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

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Speaker 1: episode three three two. My name is Brad Roland and

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Speaker 1: I'm joined on this Thursday evening by my good friend

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Speaker 1: and regular co host Scott Coleman. Scott, you and I

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Speaker 1: have to talk for a little while in this format.

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Speaker 1: There was a show that was nice, was the one

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Speaker 1: we wanted to have done on this podcast feed on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday night, react to some injury news, a shaky start

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Speaker 1: in sprint straining, and say the least, how are.

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Speaker 2: You, hello, Brad? I am doing okay. It is always

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Speaker 2: good to have all the boys back in Florida. I mean,

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Speaker 2: even though the team has not had their first full

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Speaker 2: team workout yet, I feel like basically the entire twenty

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Speaker 2: six man roster has shown up for the Braves, which

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Speaker 2: is always fun. Pitchers and catchers are working out, getting

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Speaker 2: everything going. We did have the Spencer Schwallenbach injury and

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Speaker 2: the Joe Jimenez injury update, and we're going to talk

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Speaker 2: about both on the show tonight, which is a real bummer.

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Speaker 2: And now you just kind of have to crush your

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Speaker 2: fingers and hope for the next six weeks that you

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Speaker 2: can avoid the injury bug. And get most everybody healthy

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Speaker 2: to opening day.

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Speaker 1: That's really what's sprintering is about to some degree, is

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Speaker 1: just like get to the finish line, which is actually

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Speaker 1: the starting line without more injuries. And you know, you

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Speaker 1: could say these two happen not during actual action. That

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Speaker 1: kind of happened before. There was some ramp up stuff.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, one of those things. And if you are

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Speaker 1: new to the podcast, we should say at the top

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Speaker 1: of the show, we are Hammer Territory. We are part

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Speaker 1: of the Valid Territory network of podcasts. We covered the

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Braves all year round and already alluded to it,

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Speaker 1: but Tuesday brought a reaction show to these Schwellenbach injury

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Speaker 1: news from our colleagues Steven and Sean. If you miss that,

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Speaker 1: listen to it in full. A lot of good insight

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Speaker 1: from those guys on that podcast. Wanted to touch on

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Speaker 1: some of this stuff. There's a little bit of leaking

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Speaker 1: out since then and reactions and all of that stuff.

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Speaker 1: So if you have not heard this part of it,

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Speaker 1: Sholla Box is gonna be preparing to undergo a procedure

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Speaker 1: arthroscopically on his elbow to clean up some bone spurs.

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Speaker 1: Not sure when that's gonna happen. Not sure how long

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Speaker 1: is it going to be out what Weiss was asked

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Speaker 1: and would not even talk about the potential of him

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Speaker 1: returning in June. Obviously, he could return in June, that's

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Speaker 1: the timeline of his eyel stent, but it could be July,

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Speaker 1: could be later than that, God forbid. So a lot

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Speaker 1: of uncertainty there. And I know you and I talked

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Speaker 1: of buzz behind the scenes that the Braves almost have

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Speaker 1: to plan like they're not gonna have him this year,

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Speaker 1: and maybe they will. I think they probably will have

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Speaker 1: him at some point. It's not a ucl thing that's

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Speaker 1: a positive, but I mean, you can enjoy this coming

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Speaker 1: off of other injury that he had to the same

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Speaker 2: Mean it was about as bad of injury news as

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Speaker 2: really a bummer. And we know how good Spencer Swallenbach

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Speaker 2: was his rookie year, and then he was fantastic last season.

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Speaker 2: It was like, Okay, how good is this guy really?

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Speaker 2: And he was, I mean, he was as good as

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Speaker 2: the freak injury where he breaks his elbow. I've never really.

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Speaker 1: Heard of a breaks his elbow, by the way, breaking.

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Speaker 2: An elbow, yeah, not a ligament, not a tendon, not

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Speaker 2: a you know, even like pictures get weird finger injuries sometimes. No,

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Speaker 2: Spencer Schwellenbach back. I mean, if you want to be

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Speaker 2: they're going to have Schwenbach back in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: And I think, you know, Dia, Braves fans definitely know this.

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Speaker 1: People that listen to our podcasts probably know this. But

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Speaker 1: understand how big of a loss it is. Like everyone

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Speaker 1: And it's not a victory lap thing. It's just one

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Speaker 1: you just need more and more and more. You can't

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Speaker 1: But I tweeted this and I'll raise my hands Scott.

