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Speaker 2: Everyone knows on most teams you already know. Now there's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, cursed, most curse, I don't want to say cursed

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Speaker 3: Maybe that was to just get the Phillies to pay more,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and by the way, on Lopez, I mean, it

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Speaker 1: with Ken rosenthal Ft senior insider, Ken, what do you

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Speaker 1: think of this? News for the Braves. Losing Spencer Schwellenbach

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Speaker 5: Not at all, especially when the Braves already were looking

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Speaker 5: when you hear any picture getting hurt, is that there

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of tiers of pictures, tiers of how

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Speaker 5: It's not clear exactly what they are willing to spend. Eric.

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Speaker 2: Wow, so Ken, was it Verlander? Is it Sureser? I mean,

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Speaker 2: I know we can't speculate on this, but Hurston Waldrup

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Speaker 1: Does this?

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Speaker 2: How much? Does this? I guess hurt the Braves right

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Speaker 2: Everyone you know in our internet chats is the Marlins

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Speaker 2: how quickly? I mean, gosh, this is this is just

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Speaker 2: And we haven't even started spring training yet. Aja.

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Speaker 1: We reluctant to call it that.

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Speaker 5: And the only reason I say that is because he

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Speaker 1: To do even better.

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Speaker 5: So it's a tough division, and any injury is going

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Speaker 2: Ken, you said you won't play dude by the way,

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Speaker 2: You wouldn't even do that with the Colorado Rockies and

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Speaker 5: Was worth talking about teams that actually have changs.

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Speaker 2: Oh you just said no teams.

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Speaker 1: You're right, you're right.

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Speaker 5: You took me literally, and I appreciate you taking me literally,

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Speaker 5: The Colorado Rockies. I'll put the doom on them.

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Speaker 1: Wow, they want to springs trading. Such a glass app

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Speaker 1: full conversation, breaking news everyone. Justin Berlander back to the

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Speaker 1: Detroit Tigers. I knew it was happening before it was happening.

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Speaker 1: And the Tiger territory shirt today.

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Speaker 2: We were that. I know why you wore that shirt

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Speaker 2: About I love this signing, do you yeah? Listen? It

437
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Speaker 2: gives him another guy and he bitched really well in

438
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Speaker 2: the second half. Did And also, if this is Justin's

439
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Speaker 2: last year, he goes back to where it all started,

440
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Speaker 2: and if they have a nice year and make a

441
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Speaker 2: nice run and he does, okay, it doesn't do okay.

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Speaker 2: At least he went back to where it all started

443
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Speaker 2: and he could finish out. He knows Lakeland very well.

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Speaker 2: He knows the Tigers are trying after the from Brevaldez signing.

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Speaker 2: He knows from Brevaldez very well. He I mean schoolble Valdez, Flaherty, Verlander,

446
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Speaker 2: ries Olsen, whoever the other fifth guy is, I mean

447
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Speaker 2: the Casey myes. That's pretty good five, right, And then

448
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Speaker 2: how if they could just get some hits. We need

449
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Speaker 2: some hits. But h but other than that, I mean, listen,

450
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Speaker 2: the rotation is nice.

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Speaker 3: They added, They added Finnegan, they added Kenley Jansen as

452
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Speaker 3: AJ said, like they do it to score runs. But

453
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Speaker 3: Aj Hinch came on and he told us, look like

454
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Speaker 3: we scored runs last year.

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Speaker 2: We were not.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it didn't go well at the end, it didn't

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Speaker 3: go well. The end of the end of the season.

