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Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of the

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Speaker 1: Hammer Territory Podcast. I am Scott Coleman. I am joined

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Speaker 1: tonight by Steven Tolbert on the show. And you know, Steven,

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Speaker 1: if I told you ten days ago the Braves were

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Speaker 1: going to go five and two against the Mets, I

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Speaker 1: think we all would have taken it. But the way

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Speaker 1: these last two games have gone, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: anybody has a good taste in their mouth. And there

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Speaker 1: are certainly a lot of things to get to on

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Speaker 1: the show tonight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what's up, buddy. It is a weird feeling right now.

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Speaker 2: You and I were just talking before we started recording.

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Speaker 2: When you add into Chris saale injury, which changes the

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Speaker 2: talent level of the team dramatically, and then you watch

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Speaker 2: the fit starter spot struggled the way it has, of

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Speaker 2: course since he went down and they replaced him with

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Speaker 2: a twenty year old, and then you watch the offense

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Speaker 2: play the exact same game that we've watched this offense play,

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Speaker 2: you know, one hundred times the last two years. Even

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Speaker 2: though though the overall doesn't look bad, like you just said,

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Speaker 2: five and two against the Mets in seven games is fantastic.

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Speaker 2: The feeling is brutal, just because it doesn't feel like

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Speaker 2: it's getting any better, Like it doesn't feel like there's

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Speaker 2: a ton of hope, Like it just feels like, no

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Speaker 2: matter what happens, no matter what kind of stretch this

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Speaker 2: offense goes through, one of these games is right around

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Speaker 2: the corner every time, and usually a couple of them,

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Speaker 2: quite honestly, and however good Spencer Schwellenbach and Spencer Strider are,

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Speaker 2: you know, until they get like a fifth starter that

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Speaker 2: can hold their own. I don't know.

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Speaker 1: It just.

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Speaker 2: This law shouldn't matter as much as it does. But

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Speaker 2: the brains have dug themselves such a hole, and the

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Speaker 2: losses look so familiar that it's really hard to be

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Speaker 2: I don't know, You're completely right. Five and two is

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Speaker 2: great in seven games against the team that's on the division,

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Speaker 2: but it just doesn't feel like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, And look, man, baseball, it's a it is

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Speaker 1: a long season, and when you win a game, everything

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Speaker 1: is good, and when you lose a game, all the

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Speaker 1: problems are right back, especially for a team that's had

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Speaker 1: the first three months that this team has had. And

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Speaker 1: I do think it's fair to say even though they

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Speaker 1: went to five and two if this series, if this

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Speaker 1: four game series went Mets win, Braves win, Mets win,

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Speaker 1: Braves win, it's probably a different tone on the show tonight.

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Speaker 1: But tonight, and I know we talk about the offense

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Speaker 1: every single show, and we will not I promise you,

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Speaker 1: we will not do a thirty minute discussion on the

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Speaker 1: problems of the offense again on the show tonight. But

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Speaker 1: when you lose the way they lost tonight, three singles,

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Speaker 1: no walks in what was effectively an emergency bullpen game

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Speaker 1: for the Mets. It was lifeless. There was nothing going on.

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Speaker 1: They weren't unlucky the ball. It wasn't that the ball

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Speaker 1: then bounced their way. It wasn't that they hit a

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Speaker 1: bunch of line drives that found a glove. It was

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Speaker 1: just it was one of the three worst offensive showings

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Speaker 1: games of watching this team try to hit every night.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I I looked in like the eighth inning.

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Speaker 2: I didn't look at it after the ninth inning, but

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Speaker 2: in the eighth inning, like their expected batting average for

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Speaker 2: the game was like one seventy. So it's not like

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Speaker 2: they just were crushing the ball all night and just

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Speaker 2: didn't have any lucky They literally had nothing going. I

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Speaker 2: think Riley hit one hard hit ball to right center

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Speaker 2: And like you said, I mean the Mets lost their

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Speaker 2: They've had a ton of arm injuries already. They've been

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Speaker 2: You get an emergency bullpen game, you got to cover

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Speaker 2: six innings and you can't even forgets score a run.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a runner in a scoring position?

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Speaker 2: Did they have a run? I don't think they had

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Speaker 1: Eli White was in scoring position for about thirty seconds.

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Speaker 1: He singled and then advanced on a de facto sackfly.

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Speaker 1: But then Nick Allen and Acunya did not do anything else.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, this game right here is what

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Speaker 2: the Braves don't even come close to scoring runs. And

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Speaker 2: this is the problem with only having two guys who

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Speaker 2: going to run a twelve hundred oh pps all year.

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Speaker 2: Like he's not. It's not gonna happen. He's gonna, like

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I mean it just just.

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Speaker 2: A brutal, brutal wa. I mean I actually kept this

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Speaker 2: the podcast. But if we weren't doing this podcast, this

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I think you were probably not alone in people

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Speaker 1: Just one of those nights and just another another just

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Speaker 1: of an understandable loss. On Wednesday, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: many folks were really expecting to win a Clay Holmes

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Speaker 1: after three innings tonight, and one of those things, and

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Speaker 1: you know you mentioned sticking with the game for nine

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Speaker 1: came into my mind when I was watching this offense

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Speaker 1: the batter's box is do you consider changing up the

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Speaker 1: I got a lot of feedback, both for and against.

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Speaker 1: But do you consider changing up this lineup? Do you

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Speaker 1: consider moving Akunya from the leadoff spot where he has

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Speaker 1: been quite literally every game since the middle of twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 1: Do you drop Acunya back so he comes up with

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Speaker 1: I mean, is that an overreaction at this point or

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Speaker 2: If this was last year, I would say it's an overreaction.

