times on this show, the half life of a injury,

854
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 4: like let's say ACL repair and rehab is nine months.

855
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 4: Let's say that's the number. I don't know exactly what

856
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 4: the number is. To me, you're almost you almost need

857
00:42:56,160 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 4: another four and a half months till you are the

858
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 4: person you were before. So think about who he was

859
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 4: after his first initial ACL injury. Pushed through that season,

860
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:12,319
Speaker 4: he still twenty nine bags. It's great, but you saw

861
00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:13,920
Speaker 4: it kind of wear on them a little bit. He

862
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 4: wasn't able to play the same outfield, and then the

863
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,840
Speaker 4: next year he went on and won the MVP and

864
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:24,840
Speaker 4: was killing it. So your expectations need to be tempered

865
00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 4: a little bit in my opinion for this next season.

866
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:31,000
Speaker 4: I don't know which is worse having your back leg

867
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 4: repaired hitting or having your front leg repaired. Hitting because

868
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 4: you got to get off your back leg to get

869
00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 4: your front leg, but you got to take all the

870
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:41,520
Speaker 4: power and transfer to your front leg. So it'll be

871
00:43:41,520 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 4: interesting to see what happens. But the cautious approach by

872
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 4: the team is what they need to do because this

873
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,640
Speaker 4: dude is a horse and when you let him out

874
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,040
Speaker 4: of the stable, he's gonna go. He knows only one

875
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:57,520
Speaker 4: way to play the game and if the teams, if

876
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,799
Speaker 4: the team rushes him, it could be detrimental. So to me,

877
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 4: they take their time, then they get the best form

878
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 4: of Acunya when he's out there. Five months of a

879
00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 4: great Acunya is much better than six months of an

880
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 4: average Acunya.

881
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,200
Speaker 2: Bingo and this team as a motto, it's World Series

882
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 2: or bust. It was the motto last spring, then they

883
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 2: had a ton of injuries this spring. They're kind of

884
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,840
Speaker 2: hearing it from the media. They keep asking, oh is

885
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 2: your motto? I've seen multiple players address that. They're like, not,

886
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:25,799
Speaker 2: it's just stay healthy. We're not going to say that again.

887
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 2: But internally they know they've got a bunch of their

888
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,240
Speaker 2: players locked up in their primes. Acunya's coming back, Strider's

889
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,840
Speaker 2: coming back, Profar enters the mix. This is a good team.

890
00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 2: Is a good good bullpen from last year too. This

891
00:44:37,760 --> 00:44:40,399
Speaker 2: is a good team that I think is not being

892
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 2: talked about enough because there's a little bit of jadedness probably,

893
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,320
Speaker 2: I know that's probably not a word, but people are jaded.

894
00:44:47,360 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 2: But the Braves have been good for a while, right,

895
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 2: so they're just like, oh yeah, the Braves are still there.

896
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 2: The Braves might end up being a World Series champ,

897
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:55,960
Speaker 2: and I don't think anyone should be surprised if that

898
00:44:56,040 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 2: ends up happening. If Strider comes back and he's firing

899
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 2: and sales stays healthy, they could be a problem.

900
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 4: Mentor's gonna be a tough bruplace. I know, just one

901
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 4: guy that's now your closer isn't always tough to replace.

902
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 4: I think what he brought to that bullpen is tough

903
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 4: to replace. Somebody has to step up. They have. They

904
00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:17,719
Speaker 4: have a bunch of dudes, but it's gonna be tough

905
00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 4: to replace because they always produce starting pitching. They're just

906
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 4: they're just a farm. I mean, my entire life, my

907
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,919
Speaker 4: entire life. The Braves just call up starting pitching.

908
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 2: The entire life.

