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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Thursday edition of Fair Territory. I'm

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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal, and we want to open the show by

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Speaker 1: congratulating the Red Sox on their fifteen game winning streak,

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Speaker 1: matching the longest Enfranchise history. It is over now, but

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Speaker 1: it's certainly worth remembering and mentioning, and just a good

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Speaker 1: way to get into what we're going to talk about,

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Speaker 1: which is the deadline. And I am here today with

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Speaker 1: my co host one of my favorite colleagues from the Athletic,

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Speaker 1: Great Reporter, Great writer, Britt Gioli. Britt, let's talk some deadline.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for having me, Ken, Yes, let's definitely talk some deadline.

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Speaker 2: Derek Scooble, Obviously you've already written a lot about him.

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Speaker 2: You're going to write about him. It feels like for

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Speaker 2: the next two weeks, every single day, our colleague Cody S.

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Speaker 3: Davenhagen terrific column about Schooble.

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Speaker 2: I suggest you read it a lot of nuanced to

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Speaker 2: what was going on with the injury and whatnot. But Ken,

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Speaker 2: as we sit here today, he is the biggest name

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Speaker 2: at this trade deadline. He's a name who may not

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Speaker 2: be traded because the Tigers are four and a half

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Speaker 2: games back of the wildcard, roughly a thirty percent chance

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Speaker 2: to make the playoffs. But as you wrote with Will Salmon,

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Speaker 2: there's a unique path to the Tigers trading him but

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Speaker 2: also not giving on on this season.

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Speaker 1: What is that right and the way they would do it, Britt,

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Speaker 1: And I'm not saying this will happen. I'm predicting this

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Speaker 1: will happen, but this is something that they have discussed

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Speaker 1: and mentioned to other teams. The way they would do

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Speaker 1: it is by getting a controllable starting picture of some

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Speaker 1: quality back and in addition to that prospects. So what

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Speaker 1: you're doing there is you're covering yourself for the present

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Speaker 1: and for the future. You're getting the present value of

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Speaker 1: the controllable starter who would replace Schooble in the rotation

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Speaker 1: backfill His innings wouldn't be the same, of course, but

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Speaker 1: would enable you to still contend. And then you have

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Speaker 1: that picture for the future, and you have the prospects

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Speaker 1: for the future as well. Now, if you remember, Britt,

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Speaker 1: and I know you do, remember this, twenty twenty two,

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Speaker 1: the Brewers did the same thing with Josh had tried

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Speaker 1: to make the same kind of trade and it basically

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Speaker 1: completely backfired. Short term clubhouse didn't like it, fans didn't

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Speaker 1: like it. They went south with the season, eventually missed

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Speaker 1: the playoffs after having one of the best records in

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Speaker 1: the league, and it just didn't work. They got back

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Speaker 1: Taylor Rogers, he was supposed to replace Hater. They got

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Speaker 1: some other pieces that ultimately led to good things. Robert

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Speaker 1: Gasler is now part of their pitching mix, and as

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Speaker 1: Storry Ruiz, they traded for William Contreras. It all worked

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Speaker 1: out great in the end, but at the time not

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Speaker 1: so great. So here are the Tigers with schoobl If

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Speaker 1: they're gonna have any chance of really doing something this season,

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Speaker 1: and when I say something, I mean not making the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: but contending for a World Series title, Schooble has to

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Speaker 1: be on their team. But if they determine this really

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Speaker 1: isn't going to happen, then perhaps they do something along

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Speaker 1: the lines of what will and I reported I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure how it's going to go. It all depends, really,

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Speaker 1: I believe, on what happens the next ten days or so,

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Speaker 1: where they are health wise, where they are in the standings.

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Speaker 1: But they are going to be looking at some interesting

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Speaker 1: options for sure.

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Speaker 2: And a lot can change I mean years ago in

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Speaker 2: Wan Soto was the guy that felt like he was

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Speaker 2: a name who probably wasn't going to get moved.

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Speaker 3: Obviously he did get moved.

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Speaker 2: If teams get desperate enough, if Scott Harris sees a

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Speaker 2: package that is enticing enough, it is a tough sell

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Speaker 2: for this fan base. Though, Ken, two years ago, they

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Speaker 2: stumbled in after Scott Harris sold off a lot of

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Speaker 2: expiring deals at the deadline, went on that magical run

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Speaker 2: to get into the playoffs. Last year a disappointment, and

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Speaker 2: now if you do deal Scooble, what are you saying

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Speaker 2: to your fan base.