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Speaker 3: I mean you have a you have an extra you

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Speaker 3: have an extra uh extra inning game to end your season,

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Speaker 3: and you don't and you don't score any runs. Like, yeah,

461
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Speaker 3: it's gonna be the narrative. But maybe they believe in

462
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Speaker 3: the offense more than we believe in them. Maybe they

463
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Speaker 3: aren't afraid of the strikeouts like we're a little bit

464
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Speaker 3: afraid of it. But justin Verlander, I would say slots

465
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Speaker 3: in is the number five. And with the second half

466
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Speaker 3: that he had and the fact that he put together

467
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Speaker 3: a nice I think he's got below a four year

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Speaker 3: I think it was like a three eight three eight

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Speaker 3: five something like that. Like he's gonna give you some

470
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Speaker 3: nice innings. That's what that's what they're bringing him in for,

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Speaker 3: especially until Reese Olsen is one hundred percent. And it's

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Speaker 3: something that like you went, I was saying it before

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Speaker 3: we got cut off.

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Speaker 2: Is this all in?

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Speaker 3: Like, did they go and get the two best free agents?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 3: Did they see a need to add someone else to

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Speaker 3: their rotation? Yes, they added Framber, which I said before

479
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Speaker 3: makes them, in my opinion, the best one two punch

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Speaker 3: just because you could add me to it and the

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Speaker 3: one two punch of me and Scooble becomes one of

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Speaker 3: the best. Like obviously with Framber it is a massive upgrade.

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Speaker 2: And to me, this is a case.

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Speaker 3: This is a case where you sit there and you go,

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Speaker 3: would Verlander have signed there.

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Speaker 2: If it was just Scooble.

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Speaker 3: Maybe he saw that they've made the they've made the

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Speaker 3: they've made the post season in the last two years

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Speaker 3: with Scooble, and it feels like it can help him out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Verlander thirteen mil, you can so eleven of that's

491
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Speaker 1: deferred until twenty thirty.

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Speaker 2: He doesn't care. He's got plenty of of course, that's

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Speaker 2: my point.

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Speaker 1: It's all good. Why are only the Dodgers getting crap

495
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Speaker 1: for giving out deferrals where.

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Speaker 2: Most teams are doing it now. A lot of teams

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Speaker 2: do it now. Yeah, a lot of teams has been

498
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Speaker 2: doing it. A lot of advance paying Chris Davis still

499
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Speaker 2: like forever, a lot of Boni is still getting paid

500
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Speaker 2: from like thirty plus years ago. This has always been

501
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Speaker 2: a thing.

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Speaker 1: A lot of fans think, like that's one of the

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Speaker 1: big problems in the sport. I'm like, it's really.

504
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Speaker 2: Because he's making seventy but he's only making two.

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Speaker 1: Otani's ruining a lot of things because he's really good.

506
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Speaker 1: He's really marketable, so anyone that has him that knows

507
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Speaker 1: what they're doing, has a significant advantage.

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Speaker 2: Also, listen, what he did was smart, not only for

509
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Speaker 2: the team but also for him personally because of the tax.

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Speaker 1: Then, right, but he's not the only person to avoid

511
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Speaker 1: taxes by getting signing bonuses or tals.

512
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Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker just did it.

513
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Speaker 1: Half the league does that.

514
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Speaker 2: I tried it every time I'd signed a free agent contract.

515
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Speaker 2: I tried it all. I always wanted a signing bonus

516
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Speaker 2: because I live in Florida and I didn't have a

517
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Speaker 2: state tax. It would save me a lot of money.

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Speaker 2: Right well, I was always like, yeah, give me a

519
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Speaker 2: signing I'll pull you for the minimum during the year,

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Speaker 2: give me a signing bonus.

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Speaker 1: It's not avoiding anything either, It's just that's what every

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Speaker 1: but he does.

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Speaker 2: I know we're talking about Berlander and all that, But

524
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Speaker 2: did you see the thing on uh? I think Boomer

525
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Speaker 2: Sison did it. And I know we're past football baseball

526
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Speaker 2: season where Sam Darnold lost money playing in the Super Bowl.

527
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Speaker 2: That was a little bit better. It was a little bit,

528
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Speaker 2: but it was just interesting because of the way they

529
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Speaker 2: did it. Anyways, you have to watch it if you

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Speaker 2: haven't seen it. He made it. Players made one hundred

531
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Speaker 2: and seventy three thousand dollars, but he got tax like

532
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Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty thousand, so he ended up like

533
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Speaker 2: I mean, but it's it's he manipulated a little bit.

