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Speaker 1: Welcome one and all to the Hammer Territory product, but

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Speaker 1: Hammer Territory Podcast presented by Fox One. It's a pleasure

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Speaker 1: to be with you once again. A little rusty, but

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Speaker 1: it's good to be back in the saddle here with

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Speaker 1: my podcast partner Steven Tobert. Steven, you know, let's spoiler alert.

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Speaker 1: We don't have much news to really talk about, but

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Speaker 1: we're in the midst of the World series. It's been

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Speaker 1: a good world series so far, but there's still plenty

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Speaker 1: to talk about. Since the off season has started for

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Speaker 1: US and twenty seven other teams. We're gonna get into

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Speaker 1: what I think is a pretty important topic for this

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Speaker 1: Braves offseason. Nothing that's going to make or break the

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Speaker 1: off season, could make it a bit more successful if

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Speaker 1: they hit on some moves we're going to talk about.

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Speaker 1: But it's always Stephen. Good to be with you, sir.

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Speaker 1: How you been Hope all as well? And I'll go

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Speaker 1: ahead and get it out of the way. Congratulations to

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Speaker 1: your Alabama Crimson Tide.

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Speaker 2: What's up, buddy. It has been a minute. It's been

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Speaker 2: ten days. I don't know how long it's been since

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Speaker 2: the last time you and I did it. Probably as

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Speaker 2: long as it's been in a couple of years since

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Speaker 2: the last time you and I talked.

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Speaker 1: I do I think the first on a Sunday show together.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, it's it's been quite a lot.

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Speaker 2: Good sceneing you again, man, Yeah, yeah, so, uh yeah,

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Speaker 2: Bema did beat Tennessee. You were out of town. We

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Speaker 2: didn't get to talk. We've talked a couple of times since, obviously,

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Speaker 2: But it was a good game. You know, I've said

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Speaker 2: it to you privately. I thought it was a better game,

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Speaker 2: uh than there's the final score indicated, But yeah, it

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Speaker 2: was a good game, at least for us. It was

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Speaker 2: a good game. We do have an interesting topic tonight,

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Speaker 2: and there's not a ton of news to talk about.

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Speaker 2: So we decided, you know what, the names that you've

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Speaker 2: been hearing in terms of you know, braves, free agents,

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Speaker 2: That's kind of the the list that everybody dream on,

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Speaker 2: Devin Williams. So what we decided to do tonight was

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Speaker 2: go a little bit more under the radar. You know,

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Speaker 2: maybe if those options aren't there, you know, the Braves

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Speaker 2: Who are some potential guys that could have value. It's

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Speaker 2: kind of the idea of tonight's show because you do

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Speaker 2: with free agents because we never know who's available in trade.

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Speaker 2: Of course, trades are always available, but these are gonna

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Speaker 2: mainly be from the free agent list. I've just guys

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, And you know again, you know, shortstop, starting, pitching,

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Speaker 1: I feel the Braves should be targeting not only specific

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Speaker 1: But also that four fifth out filled a role. Some

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And so that's you know, our list of names

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean this was the Braves just need

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Speaker 2: so the Braves could always use more infield depth. They

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Speaker 2: Where can you go to get something serviceable at shortstop?

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Speaker 2: And that's probably gonna be the first guy we talk about.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's not only lack of offensive production, but it's

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Speaker 1: it's still a major factor in the Braves following short

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Speaker 2: there's probably not going to be anybody that we can

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and none of the guys that we're gonna mention

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Speaker 1: a major offseason acquisition that is an obvious upgrade for

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Speaker 1: this Braves team. We're putting out a list in this

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Speaker 1: so guys that probably have struggled, you know, over the

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Speaker 1: past year or two. But the Braves have had a great,

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Speaker 1: previous stops before the braves. We're going to get to

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Hammer Territory podcast presented by Fox one.

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Speaker 1: So let's get into some of these names some free

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Speaker 1: They could be brought in at a pretty cheap contract.

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Speaker 1: We know Alexanhopolis loves opportunities that he feels has a

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Speaker 1: What have you a big caveat to this of what

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Speaker 1: Who's a guy out there in free agency that you

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Speaker 2: There's just nobody. Where do the Braves go? And the

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Speaker 2: he's played with Toronto this year and is he great? No,

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Speaker 2: oftentimes we group bad hitters together. There are levels of bad.

