1 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Welcome to this week's fair territory. We are as We 2 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: taped this about thirty three hours from the trade deadline 3 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: at six pm Eastern on Tuesday. Obviously, there's been a 4 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: lot of action so far. We're expecting a good amount 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: of action to come. And I'm going to take you 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: through in our first segment this morning, just kind of 7 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: where things stand, where I see the most important pivot points, 8 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 1: so to speak, just kind of where we are. Let's 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 1: start with the biggest name still out there, at least 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:36,600 Speaker 1: in my opinion, and it's Justin Verlin. Why is Justin 11 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: Verlander out there? Because the Mets are selling. We saw 12 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: this start the other night, David Robertson too the Marlins 13 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 1: for two high end teenage prospects. Then of course the 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: shocking trade of Max Scherzer to the Rangers on Saturday, 15 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,639 Speaker 1: along with thirty six million for a top one hundred prospect. 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,920 Speaker 1: Luis anhel Akunya. That's the younger brother of Ronalds. He's 17 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: an infielder, very high stealing as well. So here are 18 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: the Mets. They're doing some things to try to strengthen 19 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: their organization. And Justin Verlander you might have heard him yesterday, 20 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: He's like, well, now I've got some things to think about. 21 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: Maybe I don't want to be here next year. Yes, 22 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: he's signed for twenty twenty four with a conditional option 23 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: for twenty twenty five. But if the Mets are not 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: going to compete at the level he anticipated when he 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: signed with them, he has to reconsider it. And he's 26 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: probably had or it's having the same conversation with Mets 27 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: GM Billy Eppler that Max Scherzer had, and that conversation 28 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: led Scherzer to decide I'll be happy to wave my 29 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: not trade clause, thank you very much. It's really interesting 30 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: what the Mets are doing. I sort of like it 31 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: in the sense that they are strengthening their organization. They're 32 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: building up their farm system by using Cohen's money, the owner, 33 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: Steve Cohen, and just kind of going about it that way. Okay, 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: the question I have, especially if you trade Verlander, what 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: about twenty twenty four? Heard Billy Eppler yesterday, The GM say, 36 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: this is not a fire sale, this is not a liquidation. Well, 37 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: if you trade Verlander, it sure looks like that because 38 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: Markana's gonna go, Tommy FAM's gonna go. Maybe Brooks rarely, 39 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: maybe Jose Kintana. Who knows how far they're going to 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: take this. I don't know, and probably the Mets aren't 41 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,680 Speaker 1: exactly clear right now. But Verlander is kind of the 42 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: key guy because if you don't keep him, then you've 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: got to go back into free agency this offseason if 44 00:02:28,720 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: indeed you intend to compete on a high level in 45 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four. And guess what. As I wrote this 46 00:02:34,919 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: morning in The Athletic, the Mets don't like long term 47 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 1: deals for starting pitchers. They've shown that the Schurzer deal, 48 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: the Verlander deal, the Jose Kintana deal, these are all 49 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: shorter deals. Well, if the guys on the free agent 50 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,359 Speaker 1: market this year start with shohe Otani of course, but 51 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: keep going with Rias and Nola and Lucas Giolito and 52 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: maybe Eduardo Rodriguez and Marcus Stroman if they opt out, 53 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 1: these guys are geting long deals. So that's the question 54 00:03:02,960 --> 00:03:06,399 Speaker 1: I have for the Mets. But Verlander is the key 55 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: one right now because what happens with him probably determines 56 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: in a large part what the Mets future is going 57 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: to look like short term, and what happens with him, 58 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: of course, will affect the rest of the sport as well. Now. 59 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:23,480 Speaker 1: I also wrote today that the Dodgers are probably the 60 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: mets preferred destination for Verlander over the Houston Astros, because 61 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: the Houston Astros do not have as of right now 62 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: any top one hundred prospects really on any list. And 63 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:37,280 Speaker 1: what the Mets are doing with these players now, trying 64 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,360 Speaker 1: to buy prospects, trying to get depths into their system, 65 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: