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Speaker 1: Welcome, what and all to the Hemby Territory Podcast. My

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Speaker 1: name is Sean Covid to hope wherever you are and

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Speaker 1: wherever you were listening, you are having a fantastic start

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Speaker 1: to your week. Over everybody had a great week kid

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Speaker 1: in Braves Country, of course. I'm here with my podcast

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Speaker 1: partner Steven Tolbert, and I don't know if you were

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Speaker 1: a fan of Sesame Street growing up, but as you

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Speaker 1: were growing up, you always noticed that you know, this

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Speaker 1: segment or this show, or whatever it is, it is

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Speaker 1: brought to you by a certain letter or a certain number. Well,

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Speaker 1: this show is going to be unofficially brought to you

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Speaker 1: by a single number, and that is the number one.

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Speaker 1: Because that's all that matters right now. In Braves Country,

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Speaker 1: for the seventh game, first time since two thousand and

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Speaker 1: five the Braves have had such a streak. But for

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Speaker 1: the seventh straight game, the Braves not only won by

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Speaker 1: one run, but in six of those seven games it

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Speaker 1: came down to the final ending, whether they won or

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Speaker 1: they lost. If you're a fan of drama, the Braves

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Speaker 1: are your team right now. But if you're a fan

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Speaker 1: of good baseball, it's still hard to fight Some good

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Speaker 1: winning here lately, still hard to say that the Braves

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Speaker 1: are play good baseball. But beyond all that, as always

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Speaker 1: my podcast partner Steven Tolbert, Steven, good talk with you, man.

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Speaker 1: I'm about to have to get old some blood pressure medicine.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're not giving us any They're not giving us

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Speaker 2: any sort of relief here lately. And I don't mean

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Speaker 2: that in tongue in cheek with Rossiel. I just mean,

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Speaker 2: you know, offenses where you go to get blowouts and

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Speaker 2: where you go to get easy wins, and you know,

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Speaker 2: score eleven runs in a game and you kind of

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Speaker 2: cruise to a victory. And you know, we saw two

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Speaker 2: of those games back to back, in the first two

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Speaker 2: games in Colorado, where the Braves just kind of manhandled

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Speaker 2: a bad team, scored a bunch of runs, it was

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Speaker 2: an easy win. And since those two games in Colorado,

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Speaker 2: the Braves have basically played I don't know, fifteen games

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Speaker 2: and have not won a single one of them in

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Speaker 2: what you would call runaway fashion. They have just been absolute,

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Speaker 2: hold on, tight, hold on for dear life affairs. And listen,

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Speaker 2: the last seven games have all been by one run.

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Speaker 2: The Braves record in those seven games is four and three.

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Speaker 2: That's what happens when you play one run games. In general,

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Speaker 2: in Major League Baseball, one run games are supposed to

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Speaker 2: be about a five hundred record, and if you deviate

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Speaker 2: run games, you're kind of considered lucky or unlucky, just

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Speaker 2: because in a one run game, a million different things

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Speaker 2: Nick Allen air which hasn't had all year, could have

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Speaker 2: easily swung that game. Now, it didn't end up hurting

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Speaker 2: the Brads. The Brads won the game. But when you

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Speaker 2: play these low scoring, close games, and especially one run games,

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Speaker 2: any number of things can flip the game either way.

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Speaker 2: And that's why you genuinely expect a five hundred record

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Speaker 2: when you play these things. And that's why the Braves

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Speaker 2: have seemingly been playing five hundred baseball for like the

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Speaker 2: last three weeks is because they can't score, and that's

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Speaker 2: why they their record sits almost exactly at five hundred.

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Speaker 2: The record in the last ten is almost exactly at

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Speaker 2: five hundred. Everything about this team is kind of like

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Speaker 2: a five hundred team right now because it can't score

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Speaker 2: and until they get some offense, this is our future

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Speaker 2: where we're gonna have to hold on tight, you know,

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Speaker 2: all out twenty twenty four. We have to hold on

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Speaker 2: for deal life, for every out because it's a three

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Speaker 2: seems like in the last in the last one hundred

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Speaker 2: it just feels like that's what we've done is just

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Speaker 2: every single game the Braves scored three runs and now

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Speaker 2: we're just waiting to see if the pitching staff can

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Speaker 2: hold make it hold up. And it's just that same

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Speaker 2: game on repeat, over and over again. And they won

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Speaker 2: to night, which is fantastic obviously, walk off great win,

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Speaker 2: great win, but good lord, let's score some runs and

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Speaker 2: maybe get one of these things in the house by

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Speaker 1: Well, and to Stevens point, he's not being dramatic when

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Speaker 1: it said, it literally feels like it's been a year.

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Speaker 1: For example, go back exactly a year ago. Between between

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Speaker 1: April twenty seventh of two thousand and four and May

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Speaker 1: they went fourteen games of scoring five or less run

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Speaker 1: fourteen straight games exactly a year ago. Over their past

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Speaker 1: they've now gone twelve straight games scoring five runs in

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Speaker 1: same offensive struggles that we did a year ago. Ten

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Speaker 1: of their last twelve games have been decided by one run.