534
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Speaker 2: But it's just kind of like, whoa wait, funny. I

535
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Speaker 2: don't know if it's true or not, but there's a

536
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Speaker 2: couple of people that I've seen do it, but Boomer

537
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Speaker 2: Sizon was kind of the one that brook Anyways.

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Speaker 1: I would take the loss to win the super Bowl.

539
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Speaker 1: But it is funny.

540
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Speaker 2: It is Yeah, of course you take the loss to

541
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Speaker 2: win the super Bowl. But think it's just amazing that

542
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Speaker 2: that's even being brought up because when you were in

543
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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl, you're like, man, I made so much money. Anyways, Uh.

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Speaker 1: For Berlander, by the way, just going through some of

545
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Speaker 1: his profile from last year, felt like something clicked mechanically

546
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Speaker 1: in around July is when he talked about it, and

547
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Speaker 1: that does track with the numbers four nine ninety first

548
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Speaker 1: sixteen starts, two six zero era last thirteen starts and

549
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Speaker 1: he did this what about a month in the first

550
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Speaker 1: half with the strained right peck, but still gave the

551
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Speaker 1: team one hundred and fifty two innings. So there are

552
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Speaker 1: some signs that JV could have a very strong season

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Speaker 1: here all right, back to some segments. We're up and running,

554
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Speaker 1: and this is not one that we love to do,

555
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Speaker 1: but this is a normal segment during the season. We

556
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Speaker 1: don't have to do it much in the off season.

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Speaker 1: Spring training has begun. Unfortunately, we started our show with

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Speaker 1: the Spencer Schraenbach News and now we learn during the

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Speaker 1: last interview we had that Francisco Lindor might need hammetbone surgery.

560
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Speaker 1: Now you look and go, okay, recovery timetable six weeks.

561
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Speaker 1: If he ends up needing this, he could still be

562
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Speaker 1: ready for opening day. It could be tricky.

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Speaker 2: The hammer I had it, I had it. I don't

564
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Speaker 2: know if we can do my my zoom in I talked, okay, yeah,

565
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Speaker 2: he kind of. I have a scar right here. I

566
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Speaker 2: did mine at the end of the year. I also

567
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Speaker 2: saw David Ortiz have this happen to him, and he

568
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Speaker 2: he did not have surgery, and he tried to play

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Speaker 2: through it. He did lose his power because you don't

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Speaker 2: understand how bad this hurts. It's a little tiny handmate,

571
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Speaker 2: it's a little tiny hook. It's like it's like, I mean,

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Speaker 2: it's like this big right but it goes right here

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Speaker 2: in your hand and it holds all these ligams and

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Speaker 2: tendons in place, and you don't really need it. It's

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Speaker 2: just kind of there. And but when you break it off,

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Speaker 2: it hurts so bad. I remember I was My hand

577
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Speaker 2: was stuck. I couldn't move. I couldn't move these three fingers.

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Speaker 2: I was like, what am I like? The game I did?

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Speaker 2: It was in triple A. I did it off a

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Speaker 2: position player and I had to have the umpire throw

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Speaker 2: the ball back to the picture in the top of

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Speaker 2: the ninth inning, so he was I was like, here,

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Speaker 2: I can't throw, and so the umpire had to throw

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Speaker 2: the ball back to the picture of the entire inning.

585
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Speaker 2: And I've never felt anything like that. And then go

586
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Speaker 2: and get surgery. I was lucky mine was at the

587
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Speaker 2: end of the year. It cost me a September call up,

588
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Speaker 2: but whatever with that. But guys that rush back from this,

589
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Speaker 2: it bothers him for a long time. So if I'm

590
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Speaker 2: listening to Francisco, you got a long year I know

591
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Speaker 2: you want to be there on an opening day, but

592
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Speaker 2: make sure you're right, whatever hand it's in, make sure

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Speaker 2: you're right, because again, I saw David Ortiz come back

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Speaker 2: from this without having surgery, and it took him a

595
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Speaker 2: long time to be right because every swing it hurts

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Speaker 2: like it hurt hurts.