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Speaker 3: You know, we think we're good enough to get in,

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Speaker 3: but not all the way in.

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Speaker 2: It is going to be tough to judge Scott Harris's

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Speaker 2: legacy and what he's been able to do if he does,

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Speaker 2: in fact trade Schooble, Because of course, Ken, they could

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Speaker 2: also get a pick for him, they wouldn't totally be

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Speaker 2: left high and dry.

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Speaker 3: There is value to rolling.

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Speaker 1: That dice, no question, and I am totally with you

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Speaker 1: on what a tough sell this would be. And one

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Speaker 1: of the reasons is the tough sell not just because

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Speaker 1: you're trading a back to back that young winner. That

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Speaker 1: maybe is the main reason. But the other part of

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Speaker 1: this is the American League as we know, is not good.

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Speaker 1: So who is to say the Tigers with Scooble, if

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Speaker 1: they get whole physically, cannot make a run for the

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Speaker 1: World Series. There is no reason to believe that they

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Speaker 1: can't based on what we're seeing. Yanks are not invincible,

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Speaker 1: Rays are not invincible. No team in this league is

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Speaker 1: even that good. The Red Sox for the worst team

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Speaker 1: in the league, suddenly they have a playoff spot about

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Speaker 1: two and a half weeks later, three weeks later. So

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Speaker 1: this is all part of the stew as you might say,

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Speaker 1: with what Scott Harris is going to have to figure

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Speaker 1: out here, and maybe the best thing or the easiest

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Speaker 1: thing is not to trade him, because you're not disrupting

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Speaker 1: what could be a playoff n World Series run. No

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Speaker 1: matter what you do, if you do trade him, you're

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Speaker 1: not going to be in as strong a position for

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Speaker 1: the World Series. There's no question about that, or the

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Speaker 1: playoffs for that matter. So this all has to be

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Speaker 1: factored in, and you're absolutely right. We've still got a

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Speaker 1: lot of time until the deadline ten days or so.

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Speaker 1: So as you mentioned, Britt a lot can change over

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Speaker 1: those next ten days.

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Speaker 2: One team that I think we can both agree on

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Speaker 2: ken that is trending to sell is the Toronto Blue

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Speaker 2: Jays and just a fascinating case study coming off the

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Speaker 2: World Series, a World Series appearance that they narrowly lost.

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Speaker 2: They came very close to winning the World Series. Bring

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Speaker 2: back pretty much that whole group just be set with

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Speaker 2: injuries early on in the season, never found their footing

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Speaker 2: rank thirtieth right now in runs scored.

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Speaker 3: Just everything that can go wrong has gone wrong.

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Speaker 2: And you tweeted yesterday about Kevin Gosman's no trade claus

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Speaker 2: to those eight teams. None of those teams seem like

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Speaker 2: viable suitors anyway, so it looks like Gossman would be

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Speaker 2: the guy to go.

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Speaker 3: When you look at a team like Toronto.

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Speaker 2: Though they don't have a whole lot of pieces here,

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Speaker 2: are they going to you think retool here?

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Speaker 3: And this is not like rebuild situation.

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Speaker 2: They're going to have to trade whatever they can and

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Speaker 2: then hope to go for it again next year. And

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Speaker 2: what can a guy like Gossman even realistically land them?

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Speaker 1: He hasn't pitched that well, but he's still Kevin Gosman,

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Speaker 1: and I would expect that if he is out there,

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Speaker 1: and it certainly appears he's going to be out there,

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Speaker 1: that the Blue Jays could get something decent for him.

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Speaker 1: They have some other interesting players as well, Dalton VARs Show,

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Speaker 1: George Springer, not George Springer of old, but he could

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Speaker 1: help a team. Jeff Hoffman in the bullpen. What is

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Speaker 1: shocking about this is that everyone expected, even as recently,

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Speaker 1: I would say is a week ago, that this team

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Speaker 1: was going to wake up, was going to become more

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Speaker 1: into October and really be a factor in the American League.

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Speaker 1: And right now it's really difficult to see them that way.

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Speaker 1: So one of the more shocking things in this season,

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Speaker 1: the season in which we've had a lot of surprises

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Speaker 1: the other way. The White Sox for instance, the Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: the Nationals, these are teams that surprised us in a

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Speaker 1: good way. The Jays have surprised us in a bad way.

