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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 Rome with Tyler Stafford and Josh Reddick.

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Speaker 1: I am still in Seattle, where the Astros lost a

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Speaker 1: game yesterday that they should have won. The last game

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Speaker 1: in Minnesota on this road trip was a game that

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Speaker 1: the Astros should have lost but won. So at the

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Speaker 1: end of the day, baseball kind of evens out that way.

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Speaker 1: A three and three road trip through Minnesota in Seattle,

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Speaker 1: the one yesterday against the Mariners, that's gonna sting. You're

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Speaker 1: up five and nothing going into the eighth inning and

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Speaker 1: you can't hold that lead. There's a lot of outrage

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Speaker 1: fan consternation about bullpen decisions and who pitched and who

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Speaker 1: didn't pitch. But I'm gonna take a little bit different

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Speaker 1: tact with with how yesterday went. You know the Astros

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Speaker 1: yesterday they drew seven walks, They had nine singles and

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Speaker 1: a double, and they scored six runs. They were four

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Speaker 1: for thirteen with runners in scoring position. They left twelve

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Speaker 1: base runners. You got to score more than six. Six

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Speaker 1: runs is enough to win a ball game.

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Speaker 2: The Mariner's made two errors too, Yes, that's at least

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Speaker 2: two more runners.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So as we sit today after twelve games, the

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Speaker 1: Astros have the lowest slugging percentage in baseball. They have

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Speaker 1: the lowest ops in baseball. This is a lineup, Josh,

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Speaker 1: that that is not that is not functioning right now.

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Speaker 1: And it when that is happening, when you're not hitting,

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Speaker 1: and when you're only hitting singles, you put so much

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Speaker 1: pressure on every other part of your club, and it's

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Speaker 1: really hard for every other part of your club to

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Speaker 1: play with such a minuscule margin for air.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, your guys in the lineup that are supposed to

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Speaker 2: be getting the job done and carrying this team haven't

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Speaker 2: done that yet this year. So everybody, we've got to

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Speaker 2: start panicking a little bit here. I think you know,

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Speaker 2: we're getting past second week of the season, rolling into

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Speaker 2: week three, rolling up, so something's got to give. Spring

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Speaker 2: training's over, You've got enough games under your belt where

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Speaker 2: you should be comfortable. So you just got to find

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Speaker 2: what clicks for you at now. And you're you're right

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Speaker 2: when you when when you're not doing your job hitting,

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Speaker 2: your your bullpen gets text and your starters fel a

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Speaker 2: little bit more pressure to go out there and carry

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Speaker 2: the ball club, which Hunter Brown did a fantastic job

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Speaker 2: doing yesterday. Gave them every opportunity to win that ball

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Speaker 2: ball game as they should have. Like you said, so

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Speaker 2: they they've got to do something. They've got to figure

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Speaker 2: out something. Switch switch underwear, switch slider and shorts wearing backwards.

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Speaker 2: Do something. Guys, we need you.

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Speaker 1: I could see you up and say switch the hitting coach,

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Speaker 1: but I'm not going to do that.

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Speaker 2: I think we we've we've gone down that road. And

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Speaker 2: you know, these guys are probably good hitters one and

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Speaker 2: in they're in their heyday, but they're obviously way past

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Speaker 2: their prime and could never step in the box. So

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Speaker 2: we're just gonna leave it at that.

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Speaker 1: It should be noted, as we talked about before we

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Speaker 1: got on here, the Mariners fired all of their hitting

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Speaker 1: coaches last year. They still can't.

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Speaker 2: Hit and they still stink hit the box.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they still can't hit, as you have as you

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Speaker 1: saw this weekend. That is a that is a tough

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Speaker 1: lineup to watch for three games. I know Randy Rose

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Speaker 1: Raino got ahold of a grand Lamb, but other than that,

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Speaker 1: they were they were pretty lifeless for three days and Seattle.

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Speaker 1: That's a credit to the Astros pitching Hayden was Nesky

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Speaker 1: was wonderful in the in the seat in the series

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Speaker 1: opener than from berval does and Hunter Brown kind of

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Speaker 1: just did what they did and do what you expect

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Speaker 1: them to do. Tyler, is there a is there a

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Speaker 1: member of this lineup right now that is sticking out

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Speaker 1: to you as and look, this is not we're not

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Speaker 1: putting this on one person, Like one person is not

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Speaker 1: the reason that the Astros have the lowest ops and

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Speaker 1: baseball right now. But is there one person, Tyler that

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Speaker 1: you're looking at that like, if he gets it going

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Speaker 1: and this thing could could maybe you know, start going

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's your Don Alvarez. Y'all heard of him.

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Speaker 1: Good hitter.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Normally, if if you uh woke up from a coma

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Speaker 3: this year, he'd be like, who's this giant guy? And

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Speaker 3: why did the Astros give him all this money? He's

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Speaker 3: just not hidden.

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: I don't think he's gonna hit one ninety for the year.

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Speaker 3: But like we said, they're getting guys on base, they're

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Speaker 3: just not driving anybody in and that's Jordon's job. Uh.

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Speaker 3: And it just hasn't happened. And when he's not hitting.

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Speaker 3: You know, you really have to rely on other guys

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Speaker 3: to hit more consistently, and you don't want to have

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Speaker 3: to do that because they're not as good at hitting

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Speaker 3: as Jordon is. But he's just not there yet. I

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Speaker 3: mean again, granted it's twelve games, so you know things

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Speaker 3: things fluctuate, but this team is going to go as

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Speaker 3: far as Jordon takes them, and they need him to

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Speaker 3: hit three ten with forty home runs this year, and

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Speaker 3: he's not anywhere close to that.

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Speaker 1: Right now, I'm gonna I'm gonna look at Christian Walker

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Speaker 1: real quick. And you mentioned they're not driving anyone in.

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Speaker 1: Christian Walker has started in the cleanup spot every game

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Speaker 1: for this team that year. He has taken a team

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Speaker 1: high twenty seven at bats with runners on base. He

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Speaker 1: is three for twenty seven with twelve strikeouts with runners

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Speaker 1: on base this season. You know, look again, we're not

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Speaker 1: gonna I don't want to put this on one guy.