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Speaker 2: Nick Allen is the worst hitter in Major League baseball, Like,

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Speaker 2: that's the level Nick Allen legitimately hits at the same

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Speaker 2: This is not who we think the Braves need to

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Speaker 2: the level we're trying to get. So is is he

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Speaker 2: better than has On Kim? Absolutely not. The Braves need

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Speaker 1: No, I think that that's you know, it would be

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Speaker 1: very very good potential signing for the Braves that they

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Speaker 1: when it came to the Braves clearly needing to upgrade

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Speaker 2: You need to be able to get these guys at

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Speaker 1: give the Braves worked to see a significant contributor or

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Speaker 1: starter falter or a succumbity injury for an extended time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is my favorite name as well on this list. Again,

431
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Speaker 2: this kind of assumes that you take care of shortstop

432
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Speaker 2: with Kim, because Renngifo is not a shortstop. But I'm

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Speaker 2: going to read you off what positions Frangifo played last year.

434
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Speaker 2: Played seventy six games at third base, He played seventy

435
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Speaker 2: four games at second base, He played seven games at

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Speaker 2: right field, two games in left field, one game at shortstop,

437
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Speaker 2: one game at center, one game at DH. So they

438
00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:39,159
Speaker 2: moved him all around and he did not have a

439
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Speaker 2: good offensive year. Last year he had a seventy three

440
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Speaker 2: WRC plus, but again his expected numbers, so in twenty

441
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Speaker 2: twenty four, Renjifo had a one to eighteen a WRC plus.

442
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Speaker 2: In twenty twenty five he had a seventy three WRC plus.

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Speaker 2: He obviously had a big drop but in twenty twenty four,

444
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Speaker 2: so Rengifo actually had a better expected numbers in twenty

445
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Speaker 2: twenty five than he did in twenty twenty four, even

446
00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 2: though his twenty twenty four results were better. So three

447
00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,320
Speaker 2: oh five expected OBA in terms of the expected numbers,

448
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:12,439
Speaker 2: which is solid for like a utility type guy. Like

449
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,359
Speaker 2: there's something you can I'm not gonna say dream on

450
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,399
Speaker 2: because it's not like it's a prospect, but there's something

451
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 2: that you can kind of believe in if you sign him.

452
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,520
Speaker 2: It's not gonna cost a ton of money to sign him.

453
00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,640
Speaker 2: He plays all over the diamond. Again, this signing Renjifo

454
00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:31,399
Speaker 2: would assume that you saw shortstop somewhere else. But I

455
00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,160
Speaker 2: think this guy is just better than like the Brett Wisely,

456
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Speaker 2: Videl Bruhan, Nick Allens of the world. You know, he's

457
00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 2: just got more It's just there's more potential. He's a

458
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Speaker 2: switch hitter, which helps you know, everywhere, just helps the

459
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Speaker 2: line help balance the lineup. You can move him all

460
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Speaker 2: over the place when you have inevitable injuries like you

461
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Speaker 2: were talking about at the beginning, Sean, the Braves do

462
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,320
Speaker 2: not have the most like trustworthy collection of players in

463
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Speaker 2: terms of staying healthy. So having guys like this that

464
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Speaker 2: can play all over the diamond and can switch hit

465
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Speaker 2: and have at least enough offensive upside to dream on,

466
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Speaker 2: I think this is something that Braves need to look

467
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Speaker 2: at pretty pretty substantially. And out of these three names, again,

468
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Speaker 2: this is not a shortstop, so you have to solve

469
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Speaker 2: that elsewhere. But in terms of fit to the roster,

470
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Speaker 2: being able to play everywhere, being a switch hitter, Ren

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Speaker 2: Gifo is is probably the guy I like the most

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Speaker 2: out of these three guys.

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Speaker 1: And let's not you know, you know, throw it to

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Speaker 1: the side here. He's played for the Angels for his

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Speaker 1: career so far. You know, if there's a team that

476
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Speaker 1: the Braves know will it would be the Angels for

477
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Speaker 1: all the moves of perryman Iason and Ron Washington there,

478
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Speaker 1: So you probably would expect that this name has come

479
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Speaker 1: up at some point, you know, with the Angel So

480
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Speaker 1: I'm sure that the Braves you know, know who he is.

