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Speaker 1: Hello, everyone, Welcome back to the Hammer Territory podcast. This

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Speaker 1: is episode two three five. I am your host, Sprad Rowland,

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Speaker 1: coming to you on a Sunday afternoon. It's midle e

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Speaker 1: July and I'm joined as an often m by Scott Coleman. Boy, Scott,

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Speaker 1: they lost together today. Huh that's nine in a row

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Speaker 1: on Sundays. We're feeling good and uh feeling good for

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Speaker 2: Guess officially more than two months since the Braves have

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Speaker 2: won on a Sunday, we have done it. This has

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Speaker 2: to be the longest stretch of windless Sundays, maybe even

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Speaker 2: one year. They didn't win on Mondays for a long time,

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Speaker 2: but man alive in some ways. The weekend series against

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Speaker 2: painful train wreck. And I guess more of the same

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Speaker 2: going one into against the good Yankees team is not

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say there was a moment on Saturday

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Speaker 1: here from this baseball team that might actually get back

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Speaker 1: into things. And an hour later it was like, oh,

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Speaker 1: with this. We'll get into that later. I promise we'll

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Speaker 1: talk about all that stuff plus the latest dues and

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Speaker 1: trade buzz. I should also say at the top of

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Speaker 1: Check it out, join us Foul Territory dot chat and Scott,

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Speaker 1: I think we kind of drew straws before we started

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Speaker 1: recording to push off the game breakdowns until later on

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Speaker 1: in the podcast. I think because of the state of things,

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Speaker 1: that was our little teaser as to say, they've been losing.

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Speaker 1: We all understand the deal here they're forty three and

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Speaker 1: twenty games. Like, let's just talk about that stuff later.

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Speaker 1: There is some news, and there is some what I

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Speaker 1: the top of the show, I was not present for it,

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Speaker 1: but Scott, Sean Coleman, and Stephen Tolbert did what we

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Speaker 1: just calculated as the longest episode in Hammered Territory history,

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Speaker 1: our most recent show on the feed. It was a

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Speaker 1: trend line extravaganza. We might have gone longer on the

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Speaker 1: old podcast, but since we had this new feed a

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Speaker 1: I wasn't there to referee you guys, you went off

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Speaker 1: the rails. No, I'm kidding, but I enjoyed it greatly

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Speaker 1: as a listener and as a back end producer. People

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Speaker 1: And I would say, I don't know about you, it

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Speaker 1: and it's really all there for you on the show.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we talked at length if folks missed the episode.

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Speaker 2: Everything in that hour long discussion about all things Braves

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Speaker 1: I agree. I'm on record saying similarly, like I know

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Speaker 1: So more aggressiveness would be uh, probably inappropriate at this part.

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Speaker 1: Everyone is kind of saying exactly basically, Hey, no one's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So new manager, likely a new coaching staff. For

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Speaker 1: on today's podcast from our friends at Truest. It's called

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Speaker 1: Money Moves that will focus on the latest trade buzz

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Speaker 1: Money, all right, Scott, we will dive in now to

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Speaker 1: a Bob Nightingale report from USA Today. Now, I have

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Speaker 1: Jeff Passon reports things, You're nemesis Jeff Passing, but notable, nonetheless,

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Speaker 2: yes trade clauses like you, you have the right as

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Speaker 2: And only seven million dollars for Pierce Johnson next year.

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Speaker 2: It's just the middle of this bullpen is so far

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we agree on that. I just it was just

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Speaker 1: Part two of the report was that Nightingale says that

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Speaker 1: This year has been playing very well. Top ten catcher

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Speaker 1: the other team a chance to make that decision for you?

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Speaker 1: Because yeah, I mean, I guess there's a school of

431
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Speaker 1: thought where you could just pick up the option as

432
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Speaker 1: soon as you have to and then try to trade

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Speaker 1: him on seven million dollars. And I do think that

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Speaker 1: there probably is a team somewhere that's, like, you know what, Ozzy,

435
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Speaker 1: Abby's has been basically a star level player. He had

436
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Speaker 1: one he had one really bad season. Maybe we'll try

437
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Speaker 1: to rehab him that that's he might exist. But you're right,

438
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Speaker 1: there won't be like a five t bidding war for

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Speaker 1: Ozzy aboys. I don't think that's seven million dollars, so

440
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Speaker 1: it's tricky.

441
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Speaker 2: In one note on Ozzie, I wanted to say out loud,

442
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,679
Speaker 2: he broke his wrist on July twenty first last season,

443
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Speaker 2: so it has been a full year since he broke

444
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Speaker 2: a wrist and risk injuries are really tricky, especially for

445
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Speaker 2: baseball players. So maybe Ozzy's just getting some of that

446
00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,960
Speaker 2: strength back, the mobility, the twitch that you need in

447
00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 2: order to flip a bat at a really quick rate

448
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Speaker 2: of speed in order to hit a ninety eight mile

449
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Speaker 2: hour baseball. This weekend was a great step in the

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Speaker 2: right direction, probably the best weekend that Ozzie has had

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Speaker 2: all season long. If he can re establish himself, because

452
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Speaker 2: I think everybody in Braves Country is rooting for Ozzy Alby's.

453
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Speaker 2: There is nothing more than I want than Ozzy Alby's

454
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Speaker 2: to be a good second basement for this team in

455
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty six and twenty twenty seven. But up until

456
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Speaker 2: two days ago, he has shown very little that the

457
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Speaker 2: Braves can bank on that happening.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, everybody loves Ozzie. I do too, just what it is.

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Speaker 1: But look, we'll come back all the wins or trade stuff.

