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Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. I'm

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Speaker 1: Ken rose Thal, hear you here with you for the

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Speaker 1: next I don't know twenty five minutes or so. We

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Speaker 1: do have some stuff to talk about today, some more

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Speaker 1: stuff than usual actually at this time of year, because

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Speaker 1: we have a major free agent signing last night, news

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Speaker 1: coming out Josh Naylor five years with the Seattle Mariners.

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Speaker 1: And you might say five years, well, Josh Naylor is

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Speaker 1: not even twenty nine yet, doesn't turn twenty nine until June.

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Speaker 1: We do not have the money yet. The expectation is

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Speaker 1: that it will be somewhere in the ninety million to

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Speaker 1: if it was one hundred, but again we don't know

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Speaker 1: the exact figures yet. And for the Mariners, this is

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Speaker 1: a guy that they targeted, that they wanted to have,

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Speaker 1: that they traded for in July and decided, you know what,

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Speaker 1: this guy is really important to us, and he is.

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Speaker 1: You saw what he did for the Mariners toward the

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Speaker 1: end of the regular season, and of course you saw

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Speaker 1: what he did in the postseason, batting three with a

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Speaker 1: nine to sixty six ops in October. In fifty one

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Speaker 1: played appearances. Beyond all that, Joshnayler is a guy who

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Speaker 1: has a lot of savvy for the game. We saw

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Speaker 1: that in the way he stole bases this season, and

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Speaker 1: he also brings a certain edge, an edge that you

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Speaker 1: don't see in a lot of players today. And it's

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Speaker 1: not that guys don't want to succeed, but he has

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Speaker 1: that he is on. It's a guy who is just

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Speaker 1: a really good player and worthy of the five year

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Speaker 1: deal considering his age. That's the key thing here now.

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Speaker 1: Obviously the Mets are waiting to sign or trying to

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Speaker 1: sign Pete Alonzo, and five years is going to be

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Speaker 1: the minimum for him. I would expect this kind of

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Speaker 1: sets the bar, at least in the term. I don't

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Speaker 1: know that the money will be anywhere the same because

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Speaker 1: Alonso is the more accomplished player, but the Mets people

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Speaker 1: or Mets writers noted last night, just takes an option

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Speaker 1: off the board. If the Mets do not resign Alonso.

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Speaker 1: We'll see about all that. We'll see how that all

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Speaker 1: plays out. Also with regard to the Mariners, this is

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Speaker 1: only step one. They still have a need either for

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Speaker 1: next target is Jorge Polanco. This is a guy who,

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Speaker 1: of course, like Naylor, was extremely valuable for them, especially

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Speaker 1: in the postseason. A guy who was coming off knee

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Speaker 1: but also to DH they want to keep him healthy.

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Speaker 1: That would be the key. With Jorge Polanco. They have

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Speaker 1: Cole Young at second base as well. Didn't really hit

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Speaker 1: are extremely high on. He was their number one prospect

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Speaker 1: for another reason. Their top prospect now, Colt Emerson, is coming.

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Speaker 1: He is widely seen as a shortstop but can also

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Speaker 1: third base last year they played Ben Williamson, a lot

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Speaker 1: great defender, didn't hit. Traded for Ajohanno Suarez. So if

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Speaker 1: then and wait for Emerson fill him in JP Crawford

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Speaker 1: will be Emerson's spot. The Mariners are not only a

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Speaker 1: team that was quite accomplished at the major league level

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Speaker 1: best farm systems in the game. So Naylor for five years,

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Speaker 1: the first signing, the first big signing of the offseason,

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Speaker 1: you see right there. Aaron Gleeman of the Athletic They

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Speaker 1: ranked Josh Naylor number fourteen of all the free agents

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Speaker 1: on the Athletics Big Board, and Aaron said, I just

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Speaker 1: had a very hard time seeing him anywhere, but re

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Speaker 1: signed the Mariners. Most everyone agreed with that this was

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Speaker 1: Also something to look at here a team that we've

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Speaker 1: just yesterday, and that team is the Philadelphia Phillies. Why

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Speaker 1: Both these players are testing the market. Schwarber is a

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Speaker 1: some demand. Now you might say, well, who is going

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Speaker 1: left handed the Cubs, the Rangers, the Reds. All of

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Speaker 1: these teams would seemingly have an interest. But my goodness,

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Speaker 1: fifty six home runs last year one hundred and thirty

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Speaker 2: I trust that there are teams besides the Philadelphia Phillies

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Speaker 2: that want to sign Kyle Schwarber, and that is a

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Speaker 2: reason why the Phillies can't get this done necessarily right away.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna want to see what's out there, so it's

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Speaker 1: holding up the Phillies right now, and that's just the

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Speaker 1: but we're not nearly there yet. Also with the Phillies,

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Speaker 1: they are looking to trade a left handed reliever, perhaps

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Speaker 1: maybe Matt Strom. And one other interesting thing in Matt's

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Speaker 1: notes column, they're talking about trading off the major league roster. Now.

