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Speaker 2: First half grades, we're at the mid season mark. Let's

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Speaker 2: the National league grades, we'll go from the a's down

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Speaker 2: to the f's. So let's start with who received an A.

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Speaker 2: And what I want you guys to do is just

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Speaker 2: either give some praise or disagree, agree whatever you want.

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Speaker 2: Slice through these grades, which we're put together by CBS

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Speaker 2: Sports in an article. The Cubs get an A, the

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Speaker 2: Dodgers get an A, the Brewers get an A, the

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Speaker 2: Phillies grab an A, the San Francisco Giants get an A.

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Speaker 2: They were very very gracious with their a's. And then

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Speaker 3: The standings up in front of me that I'm looking

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Speaker 4: Really, Like Milwaukee gets an A.

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Speaker 5: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I mean that's good, but like what.

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Speaker 3: I might move the Mets up to a straight A.

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Speaker 3: They got the ten agree with that degrees? There should

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Speaker 3: be no minus on that one. I think Milwaukee, maybe

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Speaker 2: Then yeah, yeah, Like I thought Milwaukee was gonna be good,

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Speaker 2: I'm being hard on the Brewers. I thought I picked

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Speaker 2: based on what they've done for years, roster didn't change

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Speaker 2: that much. That's a bee for me in terms of

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Speaker 6: I don't hate it, Okay, And then.

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Speaker 4: You want to move to the Bees.

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Speaker 5: I mean San Diego and San Franz are not that

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Speaker 4: Like, but this has to do with expectations.

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Speaker 2: So these grades are given out based on what they

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Speaker 2: they're like, oh, I didn't. A lot of people had

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Speaker 2: the front office credit for devers. So here's the Bees,

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Speaker 2: the Padres got to be the Red's got to be minus,

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Speaker 2: Actually, for me, you would move the Reds up.

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Speaker 5: I would move the Reds down.

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Speaker 3: Maybe, I guess I just had lower expectations off the

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Speaker 6: That could be it.

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Speaker 5: Well, yeah, that's one hundred percent. If it was expectations

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Speaker 4: A half and they're like five hundred, right, Yeah, they're

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Speaker 5: A half out of the wild Card. They're forty two

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going C for the Reds. How about for

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Speaker 3: I was such a letdown last year for them.

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Speaker 2: Right, and then they keep the same roster, they roll

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Speaker 2: So there's your list on the a's and the b's,

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Speaker 2: So the Diamondbacks get a C minus, the Nationals get

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Speaker 5: They all should be lower.

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Speaker 4: They all should be lower.

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Speaker 2: The Backs are in the wildcard race and they don't

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Speaker 5: But we're not talking about expectations. The expectations. They should

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Speaker 5: I would give them. I would give the Nationals struggle bus,

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Speaker 2: But you you thought the Marlins were going to be bad,

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Speaker 5: They're twelve and a half out of a wildcard, eleven

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Speaker 5: games under five no wildcard, no they are excuse me,

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Speaker 5: they are nine and a half pretty much the same.

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Speaker 2: Right, so to me that I mean you C minus.

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Speaker 2: I can see the Nationals were supposed to be a

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Speaker 5: No, yeah, no, they're they're right, they're right there too.

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Speaker 4: That's a D for me.

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Speaker 5: All three D.

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Speaker 3: This is off expectations.

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Speaker 2: Yes, like what you thought of these teams going into

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Speaker 4: Right, right to be a sports stop.

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Speaker 2: But Kip, yesterday when we did the A L, the

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Speaker 2: because they were, like we thought you get rid of Crochet.

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Speaker 2: They might be even worse and they're bad, but they're

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm gonna say. Where it's like it's Colorado

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Speaker 2: Well yeah, okay, so so do you have any problems though? Arizona, Washington,

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Speaker 3: I'm I'm Todd a little bit. I think Arizona could

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Speaker 3: coming off as a World Series last.

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Speaker 4: Year two years ago.

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Speaker 2: But yees, I mean last year though eighty nine wins

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Speaker 2: Uh, here's your f's ready Atlanta, Colorado, Pittsburgh. So kipt

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Speaker 5: You have Colorado and A because they're supposed to be bad.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but they're gonna be They might be the worst

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but they didn't expect to do good either, so

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Speaker 2: But that's right, they're living up to expectations. They're exceeding

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Speaker 3: And yeah, you just need a team to try every

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Speaker 3: I could be singling out with a person, but you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, trying to see any there's your your finalist of

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Speaker 2: Great to see you. How's your sophomore season going, Man.

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Speaker 6: It's going good. Thanks for having me on guys.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, of course.

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Speaker 4: You know why though? Yeah, tell everyone what do you got?