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Speaker 1: We will get to probably even August in September, because

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Speaker 1: it might be a lot of meetingless baseball that we're

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Speaker 1: covering on this feed. But it was notable to me

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Speaker 1: that name those three players. And to your point, they're

464
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Speaker 1: all in different kind of buckets. But I do think

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Speaker 1: that I would once again say, like, if you were

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Speaker 1: thinking this way about Ozzie, I think you should think

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Speaker 1: about that in the next ten days. And I don't

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Speaker 1: want to trade Ozzie. I love Ozzie that he's probably

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Speaker 1: the only honestly, he's probably the only guy well I

470
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Speaker 1: will I will freely admit on the podcast. I some

471
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Speaker 1: of my analytical brain kind of turns off, and I'm like,

472
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Speaker 1: just don't trade one of my favorite players. Yeah, and

473
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Speaker 1: you know me, I'm I'm not way like that. But

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Speaker 1: Ozzy's kind of the only one of these guys, even Murphy,

475
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Speaker 1: who like I am very very high on comparing to

476
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Speaker 1: everybody else, I don't have the same connection with Murphy

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Speaker 1: that I do with Ozzie. I love Ozzie. I always have,

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Speaker 1: So there's that. Yeah, And I was not trading Counya,

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Speaker 1: so that's different. But yeah, Ozzy, it's like the only

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Speaker 1: guy who's like conceivably available where I'm like, please don't

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Speaker 1: trade my my my nephew basically, So anyway, I still

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Speaker 1: would be fine with it. By the way, if they

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Speaker 1: traded it, I would totally understand it. It would hurt

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Speaker 1: me for a moment and then it would be what

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Speaker 1: it is. But I would really, again, this is a

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Speaker 1: big if I would think about it. If they were

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Speaker 1: if they were gonna think about it in three months,

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Speaker 1: they should think about it right now. That would be

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Speaker 1: what I would say. All right, Scott, that's it for

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Speaker 1: the money Moves today. Check out our friends at Truest.

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Speaker 1: I'll be back in a second with more on the Braves.

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Speaker 1: All right, Scott, let us discuss the weekend of action.

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Speaker 1: It was not the most fun, although Friday was fun.

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Speaker 1: I have to let's go back to Friday quickly. The

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Speaker 1: headliner of the whole weekend, maybe as far as the

496
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Speaker 1: national conversation about the Braves, was a moment that happened

497
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Speaker 1: on Friday. Rond a cue Junior made one of the

498
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Speaker 1: most insane throws I've ever seen and that anyone has

499
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Speaker 1: ever seen. Basically, if you haven't seen the replay of this,

500
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Speaker 1: find it. It is somewhere on social media. I promise

501
00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 1: if you were, if you were traveling or something last weekend,

502
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Speaker 1: I totally get it the summer. But essentially, how would

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Speaker 1: you describe this play? He basically flat footed throughout a

504
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Speaker 1: runner on the fly from right field at third base

505
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Speaker 1: in a way that like you just don't see in

506
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Speaker 1: Major League Baseball? Is that an accurate description? I mean,

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Speaker 1: it was just wild, truly.

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Speaker 2: It was such an incredible throw that not only like

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Speaker 2: Braves people Braves were talking about it, and not even

510
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Speaker 2: Baseball like National Baseball fans, national Baseball riders. You had

511
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Speaker 2: NFL and NBA riders that I follow talking and tweeting

512
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Speaker 2: about Acuna's throw. People were saying, it's the greatest throw

513
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Speaker 2: they have ever seen. It was just, I mean, three

514
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Speaker 2: hundred and one feet with his back turned on the

515
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Speaker 2: infield about a half second before he caught the ball.

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Speaker 2: A perfect throat to Nacho Alvarez and credit to Nacho

517
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Speaker 2: for being so nonchalant to just literally take his hand

518
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Speaker 2: catch the ball and then just swipe it a foot

519
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Speaker 2: to the left to tag out the runner. I mean

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00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:39,359
Speaker 2: it was perfection. I bet if the Braves tried to

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Speaker 2: replicate that play one hundred times, they couldn't do it.

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Speaker 2: The perfect throw like Nacho being perfectly placed. It was incredible.

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Speaker 2: One of the coolest things I have ever seen on

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Speaker 2: a baseball field.

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Speaker 1: And I know you told me and I had the

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Speaker 1: same experience. Like some of our like total casual friends

527
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Speaker 1: reached out to us and we're like, yeah, this play

528
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Speaker 1: is crazy. I'm like, yeah, this is so. It's like

529
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Speaker 1: it brought like past the mom's head that wasn't my

530
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Speaker 1: mom and said it to me, but like there's the

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Speaker 1: famous mom does your mom know about this player, this

532
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Speaker 1: play or whatever. It kind of got to that level

533
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Speaker 1: where like everybody seemed to know about this play because

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Speaker 1: it was so everywhere on social media. I won't I

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Speaker 1: have to say, just to be myself, Scott, this is

536
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Speaker 1: some terrible, terrible bass running, just horrible base running.

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Speaker 2: I have to say.

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Speaker 1: I have to have to say that out loud. It

539
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Speaker 1: was a.

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Speaker 2: Horrible, terrible base running. But that's actually a credit to

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Speaker 2: Akunya because the Yankees sold it he sold had well

542
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Speaker 2: and the Yankees base runner tagged up and must have thought,

543
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Speaker 2: there is no planet where a nonchalant right fielder five

544
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Speaker 2: feet away from the foul pole is gonna throw me

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Speaker 2: out at third base. And yes, he should have been

546
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Speaker 2: running harder, he could have slid, but those guys have

547
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Speaker 2: been playing baseball for twenty five years.

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Speaker 1: They know, yeah, and that doesn't happen. I mean, Yankees.

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Speaker 1: Yankees commenters were really really mad about this, and I

550
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Speaker 1: totally understood why because it was kind of a brain fart,

551
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Speaker 1: But you're right. I had to say. I had to

552
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Speaker 1: say that it was bad base running. But it's totally

553
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Speaker 1: understandable for exactly what you said, like that does not happen.

554
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Speaker 1: That that it does speak to Ronnie, like no one

555
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:17,159
Speaker 1: makes that throw that way. No, it doesn't, it doesn't exist.

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Speaker 1: In fact, I have a stat came from Hembo on

557
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Speaker 1: Twitter who says there have been more than three thousand

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Speaker 1: outfield assists over the last five years, like a player

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Speaker 1: being thrown out from the outfield five seasons. The only

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Speaker 1: one thrown more than three hundred feet in the air

561
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Speaker 1: was this. It was three hundred and one feet in

562
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Speaker 1: the air, and like not from a like if you

563
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Speaker 1: watched the play, he didn't get like a full running

564
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Speaker 1: start at this, Like he didn't gear up in the

565
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Speaker 1: way that you would if you're trying to throw home,

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Speaker 1: Like that's why you get to watch the play. Like

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Speaker 1: he it was casual, like in a way that was effective.

