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

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Speaker 1: Ken Rosenthal here with Elana Rizzo and Alana. We had

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Speaker 1: some exciting news this morning, the naming of Trek Scoogle

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Speaker 1: and Mason Miller to Team USA in the.

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Speaker 2: World Baseball Classic.

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Speaker 1: We'll get into this more later, but wow, that starting

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Speaker 1: rotation will be led by Cy Young winner, Trek Schooble

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Speaker 1: two tight Cy Young winner, Cy Young winner, Paul Skins,

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Speaker 1: and Joe Ryan. And you've got Clay Holmes, You've got

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Speaker 1: Matthew Boyd. You've got some relievers too, including Mason Miller.

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Speaker 1: The WBC is looking like it's going to be a

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Speaker 1: lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: Ow can I love the interest?

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Speaker 4: One of the best starters in the game, just named

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Speaker 4: one of the best closers in the game just named

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Speaker 4: to the WBC as well. We'll talk more about that momentarily,

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Speaker 4: but Ken, in this offseason period, there still are a

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Speaker 4: lot of teams that have a lot of work to do.

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Speaker 1: There are, and I'm gonna name five teams in particular, Elana,

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Speaker 1: because yes, a lot of teams we could fit into

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Speaker 1: this category.

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Speaker 2: These teams are teams that are generally.

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Speaker 1: Big market and have a lot to do, and frankly,

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Speaker 1: it's a little bit concerning where some of these clubs are,

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Speaker 1: maybe all of them for that matter.

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Speaker 2: Let's start with the Yankees.

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Speaker 1: Now, the Yankees are entering a season in which Aaron

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Speaker 1: Judge will turn thirty four years old. Guess what, Aaron

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Speaker 1: Judge is not going to be great forever. They need

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Speaker 1: to win a World Series when he is still in

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Speaker 1: his prime.

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Speaker 2: And what has happened so far.

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Speaker 1: They've signed Ryan Yarborough, They've signed onmed Razzario, both one year,

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Speaker 1: two point five million dollar contracts. They've lost Luke Weaver

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Speaker 1: and Devin Williams, two of their relievers, to the Mets

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Speaker 1: of all teams, and they still need that big bat

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Speaker 1: to go with Judge, and they still need as well

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Speaker 1: a starting pitcher because they have some questions injury wise

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Speaker 1: in that rotation. Obviously, when Gary Cole comes back and

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Speaker 1: Rodin comes back, they'll be in a better position. But

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Speaker 1: you don't know exactly how those guys are going to

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Speaker 1: perform and what they'll be capable of. So look for

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Speaker 1: the Yankees to be active. They've been on Bellinger, we

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Speaker 1: all know that, but they need to do some things,

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Speaker 1: certainly to be the team that they want to be

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six. The same can be said for

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Speaker 1: their biggest rival, the Boston Red Sox. We've seen the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox trade for Sonny Gray, We've seen them trade

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Speaker 1: for Johann Oviedo. But what about the offense. We've heard

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Speaker 1: them talking about adding two bats. Well, Alex Bregman is

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Speaker 1: their main target. He is still out there. There are

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Speaker 1: any number of possibilities for first base. You can trade

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Speaker 1: for Wilson Contreris, you can trade for Ezach Parades. You

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Speaker 1: didn't sign Pete Alonzo, so there are a lot of

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Speaker 1: things they can do. Bobashett is another option for the

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Speaker 1: Red Sox, but again we have yet to see them.

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Speaker 2: Alana really take.

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Speaker 1: Charge this offseason with regard to free agency, They've done

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Speaker 1: some interesting trades.

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Speaker 4: And that's what I was going to ask you, Ken,

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Speaker 4: There's only two teams right now that sit out there

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Speaker 4: The pairing is interesting, Ken. It's the Color Rockies, which

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Speaker 4: history of the franchise, but it's also the Boston Red Sox.