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Speaker 1: This is an all encompassing well, aside from Josel tub

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Speaker 1: this is an all encasing kind of up and down

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Speaker 1: the lineup. Guys need to do more. But but Josh,

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Speaker 1: if you're clean up hitter, he's gonna get that many

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Speaker 1: chances with runners on and look, we're not you're not

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Speaker 1: here asking Christian Walker to hit a homer. You're not

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Speaker 1: hitting it double like put the ball in play like

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Speaker 1: twelve strike and twenty seven at bats with runners on base.

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Speaker 1: That that to me is the that's one of the

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Speaker 1: root causes of this, that that they can't move runners.

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Speaker 1: They can't This is this is a lot of what

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Speaker 1: we saw last year. It's taking them three, four, five

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Speaker 1: they need some pop, they need they josh any Christian

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Speaker 2: Yeah, when you when you look at three for twenty seven,

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Speaker 2: that's that's a pretty abysmal number right there to look at,

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Speaker 2: especially in the cleanup spot. You're looking at a nine

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Speaker 2: hole hitter. It like that we're looking at a different situation.

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Speaker 2: But I don't know, he does need to put the

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Speaker 2: is everybody so strikeout homer and you know, extra base

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Speaker 2: at times. And there's gonna be a time where Christian

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Speaker 2: Walker's probably ten for his next fifteen and at some point.

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Speaker 2: But you know, I think maybe it might be time

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Speaker 2: for a little dropping the lineup. Maybe get him down

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Speaker 2: to like the six hole, get a little bit, you know,

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Speaker 2: more relaxed, kind of not so much pressure on there,

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Speaker 2: for a couple of games. Maybe give him a week

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Speaker 2: And then you know, once he heats up and you

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Speaker 2: throw him right back in that fore hoole to get

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Speaker 2: back into that good vibe feeling in the batter's box.

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Speaker 3: Is there something to be said about, you know, him

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Speaker 3: pressing after signing a big contract. Do you feel like

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Speaker 3: maybe that can change your approach at the plate when

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Speaker 3: you feel like, oh, now I'm worth as much money.

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Speaker 3: I got to hit differently than what I did before.

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Speaker 3: I've got to do more than what I was doing.

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Speaker 2: I think, I think if depending on who you are

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Speaker 2: there could be moments where that does come into play

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Speaker 2: and could add a little bit more weight on his shoulders.

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Speaker 2: But you know, we've been we're told all the time

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Speaker 2: how hard this game already is without your your own

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Speaker 2: brain doing damage to yourself, and you know that's that's

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Speaker 2: your biggest enemy, is the thing right there between your

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Speaker 2: ears in any baseball situation. So he just he's got

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Speaker 2: to get back to the way he was of being

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Speaker 2: clear minded in the batter's box, because, like I just said,

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Speaker 2: it's already hard enough, and when you're thinking about all

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Speaker 2: the ways to fail and all the ways that you

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Speaker 2: can mess up, it's it's just gonna make it twenty

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Speaker 3: Now, granted he is coming back from an injury, missed

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Speaker 3: a lot of spring training. We're two weeks into the season,

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Speaker 3: so you know there there are still some caveats there,

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Speaker 3: but yeah, it is it has been oblique to watch him.

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Speaker 3: I right, I five with me.

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Speaker 2: That's a boy. We're a couple of dads here, we

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Speaker 2: get it. I appreciate that. I think, you know, for

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Speaker 2: me as a hitter, I think the spring training missing

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Speaker 2: I've done it. I missed spring training came out like

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Speaker 2: better than I thought I was. If he's not feeling

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Speaker 2: any injury, obviously, I think that you know, the timing

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Speaker 2: should be there already. You know, Like I said, spring

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Speaker 2: training has always and will always be for pictures. Hitters

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Speaker 2: two and a half three weeks. Anyway, get your thirty

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Speaker 2: So I think we're at that point to where if

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Speaker 2: he's not hurt, then there's something's got to give, and

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Speaker 2: if not, then I think that the drop down the

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Speaker 1: Josh, I don't disagree with you that that maybe dropping

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Speaker 1: him from the cleanup spot just to avoid him getting

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Speaker 1: so many at bats with runners on base, I don't

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Speaker 1: disagree that that's probably a prudent move, But I guess

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Speaker 1: my follow up would be, like, who do you replace

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Speaker 1: him with? I mean, Janer Diaz is two for thirty

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Speaker 1: three with ten strikeouts, Like that'd be the guy that

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Speaker 1: you know, you're given his track record, that would be

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Speaker 1: the guy that's maybe next up, and you can't I mean,

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Speaker 1: Joe Spotta couldn't even play him on Sunday or could

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Speaker 1: couldn't even play him a lot this week because of

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Speaker 1: the struggles that he's had. And then you look at

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Speaker 1: I mean Jeremy Payana, He's elevating the ball more. He's

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Speaker 1: hitting the ball on the line a little bit more,

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Speaker 1: but he's still hitting one to eighty six out. He's

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Speaker 1: still striking. I mean, I get like, I'm perfectly over

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Speaker 1: board with it, but I don't know who you replace

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Speaker 1: him with, because there's no one in this lineup aside

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Speaker 1: from Altuve that's that's doing anything that merit's moving them up.

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Speaker 2: Well, you switch a couple of guys that might click

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Speaker 2: more than one fella, you move yourd onto the four hole,

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Speaker 2: maybe drop him back a little bit. You obviously keep

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Speaker 2: out two v where he is, you know, maybe drop

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Speaker 2: your down to four Christian to six and then you

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Speaker 2: just you know, heck, if you got to flip a

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Speaker 2: coin for the dang thing two leadoff, all right? Going

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Speaker 2: from here, boying, okay there, It can't hurt you anymore

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Speaker 2: than you're already throwing your a pors lineup out there.