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Speaker 1: You know me, I'm very pragmatic. I don't always get

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Speaker 1: and everyone agreed on that. Basically wasn't sexy you have

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Speaker 1: and reactions were all over the place to this. This

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Speaker 1: You know, it's basically what Bassett was supposed to get

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Speaker 1: Everyone would have hit the roof, I think, But eighteen

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Speaker 1: for example. I've seen a lot of that reaction. I

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Speaker 2: Basically, yeah, I mean the Schwenbach injury and then Bassett

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Speaker 1: it's pre slim pickings as far as maybe maybe there's

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Speaker 2: Very short list. And I will say this too and

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Speaker 2: then we'll move on from Vasady signed with Baltimore. I

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Speaker 2: a fair amount today from a lot of people talking

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Speaker 2: think it's like four million dollars of the third tier

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Speaker 2: So unless he very suddenly had his budget cut significantly,

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Speaker 2: his funds available to address the rotation. That that's a problem. Like, sure,

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Speaker 2: the Braves had a lot of needs they needed to

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Speaker 2: for twenty million dollars. Obviously they didn't know he was

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Speaker 2: I mean that they're paying Kim twenty million dollars in

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Speaker 2: be hurt. Mike Ostremsky's fine, but not like an impact hitter.

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Speaker 2: And now you sit here and if money was the

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Speaker 2: that's on Alex. Alex is the one who knows how

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Speaker 2: saying you have to go out and sign somebody in

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Speaker 2: free agency. A lot of really good pictures, not even

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Speaker 2: this offseason. Where's Alex, you could have traded some of

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Speaker 2: your pitching depth to acquire someone who makes seven million

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Speaker 1: I don't get it.

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Speaker 2: in the game. You know, Ken Rosenthal throughout the Boston

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Speaker 2: Red Sox as a possible trade partner. The Red Sox

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Speaker 2: kind of have like a Stars and Scrubs thing going

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Speaker 2: with their rotation right now, and like he mentioned Brian

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Speaker 2: Bellow's name as a possibility. I don't think Ken was

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Speaker 2: necessarily reporting that the Braves and Red Sox were talking,

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Speaker 2: but more speculation. You know, Ken did say that he

435
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Speaker 2: did not anticipate the Minnesota Twins trading anybody at this point.

436
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Speaker 2: Now that's probably going to change, so in July or

437
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Speaker 2: I guess actually this year. The trade deadlines not till

438
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Speaker 2: like August fifth or something. But you know, if the

439
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Speaker 2: Twins are twenty games out of it in late July

440
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Speaker 2: or the August, maybe they trade Joe Ryan or Pablo Lopez.

441
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Speaker 2: But Rosenthal really didn't think that the Twins were going

442
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Speaker 2: to move them, and to move them now would be

443
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Speaker 2: even crazier in my opinion. And it's all because only

444
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Speaker 2: because they had they had the front office change. Maybe

445
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Speaker 2: it's a little bit of uncertainty there, but I'm it doesn't.

446
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Speaker 2: It does seem kind of crazy they would do that now. Yeah,

447
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Speaker 2: and then again it's it's a couple of free agents.

448
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Speaker 2: We've talked about him a bunch. Zach Allen qualifying offer

449
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Speaker 2: apparently has no market. Like everyone kind of thinks, see

450
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Speaker 2: Mike go back to the Diamondbacks.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the qualifying offers is brutal. I mean you talk.

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Speaker 1: I mean I'm probably on the lower end of caring

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Speaker 1: about that, and I'm still like, man, I don't know that. Like,

454
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Speaker 1: what's the contract structure where it makes sense to sign

455
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Speaker 1: Zach Gallan with a qualifying offer. It's just like hard

456
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Speaker 1: to find that for the Braves. So yeah, they're absolutely

457
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Speaker 1: players free agents this offseason. I would have been cool

458
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Speaker 1: giving up the draft pick for, but not Zach Gallon.

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Speaker 2: H Lucas Gillido. We've talked about him some on the show.

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Speaker 2: We won't talk about him too much, but he's been

461
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Speaker 2: pretty bad for a few years now. If you know

462
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Speaker 2: they want to sign gil Edo for ten million bucks,

463
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Speaker 2: it would help. I can't imagine hurt. Yeah, I would

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Speaker 2: do that.

