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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 2: Everybody? Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory. I'm Chandler.

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Speaker 2: Room joined is always by Tyler Stafford and a very

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Speaker 2: special guest, FT Senior Insider, the Athletics senior writer, and

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Speaker 2: everyone's favorite bow tie wearing sideline reporter Ken Rosenthal. Ken,

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Speaker 2: what is up? How are you? I know this is

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Speaker 2: a busy time for you. You're actually about to come

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Speaker 2: to Houston to work the WBC. You're getting a little

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Speaker 2: bit of time to yourself before all the chaos starts.

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Speaker 3: No, Chandler, but we don't need to go into that,

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Speaker 3: so we.

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Speaker 2: Wanted to add you on because this past weekend you

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Speaker 2: wrote what Tyler and I have been talking about for

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Speaker 2: a very long time, which is the Astros infield surplus

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Speaker 2: is untenable and you know they're going to have to

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Speaker 2: solve this somehow, and it's probably going to come in

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Speaker 2: the form of an estoc Paradus trade. I'm gonna guess, Ken,

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Speaker 2: with everything going on in baseball, you didn't wake up

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Speaker 2: three days ago and decide, you know what I'm going

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Speaker 2: to write about the Astros in field surplus today? What

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Speaker 2: kind of prompted you to look into this and write

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Speaker 2: this column.

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Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I read Channeler Room regularly. I

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Speaker 3: listened to his podcast with Tyler Stafford regularly.

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Speaker 1: And I knew this was an issue.

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Speaker 3: And I was at Astro's camp I believe it was Saturday,

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Speaker 3: and the whole issue kind of crystallized for me while

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Speaker 3: I was there talking to people, just seeing the team,

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Speaker 3: seeing the guys, and sometimes when you're out of place,

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Speaker 3: not just talking to people, but just kind of getting

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Speaker 3: the lay of the land. It helps to visit a

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Speaker 3: camp and understand the dynamics of what is going on

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Speaker 3: with the team in a particular time. And when I

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Speaker 3: go to a camp and SMIng training, I go to

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Speaker 3: one to day generally, so to me, it's what's the

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Speaker 3: most interesting story of that day. This is by far

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Speaker 3: the most interesting compelling thing with the Astros right now,

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Speaker 3: in my opinion.

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Speaker 4: If I wasn't going to write a feature about Korea,

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Speaker 4: this was it, and I'd like to write about compelling

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Speaker 4: things that try to and again, this was the one

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Speaker 4: thing that really jumped out at me.

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Speaker 2: You know, Tyler and I have tried to explain it

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Speaker 2: to people and you know, they come back with, oh, hey,

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Speaker 2: they can play this many they can play Jordon Alpha,

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Speaker 2: is this many games here? They can play Ustock Parade,

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Speaker 2: It is this many games here. But ken you know,

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Speaker 2: as well as anyone that covers a sport, veteran players

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Speaker 2: and established players normally don't love not having a routine,

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Speaker 2: not knowing that where they're going to play the next day,

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Speaker 2: not knowing a specific number of games are going to play.

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Speaker 2: If the Astros were to keep this infield configuration going

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Speaker 2: into opening day, what kind of problems do you think

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Speaker 2: that could create for Joe Aspada, for Dana Brown, for

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Speaker 2: the guys that have to manage twenty six pretty big

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Speaker 2: egos inside of a major league clubhouse.

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Speaker 1: Candler, it does create problems.

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Speaker 3: And I know fans don't necessarily see this the way

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Speaker 3: we do because we're the ones in the clubouse talking

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Speaker 3: to people, and we understand clubhouse dynamics.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying we're perfect and.

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Speaker 3: We have a perfect track record of reading situations, but

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Speaker 3: generally speaking, as you said, when you have this kind

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Speaker 3: of surplus, and when you're saying, well, we'll get them

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Speaker 3: all one hundred, two hundred and forty games, whatever the numbers,

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Speaker 3: might be easier said than done. Now, the one thing

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Speaker 3: they have in their favor. Here, if you want to

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Speaker 3: keep all these guys is someone's probably going to get hurt,

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Speaker 3: someone's going to need time off their feet, whatever the

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Speaker 3: case might be. That's a heck of a thing to

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Speaker 3: count on. And when you enter a season, you want

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Speaker 3: things a little bit more clear cut, and right now

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Speaker 3: it's hard to see how they would be clear cut.

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Speaker 3: And you ask about the manager, Joe Spotty. He's the

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Speaker 5: He's the guy that.

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Speaker 3: Has to divvy out the playing time and manage the egos,

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Speaker 3: and it is not always an easy thing to do.

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Speaker 1: Would it rip up the team to have this continue?

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Speaker 3: I don't know that it would rip up the team.

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Speaker 3: Is it an uncomfortable form ofdynamic? Yes, it is, and

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Speaker 3: everyone involved knows it. Paradis knows it, Joe Spott knows it.