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Speaker 1: The Braves thankfully are six and three over their last

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Speaker 1: nine games, but in those nine games, the Braves starting

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Speaker 1: and in seven or eight of those games it's come

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Speaker 1: the other team. Of course, as I mentioned, the Braves

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Speaker 1: I had a couple of people tweet at me, and

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Speaker 1: it was a good observation. This very much feels like

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Speaker 1: that stretch in twenty twenty one where we won loss,

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Speaker 1: if you're going to consistently play one run games, you're

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Speaker 1: likely going to be five hundred. Well, the reason why

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Speaker 1: they literally had a bottom five offense. That is the

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Speaker 1: definition of a five hundred team. But it goes back

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Speaker 1: to the reason why I think many would say, if

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Speaker 1: give me the young hitter, because with offense, when you

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Speaker 1: score runs, your margin for error is greater. Rather than

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Speaker 1: having pitching as your strength. These random bullpin blow ups,

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Speaker 1: these games, Steven, that's the thing that stands out above

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Speaker 1: all else. If you score runs, these miscues don't matter

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Speaker 1: as much. The Braves have got to be able to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and then there's also an additional cost to playing

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Speaker 2: all these one run games. And it's not just your record,

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Speaker 2: but it's the amount of time using your bullpen and

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Speaker 2: specifically your high leverage relievers. I mean, how many games

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Speaker 2: I mean, every single game, the Braves are having to

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Speaker 2: know everybody wants to talk about Iglesias, but they're literally

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Speaker 2: a blowout game. And man, that's shit. There is an

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Speaker 2: accumulative effect on your bullpen, that is I mean, I

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Speaker 2: the best thing to do for your bullpen is to

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Speaker 2: have an off day, right, obviously that's the best thing. Well,

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Speaker 2: the Braves haven't blown out anybody in like two weeks,

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Speaker 2: three weeks, So this is the cost. The additional cost

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Speaker 2: how it works in Major League Baseball. But also, your

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Speaker 2: at a level that is not sustainable for six months.

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Speaker 2: So and we watched this all last year, right like

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Speaker 2: last year, and so BRAVECE fans are specifically, you know,

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Speaker 2: so that's why I think you see the frustration of fans,

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Speaker 2: even though the team objectively like listen, being one game

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Speaker 2: under five hundred on May twelfth is perfectly fine, like

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Speaker 2: you can still accomplish everything you want to accomplish in

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Speaker 2: a baseball season being one game under five hundred on

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Speaker 2: May twelfth. The reason fan the fans are particularly frustrated

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Speaker 2: the one hundred and seventy games or so over the

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Speaker 2: last two years, and it's just it is exhausting to

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Speaker 2: make three runs hold up? That is just an exhausting

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Speaker 2: the second season of this and that's why Bridgmans are

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Speaker 2: so frustrated, and I get it. I'm frustrated too. They

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Speaker 2: won tonight, which is great, but they gotta score more

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Speaker 2: One run game after one run game, You're never gonna

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Speaker 2: sustain any sort of success that way. Score some runs,

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Speaker 2: give your high leverage relievers a night off. For the

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Speaker 2: love of God, give your high leverage relievers a night off.

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Speaker 2: And then that's how you build a winning streak. That's

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Speaker 2: whatever is. You have some blowouts where you'd one random

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Speaker 2: The Braves right now, every single little mistake seems like

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Speaker 2: it it puts the game in jeopardy because there's no

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Speaker 2: margin of error. And that's just God, that's an exhausting

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and you know, we talked about it, you know

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Speaker 1: last year, how the first three three and a half

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Speaker 1: above water despite all their struggles, because they had such

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Speaker 1: a hard time getting above five hundred. If you started

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Speaker 1: they started that fourteen game streak of not scoring five

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Speaker 1: or more runs that goes back about one hundred and

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Speaker 1: seventy five games, that's when all this started. So it

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Speaker 1: literally has been going on for more than a full year.

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Speaker 1: But back to tonight, I will say this, though there

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Speaker 1: were some frustrations, another one run game, another it seemed

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Speaker 1: like implosion from a bullpen. We'll discuss that specifically in

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Speaker 1: just a moment, but I think going sequenced by secrets

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Speaker 1: talk about because if you do, I think there's some

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Speaker 1: positives to also talk about that could give the Braves

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Speaker 1: a base for a winning streak. We'll talk about bad

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Speaker 1: That would be great.

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Speaker 1: start putting those wins together with the opits going well,

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Speaker 1: is when you have more than half of the light

432
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Speaker 1: up producing. It was good to see the diights to

433
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Speaker 1: dight that we saw for Verdugo Ozuda as well as Harris.