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Speaker 4: They've not done that big free agent signing now. They

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Speaker 4: missed out on Bregman, they missed out on Pete Alonzo

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Speaker 4: or not Breagan, excuse me. They missed out on Pete

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Speaker 3: But are you.

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Speaker 4: Okay with the fact that they've done some things via trade,

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Speaker 4: just not on the free agent market.

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Speaker 2: I'm fine with it now.

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Speaker 1: It all depends, of course, Alana, with all of these teams,

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Speaker 1: where they end up and where are the Red Sox

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Speaker 1: going to end up? We don't know, but we do

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Speaker 1: know this. They saved a lot of money with the

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Speaker 2: See them put it to good use. Now.

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Speaker 1: Some other teams I want to mention here as well,

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Speaker 1: National League teams, the Mets. We talked about them a

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Speaker 1: little bit already. They get Devin Williams, they get Luke

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Speaker 1: Even though they did lose Edwin Diaz, they make the

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Speaker 1: trade Nimo for Marcus Simeon, and of course they lose

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Speaker 1: Even though they have signed Jorge polan Go, they have

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Speaker 1: to compliment Juan Soto. He is younger than Aaron Judge,

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Speaker 2: But you don't want to waste any of them.

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Speaker 1: So the Mets, we talk about that for one thing,

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Speaker 1: the compliment to Soto in the lineup, but the starting

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Speaker 1: You've got some spots to fill. You've got David Peterson still,

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Speaker 1: they've talked about possibly trading him along with Senga. They've

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Speaker 1: got Sean Manya coming back. There are a lot of

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Speaker 1: this a championship rotation right now? I would suggest that

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Speaker 1: it is not. The San Diego Padres. We've talked about

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Speaker 1: them as well. I talked about them at length on

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Speaker 1: our Monday show, Alana, because they've been talking to the Mets,

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Speaker 1: talking to all twenty nine other teams. As Aj Preller

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Speaker 1: Padres obviously need to fortify their rotation. They were going

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Speaker 1: capable of anything. And finally the Chicago Cubs. Now, the

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Speaker 1: film Aytion, Caleb Thielbar and Hoby Milner three additions that

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Speaker 1: And Kyle Tucker is a free agent not expected to

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Speaker 1: They've been linked to Bregman. They can do some other

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Speaker 3: All right, let's talk about another team in the National League.

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Speaker 1: Ken.

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Speaker 4: Of course, you've discussed the Mets, You've discussed the Padres,

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Speaker 4: You've discussed the Cubs.

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Speaker 3: To a certain extent.

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Speaker 4: What about the Arizona Diamondbacks entering the twenty twenty five season, Ken,

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Speaker 4: it was the largest payroll that they have ever had.

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Speaker 4: Ken Kendrick says, let's go for it. Let's ask I'll

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Speaker 4: ask you this. Do they sign Alex Bregman? Apparently they're

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Speaker 4: Katel Marte or is Katel Marte and Alex Bregman a

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Speaker 1: A lot of both excellent questions, And I can't say

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Speaker 1: I know the answer is. But the fact that they're

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Speaker 1: you remember March of twenty four they signed Jordan Montgomery

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Speaker 1: End of twenty five, for they signed Corbyn Burns out

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Speaker 1: Their owner, he's a guy in his eighties.

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Speaker 2: He clearly wants to win.

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Speaker 1: And I joked, while I quoted in it nationally executive

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Speaker 2: Is we have no money. We have no money, We

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Speaker 1: Oh but then Ken god aggressive and that is kind

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Speaker 1: of how they operate. But yes, they are in on Bregman.

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Speaker 1: The question is, and the bigger question to me is

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Speaker 1: what happens with Marte If they get Bregman. You want

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Speaker 1: You've got a heck of a position club. But Marte

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Speaker 1: that most other teams do not emulate in their market position. Now,

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Speaker 1: Phoenix is a big city, but in terms of baseball markets,

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Speaker 1: So Ken Kendrick hats off to him. Now, they haven't

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Speaker 4: Who has the pitching depth that the Arizona Diamondbacks would

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Speaker 4: be looking for in order to trade kateel Martelet's do's

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Speaker 4: what's the pitching call?

