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Speaker 1: and we're gonna go over a little breaking news that

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Speaker 3: It's tough, it's tough to see, but at the end

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Speaker 5: And I also think that it just sucks for Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: You know, some guys stick around, maybe Carlos Santana is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And also, none of us are saying he's a

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Speaker 1: Jeremy Pana had to leave yesterday's exhibition game, and the

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Speaker 4: And he could have happened anywhere, you know, just because

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Speaker 3: The competition sometimes can be super high and super low,

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Speaker 2: Let's talk big picture here.

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Speaker 1: We've got one more day until the Team USA roster

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Speaker 1: They did two exhibition games where they scored I think

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Speaker 5: Who do you think I'm gonna say, Scott? Who do

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Speaker 1: I think you're gonna say New York Courtago in Poland?

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Speaker 3: Me and keep keep WBC.

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Speaker 6: He's Dominicana, Mi Farito, Barra, Bardaves, Bull, Kieri, Kiero, Kiero, Dominicana,

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Speaker 3: I think the Dominican is gonna win. I did something

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we talked about this. The lineup can

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Speaker 5: I mean, no, I'm just listening to the music back there.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna have a problem.

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Speaker 1: I want to show the schedule because this ties into

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Speaker 2: It's WBC.

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Speaker 1: It's the beginning of the baseball season and every Fox Saturday,

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Speaker 4: which could be I think Dominican, Japan, Venezuela. Whoever makes

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Speaker 4: it through those two pools will be the quarterfinals. And

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Speaker 4: then I give it up again to Davis and Smoltz

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Speaker 4: to do the Semis in the finals. So I'm looking

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Speaker 4: forward to So you guys know how much I love

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Speaker 4: the WBC, and I mean, just to get to be

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Speaker 4: around the USA team for a couple of days is

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Speaker 4: going to be. It's gonna be pretty pretty solid thing

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Speaker 4: to walk in there and see basically an all star

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Speaker 4: team playing against. Listen, let's be honest, Brazil and Great

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Speaker 4: Britain don't have the greatest rosters, but hey, it'll be

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Speaker 4: It'll be hopefully a nice tune up before Mexico and

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Speaker 4: Italy step up to the US.

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Speaker 1: I know, yeah, And I was gonna ask Aja, you

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Speaker 1: know you've gone to many clubhouses all year, You're at

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Speaker 1: many spring training spots right now, how do you think

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Speaker 1: it's going to feel for you when you walk into

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Speaker 1: a clubhouse that's I mean beyond all star status, right,

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Speaker 1: It's like superstar status in that clubhouse. Everybody in one

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Speaker 1: spot too. It's not even al and n outside. It's

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Speaker 1: just like the biggest names in the sport all in

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Speaker 1: one place. You walk around in your first glance, like

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Speaker 1: looking at the.

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Speaker 5: Lockers, Uh, what's it gonna feel like?

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna, well, I'm happy we have FT and I'm

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Speaker 4: happy that I have the Fox job because I know

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Speaker 4: most of these guys, a lot of them through for

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Speaker 4: having them on Foul Territory, so it's not intimidating. I

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Speaker 4: remember when I first started doing this job for Foul

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Speaker 4: Territory and for Fox, when you walk into a locker room,

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Speaker 4: you're kind of intimidated by going up to guys. But

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Speaker 4: now that we've had most of them on, it's an

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Speaker 4: easy go up to them, say hi, appreciate everything you're doing,

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Speaker 4: and of course I'm gonna give them a little pat

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Speaker 4: on the butt and say let's go USA.

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Speaker 1: Hey, let's do a quickie injury suck segment here. Hunter

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Speaker 1: Green has some elbow issues. He's going to get an MRI.

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Speaker 1: No UCL damage on this elbow, but apparently it was

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Speaker 1: barking in the last five or six starts, he said.

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Speaker 2: Of last year where he had elbow.

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Speaker 1: Discomfort, he said it was a playoff push, so I

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Speaker 1: pushed through it felt fine in the off season, said

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Speaker 1: he got an injection about a week before spring training,

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Speaker 1: discomfort came back. Apparently there's some bone chips going on

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Speaker 1: there as well. Terry Francona talked about Hunter Green. Here's

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Speaker 1: the quote. He's just not recovering the way he's comfortable.

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Speaker 1: Ball's coming out pretty good. You're asking a guy to

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Speaker 1: go out there and throw as hard as he can.

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Speaker 1: We need to make sure he's okay, you know, just

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Speaker 1: talking about again how he's going to meet with doctor

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Speaker 1: Kremchik this week and then doctor Ela trash Ela Trosh

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Speaker 1: I should say on what is it Monday? So stay

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Speaker 1: tuned on the Hunter Green front. And then that's the

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Speaker 1: quote from Hunter Green that you're looking at on the

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Speaker 1: screen right now.

