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Speaker 1: What's up everybody? Welcome into another edition of crush City Territory.

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Speaker 1: My name is Chandler Roam, joined by Tyler Stafford and

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Speaker 1: Josh Reddick from Beautiful Snowy Colorado. Josh, how's the how's

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Speaker 1: the powder treating you? How are the runs treating you?

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Speaker 2: Uh? You? You wipe out it all?

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Speaker 3: I actually today it was the first time I didn't

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Speaker 3: fall this season, so good timing on that front. Snows

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Speaker 3: a little better today. In the last couple of days

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Speaker 3: we got some flurries. When we first got here. It

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Speaker 3: was god awful for people that haven't seen how the

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Speaker 3: mountains look. Everywhere around this country. It's not good snowboard season.

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Speaker 3: But last two days have been perfect.

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Speaker 4: Today it was great.

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Speaker 3: You know, had some some fluff over, some more fluff,

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Speaker 3: so you weren't snowboarding or skiing over crust, which is

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Speaker 3: horrible and awful to listen to. But I'm by myself today.

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Speaker 3: My wife and another son, Maverick, are at a go

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Speaker 3: kart race, shocking, and so I was out.

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Speaker 4: There was some tunes on just just the mountains.

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Speaker 5: Where are they at?

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Speaker 3: No, they're actually Mexico. They flew they flew to Mexico.

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Speaker 3: It all happens fast man. Like his last race before

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Speaker 3: we came here, he my wife and him met some

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Speaker 3: people about driving down there because they have a company

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Speaker 3: that he you know, is his sponsor that he races

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Speaker 3: for as a company and factory down there, so.

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Speaker 4: Like, hey, why don't you come down here. We'd love

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Speaker 4: for you to represent us.

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Speaker 3: And there they are, so you know, that was that's

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Speaker 3: that's an adventure.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I think he's legally allowed to drive in Mexico.

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Speaker 4: He might be, he might be down there.

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Speaker 3: It's it's it's been a it's been a debacle so far,

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Speaker 3: not on the racing part but the Mexico experience. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: he's he's doing pretty good, doing pretty good right now.

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Speaker 2: Leting him go as the Reddick's turn. That can we

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Speaker 2: can spot.

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Speaker 3: We're always in a new spot, man, You can't. You

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Speaker 3: gotta keep everybody on their toes. We're not staying dormant

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Speaker 2: You can't. You can't stay dormant for too long.

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Speaker 1: Helps our algorithms and such. So wanted to get that

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Speaker 1: out before we start. But there's been a couple of

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Speaker 1: things that have happened since the last time we talked

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Speaker 1: to you, Josh. I think first and foremost, we'll go

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Speaker 1: with the most recent news. You know, It's funny everyone

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Speaker 1: always asks me, or some people have asked me, like

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Speaker 1: what the bobbleheads are on the back of my shelf

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Speaker 1: pretty pretty useful for today. It's Carlos Correa. This is

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite ones. It's Carlos Correa with the

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Speaker 1: Puerto Rican flag. Draped behind him. It's one of my

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Speaker 1: give the depressing news that Carlos Carea will not be

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Speaker 2: He will opt out.

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Speaker 1: Of the World Baseball Classic along with Jose Al tuv

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Speaker 1: which is something Tyler that we talked about a little

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Speaker 1: a little bit more. Looking into it, Here's what happened,

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Speaker 1: and it's a nuanced conversation. Have Jim Crane was involved

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Speaker 1: So neither of those guys was given the proper insurance

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Speaker 1: That means if either Altuve or Correa would have gotten

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Speaker 1: they would have forfeited their salaries. They would have forfeited

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Speaker 1: This is not the first time this has happened. This

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Speaker 1: It actually happened to Miguel Rojas this week. He's trying

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Speaker 1: that you're not going to see either Carlos Correa suit

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Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure. I mean it makes sense right with

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Speaker 3: On top of that, I mean, you got to look

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Speaker 4: You just never know what's going to happen. It could

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Speaker 3: Hurt celebrating or something, right, So there's just all kinds

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Speaker 3: And if you get hurt in season playing with your

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Speaker 3: you got hurt playing for team Venezuela. That's your problem.