434
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:24,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Verdugo getting that game winning hit the

435
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:28,440
Speaker 2: ninth I'm sure meant a ton to him obviously started

436
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,560
Speaker 2: off the game with a double. It was really nice

437
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,760
Speaker 2: to see Azuna hit one to the moon. I mean,

438
00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,719
Speaker 2: I think marcell hit that thing. I think that thing

439
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:39,600
Speaker 2: went like four to sixty. He I mean that was

440
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,119
Speaker 2: one of them man, probably the longest I have the

441
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:43,600
Speaker 2: look maybe one of the longest home runs of the

442
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:45,640
Speaker 2: year for the Braids. It's probably in the top five

443
00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:49,680
Speaker 2: for sure. So yeah, that's good to see. Obviously, Michael

444
00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,080
Speaker 2: had a good night. The Braves do need these, I mean,

445
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:59,359
Speaker 2: especially Michael. You know, Harris and Ozzie and Brad and

446
00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:03,040
Speaker 2: Scott and Grant talked about this last night, like Harris, Michael, Harrison, Azzi,

447
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:08,160
Speaker 2: Alby's specifically, the Braves need a lot more from for Dugo. Listen,

448
00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,479
Speaker 2: they signed him for two million dollars. I have a

449
00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:14,959
Speaker 2: hard time putting a lot of a lot of expectation

450
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 2: on Alex Radugo, like he was supposed to be a

451
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,840
Speaker 2: fourth outfielder of maybe even like a fifth outfielder quite honestly,

452
00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,040
Speaker 2: and he got off to such a hot start that

453
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:27,600
Speaker 2: expectations probably went up. He's gonna you know, he's not

454
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,159
Speaker 2: gonna be He's not He's he shouldn't have to be

455
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:32,520
Speaker 2: one of your best players. He's having to be because

456
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 2: Acuna is hurt and Profar popped a positive on a

457
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:39,159
Speaker 2: drug test. So that's why we're that's why we're here

458
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:42,879
Speaker 2: with Alice Rdugo. So, but Ciano Zuna really drive a

459
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,560
Speaker 2: ball was probably the best sign of the night, if

460
00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 2: I'm being honest, because that dude can legitimately carry an

461
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 2: offense for a long stretch of games if he's if

462
00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,600
Speaker 2: he's right, and I don't think he's been right. I

463
00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 2: don't think he's been right for going on two or

464
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,720
Speaker 2: three weeks now, and I think some of it is

465
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Speaker 2: he has been very, very patient not to play, and

466
00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,040
Speaker 2: I think some of that has taken away maybe his

467
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,119
Speaker 2: how sharp he is, and he's had some really hitable

468
00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 2: pitches that he's missed because of it. So to see

469
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:12,760
Speaker 2: him get a really fat pitch and launch it twenty

470
00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,439
Speaker 2: rows deep, that was probably the most encouraging swing of

471
00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,640
Speaker 2: the night. And that's what I'm hoping we see kind

472
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 2: of start something. The Braves have not been hitting homers

473
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:26,240
Speaker 2: at the rate they need to be hitting homers either,

474
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,159
Speaker 2: so that's kind of the thing that I want to

475
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Speaker 2: see really get going. And Marcel's obviously a massive maybe

476
00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,640
Speaker 2: the biggest piece of that. So really good swing, really

477
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Speaker 2: good game by Marcel to night, and boy did the

478
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Speaker 2: Braves need it.

479
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Speaker 1: And just one of their quick thought before we go

480
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Speaker 1: to hear another word from our partners, Rice Lely Glaciers

481
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:48,240
Speaker 1: did his job tonight. I'm gonna put that straight out there,

482
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,040
Speaker 1: Ryce silly. Glaciers gave up a couple of hits. They

483
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,040
Speaker 1: were good place change ups that you got to give

484
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Speaker 1: the Nationals credit. They made contact, put it where the

485
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Speaker 1: defense wasn't runners on second and third to hard hit ball,

486
00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:04,199
Speaker 1: but it goes to your goal glove level shortstop and

487
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:07,160
Speaker 1: he makes an air right cell it. Glacias did his

488
00:25:07,320 --> 00:25:09,760
Speaker 1: job tonight. I know that he struggled quite a bit,

489
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,480
Speaker 1: but I do want to make that point. Iglesias did

490
00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,200
Speaker 1: his job tonight, and it's another example why it makes

491
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Speaker 1: sense to stick with him for now.

492
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I do think it's fair to say that Rosselle

493
00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:22,920
Speaker 2: is not getting the swing and miss that you would

494
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 2: want out of a closer, and so batted ball variance

495
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:29,920
Speaker 2: becomes a storyline the more contact you give up. Of course,

496
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,600
Speaker 2: batted ballvariance matters more. So I think that's a fair

497
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,480
Speaker 2: criticism and one that people have pointed out that you

498
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:41,879
Speaker 2: want your closer to be missing more bats one hundred percent.