909
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:32,120
Speaker 4: Seriously, I mean, I was a Phillies fan growing up,

910
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:35,359
Speaker 4: and it's just like, oh, Steve Avery, and then they

911
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 4: got you know, Greg Maddis gets sent over, and then

912
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 4: they have John smolt So and then they have Tom

913
00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 4: Gladden and then you're like, oh, yeah, no, no chance's

914
00:45:43,239 --> 00:45:45,839
Speaker 4: gonna happen. Like they were even doing it last year

915
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:48,960
Speaker 4: when he had all those injuries. Bryce Bryce Elder came up,

916
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 4: was an All Star, struggled and you're like, oh, man,

917
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,400
Speaker 4: that's gotta be the end, you know. Now they have

918
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 4: Ian Anderson, who's gonna be coming back Ian.

919
00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:03,680
Speaker 2: Anderson, Spencer's schwelling Baki is really freaking good, right, I.

920
00:46:03,680 --> 00:46:06,600
Speaker 4: Mean, I know, I go through Smith Schager, all the

921
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:10,320
Speaker 4: dudes that like just they just keep producing starting pitching

922
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:13,040
Speaker 4: that comes up, and it's different eras before. It was

923
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,799
Speaker 4: like all dudes a throw down in a way and

924
00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,560
Speaker 4: they just spot and they spot the ball down in

925
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 4: a way and they hold runners really well. They don't

926
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,200
Speaker 4: walk too many guys. Now it's like, oh, you know

927
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,719
Speaker 4: what's cool, spin rate top of the zone. Oh we

928
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 4: got nine of those guys. The Braves have produced starting

929
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:30,880
Speaker 4: pitching forever for a minute.

930
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's special. And last one too, I mean Strider

931
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:37,360
Speaker 2: was not a first round pick. He was a fifth

932
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,359
Speaker 2: round pick, and there are a lot of scouts looking

933
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,080
Speaker 2: around like, how did we miss this? He is insane.

934
00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:46,359
Speaker 2: So anyway, we'll talk more about the Braves at some point.

935
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 2: If you want to play out the season already, we

936
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:50,719
Speaker 2: want to shout out our friends out of the Park

937
00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 2: Baseball because they just set up pre orders so you

938
00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:56,400
Speaker 2: can pre order the game. We've played the game, Todd

939
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,040
Speaker 2: Father and AJ had an epic magic a couple of

940
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:03,560
Speaker 2: seasons ago with their best squads. But shout out to

941
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:05,759
Speaker 2: Out of the Park. It can be pre ordered today

942
00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:09,759
Speaker 2: if you're listening podcast wise. Later on we'll post a

943
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,600
Speaker 2: link for a ten percent discount. So it's forty four

944
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:15,439
Speaker 2: ninety nine from now through March twenty. First, there's three

945
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:19,399
Speaker 2: days early access, there's bonus Perfect Team rewards, and if

946
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:21,839
Speaker 2: you're new to the party here for the first time ever,

947
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:24,520
Speaker 2: they have the World Baseball Classic as part of the game.

948
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,680
Speaker 2: It is by far the most detailed sim game you

949
00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 2: will ever come across. Okay, you can do Drive to

950
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 2: the Pennant, which kind of streamlines everything for you. If

951
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:35,680
Speaker 2: you just want to play out any season, you want

952
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:38,040
Speaker 2: to take your team right now and play out a season.

953
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 2: Take your team and put one player on it. Like

954
00:47:40,239 --> 00:47:42,800
Speaker 2: let's say you're Detroit and you're all pissed because you

955
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 2: didn't get Bregman, but you want to put Bregman on

956
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 2: your team and see if that would have changed things.

957
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 2: You can play that season out in a simulated mode.

958
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:52,600
Speaker 2: So go check that out. Bring us back for a sex.

959
00:47:52,640 --> 00:47:55,919
Speaker 2: I know, Todd father, you've played this, so we can

960
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:59,400
Speaker 2: get into scenarios right where you can go okay, two

961
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:02,200
Speaker 2: four or red sox. Let's say they actually get a rod,

962
00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:04,239
Speaker 2: would they still have won? You can do all of that.