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Speaker 3: The other infielders know.

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Speaker 1: It as well.

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Speaker 6: So Ken watching one hundred and sixty two Astros games

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Speaker 6: last season, I can tell you that that lineup was

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Speaker 6: really the only real consistent kind of that veteran presence

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Speaker 6: in the lineup. You know, they haven't added anybody really

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Speaker 6: do that. Why is he the one that is on

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Speaker 6: the trading block when when he clearly provides so much value.

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Speaker 3: Money Christian Walker is making almost twice as much over

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Speaker 3: the next two years as Izak parades, and he's coming

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Speaker 3: off a lesser year.

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Speaker 1: I would expect Paradis has more value now.

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Speaker 3: Kind of an X factor here is if teams are

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Speaker 3: scouting the Astros and watching them this spring, and they believe,

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Speaker 3: like the Astros do, that Christian Walker is on the

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Speaker 3: verge of a revival, maybe they would be more willing

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Speaker 3: to take on the money and.

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Speaker 1: Work out an arrangement with the Astros. Maybe the Astros

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Speaker 3: I don't know that it is as attractive an option

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Speaker 3: for the Astros because I don't know that they would

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Speaker 3: who is of course less expensive and right now has

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Speaker 3: greater trade value. So he is the odd man out

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Speaker 3: in that sense. And he also is a guy that

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Speaker 3: they talk about second base with.

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Speaker 4: I don't know that he can really play second base

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Speaker 3: So it's third base where Karrea plays, or first base

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Speaker 3: where Walker plays.

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Speaker 1: And there's a.

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Speaker 7: DH that is maybe the best DH in the game.

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Speaker 3: Who will play left field, but he's not going to

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Speaker 3: play left field one hundred and fifty games. So this

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Speaker 3: is why the roster as currently constructed is ill fitting

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Speaker 3: and to be addressed.

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Speaker 6: So what teams need a good third baseman, first baseman

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Speaker 6: who can take seven pitches in a bad who's out

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Speaker 6: there for the Astros to be able to float him

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Speaker 6: as a as a trade target tyler.

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Speaker 1: That's the problem.

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Speaker 3: It seems to be only one team right now that

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Speaker 3: opening by doing other things, of course, but the Red

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Speaker 3: Sox are the team they've been talking to, not lately,

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Speaker 3: but they've been talking to them about this whole scenario.

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Speaker 1: The Red Sox actually.

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Speaker 3: Have what the Astros need, a left handed hitting outfielder.

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Speaker 1: It would be most likely to Ran and not a

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Speaker 3: And it's so interesting that the Red Sox have the

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Speaker 3: exact opposite problem. The outfield surplus, the m field shortage,

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Speaker 3: the Astros, of course, the infield surplus, the outfield shortage.

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Speaker 3: It seems to me this is a pretty obvious match,

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Speaker 3: but clearly that hasn't gotten to the finish line yet,

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Speaker 2: Going to bring up one quote that Dana gave you

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Speaker 2: for the quote for the columns who wrote uh Ken,

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Speaker 2: And you know, everyone's just kind of been they don't

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Speaker 2: maybe they don't believe us when we say it's a thing.

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Speaker 2: But here's what Dana said. Here's what Dana told you

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Speaker 2: in camp this weekend. He said when I said we're

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Speaker 2: not done yet, it was with the vision of looking

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Speaker 2: for a potential left handed bat. We've also been talking

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Speaker 2: about a backup catcher. And not done yet is we're

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Speaker 2: still on the grind all that suffice to say, he

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Speaker 2: ain't trading for an infielder like they already have too

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Speaker 2: many infielders. Like Dana is telling you without telling you

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Speaker 2: that he is still in you know, negotiations is probably

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Speaker 2: a strong word, but isak Paradis remains available? And I

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Speaker 2: think question yeah, And I think the walker thing you

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Speaker 2: said is is pretty prevalent to this guy had an

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Speaker 2: Like it's not as if he's Jose a bray you

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Speaker 2: and unplayable. But the money will be cumbersome. How much

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Speaker 2: Jim Crane would want to pay down of the forty

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Speaker 2: million dollars remaining on his salary also pretty cumbersome. But

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Speaker 2: it is one of those things that again, if Christian

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Speaker 2: Walker showed up in Great Fruit League play he turned

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Speaker 2: by the way, if he shows that he's revived, then

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Speaker 2: maybe he becomes a target. But yes, you're right, as

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Speaker 2: of right now, Esak Paratus is the pre eminent target.

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Speaker 2: Before we let you go, Ken, I do want to

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Speaker 2: that Jim Crane has said multiple times will never close

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Speaker 2: while he's the owner. They have a lame duck general manager.

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Speaker 2: They have a lame duck manager, which is no uh,

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Speaker 2: which is not foreign for Jim Crane. But where do

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Speaker 2: you kind of see the Ashers in the state of

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Speaker 3: They're in a situation where Chandler they need to win

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Speaker 3: now and it doesn't have to.