568
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Speaker 1: But to throw the ball three hundred feet like that

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Speaker 1: in the air without loading up is outrageous. It just

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Speaker 1: it was, and that was I don't it's one play

571
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Speaker 1: and it lost season, but my god, it was just

572
00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: completely ridiculous. So you can sense are excepted that it

573
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Speaker 1: was fun. I thoroughly enjoyed that. It was on the

574
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Speaker 1: list of things I'm enjoyed.

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Speaker 2: I've said it before on the show. The Braves could

576
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 2: be thirty games out of the playoff race, and I'm

577
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 2: still tuning in to watch Akunya swing the bat. He

578
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 2: had a four hundred and fifty five foot homer on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: had that insane throw. He looked so good, just so

580
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Speaker 2: happy for Ronald, looked like he had the time of

581
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Speaker 2: his life at the All Star Game over the week

582
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Speaker 2: down in Atlanta. I mean just a special player, special talent.

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Speaker 2: I mean it was like a bo Jackson level throw, Like, yeah,

584
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Speaker 2: just like that show stuff a legend. Yeah, special in

585
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Speaker 2: every sense of the word.

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Speaker 1: If that happened twenty five years ago, pre Internet, it

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Speaker 1: would be one of those like legend plays where you figure,

588
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,679
Speaker 1: like there's only thirty thousand people there, but there's three

589
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Speaker 1: hundred thousan people to say they were there kind of thing,

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Speaker 1: Like one of those like you tell your kids about

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Speaker 1: kind of throw. And it may not be that because

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00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: it was on you know, it made the rounds. Nothing

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00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:05,440
Speaker 1: nothing sticks like that anymore. Just nature of the beast,

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Speaker 1: but uh yeah, outrageous played by Ronnie and he's so

595
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,560
Speaker 1: he's just so much fun. Else around the game. On Friday,

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Speaker 1: Ozzie's home run, which you mentioned. He actually hit three

597
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,640
Speaker 1: run homers on back to back days and he had

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Speaker 1: been you mentioned this before, but pretty bad for a while,

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Speaker 1: and a nice weekend for Ozzy I kind of broth

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Speaker 1: the game open. And the one when they had over

601
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Speaker 1: the weekend, and it specially Strider was the other big story.

602
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 1: He through six shinings. He was really really good. And

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00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 1: the Yankees came into the series I think are still

604
00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,399
Speaker 1: right now leading the American League and run scored. So

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Speaker 1: this is a big time offense, and Strider just looked

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Speaker 1: made them look pedestrian like. He looked really really good.

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00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 1: And that's not a shock. It's specially Strider. But he

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Speaker 1: was notably effective on Friday.

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Speaker 2: Six shutout innings, eight strikeouts and twenty one whiffs for Strider,

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Speaker 2: that's a lot. I think he is all the way

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00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:57,000
Speaker 2: back over his last seven starts. So basically, whenever Strider

612
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Speaker 2: came back from the hamstring, which was probably a worse

613
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 2: injury that we collectively didn't give enough leeway. Four you

614
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 2: come back from the elbow, you make one start and

615
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,480
Speaker 2: then you miss another month and basically go back to

616
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,280
Speaker 2: zero having to build up your strength and rhythm on

617
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 2: the mount. But in the last seven starts for Strider,

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00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 2: he has a two point five to three ERA, a

619
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Speaker 2: two point four FIP, two point six y one x FIP,

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Speaker 2: and maybe most on an exciting level, a thirty four

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Speaker 2: percent strikeout rate and a nine percent walk rate. For

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Speaker 2: Strider's career, he has a thirty three percent strikeout rate

623
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Speaker 2: and an eight point five percent walk rate, so virtually

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Speaker 2: identical his numbers across the board. He looks so good.

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Speaker 2: I know he's not pumping ninety nine quite like he

626
00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 2: used to. He's been more like ninety five ninety six,

627
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 2: has ninety eight in his bag when he needs it.

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Speaker 2: But he's just such a good pitcher. He's smart. He

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Speaker 2: threw a curveball to Aaron Judge for strike three, and

630
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Speaker 2: even Judge kind of gave him a look like, what

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Speaker 2: the hell did you just throw because he doesn't usually

632
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Speaker 2: throw it. Usually it's fastball, slider. And then okay, three,

633
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Speaker 2: two count, let me let me spin a curveball up

634
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 2: there that's ten miles an hour slower than everything else.

635
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Speaker 2: And Judge swung. He missed it by like two feet

636
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Speaker 2: and I mean strider. He's just so good man, and

637
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 2: I'm so happy that he's been able to come back

638
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Speaker 2: after that elbow surgery a year ago.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think he You're right, but I'm not

640
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Speaker 1: throwing credits hard. That might never come back, that's fair

641
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 1: to say, but I think it's a credit to him.

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Speaker 1: And I think he's not anyone to overreact. It's only

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Speaker 1: sevenor eight starts, but he's shown he can be an

644
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 1: ace without it. That was one of the questions people had, like,

645
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Speaker 1: all right, if he's not sitting ninety eight, can he

646
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: can he be an ace like And I think the

647
00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,120
Speaker 1: answer to that is probably yes. At this point, he

648
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: may not be like the best pis room baseball, which

649
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 1: is what he was for a little bit of time

650
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: pre injury, like he actually was like by the metrics,

651
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: the best picture baseball for like six months. He might

652
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 1: not be that anymore. But I think he could be

653
00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 1: an ace like this. We've seen that, So that's encouraging.

654
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's just you know, long term, big picture

655
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 2: next year, if you can get a healthy Strider, healthy Sale,

656
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 2: healthy Schwellenbach, or even a mostly healthy trio, there there's

657
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 2: a lot to dream. They have to figure out some

658
00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 2: other things, but that is as good of a three

659
00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 2: man rotation as there is in Major League Baseball.