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Speaker 1: Here's the problem for the Mets. They missed the playoffs

598
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Speaker 1: barely last year. The team could look totally different this

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Speaker 1: year and it could be a much rosier season for them.

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Speaker 2: Yes, but a sixty percent Francisco Lindor is not going

601
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Speaker 2: to be as good as if you wait a week

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Speaker 2: and he's one hundred.

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Speaker 1: Percent totally agree. I'm just saying it sucks that one

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Speaker 1: of your superstars in this spot when you get to camp.

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Speaker 1: I mean, of course, he originally wanted to play in

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Speaker 1: the WBC. I don't know when this popped up. In particular,

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Speaker 1: he didn't get cleared insurance wise anyway, but now it

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Speaker 1: sounds like he could miss some time. It's not confirmed,

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Speaker 1: but this was brought up by the team. This isn't

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Speaker 1: like a rumor. This isn't the spreading rumor segment, Kratz.

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Speaker 1: This is David Stearns talking at Metz camp today and

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Speaker 1: actually giving out two bits of news. The other side

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Speaker 1: was Wan Soda moving from right field to left field

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Speaker 1: this year. But here's more. He's going to see a

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Speaker 1: hand specialist talking about Lindor on Wednesday, and hamt surgery

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Speaker 1: could be an option. Also Soda moving to left your

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Speaker 1: thoughts on both.

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Speaker 3: So the moving to left is I think is a

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Speaker 3: bigger deal than people will let on. I mean, he

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Speaker 3: has a lot of he gets a lot of assists

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Speaker 3: in the outfield, but it's because guys keep running on him.

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Speaker 3: He made a concerted effort to improve his defense. I

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Speaker 3: think there's less ground to cover in left field in

624
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Speaker 3: city field, but I don't know. I think it's interesting. Obviously,

625
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Speaker 3: the big news is possibility that they could lose Lindor Or,

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Speaker 3: which I think Aj alluded to or said, maybe not

627
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Speaker 3: losing for any real games, but rush him back because

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Speaker 3: if you look at Lindoor, he has been the picture

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Speaker 3: of health. He has been out there, he plays every

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Speaker 3: single day. This contract he signed with the Mets has

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Speaker 3: been a steal.

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Speaker 1: So far.

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Speaker 3: He has been exactly what they wanted. He's slightly getting

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Speaker 3: better every year, Like I get it. He had some

635
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Speaker 3: slow starts, but he finishes right around his his career average,

636
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Speaker 3: his career ops plus every year. He had a bump

637
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Speaker 3: up last year, Like he's out there every single day,

638
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Speaker 3: and when a guy has something little a handmad bone

639
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Speaker 3: is never going to break again. The issue what AJ

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Speaker 3: is saying is if you come back too soon, and

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Speaker 3: I think six weeks is on the longer side. I

642
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Speaker 3: usually hear guys trying to rush at four weeks. But

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Speaker 3: to me, if he comes back and he's not one healthy,

644
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Speaker 3: does a wrist get hurt? Does he hurt his shoulder?

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Speaker 3: People are like, what is a hamdmate and the shoulder?

646
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Speaker 3: Just because you're manipulating something that you do. Last year

647
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,000
Speaker 3: he had seven hundred and thirty two played appearances. If

648
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:10,479
Speaker 3: that hand hurts, are you compensating with something else? So

649
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 3: hopefully they have everything set up and he knows you

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Speaker 3: got to be one hundred, one hundred and fifty games

651
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Speaker 3: of Francisco indoor at one hundred percent is better than

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Speaker 3: him at one hundred and sixty two games at eighty percent.

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Speaker 1: No doubt. And also, while we're at it in the

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Speaker 1: NL East, we did learn over the past twenty four

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Speaker 1: hours a confirmation that Zack Wheeler is not going to

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Speaker 1: be ready for opening day, but hopefully back somewhat soon.