481
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Speaker 1: But yes, so if we were to see later on

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Speaker 1: in the offseason or even early in the offseason, we

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Speaker 1: were to see the Braves, you know, potentially sign you know,

484
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Speaker 1: we're in GFO to a deal and you're thinking, how

485
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Speaker 1: this guy be excited because he's the type of guy

486
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Speaker 1: that I think he's the type of underrated signing that

487
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Speaker 1: could come in and you could really see the Braves

488
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Speaker 1: create value in him because of the offensive upside that

489
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Speaker 1: he has shown. But it's not just utility players where

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Speaker 1: the Braves are hoping to put. Where the Braves could

491
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Speaker 1: hope to potentially find new sources of value, new sources

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Speaker 1: of success. The outfield could also be an option as well,

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Speaker 1: and we'll get to those in just a moment, but

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Speaker 1: When you're looking at this World Series, are there any

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Speaker 1: headlines that are really standing out to you? Series tied

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Speaker 1: at one going back to Los Angeles, What stands out

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Speaker 1: to you so far from what we've seen in the

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Speaker 1: World Series?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Really fun two games in Toronto. I watched them

515
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Speaker 2: both from start to finish. Obviously, the Blue Jays Bats

516
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Speaker 2: just dominated Game one. Barjar At Day Grand Slam. Blake

517
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Speaker 2: Snell was not sharp Game two was a completely different

518
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Speaker 2: story with Yamamoto. He was just dominant. I mean, you

519
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,000
Speaker 2: just shut that lineup down. The Dodgers finally got off

520
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Speaker 2: the board with some homers I think Will Smith homer,

521
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Speaker 2: Max Munsey homered. You know, it hasn't been like the

522
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Speaker 2: Big Show. Hey, Tany's been awesome, But like Freddie Freeman

523
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Speaker 2: Rookie Betts, I think are both having pretty pedestrian playoffs.

524
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Speaker 2: It's been kind of the other guys, and it's been

525
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Speaker 2: the Dodgers pitching when they've been right. Of course, Blake's

526
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Speaker 2: now had a rough Game one, but yeah, going back

527
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Speaker 2: to LA three tied one to one, it's now guarantee

528
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Speaker 2: that we're going back to Toronto at any point. Obviously,

529
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Speaker 2: there's three games now in La. If LA wins all three,

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Speaker 2: the series is over. It would be kind of funny

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Speaker 2: if it did go back to to Toronto for Game

532
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Speaker 2: six or Game seven, because that would mean the season

533
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Speaker 2: didn't start or end in America obviously, because the you know,

534
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,199
Speaker 2: baseball plays those early games overseas now and then obviously

535
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Speaker 2: Game seven would end in Canada. But yeah, it's been

536
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Speaker 2: a fun series and I can't wait. I really hope

537
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Speaker 2: Toronto does what they did in Game one and just

538
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Speaker 2: beats the piss out of the Dodgers. That's what I'm

539
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,919
Speaker 2: rooting for. But Dodgers are very good. Dodgers pitching is

540
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 2: so deep, and of course they've got Otani and so

541
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Speaker 2: when you've got those things, it's gonna be tough. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: next three games are in LA, and yeah, we'll see

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Speaker 2: what happens. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And the thing is is that you know, again, now

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Speaker 1: I know everybody you know talking about the Dodgers root

546
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Speaker 1: in baseball and all that different stuff. LA is a

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Speaker 1: great postseason setting, and it's because the Dodgers are so

548
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Speaker 1: consistently there. But man, if you want to talk about

549
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Speaker 1: postseason settings, Toronto in that Game six and Game seven

550
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:11,160
Speaker 1: in the ALCS was incredible. Going back there with Toronto

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Speaker 1: having a chance to win the World Series at home

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping for. I'm hoping that it goes to a

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Speaker 1: you so much for joining us. We're in the midst

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Speaker 1: of going through a list of some underrated, under the

565
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Speaker 1: radar free agent candidates when it comes to the Braves

566
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Speaker 1: and so want to switch now to to really the outfield.

567
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Speaker 1: And again, you know, we talked in the first segment

568
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Speaker 1: about you know how the Braves struggling up the middle

569
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Speaker 1: in the first half of last season, the Braves struggling

570
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Speaker 1: with injuries. That's why it's so important to have a

571
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Speaker 1: utility option. But there also is ways that the Braves

572
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Speaker 1: can go about potentially lowering the risk for injuries, especially

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Speaker 1: when it comes to Ronald Acunya Junior. And as Steven

574
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Speaker 1: and Scott talked about a few weeks ago, with Marcelo

575
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Speaker 1: Zuna now a free agent, the Braves bringing in just

576
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Speaker 1: a traditional you know bat only DH probably isn't the

577
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Speaker 1: smartest thing for this lineup, because it's going to be

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Speaker 1: smart to use that DH position to have some of

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Speaker 1: your regular position players get a little bit of rest

580
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Speaker 1: by feeling that DH position themselves, like Ronald Acunya Junior.