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Speaker 1: You think, and I mean, I know there will be

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Speaker 1: fans that say, and they are right. The Jeremy Pania's

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Speaker 1: and while Estoc Paradis profiles as a great two hole

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a I mean, it's there is a lot

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Speaker 3: All right, So before we move on, Chandler, can you

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Speaker 3: pull up the tweet that you had of the Astros

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Speaker 1: The Astros ops stats.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, or whatever you tweeted out today have after twelve

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Speaker 1: Slash Hold on just a second, let me let me

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Speaker 1: It is all right, all right, here we go. After

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Speaker 3: So I went to stadhead and did a twelve game

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Speaker 1: No, And it stands out because it's the beginning of

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Speaker 3: On, right Yeah, if they were twenty four and fourteen

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Speaker 3: But again, it does happen where teams just go through

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And also, like let's remember like they're five and seven. Like,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's I mean, look, it's that they're five and seven,

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Speaker 2: it's really crazy how many guys don't get hit because

435
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,920
Speaker 2: almost every day you're yelling down the line about thirty times,

436
00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,720
Speaker 2: and the pictures for some reason within a five foot

437
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,919
Speaker 2: rate has never get touched by it. It's it's wild

438
00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:15,480
Speaker 2: how it never happens. But you know, it's just something

439
00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:17,159
Speaker 2: they've done for a long time. So this is a

440
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Speaker 2: very freakd thing that has been that has happened, and

441
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,440
Speaker 2: this is something that happens every day. Guy, So let's

442
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,040
Speaker 2: not blow this out of proportion, because you know, how

443
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,840
Speaker 2: else are we going to get fifteen plus the fourteen

444
00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,400
Speaker 2: pitchers throwing. They all can't throw in the bullpen over

445
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,800
Speaker 2: the course of the day just to get loose. They

446
00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,320
Speaker 2: got to get their long toss in. They got to

447
00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,320
Speaker 2: just go through their routine. So maybe maybe Bracamane's got

448
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,879
Speaker 2: to be a little quicker. I know that's one of

449
00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:41,719
Speaker 2: his jobs, so he maybe he just had He's got

450
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:43,359
Speaker 2: to cover all that ground a little bit better. But

451
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:47,280
Speaker 2: very unfortunate, very freaked thing. And you know, obviously on

452
00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,880
Speaker 2: the throwing hand makes it a little bit more frustrating.

453
00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:55,800
Speaker 3: I volunteer to be the guy that just stands in

454
00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,359
Speaker 3: front of all the pictures during batting practice with the

455
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,440
Speaker 3: glove and just running around trying to protect them. So

456
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Speaker 3: if the Astros need a guy as a as a

457
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Speaker 3: personal bodyguard. Not to brag, but I recently purchased a

458
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,720
Speaker 3: new seventy five dollars glove from Dick, so I'm ready

459
00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,680
Speaker 3: to go. I need to break it in anyway, So

460
00:22:16,040 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 3: if the Astros need somebody, I'm willing to do it. Honestly,

461
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,720
Speaker 3: the craziest part of this story is a Mariner's hitter

462
00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:29,119
Speaker 3: hit a line drive. That's that's the that's the freak

463
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:30,200
Speaker 3: part of this story.

464
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Speaker 2: Yeah a little lord, I love it. So I would

465
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Speaker 2: love to see you at dyk and Park with your

466
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 2: seventy five dollars.

467
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Speaker 3: Dude, I would I would be.

468
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Speaker 2: Hitting one hundred and twenty tops.

469
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Speaker 3: Yeah, no, thank you, I would. I would be in

470
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Speaker 3: the hospital within ten minutes.

471
00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 2: Give me, we're gonna beaed the stretcher and standby, please, Josh.

472
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Speaker 1: Obviously, Like it's well known, Mariano Rivera blew out his

473
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Speaker 1: achilles while while shagg and fly balls in the outfield during.

474
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Speaker 2: When its cardio, which is what he'd done for years.

475
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Speaker 1: Right, I've heard of guys getting I've heard like, I've

476
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Speaker 1: not heard of this specific where a guy gets hit

477
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Speaker 1: in the hand. Usually you hear it like a guy

478
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Speaker 1: gets struck in the head and thank god that didn't

479
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Speaker 1: happen here. But have you have you ever been as

480
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Speaker 1: this Have you seen this before? Because I've heard of

481
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Speaker 1: guys getting hit, but I've never heard of it just

482
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Speaker 1: being in a perfect spot in the pitching hand in

483
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Speaker 1: this happening.

484
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Speaker 2: I've seen it. I've seen guys get you know, I've

485
00:23:29,440 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 2: never seen somebody get hit in the head from it.

486
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Speaker 2: You know, you see a couple of the on the back,

487
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Speaker 2: mostly mostly on the like shin or lower because it's

488
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,120
Speaker 2: always the hard ground balls that kind of snake through,

489
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,280
Speaker 2: and but it's it always just seems to miss them

490
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:43,840
Speaker 2: because when they're down the line, you know that ball

491
00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 2: is usually doing some movement left or right, so I

492
00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:48,000
Speaker 2: usually avoid them, but you see them get hit. But

493
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Speaker 2: I've never seen nothing as crazy as this or something that,

494
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Speaker 2: you know, where we had to stop batting practice because

495
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Speaker 2: somebody got hurt so bad. Fortunately, that was one of

496
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Speaker 2: the things I never got to see. And you know,

497
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Speaker 2: for me, it always made me panic in the batter's

498
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:01,679
Speaker 2: box when I did it. So if they were like

499
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:03,520
Speaker 2: down the right field line, I was just making sure

500
00:24:03,560 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 2: everything went to left field because I didn't want to

501
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 2: be that guy that had the absolute worst feeling in

502
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,240
Speaker 2: the world of hitting a guy in the head. Because

503
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Speaker 2: as much as it sucks for the guy like Righetty

504
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,159
Speaker 2: breaking a ball and you know, you know, the guy

505
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Speaker 2: who's hitting the ball, if you're a good guy, at

506
00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 2: least you're a good guy, you feel pretty pretty crappy

507
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Speaker 2: about it.

508
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Speaker 1: No, And I can imagine that whoever hit it on

509
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,240
Speaker 1: the Mariners probably feels worse than anybody, because I mean, look,

510
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:28,959
Speaker 1: that's a guy trying to get his work in. I mean,

511
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: it's it's too literally, both of these situations are two

512
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:33,760
Speaker 1: guys like trying to be diligent doing their pregame work

513
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,880
Speaker 1: with Arigatty playing catch with the Mariner's hit or taking VP.