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Speaker 2: But AJ, that's not good. This is the big boy

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Speaker 2: on the staff.

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Speaker 5: This is not good.

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Speaker 4: And I remember him talking about this last year the

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Speaker 4: Reds kind of they were trying to keep it quiet,

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Speaker 4: but it did get out that he was dealing with something.

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Speaker 5: So now we kind of know what it is.

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Speaker 4: You just hope it's best case scenario and it's something small,

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Speaker 4: minor that where he doesn't have to have the old

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Speaker 4: Thomas Jonas. But yeah, this sucks with the Reds because

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Speaker 4: the Reds are expected to really compete this year and

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Speaker 4: so we'll see they still have listen, they still have

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Speaker 4: a good staff without Hunter Green, but they're much better

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Speaker 4: staff with Hunter Green leading the charge. Tough because I

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Speaker 4: still feel like the Reds are a team that if

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Speaker 4: this lineup, Maddy McClain just hit a oppo dinger the

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Speaker 4: other day, like is he healthy? Is Ellie take the

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Speaker 4: next step? South Stewart gonna be the guy that he

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Speaker 4: kind of was is his rookie year, and like take

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Speaker 4: another step. I feel like this lineup could join this

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Speaker 4: pitching staff. But when you lose your number one, therefore

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Speaker 4: they have other guys that can be number ones also

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Speaker 4: that can be that like solid number two.

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Speaker 3: But you know you just can't. You can't replace one

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Speaker 3: hundred Green if they miss him for a significant amount

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Speaker 3: of time.

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Speaker 1: One other quick injury noe too, Andrew Kittridge has right

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Speaker 1: shoulder inflammation for the orioles. He's not low probability that

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Speaker 1: he'll be ready for opening day. That's the one thing

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Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. With Baltimore. I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: about the bullpen there, so keep an eye on that.

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Speaker 1: And it's not just you get your bullpen's got to

519
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Speaker 1: be tight in that division. Much more injury news each

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Speaker 1: week on Injury Territory with Will Carroll. It's one of

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Speaker 1: our newest shows, so make sure you give them a

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Speaker 1: sub on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. At

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Speaker 1: MGM Futures, we are all about the World Baseball Classic now,

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Speaker 1: which has officially begun and Friday starts the journey for

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Speaker 1: Team USA.

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Speaker 2: So, guys, today, let's look at their pool and the futures.

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Speaker 1: Of course, setting USA at minus seven hundreundred seven hundred

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Speaker 1: bucks to win one hundred bucks if you've.

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Speaker 2: Got them winning the pool.

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Speaker 1: After that is Mexico at plus six hundred, Italy at

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Speaker 1: plus twenty five hundred, and I'm basically going to stop there.

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Speaker 1: I think you should stop there too. Could there be

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Speaker 1: an upset of Mexico or Italy over USA? Sure it

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Speaker 1: could happen. Is it likely to happen?

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Speaker 2: Hell no?

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Speaker 1: So guys, is there any value here? Like, for example,

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Speaker 1: could Mexico pull this off? They've done it before AJ

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Speaker 1: and there is some legit major league talent there. I

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Speaker 1: would have liked to see Todd Bradley on this roster.

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Speaker 1: He ended up not going over with Team Mexico, but

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Speaker 1: I could have seen someone like that. Stuff wise can

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Speaker 1: shut down a lineup for a few innings and then

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Speaker 1: mix and match with a few other big league guys.

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Speaker 1: But what do you think is there any value with

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Speaker 1: Mexico winning out in that pool, including beating USA and

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Speaker 1: making some serious money.

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Speaker 5: You know you're looking at Mexico. I actually like Italy.

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Speaker 4: We had lake u Terra on here, who was I

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Speaker 4: believe the bench coach for Italy last time. They got

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Speaker 4: some legit big league players on Italy. Now I don't

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Speaker 4: know if they're pitching it get them through, but they

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Speaker 4: got some hitters on that team and they've had special

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Speaker 4: runs before. So Italy it was it's twenty five plus

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Speaker 4: twenty five hundred, that would be the one I'd be

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Speaker 4: looking at. I think I think you look in Mexico

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Speaker 4: and yes they have a good team, but I think

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Speaker 4: USA will be really fired up. The US could take

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Speaker 4: Italy a little bit lightly, and let's not forget it's

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Speaker 4: one game. All they got to do is beat them

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Speaker 4: that one game, and if they do that, then they

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Speaker 4: can win the pool.