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Speaker 3: So we all want to play for our country. We

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's it's doubly disappointing for Correa, who obviously

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Speaker 2: As Kyle Tucker. We haven't seen you since.

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Speaker 1: We haven't seen or heard from you since Tuck got

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Speaker 1: four years and two hundred and forty million dollars from

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Speaker 3: Bummed about the team, I mean for the history there

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Speaker 3: and in on both sides of the happy for Kyle.

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Speaker 3: And you know, was he worth sixty million? Who knows,

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Speaker 3: but to the Dodgers he absolutely one percent was. And

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Speaker 3: not to take a deal like that, especially from a

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Speaker 3: ready to go, so makes perfect sense. I've said it before.

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Speaker 3: I love what that team is doing for baseball. Wish

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Speaker 4: In baseball doing it.

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Speaker 3: But you can't fault the team for wanting to win

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Speaker 3: to see it, but you know, it's just where we're

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Speaker 4: Hey, lockout, where are you at? Right around the corner.

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Speaker 5: It's it's his sixth game. He will have earned more

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Speaker 1: No one wants to rehash this, but that was a

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Speaker 1: Yeah tough, tough, but we will not relitigate twenty nineteen anymore.

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Speaker 2: I'll read it out.

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Speaker 1: If you're not watching on YouTube, It's Jeremy Panna at short,

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Speaker 1: is a better defensive first baseman than Esak Paradis. You

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Speaker 1: don't want either Altuve or Alvarez in the outfield. Hunter

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Speaker 1: Brown if he's going to give up contact, it may

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Speaker 1: be in the air. You know, jose L Twove starting

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Speaker 1: on opening day at dyke In Park, You're on Alvarez

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Speaker 1: is starting on opening day at dyke In Park. So

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Speaker 1: any thought that, oh, you can replace Paradus with one

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Speaker 1: of like, no, Like, those guys are starting. Those guys

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Speaker 1: are in the lineup and they're going to play their

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Speaker 1: their primary positions on opening day. But it underscores the

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Speaker 1: dilemma Joe Spott is going to have this season if

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Speaker 1: they have all these infielders on the roster. Is you know,

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Speaker 1: you're looking at an opening day lineup that maybe doesn't

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Speaker 1: have Esoc Paradis in it.

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Speaker 5: I just I hear what you're saying. There's no way

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Speaker 5: if Estoc Parades is on the roster that he is

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Speaker 5: not in the field somewhay. You you either put him

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Speaker 5: at DH and Alvarez in left field or or he's

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Speaker 5: not on the team. Like I mean, yes, I hear

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Speaker 5: you about defense and all of that, but it's dik

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Speaker 5: In Park. It's not that hard to play left field

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Speaker 5: out there. You can put Alvarez out there for a day,

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Speaker 5: and I mean any ball hitting the air out there

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Speaker 5: is going to be a home run anyway, like you

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Speaker 5: wouldn't be able to fix it. So I don't. I

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Speaker 5: don't think it's that big of a deal. But uh Josh,

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Speaker 5: while we're kind of on this subject, we've talked a

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Speaker 5: lot about est SoC parates and maybe doing second base

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Speaker 5: or obviously you know, he could play first base if needed.

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Speaker 5: Now that it has become very clear that al twov

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Speaker 5: is going to play second base predominantly, they would like

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Speaker 5: to keep Alvarez out of left field as often as possible.

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Speaker 5: Can east I Parides play left field? Is that a possibility?

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Speaker 5: Is Is he able to do that?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely not?

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Speaker 3: Okay, no, my man, I mean I'm not I'm not

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Speaker 3: knocking my man, but my man's range at third isn't

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Speaker 3: very far much less giving a little bit more acreage

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Speaker 3: out there to try to cover.

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Speaker 4: So absolutely not. Who are they facing opening day? I

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Speaker 4: haven't that far ahead.

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Speaker 5: Remember I did watch Carlos Lee play left field here.

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Speaker 3: For was a big athletic human being. I watched Carlos

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Speaker 3: before I got there. He was more athletic than he

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Speaker 3: sock parades.