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Speaker 1: I'm not excited about Lucascioletto if he could, If you

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Speaker 1: will sign him for a one year deal for ten million,

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Speaker 1: I would. I would do that. Sure. Today I got

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Speaker 1: a we got a question from a listener named Ian,

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Speaker 1: which is useful here. Basically, is there the least the

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Speaker 1: actual question? Is there anyone else other than Gallon and

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Speaker 1: Gildo that the Braves should sign. Was the question, I

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Speaker 1: have a name, do you want me to share my name? Yes,

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Speaker 1: that I came up with because I.

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Speaker 2: Think it's a reasonable chance this might happen.

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Speaker 1: He's yeah, he's not the guy who I would say

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Speaker 1: is the most Braves. The other than not a Chris

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Speaker 1: pass is not available. It's zach Lettel is my name.

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Speaker 1: Now there's I don't think anybody's reported on zackle Tell

479
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Speaker 1: the Braves, so I'm not saying that's gonna happen by

480
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Speaker 1: any means. But he had a two year, twenty four

481
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Speaker 1: million dollars projection in free agency at MLBTR this winter.

482
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Speaker 1: Fangrafts similarly two for twenty, ESPN two for eighteen, So

483
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Speaker 1: like he was projected to get a eight figure per

484
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Speaker 1: year contract. Will he Now, I don't think so. It's

485
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Speaker 1: late in the process. But I mean, if you thought

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Speaker 1: Chris Bassett was boring, zacchlett Tell is even more boring

487
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Speaker 1: than Chris Bassett. Yeah, he's younger than Chris Bassett. Other

488
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Speaker 1: than that, though, h he eats innings. He's twenty fourth

489
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Speaker 1: innings the last two years combined in all of baseball.

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Speaker 1: That's notable era and like the three point seven range

491
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Speaker 1: is fifth worse than that. I don't think he's like awesome,

492
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Speaker 1: but he's a decent major weak starter, doesn't walk anybody.

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Speaker 1: He is not the playoff caliber if you were, if

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Speaker 1: you were banking on the whole playoff starter thing, that's

495
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Speaker 1: not really Zach Lytel. I think Chris Bassett has higher

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Speaker 1: upside than Zack Letel. And I'll say this, I found

497
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Speaker 1: this funny. I looked it up. Bean Grafts wore the

498
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Speaker 1: last two seasons combined. Among starting pitchers in the league,

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Speaker 1: Zack Lettel is sixtieth. Now that's not doesn't sound great, right.

500
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Speaker 1: It's a thirty team league. So if you're the sixtieth

501
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Speaker 1: most valuable starter in the last two seasons, that's a

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Speaker 1: pretty good player. Ironically, Zach Gallon is fifty eighth, and

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Speaker 1: Zach Gallon's price tag is seemingly a lot higher than

504
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Speaker 1: zackle Tell's. Now great it fair use here. Zach Gallen's

505
00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,679
Speaker 1: upside is a lot higher than zackle Tell. But beggars

506
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 1: can't be choosers. Now, if you're the braves, like I

507
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Speaker 1: was not banging the tailor for Zachlettel a month ago

508
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Speaker 1: in the way that I was with Chris Bassett. But

509
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Speaker 1: now it's like, hey, the bar is lower, the bar

510
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Speaker 1: is are you basically the bar is are you better

511
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Speaker 1: and safer and more projectable than Bryce Elder? And yeah,

512
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Speaker 1: and zacklytel Is. So I'm not telling you that's I

513
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Speaker 1: promise you. I understand that it's not. But now you're

514
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Speaker 1: in the little bit, you're in more. We thought the

515
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 1: Braves should have been urgent already. Now they're borderline desperate

516
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Speaker 1: in my opinion. Yeah, I know that's something that Steven

517
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Speaker 1: and people were not like surprised. People were kind of

518
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Speaker 1: championing Steven and Shawn's fire on the show on Tuesday.

519
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Speaker 1: I was not in my head. I don't know about you.

520
00:26:19,320 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 1: Like I'm kind of there with them. I'm not generally

521
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,280
Speaker 1: get a yell and scream about this stuff, but they

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Speaker 1: got they gotta do something, man like I think exactly.