963
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 2: You can keep it simple like I mentioned, or the

964
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,560
Speaker 2: detail like do you want me to give you a

965
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 2: detail or two. I was talking to one of the

966
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 2: developers this morning about the game, and I was like,

967
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:17,920
Speaker 2: can I can I figure out you know which food

968
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,680
Speaker 2: I'm feeding the minor league player? And they were like, actually,

969
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,319
Speaker 2: they were like, you can set up training programs per

970
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:28,520
Speaker 2: minor league player. So it's called performance lab or player

971
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,400
Speaker 2: development lab two point zero. I wrote it down. They said,

972
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:33,839
Speaker 2: you can take every minor league prospect and you can go, hey,

973
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:35,960
Speaker 2: I want you to learn a new pitch this offseason.

974
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:38,840
Speaker 2: I want you to try to swing for more power,

975
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,320
Speaker 2: maybe change your launch angle, and it might hurt your contact,

976
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:44,359
Speaker 2: and then it's risk rewards. Sometimes it's going to work,

977
00:48:44,400 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 2: sometimes it's not. So if you think you're a big shot,

978
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:49,399
Speaker 2: this is the game to be able to pull it off.

979
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I got I got shamboozled there on the bottom

980
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:54,799
Speaker 1: of the ninth.

981
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:55,960
Speaker 3: It was a fun game to fly.

982
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:59,560
Speaker 1: Of course, you have to let aj win because then

983
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:03,359
Speaker 1: the show turns into you know what, But anyway it is.

984
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:06,719
Speaker 1: You get to decide where to position your players, how

985
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 1: to go, you know, everything that comes with baseball.

986
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:13,160
Speaker 3: Fun game and it's not hard to get used to.

987
00:49:13,280 --> 00:49:14,439
Speaker 3: It's not hard to figure out.

988
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: But yes, it was a fun game, and their games

989
00:49:17,560 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 1: aren't that long either, and it's very interesting to play.

990
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 3: I recommend it for sure.

991
00:49:23,280 --> 00:49:26,759
Speaker 2: And during COVID, coaching staffs actually used it to simulate

992
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,640
Speaker 2: game scenarios when everyone's just sitting at home, like what

993
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:32,920
Speaker 2: am I doing? And Baseball couldn't figure out how to

994
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 2: get back on the field before everyone else, even though

995
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:38,120
Speaker 2: they should have. That's a whole other episode, but there

996
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 2: were coaching staffs using it to just sim out lineups

997
00:49:41,239 --> 00:49:43,560
Speaker 2: and stuff like that. Just I mean obviously partially for

998
00:49:43,719 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 2: entertainment purposes, but also just to you know, play out

999
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:50,319
Speaker 2: game scenarios. So anyway, it's awesome, we love it. Chat

1000
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 2: out to Out of the Park twenty six, go get

1001
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 2: after it, ft FAM, what are they saying? They're spreading room?

1002
00:50:00,719 --> 00:50:05,040
Speaker 2: But the rumors might be true. Here pretty confident Anthony

1003
00:50:05,080 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 2: Rendon does not want to play anymore. Okay, I know

1004
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:12,719
Speaker 2: I'm not going out on a limb here, Alden Gonzalez said,

1005
00:50:12,719 --> 00:50:14,560
Speaker 2: I think on TV and this is where Behind the

1006
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:19,800
Speaker 2: Halo captured the quote, and Alden's on ESPN talking to

1007
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:23,719
Speaker 2: people who know Anthony Rendon. The thought is he might

1008
00:50:23,800 --> 00:50:27,239
Speaker 2: just retire. Hip surgery is a huge undertaking. He's got

1009
00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:29,560
Speaker 2: only one year left on his contract after this season.

1010
00:50:29,640 --> 00:50:31,080
Speaker 2: I got to think this is the end. I don't

1011
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:33,360
Speaker 2: think he plays another game with the Angels.

1012
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:39,319
Speaker 3: Okay, hm, hip surgery is no joke, man.