quality into their system, not going to be as easy 66 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: to do with the Astros as it would be with 67 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. Now it's interesting to think about the Mets 68 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: possibly sending a lot of money to the Dodgers. Neither 69 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: one of these teams is going broke, but that was 70 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: the template for the Schurzer deal. They can certainly follow 71 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: it with Verlander or perhaps do something else. All assuming 72 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 1: that Justin Verlander has multiple destinations in mind. He has 73 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: no trade clause. Maybe he just wants to go to Houston, 74 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: Maybe he just wants to go to La. This all 75 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: governs what goes on here. He can effectively choose his 76 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 1: next team. Now, we've seen the Dodgers do some smaller 77 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,479 Speaker 1: things so far. The trade for Lance Lynn and Joe 78 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 1: Kelly supplemented their pitching the trade for Ahmed Rosario and 79 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:30,559 Speaker 1: Kikey Hernandez, individual trades that gave them more right handed hitting, 80 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,760 Speaker 1: more depth on their position player club. They have not 81 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:36,679 Speaker 1: made the big move yet. They're not getting noan Ronado. 82 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 1: The Cardinals have said that they really need pitching. Six 83 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: point one point eight rotation era in July to this point. 84 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 1: That's the second highest in club history for any month, 85 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: going back to when the National League started keeping track 86 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,400 Speaker 1: of era in nineteen twelve. Clearly they need another starter now. 87 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: I wrote about the possibility of Dylan Sees this morning. 88 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 1: The White Sox are listening. I don't know how actively 89 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,359 Speaker 1: they're listening, but that's something I am sure the Dodgers 90 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:08,120 Speaker 1: will explore. They've talked to the White Sox extensively. They 91 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:10,360 Speaker 1: made the trade for Lynn and Kelly, so who knows 92 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,640 Speaker 1: where that goes? All right, now to a team that 93 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: is doing a lot of things and a very interesting team, 94 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 1: going back to really two off seasons ago when they 95 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: brought in Marcus Semeon and Corey Seeger. Now the Rangers, well, 96 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: here they go again. They lose Nathan Valdi on top 97 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: of Jacob de Gram Jacob de Grom suffered a season 98 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 1: ending injury in April, and the Rangers' rotation has been 99 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: kind of in a perilous place ever since. And now 100 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: with Ivaldi having his latest problem, and he's had a 101 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,720 Speaker 1: history of injury, of course, they go out and they 102 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: get Scherzer, and then they go out and they get 103 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: Jordan Montgomery cost them three top fifteen prospects, about twelve 104 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: and a half million dollars in twenty twenty three payroll 105 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,440 Speaker 1: not incidental, and they add some of Sherzer's payroll for 106 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:01,480 Speaker 1: next year as well. They're an interesting team, to say 107 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: the least. They still need another reliever. They've done Chapman, yes, 108 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: and then of course surs are in Montgomery to follow 109 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,359 Speaker 1: in the rotation. But the Rangers are still looking in 110 00:06:11,400 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: the bullpen, and I would not be surprised to see 111 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: them do even more things. The Angels are totally all in. 112 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: We've seen that didn't trade Otani. They made the two 113 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: deals Giledo and Rinaldo Lopez, then the deal on Sunday 114 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: night for CJ. Crohn and Randall Gritchik. They're doing a 115 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 1: ton of things, trying to salvage what they can here 116 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: with low playoff odds, but we'll see if that actually 117 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: puts them in a better place or not. If you're 118 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: going to keep Otani and you're going to try to 119 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: make the playoffs, I have no problem with what they're doing. 