514
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:41,200
Speaker 1: There's nothing nefarious. This is not some indictment on the organization,

515
00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: on the Ashers organization that they were you know, negligent

516
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: and having their pitchers out there. This guy's this is

517
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Speaker 1: just it's a freak accident. Like not everything needs a

518
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,920
Speaker 1: person to blame. Not everything needs to be a referendum

519
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,359
Speaker 1: on like organizational infrastructure, Like this is just a just

520
00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,440
Speaker 1: a tough a tough pill for them to swallow and

521
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 1: as they move forward. Now, Ryan Gusto will slot into

522
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Speaker 1: the Astros rotation. He will start on Saturday against the Angels.

523
00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,159
Speaker 1: Spencer Arightti's scheduled turn was on Friday, but because the

524
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,640
Speaker 1: Ashers had an off day on Thursday, they can put

525
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Speaker 1: Ronel Blanco to pitch on Friday on regular rest. They

526
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Speaker 1: will slot Ryan Gusto in on Saturday, and then Hayden

527
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Speaker 1: was Nesk he will pitch on Sunday. Gusto has been

528
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Speaker 1: good out of the bullpen. He has been the perfect

529
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Speaker 1: long guy, exactly what you asked for. He comes in,

530
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:31,720
Speaker 1: he throws strikes, He makes guys, I mean, he challenges

531
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Speaker 1: guys in the zone. He's not walking guys. He's pitched

532
00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:36,640
Speaker 1: well out of the bullpen as a long man. I'm

533
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,160
Speaker 1: not sure I'm much they're gonna get out of him.

534
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Speaker 1: I'd imagine if they can get sixty ish pitches out

535
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Speaker 1: of him, they'd feel good. But Saturday is gonna probably

536
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Speaker 1: be closer to a bullpen game with Ryan Gusto as

537
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: kind of a glorified maybe longer opener. But after that

538
00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to kind of make some decisions whether

539
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,760
Speaker 1: they want Gusto to stick around in that rotation, or

540
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Speaker 1: you down to the minor league. You have Colton Gordon

541
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Speaker 1: on the forty man roster, you have aj Blueball, who's

542
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,640
Speaker 1: not on the forty but probably one of their more

543
00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,320
Speaker 1: major league ready pitching prospects, and anthemc colors kind of

544
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,159
Speaker 1: looming out there. He'll make his third rehab start for

545
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Speaker 1: Triple A Sugarland on Saturday. They're hoping to get him

546
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Speaker 1: three ups, which is three innings and about fifty five

547
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: or sixty pitches. I still think he's got to make

548
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 1: at least two more starts after that to be ready

549
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Speaker 1: to join the astro's rotation at the major league level.

550
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:28,640
Speaker 1: But Josh, this this kind of puts a little more

551
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:33,560
Speaker 1: emphasis and kind of magnifies Lance mc Lance mccolors's return

552
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: a little bit because Lauis Garcio. We learned on this

553
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,480
Speaker 1: road trip he's going to be shut down for about

554
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,880
Speaker 1: a month month and a half. I'd be pretty surprised

555
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:42,919
Speaker 1: if you see him pitch meaningful innings this year, just

556
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,200
Speaker 1: given the trajectory that that's on. This puts a lot

557
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Speaker 1: of pressure on Lance to come back and to be effective.

558
00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:52,160
Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's got to have a sub three era,

559
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 1: but he's got to come back and be effective and

560
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Speaker 1: be an effective major league starter for this team.

561
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm going to start off with the gust

562
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Speaker 2: of situation. I mean, I think, you know, one the

563
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,439
Speaker 2: off day. Having the off day helps to get him

564
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:06,320
Speaker 2: on that start, to get him pushed back and get

565
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 2: him to where he needs to be, and hopefully get

566
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 2: those sixty pitches, because that's a high ask out of

567
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 2: a guy that you know, when's the last time he

568
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 2: probably threw sixty pitches, So hopefully he can make a

569
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 2: nice cruise, maybe a little five and diver and kind

570
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,400
Speaker 2: of get out of there with fifty pitches. Who knows,

571
00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:21,760
Speaker 2: but we when you look at lance Man, this is

572
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 2: something that you know becomes a lot tougher for him

573
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 2: to come back from. But at the same time, like

574
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,880
Speaker 2: you can't rush this process. You cannot rush yourself coming back.

575
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 2: You've had so many setbacks, like this is something you

576
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 2: have to get through the first time, because we're gonna

577
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 2: need you in a month more than we're gonna need

578
00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 2: you in two weeks, or longer than that, We're gonna

579
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,679
Speaker 2: need you possibly you know, two months. With whether it takes.

580
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 2: Arrag Getti is just gonna be gone for without throwing

581
00:27:44,600 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 2: for what at least a month and a half, and

582
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 2: then you got to work him back up. So it's

583
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 2: it's something that you know gonna be a big important

584
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Speaker 2: step for Lance. So he's got to make sure he's

585
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,200
Speaker 2: a one hundred percent healthy pitcher when he comes back,

586
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 2: because you know, if he comes back and has another

587
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,239
Speaker 2: setback from trying to rush back, then you're in you're

588
00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 2: in a panic mode for your starting rotation and you

589
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 2: can't really rely on these young guys to come up

590
00:28:04,800 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 2: like you kind of had to do last year and

591
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 2: put them in that rotation. So lightning may not strike

592
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 2: twice for the young guys. So it's really important to

593
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:14,720
Speaker 2: get Lance back out there and healthy.

594
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Speaker 3: I saw Whitley pitched yesterday, right, Chandler.

595
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Speaker 1: He did, he did, He pitched yesterday. Caleb Ard pitched

596
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,160
Speaker 1: a couple of day I believe on Tuesday. So they

597
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: probably need a couple more appearances at Sugar Lamb before

598
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: they're ready to come back into the bullpen. A bullpen

599
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,520
Speaker 1: that needs they need some reinforcements. The one thing about

600
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Speaker 1: this bullpen that's interesting, they don't have as it's constructed

601
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 1: right now. Brian Brady, who throws exceptionally hard, no one

602
00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: else really does in this bullpen. This is a kind

603
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,000
Speaker 1: of a low v low kind of bullpen. But Caleb

604
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: Ard can touch ninety eight, forced Whitley can touch ninety nine. Like,

605
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Speaker 1: I think those two are going to bring kind of

606
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,880
Speaker 1: a more hard throwing dynamic to a bullpen that Dusty

607
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: Baker will recoil in hearing this, But it is very

608
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:02,120
Speaker 1: left handed. He begged for he begged for so long

609
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: for lefty relievers, and now this team has then at SUSA,

610
00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: Brian King, Steven Okert, and Josh Hater all in its bullpen.