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Speaker 1: It still does bring up the last year. Yeah, take

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Speaker 1: it s low. It still does bring up the question

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Speaker 1: if the Phillies are going to explore adding another arm.

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Speaker 2: True, they could, absolutely.

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Speaker 1: There's still enough veteran arms out there. Are they going

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Speaker 1: for Gallon? I don't think so, although.

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Speaker 2: That would be ambassatres or something like that would look nice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's some veteran arms. Julio hasn't signed. Ye. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know the injury issue at the end of the year,

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Speaker 1: but he had some good arts last year, so we'll see.

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Speaker 1: We knew that though, right Kratz, because I saw it

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Speaker 1: pop up yesterday. But Philly knew that it was going

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Speaker 1: to take a little time for Wheeler.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I don't think anyone expected them on day one.

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Speaker 2: I don't think. I don't think they were.

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Speaker 3: I think they were hopeful for it, which begs the

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Speaker 3: question do they have enough depth. We won't get to

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Speaker 3: it today, but the Phillies are a team that that

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Speaker 3: depth used to be Christopher Sanchez, that depth used to

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Speaker 3: be you know, some guys in the minor leagues. They're

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Speaker 3: testing that depth right now.

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Speaker 1: Hey, two signings we didn't have time to get to,

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Speaker 1: but we will do them for thirty seconds each right now,

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Speaker 1: Iron Savali and the Ace, the thirty year old getting

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Speaker 1: six million dollars this coming season to be a veteran

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Speaker 1: arm on the team also can make an additional one

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Speaker 1: and a half mil via incentives. Hey, this is what

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Speaker 1: the A's need. Cool, No, but they need pitching down cool.

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Speaker 1: It falls off there for.

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Speaker 2: Them, I know. Cool. So if allays a veteran guy.

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Speaker 1: Good, happy, great, nice, because they're going to bang I think,

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Speaker 1: I mean got a nice core of hitters there that

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Speaker 1: are lot. No, it does not. They just got stronger krats.

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Speaker 1: As we keep moving along, Chicano signing with the Rockies

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Speaker 1: five million bucks on a one year contract. It was

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Speaker 1: a slow off season for him for a while, but

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Speaker 1: he finds a home and he looked like a back

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Speaker 1: end starter, right. He had his good moments, his tougher

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Speaker 1: moments for a team that was in a tough spot

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Speaker 1: last year, and he actually was adamant. I saw on

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Speaker 1: one show, like maybe a podcast in Japan or something

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Speaker 1: like that, how he said he had no thoughts of

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Speaker 1: returning to Japan. He was like, I'm staying here. I

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Speaker 1: want to get a major league job, and he did

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Speaker 1: five million bucks to keep rolling in a very tough environment.

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Speaker 1: He likes to challenge himself.

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Speaker 3: Two dudes that are cop potent big league pitchers, where

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Speaker 3: you have them in the rotation, no big deal. They're

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Speaker 3: set up. They're set up for a tough season. Not

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Speaker 3: the teams that they're on, the environment that they're pitching in.

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Speaker 3: It's like saying, hey, I'm a home run hitter. I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna go sign with the Giants and approve it. Deal,

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Speaker 3: Like that's tough. Likes there's some parks that you avoid.

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Speaker 3: We'll see how these guys navigate. Colorado for Chicano and

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Speaker 3: Sacramento for Savali.

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Speaker 2: I get it.

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Speaker 3: Half your games are on the road, but half your

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Speaker 3: games are in a tough, tough environment for pitchers who

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Speaker 3: do not strike out enough batters.

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Speaker 1: Yep and Chicano initially tried to get into the bigs,

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Speaker 1: and then the posting window expired. He decided to stay

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Speaker 1: in Japan, and then he stayed with the Yumi or

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Speaker 1: Giants out there. I was looking back men. He got

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Speaker 1: four years forty nil back then. It's good money in

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Speaker 1: the NPB, but then came back here for twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: five and he'll continue in twenty twenty six. All right,

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