1013
00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:42,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, but he can't really retire. He's got to still

1014
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 2: go through the process and try to get back on

1015
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,200
Speaker 2: the field unless he gets you know whatever that medical

1016
00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 2: exemption kind of thing is that says you can't play anymore.

1017
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:52,160
Speaker 2: I don't think that's going to be the case. So

1018
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,399
Speaker 2: he's gonna have to go through the process and try

1019
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:59,040
Speaker 2: and get himself back for I guess next season, but

1020
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,719
Speaker 2: really doing here at this point, Todd Father, You.

1021
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:05,920
Speaker 1: First off, if you get the hip surgery, I mean,

1022
00:51:05,960 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: you're not gonna go, you know, half hearted into it.

1023
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:10,879
Speaker 3: You want your hip to be better.

1024
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,440
Speaker 1: This guy's gonna if I'm him, I mean just to

1025
00:51:13,640 --> 00:51:15,480
Speaker 1: you know, keep my psyche involved.

1026
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 3: I want my hip to be good for future in life.

1027
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:20,520
Speaker 1: I want to, you know, eventually down the road if

1028
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:22,319
Speaker 1: he you know, I don't know if he has kids

1029
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:24,480
Speaker 1: or he he wanted to have kids or cousins or

1030
00:51:24,560 --> 00:51:27,000
Speaker 1: nieces or nephews, he's gonna want to play baseball with

1031
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:30,040
Speaker 1: him hopefully in sports and be able to function. So

1032
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:33,920
Speaker 1: that and you're not gonna want to lose out on

1033
00:51:33,960 --> 00:51:35,759
Speaker 1: that money too as well. I mean that's just human

1034
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:39,600
Speaker 1: nature as well. So he's definitely not going to retire.

1035
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:41,200
Speaker 3: I mean.

1036
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:46,160
Speaker 1: I shouldn't say definitely not, but I don't think he will.

1037
00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:48,880
Speaker 1: It's something that you know, there's a lot of money

1038
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:52,200
Speaker 1: on the line here, and you know he's got one

1039
00:51:52,200 --> 00:51:55,319
Speaker 1: more year. Will he ever be an angel again and

1040
00:51:55,360 --> 00:51:58,560
Speaker 1: get on the field. That's that's later to be seen.

1041
00:51:58,760 --> 00:52:00,920
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not sure.

1042
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:04,440
Speaker 2: Well, then let's let's pull it. Raise your hand. If

1043
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:12,799
Speaker 2: you think Anthony Rendon plays another game for the Angels, okay,

1044
00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:18,320
Speaker 2: if you think he retires, he's not retiring, Crats. Actually,

1045
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:20,359
Speaker 2: here's what's gonna happen. They're not gonna buy out the deal.

1046
00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:22,960
Speaker 2: He's just going to be out of the picture and

1047
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:26,279
Speaker 2: he can kind of slow play the rehab process. I

1048
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 2: don't know the exact details of the surgery. I don't

1049
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:32,040
Speaker 2: even know if he had the surgery yet. It sounds

1050
00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:34,200
Speaker 2: like everyone's just kind of done with each other. They

1051
00:52:34,280 --> 00:52:38,120
Speaker 2: could technically just say here's your money, go away, or

1052
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:42,120
Speaker 2: he could just be hanging around. I guess on the

1053
00:52:42,239 --> 00:52:45,440
Speaker 2: roster and the off season is the problem, Krats. So

1054
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:47,520
Speaker 2: we get through this season, he doesn't play, and then

1055
00:52:47,520 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 2: you're back on the forty man roster. It just gives

1056
00:52:49,640 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 2: you one less spot to work with. Remember the Nats.

1057
00:52:51,640 --> 00:52:54,720
Speaker 2: We're doing that with Strasburg until they gave in and said, uncle,

1058
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:58,560
Speaker 2: we're done. So you could do that after this season.

