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Speaker 1: we do have a brand new episode for you, a

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Speaker 1: lot to discuss over the week that was in Cardinals' land.

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Speaker 1: Bad news. This is one of those episodes where it's

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Speaker 1: hosted just by me, so that's unfortunate. Trevor Rosenthal is

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Speaker 1: on vacation. He'll be back with us next week when

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Speaker 1: we start broadcasting from Jupiter, Florida. Yes, spring training is

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Speaker 1: like four days away. Someone tell me how that happened,

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Speaker 1: because this has definitely felt like the quickest off season

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Speaker 1: since I've taken over the Cardinals beat at the Athletic

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Speaker 1: might have something to do with the fact that I

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Speaker 1: really haven't had to work all that much because you know,

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Speaker 1: not that many moves, but whatever. It's also kind of

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Speaker 1: crazy that this is about to be my fifth season.

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Speaker 1: I don't really know how that happened, But you know

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Speaker 1: what they say, time does fly when you're having fun,

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Speaker 1: and I certainly have been having fun hosting this podcast,

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Speaker 1: so hopefully you guys can say the same about engaging

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Speaker 1: with it. But yeah, let's get into it at long last,

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Speaker 1: and we've waited a very very long time here at

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Speaker 1: Cardinals territory. But it's true. We have a roster move,

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Speaker 1: a trade, if you will, to discuss now, I kind

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Speaker 1: of wish I had like a confetti emoji to just

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Speaker 1: blast off because it's been a long time coming. Now.

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Speaker 1: This is not the trade that I think anyone really

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Speaker 1: talking about, but it's a trade. Nonetheless, the Cardinals and

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Speaker 1: the Twins have made it official. They have traded for

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Speaker 1: utility man Michael Hellman from Minnesota in exchange for cash consideration.

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Speaker 1: So if you're not familiar with Michael Hellman, that's because

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Speaker 1: he has exactly ten Major League played appearances. But he

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Speaker 1: does have three hits in those ten appearances, So three

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Speaker 1: hundred hitter. That's exciting. All jokes aside, though, I think

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Speaker 1: this is more or less a death move, and to me,

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Speaker 1: the reasoning behind this move speaks volumes as to where

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals are at with the player that they did

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Speaker 1: actually plan on trading, Nolan Aronado. A big concern putting

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Speaker 1: together the very early roster projection, and we've talked about

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Speaker 1: outside of Mason Wynn, didn't have a shortstop, a true

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Speaker 1: Brendan Donovan can't play shortstop, jose Ferman can't play shortstop,

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Speaker 1: but they're not like your true back up shortstop options

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Speaker 1: that really give the club a lot of confidence. Thomas

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Speaker 1: about it before. If Nolan Arronado is on the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: come opening Day, it kind of doesn't leave any room

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Speaker 1: So I think this is my speculation. The trade for

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Speaker 1: Hellman does bring the Cardinals forty man roster to forty,

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Speaker 1: so it is full, but to me, it's just kind

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Speaker 1: this point it doesn't really look like Thomas to Jac

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Speaker 1: no use in him sitting and riding the bench at

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Speaker 1: the Majors when he could be playing every day in Memphis.

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Speaker 1: Michael Hellman, of course, maybe they don't feel the same

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Speaker 1: you have it. Our first official trade on Cardinal territory.

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Speaker 1: It's February sixth. By the way, we launched a show

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Speaker 1: in December, but who's counting. It does count though for

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Speaker 1: So however, that wasn't the splashiest of acquisitions or not acquisitions.

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Speaker 1: I don't know announcements. I think we are all pretty

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Speaker 1: is going to go. Next, let's talk about Jim Edmunds.

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Speaker 1: Jim Edmunds went on One on one ESPN the Morning

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Speaker 1: Show and did an interview, came out that he would

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Speaker 1: not be coming back to Bali Sports broadcasts. I'm sorry,

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Speaker 1: Fandel Sports Network broadcasts in twenty twenty five. A mutual

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Speaker 1: decision and the interview I thought was going to talk

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Speaker 1: Here's a quote from that show. Again, at the morning

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Speaker 1: after on one on one ESPN in Saint Louis, Jim

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Speaker 1: Edmonds said, I haven't really gone down, just bring training

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Speaker 1: doing so. First things first is Jim Evans is a

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Speaker 1: me since I've come to Saint Louis. He's been a

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Speaker 1: great teammate. You know, I'm not on the broadcast by

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Speaker 1: any means, but media works together, whether it's print or

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Speaker 1: some inconsistencies with the Cardinals compared to other organizations in

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Speaker 1: ultimately led to Chris Carpenter taking a different position with

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Speaker 1: the Angels. What I like to see more red jackets,

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Speaker 1: more special instructors at spring training. Of course, I don't

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Speaker 1: really think that's a hot take, do I think that

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Speaker 1: continue to do that. You know, I'm not again, I'm

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Speaker 1: That first week of February, we start getting a little excited.

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Speaker 1: So let's pull it up. Let's see where that call

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Speaker 1: But let's get into like some actual fan conversations. My

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Speaker 1: Quinn says, I feel good about what they the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: They wanted to be a reset. We know this. We

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Speaker 1: see that was only scary for the first like twenty

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Speaker 1: minutes of host by yourself. That's all I got. Spring

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Speaker 1: training again starts Monday. We have a fun guest lineup

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Speaker 1: for most of February. Again, we'll be down there in Florida.

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Speaker 1: Trevor will be there at some point. I'll be there

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Speaker 1: for the majority of spring. Guys. I can't sleep. We're

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Speaker 1: about to do it again. For those of you who

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Speaker 1: don't know already, you can like and subscribe to Cardinal

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Speaker 1: Territory on YouTube, and thank you so much for the

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Speaker 1: so many of you that have already. It really does

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Speaker 1: make a difference. And you can find us on Spotify

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Speaker 1: and Apple. Trevor will be back to save us on Monday. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: But hey, you know what I think overall, I think

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Speaker 1: you guys pretty much passed the vibe checks. So hopefully

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Speaker 1: we can carry these good vibes into February and into

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Speaker 1: March and you know baseball, do you guys? We're almost there,

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Speaker 1: all right, I'm Katie Woo again. Trevor Rosenthal's back next week.

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Speaker 1: This is Cardinal Territory. Thank you for watching.