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Speaker 1: So another focus for the Braves when it comes to

582
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Speaker 1: under the radar targets is an outfielder, some of that

583
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Speaker 1: may not be able to play every day, but could

584
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Speaker 1: play one hundred or so games during the season as

585
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Speaker 1: an outfielder of DH would have you. And there are

586
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Speaker 1: some names out there that I think could make some sense,

587
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 1: some familiar names, but also some names that I think

588
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,959
Speaker 1: if they come to Atlanta could regain some offen value

589
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Speaker 1: as well because to improve their production.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we're gonna start this list with a familiar name,

591
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Speaker 2: somebody that I've talked about on this show probably probably

592
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 2: a probably too many times of the count actually talked

593
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Speaker 2: about a bunch last year, and that's Michael Conforto. So

594
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Speaker 2: Conforto did not have a good year results wise in LA.

595
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Speaker 2: He had an eighty three WRC plus this year, which

596
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Speaker 2: is obviously well below average and certainly well below his standard.

597
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Speaker 2: He was actually left off the World Series roster. I

598
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Speaker 2: tells you what kind of year he had, but I'll

599
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Speaker 2: say this his expected numbers were about sixty to seventy

600
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Speaker 2: points higher than his actual numbers. He had a three

601
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Speaker 2: forty one expected OBA last year, which is very high.

602
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,920
Speaker 2: He's still very talented, He's got a ton of pop.

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Speaker 2: I've always thought that Conforto in Tru's Park is a

604
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Speaker 2: tremendous matchup, very similar to Profar. Actually, I just think

605
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Speaker 2: he could really take advantage of that short porch. Now, listen,

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Speaker 2: Conforto is not a good defender, neither his Profar, of course,

607
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Speaker 2: and that didn't bother them at all. I think, like,

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Speaker 2: and I've said this before, I think rotating. I think

609
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Speaker 2: the Braves should aim higher than Conforto. Again, I want

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Speaker 2: to make that point again. This is not our plan

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Speaker 2: A for anybody. This is options dwindle. You need a

612
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,479
Speaker 2: plan and see where do you go to Nforto had

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00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,080
Speaker 2: a rough year with the results should be pretty affordable.

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Speaker 2: The expected numbers were really good. He still got power,

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Speaker 2: he still takes walks. I think he'd be a great

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Speaker 2: fit in truest and I think that the Braves could

617
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Speaker 2: rotate him Profar and Acuna and right left in DH,

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Speaker 2: which I've talked about a bunch on this show. I

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Speaker 2: think that's the way the Braves need to go to

620
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 2: not only help out DH, but to protect Acunya in profar,

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Speaker 2: keep him healthy, keep him out of the outfield so much.

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Speaker 2: And I think Conforto could be a low cost, high

623
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Speaker 2: potential pick. I just think he's talented. And it is

624
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Speaker 2: a little biased because I've always wanted the Braves to

625
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 2: go after Conforto. But when I you know, and I

626
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 2: knew that he had a bad year in LA, but

627
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 2: when I saw those expected numbers, it's like he still

628
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 2: got it. Somebody is going to take a chance on

629
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Speaker 2: Conforto at a really cheap contract, and I think he's

630
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Speaker 2: going to have a big bounce back here, and I

631
00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 2: would hope. I kind of wanted to be the Braves.

632
00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,960
Speaker 2: I want the Braves to aim higher than Conforto, but

633
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 2: if they ended up with Conforto, I would actually get

634
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 2: pretty excited. Expected numbers aren't everything, of course, it's not

635
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Speaker 2: a prediction of what's going to happen in the future,

636
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Speaker 2: but it's again something you can kind of it's something

637
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 2: you can kind of hope for, Like there's there's actual

638
00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 2: tangible things there that like, all right, there's there's potential

639
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 2: that this guy could still still have it a little

640
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:39,040
Speaker 2: bit in terms of the bats. So it's it's an

641
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 2: interesting name to me.