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Speaker 2: But now that we've done this for two years now,

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Speaker 2: And now that we watched this for two years, I

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Speaker 2: they should seriously consider. Not because it's gonna magically fix it,

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Speaker 2: but like what do you have to lose? Like what

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Speaker 2: what are you What are you risking by changing? It's

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Speaker 2: not like you're risking you know, what are they gonna do?

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Speaker 1: Not score?

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Speaker 2: I mean maybe that's that's what they've done for two

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Speaker 2: wait until Profar comes back. When Profar comes back, I

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Speaker 2: would be very I would be very tempted to try it.

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Speaker 2: Where I put Akunya three, maybe put Olson four, maybe

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Speaker 2: coming up with two guys to put in front of

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean I don't hate that. I thought,

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Speaker 2: I mean I would try it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, like you said, last year, they were

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Speaker 1: it's a solo homer because God knows, Michael Harris is

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Speaker 1: Ozzy Alby's is not getting on base. Whoever's in left

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Speaker 1: lot of solo homers, and whenever Olsen comes up, it

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Speaker 1: feels like the only guy on base is Ronald Accooney junior.

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Speaker 1: Why not? You're what are they? Six games out of

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Speaker 1: a playoff spot, ten games back in the East. This

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Speaker 1: They're gonna keep screwing around and look up and be

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Speaker 1: mathematically improbable to make the playoffs at this point because

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Speaker 2: It just can't well, especially when you don't have any

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Speaker 2: if a bunch of these guys were you know, still

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Speaker 2: on like you know, pre orb contracts and had options

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Speaker 2: and you had you know, other minor leaguers that were

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Speaker 2: That's not the brave situation at all. They have so

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Speaker 2: many long term contracts. Like, about the only thing you

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Speaker 1: Ronald Acunya Junior is back with a vengeance and two

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Speaker 1: know it's an exhibition. I know some people are really

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Speaker 1: into it and some people could not care less. But

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Speaker 1: Max Freed is probably going to be the American League

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Speaker 1: starting pitcher and he deserves it. And I'm guessing Freddie

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Speaker 1: Freeman is probably going to be the starting first baseman.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, there's some there's some old I don't even

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Speaker 1: know what the right word is, some old wounds. Maybe

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Speaker 1: that might get picked out a little bit Overall Star

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Speaker 1: weekend and for a team that's not having the greatest

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Speaker 1: first half, you know, for a celebratory event, and it

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Speaker 1: still will be Freddie will get a big ovation, Max

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Speaker 1: Freed'll get a big ovation. Nobody blames Max for taking

443
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Speaker 1: two hundred and eighteen million dollars to go play in

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Speaker 1: New York City in his thirties. But yeah, just I

445
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Speaker 1: was thinking about that earlier today and I was like, oh, man,

446
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Speaker 1: that might might be a little awkward, a little weird.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe I'm overthinking it.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean I thought about that too when Freddy

449
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Speaker 2: was I don't know, Freddy's actually cooled off quite a bit.

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Speaker 2: That's why Matt passed him in War. It might be

451
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Speaker 2: Alonzo Alonso's having a monster year for the Mets, yea,

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Speaker 2: and that would obviously take care of you know, when

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Speaker 2: you're a starter, you know, they announced you on the

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Speaker 2: field and so like there's this big like you know,

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Speaker 2: either ovation or booing. So if it's Freeman, it is

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Speaker 2: going to be very interesting. Obviously Akunya and Freeman being

457
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Speaker 2: in the same lineup again, that would be funny. Matt. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean Max Freed's gonna get I mean, Max Freed's

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Speaker 2: gonna get cheered no matter what. Like you said, there's

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Speaker 2: no you know, with Freddie it was always weird because

461
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Speaker 2: it kind of felt like for a lot of people

462
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Speaker 2: he wanted to leave. He wanted to be in New

463
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Speaker 2: York in LA with Max. Everybody knew, like the Yankees

464
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Speaker 2: offer just blew everybody else side of the water. You

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Speaker 2: had you had to accept that offer, Like there's I

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Speaker 2: don't think there's ever gonna be any bad blow between

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Speaker 2: Brace fans and Max, but yeah, that will be interesting

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Speaker 2: if if there's a couple of x Brays, especially in

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Speaker 2: a season where the Braids are are playing like crap

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Speaker 2: for most of it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Uh, that's pretty much it. On the news front, Steven,

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Speaker 1: there was a little bit of news down in Gwynnett,

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Speaker 1: Gwinnett today that was not great. Nacho Alvarez left the

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Speaker 1: game with a strained oblique. Nacho missed the first two

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Speaker 1: months of the season with an injury. Now he's hurt again.

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Speaker 1: You know, not that he has an obvious place to

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Speaker 1: come up and play, but I mean, frankly, if the

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Speaker 1: Braves are out of this thing come September first, why

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Speaker 1: not call up Nacho and play him at second base

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Speaker 1: some or third base, you know, just get him reps

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Speaker 1: somewhere on the infield, because frankly, they might want to

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Speaker 1: see what they have with him go before going into

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Speaker 1: the off season. And having to make some difficult decisions.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're not quite ready to do it yet, but

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Speaker 2: the Assie conversation, it's gonna have to be had at

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Speaker 2: some point about what do you do? I mean, what

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Speaker 2: do you do with Ozzy? You know, everybody knows he's

488
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Speaker 2: gonna he's on a dirt cheap contract and it's not

489
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Speaker 2: so much about the money. But yeah, it's gonna be

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Speaker 2: a fascinating situation what they do with Ozzie. And like

491
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Speaker 2: you said, having somebody else in house that could potentially

492
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Speaker 2: play that position, you would like to know for sure

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Speaker 2: what you have. Nacho has been hurt a lot, kind

494
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Speaker 2: of a concerning amount, if I'm being honest. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 2: you don't you don't wanna. You don't want to slap

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Speaker 2: a you know, a injury prone tag on a player,

497
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Speaker 2: but he's been pretty injury prone. And so and Alex

498
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Speaker 2: has talked about before like that Game's Played column is

499
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Speaker 2: one of his most important as Matt Olsen is about

500
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Speaker 2: to you know, I think Matt Olson is still the

501
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Speaker 2: iron man in baseball these days. That that game's play

502
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Speaker 2: call means a lot to Alex, and so it is

503
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Speaker 2: gonna be I agree with you if they had fallen

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Speaker 2: out of it, I think Natcha would have come up.