120 00:06:42,520 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: They don't believe their farm system is very strong and 121 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: that the players they're trading are very good. So that's 122 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 1: where they are. The AL West obviously a very active division, 123 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: and we're all waiting for the Astros to make their 124 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: bigger moves. They've gotten Kendall Graveman, but not much beyond 125 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:01,599 Speaker 1: that so far. Finally, one more team to watch here, 126 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: and it's the San Diego Padres. The Padres, you might say, well, 127 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 1: they're the Mets, they should sell, But let's look at 128 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:12,640 Speaker 1: their run differential compared to the Mets, and I'll show 129 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: you why they're not selling. It's a very interesting thing 130 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 1: that if you look at run differential, you'll understand Mets 131 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: minus ten for the year, Padres plus sixty three, third 132 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: best in the National League. Now, run differential isn't everything, 133 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: of course, and it really just tells you, though the 134 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,560 Speaker 1: underlying strengths and weaknesses of a club, how they might 135 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,360 Speaker 1: project going forward based on how they've played so far. 136 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:41,320 Speaker 1: It's not perfect, doesn't always hold, but that shows you 137 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: why the Padres are perhaps more confident. Their playoff odds 138 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: are around forty percent right now. Let's look at the 139 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: wild card standings as well to show you where they 140 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 1: are there. It's not a great position, let's face it. 141 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 1: They're behind the Phillies, Diamondbacks and Cubs simply for the 142 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: National League third wild card, and it's not a great spot. 143 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: But if you're the Padres, you're thinking we still haven't 144 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: played our best. You're thinking we can catch some of 145 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: those teams ahead of us. Miami might fall, some of 146 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: the others might fall as well. I do not expect 147 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 1: them to trade like Snell or Josh Hater, but I 148 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: will say this about the Padres. Aj Preller is one 149 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 1: of the most creative gms in the game. Sometimes to 150 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 1: a fault. I put nothing pasted in, so is it 151 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: possible Hater or Snell goes here, and yet they bring 152 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: on other pieces there. I rule nothing out, and it 153 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,800 Speaker 1: looks like after sweeping the Rangers this weekend, maybe they're 154 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: back on track. It'd be tough for them to sell. 155 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: I get it, But at the same time, I'm watching closely. 156 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: I'm waiting to see because I don't count on anything 157 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: this time of year. Time Now for the Inside Dish, 158 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 1: where I take you every week inside a story I've written, 159 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: or perhaps a bigger trend or story going on within 160 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:57,600 Speaker 1: the game. And this week, what is the obvious thing 161 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: to talk about? Of course, it's the trade dead line, 162 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,200 Speaker 1: and I want to go back and talk about just 163 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: how this deadline has evolved. People were saying a couple 164 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:11,319 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, Man, this could be a really quiet deadline. 165 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 1: Not many sellers, not much quality out there. It's just 166 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,240 Speaker 1: not a lot that's going to happen. So I hear 167 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: this talk, you're pretty much every year, late June early 168 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: July might not be the same, might not be that good. 169 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: I never believe it. And if you recall on July twentieth, 170 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: you probably don't recall this. But let's show you what 171 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 1: I said on Foul Territory on July twentieth regarding this 172 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:39,959 Speaker 1: particular deadline. Everyone said I was gonna be boring this year, Ken, 173 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: It's gonna be awesome. Want I don't know if we're 174 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: gonna get chaos, but it's going to be interesting, and 175 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,200 Speaker 1: it's it's a weird market. It's weird for a lot 176 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: of reasons. The sport is essentially upside down. We've got 177 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: teams that we never expected to be playing this well 178 00:09:56,640 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: playing well. We've got teams we thought would be behemoths 179 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:03,640 Speaker 1: not playing well, and we have a group of sellers 180 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 1: that don't have a lot to offer. So I do 181 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,080 Speaker 1: expect we'll see a lot of major league from major 182 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: league type trades where different players are going back and 183 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 1: forth as one team tries to fill this need and 184 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: the other team tries to fill that need. We've seen 185 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: some trades like that in the recent past. Batter from 186 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:25,080 Speaker 1: Montgomery was a good one, right, So there are going 187 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: to be things that happen. We just don't know to 188 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:29,760 Speaker 1: what extent how it's going to be. But I do 189 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:34,160 Speaker 1: expect a level of chaos. All right, we do have 190 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 1: a level of chaos. I would say, we don't have 191 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,959 Speaker 