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Speaker 1: Tell Okay, here's a question for you. Would you rather

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Speaker 1: have them sign Giolito or Lttel?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 1: Boy, I know, yes, Giolito just because for me, his

527
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Speaker 1: ceiling is higher. Yeah, and Littel's flora is higher, I

528
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Speaker 1: think based on what we've seen recently, because Giulido, like

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Speaker 1: it's been bad at times like actually bad, and Lettel

530
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Speaker 1: has kind of not been. But of course it comes

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Speaker 1: down to price, tag in years and all those things.

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Speaker 1: But I think I have to think that everyone available,

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Speaker 1: with a potential exception of Gallon, a one year deal

534
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Speaker 1: is gonna be enough. I think it's February twelve, like,

535
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,960
Speaker 1: what are you waiting on? So to answer the question, Ian,

536
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Speaker 1: that's my guy. I don't know if Scott is somebody else,

537
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Speaker 1: but that was the guy that I circled as a hey,

538
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Speaker 1: just to get somebody else in the building that could

539
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Speaker 1: throw some ndings. I you know, you could tell my

540
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Speaker 1: exiple levels off the charts. But I think he's the

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Speaker 1: reason he's a big league starter. That's what I would say.

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Speaker 2: My big takeaway here is we should have never gotten

543
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Speaker 2: to this point.

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Speaker 1: I agree we.

545
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Speaker 2: Should have never gotten here, Brad, We should have never

546
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Speaker 2: had to. We knew it was a ninety eight percent

547
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Speaker 2: certainty that at some point one of the Braves, if

548
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Speaker 2: not two of the Braves starting pitchers were going to

549
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Speaker 2: get hurt. Schwellenbach is hurt. Chris Sale has the longest

550
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Speaker 2: list of injuries I have quite literally ever seen a

551
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Speaker 2: pitcher have been watching baseball for twenty five years. I

552
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Speaker 2: don't know if I've ever known a pitcher who is

553
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Speaker 2: stuck around as long as Sale has to have as

554
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Speaker 2: many injuries that Sale has. Streider jack Lyn hide season

555
00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 2: last year. Hopefully he's gonna be better. You know, Holmes

556
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 2: missed half of last year. Holmes is currently rehabbing an

557
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Speaker 2: injury that often has surgery. Like he could be hurt

558
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 2: right now. He says he's not, but he could be.

559
00:28:18,880 --> 00:28:24,280
Speaker 2: Lopez missed last season. Like it's so funny. It all

560
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:24,960
Speaker 2: comes down.

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Speaker 1: To this, like Bryce Elder is the healthiest starter the

562
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Speaker 1: brave stuff. Yeah yeah, all right, Scott, Well that's an

563
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Speaker 1: up with the segment of podcasting. But no, like, uh,

564
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Speaker 1: sign somebody, trade for somebody? You got time, Zach will

565
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Speaker 1: tell Lucas Gilido if Zach Gallan wants to take I

566
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Speaker 1: don't even know what the deal would be. Well, then's

567
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Speaker 1: the thing.

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Speaker 2: I don't even know if there is a deal for Gallon,

569
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Speaker 2: like unless he wants to sign like a three year

570
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Speaker 2: deal for no money, I'm not giving.

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Speaker 1: Right. I'm very, very very confident he can get a similar,

572
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Speaker 1: like one year deal from somebody. Maybe it's not Arizona,

573
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: but the Braves have. I think the Brits are not

574
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Speaker 1: gonna give up their the draft pick that they would

575
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Speaker 1: cost to do that.

576
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 2: A team that would lose pick, you know, fifty four

577
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Speaker 2: in the draft and not twenty six that matters.

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Speaker 1: And you know, maybe the Braves are urgent enough where

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Speaker 1: they don't care. Maybe maybe there is a cost benefit

580
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Speaker 1: analysis that says, hey, if the price is low enough,

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Speaker 1: we'll just do it and give up a pick. Like

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Speaker 1: I don't, I don't know what that price is. Maybe, Okay,

583
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Speaker 1: if it's like one year and ten million and gallons

584
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Speaker 1: like craft I screwed up, would you do it? I

585
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 1: think I'm minding, but it won't happen. What's you know,

586
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Speaker 1: what's ten million dollars between friends, bro, between frid I

587
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Speaker 1: know you're gonna knew you're gonna say that. Yeah, No,

588
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Speaker 1: we'll see I all right, Alex, you're on the clock.

589
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Speaker 1: It's what we'll all say at this point in time.

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Speaker 1: All right, Scott. In a second, let's discuss Jo Jimenez

591
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Speaker 1: and a couple of smaller but hey, positive ish things

592
00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: coming out of CA after a war from our partners. Okay, Scott.

