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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Kyles forber and welcome to the Philly Show.

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Speaker 2: A rubin tomorrow, Junior, Jim Salisbury, Todd's a lucky It's

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Speaker 2: the Philly Show. It's Monday, January fifth, twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: Have you guys recover? I know you guys hit it

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Speaker 2: hard on New Year's Eve, hard hard, so hard.

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Speaker 3: I hit the mattress hard at nine p fifteen, two

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Speaker 3: o'clock fireworks.

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Speaker 4: You did.

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Speaker 2: Good for you, Good for you, six.

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Speaker 4: Pm, just like the kids do.

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Speaker 1: That's right.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I hope everybody's doing well. It is Monday, Like I

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Speaker 2: said January fifth, everybody's you know, winter break is over,

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Speaker 2: the holiday break is over. We're getting back into Phillies baseball.

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Speaker 2: We did do a few shows before the break or

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Speaker 2: during the break. We had back to back episodes with

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Speaker 2: Jimmy Rollins uh and then the other day on New

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Speaker 2: Year's Day, we answer a lot of your questions about

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty six season. Well, today we're going to

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Speaker 2: look ahead and do some predictions, some thoughts, and let's

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Speaker 2: get going right away. Let's go with the top. What

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Speaker 2: is your top storyline?

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Speaker 1: Guys?

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Speaker 2: On January fifth, twenty twenty six, on the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if anybody wants to jump, I could start.

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Speaker 2: What do you want to do? I'll start.

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Speaker 5: Jo does not resign with the Phillies, and the Phillies

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Speaker 5: go with Marshawn, Krantini and Stubbs.

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Speaker 4: Wow. Wow, what's your top storyline? That is?

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Speaker 2: That is a big storyline. That is a big story

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Speaker 2: There's only.

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Speaker 3: One storyline, guys, there's only one storyline. What's this with

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Speaker 3: this roster and the pedigrees on this roster, the age

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Speaker 3: of the roster, the mammoth payroll, the expectation, the disappointment

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Speaker 3: in the last three October. There's only one storyline. Can

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Speaker 3: they win the World Series? Do they win the World Series?

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Speaker 3: How will October shakeout? That's the only storyline?

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Speaker 1: Like it? I like it, Jim, you know what you know?

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Speaker 4: It's funny. I went back.

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Speaker 2: I went back and I watched last year's twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: five predictions, and Jim, you went macro you said the

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Speaker 2: same thing last year. You said, there's only one storyline.

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Speaker 2: Will the Phillies win the World Series? That's all this

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Speaker 1: Rubin is not consistent.

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Speaker 3: But I also I also love I love storylines and

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Speaker 3: story there are a million storylines under that, but that's

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Speaker 3: the one that matters my friends.

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Speaker 2: Right right. So my storyline is is actually should be

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Speaker 2: resolved probably the next six seven weeks or so before

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Speaker 4: You know?

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Speaker 2: Where does it go? For me? That kind of dovetails

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Speaker 2: riam Muto back or not? We said a couple of

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Speaker 2: weeks ago they were at a stalemate, Jim, you said

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Speaker 2: it was a game of as JT is. JT is

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Speaker 2: I think he doesn't want to take too massive of

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Speaker 2: remains unsigned. So if JT re signs, what does that

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Speaker 2: If JT does not re sign, what does that mean

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Speaker 2: for the roster and the rest of the off season. Now,

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Speaker 2: Our buddy John Hayman on Saturday sent out a tweet

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Speaker 2: saying the Phillies are one of the big market teams

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Speaker 2: interested in Boba Schett. What the hell does that mean?

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Speaker 3: Though, haven't we been Haven't we been talking about boba

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Speaker 1: It's not new news.

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Speaker 5: People are throwing it out there on x and Twitter

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Speaker 4: I would love it. I would love it. What a fit.

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Speaker 3: But you'd have to subtract something in the infield, and

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Speaker 4: But I would love it if it would happen. And

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Speaker 3: Serious interested bystanders in that drama that market, and have

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Speaker 5: And there's some people opining about the fact that they

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Speaker 1: I've seen some of that out there on social work.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that that's the move.

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Speaker 1: He's not gonna play short. Turner's playing short.

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Speaker 4: But who knows what might happen.

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Speaker 5: I think that they'd be comfortable with moving guys around.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that he's ever played third I don't

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Speaker 3: early in twenty twenty two. Yeah, I mean, Dickerson loves

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Speaker 6: Remember we had him on in the summertime. He called

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Speaker 1: He can probably play any of those positions.

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Speaker 3: And I think he could go over there and you'd

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Speaker 6: And you're probably you're probably saying goodbye to JT.

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Speaker 4: Because they're you know.

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Speaker 3: This week they have a fifty six fifty seven million

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Speaker 4: Over the fourth spot again. They're pinched so.

