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Speaker 1: Yeah, Andrew Friedman, President of Basketball Operations, joining us now.

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Speaker 1: And Andrew is a man of his word because he

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Speaker 1: told me that he would come on in January, and

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Speaker 1: here he is on January twenty ninth, just at the

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Speaker 1: nick of time. Andrew, good to be with you, My goodness.

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Speaker 1: I tell you what, going into the off season, I thought,

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Speaker 1: you know, and all of my expert knowledge, that we

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Speaker 1: needed an outfielder and we needed a closer. Not only

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Speaker 1: did you check the box, Andrew, you checked it with

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Speaker 1: a big, big check mark. Congratulations on the off season.

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Speaker 1: Were those your two biggest targets as well? Getting an

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Speaker 1: unbelievable closer, the best available and getting the best available outfielder.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, first of all, thanks for having me on, and

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Speaker 2: like I said, it would be in January. So like

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Speaker 2: to kick the can as much as I can, but

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Speaker 2: obviously a man of my word, So thank you guys

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Speaker 2: for having me on. As far as as Sugar and Tucker, Tucker,

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Speaker 2: you know, for us, as we're sitting around, our goal

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Speaker 2: So as much as we are complaining about it in

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Speaker 2: the moment, and you know, doing the best we can

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Speaker 2: to get caught up on the off season. You know,

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Speaker 2: we sit down and talk to our existing roster and

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Speaker 2: look at you know, potential needs and line up the

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Speaker 2: free agent market and the trade market, and for us,

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Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker and Edwin Diaz were at the top of

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Speaker 2: that list. You don't know how things are going to

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Speaker 2: play out. In fact, in my head, Edwin was going

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Speaker 2: more focused on other you know, kind of more realistic targets.

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Speaker 3: But you know, near the end.

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Speaker 2: Before we close the deal, we started to sense that

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Speaker 2: And you know, we talked about Tucker more recently, but

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Speaker 2: obviously for us, it was about maintaining a shorter term deal,

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Speaker 2: and anytime you're doing that, you're introducing risk being able

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Speaker 4: Yeah, exceptional additions, obviously, I think the real question we

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Speaker 4: how are the Golden Globes?

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Speaker 3: Andrew?

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Speaker 2: They were good, they were good I'm sure it's on

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Speaker 2: everyone's mind. You know, Todd Bowleyer ownership group is very

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Speaker 2: involved with Dick Clark productions, and so it was a

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Speaker 2: cool experience. You know, you're so marred and the day

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Speaker 2: other people be stressed was fun.

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Speaker 4: And also being a part of another you got a

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Speaker 4: viral clip. You're in the background of Leo's shot, whatever

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Speaker 4: he's got going on there. That's a lot of fun.

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Speaker 4: As somebody who covers his team watches his team. The

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Speaker 4: off season was a lot more fun for me. You know,

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Speaker 4: it's funny to me that it feels like the Edwin

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Speaker 4: that kind of everybody's already moving on. Is like, what

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Speaker 4: else do you and Brandon have cooking? Uh, you guys

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Speaker 4: Bringing back Miggie row you got, you got, you mentioned

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Speaker 3: What is it?

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Speaker 4: Sugar and and uh the Sugar and Tucker LLC. Is

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Speaker 4: what Alana said in our chat. Andy Ebanie is added

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Speaker 4: Edwin Diaz? Here's the point, adding Edwin Diaz that bullpen

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Speaker 4: that we thought would be a massive strength for this

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Speaker 4: What does adding a closer to the back end of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we talked about this a lot. I

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Speaker 2: Obviously that's not actually correct, but it's how it feels.

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Speaker 2: We weren't looking to lengthen it and add depth. We

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Speaker 2: Edwin does on the mound, just the type of teammate

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Speaker 3: Uh, definitely were a factor as well.

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Speaker 5: Andrew High, Hello, nice to see you, coming to you

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Speaker 5: live from an airport, so that's super fun. So with

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Speaker 5: for you. We had some some topics about the WBC

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Speaker 5: come Up Team Japan released their roster. Yamamotos on there

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Speaker 5: we knew show he was going to play no Roki.