499
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 2: The pitches were located so much better tonight. I mean,

500
00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,119
Speaker 2: both of those hits that he gave up were perfect changeups,

501
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 2: either on the dot on the black of the plate

502
00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,479
Speaker 2: or even off the plate that the guys just make

503
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,359
Speaker 2: great swings and got singles off of. You know, even

504
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,840
Speaker 2: like the Josh Bell ball right back to the mount.

505
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Speaker 2: If that goes through Glaciers's legs, Nick Allen is literally

506
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,320
Speaker 2: standing on second base. That's an easy double play, but

507
00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 2: it hits him on the foot and so they only

508
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:08,159
Speaker 2: get one out out of it. And then obviously the

509
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,679
Speaker 2: next guy hits the ball at the middle in the

510
00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 2: air and two runs score. So yeah, I have a

511
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 2: hard time blaming Russell. I know everybody's gonna blame Glaciers

512
00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:18,679
Speaker 2: just because he's had a bad season, a bunch of

513
00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,280
Speaker 2: weak contact, you know, one inch here or there on

514
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,560
Speaker 2: a bunch of balls that the game's over. So yeah,

515
00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:30,480
Speaker 2: this was not even in the top five of worrying appearances.

516
00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:32,639
Speaker 2: We've seen him from Rysel where we've seen him leaf

517
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 2: pitches over the middle of the plate. They get destroyed.

518
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,040
Speaker 2: Those are the ones that caused me concern. When he's

519
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 2: dotting his pitches where he wants like tonight, and guys

520
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:42,639
Speaker 2: just you know, kind of flail at it and the

521
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 2: ball just goes in in the right spot. You know,

522
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Speaker 2: you just I don't really worry about those because that's

523
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Speaker 2: not sustainable. So yeah, I I know people want to

524
00:26:53,960 --> 00:26:56,760
Speaker 2: kill Russell, but I'm certainly not going to after that.

525
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 2: That was much more bad luck than anything.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, but get the win tonight. And we also heard

527
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Speaker 1: some pretty good news on some pretty important people earlier

528
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Speaker 1: in the day that a pretty special pitching matchup tomorrow night.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Hebit Territory podcast, and so let's

541
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Speaker 1: talk about the other big news of the day comes

542
00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:05,880
Speaker 1: to Ronald Acuna Junior. Now the thing is is that

543
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: the news is something that we all expected, but I

544
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:12,040
Speaker 1: think that it's important to make sure that we get

545
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,880
Speaker 1: the details about this the news that came out today.

546
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 1: Of course, if you go back a week ago, the

547
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:18,520
Speaker 1: thought was was that Accudia may have to go back

548
00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,640
Speaker 1: too Ola to get checked one more time, and then

549
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:22,600
Speaker 1: that would kind of be the catalyst to let the

550
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 1: brains get going on starting to define his comeback to

551
00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 1: the majors. Well, it was revealed that they did not

552
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,639
Speaker 1: need to do that. So today on Monday, earlier in

553
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 1: the day, it was revealed that tomorrow, on Tuesday, ronaldccunie

554
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: Junior would begin working at the Florida Complex lead of

555
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 1: the brains. Now, I think that it's important, it's very

556
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 1: important to make this distinction. This, in my opinion, does

557
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: not mean that he is starting a rehab assignment. I

558
00:28:49,840 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: think one key factor about Ronald Occuna Junior to remember,

559
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 1: he had no formal spring training. He did some work

560
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: on backfields, he did different things, stand in shape, working

561
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,800
Speaker 1: his way back, you know, into baseball shape basically, but

562
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,000
Speaker 1: he did not have any type of real spring trading.

563
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 1: This basically is the equivalent of him starting spree trading.

564
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:13,000
Speaker 1: So he's not really starting on a rehab assignment. What

565
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: gets interesting, Steven, and I've tried to look this up,

566
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 1: think that you probably have a bit better perspective. Is

567
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 1: that I know that when positioned players start a rehab assignment,

568
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:25,720
Speaker 1: they've got twenty days to work their way back. Him

569
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 1: starting the Florida Complex League, is that the twenty days start,

570
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 1: or is it from what I saw, it's him being

571
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: officially assigned to a minor league affiliate, which I don't

572
00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: think this is But either way, good to see him back.

573
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: But I think that it's important to understand we're still

574
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Speaker 1: likely weeks away from him returning, whether it's three weeks

575
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,280
Speaker 1: or maybe a little bit longer. The step after this

576
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:50,520
Speaker 1: would be that rehab assignment.

577
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, so Bowman worded it as Akunya will start his

578
00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 2: rehab stint at the Florida Complex League, and is vague

579
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:07,959
Speaker 2: because that's technically not being assigned to a minor league affiliate. So,

580
00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 2: and the rule is, once you start a minor league

581
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 2: assignment as a position player, you only can spend twenty

582
00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:17,240
Speaker 2: days down there. It's a way to stop teams for

583
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 2: using rehab assignments as de facto options. So yes, that

584
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 2: distinction matters. And I'm guessing Bowman worded it that way

585
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 2: because it was worded that way to him, and I'm

586
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 2: guessing it was worded that way to him because they

587
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 2: wanted to be vague. So we'll see. But the fact

588
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,200
Speaker 2: that he is on a baseball field doing baseball activities.