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Speaker 1: You know, we were talking about these guys. It feels

643
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 1: like that were redoing a podcast, you know, from a

644
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: year ago, and that we're talking about two of the

645
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:50,000
Speaker 1: same guys. Of course, Michael Conforto sound a one year,

646
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Speaker 1: seventeen million deal dollar deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers

647
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: before the twenty five season. Another guy who was there

648
00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:57,239
Speaker 1: as well, I believe he sounded either a one year

649
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 1: eight meion or one you're timmion dollar deal with the

650
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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Philly was Max Kepler. And Max Kepler actually had

651
00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 1: a pretty decent season. It is sub seven hundred ops,

652
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 1: a ninety plus WRC plus eighteen home runs. Though for

653
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: the Phillies someone that could play the outfield still is

654
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: pretty decent defensively, but I think he's someone that can

655
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,320
Speaker 1: make a lot of sense. Probably is looking again for

656
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Speaker 1: another one year deal, trying to put together a really

657
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: good season to maybe get a multi year deal, one

658
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,239
Speaker 1: last big multi year deal like Conforto. There's a lot

659
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 1: of similarities between a Max Kepler as well as a

660
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Speaker 1: Michael Conforto, and one of the biggest reasons why it

661
00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 1: would make sense is just look at the difference that

662
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Speaker 1: Drake Baldwin and Jerkson Profar made at the top of

663
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Speaker 1: the Braves lineup from their ability to consistently put together

664
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Speaker 1: good at bats, whether it's taking walks, whether it's taking

665
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Speaker 1: pictures pitches, making adjustments, being able to fight off pitches,

666
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Speaker 1: what have you, just consistently putting together good at bats.

667
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Speaker 1: Both Conforto and Kepler take walks, they can work counts.

668
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Speaker 1: Taking that type of option and putting in the bottom

669
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Speaker 1: of the lineup before you turn over to the top

670
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Speaker 1: of the lineup, that would be another valuable audition for

671
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: this Braves team. So I think Max Kepler, still in

672
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 1: his early thirties, if he could come in on a

673
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Speaker 1: one year deal potentially put together you know, maybe somewhere

674
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Speaker 1: between an eighty one hundred WRC plus twenty homers. We

675
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 1: know the Braves need more homers and you know give

676
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:18,839
Speaker 1: you know Jerksen and Ronald off days in the corner

677
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: Ott Filk spots. I think that would be a very

678
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: valuable signing for the Braves. And again we talked about

679
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Speaker 1: these guys just a year ago. The Braves once again

680
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: saw that type of guy is needed for this roster.

681
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,040
Speaker 1: Why not go out and ad at least one of them.

682
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Kelpo is another guy that his expected numbers were

683
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 2: just substantially higher than his actual numbers. He had a

684
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Speaker 2: ninety WRC plus like you said, but again, he had

685
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Speaker 2: kind of a forty point underperformance in terms of what

686
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Speaker 2: he should have done. And I know I keep using

687
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Speaker 2: these expected numbers. I don't use them just because I

688
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,359
Speaker 2: like them. I use them because Alex and Doabolos has

689
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Speaker 2: shown in the past that they care about these numbers.

690
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Speaker 2: And anytime you see big underperformance relative to what was expected,

691
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Speaker 2: did the Braves consider that value? And they consider that interesting.

692
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 2: And they've actually gone down and acquired players for that

693
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 2: very reason because they had, you know, a season that

694
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Speaker 2: was probably less than what their expectors numbers said they

695
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,160
Speaker 2: should so they were going to be cheap, but there

696
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 2: was high upside. Kepler, Conforto or in Gifo like these

697
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Speaker 2: guys have that profile, which Alex has shown in the

698
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 2: past that he likes. So it's not just us saying this.

699
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 2: You know, the front office has just done this in

700
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Speaker 2: the past. And Kepler is another guy. Kepler is a

701
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 2: better defender than Conforto, So Kepler would certainly help more.

702
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 2: Neither one of them are good defenders, but Kepler is

703
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 2: better at Conforto is very close to a DH player,

704
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 2: like you would have to live with some bad defense

705
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:47,359
Speaker 2: on the days that Conforto's and left. Kepler is much

706
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Speaker 2: more similar to probably probably Akunya. Maybe profile profile is

707
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Speaker 2: pretty bad though. I mean, honestly, the Braves have shown

708
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 2: they don't really care about corner outfield defense. I don't

709
00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 2: really care that much about corner outfield defense. I've gone

710
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 2: on that before. As long as you hit at a

711
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 2: certain level first base, left field, right field, Like I

712
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 2: can live with some bad defense out there. It's it's

713
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 2: up the middle. You got to be careful. So yeah,

714
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Speaker 2: Kepler's another name that I like. They I think there's

715
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Speaker 2: upside there with the expected numbers he had in twenty

716
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Speaker 2: twenty five.

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Speaker 1: And there's familiarity as well. Right. You know, Conforto, you know,

718
00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: played a lot of his career with the Mets. Max

719
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: Kepler last year was with the Phillies. So the Braves

720
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 1: have seen up front how these players perform, and that familiarity.