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying, Okaying, a lot more they're going

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Speaker 1: to face the Angels and very likely you say Kakuchi

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Speaker 1: on opening that.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, then you can definitely run yourd on out

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Speaker 4: in left field. See is that cold? Get the day off?

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Speaker 4: You can start next day, So I could see that working.

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Speaker 3: He saw d H day one, flip it on the

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Speaker 3: next day, depending on who they face.

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Speaker 5: It's pretty good lineup.

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Speaker 3: But that line up read there is pretty solid, like

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Speaker 3: which what we put on the screen is is definitely

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Speaker 3: your right I mean you can't really say right handed

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Speaker 3: dominant lineup because he saw just pulls everybody. So something's

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Speaker 3: gotta happen. Something's gotta happen. Is Jared Durant still on

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Speaker 3: the table? Where's that guy?

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Speaker 5: Source firm? Josh, God, they don't.

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Speaker 1: They they'd rather will your braid if they're gonna trade

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Speaker 1: with the if they're gonna trade with the Red Sox,

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Speaker 1: they would rather will your brad youth who also hits

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Speaker 1: left handed, who's a two time Gold Glover in right field,

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Speaker 1: and maybe more importantly, is making the Major League minimum

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Speaker 1: solid while Jared Durant is making seven and a half

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Speaker 1: million dollars.

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Speaker 4: That's probably what it is. Smith played left field.

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Speaker 5: If he's on this team and these our parades is not,

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Speaker 5: so that also cancels out that problem.

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Speaker 1: Yes, what do you think about I took a shot

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Speaker 1: in the dark with the batting order itself.

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Speaker 2: I will pull it back up. We just have to.

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Speaker 1: I have to hit a ton of buttons if you're

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Speaker 1: watching on YouTube, so everyone talking about yourselves while I'm

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Speaker 1: hitting all these buttons.

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Speaker 2: Okay, here it is.

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Speaker 1: The order is, and I think really anyone really only

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Speaker 1: cares about the top six. I went with Payna, Altuve, Alvarez, Correa,

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Speaker 1: Diez Walker as.

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Speaker 2: Your top six.

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Speaker 1: Now you throw Paradus in there some like, but Josh, like,

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Speaker 1: given that collection of names, what do you think of

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Speaker 1: that order?

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Speaker 3: I personally love it as dumb as baseball is getting now.

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Speaker 3: And they always put like their sluggers, like I don't

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Speaker 3: understand why the Yankees batting are and judge second like

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Speaker 3: and you're.

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Speaker 4: Done hit second for a good while.

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Speaker 3: So that would be the only thing that I could

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Speaker 3: see like them doing, which makes absolutely zero sense to me,

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Speaker 3: because these are the guys you're gonna rely anyway, no matter.

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Speaker 4: If they're one through four.

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Speaker 3: But I think the top four right there, You're you're

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Speaker 3: constant top four. I think you know five six. I mean,

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Speaker 3: shoot five nine, five to nine. Are you're kinda who's hot,

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Speaker 3: who's not? Who gets piggyback behind Korea? Who gets piggyback there?

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Speaker 3: Like if Christian Walker comes out hot, he drops in.

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Speaker 4: That five spot.

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Speaker 3: If Cam Smith drops hot, he comes in that five spot,

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Speaker 3: kind of like we saw him jump into that cleanup

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Speaker 3: spot last year. So the only thing that changes if

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Speaker 3: you do put Esac in there. I mean I think

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Speaker 3: you put east Soak maybe five, and then drop everybody

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Speaker 3: else in suit follows. I think Cam goes to eight,

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Speaker 3: zat Cole bumps out, Jake Myer stays nine, and then

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Speaker 3: everybody else bumps down.

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Speaker 2: I'm cutting.

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Speaker 5: I think Zach Cole would be above Cam Smith. But

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Speaker 5: other than that, I agree with you.

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Speaker 3: So I think that's that's probably just that's the old

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Speaker 3: analytics to split up the old, younger ritys that may

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Speaker 3: not have the most success on the world.

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Speaker 4: So that's that's the whole split him up.

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Speaker 5: If you got them, you think Chandler ran this through

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Speaker 5: an analytics put this is just straight from his brain.