1059
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 2: I feel like on his side, he's going to take

1060
00:53:02,719 --> 00:53:06,080
Speaker 2: his time. He doesn't want to play, and he's going

1061
00:53:06,160 --> 00:53:09,360
Speaker 2: to tell us that you know straightforward at some point

1062
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:12,239
Speaker 2: probably in his life, like hey, I just you just

1063
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 2: know there's going to be some random podcast that's not

1064
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:18,799
Speaker 2: even necessarily sports relating. He's going to be like, I

1065
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,080
Speaker 2: just didn't want to play ball and my body was

1066
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:23,080
Speaker 2: failing me, and so I just was done.

1067
00:53:24,719 --> 00:53:26,799
Speaker 4: When you look at a guy like Rendome, you look

1068
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:29,440
Speaker 4: at him and you go, wow, this dude is like

1069
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:33,359
Speaker 4: he's just stone cold, like he's just he's up there,

1070
00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:38,160
Speaker 4: he's battling. Every picture never really shows much emotion. That's

1071
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 4: how you talk about Anthony Rendon when he's an MVP candidate,

1072
00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:45,520
Speaker 4: when he's a All Star, when he's helping the Nast

1073
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 4: win a World Series. Now when he's not on the field,

1074
00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:55,399
Speaker 4: he's not coming back from injuries as quick as we

1075
00:53:55,480 --> 00:53:59,040
Speaker 4: think he should. Now he's viewed in this way that

1076
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:01,920
Speaker 4: he doesn't really like the game of baseball, that his

1077
00:54:02,040 --> 00:54:05,520
Speaker 4: comments are viewed as not like, oh, he's just so

1078
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:08,680
Speaker 4: you know, he does a good job of blocking baseball out.

1079
00:54:09,400 --> 00:54:12,120
Speaker 4: It's viewed as a negative. He hasn't changed who he

1080
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:15,080
Speaker 4: is at all. His production on the field is how

1081
00:54:15,120 --> 00:54:19,600
Speaker 4: we're dictating what type of person he is. And to me,

1082
00:54:20,600 --> 00:54:25,279
Speaker 4: if you are either way, it doesn't really matter. You're

1083
00:54:25,280 --> 00:54:27,799
Speaker 4: not just going through a surgery. So I hope for

1084
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:31,319
Speaker 4: him it's just like a cleanup that they can milk

1085
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:33,480
Speaker 4: and not like, hey, we're going in and getting like

1086
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:37,880
Speaker 4: a big time hip surgery. But I just I just

1087
00:54:38,640 --> 00:54:41,919
Speaker 4: I wish for him that it all had turned out

1088
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:44,160
Speaker 4: differently because he was a really good player.

1089
00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:48,480
Speaker 2: Agreed, dude, he was a star in college too. But

1090
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:50,640
Speaker 2: the reason that he dropped a few spots he was

1091
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:55,880
Speaker 2: coming out of Rice University was injuries. He's always had injuries,

1092
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:58,319
Speaker 2: so that part I'm not going to default him for.

1093
00:54:58,480 --> 00:55:00,400
Speaker 2: And I just think the body's breaking down. He's like,

1094
00:55:00,480 --> 00:55:03,640
Speaker 2: this is annoying to get on the field now, and

1095
00:55:04,239 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 2: he admittedly doesn't love the game, and that's always been

1096
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,080
Speaker 2: the case. So it was a bad idea to make

1097
00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:13,120
Speaker 2: the signing because everyone in baseball knew what his attitude

1098
00:55:13,239 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 2: was and you had to be okay with that and

1099
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,440
Speaker 2: know the risk that he was not going to be

1100
00:55:18,520 --> 00:55:21,719
Speaker 2: David Wright diagnosed with spinal stenosis and still trying to

1101
00:55:21,719 --> 00:55:23,880
Speaker 2: get on the field. This was the opposite of that.

1102
00:55:25,040 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 2: I think that was pretty well known in the sport.