1: those major league from major league trades that I've been 192 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: talking about or was talking about, at least not yet. 193 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,800 Speaker 1: It could get some. I would expect we probably will 194 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: get some, but to this point, no, it's been mostly 195 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: prospect for veteran type things. Now, as a reporter, I 196 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,760 Speaker 1: shouldn't admit this, But the truth is, we have no 197 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,679 Speaker 1: idea what's going on. We try to report the best 198 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,319 Speaker 1: we can, and we try to bring you insight into 199 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,600 Speaker 1: what teams might be thinking. That I think we do 200 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: a good job of. But in terms of actual this 201 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: is happening, This is what this team's going to do. 202 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: This is what that team's going to do. Eh, we're 203 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,360 Speaker 1: not great at that. And the reason we're not great 204 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,560 Speaker 1: at it we're not inside the rooms. We don't know 205 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: exactly what they're saying. And more and more information is 206 00:11:21,240 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: difficult to come by. You can't predict this stuff. It 207 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: can't figure it out. And I'm gonna give you a 208 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 1: number of examples that demonstrate this to be the case. 209 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: Let's look at some trades that Hey, I've got the 210 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: headline here. Did you see these coming? No? The answer 211 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: is we didn't see these coming. Scherzier to the Rangers, 212 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: came out of nowhere. Giolido and Lopez to the Angels. 213 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: About ten hours before that happened, we were all thinking 214 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: maybe the Angels would trade show. Hey, no, Montgomery to 215 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: the Rangers. That occurred in the wake of the Evaldi injury. 216 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 1: David Robertson to the Marlins, a trade of a met 217 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: player to the Marlins. Didn't see it Lance lining Joe 218 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: Kelly to the Dodgers. Maybe, but it wasn't exactly what 219 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: people really thought the Dodgers were targeting. Same with Ahmed 220 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 1: Rosario to the Dodgers. Now, one reason why we can't 221 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: predict these things is obviously things have gotten a little 222 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: bit different in recent years with the introduction of a 223 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: third wildcard. That's one reason. There are more teams perhaps 224 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: looking to do things in a buying way than before. 225 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: That's one reason. Another reason, and this really surfaced over 226 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: the weekend, injuries can change plans in a hurry. Jordan 227 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: Romano's injury with the Blue Jays led to the trade 228 00:12:36,280 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: for Jordan Hicks. Of all, these injuries led to the 229 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:43,960 Speaker 1: trades for Scherzer and Jordan Montgomery, Taylor Ward that awful 230 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: thing when he got hit in the face that led 231 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: to the Angels getting c. J. Crohn and Randall Gritchick. Again, 232 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 1: none of this anyone saw coming. Now. I'm not gonna 233 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: see her say the gfs are playing three dimensional chess 234 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: and it's that sophisticated. It's not. But they're playing at 235 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: a different level than we're thinking about. They are, yes, 236 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: even more advanced in their thinking than a pluggedin insider, 237 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: for example. So all I'm saying here is, don't try 238 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 1: to figure this stuff out, don't try to predict what 239 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: your team might do. Just sit back and enjoy the deadline. 240 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,080 Speaker 1: Because I say this every year, things will happen that 241 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:27,200 Speaker 1: will spin your head around. One of those trades, in 242 00:13:27,240 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 1: my view, already has happened. The Max Sure's a trade, 243 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 1: and I would not be surprised to see another such 244 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 1: deal happen again. Whether it's Preller, whether it's Jerry Depotele 245 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: in Seattle, whether it's the Mets, whether it's the Dodgers, 246 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: the White Sox. I don't know. I guess that's the 247 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: theme of what I'm saying. I don't know. Time now 248 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: for the Dude and dork of the Week. The dude 249 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: of the week actually was overlooked for an amazing accomplishment 250 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,760 Speaker 1: on Sunday, and the reason he was overlooked is because 251 00:13:53,760 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: he's the subject of intense trade speculation. Right now, I'm 252 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: talking about Justin Verlander Orlander on Sunday won his two 253 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: hundred and fiftieth major League game. He's the active leader 254 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: and by quite a bit. Zach Greenk