593
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Speaker 1: The other dismal news for you out of here is

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Speaker 1: Joejanmenaz I will say it's not surprising if you follow

595
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:15,400
Speaker 1: the Joejanmennez saga that he's going on sixty sixty the il.

596
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Speaker 1: That was kind of my assumption anyway, based on the

597
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Speaker 1: comments that were happening from Alex this winter. He missed

598
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: all last year. The knee is clearly screwed up beyond belief.

599
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Speaker 1: Like if you recall when he had the surgery on

600
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Speaker 1: the knee a year plus ago, the braves were like

601
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Speaker 1: shocked how bad it was. Basically the doctor was like,

602
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Speaker 1: oh crap, this is not what we thought it was

603
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Speaker 1: going to be. It's really bad. And then he had

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Speaker 1: a second procedure over the winter that kind of leaked

605
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Speaker 1: out slowly. It wasn't like announced, It kind of just

606
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Speaker 1: came out. I think it was like November December or whatever.

607
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Speaker 1: It was so on the surface not exactly surprising, but well,

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Speaker 1: Weiss mentioned, I think, yeah, you have it. Here in

609
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Speaker 1: the notes, he used the term quote very complex injury

610
00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: with Joejomenes and would not commit to Jimenez being available

611
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Speaker 1: drum roll please this season.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: He didn't say he wouldn't be, but he wouldn't say

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Speaker 1: that he would be uh. I think Joe Amenz when

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00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 1: he has been healthy, has been quite good. Unfortunately, that

616
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Speaker 1: seems like it may not matter at all because that's

617
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Speaker 1: a big man with a bad knee, and if he's

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00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: back in July, like he could help them. But I mean,

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Speaker 1: you have a small en black at least there's a

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Speaker 1: kind of a timestable that they put out there, not

621
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Speaker 1: really but at this soft one. The fact that they

622
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Speaker 1: wouldn't say he's going to pitch the season is kind

623
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Speaker 1: of like, man, his knees got to be just blown

624
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Speaker 1: to smithing. I feel bad. Oh yeah, and he's got

625
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: Fortunately for him and as he got he got paid,

626
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 1: which is not great for the brands. They're having to

627
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 1: pay him an eight figure contract this year. But like, man,

628
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Speaker 1: it might be over for joemanas like it's if the

629
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Speaker 1: needs is that bad, that's that's tough.

630
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Speaker 2: It really sucks because Jmenez was so good in twenty

631
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Speaker 2: four and his teammates talked about him and how he

632
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,040
Speaker 2: just was gutting through the pain and not just pitching

633
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,959
Speaker 2: on it, but you know, getting I think Matt Olsen

634
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 2: was on an interview and said that Joe was having

635
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 2: trouble even like getting up off the team bus or

636
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 2: like climbing stairs at hotels and stuff like that. We're

637
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Speaker 2: like physically challenging for Jimenez and now it's going to

638
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 2: be at minimum a year and a half since he's

639
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Speaker 2: really pitched regularly.

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Speaker 1: Maybe more the fact.

641
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 2: That Walt Weiss flat out said it doesn't look good

642
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 2: and we don't know if we're going to have Joe

643
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:36,240
Speaker 2: Jmenez this year is not a ringing endorsement, to say

644
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 2: the least. It's just a bummer. And you're right, he's

645
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 2: a big man. He actually slimmed down a little bit,

646
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 2: but I mean he was like six' SIX i think

647
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 2: two seventy when he was last throwing the, ball and

648
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 2: that was that was the. Listing it might have, been

649
00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 2: that might have been. Low, right that's a big. Man

650
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 2: he's a big, man and it's his left. Knee so

651
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 2: it's the knee that he lands on that he puts

652
00:32:57,240 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 2: all that weight and torque on every time he throws the.

653
00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 2: Wall so no matter what he could, BE i, mean you,

654
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,520
Speaker 2: know he could be five foot eight and one hundred

655
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 2: and fifty, pounds it's still a lot of torque to

656
00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 2: put on that. Knee if you kind of read through,

657
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 2: it maybe someone who watches or listens to the show

658
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 2: as a doctor or. Something but it seems Like joe

659
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 2: doesn't really have cartilage in that, knee or has very

660
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 2: little cartilage left in his, knee which it's almost like

661
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 2: bone on, bone WHICH i can only imagine what that

662
00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 2: must feel. Like oh my, GOSH i, mean just it's.