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Speaker 1: And I don't know, it's like like pitching against good

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Speaker 6: Yeah. I mean, first guy that comes to mind is

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Speaker 1: I mean he's he's done it for a long time

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Speaker 1: And he's the guy that I go to with any questions,

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Speaker 3: Did you tell Sale that it's okay to have just

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't pull fat. I think he might be starting. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's scared he's gonna lose the Gold Glove this year,

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Speaker 3: When he's so he's on the eel. Now, who have

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Speaker 1: He's you know, old school, but there's a lot to

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Speaker 6: You know, I grew up in today's game.

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Speaker 5: I want to bring up a little bit. Ten games

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Speaker 5: You guys wanted. Ronald Kuna has been absolutely dominant. You

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Speaker 5: see this team you know, trade deadline coming up? Do

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Speaker 5: you hear anything about what's going on with the Braves

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Speaker 6: I mean, we trust in each and every one of us.

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Speaker 1: We know that we got a team that can get

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Speaker 5: I want to switch gears here just for a second.

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Speaker 5: Saw you from Saginaw, Michigan. Was hockey ever something big

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Speaker 1: pitches or less and that'll allow you to go deeper

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Speaker 1: into games. And listen, I mean there's the pitchers are

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Speaker 1: throwing harder than ever. They're you know, they're chasing strikeouts.

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Speaker 1: So I think that with how the game is going,

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Speaker 1: we might not be seeing many complete games, but it's

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Speaker 1: nice to.

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Speaker 6: It's nice to definitely go deep into games.

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Speaker 2: How did the Braves work it with you when you

448
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Speaker 2: were in the minors, Because the Braves have done a

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Speaker 2: nice job of getting some starting pitchers developed that weren't

450
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Speaker 2: always the most highly touted, right, and then all of

451
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Speaker 2: a sudden they come up to the bigs and I'm like,

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Speaker 2: this guy's ready to go and he can pitch deep

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Speaker 2: into outings. They've done a better job than I would

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Speaker 2: say most teams on that front. So what was it

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Speaker 2: like when you were talking to them in terms of

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Speaker 2: the balance of you know, not overdoing it, but also

457
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Speaker 2: for them to let you see how it is to

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Speaker 2: work into a sixth seventh inning. I doubt you went

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Speaker 2: into an eighth in the miners. Did they let you

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Speaker 2: go that deep?

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Speaker 4: No?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 1: So yeah, So my first year in twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 1: I was coming off of Tommy John, so it was

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Speaker 1: like a lot of twenty five pitch outings and then

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Speaker 1: thirty pitch outings.

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Speaker 6: You know, So it's they did it the right way

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Speaker 6: with building me up.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if I got into the seventh

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Speaker 1: inning that first year at all if they only went six,

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Speaker 1: But then the second year in twenty twenty four, I

472
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Speaker 1: threw maybe into the seventh on once or twice.

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Speaker 6: But they do a really good job with.

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Speaker 1: Monitoring guys' arms, and I think they have a pretty

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Speaker 1: strict pitch count of around eighty five pitches, and they

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Speaker 1: want to see guys that you know, can maintain their

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Speaker 1: ve low and command deep in games, and then they'll

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Speaker 1: let you earn it after that.

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Speaker 3: Besides your pitch count, then from the difference between year

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Speaker 3: one and year two, what else? What other differences can

481
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Speaker 3: you talk about that you've noticed in the game, Because

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Speaker 3: usually it's you come up, you might have success hitters

483
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Speaker 3: adjust to you, then you adjust back, So this game

484
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Speaker 3: will always go back and forth.

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Speaker 6: A little bit.

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Speaker 3: That's the cat and this game. But what are some

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Speaker 3: of the other big adjustments or big differences you've seen

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Speaker 3: now between year and one and year two.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so doing scoutering report stuff, you've got to understand

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Speaker 1: that the teams are also doing a scattering report against you.

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Speaker 1: But then you also want to pitch to your strengths.

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Speaker 1: So it's it's kind of like you said, a cat

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Speaker 1: and mouse game where you know it's it's in year two,

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Speaker 1: I've understood to read swings a little bit better. Last

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Speaker 1: year it was just like, Okay, this pitch is supposed

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Speaker 1: to work to this guy, and if it doesn't work, now,

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Speaker 1: now what are you going to do?

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Speaker 5: You know, so.

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Speaker 1: Understanding swings, understanding different locations and why they work, and

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Speaker 1: also doing scattering reports and looking at not only hot

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Speaker 1: in cold zones, but you know, seeing what the swing

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Speaker 1: looks like a guy's got a flat swing, or if

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Speaker 1: a guy's you know, trying to lift the ball.

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Speaker 6: Just stuff like that.