is next at 255 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 1: two twenty four, two hundred and fifty wins. In this 256 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: day and age, when starters are used much differently than 257 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 1: they were in the past, pulled much earlier, guys don't 258 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: generally pitch deep into games, it's a great accomplishment. Verlander's 259 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: career began at a point when starting pitchers did pitch 260 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: deep into games, and I accomplished a lot of what 261 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 1: he did earlier in his career under the old way 262 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: of thinking. But he has continued at an extremely high 263 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: level even as he is advanced in his career. He 264 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: is now forty years old. Well he get to three hundred, 265 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: I would tend to doubt it, but you know what, 266 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: he's talked about pitching into his forties. He's obviously going 267 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: to do that. He's signed for next year and has 268 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,840 Speaker 1: a conditional player option for the year after. I don't 269 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: put anything past Justin Ferlander and merely the durability he 270 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 1: has shown and the excellency has shown consistently year after year. 271 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: Had some injuries in there, of course, the Tommy John 272 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,200 Speaker 1: most recently, but this year, after a sluggish start and 273 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:07,120 Speaker 1: an injury to start a season. He is again one 274 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: of the best pitchers in baseball. Justin Verlander two hundred 275 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 1: and fifty wins. Congratulations due to the week. Dark of 276 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: the week, this one is kind of fun. Now, I 277 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: ordinarily love celebrations. I'm not one of these guys screaming 278 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 1: from the clouds. Get off my lawn, do all this. 279 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: Let's go back to the nineteen fifties. Players should just 280 00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: be respectful and go around the bases quietly and not 281 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:37,760 Speaker 1: flip bats. I like batflips. I like guys celebrating. I 282 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: like all of that. But Sunday, Josh Pelasios of the Pirates, 283 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: his home run trot, in my estimation, was over the line. 284 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: Now it was his birthday. Happy birthday, Josh. It was 285 00:15:51,520 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 1: a huge win for the Pirates. Kind of a crazy 286 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: game with the Phillies walk off homer. Listen, all of 287 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:01,560 Speaker 1: that is reason to celebrate us. He's kind of started 288 00:16:01,640 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 1: dancing before he got the third base. Wasn't the tattoos 289 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: stutter step. This was a whole orchestrated thing. He got 290 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: going and then barely down the third base line when 291 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: he started going again. Now, remember a couple of weeks ago, 292 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: Carlos Santana before he got traded to the Brewers. He 293 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: had a really cool walk off thing too, where right 294 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: before home played he started dancing and showing off his moves. 295 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 1: That one I liked, I thought it was appropriate. This 296 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: one I thought was just out of control. Now fans 297 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: will say some will oh, come on, man, let the 298 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: kids play, let him be fun, let him have all 299 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: the fun in the world. I am all for that. 300 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: The game has been too stale, too stodgy for too long. 301 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: But there is a line I thought Josh Pelasio has 302 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: crossed that line. Dude, you didn't hit the home run 303 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 1: to win the World Series. You hit a home run 304 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: to beat the Phillies in July for a team that 305 00:16:55,680 --> 00:17:00,320 Speaker 1: is at a contention. Congratulations to great Homer, great walker off, 306 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: But Josh too much. Man, You're dark of the week. 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The answer to that question is yes, 334 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,159 Speaker 1: but I would say they are soft buyers. They're not 335 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: going to go crazy. The good news is they're not 336 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: trading Cody Bellingdre or Marcus Stroman. But when you compare 337 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:47,520 Speaker 1: them to where the Padres are their playoff odds, I'll 338 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: show you why they're not going to be all in 339 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: type buyers. Look at these right now. The Cubs are 340 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: at twenty six point nine percent. The Padres are almost 341 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,000 Speaker 1: forty percent, So the Cubs have essentially one in four chance. 