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Speaker 1: division as of Monday morning, we're at about eleven percent,

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Speaker 1: not zero, not even below five percent, eleven percent, ten

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Speaker 1: chance essentially, and that's about how I would assess it.

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Speaker 1: The Phillies have played a little bit better, actually significantly

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Speaker 1: better in the last week. They're looking more like the

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Speaker 1: Phillies again, and they do have that series coming up

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Speaker 1: this week. That one is in Atlanta, and then there's

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Speaker 1: another one coming up in Philadelphia. After that, toward the

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Speaker 1: end of the month, I can see the race tightening somewhat.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that I can see the Braves making

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Speaker 1: up seven games. What I want to see from the

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Speaker 1: Braves is better play down the stretch securing a wild

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Speaker 1: card to be sure. They've dropped from the first position

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Speaker 1: a little bit. They can be a dangerous postseason team

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Speaker 1: if they're starting pitching comes together. Sale leading contender for

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Speaker 1: the National Inkscy Young Freed needs to pitch better. He

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Speaker 1: has not been that good since coming off the IL.

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Speaker 1: They've got Schwellenbach who's been hot. They've got Ronaldo Lopez

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Speaker 1: Morton basically being Charlie Morton. So if they can get

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Speaker 1: offense taken, then I can see them being a dangerous

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Speaker 1: club in October. I just did not see them overtaking

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Speaker 1: the Phillies for the division. Thanks everyone for your questions,

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