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Speaker 5: What were the obviously you guys do play a decision here,

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Speaker 5: the kind of talking points you went through, and then

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, from our standpoint, it's easy to be

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Speaker 3: It's easy to love the WBC.

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Speaker 3: Just how to balance all of it.

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Speaker 2: But really good conversations with all those guys, and you know,

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Speaker 1: And Roki Saslaki Andrew of course a big part of

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers future moving forward. And this is a kid

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Speaker 2: Last year, just delivery was out of whack, velocity was

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Speaker 3: We see it all the time, and.

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Speaker 2: Obviously that happened with Roki when he was in Japan

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Speaker 4: Roki Sasaki last winter. Of course, you guys were lucky

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Speaker 3: Something in the works.

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Speaker 2: You know, prices are one hundred and fifty two hundred

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Speaker 3: And so we are.

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Speaker 2: Viewing moves through that lens and continuing to have conversations

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Speaker 3: We'll accept that. I'll accept that answer.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, spoken like a true front office executive, so very

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Speaker 5: well rehearsed, Andrew, you want to focus a little bit

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Speaker 5: That got it right, all right, Andrew, Let's let's stick

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Speaker 1: Real people listen. By the way, Andrew, if you ever

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about the stuff behind you. I love, love

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Speaker 1: least the staff there. I mean, this is most of

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Speaker 1: Incredibly successful. I know you know Rocco from the Tampa

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I had Rocco as a player and then hired. He

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Speaker 2: lot of our trade discussions and just really part of

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Speaker 3: The way he's able to connect.

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Speaker 2: With guys, just the thoughtfulness and we have a lot

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Speaker 2: of really talented minor league outfielders. We have really talented

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Speaker 3: Will be significant.

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Speaker 2: Roco's scouting eye is great, Roco's ability to ask questions

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Speaker 2: and just you know, for him to come in and

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Speaker 2: to know them, be around in spring training. You know,

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Speaker 2: we intentionally left it a little bit vague and we'll

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Speaker 2: kind of see where things take us. But he's capable

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Speaker 2: And I'm excited for the guys here to all have

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Speaker 4: Andrews, we let you go here. There's a line in Ghostbusters,

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Speaker 4: the original Ghostbusters. He got the tools, he got the talent.

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Speaker 3: What ghost was afraid of? No ghosts.

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Speaker 4: There's another great Bill Murray line too, which is true

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Speaker 4: what they say this man has no dick, But we

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Speaker 4: don't need to get into that line as well. Great movie, great,

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Speaker 4: very quotable movie. What went wrong if the Los Angeles

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Speaker 4: Dodgers aren't repeating this year? Putting you on the spot man?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, obviously injuries always play a prominent role. But

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Speaker 2: twenty years. The nature of the playoff system in baseball

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Speaker 2: sets up for there to be more randomness than in

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Speaker 2: other sports. It's a fact, and so you have to

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Speaker 2: have some good fortune and obviously have a lot of talent.

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Speaker 2: So hopefully we're bringing a lot of talent to the table.

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Speaker 2: You know, first, we obviously have to qualify for October,

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Speaker 2: and then if we're fortunate enough to do so, you

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Speaker 2: need some good fortune. But we feel like we'll be

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Speaker 2: bringing a really talented roster to the party. And for me,

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Speaker 2: I'd rather focus on the things that can go right

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Speaker 2: and you know all the different outs we could have

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Speaker 2: of how to be as good as we could be.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you've earned that right. Congratulations, back to back World

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Speaker 1: Series champions, going for the three. Pete, Andrew Friedman, Tel

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Speaker 1: Robin and the kids. Hello, thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: taking the time. We will see you at spring training

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Speaker 1: in a couple of weeks, and just thanks for putting

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Speaker 1: such a good product on the field and giving us

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Speaker 1: some to talk about. It's a pleasure. Thanks so much.

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Speaker 3: Thank you guys.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me on Safe Travels, Katie,