660
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 1: A glorious under cell by you to say they have

661
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 1: to figure out some other things, Yes they do, Scott,

662
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: they have a few things to figure out beyond that,

663
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,360
Speaker 1: You're right about the three of those guys. Okay, let's

664
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,480
Speaker 1: talk about Saturday and we'll split it up. The bullpen

665
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: is going to be in a minute. We'll get to

666
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: the bullpen in a minute, because it was actually kind

667
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: of a legendary meltown. The fun stuff from Saturday Michael

668
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 1: Harris walked. Three words, Michael Harris walked, IM wanna throw

669
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: it over you because you were tracking this even more

670
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: than I was. But his first walk since May eighteenth,

671
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:53,719
Speaker 1: that's not a missprint. It is July twentieth. He's played

672
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,040
Speaker 1: basically every day as not walked, and it's been two

673
00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,120
Speaker 1: plus months. But heyay he walked. We all celebrated.

674
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:04,200
Speaker 2: Time Michael Harris walked was the same day the Braves

675
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 2: won on a Sunday, and.

676
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: They were twenty four and twenty three back then, Scott,

677
00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 1: they were over five.

678
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 2: Hundred, one hundred and seventy plate appearances without a walk.

679
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, one hundred and seventy eight plate appearances without

680
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 2: a walk. Everyone was aware. Tom Goodwin at first base

681
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 2: gave Mike a hug. The dugout new fans and attendance.

682
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 2: I think knew. Like credit to the Braves fans who

683
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 2: were close to the field. They all were like standing up.

684
00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,360
Speaker 1: I mean twitter knew. I mean there was an eruption on.

685
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: It was not just like us the total sickos, like

686
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,719
Speaker 1: even like the moderate sickos were like, Michael Harris walked,

687
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:39,520
Speaker 1: what's going on?

688
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 2: It was like yes, man, one hundred and seventy eight

689
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,520
Speaker 2: plate appearances. That's so long ago. And what's funny. Harris

690
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 2: had a three to two count, terrific at bats so

691
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 2: far and then got a slider like almost in the

692
00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 2: dirt and fouled it off and it should have been

693
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 2: ball four and I went, oh, no, another thirty plate

694
00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 2: appearances before we get a walk, and then he I

695
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 2: think off a pitch or two and then took ball

696
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 2: four inside. Yet more of that. For the love of God,

697
00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 2: there may not be a more important on the field

698
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 2: storyline for the second half of the Braves. Then can

699
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 2: Michael Harris figure some things out?

700
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: And it would be helpful in a lot of ways, contractually,

701
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,600
Speaker 1: offensively planning for the future. Yes, they do dat, Michael Harris,

702
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 1: and we've said it a number of times. They don't

703
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: need Michael to be a great hitter. They Michael to

704
00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 1: be a pretty good hitter. That's all I need him

705
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 1: to be. Now the bar is that's not as easy

706
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: as it sounds. But he doesn't have to be awesome.

707
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:36,040
Speaker 1: He has to be passable, and it would be huge

708
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: if he was passible.

709
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 2: Ender n CRT Golden glob centerfielder carried you know a

710
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 2: decent batting average seven hundred eight or so. Ops, that's

711
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 2: not what we thought Michael Harris might be. But if

712
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,160
Speaker 2: he can be close to that, all.

713
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,280
Speaker 1: They could be. He could be a like a four

714
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 1: win player if he's just like a slightly blow average hitter,

715
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: like he's that good defensively at a premium position. Come on, Mike,

716
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,719
Speaker 1: put it together. Another guy that everybody, everybody's rooting for it,

717
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: like everybody loves Michael Harris. Just hopefully figures it out.

718
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: But he had a good day. He also homeward in

719
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: the same game. That was nice to see. Just a

720
00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: great day for him on Saturday. Home run in a

721
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: walk he hadn't homeward in over a month. Like it

722
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: was a that was fun. When the Brest Blue there

723
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,240
Speaker 1: leave that they blew. We'll talk about that in a second.

724
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 1: The other big thing was Ozzy's second home run in

725
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 1: as many days. You mentioned the broken wrist. You know,

726
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:26,840
Speaker 1: I don't know if two home runs in two days

727
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: silence is anything about Ozzie's concerns, Like it probably shouldn't,

728
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:34,320
Speaker 1: but it was something and I think I'll be honest

729
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: with you, the wrist injury is like not even been

730
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: talked about by anybody. I don't think, and maybe it

731
00:34:39,960 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: doesn't matter, Like I don't know if that's the reason

732
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: why he's been struggling. We don't know, But like he does,

733
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 1: for a guy as small as he is, he does

734
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 1: rely on power and he always has. He's got to

735
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: have power, and maybe the power coming back would be

736
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: enough to get him back over the same kind of thing, like,

737
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: because he's so cheap, Ozzie can just be like an

738
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 1: average hitter and be a profitable player on his contract.

739
00:34:58,640 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: It's just that he hasn't even been that.

740
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 2: And hopefully the four days off at the break kind

741
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,640
Speaker 2: of gave Ozzy and really the whole team just a

742
00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,680
Speaker 2: mental reset, a physical reset, just get away from the

743
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 2: game for a couple of days. And hey, we're all

744
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 2: rooting for Ozzy, we're all rooting for Mike. We want

745
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 2: these guys to be contributing pieces. But obviously the first

746
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 2: half of the year was just so bad that you

747
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:25,040
Speaker 2: at least have to have this conversation now, yes, no question, One.

748
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,439
Speaker 1: More good storyline from Friday, then we'll have a break

749
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,760
Speaker 1: and we'll get to the rest of it. Sorry, from Saturday,

750
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,880
Speaker 1: Joey Wentz, who we did chronicle came back to the

751
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,840
Speaker 1: organization previously. He made a start on Saturday. It was

752
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,720
Speaker 1: his first MLB start of any kind in about two years.

753
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,919
Speaker 1: Twenty twenty three was his last start. He looked pretty

754
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,280
Speaker 1: good through four shout innings, two hits in a walk.