1103
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:31,320
Speaker 2: But yes, your rightekrats, that is what made him great

1104
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:34,560
Speaker 2: and for a moment, legendary as a champion with the

1105
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 2: Nats in twenty nineteen because he did not give up

1106
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:40,360
Speaker 2: bleep when he was at the plate, and so the

1107
00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:43,160
Speaker 2: pressure just didn't hit him the same way. He's like, whatever,

1108
00:55:43,600 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 2: it's just a game, and a lot of other guys

1109
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:57,400
Speaker 2: were pressing in those moments. So All Star MVP. During

1110
00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,880
Speaker 2: the year, he was one twenty nine ops play Baseball

1111
00:56:00,920 --> 00:56:04,880
Speaker 2: Reference War nine win player. I mean, he was standout.

1112
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:08,960
Speaker 2: He was a top five player maybe in the American League,

1113
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:12,560
Speaker 2: But can he crack nineteen homers this year over under

1114
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:15,600
Speaker 2: eighteen and a half Todd Father last year? For all

1115
00:56:15,600 --> 00:56:17,520
Speaker 2: of that, I would have thought in my head if

1116
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,360
Speaker 2: you asked me before I looked again, twenty six he

1117
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:22,600
Speaker 2: had twenty one homers. That's not like the biggest part

1118
00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:23,080
Speaker 2: of his game.

1119
00:56:24,920 --> 00:56:29,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you're going to see more doubles and

1120
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:31,799
Speaker 1: triples than home runs. I can see him at a

1121
00:56:31,840 --> 00:56:36,759
Speaker 1: fifteen range. Jared Duran is a special ballplayer with the

1122
00:56:36,800 --> 00:56:40,000
Speaker 1: Red Sox. I've said this numerous times, and it's not

1123
00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,759
Speaker 1: because I played with him with Team USA for you know,

1124
00:56:42,880 --> 00:56:47,360
Speaker 1: qualifying matchups. This kid can fly. He's got Billy Hamilton

1125
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:50,960
Speaker 1: type speed. He goes and tracks down the balls wherever

1126
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,960
Speaker 1: it is. I feel like he's a staple in center field.

1127
00:56:53,960 --> 00:56:55,759
Speaker 1: I think they should leave him there and have him

1128
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:57,960
Speaker 1: go get balls left and right and just let him

1129
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: manufacture his way in the outfield and lead him off.

1130
00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:04,640
Speaker 1: I just want him if he stays healthy that we

1131
00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:06,680
Speaker 1: say this all the time. It's like a you know

1132
00:57:06,800 --> 00:57:09,719
Speaker 1: then and then if he is healthy, Mike Goodness, this

1133
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,440
Speaker 1: guy can put up some video game numbers when it

1134
00:57:12,440 --> 00:57:14,800
Speaker 1: comes to stolen bases, run scored.

1135
00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:16,200
Speaker 3: And you know, doubles and triples.

1136
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:18,840
Speaker 1: So I see around a fifteen home re mark, so

1137
00:57:18,880 --> 00:57:21,480
Speaker 1: I will bet the under. But I do see a

1138
00:57:21,680 --> 00:57:24,680
Speaker 1: ton of extra base heads even on singles. I see

1139
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:25,520
Speaker 1: a ton of doubles.

1140
00:57:26,680 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt.

1141
00:57:27,360 --> 00:57:29,240
Speaker 4: He's a dude that can turn singles into doubles. So

1142
00:57:29,240 --> 00:57:31,320
Speaker 4: if you're asking me about the doubles, let's they make

1143
00:57:31,320 --> 00:57:34,040
Speaker 4: sure we hit that for bet MGM later. Yeah, because

1144
00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:36,920
Speaker 4: I'm taking the over on doubles, I'm taking the under

1145
00:57:36,960 --> 00:57:41,720
Speaker 4: on homers here just because the swing doesn't necessarily dictate

1146
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:46,120
Speaker 4: that he drives the ball to you know, left field

1147
00:57:46,160 --> 00:57:49,560
Speaker 4: with authority in the sense of over the monster. He's

1148
00:57:49,560 --> 00:57:51,280
Speaker 4: going to drive the ball to right center like the

1149
00:57:51,320 --> 00:57:54,040
Speaker 4: homer he hit in the All Star Game. It's pretty

1150
00:57:54,080 --> 00:57:57,960
Speaker 4: deep out there, Verity deep in eight one of the games.