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Speaker 2: And and you know, obviously things can change. Maybe John

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Speaker 2: But again, going back to last month when the Phillies

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Speaker 2: So to Jim's point, the only path that I see again,

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Speaker 2: go for it, Dave, the hell with it. I'll pay

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Speaker 2: a ninety million dollar penalty tax next year, is you

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Speaker 2: let JT go, You go cheap on the catching spot

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Speaker 2: and then you trade Bam who's gonna make around ten

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Speaker 5: There though a lot of movie why not just get

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Speaker 1: For that one year pillow contract.

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Speaker 4: Let's go out. I mean, if we're gonna go, let's go.

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Speaker 1: It's not my money, my.

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Speaker 2: Glue, exact, you're gonna go go, exactly right. So I

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Speaker 2: the Phillies are interested in Boba Shet. But guess what,

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Speaker 2: they're all so interested in Alex Pragman. They would love

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Speaker 2: Alex Pragman. Oh, Rubin, You're right, they would love to

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Speaker 2: have Ranger Suarez back. They're still interested.

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Speaker 5: There is things we all want, a lot of things.

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Speaker 4: I want eight billion dollars exactly right.

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Speaker 2: But I would lower expect I would. I would personally

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Speaker 2: lower expectations. That would be I would be very surprised

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Speaker 2: if we saw Bobachett in the Phillies lineup on opening day.

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Speaker 5: I'd be surprised and shocked, and I would probably pretty

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Speaker 4: But I don't think it's gonna happen.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it would be a lot of fun to have

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Speaker 2: Bobachett in the lineup. We all love him for a

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Speaker 2: lot of different reasons. Just an absolutely super talented player.

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Speaker 2: All right, So those are our top storylines going into

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Speaker 2: Ruben already said he is not is Uh you said

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Speaker 3: I think he's coming I think he just go giant.

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Speaker 3: I think he's coming back a three year deal. I'm

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Speaker 4: That, Jimmy, Jim.

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Speaker 3: You said that last week, So you, Jim, I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: I'm saying he's not gonna get resigned.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Toddy, I think he's coming back. I think Jat's

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Speaker 2: gonna come back. I think the Phillies won and back.

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Speaker 2: I don't think he wants to go anywhere else, and

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Speaker 2: I don't think he's gonna get the money that he

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Speaker 2: Let's just overpay it for him, and you know we'll

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Speaker 1: And you know, a.

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Speaker 2: Guy that the pitching staff loves so hear me wrong.

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Speaker 1: I want him back, right right right?

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Speaker 2: No, we know, we know I want.

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Speaker 1: The man back.

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Speaker 5: I just don't know that he's going to sign back.

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Speaker 5: I'm gonna gold bold and say no.

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Speaker 2: All right, okay, so here we go.

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Speaker 4: Let's real quick.

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Speaker 2: what are you guys most curious to see in twenty

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Speaker 2: was kind of fun to go back and watch. I

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Speaker 2: watched last year's episode. Rubin, you said you were most

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Speaker 2: curious to see if Alec Bom can bounce back from

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Speaker 2: the NLDS benching all the trade talks. Jim, you said

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Speaker 2: you were most curious to see Aiden Miller's development in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. And I was most curious to see

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Speaker 2: if Max Kepler could bounce back from a bunch of

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Speaker 2: Minnesota Twins. So that's what we said last year.

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Speaker 1: And basically nothing, none of those happened.

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Speaker 4: None he bom did Okay? Aiden Miller finished well?

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Speaker 1: And what was yours?

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Speaker 2: Todd again that Max Kepler didn't really do a whole

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Speaker 2: lot that that I was curious though, I was curious

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Speaker 4: We're curious, we were curious to see it.

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Speaker 2: Well, okay, guys, who's who wants to jump in here

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Speaker 2: with most curious? What are you most curious to see?

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Speaker 1: James?

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Speaker 3: Well, I actually have several of them, and one of

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Speaker 2: Bold prediction, bold prediction, bold prediction for me. You guys

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Speaker 2: I said Nick Povetta would make the NL All Star Team.

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Speaker 2: Do you want me to go? Yeah, I'll go. This

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Speaker 1: I love it bold.

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Speaker 4: Oh we got we got Jim. I gotta okay, So

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Speaker 3: I'm going to say that Boyd buoyed Boyd bye. They've

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Speaker 4: I'm not dealing with any more of this I'm.

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Speaker 6: Going back to Nashville elite non elite drama.

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Speaker 3: I'm going home with my as a three time World

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Speaker 3: Series champion, thank you very much.

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Speaker 6: So that's my, uh my bold prediction.

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Speaker 5: Be a sea of red come November two. There could

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Speaker 5: be a sea of red strolling down the broad Street.

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Speaker 1: Is that what you're saying?

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Speaker 2: I love it?

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Speaker 4: I mean, is that is that too bold? Or is that.

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Speaker 5: Why are you really questioning it?

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Speaker 1: White question?

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Speaker 2: I mean it's bold, it's bold, but I don't think

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Speaker 2: it's you know, yeah.