721
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,839
Speaker 1: We know that Alex likes that familiarity. So I think

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Speaker 1: that either one of those guys makes sense. One other

723
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Speaker 1: name that I've mentioned before and that you know, I

724
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Speaker 1: feel could make sense, not even to the level of

725
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Speaker 1: a Comforto or a Kepler, because he was he was

726
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: bad in twenty twenty five. That's Lane Thomas. Lane Thomas, again,

727
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 1: another former NLIES guy, was with the Washington Nationals, was

728
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: traded to the Cleveland Indians at the twenty twenty four

729
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: trade deadline. Jeff Pisan had mentioned himself before he was

730
00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 1: traded that Lane Thomas was someone that the Braves had

731
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:03,200
Speaker 1: had interest for multiple seasons. And you know, we've seen

732
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Speaker 1: the fact that Alex If there's been you know, reporting

733
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: out there that he's had guys that he's been interested

734
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Speaker 1: in in the past, couldn't get them in the past.

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Speaker 1: You know, as their value goes down, maybe he picks

736
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Speaker 1: them back up in time. So that's something that surely

737
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: could happen with Lane Thomas. But again, Lane Thomas is

738
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Speaker 1: a guy who I think could make some sense for

739
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: this Brave squad. Not a lot of hope with the

740
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Speaker 1: expected numbers, but perhaps he could come in and be

741
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 1: a reclamation project. However, there's a strong arm in the

742
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:36,200
Speaker 1: corner outfield that he can provide. And he also again,

743
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:39,439
Speaker 1: could be an excellent, excellent addition on the base pass

744
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: lank game pitch running option. Incredibly fast guy in the

745
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: nineteth percentile when it comes to sprint speed. So again,

746
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 1: this maybe not a minor league signing, but this is

747
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 1: like playing, you know, ijk if a lot of other

748
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: things don't fall in place. But the praise have had

749
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: pass interest, he's had pass success. I think he's someone

750
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 1: that could feel some needs for the Braise. So Lane

751
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: Thomas is another guy who I would not mind the

752
00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:05,000
Speaker 1: Braves kicking the tires on later in the offseason after

753
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,359
Speaker 1: they've either already checked a bunch of boxes with needs

754
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: that they have, or perhaps a need that they weren't

755
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,360
Speaker 1: able to address, maybe they feel he could address it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna read you Lane Thomas's results over the

757
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:21,080
Speaker 2: last five years. In twenty twenty one, he had a

758
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 2: one to oh four WRC plus very good. Twenty twenty

759
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 2: two had a ninety eight WRC plus. Twenty twenty three

760
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,280
Speaker 2: had a one to oh nine WRC plus. Twenty twenty

761
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 2: four he had a ninety nine WRC plus. Twenty twenty

762
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 2: five he had a forty eight WRC. I don't know

763
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Speaker 2: what happened last year, like a dude that had just

764
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,239
Speaker 2: consistently shown that he's like a league average or even

765
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 2: slightly above hitter just fell off the planet. And so

766
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Speaker 2: if you go get Lane Thomas, what you're kind of

767
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 2: hoping is twenty twenty five was the outlier and we're

768
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Speaker 2: gonna return back to twenty twenty one through twenty twenty

769
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Speaker 2: four production, where he is a league average or slightly

770
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:03,759
Speaker 2: above league average hitter with really good speed. He's not

771
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:06,960
Speaker 2: gonna kill you in the outfield. You just got to

772
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Speaker 2: hope maybe he was hurt in twenty twenty five, maybe

773
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Speaker 2: he didn't like Cleveland. You know, you're you're banking on

774
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:17,319
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five being kind of a mirage and that

775
00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 2: he's gonna return back to form. It's not a terrible

776
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 2: bet because we do have like a four year chunk

777
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,320
Speaker 2: of sample of him being a really good hitter, not

778
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 2: really good hitter, but a solid hitter, a decent hitter,

779
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:30,920
Speaker 2: and then we have one kind of outlier season that

780
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 2: says he's not. So that's not a bad gamble, especially

781
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 2: since you're probably gonna get him at like league minimum

782
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 2: or maybe even a minor league deal. Like you said,

783
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:42,959
Speaker 2: like there's strong value there, there is upside play, which

784
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 2: is what we're looking for here. We're looking for guys

785
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,439
Speaker 2: who aren't gonna cost a lot of money but still

786
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 2: have upside play. With the other guys we talked about,

787
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 2: they had really good expected numbers last year, the results

788
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 2: just weren't there. With Adams, it is literally just he

789
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 2: was terrible last year. Maybe that was just an outlier.