663
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 2: Brutal i'll never forget that the day that he had the.

664
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 2: Surgery we have the, surgery but it was like he

665
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 2: came out and you don't usually ninety eight percent of

666
00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 2: the time you will hear from a team successful surgery

667
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 2: exactly what we thought it was going to, be timeline,

668
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 2: whatever and the brains were like not saying. That it was, like,

669
00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,479
Speaker 2: oh they went, in opened his knee up and it

670
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 2: was worse than they, thought was essentially what they.

671
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 1: Said and that, NEVER i, mean it almost never. Happens and,

672
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: yeah you're talking about in a year and a. Half

673
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 1: AND i mispoke asaying and, go by the, way it's

674
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: not eight, figures it's nine, million so it's almost eight,

675
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 1: figures but nine million dollars this?

676
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,920
Speaker 2: Year what's nine million dollars between? Friends you know WHAT i?

677
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:05,800
Speaker 1: MEAN i, Mean and That unfortunately it's dead. MONEY i

678
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 1: mean with we thought about it a lot this, winter

679
00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,239
Speaker 1: like if the brands could probably if they wanted to be,

680
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,000
Speaker 1: proactive get off Of Aaron bummer with a little bit of.

681
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 1: Help you, know he makes too much money for what he,

682
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,759
Speaker 1: is all that, Stuff amen is like you can't like

683
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: no one was going to trade for. Him he that's

684
00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: you know that the money is. Spent he might not

685
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: be able to pitch so dead money, unfortunately and uh

686
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,200
Speaker 1: look MAYBE i hope for his sake Even brace, two

687
00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:33,760
Speaker 1: but for his sake that he can get it figured.

688
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,520
Speaker 1: Out maybe he has a slow ramp up and he's

689
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:40,880
Speaker 1: back In July august even like, Cool but right now

690
00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: we mentioned kind of almost planning For swelling to be

691
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,640
Speaker 1: out for a long. Time i'm really planning for a

692
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 1: minute to be out for a long, Time Like i'll

693
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 1: be pleasantly surprised if he's. Not but If I'm, alex

694
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 1: LIKE i can't think he's part of the team in

695
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,759
Speaker 1: twenty six as a, plan like you're it's a, hope

696
00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 1: not a.

697
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:00,600
Speaker 2: Plan, yeah oh, Yeah and we are hoping for the

698
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 2: best With menez, again, sincerely hope that you know he's

699
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 2: going to be able to come, back but his it

700
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 2: doesn't feel like hyperbole to say that his career is

701
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 2: very much on the fritz right now because of that.

702
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 2: Knee that is JUST i, mean it's a. MESS i

703
00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:17,280
Speaker 2: mean you'd almost rather he just like tour HIS acl

704
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 2: a year and a half, ago because you, know he

705
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 2: get surgery and.

706
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:21,279
Speaker 1: Yeah that's way.

707
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 2: BETTER i, mean football players come back from torn acls

708
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 2: in like seven months. Now it's it's unbelievable what modern

709
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 2: medicine has. Done and when you've had two procedures on

710
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 2: a knee with no end in, SIGHT i, mean.

711
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: Man it's almost it's almost analogous to when people like

712
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 1: us say, that like you'd rather have an elbow injury

713
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,839
Speaker 1: than a shoulder injury on a, Picture, yeah because like,

714
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: elbow you it sucks when you blow your elbow, out

715
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,480
Speaker 1: but like you're back in a year and a half with.

716
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,200
Speaker 1: Shoulders you could not to evoke this. Name you could

717
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,440
Speaker 1: be called right and you're just, cooked you know WHAT i,

718
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:00,600
Speaker 1: Mean like it's just a it's An, look there's there's

719
00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 1: some resk of that with the elbow. Two but like

720
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 1: it seems like him is his knee injury is not

721
00:36:04,200 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: straight ahead it's not a fix it and near back

722
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,440
Speaker 1: in a year situation like it would be so hopefully

723
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 1: for the best for, him but uh it might be

724
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: a little. While last thing before we get out of.

725
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 1: Here two positive NUGGETS.

726
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 2: I was gonna, say we. FINALLY i feel terrible because

727
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 2: for the first thirty minutes for a, show that's what it's.