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Speaker 1: Be this year.

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Speaker 3: It could be next year.

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Speaker 1: But their window is shrinking now.

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Speaker 4: I know Jim Crane talks about leaving an open forever,

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Speaker 4: and they've done a great job of that.

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Speaker 3: It's ten years now of a team being really, really

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Speaker 3: competitive and a World Series champion at times. But it's

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Speaker 3: an aging groups.

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Speaker 1: Altove getting older.

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Speaker 3: It's Korea, who is not old but has different issues

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Speaker 3: that flare up from time to time. It's Alvarez, who

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Speaker 3: is somewhat limited in what he can do physically. It's

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Speaker 3: all of this, and it's also a farm system that

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Speaker 3: is not as productive as.

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Speaker 1: Probably they would like. And maybe it's getting better.

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Speaker 3: All teams think that the farm systems that they have

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Speaker 3: pitching prospects. So all of that combined would lead you

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Speaker 3: to believe that, yes, they need to act with some

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Speaker 3: urgency with the way they construct their team, and they

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Speaker 3: have for the most part. They've done some things this

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Speaker 3: offseason and I kind of liked in my Burrows trade

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Speaker 3: to keep going, and again the parade is scenario. The

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Speaker 3: trade scenario fits into what we're talking about here. You

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Speaker 3: got to get that left handed hitting outfielder because their

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Speaker 3: outfield is so thin right now. And if you do

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Speaker 3: do that, then the team looks a lot better to me,

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Speaker 3: particularly if the infield thing is resolved.

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Speaker 6: We're three weeks away, Kennon real quick, When does when

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Speaker 6: does this have to happen? Do they do they need

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Speaker 6: to do it in the next couple of days? Is

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Speaker 6: this something that you can do the day before opening day?

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 6: When when do you have to make a decision on

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Speaker 6: something like this?

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Speaker 3: You can do it at anytime, And in one sense,

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Speaker 3: perhaps time is on their side because someone at third

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Speaker 2: Twenty two days away from opening days. So maybe in

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Speaker 1: Thanks, guys.

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Speaker 7: We are delighted to have Astros manager Joe spotted with

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Speaker 1: Joe, how you doing? How's camp?

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Speaker 7: And how's the fact that you've got a few guys

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Speaker 7: Joe, we get obsessed with opening day, but does this

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Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. If if somebody misses two

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Speaker 8: Day right, and you know what the fact that you

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Speaker 5: But this is something that we're going to be really

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Speaker 8: There's no there's no reason to show uh to rush

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Speaker 9: Guys, I'll vouch for what just Joe said about him

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Speaker 1: Hey, Joe.

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Speaker 7: This has been one of the hottest topics even before

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Speaker 7: Unfortunately in our game, injuries do occur, and when you

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Speaker 5: For all these guys. You know, we we have it.

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Speaker 7: So, Joe, what was that communication process like with someone

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Speaker 8: Yeah, and listen, and this conversation is that happens throughout

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Speaker 5: What we are doing because I'm the one who's.

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Speaker 10: I want, I want to go on a little pitching here.

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Speaker 9: Joe, there's always that transition period for when the foreign

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Speaker 8: How can we help them with that? You know, the

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Speaker 7: early on on to opt out and make more money

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Speaker 7: if that's the case. But are you surprised that the

441
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Speaker 7: league didn't look at him in the way that maybe

442
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Speaker 7: some prognosticators did And do you think that will create

443
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Speaker 7: any type of chip on his shoulder?

444
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Speaker 8: You know what, I can't speak for him on how

445
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Speaker 8: he feels about the contractor of that. I do know this,

446
00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 8: I do get credit to our front office because he's

447
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:09,280
Speaker 8: happened really quickly.

448
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Speaker 5: I remember there is in New Year's Eve. They not

449
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Speaker 5: calls me.

450
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Speaker 8: He says, Joe, what do you got on Emi? And

451
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Speaker 8: we have early conversations in the off season about Emi.

452
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Speaker 8: But we we've heard about, uh what he was going

453
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Speaker 8: to take to sign him. So when we did our rankings,

454
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:28,359
Speaker 8: he was on top of our list. But obviously the

455
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Speaker 8: money could have been a factor in us signing him.

456
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Speaker 8: But you guys know well, our owner is always all

457
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Speaker 8: hands in, all hands on deck. If this is a

458
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Speaker 8: player that can help us. He's willing to make it

459
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Speaker 8: happen and in a matter of ours em what's in

460
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Speaker 8: Houston Astro. Something that Emi also say was like he

461
00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:52,960
Speaker 8: wants to beat the teams who have those well known

462
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Speaker 8: Japanese players, And I give him credit because that's exactly

463
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Speaker 8: who we want in our team, someone who want wants

464
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Speaker 8: to create an environment and impact in a club where listen,

465
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Speaker 8: I want to step up and I want to be

466
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Speaker 8: known as one of the best, and that's exactly what.

