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Speaker 1: We're going to get into the Braves. We're going to

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Speaker 1: the American League West. And what can the Mariners do.

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Speaker 1: I'm not exactly sure because the strength of this team

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Speaker 1: the foundation was always their rotation, and their rotation just

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Speaker 1: has not been as good this year, and part of

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Speaker 1: that's due to injuries, but the nineteenth in the league

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Speaker 1: in rotation. Ear Ray Kirby was really good yesterday fourteen

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Speaker 1: strikeouts and seven innings. Looks like he's back. Bryce Miller

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Speaker 1: has not been good really the entire season, and they're

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Speaker 1: still waiting on Logan Gilbert. Their offense is their offense

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Speaker 1: rally is half the offense. It seems like on most

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Speaker 1: nights it's not great, So you ask what they can do.

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Speaker 1: I would suggest that they had one more bat and

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Speaker 1: hope that when Logan Gilbert comes back, their rotation becomes

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Speaker 1: something of what it was last year and the year before.

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Speaker 1: That's the way they're going to win. Their bullpen's been good,

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Speaker 1: it's fine, but they need that rotation to get back

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Speaker 1: going again. And ultimately they've got all these prospects, really

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Speaker 1: interesting position player prospects. They may need to trade one

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Speaker 1: of them, either for another starter or another bat, perhaps both. Okay.

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Speaker 1: Next question, this one comes from the fight in Phillies,

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Speaker 1: who asks is there a scenario where the Phillies could

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Speaker 1: sell guys like Boem Scott Suarez and get better? Talk

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Speaker 1: surrounding the Phillies says they should buy. What about selling

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Speaker 1: and bringing the young guys up building for the future.

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Speaker 1: A culture shock could be the answer. This is an

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Speaker 1: interesting question fighting Phillies because what were the Phillies talking

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Speaker 1: about in the offseason, kind of changing the mix, maybe

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Speaker 1: trading Alec Bohm, just kind of doing some things a

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Speaker 1: little bit differently, adjusting the culture somewhat. Now where are they?

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Speaker 1: They've lost five straight, They've lost nine of ten, gone

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Speaker 1: one to nine for the first time since June twenty nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Bryce Harper's on the injured list. They were swept by

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Speaker 1: the Pirates over the weekend. Now there's still nine games

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Speaker 1: over five hundred. There's still a playoff team in all appearances.

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Speaker 1: I don't expect them to sell and take a step back.

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Speaker 1: That is not John Middleton's style as owner, That is

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Speaker 1: not David Dombrowski's style as president of Baseball Operations. The

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Speaker 1: bigger question is going to be what can they do

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Speaker 1: to enhance this team. The bullpen's going to be one issue,

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Speaker 1: but offensively they're a little stagnant and I don't know

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Speaker 1: exactly what the move would be, but some kind of

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Speaker 1: shake up as it was the case in the offseason

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Speaker 1: might be in order. Hey, I want to thank everyone

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