589
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:45,160
Speaker 2: He's not in a training room, he's not on a treadmill,

590
00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 2: he's not in a doctor's office. He is on a

591
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 2: baseball field, running, hitting, throwing, Like, this is what we've

592
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 2: been waiting for. And listen, if it takes a week

593
00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 2: from tomorrow when he starts all this to get put

594
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 2: on a rehab assignment or two weeks, it's still probably

595
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 2: gonna be the same timeframe, right, It's still probably gonna

596
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 2: be end of May early June. So I don't know

597
00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:16,080
Speaker 2: that this drastically changes the timeframe. But every day that

598
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 2: we did not get this news got worrior, you know

599
00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 2: you got it became more and more worrisome because you're like,

600
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:24,800
Speaker 2: all right, well, Ronald got cleared like a week ago,

601
00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:26,520
Speaker 2: and we still haven't heard anything about any sort of

602
00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:28,840
Speaker 2: rehab stint or rehab assignment or whatever you want to

603
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 2: call it. So just getting to getting to today, getting

604
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 2: to this news is a big step because now we

605
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,600
Speaker 2: can at least start the process. And you're one hundred

606
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 2: percent right. It doesn't necessarily mean because he's in the

607
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 2: because he's in the Florida Complex, that he's started a

608
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 2: rehab assignment, and that is the twenty days that you're

609
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:53,200
Speaker 2: talking about, So that distinction does matter. We'll see what

610
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 2: it means. My guess is, again, I think it's gonna

611
00:31:56,800 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 2: be if he comes back in May, if the calendar

612
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 2: still says May and Ronald Cunye Junior is playing in Atlanta,

613
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 2: I will probably be a little bit surprised, not shocked.

614
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 2: It could certainly happen, but I still I think it's

615
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 2: probably gonna be the first week of June. Now, obviously

616
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 2: he's got to go through all this without any setbacks,

617
00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,400
Speaker 2: and that's you know, the guy's coming off two torn acls.

618
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: So like, none of this is guaranteed, and none of

619
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 2: this is a certainty by any stretch. So we got

620
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 2: to survive some bullets between now and in the end

621
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 2: of you know, the next three weeks or so. But

622
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 2: at least we've gotten to this point where he is

623
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Speaker 2: now on a baseball field starting tomorrow on a baseball

624
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 2: field doing baseball activities. That's a big milestone in his

625
00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:49,480
Speaker 2: return back to Atlanta, and the Braves need him. The

626
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 2: Braves desperately need this man. Like I've watched this team

627
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 2: for the last year plus without him, and I think

628
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 2: everybody's watched this team the year plus without him, and

629
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,760
Speaker 2: I don't think anybody can at the conclusion that they

630
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 2: don't need him. They need him. They need him. They

631
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,280
Speaker 2: need Ronald Acuna Junior back.

632
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Braves, after they finished this series with the Nationals,

633
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 1: they'll go seven games on the road versus the Red

634
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,840
Speaker 1: Sox and the Nationals. Then they'll come back home to

635
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,240
Speaker 1: face the Padres. Then they'll go back out on the

636
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: road to face to Phillies, and then on May thirtieth,

637
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 1: they'll be playing three against the Red Sox, and then

638
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,320
Speaker 1: I believe they will be playing three against the Diving Backs.

639
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 1: If I was a betting man, I would bet that

640
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 1: homestand from May thirtieth through June fourth, before the Braves

641
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,160
Speaker 1: did go or June fifth, before the Braves did go

642
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: back out west to face the Giants on Jeeven, June sixth,

643
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: I would imagine in the very end of May early

644
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Speaker 1: Jude that homestand with the Red Sox and Diamondbacks, that's

645
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Speaker 1: when they will ease Ronald Acudia Junior back into the lineup.

646
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: I think that would be a nice little window to

647
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:59,479
Speaker 1: expect a Ronald Acudya Junior return. But speaking of a return,

648
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 1: that may come as early as this week. Kid. Another

649
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: bit of news is that Spencer Strider again, just that bit,

650
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 1: a positive bit, a positive bit of positive news old Wednesday.

651
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 1: Spencer Strider will throw a simulated gape. After that, if

652
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: he comes out feel a good, which everybody expects for

653
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 1: him to, it will be decided whether hey, maybe he

654
00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: needs to rehab a sign it, or perhaps he'll come

655
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 1: right back out enjoyed the Brave's rotation. But while we're

656
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 1: waiting for Ronald Acuna Junior to come back, maybe the

657
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,319
Speaker 1: next three weeks or so, I would say within the

658
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: next seven to ten days, we should be able to

659
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,520
Speaker 1: either know when Spencer Strider is going to be pitching

660
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 1: or we'll have witnessed the return to Spencer Spencer Spencer Strider,

661
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,439
Speaker 1: And that is no small development ended of itself. Good

662
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 1: to hear that Spencer Strider returned. Maybe not imminence the

663
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,560
Speaker 1: right word, but we're right on that door of him

664
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: coming back from the hemstring injury.