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Speaker 3: Now, if you have a pitch that you think is

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Speaker 3: going to work against a specific guy and you go

507
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Speaker 3: to it and he nails it, you're like, you got

508
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Speaker 3: him to chase. Do you how often do you immediately

509
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Speaker 3: go right back to that or do you know? Then

510
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Speaker 3: you're like, okay, I know I've got this in my arsenal.

511
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Speaker 3: I might save it for till two strikes or that

512
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Speaker 3: this works against him and I you can then pick

513
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Speaker 3: and choose when you get it, or it's like, hey,

514
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Speaker 3: let's go with this one. It works, we're gonna keep

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Speaker 3: going until it doesn't.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think there's a there's a time and place

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Speaker 1: for to repeat the pitch, depending if it's you know,

518
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Speaker 1: first at bat, second at bat, third at that you

519
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Speaker 1: know you got you gotta save some stuff for you know,

520
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Speaker 1: the third time through the lineup. So just understanding, you know,

521
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Speaker 1: even if there's guys on base too, it's also.

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Speaker 6: A different scenario there.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, I've got six pitches, so it gives

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Speaker 1: me a.

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Speaker 6: Gives me more to work with too, that doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Hey, yeah, and on on that topic, I mean, it

527
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Speaker 2: seems like guys are able to pick up pitches quicker nowadays.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure some of that has to do with the

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Speaker 2: tech and the advancement on the coaching front. How have

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Speaker 2: you noticed that, you know, whether it's in the miners

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Speaker 2: and now up in the bigs and guys that you

532
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Speaker 2: pitch around, where all of a sudden everyone's shown up

533
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Speaker 2: to spring training with a new pitch and it's not

534
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Speaker 2: just I mean, obviously sometimes they're toying with it, but

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Speaker 2: it's it's often actually converting into being used in the

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Speaker 2: regular season. Right Like for me, I feel like I

537
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Speaker 2: have to do a lot more homework going into a

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Speaker 2: season as a broadcaster, being like, okay, what are all

539
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Speaker 2: of his pitches now in his pitch usage where you know,

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Speaker 2: maybe go fifteen years back and it's like, oh, I

541
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Speaker 2: know what he throws.

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Speaker 4: It's the same thing his entire career.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think with all the data that we have,

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Speaker 1: if you see someone spinning their fastball at a certain

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Speaker 1: like on a certain access, you know that they can

546
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Speaker 1: throw a seam shifted sinker or they can throw a

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Speaker 1: cutter like. So it's like adding these pitches is easier

548
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Speaker 1: than it sounds because you're you're ultimately just throwing the

549
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Speaker 1: pitch the same way but with a different grip. And

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Speaker 1: there's there's so many really intelligent people that that know

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Speaker 1: a lot about the game, a lot about grips, release points,

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Speaker 1: and you know, I think that guys are are we're

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Speaker 1: kind of working harder than ever in that aspect as well.

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Speaker 2: Hey, Spencer, who on the braves should we be talking

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Speaker 2: more about? Obviously we know a lot of the names

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Speaker 2: that are signed up for lifetime deals essentially, but who else?

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Speaker 2: Who else should we be talking about this year that

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Speaker 2: you know we're not talking enough about on a national level.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Drake Baldwin should be an All Star.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't get enough credit. I think he's he came

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Speaker 1: into the year. Uh, he started off slow. He was

562
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Speaker 1: crushing the ball everywhere and his his average is hitting

563
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Speaker 1: stats they just didn't you know, it didn't show that

564
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Speaker 1: and he stayed with it.

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Speaker 6: Was has been awesome in the clubhouse. He's been awesome

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Speaker 6: to throw too.

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Speaker 1: And I think, you know, not only should he he

568
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Speaker 1: be in the All Star Game, but he needs to

569
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Speaker 1: be talked about a lot more.

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Speaker 4: I like that.

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Speaker 2: Well, tell us a little more about him. I don't

572
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Speaker 2: know a lot about him. I haven't really seen him

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Speaker 2: too many interviews. Like he seems a little bit quiet

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Speaker 2: and hidden.

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Speaker 4: So what's he like?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's he is a quiet guy. He's goofy, always

577
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Speaker 1: has a smile on his face.

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Speaker 6: Uh, he's.

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Speaker 1: I threw to him a lot in in minor leagues

580
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Speaker 1: and just to see how much better that he has

581
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Speaker 1: gotten with receiving, blocking, pitch calling, and reading swings. It's

582
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Speaker 1: really fantastic to watch. Really good guy.

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Speaker 2: Nice well Spencer, dude, this was awesome, man, Really appreciate

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Speaker 2: the time. Great to have you back on and to

585
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Speaker 2: see you thriving again. So keep doing your thing, dude.

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Speaker 6: Thanks guys,