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Speaker 2: It's an oblique injury. It's not like it's a season

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Speaker 2: ending injury or anything. But Oblice could take a couple

507
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Speaker 2: of months, you know, depending on how severe it is.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, that sucked. He got pulled from the game

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Speaker 2: today and everybody kind of noted it. You know, maybe

510
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Speaker 2: he was a trade or something, but no, he hurt himself. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that second base conversation, what they do with Ozzie, what

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Speaker 2: they do at second base over the next three months,

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Speaker 2: especially if the season keeps going like this, that conversation

514
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Speaker 2: is gonna get real interesting.

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Speaker 1: Yea, that will probably be a standalone thirty to forty

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Speaker 1: five minute conversation with at least two of us, if

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Speaker 1: not three of us on the podcast, because that is

518
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Speaker 1: a big time decision coming down. I mean, frankly, this

519
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Speaker 1: upcoming off season, you and I could probably do three

520
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Speaker 1: hours tonight on everything that needs to be addressed this offseason,

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Speaker 1: but we won't do it tonight. Still half a season

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Speaker 1: to go. But yeah, I mean, there's this is going

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Speaker 1: to be a fascinating and very very very important offseason

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Speaker 1: coming up for the Braves.

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Speaker 2: And listen, if nothing else, like, the Braves just have

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Speaker 2: so few positions where they can actually go out and

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Speaker 2: upgrade anything like and Ozzie is one of those few

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Speaker 2: spots that can and like even if the money is

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Speaker 2: even if you're not saving a ton of money, you know,

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Speaker 2: they might just decide like, this is one of the

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Speaker 2: few spots where we can actually go get better where

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Speaker 2: you know we can't.

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Speaker 1: We can't.

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Speaker 2: You know, we gotta try Michael Harris another year at

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Speaker 2: center where we owe him too much money. We gotta

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Speaker 2: try Sean Murphy. We got to you know, profar Riley Riley, Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 2: You know, d H and second base might be the

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Speaker 2: only two spots where you can like legitimately go and upgrade.

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Speaker 2: Shortstop is almost impossible, like we've talked about for multiple

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Speaker 2: years now. So yeah, they might look at Ozzie and

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Speaker 2: Azuna and be like, listen, we love you guys, but

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Speaker 2: like we got to go get better somewhere, and your

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Speaker 2: two positions are the only two we got. So it

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Speaker 2: is going to be fascinating. And listen, Ozzie has not

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Speaker 2: made him. You know, Ozzie could put all this to

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Speaker 2: bed by just playing like Ozzie Albi's again. But and

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Speaker 2: we never thought we'd get to the point we were

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Speaker 2: talking about would they maybe not pick up one of

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Speaker 2: those options? They're so dirt cheap. But I mean, that's

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Speaker 2: just how bad the offense has been. That's how bad

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Speaker 2: Ozzie's been. Quite honestly, he hasn't hit a homer in

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Speaker 2: like two months. I don't know what's happened in his power,

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Speaker 2: But yeah, it is going to be a fascinating that

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Speaker 2: specific question and then all the other ones behind it.

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Speaker 1: So if you are not already subscribed or following this podcast,

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Speaker 1: All right, Steven, we will not spend eight hours on

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Speaker 1: these last two games. Gosh, let's hit Wednesday's game not

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Speaker 1: a horrible loss on paper. Ditty Er Puentes versus Clay Holmes,

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Speaker 1: biggest game the Mets were favored in. Holmes has been good.

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Speaker 1: Didier should be finishing up his sophomore year of college.

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Speaker 1: Quite honestly, most of the kids playing in the College

588
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Speaker 1: World Series last week are older than didty Er Fuentes.

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Speaker 1: He has what two starts above a ball or something

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Speaker 1: like that under his belt, so he did not pitch well.

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Speaker 1: It was a tough spot that New York lineup with

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Speaker 1: Alonso and Soto and Nemo and Lindor. That's a really

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Speaker 1: tough lineup to pitch two. I don't know. It seems like,

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Speaker 1: based on Brian Sticker's comments today that Didier is going

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Speaker 1: to remain in the rotation for now. I wanted to

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Speaker 1: know kind of where you were at with him, and

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Speaker 1: I guess your comfort level also acknowledging that there is

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Speaker 1: basically nothing left in Gwinnette because of all the injuries

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Speaker 1: this team has.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think he's a major league pitcher at

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Speaker 2: this point, but I don't think the Braves have a

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Speaker 2: major Like the other options for people that I don't

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Speaker 2: know are like Ian Anderson was in Triple A at

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Speaker 2: one point. I think he's hurt right now. Yep, Like

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Speaker 2: there's like Jackson Stevens, Like it's not there's no you know,

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Speaker 2: everybody talks about Herson Waldrop. Herson Waldrup's going through his

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Speaker 2: own like growing pains as a prospect. Not been the

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Speaker 2: greatest season for him. There's actually some talk about him

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Speaker 2: being potentially a reliever. It's just there's not a lot

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Speaker 2: of I mean, I mean, the fact that they called

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Speaker 2: up a twenty year old kid at all should tell

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Speaker 2: you exactly what they have in triple A, which is

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Speaker 2: not much. So No, I don't think he should be

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Speaker 2: in the majors, but I understand why the team is

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Speaker 2: doing it because he's probably the most talented guy and like,

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Speaker 2: you know, if you're like, who could possibly give me

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Speaker 2: the best start? I can understand why they land on him.