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Speaker 1: Ran I ran this by no one, so I would

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Speaker 1: I'd hit Paradus second.

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Speaker 2: If Paradas is in the lineup.

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Speaker 5: I'd hit him your highest that's why the highest base.

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Speaker 1: I'd go Painia paradus Altove, and then no, I go

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Speaker 1: Penia Paradis, I go Penia Paradus Alvarez, and then we

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Speaker 1: can have a debate about carre al two A clean

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Speaker 1: up and then and go Krea clean up L two

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Speaker 1: a fifth and then Walker or Walker would be in

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Speaker 1: the lineup whatever, but that that'd be your top that'd

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Speaker 1: be your top five.

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Speaker 2: So that's what I think they'll do.

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Speaker 1: I don't have it on authority, but I think they

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Speaker 1: liked the way Jeremy Pania swung the bat in the

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Speaker 1: leadof spot last year.

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Speaker 2: Obviously it worked.

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Speaker 1: I would be surprised if he's not the leadoff hitter Alvarez,

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Speaker 1: like you mentioned, Josh, I think, and to hear Joe

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Speaker 1: explain it, why they they kept hitting your on second

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Speaker 1: when he was healthy.

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Speaker 2: It's a number of a bat's thing they like.

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Speaker 1: They've they've distilled out enough analytically to know that the

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Speaker 1: two hole hitter gets.

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Speaker 4: Just maybe fifat in the ninth that they might need.

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Speaker 1: They want they want their best hitter getting the most

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Speaker 1: at bad, getting the most play appearances. And I think

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Speaker 1: that's why they do it. I can certainly hear the

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Speaker 1: argument for I think it's a better looking lineup with

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Speaker 1: Pania Paradis Alvarez, especially with the on base threat of

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Speaker 1: Paradis exhaust the pitchers like it'll. I think that's probably

585
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Speaker 1: the ideal lineup. But who knows the Paradis to be

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Speaker 1: on the roster, so that's something they will have to

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Speaker 1: figure out. Don't freak out over this next one, because

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Speaker 1: I know everyone gets obsessed with the order, but the

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Speaker 1: projected rotation is what I had on my story at

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Speaker 1: the Athletic, and if you're watching on YouTube you can

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Speaker 1: see Hunter Brown, Christian Javier, Tetsuya Emi, Mike Burrows, Lance

592
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Speaker 1: McCullers Junior, and Spencer Eric Getty. Don't get over overwhelmed

593
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Speaker 1: with the order, and the order doesn't mean much. Hunter

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Speaker 1: Brown's gonna pitch on opening day barring something cataclysmic, and

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Speaker 1: then after that they're gonna line it up just based

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Speaker 1: on rest based what they see fit.

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Speaker 2: That was just me, just that's why healthy.

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Speaker 4: Who doesn't right?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 1: So don't obsess over the order. Just because Christian Javier

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Speaker 1: is listed second. You don't have to say, oh, he's

602
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Speaker 1: the number two starter. No, He's just who I listed.

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Speaker 2: Second. I think it's pretty clear.

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Speaker 1: That Brown, Emi, Burrows, and Javier are going into camp

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Speaker 1: guaranteed rotation spots. After them, it gets a little it

606
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Speaker 1: gets a little interesting, and I think it'd be the

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Speaker 1: most fascinating part of spring training is the competition for

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Speaker 1: those final two spots, because they're going to open in

609
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Speaker 1: a six man rotation. I put Spencer Arraghetty and Lance

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Speaker 1: mccullors for no other reason than they will have the

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Speaker 1: upper hand going into camp, for no other reason than

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Speaker 1: they're major league experienced. They have done it before at

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Speaker 1: the big league level. And in mccullor's' case, if we're

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Speaker 1: being honest, the contract situation, because he's in the last

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Speaker 1: year of his five year, eighty five million dollar contract.