755
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 1: Like the numbers for him dating back a few years

756
00:35:48,239 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: are not the best. Like he's been a quad a guy,

757
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:53,040
Speaker 1: that's what he is. But maybe he found something, maybe

758
00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:54,880
Speaker 1: they Braves identified something with him. Of course, he was

759
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,959
Speaker 1: a valley who brought me at one point in time.

760
00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: And he's certainly earn another start. You'd imagine where the

761
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,359
Speaker 1: pickings are with the bras rotation right now, Like throw

762
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: them out there again and we'll see.

763
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,600
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think Wentz has looked legitimately good. I think

764
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,359
Speaker 2: he's thrown seven innings now between two games and looks good.

765
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 2: He's gotten some swing and miss. I will say the

766
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 2: Braves this time had him go four innings, which so

767
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 2: he saw the top of the Yankees lineup a second

768
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 2: time and it got a little harry. They put two

769
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 2: runners on. They hit a ball pretty hard a couple

770
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,000
Speaker 2: of times. So I don't know if Wentz is ready

771
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 2: to go six or seven innings. That would be a dream.

772
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 2: I mean, if they could pluck this guy and turn

773
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 2: him into something, that would be a dream scenario, not

774
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 2: just for this year but potentially next because he was

775
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 2: He's a talented guy. He throws pretty hard from the

776
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 2: left side. We'll see. But I think the big, big,

777
00:36:44,600 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 2: big next challenge for Wentz is get through a lineup once?

778
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 2: But then can he do it a second time? Because

779
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,799
Speaker 2: that's I mean, that's a lot easier said than done

780
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 2: for a guy who has struggled over the years.

781
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: That is the big hurdles to clear for a kind

782
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 1: of again quad, a fringy guys like can you do

783
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: this more than once? And we'll see, all right, Scott.

784
00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: In a second, we'll get to the bullpen disaster class

785
00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 1: from Saturday briefly just for the oestly for the raw

786
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:09,839
Speaker 1: numbers and the craziness of it all, and then we'll

787
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Speaker 1: more wrap up from Saturday's game, and it was the

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Speaker 1: bullpen disaster that transpired. It was one of those very

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty five Braves losses, and that it was maddening

812
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: to see unfold. It was like a slow motion car wreck.

813
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 1: We all saw it coming the entire time. It would

814
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: lead et cetera, et cetera. There up by five I

815
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,120
Speaker 1: think it was five nothing in seven to two, so

816
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,839
Speaker 1: up by five runs twice. But the bullpen was responsible.

817
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 1: And I will preface this by saying the Braves bullpen

818
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: has gotten a lot of heat online this season. The

819
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,600
Speaker 1: Brase bullpen has been pretty darn good. Actually this season.

820
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,800
Speaker 1: It does it always feel like it. It was not

821
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,240
Speaker 1: the case on for on Saturday, it was an absolute disaster.

822
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:56,440
Speaker 1: But the number was that I'll throw it out, I'll

823
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: throw out there now. The Braves coming into Saturday were

824
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 1: eighth in all Baseball in bullpen era three point six

825
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 1: to zero for the season, not in the National League,

826
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 1: in all baseball. That's really good for a team that

827
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 1: has a bunch of issues in the bullpen. Iglesias has

828
00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:14,120
Speaker 1: blow ups this season. No Jojamanez like all those things

829
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: to be top ten and ERA with that group pretty

830
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: darn good. But it was so bad on Saturday that

831
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: they went from eighth to twelve in one day and

832
00:39:25,320 --> 00:39:27,880
Speaker 1: it went from three point six ERA to three point

833
00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 1: eighty five RA in one day in July. To go up,

834
00:39:33,640 --> 00:39:36,439
Speaker 1: to have a team ERA go up a quarter run

835
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 1: in one day in July seems impossible, because it probably

836
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: should be. But they allowed twelve runs. The bullpen allowed

837
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:51,760
Speaker 1: twelve runs in the game twelve Joey Wentz zero runs,

838
00:39:52,040 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: bullpen twelve runs. It was just absolutely unbelievable, honestly, how

839
00:39:56,080 --> 00:39:57,880
Speaker 1: about it? And it was everybody, by the way, It

840
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: was everyone that came in. There was one play and

841
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 1: it was actually Rafael Montero who was not charged with

842
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: a run, but he came in basis loaded nobody out

843
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 1: and all three guys scored. He actually pitched fine, to

844
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 1: be honest with you, but all three guys did score

845
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: and they just weren't charged him. So it was basically

846
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,720
Speaker 1: everyone that was bad. It was just wild.

847
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 2: It was historic in some ways, and we won't relive

848
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 2: all the pain trauma. But I mean, you know, Ryce

849
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:27,520
Speaker 2: eel Iglesia is hanging a middle middle slider.

850
00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,880
Speaker 1: Oh you know what, just like, okay, some of slider.

851
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,840
Speaker 1: Because you and I were into back and forth on

852
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 1: Twitter about this, and it was I just was pointing

853
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:41,680
Speaker 1: out to people just with the sheer fact that Ricelle

854
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 1: has been really good for like six and a half weeks.

855
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,239
Speaker 1: He didn't allow a single run for six and a

856
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 1: half weeks. At no point that I'd say he was

857
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 1: having a great season, because he obviously isn't. He was

858
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: really bad before that. We all know that. But he

859
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 1: had literally just had fifteen consecutive scoreless appearances. That's not

860
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: something you can just snap off. That's impressive, actually, but

861
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 1: his slider is so bad, Scott, like, I can't. I mean,

862
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:09,520
Speaker 1: it's a it's the cement mixer has been thrown out there.

863
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:11,439
Speaker 1: The numbers are up. Are you ready for the number

864
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: I pulled from stack cast? This is This is the one.

865
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:14,239
Speaker 1: That's all you need to know.

866
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:16,440
Speaker 2: It's so bad, folks, Like, if you're standing up, sit

867
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:17,320
Speaker 2: down for a second.