467
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Speaker 5: We're looking for.

468
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Speaker 8: And Emi made it known very that he wants to

469
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Speaker 8: win and this is a winning environment and I'm just

470
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Speaker 8: static to have him in our club.

471
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Speaker 10: You have a new hitting coach and Victor Rodriguez. Can

472
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Speaker 10: you talk a little bit about his approach and what

473
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Speaker 10: you know hitters are talking about and how he is

474
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Speaker 10: relatable to the hitters right now for the Astros moving forward.

475
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Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, for me, it's about simplicity. You know,

476
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 8: this game, I think hitting is really hard. I thought

477
00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 8: you were a really good hitter, and I remember having

478
00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,960
Speaker 8: conversations with you about hitting and it continues to get

479
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 8: harder and harder every year that goes by, because you know,

480
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,399
Speaker 8: people are throwing harder. Stuff is getting nastier. You have

481
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Speaker 8: to make adjustment pitch to pitch, a back to a bat.

482
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Speaker 8: But there is something about hitting where the simpler you

483
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Speaker 8: could make it, I think, the more you can prepare

484
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Speaker 8: to have some success. Right, This is a game of adjustments,

485
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Speaker 8: This is a game of fundamentals. This is a game

486
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Speaker 8: about competing at the plate. And Victory is all about

487
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Speaker 8: making things simple. How can we simplify an approach, How

488
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 8: can we simplify the process? You know, he's been around

489
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Speaker 8: some really good heres in his career, and I wanted

490
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Speaker 8: to have someone who can lead the charge. And if

491
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Speaker 8: the messaging is listen, you guys are a really good hitter.

492
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Speaker 8: But let's not forget about what hitting is supposed to be. Like,

493
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Speaker 8: we are a team that we will do well. We

494
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Speaker 8: take pitches, we drive the ball, and we passed the baton.

495
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Speaker 8: We got away from that, and I think Victory is

496
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Speaker 8: the right guy to get us back on track.

497
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Speaker 7: While we're on the topic of hitting, let's talk about

498
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Speaker 7: one of your best hitters in your Don Alvarez, and

499
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Speaker 7: I've heard you talk about how to preserve him over

500
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Speaker 7: the last couple months. So I'm going to ask the

501
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Speaker 7: question this way, if it was up to Joe A Spada,

502
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Speaker 7: how many games would ord On Alvarez as play in

503
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Speaker 7: the outfields.

504
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Speaker 8: I'm not going to give you the number. But what

505
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Speaker 8: I'm gonna do is I'm not going to give you

506
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Speaker 8: the number. One thing I learned and this job is

507
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Speaker 8: that when you go in with a plan, there's a

508
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Speaker 8: plan A, there's a plan B. But I was looking

509
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:20,000
Speaker 8: into Plan C, Plan V last year with so many injuries, right,

510
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Speaker 8: And what the messaging to JR.

511
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Speaker 5: Done and to our guys are, like, Jordan is going

512
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Speaker 5: to play left field.

513
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Speaker 8: You know, you know, when he's in left field, we

514
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Speaker 8: are able to have some other guys stay in the lineup,

515
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Speaker 8: use the dhpot to get some of those guys some

516
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Speaker 8: of my bats and keep everyone healthy and fresh. But

517
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Speaker 8: Jordan also loves to play left field, and when he

518
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Speaker 8: plays left field is actually the number show that he

519
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 8: is a very productive player offensively because he's not only

520
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Speaker 8: thinking about he's at bats. He can go out to

521
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Speaker 8: the outfield and clear his mind and help the team, uh,

522
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Speaker 8: you know, in different ways and you're done.

523
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Speaker 5: And enjoys playing left field.

524
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Speaker 8: So I've always keep that in mind when it comes

525
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Speaker 8: to how often you're done, it's going to play left fieldry.

526
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Speaker 10: Last thing for me, how's that ankle feel? And you know,

527
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Speaker 10: twenty sixteen was a big year. I just wanted to

528
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Speaker 10: make sure we're still stable with the ankle excuse me

529
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Speaker 10: seventeen Hey, yeah, you have to wear an ankle brace.

530
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Speaker 5: You know, No, it's stable. Do you know?

531
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Speaker 1: Do you know that?

532
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Speaker 8: I I the players bring that up and I watched

533
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Speaker 8: the video with them, you know, because it was you know,

534
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Speaker 8: you could never you put the Yankee.

535
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Speaker 5: Unit from on.

536
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Speaker 8: It's like you're always on that big stage and people

537
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Speaker 8: never forget. And you go on YouTube and there's millions

538
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Speaker 8: of people that watched it. I'm like, man, this couldn't

539
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Speaker 8: happen at at worst, you know, plays because they keep

540
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Speaker 8: bringing it up.