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Speaker 1: Dave Dobrowski, as president of operations, not known for trading

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Speaker 1: But they're at a point now where they've got some

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't call it duplication at the major league level,

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Speaker 1: but some players that they can move, and this way,

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Speaker 1: by trading off the major league roster, they can keep

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Speaker 1: some of their better prospects. They're a little thin right now,

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Speaker 1: and they know that. After the deadline they made some

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Speaker 1: Phillies as well. Strom Castianos's future is in big trouble there.

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Speaker 1: They could trade Bom, they could trade someone else. They're

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Speaker 1: going to be an interesting team. And finally, before we

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Speaker 1: about Jose Ramirez. Here's a guy that we often refer to,

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Speaker 1: myself included, as underrated. I don't know that underrated is

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Speaker 1: the right way to look at Jose Ramirez anymore. He's

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Speaker 1: not underrated, but is he underappreciated? I would suggest that

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Speaker 1: he definitely is underappreciated. Here's a guy who finished third

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Speaker 1: it's he a Hall of Famer, and the Guardians referred

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Speaker 1: Jason Stark of the Athletic who covers the Hall of

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Speaker 1: They're different, but they both cover the Hall of Fame exhaustively.

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Speaker 1: Jason had him across the fifty yard line in his

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Speaker 1: July analysis of Hall of Fame candidates. Across the fifty

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Speaker 1: and he is not yet at three hundred homers and

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Speaker 1: three hundred steels, though he should get there this next season.

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Speaker 1: And keep this in mind, no third baseman has reached

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Speaker 1: of recommend Jose Ramirez as a Hall of Fame player.

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Speaker 1: So underrated, No, you can't call him underrated when he

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Speaker 1: keeps finishing in the top five for MVP, but underappreciated certainly.

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Speaker 1: And if he wasn't in the same league as I

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Speaker 1: But this guy almost single handedly offensively lifted the Guardians

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Speaker 1: was acknowledged yet again in the MVP vote. All Right,

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Speaker 1: a lot more to come. We're going to talk about

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Speaker 1: the qualifying offer. The deadline is tomorrow, and it's something

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Speaker 1: Well well, well, well, all right, time now for the

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Speaker 1: of all three. We've got the qualifying off for deadline tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: The qualifying off for this year worth twenty two point

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Speaker 1: you guys remember, I remember was a fleet free agent flurry.

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Speaker 1: the Phillies are at least listening on. That would be

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Speaker 1: one possibility. And I'm sure there are others. Relievers come

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Speaker 1: who will be coming onto the free agent market this

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Speaker 1: week when the non tender deadline hits. That's Thursday, So

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers will play all their options out and just

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Speaker 1: see what it brings them. All Right, we have Banana,

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Speaker 1: the bad Guy, Williams forty eight to sixty. I love

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Speaker 1: these names. Who is the surprise team that you see

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Speaker 1: for Kyle Tucker? Great question, and I'll give you one,

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Speaker 1: and it came up. Will Salmon of The Athletic wrote

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Speaker 1: about it, as did Patrick Mooney. They wrote a combined

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Speaker 1: story about Kyle Tucker and they listed this surprise team

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Speaker 1: the Baltimore Orioles. Now, I do not expect the Oriols

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Speaker 1: to sign Kyle Tucker, let me say that right off

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Speaker 1: the top. But while their bigger needs are starting pitching

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Speaker 1: a top of the rotation starter number three at least,

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Speaker 1: and a bullpen that they need to address and have

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Speaker 1: started to address with the signing of Andrew Kittridge. Tucker

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Speaker 1: would fit as he would fit for any team, and

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Speaker 1: not only that. Michae Elias when he was with the

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Speaker 1: Houston Ashtros, and of course he's now the president of

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Speaker 1: baseball operations with the Oriols. Michae Elias drafted Kyle Tucker,

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Speaker 1: and people in baseball are often attached to people that

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Speaker 1: they draft. They kind of never to lose that affection

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Speaker 1: and feel for them, and for that reason, I can

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Speaker 1: at least see their interest. I can also see them

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Speaker 1: spending more money than they did even last off season.

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Speaker 1: So I'm not saying the Oils are going to be

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Speaker 1: in there deep for Kyle Tucker. I don't know that

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Speaker 1: they will. They have these other priorities, but could they

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Speaker 1: be a team that surfaces. Yeah. Remember last off season

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Speaker 1: they offered KERB Corbyn Burns one hundred and eighty million

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Speaker 1: for four years. That was a serious offer. Now Kyle

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Speaker 1: Tucker is going to be twice that most likely. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if they want to go there, but it's

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Speaker 1: something that I think we will see them linked to

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Speaker 1: in the coming weeks. All right, well, thank everyone for watching,

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Speaker 1: for listening. Foul Territories coming up. Jim Bowden, Lance Lynn

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Speaker 1: and Marcus Thames join Alana, AJ and Krats. That's a

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Speaker 1: lot of Rizzo. AJ presents the and Aerkrats. Fair Territory

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Speaker 1: returns Thursday, our usual twelve thirty EASTERNS time slot. Alana

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Speaker 1: Rizzo is back with us. We'll talk to you then.

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Speaker 1: Have a great week. Everyone has been the best dispass