790
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 2: In the four years before that were really good, and

791
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 2: we're gonna bank on that. But it's not gonna cost

792
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Speaker 2: a lot of money. So I could see it, like

793
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,840
Speaker 2: I could see I could see the Braves doing Lane,

794
00:40:09,880 --> 00:40:12,440
Speaker 2: you know, I could see him doing him. Just I

795
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 2: just keep saying Adams Thomas, Lane Thomas. I I do

796
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 2: that every single time I talk about this guy. I

797
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: say Lane, Adams, Lane Thomas. His name is Lane Thomas.

798
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Speaker 2: There are different people. Lane Thomas had a really bad

799
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,839
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, but he had really good four years

800
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:31,319
Speaker 2: before that, So we'll see. I could see them doing that.

801
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,880
Speaker 2: I could see them doing a couple of these combined. Actually,

802
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,439
Speaker 2: now that I think about it, like I could see

803
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 2: them doing like Rangifo and Lane Thomas. Again, it's not

804
00:40:41,560 --> 00:40:45,759
Speaker 2: gonna cost a lot of money. That's kind of why

805
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 2: we went with these guys. That's what under the radar means.

806
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 2: It means not these guys are not gonna get headlines

807
00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 2: if the Braves sign them. No one's gonna like, you know,

808
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,200
Speaker 2: we'll talk about it, but no one's gonna like freak out.

809
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,280
Speaker 2: But there's there's hidden value with all these guys. Thomas

810
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:03,359
Speaker 2: just happens to come from. You have to ignore twenty

811
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 2: twenty five and go twenty twenty one through twenty twenty four.

812
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 2: Lane Thomas people, his name is Lane Thomas. I apologize

813
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 2: to the Thomas family. I don't know why I call

814
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,680
Speaker 2: you Laye Adams. I've done it my whole life, ever

815
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 2: since you got into the league. I call you Lane Adams,

816
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:19,800
Speaker 2: Lane Thomas.

817
00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, and again, we're talking about signing these guys for

818
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 1: one year and nodded a lot of money.

819
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Speaker 3: Either.

820
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,080
Speaker 1: We're talking about signing these guys for proven deals and hey,

821
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 1: it could work out like Ramone Loreano did. The Bras

822
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 1: didn't even sign Ramone Loreanna before the twenty twenty four season.

823
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 1: They signed him in the midst of it. They should

824
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,240
Speaker 1: have picked up his option, they declined it. He signs

825
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 1: a two year, twelve million dollars deal last offseason, plays

826
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: with the Orioles, then goes to the Padres Ramone Loreano

827
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Speaker 1: because of the retooling that he did in Atlanta. I'm

828
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 1: not going to say that stuff sole reason, but his

829
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,319
Speaker 1: time in Atlanta clearly clearly made him a much better

830
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 1: player than before he was Last year among players before

831
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,320
Speaker 1: one hundred played appearances, he was top twenty in WRC.

832
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,920
Speaker 1: Plus he killed the baseball for much of the season,

833
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 1: So it could work out that way. It also could

834
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,000
Speaker 1: work out like Alex Rdugo did in the twenty five season.

835
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,320
Speaker 1: But again, because it's not a lot of money involved,

836
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,800
Speaker 1: nor is it long term contract, it's okay to take

837
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: that chance. And that's why we're mentioning these names. So

838
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,360
Speaker 1: if you see the Braves sign a Willie Castro or

839
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,720
Speaker 1: Luis Fringipo, or a Lane Thomas or a Max Kepler, again,

840
00:42:24,080 --> 00:42:26,640
Speaker 1: it's not The expectation is not for this guy to

841
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:30,240
Speaker 1: all of a sudden turn into twenty twenty three Marcelo Zuna.

842
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 1: It's just making the options better. It's giving the Braves

843
00:42:34,520 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 1: an alternate source that they can go to in the

844
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: case that there's underperformance or injury once again from the starters,

845
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 1: and then this person can step up and hopefully deliver

846
00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: better than where they had in previous stops because of

847
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 1: the success the Braves have had in helping hitters re

848
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 1: up their value in time.