541
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Speaker 12: You know.

542
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Speaker 8: Another another video that always always these guy's always playing

543
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Speaker 8: when we go our cuts and relay. There was that

544
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 8: relay throw from Reddick to Korea to get Garner at

545
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Speaker 8: third base in the seventeen LCS.

546
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Speaker 5: When we go over in that fundamental we go over

547
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Speaker 5: cutching relays.

548
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Speaker 8: They use that video there to show how you should

549
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Speaker 8: post to execute relay. And I remind these guys every

550
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 8: time you guys put these on the TV. I'm the

551
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Speaker 8: one who's waving Garner over to come to third base.

552
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Speaker 8: And I always you know, remember men, I was looking

553
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,760
Speaker 8: for a hole in the ground that day just to

554
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Speaker 8: dig myself in there because it was such a wealth.

555
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 8: We'll execute it relay, but good, good teaching moments. But

556
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Speaker 8: you know, I still laugh at those moments, and it

557
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 8: was it was fun, man, It was fun those those

558
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Speaker 8: days that we were together there in New York.

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Speaker 9: For sure, I can confirm that he's got some fancy

560
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 9: shoes on with no ankle brace, so he's good to go.

561
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Speaker 9: And one last thing, Joe, when you said that Todd

562
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Speaker 9: is a really good hitter, our chat just went crazy

563
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Speaker 9: with how great of a hitter was he says, all

564
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Speaker 9: of very good, good, he was a great it.

565
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Speaker 8: Was a good hit. Or you know, Todd was one

566
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Speaker 8: of those guys back to ball skills. You know, I

567
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,359
Speaker 8: remember Todd that there was this swing where it was

568
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 8: like ass out and he put the barrel there and

569
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Speaker 8: the ball on the right field seats like toe had

570
00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 8: a way to grind up bats. He was super competitor

571
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Speaker 8: and I always appreciate, you know, how hard he went

572
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:24,120
Speaker 8: and how how hard he played the game, so I've

573
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,639
Speaker 8: always had a lot of respect for the way he

574
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Speaker 8: went about his business.

575
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Speaker 9: Well, we also appreciate you very much too for joining us.

576
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 9: Good luck to you the rest of the season, and

577
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,040
Speaker 9: hope see again. Yeah you got it, man, I'm so

578
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 9: excited to actually have a picture here that matters. We've

579
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:42,840
Speaker 9: all had starting pictures or we're planning on talking to

580
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,680
Speaker 9: starting pictures. We got a closer here, Josh Hater, one

581
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Speaker 9: of the best in the game. Josh, thank you for

582
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,959
Speaker 9: joining us. How you feeling about it? Good?

583
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Speaker 12: I appreciate you having us. What's up fellas on the

584
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 12: other side. Good to see y'all and I feel good.

585
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:58,080
Speaker 12: So just building back, recovering from a little setback, but

586
00:28:58,920 --> 00:28:59,920
Speaker 12: all great news.

587
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 11: Bumping up into be low. So you know, I can't

588
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:04,000
Speaker 11: complain about.

589
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Speaker 13: This, brother, I said it before you came on. You're

590
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 13: putting your earpiece on. I don't think you used the

591
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,360
Speaker 13: word brother on TV, but I need to hear you

592
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 13: just use this sentence because you when you're playing in

593
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 13: the clubhouse with Hater, he's always like, you know what, brother,

594
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Speaker 13: when I throw a Wrigley Park, you know when I

595
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,600
Speaker 13: throw a Wrigley Field man, I just feel like I

596
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,000
Speaker 13: can throw a little bit harder. So let me hear it.

597
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Speaker 11: Brother, Yeah, that's facts. Yeah, that's facts, Brothers.

598
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Speaker 13: That's stricken outdoors right there. I hated to see you

599
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 13: go down last year. I you know, you have an

600
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Speaker 13: affinity for certain guys you played with, and I don't

601
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 13: cheer for teams anymore. I cheer for players, and you're

602
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Speaker 13: one of the guys I cheer for. When you went

603
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Speaker 13: down last year, knowing you, how long were you dealing

604
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Speaker 13: with it? Because I have a hard time believing that

605
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 13: you were like, uh oh something hurts, Okay, I'm down.

606
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,040
Speaker 13: Knowing you fighting through things? How long did you fight

607
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,480
Speaker 13: through anything before you actually had to go on the IL.

608
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Speaker 12: Man, you'd be surprised. It was literally right after it

609
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:09,280
Speaker 12: was the next day after that outing in New York.

610
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Speaker 12: I felt some I felt something and then kind of

611
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 12: just went through it, and uh, Sunday got hot.

612
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Speaker 11: Got I think it was like the eighth It was

613
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Speaker 11: a seventh.