868
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,320
Speaker 1: So, isn't it that many slider? Because he kind of

869
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 1: stop throwing it for a while, and by the way,

870
00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 1: the results got better. I don't know why I've thrown

871
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: it again, no idea, But according to stack cast, as

872
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:34,920
Speaker 1: of today, the glycias Is slider has allowed a twelve

873
00:41:35,040 --> 00:41:37,360
Speaker 1: hundred and eighty six, so almost a thirteen hundred not

874
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: ops slugging percentage. Opponents have a slugging percentage only of

875
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:49,080
Speaker 1: twelve eighty six against Iglesias's slider. That is basically like

876
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,320
Speaker 1: a triple every time. Like it's it's not quite triple

877
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: but still close.

878
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:55,640
Speaker 2: Uh.

879
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 1: He's allowed six of this eight home runs of the

880
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:01,280
Speaker 1: season on the slider, throwing it only like ten percent

881
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: of the time. It's basically His other pitches have been

882
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,680
Speaker 1: to varying degrees good to great this year, and his

883
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: slider has been I didn't look at enough of this

884
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,760
Speaker 1: to know. I'm pretty confident on like a per pitch basis,

885
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: it might have been the worst single pitch of any

886
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: pitcher in the league. It has to That's not bad.

887
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 1: I mean it's it has to be because again, a

888
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: slugging percentage above twelve hundred and ops of that is

889
00:42:26,239 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: like Aaron Judge and that's his ops that's on base

890
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 1: plus slugging, slugging almost thirteen hundred. I checked it three times.

891
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 1: I was like the camp, No, it is, it's true.

892
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:38,560
Speaker 1: Look it up, stack Cast. Thank you for your service.

893
00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: Baseball's a month, but that is unbelievable. Why is he

894
00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 1: throwing it. I'm not going to defend that I've defended

895
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:48,080
Speaker 1: her cell several times this year. You can't Why is

896
00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 1: he throwing? And by the way, I don't know if

897
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: it's an organizational thing. I don't know, if he's being stubborn.

898
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:55,680
Speaker 1: I don't know, if it's catch whatever. He cannot throw

899
00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,840
Speaker 1: sliders anymore, can't do it. And by the way, he

900
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,839
Speaker 1: probably traded in the next ten days. Anyway, it won't matter.

901
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:04,320
Speaker 1: But what are we doing? Stop throwing your slider? Stop?

902
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know. You said it. All those numbers

903
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 2: are insane, Like most hitters don't have like a combined

904
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,480
Speaker 2: batting average, on base and slug No, that igh, nobody does.

905
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 2: That's a star.

906
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 1: I mean, it's a it's a superstar. And I am

907
00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,400
Speaker 1: obliged to point out for the sake of accuracy. The

908
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:29,480
Speaker 1: brains had already blown the game when he came in,

909
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: like I understand he was. It was a Grand Slam,

910
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 1: so it was even more pronounced to you. You was

911
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,480
Speaker 1: by three. I get all that. They blew the five

912
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 1: run lead before he walked, Before he walked on the mount,

913
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 1: it was everybody in the bullpen. Yeah, he just had

914
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: the biggest swing because it was tied and they were

915
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 1: still alive in the game and it was a terrible

916
00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:47,560
Speaker 1: pitch and all that stuff, but man, just a game

917
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: to forget. The first half was fun, honestly. Yeah, where

918
00:43:50,200 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 1: did you mentioned? That's why I separated it into like

919
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 1: first segment, second second, because it was the first half

920
00:43:54,120 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: of the game was actually a lot of fun.

921
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:59,240
Speaker 2: Hopefully there were no scouts, zero scouts at that game,

922
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,799
Speaker 2: scouting plan for trade purposes, because I mean everyone was bad,

923
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 2: you said, Peters Johnson gave up a homer. Dylan Santos, Yeah,

924
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:08,640
Speaker 2: Dylan Lee has been pretty bad now for a month

925
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 2: on you know, Dellas Santos. I just have no confidence.

926
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:14,240
Speaker 2: Montero was really the only one who did.

927
00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:16,239
Speaker 1: A decent job of getting it. And by the way,

928
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: Matt Ulson made an error, like we love, he's been

929
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: the best offensive first pat's been in baseball this year.

930
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,520
Speaker 1: He makes an air at the worst possible time. Just

931
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,520
Speaker 1: everything went wrong for like the for like two hours.

932
00:44:23,560 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 1: It just was not a lot of fun, all right.

933
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 1: Moving on, Sunday's game was a lot more straight ahead.

934
00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 1: Grant Holmes pitched pretty well, I thought, for someone who

935
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,200
Speaker 1: didn't have his best stuff. Pretty clearly he didn't have it,

936
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:35,200
Speaker 1: But he navigated it, give it two rods in the

937
00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 1: first inning, and then give up three total in six innings. Like,

938
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 1: did enough to win the game, just didn't because they

939
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:43,839
Speaker 1: off couldn't score. But uh, anything else to add I thought?

940
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:47,399
Speaker 1: Grant was like pretty, Uh what's the word I would use?

941
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,280
Speaker 1: I think he just did enough to navigate his stuff.

942
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:51,799
Speaker 1: He just didn't have it and it was and pitched well.

943
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: So what are you to do?

944
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean tough opponent for Holmes, good lineup, a

945
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 2: lot of balance left the righty. You know, the Yankees,

946
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,680
Speaker 2: as you said off the top, I think they lead

947
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 2: the NET or the American League round score, so they do.

948
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,760
Speaker 2: For a pitcher like Holmes who has that insane slider

949
00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:09,960
Speaker 2: that's one of the better pitches in the game, but

950
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:12,480
Speaker 2: doesn't have much else that he can consistently go to,

951
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:14,600
Speaker 2: it's going to be tough. But at the end of

952
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,480
Speaker 2: the day, three runs over six innings against a good

953
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 2: Yankees team, it could have been enough. I guess. Maybe

954
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:23,320
Speaker 2: it's not a guarantee by any means.

955
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,680
Speaker 1: But totally pitched fine. He pitched fine. You take that

956
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:29,759
Speaker 1: from a middle of the rotation, if not back half

957
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 1: of the rotation kind of level guy on most teams.

958
00:45:32,640 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 1: He has a three point seven seven ERA for the

959
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 1: season coming in. He now it three point it's not

960
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 1: three point eight one. Greg Holmes has been everything you

961
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:43,040
Speaker 1: possibly could have wanted him to be this season. Other

962
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:44,759
Speaker 1: than that, Dan Dunning pitched for the first time with

963
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:47,719
Speaker 1: the Braves through three innings. Looked fine, looked pretty good.

