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Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. The season is not over, and it's

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Speaker 1: going to be a fun season. You know why, because

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Speaker 1: every season is a fun season. Welcome everyone to the

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Speaker 1: Monday edition of the Fair Territory. We've got a lot

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Speaker 1: but first I want to talk about the team itself,

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Speaker 1: because what the Dodgers have done this offseason, well, not

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Speaker 1: they've done some pretty impressive things. To say the least

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Speaker 1: six of the athletics top forty free agents according to

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Speaker 1: their Big Board are now Los Angeles Dodgers. Blake Snell

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Speaker 1: they are trying to be the first back to back

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Speaker 1: let's start with their rotation. And of course, keep in

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Speaker 1: So it's a powerhouse rotation, there's no doubt about that.

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Speaker 1: So there's no guarantees in this sport. There's no guarantee

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Speaker 1: payroll and stinking now leads to lower payroll and a

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Speaker 1: quicker rebuild. This is a great question, and Steve Adams

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Speaker 1: take on additional prospects. Get them that way, you're effectively

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Speaker 1: Marlins like the eighth are in a position where they're

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Speaker 1: going to have to justify their revenue sharing Hall by

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Speaker 1: not near that level right now, so taking on bad

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Speaker 1: a strategy that would work for them. From that perspective

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Speaker 1: as well, I do not understand why the Marlins are

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Speaker 1: in a very dramatic way for them. All right, let's

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Speaker 1: oh boy, d Backs fan two twenty three at Corbin

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Speaker 1: over Goldie. All Right, the question the person asked this

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Speaker 1: Dbacks fan asked, it's what's the point? And I guess

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Speaker 1: even trying? Now that the Dodgers have assembled this super team. Well,

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Speaker 1: Corbyn over Goldie, let me suggest to you that your

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Speaker 1: and the Diamondbacks last year had the best offense in

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Speaker 1: their rotation Corbyn Burns, Zach Gallen, Merrill, Kelly, Edward Rodriguez,

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Speaker 1: Brandon Fought, Ryan Nelson, and right now Jordan Montgomery, but

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Speaker 1: he likely will be traded or perhaps one of the

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Speaker 1: other ones will. The rotation is really good and if

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Speaker 1: you have a Corbyn Burns and Zach Gallen, is capable

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Speaker 1: either five or seven games. So again, ladies and gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: this season is not over. It is upon us, or

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Speaker 1: going to be a fun season. You know why, because

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Speaker 1: every season is a fun season. And if the Dodgers

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Speaker 1: off and that team's respective fan base. Want to thank

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Speaker 1: everyone for their questions, want to thank everyone for watching,

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