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Speaker 2: You and I talked about it the day that Chris

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Speaker 2: Sale got hurt we did the emergency show. I think

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Speaker 2: the Braves need to go get an external fifth starter.

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Speaker 2: Nobody who's any good but is like, had major league success,

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Speaker 2: is not twenty years old and can just you know,

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Speaker 2: survive as a fifth starter in your rotation. I think

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Speaker 2: that's what the Braves need to do. They obviously, I'm

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Speaker 2: sure they've tried. I don't love again, I don't love Didier.

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Speaker 2: You know, starting, and Brian Snicker said today that as

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Speaker 2: far as he knows, he's gonna make the next start,

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Speaker 2: I will say to that. I saw a lot of

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Speaker 2: people respond to that he's not gonna know that Alex

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Speaker 2: is making a move until he makes them. Like it's

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Speaker 2: not like Alex is saying I'm gonna make a move tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: So you know, if you get asked about Flintes, that's

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Speaker 2: not gonna happen. Like He's not gonna actually say anything

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Speaker 2: until Alex has already made a move and Frontes is

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Speaker 2: back in the minor leagues. So just because Snith said that,

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Speaker 2: I don't know for sure that Fuentes is actually gonna

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Speaker 2: make another start, but I would not I would try

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Speaker 2: to go get somebody else. I would let this twenty

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Speaker 2: year old kid keep developing in Triple A. That's where

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Speaker 2: he needs to be. But I understand their logic where

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Speaker 2: they literally don't have anybody better at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think too.

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Speaker 1: I mean, obviously you're trying to win games now, but

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Speaker 1: you're also trying to think about the future. And I

646
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:18,320
Speaker 1: would think, based on what we've heard about Didier from

647
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: Gore of the Deck on the show, that he has

648
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,040
Speaker 1: really strong makeup, and he's a smart kid, and he

649
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: works really hard. So you would think that if he

650
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,520
Speaker 1: has a bad couple of starts, he'll it won't set

651
00:31:29,600 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: him back three years in his development. But he should

652
00:31:32,920 --> 00:31:36,360
Speaker 1: be in Gwinnett. He should be learning how to work

653
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: off his fastball and develop his secondary pitches and not

654
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 1: pitching in front of forty thousand people to want so, right, yeah,

655
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: like that first pitch, Soto hit a first pitch fastball,

656
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: and I mean that's like you're welcome to the major's

657
00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: moment right there, like a that.

658
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 2: Is the greatest player that did deer Fointe has ever

659
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 2: laid eyes on like he has. Those two guys should

660
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 2: not be in the same league at the moment, right.

661
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 1: Yes, So we'll see if Fwintes makes another start. It

662
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,880
Speaker 1: would presumably be on Tuesday at home against the Angels,

663
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,520
Speaker 1: who are not very good. The offense is bottom ten,

664
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 1: so it's certainly an easier spot for him. So we'll

665
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: see what the weekend holds, if the Braves make any

666
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 1: move or if it's Funtes again. You know, Wednesday night,

667
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 1: Drake Baldwin had an unbelievable homer slider down in the

668
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: zone and he had at four hundred and thirty three

669
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: feet to dead center. I couldn't believe it went that far.

670
00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: Other than that, both Acunya and Olsen got on base

671
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 1: three times, and the duo of Ozuna and Riley went

672
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 1: ero for nine. And if that doesn't sum up the

673
00:32:41,360 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: state of this team offensively, Drake Baldwin does something really cool.

674
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 1: Acunya gets on base three times, Olsen gets on base

675
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:52,160
Speaker 1: three times, and nothing else. That is the twenty twenty

676
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: five Atlanta Braves encapsulated perfectly.

677
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,960
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, if you were going to build a

678
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 2: case for what you were talking about earlier about change

679
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 2: around the lineup, like I think exhibit A might literally

680
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 2: be Wednesday's game where you just like Acunya's just he's

681
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 2: on base all the time, but there's no one in

682
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:10,120
Speaker 2: front of him. The only person that's ever in front

683
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:15,160
Speaker 2: of Olsen is Acunya. So yeah, I mean that was

684
00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 2: a really really perfect micro causm for what you're talking about.

685
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 2: And yeah, that's that that slider away that Drake Baldwin hit.

686
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 2: It's not like he hooked it down the line either.

687
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,920
Speaker 2: He hit that thing like four hundred and thirty five

688
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 2: feet to dead center. Yeah, on a slider away, which

689
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 2: is insane. I mean that was an against a pretty

690
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 2: good pitcher too, a fantastic picture. Yeah, I mean, that

691
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 2: was an insane that was one of the craziest. That

692
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,280
Speaker 2: was like an Acunya Homer where you're like, how in

693
00:33:43,320 --> 00:33:47,440
Speaker 2: the hell did he hit that ball that far? Baldwin's

694
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 2: just different, and that's listen. I love Sean Murphy. I've

695
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 2: defended Sean Murphy in this sleep I am. I will

696
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 2: be the first to say, and I've said it multiple

697
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 2: times on this podcast, you have to play Drake Baldwin

698
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 2: right now. He's just Better's just a better hitter right now.

699
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 2: He maybe maybe it's just he's a hotter hitter. But

700
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 2: if that's the case, that's fine. Still got to play him.