964
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: A guy that could help them. I don't know how

965
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,400
Speaker 1: much the role's gonna change. Maybe he'll start at some

966
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:54,960
Speaker 1: point down the stretch of the season, maybe he'll be

967
00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:57,399
Speaker 1: at a long reliever. We'll see. But we talked abou

968
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 1: Dave Ninning. I mean, I know you guys kind of

969
00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 1: kind of broke that during the show on Thursday, But

970
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,040
Speaker 1: we talked about him in the winter. Like I said,

971
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:06,279
Speaker 1: like an off the radar target for the Braves, like

972
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: a cheap guy, and that's what he is. But I

973
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,320
Speaker 1: think he's a real major league arm So that's nice.

974
00:46:12,440 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's better than your Jesse Chavez. He's better than

975
00:46:17,280 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 2: some of the organizational filler they have in Gwinnett and

976
00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 2: Sure Dunning. They're gonna need players to eat innings, especially

977
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,760
Speaker 2: if at some point they're gonna shut down Grant Holmes

978
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 2: I would be shocked if they have homes go all

979
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 2: the way to the finish line.

980
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:33,840
Speaker 1: I mean he might run out of gas by I

981
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:36,840
Speaker 1: mean well, I mean we'll get to this later. But

982
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:39,840
Speaker 1: do you throw Strider all through September if you're if

983
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 1: you're fifteen games out of it, I would say no.

984
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,399
Speaker 1: I mean I'd be shutting guys down. I mean, Chris

985
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,719
Speaker 1: Sale is gonna want to fight anyone tells him you

986
00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 1: can't pitch, but like, sorry, Chris, Like if they're out

987
00:46:49,560 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 1: of it, it's September, Like you cannot throw Chris Sale.

988
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:53,760
Speaker 1: You cannot throw schwella buck like I wouldn't for anybody.

989
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:55,960
Speaker 1: It's September. If it matters, I mean sorry, if it

990
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:57,879
Speaker 1: doesn't matter, and it probably won't so and it.

991
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 2: Feels like the Braves are kind of preparing for that internally,

992
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 2: like JR. Ritchie, who is someone who's really having a

993
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 2: good year. Richie was promoted to Gwinett recently. Maybe the

994
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:11,520
Speaker 2: second best pitching prospect in the organization we've seen Diddy

995
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 2: or fuantes Hurst and Waldrip is probably so. I think

996
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 2: over the next two months, and especially in September, we're

997
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,160
Speaker 2: going to see some young I mean it's gonna be

998
00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 2: weird because you're gonna see a lot of Gwinnett kids

999
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:25,439
Speaker 2: come up and make starts and eat innings because there's

1000
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:27,200
Speaker 2: just no need to push these guys to the very

1001
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:29,520
Speaker 2: end and risk and injury or really just I mean,

1002
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 2: they're kind of throwing useless innings at that point.

1003
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's not super young, but David Daniel's gonna pitch

1004
00:47:35,239 --> 00:47:37,719
Speaker 1: on Tuesday for the second time. Another guy that's like

1005
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 1: an an or guy quad a guy, but could be fine.

1006
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,799
Speaker 1: We'll see one more note from Sunday quickly. Just two

1007
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:48,840
Speaker 1: absolutely massive home runs from Ronnie and Olsen. You already

1008
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,920
Speaker 1: mentioned Ronnie's, but Olsen's was like on the roof of

1009
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:54,719
Speaker 1: the chop house, like an absolute take of a home run. Course.

1010
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:57,480
Speaker 1: There are both solo shots in a Ford two loss,

1011
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 1: but just to mammoth like truly mammoth blast. Like it

1012
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:03,120
Speaker 1: was only Ronnie's second most impressive thing of the weekend,

1013
00:48:03,239 --> 00:48:05,680
Speaker 1: but it was a that was a like only an

1014
00:48:05,680 --> 00:48:07,120
Speaker 1: the League guy hits the ball there. It was like

1015
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:09,240
Speaker 1: four to sixty or something like that. It was just ridiculous,

1016
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 1: an absolute thank.

1017
00:48:10,719 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 2: Yeah off a really good closer too in New York.

1018
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 2: So yeah. I mean it's kind of the same for

1019
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 2: the offense. Matt Olsen crushes one, Ronald Ducun Junior crush one,

1020
00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 2: Nobody's on base, and that was it for the offense.

1021
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 2: I mean they didn't really they had.

1022
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:26,200
Speaker 1: That was that was actually it.

1023
00:48:26,719 --> 00:48:29,399
Speaker 2: Yeah, they had a chance or two earlier in the game,

1024
00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:31,120
Speaker 2: but nothing really. I mean, it was just kind of

1025
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:32,879
Speaker 2: this offense that we've known.

1026
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:35,000
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they had. They had the one chance and

1027
00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:37,520
Speaker 1: Profar tried to bunt for reasons passing understanding that was

1028
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 1: that was the one blown opportunity in the game. They

1029
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,719
Speaker 1: had first and second, nobody out and Profar pops a

1030
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 1: bun up, like why are you bunting? Like why? Why? Why? Anyway,

1031
00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,720
Speaker 1: if that, if if the Braids were in the race,

1032
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: I would have spent five minutes on that on the

1033
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,239
Speaker 1: show today. But they're not in the race, so we're

1034
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:53,720
Speaker 1: not going to do that. It was that was weird.

1035
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,560
Speaker 1: All right, Let's get out of here, Scott. Look ahead,

1036
00:48:56,560 --> 00:49:00,320
Speaker 1: briefly play the Giants beginning on Monday. It is Bryce

1037
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: Elder on Monday who was better at his last start?