665
00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think immin it is fair. I

666
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 2: mean he I mean they literally said, if it goes

667
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 2: well in the simulated game, he could just be activated.

668
00:34:56,880 --> 00:35:00,839
Speaker 2: So I mean he could pitch this week. I mean

669
00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 2: it's not a certainty, but like we're to the point

670
00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 2: now where we're close enough if if, as long as

671
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 2: he doesn't have another setback and the team is comfortable,

672
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 2: like we're within the week where he could pitch.

673
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:11,560
Speaker 3: So.

674
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, huge, Listen. The starting rotation has been awesome, So

675
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,279
Speaker 2: you know, with Strider, I don't know how much he's

676
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:24,640
Speaker 2: gonna come in and immediately change the current dynamic. But

677
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,239
Speaker 2: what I will say is I trust Spitzer Strider to

678
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 2: pitch at that level a hell of a lot more

679
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 2: than I trust Bryce Elder, Grant Holmes or aj S

680
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,839
Speaker 2: Michelber to continue to pitch at that level. So, you know,

681
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 2: for the long term health of the rotation, this is

682
00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 2: a huge deal. For the short term health, the rotation

683
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,840
Speaker 2: has been fantastic, but this is not just for the

684
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 2: short term. This is for the rest of the season,

685
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 2: and that's where this is a big deal. And you

686
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 2: also have you know, for the first time in a while,

687
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 2: you actually might have some depth in your rotation where

688
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,960
Speaker 2: you could you you could even have the option of

689
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,399
Speaker 2: running a six man rot the brands really haven't even

690
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 2: had that choice so far this year. Or you could

691
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,840
Speaker 2: have a guy who you know you're really comfortable with

692
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 2: doing a spot start if you want to push everybody back,

693
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 2: or you can have a long guy in the bullpen,

694
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 2: like you just have more options. So yeah, huge news.

695
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 2: I mean huge news. Obviously everybody's waiting on a Cunya

696
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 2: because the offense is the problem right now, but Strider

697
00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 2: being back is is is massive and just please no more.

698
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 2: Just I can't handle another setback my heart for either

699
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 2: a Kunya or Strider. Quite honestly, my heart can't handle it.

700
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 2: Like I'm my my stress levels are already through the

701
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:36,879
Speaker 2: roof of this team because they play a one run

702
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 2: game every night. Just please give me some some really

703
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:44,560
Speaker 2: good health news for like on these two guys, specifically

704
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,759
Speaker 2: for like the next twelve months. Like give me like

705
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 2: a long stretch where it's only good news health wise

706
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 2: with a Kuny and Strider. I think we've I think

707
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,280
Speaker 2: we deserve that. At this point, it's been a roller

708
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 2: coaster with both of these guys and the brand, and

709
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:01,360
Speaker 2: they're I mean, honestly, maybe the Brave's best two players.

710
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 2: So here's hoping that both guys are on the mend

711
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 2: and back as soon as possible.

712
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: And if you want to talk about injuries that have

713
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 1: piled up on really significant contributors to the Braves, listen,

714
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: maybe not to the level of a Strider already Cutia,

715
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: but it's been happening for years, and unfortunately it happened

716
00:37:24,239 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: with a player who's going to be on the bound

717
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 1: in another uniform for the first time in his career,

718
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 1: Agains the Braves. What I'm getting at is tomorrow Spincher

719
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 1: Swellerbach will be on the bound for the Brains. That's

720
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 1: always really fun. But make no mistake about it, this

721
00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:39,960
Speaker 1: game has probably been marked on the calendar over the

722
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,840
Speaker 1: past week or so for media Braves Nation because pitching

723
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 1: for the Nationals tomorrow night will be one and only

724
00:37:45,640 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 1: Michael Soroka facing the Braves for the first time in

725
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 1: his career. Of course, as Mindy knows, a very promising

726
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 1: career for the Braze was what Midi had hoped for

727
00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:59,360
Speaker 1: for Soroka. Unfortunately about twenty and twenty and twenty twenty

728
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: one effort toward Achilles just just just an absolute unfortunate

729
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 1: shade of events that occurred with Michael Soroka. But he

730
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: has worked his way back, hasn't really ever come close

731
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 1: to what he was a two thousand of the Night

732
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,560
Speaker 1: team with the Braves. But Steven, it's gonna be fun

733
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 1: to see him all the bout. I hope we rocky.

734
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:17,880
Speaker 1: I hope we get that big blowout we had in

735
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 1: spite of the fact that Soroka's on the belt. But

736
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: tomorrow's gonna be a really fun, pitchy batchup and it's

737
00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: gonna be awesome to welcome Michael Soroka back to Turist Park.