701
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 2: You got to play the hotter hitter. I would play

702
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 2: Drake Baldwin four out of five starts right now, unless

703
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 2: there's a lefty on the mound, and even then I

704
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 2: might still play him. You know, you gotta score runs,

705
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 2: so that yeah. I mean, he's and he's really picked

706
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 2: it up. He went through a little bit of a lull,

707
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,399
Speaker 2: but he went into that Miami series. It got hot

708
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:23,720
Speaker 2: in that Miami series. He's done well in the Mets series.

709
00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:25,439
Speaker 2: I'd play him more.

710
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 1: And just when the lineup comes out, it looks so

711
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,240
Speaker 1: much better when Drake Baldwin is there. Whether he's betting second,

712
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 1: whether he's betting fifth, I mean, help bat him third

713
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,360
Speaker 1: at this point, behind Acuna and Olsen again, back to

714
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,640
Speaker 1: the whole why not let's try something different because there's

715
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: three guys in this lineup hitting and that's basically it.

716
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 2: And I'll say this like I don't know, like you

717
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 2: might disagree, I don't know. This team is just capped

718
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:59,600
Speaker 2: if Riley and Ozuna are are hitting like this, like

719
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 2: there's just there's just a lack of talent that I

720
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 2: never thought I would talk about with this team, but

721
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 2: like with Ozzie, Riley, Ozuna, and Harris hitting like this,

722
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:15,760
Speaker 2: like there's just a there's a talent deficiency. And Riley

723
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 2: and Ozuna specifically, like you can live with Ozzy and

724
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 2: Michael being bad. If Akunya, Olsen, Riley, and ozun are

725
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 2: all good, it's tough when Ozuna and Riley are like

726
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 2: consistently failing in Bick's box like we've seen over the

727
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,840
Speaker 2: last month. Ozuna has like a fifty WRC plus over

728
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,520
Speaker 2: the last month, Riley's is like a seventy. Like it's

729
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 2: not much better, and like, I just don't know how

730
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,720
Speaker 2: far this team can go if those two guys specifically

731
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 2: are gonna play like this.

732
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:47,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, your stars have to play like stars. Yeah, and

733
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 1: it is anything but after tonight on the season, Austin

734
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: Riley is down to a seven to fifty ops and

735
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 1: a one oh eight WRC plus. And that's with a

736
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: pretty lucky three fifty batting average on balls and play.

737
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: I mean, he's man, just I don't know, well, Riley,

738
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 1: dear lord brother, it's gonna be July in five days.

739
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: We need a patented Austin Riley July like the desert

740
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,400
Speaker 1: needs rain. I mean, it is. It would change so

741
00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,560
Speaker 1: many things, the dynamic of this team if Riley can

742
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,439
Speaker 1: heat up. I know Ozona is playing through the hip,

743
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: but hopefully Ozuna picks it up, and then you get

744
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:30,480
Speaker 1: Profar in there, hopefully hitting the way he has hit

745
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 1: in Gwinnett. That would change so much. Because I agree,

746
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 1: I don't think. I think this is a lost season

747
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 1: for Michael Harris. I have not seen a thing that

748
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,479
Speaker 1: makes me think he's gonna come out of it. He's

749
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,360
Speaker 1: he's gotten worse. You pointed it out earlier today. He

750
00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 1: was bad for two months and he has somehow gotten

751
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,880
Speaker 1: even worse, substantially worse. Yes, Nick Allen, who was Nick Allen,

752
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 1: a glove first shortstop who was acquired for a twenty

753
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 1: four year old injured relief prospect is out hitting Michael Harris.

754
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: I don't know, man. We'll move on. Let's briefly because

755
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,360
Speaker 1: there's not much to talk about on Thursday's game. The

756
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: Braves lose for nothing. Let's give Grant Holmes his flowers

757
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,720
Speaker 1: because this was a great stat that our good friend

758
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 1: bred Roland dug up. But Holmes only gave up two

759
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 1: runs on Thursday night. This is now nine starts in

760
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: a row where Grant Holmes has given up three earned

761
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 1: runs or fewer. You cannot ask for anything more from

762
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,320
Speaker 1: a guy who was a journeyman up until last season

763
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: and is now your number three starter out of sheer necessity.

764
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: I mean again, good on Grand Holmes. He did his

765
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 1: job tonight. If this team would just score some FN runs,

766
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: we should be talking about Grant Holmes getting a win

767
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: tonight after only giving up two runs over five innings. Instead,

768
00:37:56,280 --> 00:37:58,440
Speaker 1: more of the same, a loss. But Grant Holmes has

769
00:37:58,440 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 1: been great and we want to give him a shout out.

770
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm probably gonna have to eat some crow on

771
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 2: Grant Holmes. It's just substantially better than I ever thought

772
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,720
Speaker 2: he would be. Like I was, I was a pretty

773
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 2: big doubter in spring training. It was kind of my

774
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 2: thesis for why I thought the Braves need to be

775
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 2: more aggressive in the starting pitching market was one, I

776
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 2: was afraid of injuries for Lopez and Sale and twelve

777
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 2: and back. But two, I was not a believer in

778
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 2: Grant Holmes, to be quite honest, And he's just been

779
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 2: awesome and like at some point you're just gonna have

780
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 2: to admit you're wrong, and like he's just good. His

781
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 2: slider is really good. You know, he's got like a

782
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 2: sneaky like ninety five ninety six minter fastball that you

783
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:40,319
Speaker 2: don't you know, you might not expect if you don't

784
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 2: know him, curveball. Like he's just solid. And my god,

785
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:49,280
Speaker 2: did the Braves need it? I mean, with Sale, with Lopez,

786
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 2: with Ajasm Scholver. Now they've got elder and a twenty

787
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 2: year old in the rotation. Like if Grant Holmes was

788
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 2: going through it, If if Grant Holmes was struggling, I

789
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 2: don't know where we'd be mental. I mean, we might

790
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: already be checked out of this season. And I know

791
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,439
Speaker 2: we're already kind of checked out. We might be totally

792
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,920
Speaker 2: checked out if Grant Holmes wasn't pitching like this, But

793
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 2: like he just keeps give him a chance to win,

794
00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 2: and like you just said, man, he deserves flowers for that.