728
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: BEEN i, mean we're not gonna we don't just do

729
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 1: rainbows for rainbow's, Sake like when this is the tone

730
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,359
Speaker 1: of SPRING i, MEAN i know that there's the Whole

731
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: Hope springs eternal aspect of spring. Training there's a lot

732
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: of local media down there right. Now that's not like

733
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 1: always around the braves. LOCAL i, mean you don't fault

734
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: people THAT i know that you don't Know scott because

735
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 1: you don't live, here are down there a lot of

736
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 1: like LOCAL tv folks and like all that stuff's very

737
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: Like engineer to be. Positive it's, like, hey, guys, look

738
00:36:49,120 --> 00:36:51,760
Speaker 1: it's it's warm down here and the brainers are playing baseball.

739
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 1: Game but the baseball stuff has been pretty grim the

740
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,959
Speaker 1: last couple of. Days with that, Said i'm all About

741
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: RONALD acunyavp content always like show me all The RONNIE bp.

742
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: Content he was asked Today thursday if he's one hundred

743
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,680
Speaker 1: percent coming into spring, training and he, said AND i, quote,

744
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,840
Speaker 1: NO i feel two hundred. Percent first of, ALL i

745
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: love that. Comment second of, all it is a reminder

746
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: That ronnie actually had a healthy, offseason and that means

747
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: he can be in. Shape he can be feeling good

748
00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 1: and not, recovering not having just having one of the

749
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:33,360
Speaker 1: best five players in the world when he's right be.

750
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: Healthy On february, twelfth it's nice they could really use

751
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 1: roll With kunya at his best. Form and also he

752
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 1: was on the field for The Super. Bowl he's had

753
00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:42,359
Speaker 1: a great. Week ron is having.

754
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 2: Fun, yeah just another day in the life Of Ronald Acunya.

755
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 2: Junior And ronald looks. GREAT i MEAN i follow the

756
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 2: guy On. Instagram he was doing like heavy duty workouts

757
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 2: back In. November did you see The did you see

758
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:58,759
Speaker 2: the thing today where he had to Face sale in

759
00:37:58,800 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 2: his first LIVE?

760
00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:02,759
Speaker 1: Vp did you see? This, yeah he was like first

761
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 1: LIVE vp and you give me this guy like he

762
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 1: was being funny about. It But sale made him look

763
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: bad on a pitch like they actually was captured on.

764
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,719
Speaker 1: VIDEO i Watched sales make it look. Bad but it

765
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:12,799
Speaker 1: was like he's feeling. You it's. All he's feeling. Good

766
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: he's feeling loose and like he likes playing. Baseball we've

767
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: sung that up forever About. Ronnie he just loves playing the,

768
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 1: game and that's. Evident but if you're looking for some

769
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,040
Speaker 1: excitement in life right, now around around the braves rocket

770
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 1: oars Rout ronald Kun And junior being healthy because that's

771
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:27,680
Speaker 1: that's a good, sign and.

772
00:38:27,719 --> 00:38:29,719
Speaker 2: Say a prayer that he's going to be healthy this.

773
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,520
Speaker 2: SEASON i forget which, one but one of the sports

774
00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:36,560
Speaker 2: books revealed what players have received the most bets in

775
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,880
Speaker 2: various award, markets and they said That akunya for NATIONALLY G,

776
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 2: mvp which is like plus eleven, hundred has been the

777
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 2: most Bet National LEAGUE mvp player this, winter this, offseason this,

778
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 2: spring whatever you want to call. It so it's really

779
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,719
Speaker 2: exciting When Ronald Acunya junior is healthy and firing on

780
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 2: a baseball. FIELD i don't know if there's a more,

781
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:05,240
Speaker 2: fun more dynamic talent on the earth and FINGER i, mean, goodness,

782
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 2: gracious if anyone deserves a healthy one hundred and sixty

783
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 2: two game, season it's A kunya that poor kid has

784
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 2: dealt with so much early in his. Career let's get him.

785
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 2: Healthy looks, Great let's get him through spring and then,

786
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 2: LET'S i, mean let's do ANOTHER mvp type of season if,

787
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 2: you if you want The braves to get back To

788
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,759
Speaker 2: october and make a deep. Run it almost kind of

789
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,520
Speaker 2: feels Like akunya has to have AN mvp type of

790
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 2: year if The braves are gonna hit their ceiling and

791
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:35,840
Speaker 2: do something. Special, look this Up otani is minus money

792
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 2: on THE Evp parker right, now and that's a good

793
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 2: if you took him, away, THOUGH i THINK i. MIGHT

794
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 2: i THINK i might tell You ronnie's the favorite favorite

795
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:49,719
Speaker 2: in the non o'tani. Universe but we'll see last thing

796
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:51,479
Speaker 2: if we get out of. Here Austin, riley you actually,

797
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 2: Saw i'll what you delivered.