1151
00:57:58,640 --> 00:58:01,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going under too, just slightly. I like the

1152
00:58:01,320 --> 00:58:04,080
Speaker 2: player a lot. Here's an offer for the basketball people

1153
00:58:04,120 --> 00:58:06,640
Speaker 2: this weekend. Each Friday throughout the season, you can pick

1154
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:08,480
Speaker 2: a player you thinks going to score the first field

1155
00:58:08,480 --> 00:58:09,919
Speaker 2: go in a game. But if it's not your dude,

1156
00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:11,880
Speaker 2: he scores the second field goal, you get your stake

1157
00:58:11,960 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 2: back in cash only on the bet MGM sportsbook app.

1158
00:58:17,040 --> 00:58:36,320
Speaker 2: Gambling problem more concern called one eight hundred gambling. All right,

1159
00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:39,880
Speaker 2: let's lap. I'm going to take two questions from Instagram.

1160
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:41,600
Speaker 2: We asked a question on our story yesterday, and it's

1161
00:58:41,640 --> 00:58:44,040
Speaker 2: just a good reminder for everyone that likes the show

1162
00:58:44,080 --> 00:58:46,440
Speaker 2: and supports the free content that you can follow us

1163
00:58:46,440 --> 00:58:50,080
Speaker 2: on all the platforms Instagram, TikTok, podcast, platforms, et cetera.

1164
00:58:50,120 --> 00:58:53,720
Speaker 2: Appreciate you a FTTV fan that watches us every day too.

1165
00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:57,600
Speaker 2: So I'll pick two for you guys. Here's one Blast

1166
00:58:57,640 --> 00:58:59,240
Speaker 2: from the Past one or Hall of Fame one. What

1167
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:01,440
Speaker 2: will be the standard for the Hall of Fame pictures?

1168
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:03,880
Speaker 2: In twenty years, So I guess to blast to the

1169
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:07,720
Speaker 2: future technically, And the question was also posted to Ken

1170
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:10,680
Speaker 2: Rosendal on Fair Territory Yesterday. Todd Father, because they're like

1171
00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:13,120
Speaker 2: a lot of those benchmarks that you see for pictures

1172
00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:15,440
Speaker 2: are just not going to be the same as we

1173
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:18,440
Speaker 2: move forward, and guys don't go as deep into games

1174
00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:21,320
Speaker 2: forget wins. We're even looking now at you know, innings,

1175
00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:23,640
Speaker 2: a lot of different numbers that are just not going

1176
00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:24,200
Speaker 2: to add up.

1177
00:59:24,360 --> 00:59:27,920
Speaker 3: So what do you think I would say for starters

1178
00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:34,280
Speaker 3: one hundred innings? No, I'm just a kidding. I don't know.

1179
00:59:34,320 --> 00:59:38,160
Speaker 1: That's a really good question. I mean, I mean, what's

1180
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:41,040
Speaker 1: what's Cratzy would know more about this than me. Man,

1181
00:59:41,080 --> 00:59:43,520
Speaker 1: he's the numbers guy. Are you guys in the numbers guy?

1182
00:59:43,560 --> 00:59:47,600
Speaker 1: I go on item yeah, e R R R right,

1183
00:59:47,680 --> 00:59:50,640
Speaker 1: plus big one. I don't know what the plus is,

1184
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:55,080
Speaker 1: but I go with era. You know, strikeouts I think

1185
00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:56,040
Speaker 1: is another big one.

1186
00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:56,560
Speaker 3: And wins.

1187
00:59:56,600 --> 01:00:00,520
Speaker 4: For me, nothing's going to change. Nothing's going to change.