795
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 2: He deserves all the credit in the world. I was wrong,

796
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 2: much better starting pitcher than I thought. I thought. I

797
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 2: thought he'd be a kind of a more of a

798
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 2: reliever type. I thought he'd be a really good reliever

799
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 2: and struggles a starter, he's been a fantastic starter. So

800
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 2: all the credit took Grant.

801
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, So nice job to Grant tonight. And I mean

802
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 1: that was basically it in terms of the positives. Braves

803
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 1: had three singles. They made sixteen consecutive outs from the

804
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: fourth inning up until the ninth inning when mett Olsen

805
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: hit a two out single that was erased just moments later.

806
00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 1: And I mean, I don't know, Steven, if you have

807
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 1: any other thoughts about tonight's game, please by all means,

808
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: but just a real bummer going into now a ten day,

809
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: nine game homestand that is very, very important for this team,

810
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 1: and you know, against two innings of Griffin Canning, and

811
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: I really hope the best for Canning. That was a

812
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: scary injury for him and then an emergency bullpen game

813
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 1: and they could not do anything just you know, one

814
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,280
Speaker 1: of those nights.

815
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, it does sucked for Canning. I mean almost certainly

816
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 2: just ruptured his achilles, which is like that injury is

817
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 2: just popping off with I don't know what's going on

818
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:27,240
Speaker 2: with all the achilles injuries and sports lately, but yeah,

819
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 2: but that looked like a pretty classic, Like Mike Soroka,

820
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,040
Speaker 2: I think every Brace fan watching that like immediately had

821
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 2: ptst like oh God, like not like I don't care

822
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 2: if he's a Mets player, Like I can't watch that

823
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,719
Speaker 2: because we watched it, you know, with one of our

824
00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 2: favorite sons a couple of years ago. But yeah, just

825
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,239
Speaker 2: a brutal guy. I mean, just a lifeless life. I

826
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 2: mean as lifeless as a game as the Braves have

827
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:53,360
Speaker 2: played all year. And they've played some like corpse level

828
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 2: games already this year, and good lord, I mean just

829
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 2: they basically took the day off. They played a game,

830
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 2: but they took the day off, at least the offense did.

831
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,719
Speaker 2: And I don't know why this team has these in them,

832
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 2: but like, and this is why I have a hard

833
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:13,000
Speaker 2: time getting too exciting about any kind of run they

834
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 2: go on because it just always feels like this game

835
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 2: is coming, and it always happens right when, like momentum

836
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 2: is really starting to peak. You know you're about to

837
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,759
Speaker 2: sweep the Rockies, and then you get beat two to

838
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 2: one by the Colorado Rockies. You're about to you know,

839
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:28,959
Speaker 2: really take off, and then you score three runs total

840
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 2: in two games against Miami. Man, We've got all this

841
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 2: momentum against the Mets, and we just come out and

842
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 2: lay an absolutely like it's just over and over again.

843
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 2: Anytime this team gets any momentum, this game is just

844
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 2: around the corner inevitably, and it's just the one of

845
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 2: the most frustrating parts about being a Brace fan in

846
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:46,680
Speaker 2: the last two years.

847
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 1: All Right, Steven, we are going to wrap up the

848
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,280
Speaker 1: show here with a quick preview of this weekend series

849
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:58,400
Speaker 1: against the Philadelphia Phillies, who are virtually tied with the

850
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,840
Speaker 1: Mets atop the NL East. The Phillies actually just got

851
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: swept down in Houston kind of a crazy, bizarre, almost

852
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:10,880
Speaker 1: Braves like sweep. The Phillies gave up five runs. The

853
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 1: pitching staff gave up five runs in three games, and

854
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,640
Speaker 1: they got swept. The Phillies were shut out on Tuesday

855
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:21,360
Speaker 1: and Wednesday. They scored one run on Thursday and lost

856
00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: all three, so very I don't know what to make

857
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: of that other than that is excruciating and an excruciating

858
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,879
Speaker 1: way to lose a couple of baseball games. But, as

859
00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 1: we have said for a couple of weeks, now a

860
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,359
Speaker 1: very important end to these two weeks of Division Fox

861
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 1: opponents for the Braves. Hopefully Atlanta can go home. It's

862
00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 1: gonna be a late night. They're not going to get

863
00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: home till probably two in the morning or something like that.

864
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 1: But hopefully they can go out there and win at

865
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 1: least two out of three against Philly this weekend.

866
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:54,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, these night games on getaway Day that the Braves

867
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 2: have done like three or four times this year are

868
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 2: weird to me. I don't really get why they keep

869
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,600
Speaker 2: playing these night games when they have to travel. I mean,

870
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 2: I get it's about time zones and how many time

871
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 2: zones you have to travel, But this is gonna be

872
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,839
Speaker 2: another where the Braves get into Atlanta at like three

873
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,399
Speaker 2: in the morning and then play a game that night.

874
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:14,239
Speaker 2: The Braves do get the favorable pitching side of the matchups.