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Speaker 1: I think, barring just an injury or it looks like

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Speaker 1: in camp he can't get guys out, I don't think

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Speaker 1: either of those things are gonna happen. But barring those

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Speaker 1: two things, he's going to make the team. He is

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Speaker 1: going to make the team out of camp. And he's

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Speaker 1: not a reliever. He is not a long guy. He's

622
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Speaker 1: we saw that last year. They can't afford to put

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Speaker 1: him in the bullpen, especially if they're going to run

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Speaker 1: a six man rotation, because the six man rotation shortens

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Speaker 1: the bullpen. You cannot put a guy in a shorthanded

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Speaker 1: bullpen that you don't know if you're ever gonna use.

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Speaker 1: So that's my thought is that those two guys are

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Speaker 1: going into camp with the upper hand, But make no mistake,

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Speaker 1: Ryan Weiss, Nate Pearson, AJ Blueball, Colton Gordon, A lot

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Speaker 1: of guys have a chance to usurp them and maybe

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Speaker 1: sneak into the back of that rotation.

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Speaker 5: Are there any of those guys you mentioned that our

633
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Speaker 5: roster constraint like they're not optionable? Like can Colton Gordon

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Speaker 5: be optioned if he doesn't make the rotation out of

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Speaker 5: spring training?

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you asked that, Tyler. You know, we never

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Speaker 1: we never prep for these things, but you always know

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Speaker 1: what to ask. Colton Gordon does have options, Okay, Ryan Weiss,

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Speaker 1: And this is gonna be the interesting thing. This is

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Speaker 1: going to be when I talk about we're gonna do

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Speaker 1: the bullpen in a bit, and Ryan Weiss is not

642
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Speaker 1: on this projected roster. I did not have him on

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Speaker 1: the projected twenty six man roster for no other reason

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Speaker 1: that he then he has minor league options. He has

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Speaker 1: minor league options left. I know he signed a guaranteed

646
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Speaker 1: contract with a bunch of incentives for innings pitched, but

647
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Speaker 1: it may be easier for them maneuverability wise to send

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Speaker 1: him to sugar Land at least to start the year

649
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Speaker 1: and then summon him when you need him. You've got

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Speaker 1: that flexibility. Should be noted that Spencer Arraghetti also has

651
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Speaker 1: minor league options, So again this will be a straightforward

652
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Speaker 1: just competition, like whoever pitches best is going to get

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Speaker 1: these last two spots in the rotation.

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Speaker 3: Two things, One that list is missing a name that

655
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Speaker 3: I've been waiting for them to sign.

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Speaker 4: If you don't know, Justin Berlander just because for him,

657
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Speaker 4: he's good.

658
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Speaker 3: He can make everybody else better. He could probably help

659
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Speaker 3: lan Us out. I like aj Blueball. J bu Ball

660
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Speaker 3: proved a lot last year for me and for that

661
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 3: ball club doing what he did. So he comes out

662
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Speaker 3: hot in that spring training he's he could look at

663
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Speaker 3: that five to six spot, no problem.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Chandler.

665
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Speaker 2: Hater, that's just me.

666
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm with you. I agree.

667
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 4: And JV's getting cheap. JV's getting cheaper by the day.

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Speaker 5: What are I mean, what do they have left that

669
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 5: they can even It's gotta be like pennies, all right.

670
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 4: It's major League Baseball. Money is not an issue.

671
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:57,239
Speaker 5: I agree, but I'm saying the luxury tax. Where are

672
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 5: they at a relative to that right now?

673
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Speaker 4: Like my nickname, that's irrelevant.

674
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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're about four million dollars under, like we said,

675
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,520
Speaker 1: and while while they're trying to trade one of them.

676
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Speaker 5: That's gonna be the biggest thing is once they figure

677
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Speaker 5: out how much of Christian walker salary they're going to

678
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,680
Speaker 5: have to eat or you know, what they're doing with parades,

679
00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 5: that that's where they'll figure it out. I mean, they're

680
00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,560
Speaker 5: not gonna be able to sign anybody until they figure

681
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 5: out those trades.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's yeah, they're trying to trade Hasu

683
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: Sanchez who's making seven million next year. They're trying to

684
00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:31,480
Speaker 1: trade Christian Walker's gonna make twenty and Estoc Paradis, who's

685
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: gonna make ten. So whomever of that group gets traded,

686
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Speaker 1: I think you'll know a lot more about their just