738
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, that will be fun to see, uh, to see Mike.

739
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 2: Mike is having a really weird year. It's it's I

740
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 2: I'm I don't you don't really see lines like this,

741
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,560
Speaker 2: Like if you look at his line right now. So

742
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,440
Speaker 2: now he's obviously only pitched ten innings, so keep that

743
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:47,720
Speaker 2: in mind. But yeah, he's got an era in the seven,

744
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,400
Speaker 2: a fip in the threes, and an ex fip in

745
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 2: the low threes. So like he's getting his strikeouts, which

746
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,440
Speaker 2: is actually not what we're used to with Mike Soroko.

747
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 2: Like he you know, he was a relieveral last year

748
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 2: with the White Sox, and he really found strikeout stuff,

749
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,319
Speaker 2: like really found it to the point where people thought

750
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 2: he was gonna get a really decent sized contract as

751
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:10,680
Speaker 2: a reliever in the offseason. Well, to everybody's surprise, he

752
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 2: got a decent contract as a starter by the Nationals. Obviously,

753
00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 2: and you know, he's only pitched ten innings, so he's

754
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:19,919
Speaker 2: obviously not been on the mound. But I'm very curious

755
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:21,919
Speaker 2: to see what this version of Soroka looks like because

756
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 2: we haven't seen him in a couple of years. And

757
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 2: Mike used to be a you know, sinker pitched to contact,

758
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 2: you know, maybe strikeout four or five guys in a

759
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 2: game at the most. That was kind of the guy,

760
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,440
Speaker 2: you know, he was, And he's kind of changed himself

761
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:40,719
Speaker 2: a little bit, and he's changed his repertoire. Honestly, With

762
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:42,240
Speaker 2: the way the Braves are swinging the bat, I would

763
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 2: not be surprised at all if Soroka went out and

764
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:46,680
Speaker 2: had a really good game tomorrow. I would not be

765
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,560
Speaker 2: surprised if any pitcher had a really good game against

766
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 2: the Braves at this point. I mean, the the Pirates

767
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 2: through three guys who I've never heard of, and all

768
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 2: three of them had great games against the Braves, so

769
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,879
Speaker 2: or not three guys they had Henime was one of them.

770
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 2: But yeah, so tomorrow's gonna be interesting. Swallenbach need another

771
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 2: strong start from Swallenbach. I hate to say it, I

772
00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:08,719
Speaker 2: would love for the Braves to just absolutely rock Soroka

773
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 2: for like ten runs. I mean, I know that sucks,

774
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,879
Speaker 2: but you know, we gotta think about the Braves right now,

775
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 2: and they need they need a blowout wind. They need

776
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 2: to I legitimately don't know who of their high leverage

777
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:26,319
Speaker 2: relievers who would be available tomorrow, So like a ten

778
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: run first inning would be tremendous. I mean, I know

779
00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 2: that's that would suck for Mike, but the Braves need it,

780
00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 2: So that's what I'm rooting for. It'd be great to

781
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,560
Speaker 2: see him on the mound. I'm happy that he got

782
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,960
Speaker 2: a decent sized contract in free agency. I was afraid

783
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,239
Speaker 2: that he would never make it back and never get

784
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,200
Speaker 2: paid another dollar, and so for him to get like

785
00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 2: I think he got like ten million, nine or ten

786
00:40:46,640 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 2: million dollars from the Nationals or something like that. I

787
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:52,080
Speaker 2: would that really thrilled me, quite honestly in the off season.

788
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:56,200
Speaker 2: So at least he's got that. And yeah, I hope

789
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 2: the Braves. I love him. I'll always love Soroca, but

790
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 2: I hope the Braves absolutely rock tomorrow.

791
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, as much as we love Soroka. And who knows,

792
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 1: maybe he'll He's on a one year contract. I think

793
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,200
Speaker 1: it was one of year like nine nine to me

794
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 1: that you mentioned maybe he does well, maybe he's a

795
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 1: Brave in the future. You know, it's it's not like

796
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 1: the Braves Brave in July.

797
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, exactly.

798
00:41:17,600 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: You know, it's not like they've shied away from goal

799
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 1: with with former Braves. But the point that I want

800
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 1: to get at is that it's going to be a

801
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: lot of fud to really be able to see Michael

802
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 1: Soroka back in Truest Park. And one other things that

803
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: I think is also fun to talk about. I know here,

804
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: especially when it comes to to to you know, at

805
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 1: least our segment of the podcast, we don't necessarily talk

806
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:41,719
Speaker 1: about the vider leagues that much, Stephen, But as we

807
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: wrap up this edition of the Hammer Territory Podcast. Some

808
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: really intriguing promotions here over the past few days. John

809
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 1: Carlos Laura going from Double A to Triple A. He

810
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 1: has absolutely put on display a massive, massive arsenal in

811
00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 1: terms of quality, a really really really good fastball, maybe

812
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:02,840
Speaker 1: one of the best we've seen it quite a while.