611
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:11,560
Speaker 1: They have four lefties in their bullpen, So getting some

612
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:13,880
Speaker 1: velocity from the right side I think will help this

613
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,120
Speaker 1: bullpen just varying its looks, and like we just talked about,

614
00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: like the bullpen's gonna be become more important because Gusto,

615
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Speaker 1: Like you can't ask Gusto to go out there and

616
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Speaker 1: give you one hundred pitches and his in his next start,

617
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Speaker 1: because that's just that's not healthy for him. Everyone thinks

618
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: you can just stretch a guy out magically, like it

619
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Speaker 1: it's a process to stretch these pitchers out. Uh, that's

620
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Speaker 1: why there, that's why, as we mentioned earlier, that's why

621
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Speaker 1: spring training so long, because the starters have to stretch out.

622
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Speaker 1: So Gusto is gonna he's gonna get his chance, and

623
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Speaker 1: if he pitches well, you know, you could see him

624
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 1: kind of solidify that spot in the rotation until ri

625
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: Getty gets back. But a tough blow for Rigetty, a

626
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Speaker 1: guy that was so confident coming into the season, kind

627
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,719
Speaker 1: of we talked about he added the two seamer, pitched

628
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: well in his first start, did not pitch as well

629
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Speaker 1: in his second start against Minnesota. But again, this was

630
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Speaker 1: a guy just from a bulk situation through one hundred

631
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Speaker 1: and fifty innings for them last year. That's a lot

632
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,479
Speaker 1: to lose for however long you're going to lose him,

633
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Speaker 1: So I you don't want to put a time. The

634
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 1: only timeline the Ashers have put on it is he'll

635
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: be in a cast for two two and a half

636
00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:20,440
Speaker 1: weeks and then after that, obviously he's gonna have to

637
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 1: start playing catch again and and you know, re re

638
00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: up and revamps. So I would imagine after he gets

639
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 1: the cast off, you're probably looking at around another month.

640
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Speaker 1: So my, my conservative timeline is probably about six to

641
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Speaker 1: seven weeks for Araghetty, So.

642
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 2: I agree, and you're going back to the bullpen coming

643
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 2: like this game is so high velocity driven anyway from

644
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 2: your starters to bullpen, So you got to imagine being

645
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,440
Speaker 2: a hitter if you're coming in from like, you know,

646
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 2: the first team that pops up is like the White Sox.

647
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,600
Speaker 2: The White Sox always have guys that throw one hundred

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Speaker 1: Astro's Hall of Famer Terry Pool for him. Someone that

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Speaker 1: probably will not go into the Astros Hall of Fame

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Speaker 1: is Rafael Montero, although he's probably been paid enough that

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Speaker 1: he could probably purchase his spot if you'd like. Rafael

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Speaker 1: Montero's Astros tenure is over. Dana Brown tried like hell

696
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:08,120
Speaker 1: to end it last trade deadline. He tried all winter,

697
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Speaker 1: and he finally found a taker for the last year

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Speaker 1: of Montero's bloated contract, trading him to the Atlanta Braves

699
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Speaker 1: prior to Tuesday's game against the Mariners. It's you have

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Speaker 1: to view this for what it is. This is they needed.

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Speaker 1: They needed to get that contract as much as they

702
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Speaker 1: could of it off the books. Rafael Montero was not

703
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Speaker 1: going to pitch leverage innings for this team. You saw it,

704
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Speaker 1: you know, I bring it up all the time. The

705
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Speaker 1: first series against the Mets had an aggregate score of

706
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Speaker 1: six to five in the three games. The only two

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Speaker 1: relievers that did not pitch in that series were Ryan Gusto,

708
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Speaker 1: who was the long man, and Rafael Montero, he was

709
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Speaker 1: on the outside looking in. He they needed a roster spot,

710
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Speaker 1: they needed are more usable, flexible bullpen, and you know,

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Speaker 1: quite frankly, this is a team that is not trying

712
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 1: to pay the lecture attacks again. Jim Crane didn't really

713
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Speaker 1: answer a question on opening day when asked if he

714
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Speaker 1: had given an edict to get under the luxury tax,

715
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Speaker 1: only saying that, you know, we don't focus on that,

716
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Speaker 1: but every everything you hear from from people around the team,

717
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,200
Speaker 1: from from sources is that they they they are they

718
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:21,280
Speaker 1: are inclined to not pay it again. And it sounds

719
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Speaker 1: like they're only they're they're covering about seven and a

720
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Speaker 1: half million dollars of Montero's eleven and a half million

721
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Speaker 1: dollar contracts, so any little bit helps to get further

722
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Speaker 1: under the CBT. So they can, you know, make some

723
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: moves at the deadline if they're still in contention, if

724
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:40,680
Speaker 1: they can need some in season acquisitions, they've got now

725
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 1: that little flexibility to do that. But this was a

726
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,759
Speaker 1: salary dump, just like the Ryan Presley trade was a

727
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,799
Speaker 1: salary dump. A little bit odd to see a team

728
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,720
Speaker 1: that is right in its contention window having two salary

729
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:55,399
Speaker 1: dump trades within you know, three months of each other.

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Speaker 1: But Josh, that's kind of the way they're they're going now,

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Speaker 1: and it's it's their prerogative, but it's it's an odd

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Speaker 1: thing to see.

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Speaker 2: Especially they should probably fel pretty good that they only

734
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Speaker 2: had to pay that much.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they.

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Speaker 2: Probably should have paid more considering you know, it's just

737
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,480
Speaker 2: one of those deals in baseball that didn't work out

738
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Speaker 2: for the team, and that's just you know, sometimes that happens.

739
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,640
Speaker 2: That's that's sports, and you know it can be frustrating

740
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 2: as a fan base to watch that. But this is

741
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 2: exactly right. You got to get rid of some money

742
00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 2: to open up other options when when things aren't working out.

743
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Speaker 2: So for them to be able to kind of dump

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Speaker 2: that out of there and get pressed they off the books.