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Speaker 1: And now yes, it definitely appears they're trending towards sellers.

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Speaker 1: And what Mitch Bannon wrote yesterday about Kevin Gossman just

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Speaker 1: how emotional he was. He has grown so attached to Toronto,

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Speaker 1: and now it appears he might go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think there's going to be a lot

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Speaker 2: of teams ken who at at the last minute, are

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Speaker 2: going to realize, hey, especially in the American League, we

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Speaker 2: maybe don't have a shot here. We may buy or sell,

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Speaker 2: which seems to be like an on the fence kind

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Speaker 2: of move. The Orioles in a similar situation. They did

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Speaker 2: beat the Red Sox. As you mentioned, their streak ended

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Speaker 2: but a bad week or a good week could really

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Speaker 3: As well.

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Speaker 2: It looks like, you know, not to just harp on

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Speaker 2: the American League, but as you said, they're so convoluted

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Speaker 2: and they're so bogged down, and every team is so

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Speaker 2: in it, and this Red Sox streak has made a

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Speaker 2: team that looked as little as two and a half

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Speaker 2: three weeks ago to be a bonafide seller, be a

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Speaker 2: team that had some pitching and had some interesting players

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Speaker 2: other teams could pillage. Now the Red Sox are going

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Speaker 2: for it as they should. And you look at this

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Speaker 2: now and if you're the Baltimore Royals, I don't know

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Speaker 3: I don't know if you can do anything here.

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Speaker 2: You had an interesting column mentioning Alie Rushman among several

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Speaker 2: other catchers. Are they a team that you feel like

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Speaker 2: is not going to make that decision till maybe a

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Speaker 2: day or two before the deadline?

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Speaker 1: Yes, and britt their situation is complicated, as you know,

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Speaker 1: by the fact that both of their catchers now Rushman

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Speaker 1: and Samuel Bissio, are on the injured list. So here

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Speaker 1: they are in need of making a push, and they're

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Speaker 1: not really in great position to make a push now.

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Speaker 1: They're starting pitching over the last six weeks or so

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Speaker 1: has been really good and it looks like it's going

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Speaker 1: to continue to be really good into the near future.

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Speaker 1: But what are we talking about here? And they're going

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Speaker 1: to be, it seems to me, in a position where

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Speaker 1: they're going to have to make a call, and maybe

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Speaker 1: the call is going to be not to do much

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Speaker 1: of anything at all. But at the same time, Mike

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Speaker 1: Elias is a president based operations who is under some

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Speaker 1: scrutiny now he is maybe in trouble. How will that

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Speaker 1: affect things? He says it won't. He'll do what's best

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Speaker 1: for the organization, but what's best for the organization is

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Speaker 1: not exactly clear right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be fascinating Ken. I'm sure you're gonna

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Speaker 2: have a lot more to talk about this. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: is great. I should have submitted a question in advance, Ken,

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Speaker 2: In your latest article, you wrote the Dbacks could face

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Speaker 1: I am looking forward, Britt, to the game being played.

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Speaker 2: The forecast looks good for you, Ken, and we'll be

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Speaker 2: on Fox streaming on Fox one. The Race October starts now,

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Speaker 2: All right, Welcome back to pair territory, Bridgerilli filling in

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Speaker 2: I'm going to let you go first. This is your show. Here,

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Speaker 1: Ken, My dude of the week was going to be

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Speaker 3: That's a good one, Ken.

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Speaker 3: Slugger your Don Alvarez.

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Speaker 3: He Homer's last night.

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Speaker 2: is having right now in line to be a triple crown.

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Speaker 2: That is an incredibly rare thing.

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Speaker 3: As well.

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Speaker 2: He is just such a fun player to watch. I

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Speaker 2: don't watch the Astros regularly, but if I'm flipping through

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Speaker 2: and he's at bat, I'm stopping. I'm watching. There's so

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Speaker 2: very few players like that. So I'm going to go

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Speaker 2: with him.

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Speaker 1: Great call, Britta, love it.

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Speaker 3: And now you're dork of the week.