614
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Speaker 12: Inning and then the eighth inning, and then you know,

615
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Speaker 12: went back Monday and I was like, yeah, some still

616
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Speaker 12: doesn't feel right. So when you got all checked out, yeah, man,

617
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Speaker 12: it was uh, it was a weird one for me obviously,

618
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Speaker 12: I've never never gone through injuries, so yeah, that was

619
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Speaker 12: a that was difficult for me, not to finish out

620
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Speaker 12: a year.

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Speaker 9: So Josh, obviously you'd want to be ready for opening day.

622
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Speaker 9: But in your mind, is there a time frame like

623
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Speaker 9: if you can get in the game anytime soon or

624
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Speaker 9: are we just going to take it as it goes?

625
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Speaker 12: Yeah, we're trying to take it, you know, day by

626
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 12: day obviously, but you know, we kind of schedule out

627
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Speaker 12: week by week and and see how I'm recovering, and

628
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 12: it's it's easy to give yourself a timeline, but you

629
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Speaker 12: also don't want any setbacks to rush to a timeline.

630
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 12: So we're definitely progressing in a great way. And you know,

631
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,200
Speaker 12: that's all we can ever ask for, is uh, you know,

632
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 12: recover well, continue to build out that velocity in the volume,

633
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 12: and we're we're at that point, so it's all it's

634
00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:19,840
Speaker 12: all great.

635
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 11: News on our front.

636
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 13: Who pushes harder? You or the trainers? Are they the

637
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 13: ones that pull the rains back? Do you have to

638
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 13: pull the rains back or is that you know, is

639
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 13: it completely fifty to fifty?

640
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Speaker 12: I think it's about the same. I mean, obviously you

641
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 12: know how it goes. It's not how you starts, how

642
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 12: you finish. And you know, the last thing you want

643
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,440
Speaker 12: to do is rush into a season, get hurt, and

644
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Speaker 12: then be out for the rest of the season.

645
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Speaker 9: You know.

646
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Speaker 12: For me, I'm not a guy that really talks about surgery,

647
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 12: not saying that's on the table. But if you push

648
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 12: something to to its limit without being ready, you have

649
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 12: the chance to do that. And obviously that's not in

650
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 12: my case. But you never know what the game of baseball.

651
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 12: Throwing too much and too quickly could could, you know,

652
00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 12: set something back. So for me, it's just trying to

653
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,200
Speaker 12: be smart, trying to be you know, obviously they're as

654
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Speaker 12: quick as possible, but also to be able to have

655
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Speaker 12: the longevity to be there at the end of the season.

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Speaker 10: I want to talk a little about the Weeds, about

657
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Speaker 10: the team here a little bit. In spring training, you know,

658
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 10: it's fun times. You get to see different people, You

659
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,200
Speaker 10: get to see younger guys too as well. Besides the

660
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 10: squad you got going on. Is there anybody in spring

661
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,120
Speaker 10: right now that you're seeing, you know, maybe pitching wise

662
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 10: or hitting wise, that you're like, oh man, that either

663
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 10: that sounds different or you know, the pop of the glove.

664
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 10: There's somebody that we should be looking, you know too

665
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 10: in the upcoming year here there might help the squad out.

666
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:41,680
Speaker 11: Man, you know how it is.

667
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 12: You're gonna need everybody, and this year we got a

668
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 12: lot of arms. I think that's the fun part is

669
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 12: seeing all the guys that are coming here and throwing. Specifically,

670
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 12: I don't have a guy that like really stands out

671
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:55,680
Speaker 12: to me. But at the end of the day, I mean,

672
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 12: we got a lot of great arms here and it's

673
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 12: fun to watch them, you know. One the forty really,

674
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 12: I feel like we've got a lot of arms and

675
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 12: they're all really good.

676
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 5: You know.

677
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 12: I haven't really been able to sit down and watch games,

678
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 12: you know, I've been watching some sim games and bullpens,

679
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 12: but uh, you know, it's it's a little bit different

680
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 12: when you get out in the game. So I'm gonna

681
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 12: have to, uh, you know, definitely catch a couple of

682
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 12: games and see how these guys are going.

683
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 9: So Josh, as a former closer, I'm always intrigued in

684
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 9: talking to current closers in their prep for each game,

685
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 9: not mental or physical prep, Like what do you do

686
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 9: the first six or seven innings? Are you hanging out

687
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,520
Speaker 9: in the bullpen. Are you hanging out in the clubhouse still?

688
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 9: What's your kind of your routine every day?

689
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 5: Sure?

690
00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:45,600
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean for me, it's it's the same thing pregame.

691
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 12: You know, once we get first pitch, I'm inside getting

692
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 12: my stretch ready, getting my activation ready, and then go

693
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:58,760
Speaker 12: out about the fourth inning and probably give or take

694
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 12: an inning, inning and a half, mess around with the guys.

695
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 12: Obviously they got to lock in a little bit earlier,

696
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 12: and then you know, around the six I'm back to

697
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 12: more activation and getting the body prepared, and you know,

698
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 12: hopefully by the eighth inning, I'm I'm getting ready to

699
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 12: get warmed up.