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Speaker 5: So if you're looking for me for the value, it's

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Speaker 5: not in Mexico. I go big as you guys know.

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Speaker 1: I go Italy.

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Speaker 3: I'll take I'll take the Mexico at plus six hundred

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Speaker 3: because they have beaten Team USA, and I think there's

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Speaker 3: a big caveat there. Yes, they might not have the pitching.

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Speaker 3: If you had TODJ. Bradley lined up, that would be awesome,

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Speaker 3: but they don't. They might be pitching their better pitchers

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Speaker 3: to make sure they get through and don't run into

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Speaker 3: a stinker against Italy and be the team that gets

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Speaker 3: knocked out. So to me, I think I think Mexico

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Speaker 3: could do it because of the fact that Alijndra Kirk

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Speaker 3: is on this team. You have a big league catcher

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Speaker 3: that knows how to call games in big games. I

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Speaker 3: think there's some value there at plus six hundred.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, if you look at Team Italy, Aaron Nola and

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Speaker 1: Michael Lorenzen part of the rotation, and then you look

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Speaker 1: at the bullpen, there are some names you should know.

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Speaker 1: Ron Meyernaccio has been up and down in the bigs

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Speaker 1: for a while. Adam Outavino is pitching, Greg Weiser is

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Speaker 1: on that roster, Gordon Grisefo. I mean, these are some

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Speaker 1: names that can throw some innings and record some outs

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Speaker 1: for you.

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Speaker 2: So I like both.

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Speaker 1: It's interesting, it's bold, but there's a reason why the

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Speaker 1: plus twenty five hundred and the plus six hundred is there,

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Speaker 1: so go check that out. And then also if you're

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Speaker 1: comes through. Gambling problem more concern, Call one eight hundred gambler. Hey,

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Speaker 1: we've had an awesome run so far with the camps.

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Speaker 1: I think we're about halfway through the tour, so we'll

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Speaker 1: finish up this week as we talked about the calendar

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Speaker 1: earlier with the Houston Astros, and then keep going in Florida.

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Speaker 1: But sometimes it's cool when we have a conversation with

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Speaker 1: someone aj like Miles Michaels today and then he goes

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Speaker 1: out to pitch a game which is about to begin.

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Speaker 1: But also a young prospect like Carson Benge who was

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Speaker 1: on the show yesterday and then hit.

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Speaker 2: A little homer.

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Speaker 5: That's what happens. You come talk to us, good things happen. Scott.

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Speaker 4: That's all I'm gonna say are some Benji lost a chest,

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Speaker 4: but he hit a homer, so he won.

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Speaker 1: He did there it is opposite field blast posted on

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Speaker 1: the Baseball America Twitter account. One of the Mets top

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Speaker 1: prospects trying to make the team.

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Speaker 2: Remember Krats.

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Speaker 1: When we spoke to him, I was like, hey, they

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Speaker 1: left a lane open for you, and he was like, no,

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Speaker 1: I'm in this competition with all these guys, these veterans,

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Speaker 1: Like I know, but if he does that, he's opening

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Speaker 1: day out there.

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Speaker 3: Dingers are dingers oppo dingers. Help you make the team?

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Speaker 2: M good call Krats? Hats? What do you got?

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Speaker 3: I used them this year, but this last year's spring

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Speaker 3: training hat. Don't be confused. I always show it. It

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Speaker 3: might be the Twins hat, but it's the NAT set.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Right now, there's more pride with the Nats than than

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Speaker 1: what the Twins have going on right now. Sorry, I

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Speaker 1: had to do it, and you know what, I'm not

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Speaker 1: even gonna be on that day so I can talk smack.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, Yeah, we can show the calendar again one

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Speaker 1: more time. We might as well while I'm bringing it up,

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Speaker 1: so we can see where AJ's going after this now Friday.

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Speaker 2: AJ won't be on the show.

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Speaker 1: We'll actually have Danny Graves joining us from Astro's camp,

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Speaker 1: and I think that camp is fascinating because of the

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Speaker 1: infield lockjam that they're dealing with. Then we've got Braves Raised, Orioles, Twins,

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Speaker 1: Red Sox. The Foul Territory calendar is engineered by Fastenall

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Speaker 1: ajf bun dude, you're calling WBC right right.

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Speaker 4: I'll see you guys, USA versus Brazil, usavers Great Britain.

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Speaker 4: I'll see you guys tomorrow night on Fox, on Big

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Speaker 4: Fox and Fox one.

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Speaker 1: And on the Fox one app. And then AJ and

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Speaker 1: I will be in the studio together on Monday. Kevin

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Speaker 1: Pillar will be at Braves camp. So a lot happening.

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Speaker 1: We'll see a Friday