798
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: This Austin riley at least gave some relatively encouraging stuff

799
00:39:56,400 --> 00:40:00,600
Speaker 1: about fixing himself up after some, slumpage talks about lay

800
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: a lot of ready this, winter about like how he's

801
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 1: not quite actually been Very, no he's he's been five

802
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: not not been great the last couple of. Years what

803
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 1: did you what does your see that run That austin pass? Along,

804
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:11,680
Speaker 1: well first.

805
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,640
Speaker 2: Of, All austin has a great head of hair going right.

806
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:18,280
Speaker 1: Now oh, yeah he he let it go in an interesting.

807
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 1: Way uh, yeah, winter so go find, That go find

808
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 1: that pictures or. VIDEO i saw that today for the first.

809
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,279
Speaker 1: TIME i was, like Whoa. Austin, yeah let it. Go

810
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,200
Speaker 1: he's let it grow. Out it looks good on.

811
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:30,359
Speaker 2: Him so. Yeah so whatever it, Takes, austin let's get

812
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:31,919
Speaker 2: you back to swing in the bat how you need

813
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,439
Speaker 2: to and whether it's the hair Or riley talked about

814
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 2: this offseason that he worked With Tim hyers to really

815
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 2: kind of evaluate and study tape on When austin was

816
00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 2: having his best seasons and comparing that to what he

817
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,320
Speaker 2: was doing last. Year he said that his hip was

818
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 2: kind of the problem and where he was like sliding

819
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 2: his hip through when he was, swinging and he said

820
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 2: he's made that. Adjustment AND i feel like most players

821
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 2: say in the spring that they're feeling great and they you,

822
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 2: know made a estments and they're ready to. Go of,

823
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 2: course the proof will be in the. Pudding but good

824
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 2: news From, riley it sounds like he took this offseason

825
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 2: very seriously realized that this last year was not what

826
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,800
Speaker 2: The braves needed from. Him, offensively and let's Get austin

827
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 2: back to be in just the menace in the middle

828
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 2: of this. Order thirty plus, homers one hundred runs driven.

829
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 2: IN i, mean he's if he's been third or, fourth

830
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 2: he's going to have a million opportunities to drive in.

831
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,760
Speaker 2: Runners and let's Help austin gets back to being. Himself,

832
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,400
Speaker 2: yeah and you know there's some pressure on.

833
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: Him there really, Is like it would be helpful for The,

834
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 1: braves but For austin's, Career like he's not the point

835
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 1: where it's like do or. Not i'm not saying, that

836
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,040
Speaker 1: but you, know what kind of player are you going to?

837
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: Be are you gonna be pretty good or are you

838
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,319
Speaker 1: going to be a? Star and he was a star

839
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: for a couple of years and that's a couple of

840
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 1: years away, now so a little bit of heat on.

841
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:55,360
Speaker 1: Him and, look The braves might have to go twenty

842
00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,840
Speaker 1: twenty three mash this season given the way the pitching

843
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,080
Speaker 1: repetition is currently. Looking and they probably can't do that

844
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,600
Speaker 1: again because that's the best offense literally of all, time

845
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 1: so you can't project. That but they might have to

846
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 1: be an offense first team folks like that's not out

847
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 1: the role, possibility so that that would require guys Like

848
00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:17,360
Speaker 1: ronnie and guys Like Austin mashing and they're. Capable we

849
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,840
Speaker 1: know That Matt olsen's. Capable profar down the, list but

850
00:42:20,920 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 1: they are going to need some some juice in the,

851
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,560
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Speaker 1: keep an eye on, that and if there's anything big from,

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Speaker 1: that we'll talk about it on our next. Episode but

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Speaker 2: just it's so much more enjoyable to do.

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Speaker 1: more now THAN i would have a week. Ago so,

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Speaker 1: anyway thank You scott for being. Here Fall scott On,

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Speaker 1: Far, brad you're a man about Town. Scott if you

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Speaker 1: KNOW i know you have someone in your life who's

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