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Speaker 2: Like you talked about, it's it's something that needed to happen,

746
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:32,279
Speaker 2: and like, you know, I agree, it's something that you know,

747
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,360
Speaker 2: they're in a window of winning and you know, hopefully

748
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,919
Speaker 2: they can pull off something magical here to figure it out.

749
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Speaker 2: But you know, this is just a baby step moving

750
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Speaker 2: forward for this team to to want adapt to how

751
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:45,919
Speaker 2: the league's working right now and too just to kind

752
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 2: of find another way to incorporate some money to make

753
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 2: the team better, because like I said, it was just

754
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Speaker 2: one of those those things where Montero just couldn't get

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Speaker 2: the job done in the Houston Nashvis uniform.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he was going to get DFAD in a

757
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 3: week anyway when they needed to bring back, you know,

758
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 3: other people to the bullpen, so it was coming. But yeah,

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Speaker 3: like you said, I'm surprised that they were able to

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Speaker 3: get four million dollars off the books, but that's the luck.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Tyler, you bring up a good point too, because

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Speaker 1: I think Josh we may have talked about this on

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Speaker 1: a prior pod like this, this bullpen does not have

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Speaker 1: a lot of optionable relievers. Brian King has options. He

765
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Speaker 1: is like their third best rumer going anywhere. He's not

766
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Speaker 1: going anywhere. Ryan Gusto has options. As we just discussed,

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Speaker 1: he is not going anywhere anywhere. To be honest, I

768
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Speaker 1: think Ryan Gusto pitched so well in the couple relief

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Speaker 1: outings that they saw from him that they were like, well,

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Speaker 1: he's probably a better option than Rafael Montero at this point.

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Speaker 1: He gives you more value. So there may be a

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Speaker 1: world where look, I think they were they have been

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Speaker 1: trying to trade Montero for a long time. I don't

774
00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:57,320
Speaker 1: think Ryan Gusto's three outings like reinvigorated them to trade Montero.

775
00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,479
Speaker 1: But I think, you know, certainly Ryan gust still showed

776
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: them enough to be like this dude could probably stick around,

777
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 1: like we we we shouldn't just option him because it's

778
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Speaker 1: the easiest move to do. And then Luis Contreras is

779
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: the other guy in the bullpen that has options, as

780
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: does Logan van Why. But again, you're gonna need like

781
00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:20,080
Speaker 1: you need optionable, flexible relievers, and you may be onto

782
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 1: something there, Tyler that that Gusto pitched so well, and

783
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 1: they've seen good contributions from other guys that you know,

784
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: Montero may have been on the chopping block no matter what.

785
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,839
Speaker 1: But so good on Dana Brown for forgetting something out

786
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 1: of this. They're gonna get a player to be named later. Again,

787
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Speaker 1: it's probably not gonna be anyone that's going to stop

788
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Speaker 1: the presses, but it's it's a guy it's a body,

789
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Speaker 1: it can help.

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Speaker 2: You never know, there could be your arm for two

791
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,320
Speaker 2: weeks that you need and you know, unfortunately that's the

792
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Speaker 2: way it works, could get you. I don't want to

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Speaker 2: say dispose of them, but you know, kind of get

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Speaker 2: your use out of them and then hopefully clears waivers.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, let's let's also like, I know there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of people that want to pile on Rafael Montero,

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Speaker 1: and I sort of did a bit earlier, but let's

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Speaker 1: remember in twenty twenty two, like he was one of

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Speaker 1: his team's best relievers on a World Series team, had

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Speaker 1: a one sixty one e RA plus had a two

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Speaker 1: three seven e RA, pitched in the combined no hitter

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Speaker 1: in the World Series. I believe he appeared in five

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Speaker 1: of the six games against the Phillies in that World Series,

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Speaker 1: and I only allowed to run. He was a really

805
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,719
Speaker 1: good reliever in twenty twenty two, and I think for

806
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Speaker 1: that he should he should be recognized, because when you're

807
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: a when you're the second or third best reliever on

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Speaker 1: a World Series team, that's something that you can't slouch ad.

809
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,920
Speaker 1: And you know, good on him and his agent for

810
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 1: using that for leveraging that to get him a very

811
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Speaker 1: good contract from his point of view. I mean, he

812
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Speaker 1: got a thirty four and a half million dollar contract

813
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Speaker 1: basically off of one season. So it's it's he's he

814
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Speaker 1: and Jose Obray you obviously were the we're the biggest

815
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,480
Speaker 1: targets in the biggest punching bags to look at in

816
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Speaker 1: the last couple of years, just given how the trajectory

817
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,760
Speaker 1: of this thing has gone. But I think it's worth

818
00:38:55,800 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 1: you know, tipping a cap to Montero for being, you know,

819
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Speaker 1: a really really good reliever on the team that won

820
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Speaker 1: the World.

821
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Speaker 2: Series without a doubt. I mean, when you look back

822
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 2: at this team's World Series championships, you can talk about

823
00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:11,879
Speaker 2: you know, obviously everybody talks about the Springer and how

824
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,239
Speaker 2: good he was in seventeen, but there's so much more

825
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 2: that goes to winning that than just looking at the

826
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Speaker 2: box score in the highlights. So relievers don't really get

827
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Speaker 2: that kind of loving big games like that are in

828
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 2: the sport as much as they should. But when you

829
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:24,600
Speaker 2: look at guys like that, when they step in and

830
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 2: get the job done, and they definitely deserve the credit.

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Speaker 1: Marln Gonzales big part of the twenty seventeen.

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Speaker 2: Second biggest one of the probably the second biggest home

833
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Speaker 2: in franchise history.

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Speaker 1: I still think it's the I still think it's the biggest.

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Speaker 3: Every time I watch that, I don't think it's going

836
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Speaker 3: to get out. I don't understand how it got out,

837
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Speaker 3: but I'll take it.

838
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Speaker 1: Maybe this is a show for another day. But like

839
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Speaker 1: I to me, I think that's the biggest home run

840
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Speaker 1: in front. I know a hit.

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00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:54,040
Speaker 2: We could cover all seven games and two podcasts.

842
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 1: I know al two they hit a homer to win

843
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,160
Speaker 1: a pennant. I know your don tokose Alvarado to deep

844
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: center to go ahead in the World Series game. But

845
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Speaker 1: like Josh, I don't know if you guys win that

846
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Speaker 1: World Series in seventeen without Marlin taking Kenley Jansen.