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Speaker 5: I think it's I think it's I don't think it's

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Speaker 5: not realistic, and I think it's bold.

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Speaker 4: Here's what I got.

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Speaker 1: Sus Bozardo is gonna win the Cy Young Award. I

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Speaker 1: love cy Jesus.

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Speaker 2: Jesus working his magic absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, what do you love the way he finished

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Speaker 1: the season?

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Speaker 5: He got all the bs straightened out, His stuff's electric,

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Speaker 5: he's confident, he's pitching for a contract.

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Speaker 4: He going to go.

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Speaker 6: Nuts salary drive. I could see that. That's a good one.

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Speaker 2: That is a great one.

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Speaker 3: And on top of my prediction about you know, my

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Speaker 3: bold prediction about winning the World Series and Ryan Kirkland

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Speaker 3: getting to save in the NLCS Don Mattingly is going

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Speaker 3: to get his first World Series.

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Speaker 4: As the bench coach.

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Speaker 6: As the bench coach.

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Speaker 2: That's right. I would think that that announcement again, very

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Speaker 2: very soon, I would think, I think that's got to

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Speaker 2: be coming real soon.

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Speaker 4: I agree.

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Speaker 3: I think Lozardo he I think that's a great storyline.

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Speaker 3: I think he could kick ass and take names.

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Speaker 1: I hope, I hope he does.

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Speaker 5: Great kid, wonderful kid, really underrated trade that.

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Speaker 1: Dobrawski made last year.

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Speaker 5: Nebraska doesn't get a lot of praise for some of

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Speaker 5: the moves he's made, but that was a really good one.

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Speaker 1: Uh. Clearly they go nowhere without.

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Speaker 5: Him, especially with the way, and they'd be in trouble

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Speaker 5: right now without him, especially with the way, what's happened.

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Speaker 1: With Wheeler and what's happened, what happened with Nola last year.

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Speaker 1: Boy did they need his ass.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah.

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Speaker 3: So if you take out those two starts he had

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Speaker 3: where he gave up twenty ernies, twenty ernies five and

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Speaker 3: two thirds innings, if you take those and he's still

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Speaker 3: finished sub four era. If you take out those two starts,

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Speaker 3: he finishes with a three point oh three ERA and

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Speaker 3: like thirty starts pretty good season?

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Speaker 1: Thank you?

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Speaker 4: Pretty good? Really? How about I stop five side young?

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Speaker 3: For me, it was just this aberration, you know where

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Speaker 3: he was tipping, he was he was just and he

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Speaker 3: should have been out of that one game a lot earlier.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they left him in there too long.

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Speaker 2: So the Phillies as of recently have not talked to

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Speaker 2: Jesus WIZARDA about a contract extension. But if you are

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Speaker 2: Dave Dombrowski, do you start those conversations in spring training?

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Speaker 2: You know? Is that a is that a like a

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Speaker 2: A no doubt or you one hundred percent start those

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Speaker 2: conversations in spring training. Again, they have not as of

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Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago, had any conversation. They have

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Speaker 2: a lot of other stuff going on. It's not like

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Speaker 2: they're not interested.

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Speaker 5: But the question was I would say yes, unless they

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Speaker 5: feel that at some.

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Speaker 1: Point they're going to have to break this team down.

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Speaker 5: Unless they feel like they're breaking it down after twenty

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Speaker 5: twenty six and they're concerned about the age and what's

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Speaker 5: going to happen, I would say yes, they would start

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Speaker 5: the conversations, but I would say no if they feel

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Speaker 5: like they may be breaking it down and retooling or rebuilding.

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Speaker 2: Good point.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they definitely have at least an icebreaking

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Speaker 3: conversation of some sort.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I agree. Hey, I think you got at

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Speaker 2: least at least bring it up. Let him know that, Hey,

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Speaker 2: we love you, we love you, Jesus.

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Speaker 4: Athlete. It's going to start with a three.

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Speaker 5: The thirty million dollar mark is going to be uh,

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Speaker 5: you know, the AAV is going to be a thirty,

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Speaker 5: and you're gonna have to figure out whether you feel

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Speaker 5: comfortable enough going you know, four or five six years.

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Speaker 1: He's not a young he's not an old.

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Speaker 2: Man, right right. He's gonna get paid.

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Speaker 5: He's going to command, you know, a five six, seven

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Speaker 5: year deal in this day, in this marketplace, I think,

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Speaker 5: especially especially if he pitches makes thirty to thirty two starts.

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Speaker 2: He really showed me something. I mean just in the postseason.

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Speaker 2: He pitched great coming out of the Bullpenny pitched great

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Speaker 2: in Game four, right, I mean, he was just super competitive,

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Speaker 2: super competitive.

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Speaker 1: I love them.

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Speaker 4: I love everything about the man.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was fun to watch pitch. So all right, guys,

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Speaker 2: there we go a few storylines, fears, curiosities, and bold

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Speaker 2: predictions for twenty twenty six. We'll be back with another

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