1038
00:49:02,880 --> 00:49:05,239
Speaker 1: To defend Bryce, he was pretty good in that Sacramento

1039
00:49:05,280 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 1: start about two weeks ago. Now then David Daniel, who

1040
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 1: I just talked about and Strider again on Wednesday. You know,

1041
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:14,600
Speaker 1: every game is kind of a exercise in torture. Right now,

1042
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:18,720
Speaker 1: the Braves have tied themselves for their worst record compared

1043
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:21,120
Speaker 1: to five hundred this season. They're twelve under right now,

1044
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,399
Speaker 1: so one more loss tomorrow they'd be the lowest they've

1045
00:49:23,400 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 1: been all year long. Playoff odds and the like three

1046
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:29,719
Speaker 1: percent range of fangrafts right now, which I think is

1047
00:49:29,719 --> 00:49:31,959
Speaker 1: probably too high to be honest.

1048
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 2: Feels about three percent too high, But yeah, I would

1049
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 2: say I think.

1050
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,960
Speaker 1: It's more than zero, but it's like one three. It's

1051
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 1: a small distinction. Anything else to add about this coming

1052
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: sear I mean, look, it's we said we set at

1053
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:46,439
Speaker 1: the top. We'll say it again now as people listen

1054
00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 1: to the show on Monday, probably most people listen on Monday.

1055
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 1: It's ten days away from the deadline, and everything is

1056
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: viewed through that lens. For the next ten days. The

1057
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:56,880
Speaker 1: games will keep the games will keep happening on the field,

1058
00:49:57,440 --> 00:50:00,520
Speaker 1: Baseball will be played. But the number one story by

1059
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 1: far for a team that is this far out of

1060
00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 1: it is the deadline. And then half of the deadline,

1061
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:06,319
Speaker 1: it's kind of like, all right, we reset and figure

1062
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:07,680
Speaker 1: out what the next two ons are gonna be. But

1063
00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:10,800
Speaker 1: from now and then it's ten days of trade. First,

1064
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:11,280
Speaker 1: I would.

1065
00:50:11,120 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 2: Say, yeah, yeah, I mean the pitching in the series.

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Speaker 2: The Braves do miss both Logan Web and Robbie Ray,

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Speaker 2: so that's nice. Hopefully the boys, Yeah, why not win

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Speaker 2: a couple of games?

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Speaker 1: I mean, why though, I mean it's I'm kind of kidding,

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Speaker 1: but I'm kind of not. If you are someone who

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Speaker 1: is inclined to root for losses, I wouldn't blame you.

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Speaker 1: I'm not there yet, but if you're like, if you're

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Speaker 1: looking at take a phone every day, I wouldn't wouldn't

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Speaker 1: blame you. I just really wouldn't say.

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Speaker 2: Tankathon dot Net I think is that great website. You

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Speaker 2: can follow the Braves draft odds or lottery odds and

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Speaker 2: one click. But yeah, we'll see. I mean, the Giants

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Speaker 2: are a good team. They have fallen off pretty hard recently,

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Speaker 2: but they're in the playoff mix in the National League,

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Speaker 2: and we'll see. Maybe will do an emergency show in

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Speaker 2: the next couple of nights because of a trade. It

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Speaker 2: kind of feels like, I mean, on that range. Now, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the All Star Game is a little bit later this year,

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Speaker 2: so we're ten days out from the deadline. There's usually

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Speaker 2: movement within the ten days before, just because teams. I mean, obviously,

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Speaker 2: if you have a desperate need for a bullpen makes sense.

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Speaker 2: I mean every day that you.

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Speaker 1: Don't add a right, The Braves are a team, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Braves are a team that both Penn star teams

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Speaker 1: have to be called because even if bris fans are

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Speaker 1: not believers in Wressel anymore, he's I think he still

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Speaker 1: has shown the ability to get out. He still has pedigree.

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Speaker 1: You got Piers Johnson appears to be very available. We'll

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Speaker 1: see if Bummer's available. We don't really know. He's not

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Speaker 1: been included in that stuff, but Montero is expiring contract,

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Speaker 1: call him, et cetera, et cetera. You guys cover that

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Speaker 1: at nauseum on the show earlier early this week. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, bullpen star of teams for sure, and if

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00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:57,120
Speaker 1: you need a DH there's one available, buddy.

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Speaker 2: Do I have good news for you.

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Speaker 1: There's one avail you just mentioned the Giants. I just

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Speaker 1: looked it up. They've lost five in a row. As

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Speaker 1: they arrive in Atlanta, so they are still much more

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Speaker 1: than Grips, but they're in a cold streak.

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Speaker 2: This will be fast. The entire National League is kind

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Speaker 2: of weird, Like the Dodgers have been flat out pretty

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Speaker 2: bad for a while now, the Mets are having issues,

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00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,359
Speaker 2: the Phillies are having issue. It's it's a weird year.

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Speaker 1: But the bs of what not in a row?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, just like the Brewers and Cubs are the two

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Speaker 2: hottest teams by far. Weird year. Probably won't matter because

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Speaker 2: the Braves are dead, but hey, it's uh, I find

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Speaker 2: myself following and paying attention a little bit more than

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00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:37,319
Speaker 2: just like when I'm like, like, we're all so locked

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Speaker 2: in on the Braves when they're in the middle of

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Speaker 2: the penn and Chase, they're not. So Yeah, put on

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Speaker 2: a little extra baseball, watch around, watch watch fans having

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Speaker 2: fun at the ballpark instead of whatever it is.

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Speaker 1: What's that feeling? Uh? All right, Scott, Well, we've we've

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Speaker 1: covered We've covered everything that we can cover for today.

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Speaker 1: We will have shows this week. I'm not sure what

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Speaker 1: days yet. We'll play it by year, but certainly if

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Speaker 1: they're our trades, we will react to them. If there

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Speaker 1: is other news, we'll react to it, and in between

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Speaker 1: we'll have our usual coverage of everything going on in Bravesland.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully some follow us on the on the farm system,

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Speaker 1: draft stuff, trade stuff, etc. So keep it locked. Please

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Speaker 1: Scott can be found on social media at Scott Coleman

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Speaker 1: fifty five. Is that correct, my friend?

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Speaker 2: That is the one Brad. But please send all of

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Speaker 2: your crazy takes to Brad because he loves I do

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Speaker 2: love that engagement.

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Speaker 1: I do love a good crazy take, Scott. I appreciate that.

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