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Speaker 2: Dude, Oh oh definitely not. We don't even we don't

848
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Speaker 2: even get there. But then you look at like Game five,

849
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 2: like Yulie Altuve, like hit a four and thirty foot

850
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 2: foul homer and then hit one fair the next pitch,

851
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 2: Like stuff like that just doesn't happen when you magnify

852
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 2: Game five. It's just so ridiculous.

853
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 3: Because Springer's ball exploded on the train tracks, Springer.

854
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, Springer broke glass. Like there's so many moments.

855
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:41,399
Speaker 1: But man, all right, so before we get out of here,

856
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: we have to fill our contractual obligation. Cam Smith got

857
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,839
Speaker 1: his first uh. Cam Smith got his first extra base

858
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 1: hit as a big leaguer on Tuesday in Seattle, turning

859
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 1: on a hanging sweeper hit a hit, a triple down

860
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Speaker 1: the third baseline. Man, he can really run.

861
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Speaker 2: Made a great defensive play, I believe too, like first

862
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 2: play catch probability or fast star five star catch.

863
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, first play of the game on on behind uh,

864
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,759
Speaker 1: Hunter Brown, No, that's behind Fromber. First play of the

865
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,000
Speaker 1: game on Tuesday, ran In made a nice catch at

866
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,879
Speaker 1: his shoe strings on the line. It was nice. Had

867
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: two more singles on uh in the final game in Seattle.

868
00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: But you know, it's looking a little better. The bats

869
00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 1: look better.

870
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 2: Slowly moving forward, we're not we're not in a big

871
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 2: jump where you're seeing the thunder off the bat just

872
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,399
Speaker 2: quite yet. But when you talk about that triple, man,

873
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,200
Speaker 2: I saw it. I was watching it at dinner and

874
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,439
Speaker 2: I saw I saw him right. I wouldn't know whatever

875
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 2: it was I was eating, and Uh, I saw him

876
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,319
Speaker 2: around second base like he's gonna get hose and all

877
00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:45,839
Speaker 2: of a sudden, the ball was like just just did

878
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 2: the cutoff. Guys, Like, all right, kid, That's the first

879
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 2: time I'd really seen him having a chance to open

880
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 2: it up.

881
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 3: He also looked surprisingly good in the outfield.

882
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:58,080
Speaker 2: You missed that conversation when your headphones were off.

883
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 3: T Well, I had to put I had to put

884
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:00,400
Speaker 3: my chain on.

885
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:01,880
Speaker 1: For the discussion.

886
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 2: We were talking about his five star catch.

887
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:05,400
Speaker 3: I heard that it was great.

888
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I think I think they would like him

889
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,560
Speaker 1: hit the ball in the air a little more, hitting

890
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 1: the ball on the ground on that triple. They'd like

891
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,880
Speaker 1: they'd like to see more line drives. Uh. Joe spot

892
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,280
Speaker 1: had said this week that they noticed he was farther

893
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: off the plate in Minnesota than he ever was in

894
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:23,840
Speaker 1: spring training. So that's why he sat him on Sunday

895
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 1: and Monday so they could work in the cage with

896
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:27,799
Speaker 1: him to get closer to the plate. They need him

897
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,560
Speaker 1: to get started in his just his load needs to

898
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: start earlier. They want to get him in his legs

899
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: a little bit more to elevate the ball. And you

900
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 1: saw like on in the final game against the Mariners,

901
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:39,880
Speaker 1: like he hit a couple of balls on a line

902
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: the center field had another opposite field hit. But but

903
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:46,600
Speaker 1: Josh does. Does the opposite field contact warry you a

904
00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,800
Speaker 1: little bit because to me, like that always signals that

905
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,280
Speaker 1: a guy's late when they're hitting the ball the other way.

906
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,720
Speaker 2: No, not at all. I think like when you're lining,

907
00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 2: when you're lying the ball the other way, that just

908
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 2: tells me that I'm staying shortened through the ball. And

909
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,719
Speaker 2: I could be a little opposite feel conscious about it,

910
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 2: but you know, maybe he's got his approach to go

911
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 2: that way against everything and just to help him stay

912
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,720
Speaker 2: shortened through the baseball to figure out through these steps

913
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:13,879
Speaker 2: of getting there, because when you talk about moving away

914
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 2: from the batter's box, that becomes that's it feels like

915
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 2: it looks like an edge, but it feels like a

916
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,120
Speaker 2: mile when you're looking at you know that slider away

917
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 2: and fastballs away seem like they might be off the

918
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 2: plate and they're right there on the corner. So you know,

919
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 2: that changes everything when when you're talking about that. So

920
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,920
Speaker 2: hopefully that's something that they figured out and maybe he

921
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 2: needs to watch go back and watch a little digny session.

922
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 3: Man.

923
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 2: There's nothing wrong with going back and watching that little

924
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:39,000
Speaker 2: highlight reel of yourself and you know, and seeing what

925
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:42,240
Speaker 2: the differences are now, and then that's how you fix everything.

926
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 2: That's just one of the things that you know, hitters

927
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:46,719
Speaker 2: and pitchers can take advantage of is having so much

928
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 2: video and every angle in America now can it can

929
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 2: watch everything. So there's always options to go back and

930
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,439
Speaker 2: just look at that and see what you're doing. Because

931
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,799
Speaker 2: they can put everything side by side. They can look

932
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 2: at your bad swings now and look at your good

933
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:02,360
Speaker 2: swings two weeks ago, So figure out what's.

934
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:03,799
Speaker 3: Going on now.

935
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 2: That's what I was pulling up I was seeing when

936
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 2: I played. It was called the bat system. That's you

937
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:12,799
Speaker 2: know for us older generation players. And you know, you

938
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 2: could like, I think it's called superimposed. Is that what

939
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,120
Speaker 2: they call him when they overlap them? Yeah, them look

940
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:22,040
Speaker 2: at me super imposed education. So then you can literally

941
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,080
Speaker 2: see the differences in everything in real in real time.

942
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:27,879
Speaker 2: So and you slow it down, and uh, there's there's

943
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 2: tools that they can they can fix that. He just

944
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,920
Speaker 2: gotta he's just got to imply those from the computer

945
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 2: to the batting cage of the game.

