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Speaker 1: I don't think there's any fan right now that is

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Speaker 1: best player. What's up, everybody. We've done one episode of

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Speaker 1: Crush City Territory, and of course our second episode is

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Speaker 1: Emergency Pod. I'm Chandler Rome joined with Tyler Stafford reacting

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Speaker 1: to the somewhat expected news that Kyle Tucker has been

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Speaker 1: that includes each Paradis, Hayden Wiznski and Cam Smith. Tyler

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Speaker 1: I said, it wasn't shocking, but I think anyone if

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty five, they would have looked at you

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Speaker 2: Yeah. When I was eighteen, I decided for my birthday

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Speaker 2: you know, spring the door open and you're about to

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Speaker 2: to happen does not mean that it's not shocking. Kyle

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Speaker 2: Tecker not being in an Astro's uniform is shocking. I mean,

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Speaker 2: It is legitimately shocking, even if you know the rumors

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and obviously the Cubs were the most aggressive team

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Speaker 1: Craig Counsel from Milwaukee, who doesn't spend money, brought him

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Speaker 1: he's going to go into free agency and make five

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Speaker 1: four hundred, five hundred million dollars. But you guys aren't

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Speaker 1: is not a signal that they are rebuilding. This is

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Speaker 1: not a signal that they are tearing the team down.

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Speaker 1: But they it's pretty clear they have to balance the

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Speaker 1: noted Tyler, as we talked about, this was not going

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Speaker 1: And then cam Smith is the centerpiece of this deal.

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Speaker 1: Cam Smith automatically becomes the Astros' best prospect, which is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent. I mean the trade is about

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Speaker 1: Good for them, Good for them, good for Jim Schlasnagel,

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Speaker 1: Yea. So I mean you're talking like almost fifteen years.

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Speaker 1: So this is unchared. This is uncharted territory for Astras fans,

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Speaker 1: So but as with any trade, like judging it now

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you think Soto's available, You think Mets are listening

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Speaker 1: And I wonder, you know, how are how do you

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Speaker 2: it's going to really stink not having Kyle Tucker out there.

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Speaker 2: He was awesome to watch. But it's not like doom

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think this would have been more difficult for

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Speaker 1: Like you can now talk yourself into, oh Estock Paradis,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's wild because I mean, obviously, the Astros

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Speaker 2: preview of you know the Alcs. Right, it's always going

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Speaker 2: I'm excited for him just from a fan of watching

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And the thing that I loved about watching him play,

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Speaker 1: But I think the thing I appreciated the most about

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Speaker 1: I remember it was last season. It was twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: I remember that that was cool.

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Speaker 1: He crashing a great yeah, good play. He crashed into

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Speaker 1: or that note that like they can get the no once.

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Speaker 1: So I went over to Tucker. I was like, Kyle,

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Speaker 1: like what like when he's on the ground, like you

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Speaker 1: ran over there? What you tell him? Just as as

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Speaker 1: dead pan as Kyle Tucker can be, just goes. I

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Speaker 1: just looked at him and said, Chazz, get up, just

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Speaker 1: like and he is just he was a gem. And

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say he was the most loquacious guy

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Speaker 1: But I enjoyed. I enjoyed being around him, and I

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Speaker 1: enjoyed watching him really evolve and become a guy that

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Speaker 1: really in that clubhouse a lot of people really liked.

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Speaker 1: He was a team DJ the last couple of years.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna have to replace a DJ as well, but

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Speaker 1: you know, he became the DJ, became kind of a

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Speaker 1: piece that that's gone. And you know, we'll see going

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Speaker 1: forward how the twenty twenty five Astros kind of adjust,

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Speaker 1: but it's clear that this is going to be a

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Speaker 1: different style. That's going to be a different team than

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Speaker 1: the one we envisioned coming into the season. But we

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Speaker 1: will be there chronicling it, chronicling it all. I'm going

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Speaker 1: to talk at some point, I'm gonna talk. Well, at

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Speaker 1: some point, we'll be there watching it all. No matter

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Speaker 1: who's playing right field. You can keep it with Crush

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Speaker 1: City territory and we will be able to dissect, discuss,

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Speaker 1: and analyze everything about the Houston Ashers. So thank you

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Speaker 1: everyone for tuning into this emergency pod. Maybe you'll watch

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Speaker 1: a lot more WGN now that you can see Kyle Tucker.

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Speaker 1: But get excited esak paratus.

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Speaker 2: Orioles grand Slam. Don't yell at me.

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Speaker 1: Oh I forgot about that one. Off the field, off

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Speaker 1: a field Bautista too, Yeah, that ruled. Dana Brown went

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Speaker 1: on the radio the next day and said that Kyle

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Speaker 1: Tucker was going to be an Astro for life and

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Speaker 1: there was nothing anyone could do about it.

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Speaker 2: Agreed, it was so cool. I would say that too.

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Speaker 1: Now, Yeah, that worked out well. Anyway, We'll try not

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Speaker 1: to have so many comments fly back in our face.

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Speaker 1: Join us next time when we will discuss the Astra's

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Speaker 1: path moving forward in this very consequential winner. Thanks everyone,

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Speaker 1: Bye guys,