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

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Speaker 1: Ken Rosehal hear you here with you for the next

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: you might say five years, well, Josh Naylor is not

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Speaker 1: 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, Josh Nayler is a guy

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: has a fire about him in a way about him.

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Speaker 1: Teammates love him, and he just seems to elevate the

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

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

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Speaker 1: year 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: a second baseman or a third baseman, and the likely

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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: will probably resign if they do to play second base,

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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: much in his debut, but he is a guy they

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

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Speaker 1: just a year ago, and their infield is interesting also

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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: for opening Day. The Mariners don't know that, but at

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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: it's Suarez or Murkama. They can do some things then

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

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Speaker 1: free agent after this season, so maybe that ultimately will

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: see right there, Aaron Gleaman of the Athletic They ranked

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: was pretty early for a free agency. It's only November

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Speaker 1: sixteenth last night, November seventeenth today, So good for the

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Speaker 1: Mariners getting this done. Step one for them in this

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Speaker 1: free agency. Also something to look at here a team

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Speaker 1: that's going to be quite interesting this offseason. And Matt Gelbo,

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Speaker 1: the Athletic wrote a fascinating notes column on this team

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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: to sign him besides the Phillies. I'm not sure exactly

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Speaker 1: which team might be. You can look at the Mets

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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 1: second in the NL MVP.

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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: way it's going to have to be. At some point.

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Speaker 1: I guess there is a point where they'll need an answer,

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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

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Speaker 1: roster now. Dave Dombrowski, as president of operations, not known

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Speaker 1: for trading anything but prospects and has always been willing

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Speaker 1: they've got some I wouldn't call it duplication at the

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Speaker 1: and this way, by trading off the major league roster,

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Speaker 1: they can keep some of their better prospects. They're a

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Speaker 1: little thin right now, and they know that. After the

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Speaker 1: to watch with the Phillies as well. Strom Castianos's future

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Speaker 1: could trade someone else. They're going to be an interesting team.

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Speaker 1: And finally, before we sign off on this first segment,

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about Jose Ramirez. Here's a guy

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Speaker 1: that we often refer to myself included, as underrated. I

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Speaker 1: at Jose Ramirez anymore. He's not underrated, but is he underappreciated?

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Speaker 1: I would suggest that he definitely is underappreciated. Here's a

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Speaker 1: thirty four doubles, forty four steals, eight sixty three ops.

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Speaker 1: This is just a really good player. And some people

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Speaker 1: have said, well, it's he a Hall of Famer, and

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Speaker 1: the Guardians referred to him as cooper'stown bound. And I

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Speaker 1: would suggest, yes, that he is definitely on a Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame track. Jason Stark of the Athletic who covers

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Speaker 1: j Jaffier Fangras. They're different, but they both cover the

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame exhaustively. Jason had him across the fifty

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Speaker 1: Across the fifth yard line is of course, heading toward

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Speaker 1: the end zone, and he is not yet at three

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Speaker 1: hundred homers and three hundred steels, though he should get

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Speaker 1: there this next season. And keep this in mind, no

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Speaker 1: the two eighties with both, that would make him a

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Speaker 1: all of these things kind of recommend Jose Ramirez as

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Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame player. So underrated, No, you can't

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Speaker 1: almost single handedly offensively lifted the Guardians to their shocking

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Speaker 1: again in the MVP vote. All right, a lot more

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Speaker 1: The deadline is tomorrow, and it's something that is quite

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

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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: 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: 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 Astros, 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 lose that affection and

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: They have these other priorities, but could they be a

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Speaker 1: team that surfaces. Yeah. Remember last off season they offered

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Speaker 1: KERB Corbyn Burns one hundred and eighty million for four years.

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Speaker 1: That was a serious offer. Now Kyle Tucker is going

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Speaker 1: to be twice that most likely. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: they want to go there, but it's something that I

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Speaker 1: think we will see them linked to in the coming weeks.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, thank everyone for watching, for listening. Foul

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Speaker 1: Territories coming up. Jim Bowden, Lance Lynn and Marcus Thames

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Speaker 1: join Alana, AJ and Krats. That's a lot of Rizzo.

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Speaker 1: AJ presents the and Aer Krats. Fair Territory returns Thursday,

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Speaker 1: our usual twelve thirty EASTERNS time slot. Alto Rizzo is

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Speaker 1: back with us. We'll talk to you then. Have a

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Speaker 1: great week. Everyone has been fast. Estaishmst