1188
01:00:00,640 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 4: We don't have the standard counting numbers. But they look

1189
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:08,400
Speaker 4: at who who dominated, who dominated for ten plus years

1190
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:12,600
Speaker 4: in the show. That's what's gonna be Warren's fawn dominated

1191
01:00:12,680 --> 01:00:17,920
Speaker 4: differently than you know, Midnight Train Johnson, who dominated differently

1192
01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:22,480
Speaker 4: than Randy Johnson, Who's gonna's dominating differently than Chris Sale.

1193
01:00:23,200 --> 01:00:27,640
Speaker 4: Like you sit there and it's whoever dominates their era

1194
01:00:28,920 --> 01:00:32,160
Speaker 4: for a ten plus year span.

1195
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:36,920
Speaker 2: That's a good way to put it. It's stories. We

1196
01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:39,640
Speaker 2: don't have to be obsessed with numbers. I kind of

1197
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:43,680
Speaker 2: like that. Yeah. The other question was if the Mets

1198
01:00:43,720 --> 01:00:46,280
Speaker 2: are gonna pursue Dylan Cees that we had picked out

1199
01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:47,920
Speaker 2: from this group, And I'll say yes, but they're not

1200
01:00:47,920 --> 01:00:49,520
Speaker 2: gonna get him because don't think the Patrick is gonna

1201
01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:51,920
Speaker 2: trade him now. And let's move to the last two

1202
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,600
Speaker 2: minutes of the show to show off new digs top

1203
01:00:54,640 --> 01:00:58,160
Speaker 2: Father and Kratz. Our former Yanks get to see what

1204
01:00:58,240 --> 01:01:01,520
Speaker 2: they never were able to expect experience. It's called Four

1205
01:01:01,600 --> 01:01:05,200
Speaker 2: Seasons Tampa at the ballpark. They did apparently model it

1206
01:01:05,240 --> 01:01:09,160
Speaker 2: a little bit after a little resort style action, and

1207
01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:13,280
Speaker 2: also input was given by guys like Judge and Garrett Cole. Judge,

1208
01:01:13,320 --> 01:01:15,880
Speaker 2: for example, was like, hey, we need the batting cages

1209
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:19,040
Speaker 2: to be expanded and also inclosed, so we're getting Brian

1210
01:01:19,120 --> 01:01:24,480
Speaker 2: Hoake's best footage here of outside inside weight room. Thoughts

1211
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:25,360
Speaker 2: Todd Father.

1212
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:28,840
Speaker 1: They've always had a good weight room there too. Kratzy,

1213
01:01:28,920 --> 01:01:33,720
Speaker 1: you know that this is actually spectacular. I'll be down

1214
01:01:33,760 --> 01:01:35,880
Speaker 1: there in April too, I'll be announcing a game down there.

1215
01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:38,080
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to go check all this out here.

1216
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:40,120
Speaker 1: Hopefully the don't give me a tour, so it'll be fun.

1217
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:43,480
Speaker 2: Take some pictures and videos for us. I like the

1218
01:01:43,520 --> 01:01:45,960
Speaker 2: hot tub Cold Tub that were massive and had the

1219
01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:48,840
Speaker 2: massive big screen. So if you want to try and

1220
01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:52,440
Speaker 2: distract yourself for a few minutes, cold tub and everything's

1221
01:01:52,480 --> 01:01:55,840
Speaker 2: you know, kind of falling apart for you.

1222
01:01:54,840 --> 01:01:57,440
Speaker 1: Put a little foul territory on at one so you can,

1223
01:01:57,560 --> 01:01:59,040
Speaker 1: you know, stay in there a little longer.

1224
01:02:00,560 --> 01:02:03,800
Speaker 2: Exactly, quick, Cratsats? What team is it?

1225
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:05,880
Speaker 4: I mean, how did you know? How did you know

1226
01:02:05,920 --> 01:02:08,760
Speaker 4: we were gonna be away? The away spring training? Hats

1227
01:02:10,080 --> 01:02:12,880
Speaker 4: spring training we end with the Yanks and with the Yanks.

1228
01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:14,920
Speaker 4: Hat h