875
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 2: They miss Zack Wheeler and Christopher Sanchez in this series

876
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:20,640
Speaker 2: against Phillies, which I could count on one hand the

877
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:22,680
Speaker 2: number of times the Braves have ever missed Zack Wheeler

878
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 2: in a Philly series. So they'll have Strider and swallenback

879
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,239
Speaker 2: pitching and they won't see Wheeler or Sanchez, and so like,

880
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 2: in terms of setup, you're at home, You're you're throwing

881
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 2: your two best guys, you're missing their two best guys. Like,

882
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:40,719
Speaker 2: everything sets up for you to do pretty well here.

883
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 2: But it's the twenty twenty five Atlanta Braves. So you

884
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 2: figure out, You figure out what they're gonna do, because

885
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:47,320
Speaker 2: we certainly can't.

886
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, if we had all the answers, man, I

887
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,319
Speaker 1: would love to to know what team is gonna show

888
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,280
Speaker 1: up this night. Is it the team that put together

889
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 1: the great comeback rally on Monday and scored seven runs?

890
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,840
Speaker 1: Or is it the team that gets three singles against

891
00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 1: the bullpen game? We'll never know. Pitching matchups, you mentioned

892
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 1: no Zach Wheeler, although funny enough, the Braves have actually

893
00:44:10,200 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 1: smoked Wheeler the two times they saw him. Although I'm happy,

894
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,040
Speaker 1: I don't want to see that guy. He is as

895
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,920
Speaker 1: good as anybody the last five years in major League baseball.

896
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,360
Speaker 1: And no Christopher Sanchez, who just kind of out of

897
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,160
Speaker 1: nowhere has become one of the better lefty starters in

898
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:29,480
Speaker 1: baseball the last year or two. He's ridiculous. Yeah, yeah, Yeah,

899
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,799
Speaker 1: Phillies do a good job developing pitching. They can't really

900
00:44:32,840 --> 00:44:36,319
Speaker 1: develop hitters. They basically just buy their lineup, but they

901
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: can develop some pitching or sign pitchers and get them

902
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,719
Speaker 1: to be even better than what they were before. Yeah,

903
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:44,399
Speaker 1: Aaron Nola is also hurt, or he was hurt last

904
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 1: time I checked, so he's not pitching. Friday is gonna

905
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 1: be a little Harry. It's gonna be Bryce Elder, who

906
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 1: talk about Jekyll and Hyde, had that incredible start against

907
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,120
Speaker 1: the Giants, but then has gotten lit up his last

908
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: two starts. There'll be Bryce Elder against Mick Abel, who

909
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: is a former first round pick for the Phillies making

910
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: his sixth major league start. His numbers are kind of

911
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:10,880
Speaker 1: all over the place this year. Has given up a

912
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: lot of homers, So just maybe the Braves could hit

913
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 1: a couple homers. Maybe that's wishful thinking. That's Friday Elder

914
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:22,719
Speaker 1: against Abel. Saturday, is probably the best pitching matchup, or well,

915
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:25,200
Speaker 1: there's two really good ones. It's gonna be Spencer Schwallenbach

916
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 1: against Tezus Lizardo and then Sunday is Spencer Strider against

917
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:35,719
Speaker 1: Ranger Swarez, who is somebody else. The Atlanta Braves are

918
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:39,759
Speaker 1: like physically incapable of hitting for years now, and Ranger

919
00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: Swarz is a good pitcher, don't get me wrong, but

920
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:45,239
Speaker 1: he turns into prime Tom Glavin against the Braves. So

921
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 1: should be maybe not a great pitching matchup on Friday,

922
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 1: but games two and three have about as good as

923
00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:52,759
Speaker 1: you're going to see in terms of starting pitching matchups.

924
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, and listen to Braves. No, obviously they know Sanchez,

925
00:45:57,760 --> 00:45:59,920
Speaker 2: they've they've faced off against Sanchez and many times. But

926
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 2: they also know Lozardo. Lozarda came from the Marlins and

927
00:46:03,600 --> 00:46:05,920
Speaker 2: has had a good year with with Philadelphia his first

928
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,080
Speaker 2: year in Philadelphia. But the Breads are very familiar, so

929
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 2: there should be no surprises. I know, on Friday night

930
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 2: they're they're they're playing a rookie, but you know, you

931
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 2: know swallow Bax Strider. Saturday Sunday it comes. I mean,

932
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 2: I hate to say it I really hate to say it,

933
00:46:22,080 --> 00:46:23,879
Speaker 2: but it's all about the offense. It just comes down

934
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:26,280
Speaker 2: to you, Like I expect Spencer Swallowack and Spinster Striyder

935
00:46:26,320 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 2: to throw two games where you have a chance to

936
00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,359
Speaker 2: win like they have most of the time if your

937
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 2: offense does anything. And I have no I have no

938
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 2: clue what I mean, literally, I have no clue which

939
00:46:38,080 --> 00:46:41,279
Speaker 2: offense is gonna show up. If it's if it's got

940
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 2: life at all, if if Riley and Ozun are ever

941
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,880
Speaker 2: gonna find it, if Michael Harris can remember how to

942
00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 2: hit a baseball, Like are we just gonna do if

943
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,759
Speaker 2: Acuna Knowlsen have good games and we can win. If

944
00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 2: they don't, they're gonna lose. I don't know. There's two lefties.

945
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 2: Lozardo and Suarez are both left handed, so like, is

946
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 2: Baldwin gonna sit for this series? I don't know. I

947
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:04,239
Speaker 2: don't know what's gonna do. Yeah, I don't know. So

948
00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:06,480
Speaker 2: it's I mean, it just comes down to the offense.

949
00:47:06,719 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 2: Just comes down to the Like even the bullpen has

950
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,160
Speaker 2: kind of stabilized a little bit, it really just comes

951
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:11,800
Speaker 2: down to the offense.