700
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 13: What about your walkout? Now you got hurt for the

701
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:20,879
Speaker 13: first time. I don't know if they had. They must

702
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,480
Speaker 13: have had kryptonite wherever you got hurt, because that's the

703
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 13: only way you beat Superman. But yeah, do you have

704
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 13: to change your walk out because you know you're now

705
00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 13: you're getting Are you getting into like Mowana like kids

706
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 13: movie walk out?

707
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:33,880
Speaker 7: Stage?

708
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 13: Like what's your what's the Are you gonna have the

709
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:38,359
Speaker 13: same walk out this year?

710
00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:39,520
Speaker 11: Yeah?

711
00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:42,440
Speaker 12: Same walkout so far. I've been thinking about changing that.

712
00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 12: I just don't have anything to top that. That's that's

713
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 12: the tricky part.

714
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 11: Like you can't go to a new song and not

715
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 11: be better than the song you had.

716
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 12: Before, because then you disappoint the fans. And uh so

717
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 12: that's where I'm at right now. So sticking to Fireman

718
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 12: one more year. Last year's I think I'm change it.

719
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 12: Maria thinks I should write it all the way through.

720
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,959
Speaker 12: So if you guys want to do a poll, maybe,

721
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 12: uh maybe give me some suggestions on on some some

722
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 12: banger songs.

723
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 9: Well we're just saying in our little chat, maybe you

724
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,279
Speaker 9: should start a poll see what the fans want you

725
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 9: to play.

726
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 11: Yeah, that's good option.

727
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:19,279
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean you can.

728
00:35:19,320 --> 00:35:20,759
Speaker 9: You can probably reach a lot of a lot of

729
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 9: fans there in Houston to pick a song.

730
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Speaker 11: I'd be excited to hear that.

731
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Speaker 9: When you mentioned messing around at the bullpen for a

732
00:35:27,239 --> 00:35:30,040
Speaker 9: little bit until the guys other guys have to get ready.

733
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Speaker 1: Anything you can tell us that you do to.

734
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Speaker 12: Mess around or we just talked shop man, you know,

735
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 12: just whatever's going on that day. You know, we're around

736
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 12: each other for a long time. Some inside jokes you know,

737
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 12: pop up or just random things like that. Nothing really

738
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 12: specific on on our front. But uh, you know, you know,

739
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 12: it's just, uh, it can be a lot down there,

740
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 12: especially if you're in every single pitch, every single time,

741
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 12: every game. So you know, you got to relax a

742
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 12: little bit for you know, a couple of innings until

743
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 12: you have to really turn it.

744
00:36:00,640 --> 00:36:02,880
Speaker 8: On all right.

745
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 5: Got to ask this.

746
00:36:04,080 --> 00:36:07,240
Speaker 13: I asked a lot of people this, what's your least

747
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 13: favorite part of spring training? O, nobody's listening, nobody's listening

748
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 13: to the organization.

749
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:18,200
Speaker 11: You can say whatever.

750
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 5: It's a safe place, you know.

751
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,760
Speaker 12: Honestly, I don't like I don't like the night games

752
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 12: personally at spring training. I like getting in, getting in early,

753
00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 12: getting my days done, and being home by like one o'clock,

754
00:36:33,000 --> 00:36:34,240
Speaker 12: get to hang out with the family.

755
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 11: That's kind of that's kind of my go to.

756
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,359
Speaker 12: I like, I like prepping early because the night games

757
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,319
Speaker 12: you get here at like twelve o'clock and you're here

758
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 12: till about seven o'clock, and you're like, that's a long day.

759
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 11: Days wasted.

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Speaker 9: Can you can you tell us your favorite and least

761
00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 9: favorite bullpens.

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00:36:54,360 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 12: Oh, it depends on the time of year. I mean,

763
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,240
Speaker 12: if it's cold and you're in Wrigley and it's you're indoors,

764
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:06,280
Speaker 12: so you're chilling. That's I mean, in any indoor bullpen

765
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 12: is personally my favorite.

766
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:07,880
Speaker 11: Philly.

767
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 12: Definitely, I love Philly, you know, just because I like

768
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 12: I like chirping with the fans. I think that's the

769
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 12: best part, because the Philly fans, I mean, if you've

770
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 12: ever been in Philly, especially in playoffs, I mean, their

771
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 12: fans are ruthless.

772
00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,239
Speaker 11: So for me personally, I think that's that's the fun part.

773
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,040
Speaker 12: You know, you get some people that are are kind

774
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 12: of funny with some with some sly jokes, but the

775
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,759
Speaker 12: most part, I mean, it's a little bit part of

776
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 12: the game. So I feel like when you give it

777
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 12: back to them a little bit, they kind of calm down.