687
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 1: their financial picture. Tease it a little bit. But to

688
00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:45,880
Speaker 1: finish it out, the bullpen again, if they're going to

689
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:49,040
Speaker 1: open in a seven in a six man rotation. That

690
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 1: means you have one shortened the bullpen, so you have

691
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Speaker 1: a seven man bullpen. Josh Hater, Brian and Brady Brian

692
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 1: King pretty much locked up spots and Yell Della Santos

693
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: and Steven o k They're on guaranteed deals. They're veterans,

694
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: they pitch well to very well at points of last year,

695
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Speaker 1: so I think they go in pretty secure on a

696
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Speaker 1: on a spot. Again, if they don't pitch well in

697
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Speaker 1: spring training, things can change. Roddery Munos is in the

698
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 1: bullpen because he's a Rule five pick, and if he

699
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: doesn't make the roster, they have to offer him back

700
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 1: to the Reds. Not saying just because he's a Rule

701
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 1: five pick he's automatically gonna make the roster. If he

702
00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 1: doesn't pitch well, then they'll have no problem offering him

703
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: to the Reds if he doesn't pitch well. But again

704
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Speaker 1: we're doing this exercise just based on who has a

705
00:33:34,760 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: leg up going into spring training in terms of roster status,

706
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Speaker 1: in terms of service time, in terms of experience. So

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Speaker 1: he gets the nod and then Nate Pearson's the interesting one.

708
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:48,200
Speaker 1: So Nate Pearson is in this bullpen this projection for

709
00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:52,080
Speaker 1: no other reason than they're going to need They're gonna

710
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 1: need coverage. They're gonna need long guys. They're gonna need

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Speaker 1: long swingmen. You know, Pearson's gonna come to camp as

712
00:33:57,760 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: a starter. They're gonna stretch him out as a starter,

713
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Speaker 1: especially early in the year. If you're gonna run a

714
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Speaker 1: six man rotation out there, you're gonna need someone to

715
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Speaker 1: absorb some long relief. Maybe piggyback him with a starter

716
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:14,640
Speaker 1: that's not all the way built up, But they need

717
00:34:14,680 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: longman in the bullpen, and Ryan Weiss is also perfectly

718
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:21,440
Speaker 1: suited for this role. But again, Nate Pearson does not

719
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Speaker 1: have minor league options left, so if he doesn't make

720
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Speaker 1: the team out of camp, that have to expose in

721
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Speaker 1: the waivers. Ryan Weiss does have minor league options left,

722
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Speaker 1: so they could pretty easily send him to the minor league.

723
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Speaker 1: So that is why Pearson makes it over Weiss in

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Speaker 1: this projection.

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Speaker 5: This team has some pitching depth, sure does. I mean

726
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 5: like some serious pit like that Sugarland rotation is gonna

727
00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 5: have three or four guys that could pitch in the

728
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 5: big leagues and the bullpen as well. I mean again,

729
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:54,200
Speaker 5: just more blue bar Racer here is ridiculous. But yeah,

730
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Speaker 5: I mean, for a part of the team that did

731
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Speaker 5: not seem like a stream coming into the year, they

732
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,840
Speaker 5: have done an excellent job, at least on paper, coming

733
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Speaker 5: into the season of really shoring up. They're pitching up

734
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 5: because as we've seen, Look, we can name these six starters,

735
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,280
Speaker 5: but the Ashers are going to have thirteen different guys

736
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 5: make a start for them. You know, over the course

737
00:35:17,680 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 5: of the year, you need the depth pieces and the

738
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:25,720
Speaker 5: hardest part is finding them within your organization. And they've

739
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 5: got I mean, they've got a handful of guys that

740
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 5: they could pretty confidently say if we need a spot start,

741
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,600
Speaker 5: that there's a guy in Sugarland that can do it.

742
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Speaker 5: So it's a pretty good problem to have that you're

743
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,240
Speaker 5: running out of room on your roster for all your pitchers.

744
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Speaker 1: And that's why they did this too. That's why they

745
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 1: went about the offseason like this. Because when I say this,

746
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,839
Speaker 1: I don't want this to be pejorative toward AJ blue

747
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: Ball or Colton Gordon, but like they're calling up AJ

748
00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 1: Blueball like April to make a spot start.