952
00:47:11,840 --> 00:47:15,919
Speaker 1: At this point. Two lefties does probably mean not much.

953
00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,279
Speaker 1: Alex Erdugo this weekend, which is a win for all

954
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 1: of America. God bless. I really hope they hit him

955
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:27,360
Speaker 1: with the DFA. When Profar comes back, he is he

956
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 1: is as advertised bad, which is uh not always what

957
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: you hear in baseball circles, but goodness. Maybe it's just

958
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:36,400
Speaker 1: my own personal vendetta, but I think I am not

959
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,320
Speaker 1: alone against Alex Erdugo.

960
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:43,960
Speaker 2: Yeah. Between kel Nick and between kell Nick and Verdugo,

961
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:49,080
Speaker 2: the Braves have somehow found some of the worst outfielders

962
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:52,799
Speaker 2: I've ever seen, Yeah, in multiple and consecutive years, which

963
00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:54,520
Speaker 2: is which is fantastic.

964
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:57,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's funny. I looked up out. I looked

965
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,840
Speaker 1: up Kelnick the other day. He is hitting like a

966
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:04,040
Speaker 1: buck ninety five with a sub six hundred ops. The

967
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 1: last time I looked. With Gwinnett, I think we can

968
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,279
Speaker 1: probably pull the plug on that. I understand what the

969
00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:14,400
Speaker 1: Braves are trying to do cost controlled former top prospect topic,

970
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,919
Speaker 1: but that just capital letters did not work out.

971
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,480
Speaker 2: And they're still paying David Fletcher like seven million bucks

972
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:22,719
Speaker 2: to pitch in Gwinnett or what. I don't know what

973
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 2: he's doing now, but yeah, and all that was to

974
00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:25,680
Speaker 2: get kill Nick.

975
00:48:26,360 --> 00:48:29,760
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, not a not one in the win column

976
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,719
Speaker 1: for Alexanthopoless. Even if it did. I mean it was

977
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:35,120
Speaker 1: money and it was opportunity cost because they could have

978
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,360
Speaker 1: gone and imagine if they would have added to Oscar

979
00:48:37,400 --> 00:48:39,120
Speaker 1: Hernandez to let fail instead.

980
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 2: And that's really where you pay. Is not the much

981
00:48:41,120 --> 00:48:43,000
Speaker 2: the money you gave up, but the guy you didn't

982
00:48:43,040 --> 00:48:43,439
Speaker 2: go get.

983
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, but alas, let's hope Jerkson Profar the savior

984
00:48:50,239 --> 00:48:52,640
Speaker 1: fresh off of ped suspension. Let's hope he is the

985
00:48:52,719 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 1: savior of this lineup. Steven, that's gonna do it for

986
00:48:56,480 --> 00:49:00,360
Speaker 1: us tonight. We kept this a PG rated show. Probably

987
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:03,160
Speaker 1: could have gotten pretty dark, but I think we tried

988
00:49:03,160 --> 00:49:05,520
Speaker 1: to keep it as upbeat as we could. If you

989
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:07,919
Speaker 1: have anything to plugs or please do and tell folks

990
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,279
Speaker 1: where they can find your great work if they are

991
00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:11,320
Speaker 1: not doing so already.

992
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:15,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, being a score Outliers is the X handle.

993
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:17,880
Speaker 1: You know.

994
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:22,880
Speaker 2: Just appreciate the listeners, the subscribers, the the people who download.

995
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,719
Speaker 2: We're about to pass a million downloads. I know you

996
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,240
Speaker 2: guys don't care about numbers, but like that's a pretty

997
00:49:28,239 --> 00:49:30,320
Speaker 2: big milestone that we're about to pass on this show.

998
00:49:31,120 --> 00:49:33,000
Speaker 2: The support that you guys have given us has just

999
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 2: been quite frankly unreal, especially at times considering how mediocre

1000
00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 2: the team has been. So just to just big shout out,

1001
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 2: we appreciate it. We're gonna be here no matter what,

1002
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:47,080
Speaker 2: when lose, sellers, buyers, whatever, We're going to cover the game.

1003
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:48,400
Speaker 2: So we appreciate the support.

1004
00:49:48,880 --> 00:49:52,520
Speaker 1: We really do. I will echo everything that Steven just said.

1005
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 1: I think the plan is for Brad and I to

1006
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 1: do a show in our usual Sunday slot. Let's hope

1007
00:49:59,719 --> 00:50:02,760
Speaker 1: that the Braves can win the series this weekend against Philadelphia.

1008
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:05,799
Speaker 1: I know the last two games against New York were

1009
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:09,759
Speaker 1: not what we wanted, but again, ten days ago, if

1010
00:50:09,760 --> 00:50:12,160
Speaker 1: I would have told you person listening to this show

1011
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,480
Speaker 1: the Braves were going to go five and two against

1012
00:50:14,520 --> 00:50:16,560
Speaker 1: the New York Mets, I think we all would have

1013
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 1: said happily that we would take it. So let's keep

1014
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,000
Speaker 1: it rolling against the Phillies this weekend. Nine home games

1015
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:24,520
Speaker 1: in the next ten days. You have the Phillies, then

1016
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 1: you have the Angels, who are very beatable. Then you

1017
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: have the Orioles, who are the biggest disappointment of baseball.

1018
00:50:30,440 --> 00:50:32,480
Speaker 1: There's an opportunity here for the Braves before the All

1019
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:35,000
Speaker 1: Star break, but they need to take advantage and win

1020
00:50:35,040 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: a couple of games here. Keep winning series. That's going

1021
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,120
Speaker 1: to do it for us on the podcast tonight, again,

1022
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: a big thank you to everybody for tuning in. I

1023
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Speaker 1: am Scott Coleman and we will see everybody next time.