342 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: So they'd like to add a left handed reliever, maybe 343 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 1: another bat, But I just don't expect them to do 344 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: anything major. They would be probably being shortsighted if they 345 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: kind of went all in when they're still trying to 346 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 1: build their organization and yes, at the same time, trying 347 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 1: to win. Good to see that they're not selling, though, Hello, 348 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:20,199 Speaker 1: they should be buying and at least competing at the 349 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,240 Speaker 1: very least this season. Next question, Oh, here's a good one, 350 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 1: and I know a lot of people in Baltimore are 351 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:29,240 Speaker 1: asking this one. When will the Orioles jump into the fray? Well, 352 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: they already have made one move. Let's be fair about this. 353 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: They acquired a reliever, Shintaro Fuji Nami from the Oakland A's. 354 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,160 Speaker 1: They believe he's going to thicken their bullpen in front 355 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: of the two all stars Cano and Bautista. We know 356 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: what they need, a starting pitcher, and the demotion of 357 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 1: Tyler Wells after his start against the Yankees Saturday raised 358 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:51,680 Speaker 1: the alarms that much higher or that much louder. They 359 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,400 Speaker 1: are a team that is in a rare place right now, 360 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: best record in the American League. They are ahead of schedule, yes, 361 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: but they've got a rare opportunity. The Yankees and Red 362 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,880 Speaker 1: Sox are relatively down, and when you have this kind 363 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: of chance, you have to seize it. They know that now. 364 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: They're not going to go crazy and trade a number 365 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 1: of their best prospects for a rental. I don't expect that, 366 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:17,800 Speaker 1: but they have so many prospects. I've talked about this 367 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: a lot. They can do practically anything they want and 368 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: still be okay. So if the deadline passes tomorrow without 369 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,400 Speaker 1: the Oriols getting a starting pitcher, I would expect their 370 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:30,359 Speaker 1: fans to be rightly disappointed. But I still believe they 371 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 1: are going to get a starter. It might not be 372 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:36,400 Speaker 1: Dylan cease. It might not be anybody of that caliber, 373 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:40,240 Speaker 1: but they need someone, maybe multiple someonees, simply to help 374 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: them get through the season. Finally, ooh, here's a good 375 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: one too. What is the Red Sox path? This is 376 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,320 Speaker 1: a question obviously all Red Sox fans are asking, and 377 00:20:50,359 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: it's really interesting. The Red Sox, Well, they can't sell 378 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 1: for one thing outright. They can do some things though. 379 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 1: They can trade James Paxton and perhaps take advantage of 380 00:21:01,119 --> 00:21:04,480 Speaker 1: the market for starting pitching because rentals are commanding a 381 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,879 Speaker 1: high price. We saw that with Lucas Giolito. Maybe the 382 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: Red Sox want to do that. If they do that, 383 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:13,000 Speaker 1: they've got to backfill with another starter, find one somewhere else, 384 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 1: either in that deal or in some other deal. They're 385 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: gonna buy too. And they can make one other cell 386 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,880 Speaker 1: move as well, and that's trading Adam Duval to clear 387 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,640 Speaker 1: a spot for Jared Durant. Maybe even trade Alex Verdugo 388 00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: if they choose to do that, and go to that 389 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,400 Speaker 1: path to again create playing time for Duran But clearly, 390 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,440 Speaker 1: even though they have a number of players coming back, 391 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:42,120 Speaker 1: Chris Sale, Trevor Story, Garrett Whitlock, Tanner, howck they need 392 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: starting pitching. We know that, and you can't count on 393 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 1: the three starting pitchers that are just named being all 394 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 1: healthy at the same time and contributing. One or two 395 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: of them might be in the bullpen. So I would 396 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,359 Speaker 1: expect them to look for pitching depth, all kinds of 397 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: pitching depth, preferably, in their eyes, controllable pitching. I don't 398 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,480 Speaker 1: know exactly what heim Bloom's going to do. I'm not 399 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: even sure Heian Bloom knows what he's going to do exactly, 400 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,000 Speaker 1: but they're not going to make the same mistake they've 401 00:22:09,040 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: made last year, and they sort of went halfway and 402 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,959 Speaker 1: really should have gotten under the luxury tax as a 403 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,920 Speaker 1: seller rather than do what they did, which was kind 404 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: of mix and match. They may do some of the 405 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,199 Speaker 1: same types of moves, but I expect them to be 406 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 1: more definitive. If you trade Paston, fine, go get another starter. 