749
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 2: They're calling up Colton Gordon.

750
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Speaker 1: In May and like again, they acquitted themselves well, but

751
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 1: like that's not where you want to be, Like, you

752
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:02,840
Speaker 1: don't want to be relying on them that early in

753
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: the season to make starts. They have given themselves enough

754
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:11,280
Speaker 1: insurance to where if and when the inevitable injury bug

755
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 1: arises with them, they are far more equipped to cover

756
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: that and to be okay than they were at any

757
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,279
Speaker 1: point last year, just given the depth they've added this offseason.

758
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,000
Speaker 5: And you can watch their innings too, you know you can.

759
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 5: You don't want these guys pushing one hundred and sixty

760
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 5: plus innings anyway. So this is an easy way for

761
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,200
Speaker 5: you to be able to rotate them in and out.

762
00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:35,839
Speaker 3: And they're preparing for that trade deadline last year where

763
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 3: they were out on their guys to come back and

764
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:37,919
Speaker 3: not get hurt.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so there's one.

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Speaker 3: Thing you cover something else, man, No messenger messaging during

767
00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:43,720
Speaker 3: that during.

768
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,440
Speaker 5: The breaking, turn the volume down. Who's who's texting you?

769
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Speaker 5: What we got?

770
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 4: We got something?

771
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:54,320
Speaker 2: You know, just doing some work, guys.

772
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 5: We got like ten minutes left in this show. You

773
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 5: need to break it.

774
00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,800
Speaker 2: I hate it. I hate it when work happens.

775
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: You're doing this, But you know, there's never a there's never.

776
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 2: News doesn't sleep.

777
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 1: News doesn't have a news doesn't have time constrictions. If

778
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: I knew what was going on, I would tell you, But.

779
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 5: Everybody tweeted Chandler even harder. He's holding it back from you.

780
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 5: He knows what's happening. He's lying huge.

781
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 3: If it is huge, we know there'll be a surprise

782
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,120
Speaker 3: podcast in about two hours.

783
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Speaker 5: He's this is this is proof that he's lying when

784
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 5: he says he doesn't know. He does know, and he

785
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 5: is keeping it from you.

786
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe maybe could be otherwise on the roster, and

787
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,799
Speaker 1: who knows how much longer this will be relevant, But

788
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: on the opening day roster that I have on the athletic,

789
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: you know, I think the one thing we didn't go

790
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: over was the bench kind of who's on the bench

791
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: Seysar Salas are for now is the backup catcher. I

792
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,480
Speaker 1: know they are trying to improve that area. I know

793
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 1: they're trying to find another backup catcher to help. Salazar

794
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,280
Speaker 1: is out of minor league options, so if he doesn't

795
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,160
Speaker 1: make the team, he'd have to be exposed to waivers.

796
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:12,160
Speaker 1: I have Nick Allen as the utility man, the guy

797
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,919
Speaker 1: that was traded for Mauricio Dubon. He's really the only

798
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:17,520
Speaker 1: guy that can back up and play shortstop that's not

799
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 1: named Carlos Korea, so he kind of fits in there.

800
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:25,720
Speaker 1: And then you know the outfield HEYESU Sanchez is gonna

801
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 1: still be on the team for now, but he's part

802
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 1: of the bench too. And then the other member of

803
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: the bench is Esock Paratus and really accentuates how awkward

804
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: this is because the thing I can't get through my

805
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: head is like Estoc Paratus is perfect for what the

806
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Asters need, Like his offensive profile is

807
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,240
Speaker 1: everything that they need. His the way he goes about

808
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 1: his business, like the profile and dyke in park, he's

809
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: perfect for it. But like, we are really sitting here

810
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 1: and we legitimately cannot come up with a full proof

811
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 1: way to get this guy every day at bats. And

812
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: that's a problem, major problem.

813
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 3: One of your best all around hitters approach guys and

814
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 3: he literally has no spot in your lineup, no spot

815
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Speaker 3: on your defenses setup, and no interest in the trade.

816
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Speaker 4: So where are you at there, Bud?