813
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 1: When it comes to the Braves, he may have a

814
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,160
Speaker 1: fast trap to the majors as a reliever, and the Jr. Richie,

815
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: a name that Middy have known for a few years

816
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 1: of the Braves organization coming off. I think his last

817
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: doubting a complete game shutout. He got a promotion to

818
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 1: Double A as well. It's good to see some names we

819
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,080
Speaker 1: talked about the matter leagues this year, Steven. This could

820
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 1: be a year where we could see some of the

821
00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 1: more intriguing pitching prospects start to see a move in

822
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 1: a positive way when it comes to the prospect status.

823
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 1: That's really good to see early in the season those

824
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,560
Speaker 1: level of names getting promotions.

825
00:42:36,480 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, jer Richie is a name I think

826
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 2: most braz fans will remember. He was a first wasn't

827
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:43,520
Speaker 2: he a first round pick?

828
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 1: I think he was the he was the thirty seventh pick.

829
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 1: I forget who our first pick was, but he was

830
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:53,239
Speaker 1: the one that was there when we drafted him. Yeah, yeah,

831
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 1: I think that he was either a cop pick or

832
00:42:55,080 --> 00:42:55,919
Speaker 1: a second round pick.

833
00:42:56,120 --> 00:43:00,360
Speaker 2: Yeah. So yeah, and he's obviously dealt with it was

834
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,719
Speaker 2: a comp pick, you're right, And he's obviously doube with

835
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 2: injuries and trying to get back and so a high

836
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: kind of profile guy. It's gonna be interesting now he's

837
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 2: in Double A. You know. The old thing is kind

838
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 2: of when you're in Double A, you're one phone call

839
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,440
Speaker 2: away because guys get called up from Double A all

840
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:21,640
Speaker 2: the time. So and then Laura, I don't know a

841
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 2: lot about I'm not a minor league guy. We're not

842
00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 2: minor league guys here. So but Laura does not have

843
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 2: the best command of anybody I've ever seen. Like, if

844
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:34,440
Speaker 2: you look at his numbers, it's not the greatest command.

845
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,960
Speaker 2: He has unbelievable stuff. The fastball slider is supposed to

846
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 2: be nastiest, it's supposed to be kind of like Day's

847
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 2: bell a little bit. That's the comp I've seen. But

848
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,239
Speaker 2: he's got to command it better, of course. But that's

849
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 2: how days Beel was too, and it took Day's ball

850
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,960
Speaker 2: a little while to figure that out. So yeah, I

851
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:54,279
Speaker 2: mean that's those those are names that could you could

852
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 2: see in Atlanta at some point in the season quite honestly,

853
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 2: I mean being in the high minors now, and so

854
00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:05,760
Speaker 2: we'll see, we'll see what happens. I'm I'm. I'm always

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Speaker 2: hesitant with young players, especially young players that don't have

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Speaker 2: great command, but guys figure it out all the time

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Speaker 2: and make an impact. No one saw Spincher swam By

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Speaker 2: coming a couple of years ago, you know, no one

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Speaker 2: really saw Grant Holmes coming. Quite honestly, Guys come out

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Speaker 2: so yeah, when when notable guys get up to the

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Speaker 2: Double A and Triple A, it matters absolutely.

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Speaker 1: And there's never a bad thing of having that depth

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Speaker 1: develop as well, because not only could they contribute in Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: but for a team that's hoping once again to be

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Speaker 1: in the playoff picture, go after World Series aspirations, having

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Speaker 1: you know, some some prospects who are building up their

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Speaker 1: overall value they don't in Atlanta. It also it adds

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Speaker 1: to your potential copboard I've asked that you could use

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Speaker 1: to have in trades.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good point. Trade ships. Trade ships matter

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Speaker 2: a ton obviously this time of year. So yeah, that's

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Speaker 2: a good point. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: But hey, the great thing is is listen. I know

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Speaker 1: we've talked about it.

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Speaker 2: We've told you it.

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Speaker 1: Seems like every episode now, whether it's me and Steven

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Speaker 1: or whether it's Brad and Scott or guests or whomever,

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Speaker 1: there's the good with the bad. But it is a

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Speaker 1: lot more productive in my opinion, to talk about the

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Speaker 1: good with the bad when you're overall went into a

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Speaker 1: pretty decent cliff at the end of the day. The

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Speaker 1: simple truth is this. The Braves started off the season

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Speaker 1: oh to seven. They are six games over five hundred

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Speaker 1: over their past thirty five games. That is at least

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Speaker 1: a positive. It's mainly been due to pitching. But if

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Speaker 1: this offense can you go and to go with the

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Speaker 1: pitching in the defense, you've got something that can turn

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Speaker 1: around pretty quickly. For Stephen Tolbert, you can find him

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