778
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:39,399
Speaker 12: But probably not after this, but it's it's just fun

779
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 12: the least. Uh, I would have to say, well it's

780
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 12: not around anymore, but I would say Oakland, but probably

781
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 12: sacked now Yeah, so I would say I would say

782
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,760
Speaker 12: definitely sacked to this point.

783
00:37:54,320 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 13: One of the things being down during the beginning of

784
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 13: spring training is you don't get to do the lives

785
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,360
Speaker 13: against your teammates. Another thing I always ask, who's the

786
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,120
Speaker 13: one dude on the team where you're like, I kind

787
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,120
Speaker 13: of wanted to strike him out or like I just

788
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 13: it's just it's nice to hold a little bit over

789
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:11,320
Speaker 13: him for the entire season.

790
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 12: Oh, man, I would have I would have to say

791
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 12: cole Man. You know, obviously he came up to the

792
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 12: show last year. First pitch, hit hit a tank. I mean,

793
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 12: the guy's funny. He if he haven't got to know him,

794
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 12: Actually it's kind of it's funny. I just figured this

795
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 12: out that he's a he's a drummer. He's uh, he

796
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 12: gets after it with Metallica and some some rocks. So

797
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 12: it's been fun getting to know him, and obviously I

798
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,399
Speaker 12: think it would be a good matchup to face him.

799
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,839
Speaker 7: Hey Josh, I don't think we've had you on since

800
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,359
Speaker 7: this news happened, but you know your former rep, your

801
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,439
Speaker 7: former agent, Jeff Berry.

802
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: He's been on the show a couple of times. You

803
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:56,479
Speaker 1: worked with him, pretty pretty pretty opinion. He's fun.

804
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 7: What do you what do you think of his little

805
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 7: career move he moved over to work with with Posey?

806
00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 7: What do you think of that whole deal? So a

807
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 7: player pretty fresh off the field running the giants. I

808
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 7: know it's been about a year now and then bringing

809
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:10,279
Speaker 7: an agent on so they're doing things a little unconventional there.

810
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 1: But what do you think Jef's bringing to the table?

811
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 12: Man, he brings a lot. Obviously, He's he's been around

812
00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 12: the game a long time. He knows the game really well.

813
00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 12: He knows both sides, and I think for him, he

814
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 12: has a really good player perspective and what guys uh need, what.

815
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 11: Guys want, and just the human side of things.

816
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 12: I think, you know, in this game, a lot of

817
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 12: things get overlooked, uh, and especially the human side of

818
00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 12: the relationships. So obviously him and uh, him and Busser

819
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:41,360
Speaker 12: go way back. So you know, I have that group

820
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:43,839
Speaker 12: and see what they're doing. I mean, there's they're sad,

821
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 12: They're they're sneaky team man, They're they're quietly uh, you know,

822
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 12: adding a lot of good pieces to their puzzle. And

823
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,960
Speaker 12: you know, especially in that that division over there, it's

824
00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 12: it's a it's a tough one. It's definitely not easy.

825
00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 12: So you definitely need the pieces to compete over on

826
00:39:58,719 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 12: that end.

827
00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 11: So, you know, I'm happy for him.

828
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 12: You know, he's he's done a lot of great things

829
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 12: for me and just to see him succeed and still

830
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,120
Speaker 12: stay in the game of baseball, and and have a

831
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 12: greater impact obviously, and and you know the front office

832
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 12: and obviously the impact a lot of players. So for

833
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:18,480
Speaker 12: what they're doing over there, it's it's great stuff.

834
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 11: All right.

835
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:22,920
Speaker 13: Most random question of the day for you Last year

836
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 13: the m v P race went down to a guy

837
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,480
Speaker 13: you saw all the time in your division, Cal Riley,

838
00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 13: and Aaron Judge from a closer who faces each of

839
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 13: these guys, who do you feel like should have won

840
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 13: the MVP award?

841
00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 12: I mean, Judge, Judge, what he did was insane, obviously,

842
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,399
Speaker 12: Cal the hommers he put on each and every day

843
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 12: doing that in a catcher's position, obviously, you know, it's

844
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 12: it's hard to you know, do do that plus perform

845
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 12: at the at the plate, and you know, do that

846
00:40:54,800 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 12: consistently with power for both sides. I think that's definitely

847
00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 12: definitely a hard thing. But you know, for me, you know,

848
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:05,560
Speaker 12: the just it's it's just insane to me what what

849
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 12: Judge does on.

850
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 5: It on a daily basis.

851
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 9: That might have been the toughest question you've ever had

852
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 9: to ask. Pick the MVPs, right, because it's like, there's

853
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 9: what can you say? They're both great? Obviously? Yeah, so well, brother,

854
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:21,120
Speaker 9: We are so happy for you. Thank you for stopping by,

855
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 9: UH quick recoveries and can't wait to see you. I'm

856
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 9: feel appreciate it.

857
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 5: Thanks Josh, good to.

858
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 11: See you guys. Appreciate you guys having me on