407 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:30,280 Speaker 1: If you trade Duval or Verdrugo, fine, you've got outfield help, 408 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: but you need more pitching. Heine Bloom knows that. He 409 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: has to know that the Red Sox are ahead of 410 00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 1: where we thought they would be. They've got a really 411 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,240 Speaker 1: good offense. They've got to pitch looking ahead. We're gonna 412 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:43,680 Speaker 1: do it a little bit differently. For this particular show. 413 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,640 Speaker 1: Trade deadline is Tuesday at six pm Eastern. We're gonna 414 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: give you the top five players still available, at least 415 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: in my estimation, and honestly, we don't know if some 416 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: of these guys are actually available or will be traded. 417 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 1: But here, in my view are the five biggest names. 418 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: Number five Taoscar Hernandez or the Mariners. I expect the 419 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:06,240 Speaker 1: Mariners to be buyers and sellers. Hernandez is a guy 420 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,399 Speaker 1: who's a potential free agent. Obviously, the Mariners need offense. 421 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 1: It would be kind of dicey if they traded him 422 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,080 Speaker 1: while they're still competing. They'd have to replace him in 423 00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: some fashion with some offense in some other deal. Number four, 424 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,800 Speaker 1: this is the name we've talked about a lot, Edward Rodriguez. Yes, 425 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:24,840 Speaker 1: he has the opt out at the end of the year. 426 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: That's going to give some suitors pause. He's got an 427 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: injury history as well, but he is, outside of Lake Snell, 428 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: perhaps the best starting pitcher available, and Snell isn't available, 429 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: so EDUARDA. Rodriguez is someone who I expect will move 430 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: and will help his next team for sure. Number three 431 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,680 Speaker 1: Heimer Condelario. Now, this is the guy getting a lot 432 00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: of attention. He's the third baseman for the Nationals. Is 433 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: he a great game changing player? No, he's not. But 434 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: there are a number of teams on him. I don't 435 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,560 Speaker 1: know if the number is eight like Nationals GM Mike 436 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,720 Speaker 1: Rizzo said on the radio the other day, but there 437 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: are at least three or four. From what I'm hearing. 438 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,359 Speaker 1: He's a guy that is almost certain to go. Lane 439 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 1: Thomas will not number two. I wrote about it today. 440 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,920 Speaker 1: How available he is? I don't really know. The White 441 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 1: Sox are listening on Dylan Seas, They're listening on all 442 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 1: of their players. Now, this is what teams do. It's 443 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: due diligence. It's gauging the market. It's being responsible, making 444 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,240 Speaker 1: sure there is not a deal out there that might 445 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,119 Speaker 1: blow you away that you don't want to run away from. 446 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: But we'll cease actually be traded. I tend to doubt 447 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: that the White Sox understandably are going to set an 448 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:37,800 Speaker 1: extremely high price. That's that number one. We talked about 449 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:40,680 Speaker 1: him at the top of the show justin Verlander. Will 450 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: he move? I don't know. Full note trade clause, a 451 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 1: lot of money remaining it's the Schurser scenario pretty much 452 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: all over again. He's different than Shres. Players are not 453 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 1: all the same. They don't have the same goals, same 454 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: family considerations, same personalities. So you can't say for sure 455 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 1: what is going to happen here, But that's the name. 456 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: Well be watching most closely in the days ahead. Okay, 457 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:07,760 Speaker 1: this week special edition of Fair Territory coming up on Wednesday, 458 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,840 Speaker 1: after the deadline. We're gonna recap everything, go through the 459 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:15,679 Speaker 1: whole kabash of moves and non moves, and give pretty 460 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,919 Speaker 1: much an instant analysis at that time. Hey, you know 461 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:22,280 Speaker 1: what to do. Follow and subscribe to both Fair Territory 462 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:29,520 Speaker 1: and Foul Territory wherever you get your podcasts and videos, YouTube, Apple, Spotify, 463 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 1: the whole work social media. You know where to find us. 464 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: We're going to be here and up until the trade 465 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:39,000 Speaker 1: deadline and beyond at Tuesday six pm Eastern. Keep it 466 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: locked in on Fair Territory, on Foul Territory. Wherever you 467 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,080 Speaker 1: find us. Stay with us. 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