946
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 1: Tyler, do you have anything to add as the president

947
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: of the as the conductor of the camp Smith Hype Train.

948
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:47,000
Speaker 3: Listen, he was playing D two pitchers last year, so

949
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:49,279
Speaker 3: we're going to give him a little bit of time.

950
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 3: Thirty thirty thirty, yeah, something like that.

951
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,080
Speaker 2: Fifty mark we said fifteen fifty was the number.

952
00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,919
Speaker 1: He's at twenty. He's at twenty five, so he's halfway there. There,

953
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: he's halfway to fifty.

954
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 2: Is that at bats? Or played already?

955
00:45:06,920 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 3: Got a trip twenty five at bats.

956
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:09,839
Speaker 1: He's at twenty five at.

957
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:14,799
Speaker 3: Bats, So there you go. And look, he's not been

958
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,719
Speaker 3: the worst hitter on the team, which isn't good, but

959
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 3: he hasn't been the worst fitter.

960
00:45:19,760 --> 00:45:23,080
Speaker 2: This is also true. He's also not playing every day.

961
00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:26,040
Speaker 2: That his first probably the first time in his life. Yeah, yeah,

962
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,319
Speaker 2: so that that's a tough test to go up and

963
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:28,960
Speaker 2: down like that.

964
00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:32,920
Speaker 1: And so and as we talked about too, he's failing

965
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 1: probably for the first time in his life too. And

966
00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,479
Speaker 1: that's something that he's he's had. He's had to find

967
00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:41,640
Speaker 1: a way to compartmentalize and do stuff with and I'm

968
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 1: sure he's he's got he said. Mauricio Dubond's been helpful.

969
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: Christian Walker Jose al Tuva, he said, he's got veterans

970
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:49,600
Speaker 1: in the clubhouse that he's able to talk to, a

971
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 1: sounding boards that are helping him through this, which is

972
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:55,719
Speaker 1: again they expected this, Like the Astros did not expect

973
00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 1: him to be on a jord on like a minutey

974
00:45:58,239 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 1: steps on the field. He's the best hitter on the team.

975
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: Like they expected some growing pains. They expected the struggles.

976
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 1: They thought they had the infrastructure around him to support him,

977
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,040
Speaker 1: and and they're seeing that. They're seeing that bear out

978
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: now that the struggles are here, and he's got the

979
00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:15,680
Speaker 1: support system around him in the clubhouse and the coaches

980
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 1: that are helping him through it, and you know.

981
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,880
Speaker 2: Maybe he just maybe he just hasn't found his outlet yet.

982
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 2: You got to find that outlet that we talked about.

983
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:25,000
Speaker 1: I wonder if he rubbed the baby oil on him.

984
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:26,640
Speaker 1: I gotta ask him.

985
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:28,640
Speaker 2: That you might you didn't ask.

986
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, we need to figure that out. But yeah, I'll

987
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,040
Speaker 3: still go to the zoo if we need to do that.

988
00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:39,600
Speaker 3: I'm happy to help out.

989
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:42,640
Speaker 2: Well somebody's.

990
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,760
Speaker 1: Well, if you guys go to the zoo, we'll discuss

991
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:49,440
Speaker 1: that on our next Because they come back, they come

992
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:54,640
Speaker 1: back for a home, very quick homestand.

993
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 2: Penguins are right by the entrance, right there.

994
00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:00,000
Speaker 3: You're right there. Let's see it. Will hop out. Maybe

995
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,359
Speaker 3: ride the train, the Memorial Campsmith train.

996
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 2: We're riding the train I got, you know, we got

997
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:06,839
Speaker 2: five and a half year old twins.

998
00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 3: We're riding. When I was a kid, I thought if

999
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,560
Speaker 3: I sat in the back of the train, it made

1000
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 3: the train ride longer, so I would always wait to

1001
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,160
Speaker 3: sit in the back to get more out of the train.

1002
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 2: I got two more seconds of ride on this thing.

1003
00:47:22,040 --> 00:47:23,120
Speaker 2: I'm turning it.

1004
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,720
Speaker 1: Well, Tyler, if you go to the sazoo with camp Smith.

1005
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,720
Speaker 1: We will discuss that on the next episode of Crush

1006
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 1: City Territory, which is coming to you this weekend. During

1007
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 1: the Astros Quick three game series against the Los Angeles Angels,

1008
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:42,239
Speaker 1: a team that, on paper, should should be an opportunity

1009
00:47:42,239 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 1: for the Ashers to get right a little bit, but

1010
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,040
Speaker 1: some guy named Karen Parris is hitting the ball out

1011
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:47,919
Speaker 1: of the ballpark every time he takes in it back.

1012
00:47:48,080 --> 00:47:51,200
Speaker 1: Mike Trout's a place for the Angels. He's actually want

1013
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:54,040
Speaker 1: to play in this series, which has been a departure

1014
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: from his past couple of years. Anthony Rendon will not

1015
00:47:57,640 --> 00:47:59,719
Speaker 1: be playing in.

1016
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 2: This will I do have to bring up. I'm doing

1017
00:48:03,160 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 2: my first coverage of the Team Car series and I

1018
00:48:07,480 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 2: will say that my first time I covered the team

1019
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 2: last year was like early May. It was the quick

1020
00:48:13,200 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 2: to turnaround for the season. So boy, start playing, start winning.

1021
00:48:17,239 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 2: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

1022
00:48:19,480 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 1: We'll know why, well know why. It's it's Crush City Territories,

1023
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:26,279
Speaker 1: Josh Reddick that is going to turn the Astros around.

1024
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,000
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1025
00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:32,720
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1026
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:34,440
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1027
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1028
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 1: we post a new videos. So again, thank you guys,

1029
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Enjoy the Angel series this weekend, Enjoy watching

1030
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:44,880
Speaker 1: Josh on Space City Home Network.

1031
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 2: And we will see you in the food room.

1032
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:50,000
Speaker 1: You will see me. The New York Times will pick

1033
00:48:50,080 --> 00:48:52,040
Speaker 1: up your tap, We'll pick up I'll pick up your food.

1034
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 1: I'll pick up your meal one of these games against

1035
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,879
Speaker 1: the Angel, so we will talk to you later, guys.

1036
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 3: Seeya a