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Speaker 1: Who do you got? All Right, I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 1: a guy that I never thought would win this award

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Speaker 1: because he's been kind of an outstanding player in the

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Speaker 1: game for a long time, a guy who is known

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Speaker 1: for his intellect on the field. It's JT. Realmuto. And

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Speaker 1: if you saw the end of the Phillies game last night,

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Speaker 1: the base running blunder that took place, it's shocking you

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Speaker 1: see there, what's happening. Contact play was on Justin Crawford

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Speaker 1: caught in a rundown between third and home. JT real

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Speaker 1: mutto is on third, He's fine. What Crawford needs to

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Speaker 1: do there is getting to the rundown so Brandon Marsh

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Speaker 1: can get the second. But what happened. JT started running

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Speaker 1: back the second and they got him out too for

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Speaker 1: a game ending double play. It was a blunder. There's

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Speaker 1: no other way to put it, and JT took ownership

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Speaker 1: over of it. After the game, Don Manneley said, I

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Speaker 1: don't know what JT was thinking there. I will say this,

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Speaker 1: as I often say on this show. We all make

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Speaker 1: mistakes in our jobs, even me, even Britgieroli, everybody who

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Speaker 1: was watching and listening. Everybody makes mistakes in their jobs.

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Speaker 1: Unfortunately for JT, this was kind of a bad one.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I agree.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of mistakes, Ken my dork of the week made

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Speaker 2: a big one, probably the biggest one if you are

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Speaker 2: a pro scout.

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Speaker 3: It is Justin Boomer Prince.

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Speaker 2: I wrote a story titled The Baseball Spy earlier this

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Speaker 2: week with our colleague at the Athletic Sam Blum.

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Speaker 3: Basically, for those who didn't.

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Speaker 2: Read it, Princetein was hired in the winter this December

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Speaker 2: by the Angels. Basically, they created a spot for him

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Speaker 2: a little bit of an unusual hire. Well, he got

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Speaker 2: caught filming the Colorado Rockies coaches while in the scout

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Speaker 2: section working a game in advance of the Angels Rockies series.

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Speaker 2: The Rockies complained to Major League Baseball. Major League Baseball

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Speaker 2: contacted the Angels. They promptly dismissed Princetein. But the whole

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Speaker 2: incident ken is made even more unbelievable by the fact

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Speaker 2: that Princetein has a Twitter account in which he calls

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Speaker 2: himself the Baseball Spy.

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Speaker 3: He had a podcast.

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Speaker 2: By the same name that had two episodes, one of

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Speaker 2: those episodes talking about your big story in twenty nineteen,

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Speaker 2: the Houston Astros cheating scandal, in which Prince tein makes

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Speaker 2: it clear you can legally scout and legally try to

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Speaker 2: get signs with your eyes, but illegal methods such as.

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Speaker 3: Cell phones are not allowed.

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Speaker 2: Of course, our colleague Dennis Lynn later reported that Prince

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Speaker 2: Deein was also approached during a Padres game for the

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Speaker 2: same violation. Look, I'm sure he's a nice guy. Nothing

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Speaker 2: against him personally. This is something you cannot do. I

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Speaker 2: heard from so many scouts that were like, this stuff

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Speaker 2: makes everyone look bad. It makes us look stupid, it

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Speaker 2: makes us look silly, and therefore, Prince Deein, I hope

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Speaker 2: you have a nice life, but this is just not

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Speaker 2: going to be the career path for you.

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Speaker 3: You are my dork of the week.

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Speaker 1: That's a great call, and it was a great story

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Speaker 1: and the graphic that went with the story was pretty

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Speaker 1: great too, So I don't know that I can add

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Speaker 1: much more. You and Sam did a tremendous job just

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Speaker 1: reporting this out and bringing it to light, and it's crazy.

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Speaker 1: In all professions, I guess you have people who kind

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Speaker 1: of go off the rails and do things that are

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Speaker 1: shockingly wrong, and this is one case of that. So again,

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Speaker 1: great story and a worthy dork of the week for sure.

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Speaker 3: Well thank you.

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Speaker 2: And do the Angels do anything right? I don't know,

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Speaker 2: but there is a little hope there, I think more

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Speaker 2: than before. Molly Jolly in charge. Obviously a new front

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Speaker 2: office in place. It's gonna be we didn't talk about them,

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Speaker 2: but it's gonna be an interesting trade deadline to see

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Speaker 2: what they do as well and how they approach things.

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Speaker 2: Definitely in the sellers, of course. What makes this even

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Speaker 2: funnier The Rockies are the worst team in the National League.

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Speaker 2: The worst team in the American League are the Angels.

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Speaker 2: That's it for US. Foul Territory is coming up next,

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