849
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you said it like sometimes you get Ramon Loriano,

850
00:42:57,160 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 2: sometimes you get wet and Merrifield, and then sometimes you

851
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 2: get Brian Day La Cruz and sometimes you get Alex Radugo. Like,

852
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 2: you know, it is a it is a bit of

853
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: a crap shoot, but that's why that's why teams do

854
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Speaker 2: it because there's so little risk because you're signing these

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Speaker 2: guys to very very manageable contracts. It's not you know,

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Speaker 2: there's no one hundred million dollar deal here. There's no

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Speaker 2: five year deal here. Almost certainly one year contracts. You know,

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Speaker 2: a couple of them will command more than league minimum,

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Speaker 2: but a couple of them will sign for league minimum

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Speaker 2: or sign up. Laine Thomas is probably gonna not a

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Speaker 2: minor league deal, to be honest with you, I called

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Speaker 2: him Million Thomas that time, so that was a win.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, it's very low risk, and that's what Alex

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Speaker 2: loves all teams so many things in baseball are high risk.

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Speaker 2: These kind of moves are low risk. Teams love them.

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Speaker 2: So you know there's value here, and there's potential value

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Speaker 2: and there's potential upside, and that's what you got to

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Speaker 2: look for when you're you know, when you're at Plan C,

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Speaker 2: Plan D, Plan E, you don't maybe have the guy

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Speaker 2: you want, you at least have to try to aim

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Speaker 2: for some some sort of upside. And I think all

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Speaker 2: these guys we talked about tonight have some sort of upside.

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Speaker 2: You can look at something in their numbers that says,

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Speaker 2: all right, if the stars aligned perfectly, we could get

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Speaker 2: a Ramon Loriano out of this situation. And it doesn't

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Speaker 2: work all the time, but it's not a bad it's

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Speaker 2: not a bad bet to make.

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Speaker 1: And we're labeling these guys is under the radar. Maybe

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Speaker 1: you could label them as undervalue. Maybe you can rate

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Speaker 1: them as underrated. For some that may be underwhelming. We

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Speaker 1: get that. But if there's one thing to potentially better,

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Speaker 1: it's the Braves track recording. And I know we've mentioned

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Speaker 1: this ad nauseum at times in some of our podcasts,

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Speaker 1: but it should stand out. The Braves have had a

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Speaker 1: very good track record. One of the better track records

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Speaker 1: over the past decade of bringing in guys who had

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Speaker 1: past success elsewhere, but in recent years it's struggled. But

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Speaker 1: once they came to Atlanta, they were able to re

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Speaker 1: up some of their offensive value. If the Braids could

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Speaker 1: get one or two of these guys to come in

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Speaker 1: and do that once again, that's the type of development

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Speaker 1: that could really help the odds of your returning to

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Speaker 1: where you want to be as a contender next year.

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Speaker 1: These are the type of signings that to hope you

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Speaker 1: do that if they work out. Stephen, anything else from you?

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Speaker 1: As we wrap up this edition of the Here a

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Speaker 1: Territory podcast presented by Fox One. Wrap up this edition

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Speaker 1: of the podcast, Anything Else from You?

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Speaker 2: Ser No, just you know, we're at the pretty much

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Speaker 2: the last week of the season. The World Series is

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Speaker 2: probably gonna wrap sometime this week. I think even Game

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Speaker 2: seven would be It might be Monday, Sunday. Yeah, so

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Speaker 2: very good chance. This is the last week of the

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Speaker 2: baseball season and the just remember five days after the

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Speaker 2: World Series, boom, everything gets going and we will get

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Speaker 2: plenty of news. So this could kind of be the last.

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Speaker 2: This this upcoming week is probably gonna be the last

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Speaker 2: week where we're still kind of in wait and see mode.

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Speaker 2: After that, the off season is gonna get going, So

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Speaker 2: there's gonna be plenty to talk.

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Speaker 1: About and there and there, and there's gonna be more

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Speaker 1: than likely plenty to talk about because you got more

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Speaker 1: needs for Alex and thopplss the manager, plus plenty of

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Speaker 1: additions to the team that need to be addressed. You know,

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Speaker 1: he likes to act quickly. Of course, in mid November,

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Speaker 1: we're going to be on awards watch, especially when it

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Speaker 1: comes to NL Rookie of the Year. Obviously Matt Olsen

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Speaker 1: as well in the running for some awards, so plenty

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Speaker 1: to look at when it comes to the Braves. One

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Speaker 1: more week than hey, the content should be up and

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Speaker 1: roaring and we will be here to cover it for you.

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Speaker 1: As always for Steve on Tolbert, my name is Sean Coleman.

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Speaker 1: You can find both of us on x slash, Twitter,

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Speaker 1: Hammer Territory and all forms of social media, part of

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Speaker 1: the Foul Territory family of podcasts. Until next time, Go Braves.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk to you again soon here on the Hammer

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