817
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,440
Speaker 2: I mean no, there's interest, don't worry. I mean the

818
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:23,240
Speaker 2: interesting it's.

819
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 4: Not the right interest.

820
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, interest is not the problem, but it's about making

821
00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:31,640
Speaker 1: it work for both sides. It's you know, but again,

822
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 1: like I've said, I would be surprised if there's not

823
00:39:34,160 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: a trade. I would be surprised if you know, the

824
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,239
Speaker 1: Astros break camp with this group of players. As so

825
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: when that's going to be, I'm not sure. Could be

826
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,479
Speaker 1: in twenty minutes, it could be like in twenty days.

827
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: Who knows.

828
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Speaker 5: But everyone keeping tracking home and is currently five point

829
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Speaker 5: fifty one PM on January twenty ninth, So we're gonna

830
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 5: put that with whatever time stamp the Chandler tweets out

831
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Speaker 5: something that's that's how long there'll.

832
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Speaker 4: Be a third that gets hurt around the league and

833
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 4: somebody will need one.

834
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Speaker 2: Real quick's And that's the other thing.

835
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Speaker 4: It's gonna happen.

836
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 3: Like I hate to say it, but somebody is going

837
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 3: to get hurt in spring training and they'll need somebody

838
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 3: will need that guy, and then that price and interest

839
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Speaker 3: goes way up.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's why I don't think there should be

841
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Speaker 1: a big freak out, and I don't think there will be.

842
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: But I don't think everyone should just take for granted

843
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,000
Speaker 1: if they if the day of the first full squad

844
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Speaker 1: work out in spring training, everyone's still there. Like it

845
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,840
Speaker 1: made behoove the astra is to wait until spring training

846
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 1: and not hope, not hope that someone gets hurt, obviously,

847
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 1: but understand that there's gonna be guys around the league

848
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 1: that report to camp with something that they hadn't told

849
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Speaker 1: the team about. It's like, oh, like my op league

850
00:40:47,040 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 1: kurts today, or like they go out in their first

851
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: live VP and they feel something in their elbow taking

852
00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 1: swings or whatever. Then the Ashers are Then the Ashers

853
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 1: are playing from a point of leverage they've got. If

854
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: you've got a team that needs a right handed hitting infielder,

855
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 1: the Asher's got two of them, and they've got the

856
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,920
Speaker 1: leverage to be able to ask about whatever they want.

857
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: And the team that's asking for them, they don't have

858
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,160
Speaker 1: enough time because they've got to get this guy in camp.

859
00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: They got to get this guy up to speed, and

860
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: they got to know what's going on. So it could

861
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 1: be whove the Ashers to wait until spring training. But again,

862
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:23,000
Speaker 1: demand in the market's going to really say everything.

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00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 2: So we'll go.

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00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 5: Get to work, go get us a trade.

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Speaker 2: We'll see.

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00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I can do that, But if

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Speaker 1: You can follow Tyler at Tyler C Stafford, Josh is

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Speaker 1: at j Red dub Deuce. Follow all three of us

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Speaker 1: on social media on X.

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Speaker 2: We will be back later.

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Speaker 1: On probably on Sunday, to talk about out well. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what we're going to talk about, because I

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Speaker 1: don't think anything's happening between now and then, but who knows,

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Speaker 1: we'll find something to talk about. We're got some good

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Speaker 1: guests in the hopp are already, but those are gonna

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Speaker 1: come a little bit starting next week. But until then, Josh,

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Speaker 1: enjoy the slopes. I hope Jet is okay in Mexico.

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Speaker 2: I hope nobody they.

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Speaker 3: Are okay, for they're okay right now. They're okay right now,

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Speaker 3: so they're they're they're gonna save spot. And if you're

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Speaker 3: board this weekend in Houston, come to the TriStar event

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Speaker 3: at n RG. You might see a certain someone there

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Speaker 3: mm hmm.

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Speaker 1: Bring bring your Crush City Territory merch and Josh will

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Speaker 1: Josh will sign whatever you bring to him.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely will.

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Speaker 1: Until the next time, guys, thank you for watching and

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Speaker 1: see you later. Bye.

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Speaker 3: H