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Speaker 3: Who has it?

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Speaker 1: at a discounted rate, when it's ages thirty two to

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Speaker 1: I don't know that they be in but they do

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Speaker 1: question about that. He had the clubhouse issues last year,

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Speaker 1: which were not small if you want to read about it.

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Speaker 1: I've written about it, a lot of people have. And

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Speaker 1: he's on this contract while he's a little bit older.

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Speaker 1: It's a luxury tax hit of fourteen point six million

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Speaker 1: very small. So I don't know how this turns out.

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Speaker 1: Maybe they don't sign Bregman and maybe they don't trade Marte.

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Speaker 1: That is a possible outcome here. The range of outcomes

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Speaker 1: Diamondbacks right now.

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Speaker 4: Biggest domino still to fall after it was Schwarber, after

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Speaker 4: it was Pete Alonso, is Alex Bregman. We know Alex

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Speaker 4: Bredman is an Arizona in the offseason. He likes the

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Speaker 1: It's a good question, and the Diamondbacks have one unique advantage.

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Speaker 2: We'll see, We'll see how this all plays out, all right.

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Speaker 3: As we continue here on Fair Territory.

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Speaker 4: With Ken Rosenthal, let's talk a little bit about Moonataka Murakami. Ken,

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Speaker 4: what do you know about him? Obviously, the posting window

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Speaker 1: My colleague Will Salmon of The Athletic wrote a fascinating

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Speaker 2: I'm just throwing numbers out there. I don't know.

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Speaker 3: The upside I agree with you.

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Speaker 4: The downside Ken, in my opinion, is that are they

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Speaker 4: break with Grillen Ken. All right, we welcome you back

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Speaker 4: Ken Armand is amazing and he has a question for you.

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Speaker 4: We always appreciate him participating in these is the Twins

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Speaker 1: I don't know exactly the pay structure involved with paying

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Speaker 2: That was kind of the point of this whole thing.

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Speaker 1: The real question to me is how will this affect

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Speaker 1: And at the news conference yesterday, the Twins people, the

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Speaker 2: Were asked about that.

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Speaker 1: And as we always learn in baseball writing, people always

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Speaker 1: Actually it's true in Eddy Sport and probably Eddy Walk

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Speaker 2: So they talked about.

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Speaker 1: It's the same situation you have with them as you

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Speaker 1: And I'm not trying to demean the Twins new owners.

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Speaker 2: Or anything like that.

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Speaker 1: I know they had a switch in the control person

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Speaker 1: But you've got to show people now you've alienated your

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Speaker 4: Let me ask you this, then, will it change anything?

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Speaker 4: I mean, is that only time you know, time will

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Speaker 1: Ken, It's hard to say. It's hard to know a

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Speaker 1: But to me, one more and one more good one

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Speaker 1: got to address the offense as well, because you lose

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Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker. I know he didn't have a great second half.

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Speaker 4: All right, I appreciate the questions. As always, guys, you

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Speaker 1: MLB Network and now Team USA manager for the second

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Speaker 1: time in the World Baseball Classic.

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Speaker 2: That would be Mark de Rosa.

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Speaker 1: And the reason he's the Dude of the week is

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Speaker 1: because he has worked really hard to get commitments from

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Speaker 1: a number of superstar players for the team. And what

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Speaker 1: we've seen is a reaction to the twenty twenty three

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Speaker 1: WBC when players who didn't participate felt like, man, I

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Speaker 1: missed out on something, and I heard it from a

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Speaker 1: number of players after that. It was such an exciting tournament.

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Speaker 1: So you've seen commitments now from Aaron Judge, from Paul Skins,

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Speaker 1: from Trek Scoogle, and DeRosa has worked hard to secure them.

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Speaker 1: The players deserve credit too, but Mark de Rosa for

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Speaker 1: that is my Dude of the week.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, the excitement is there, people are interested. Team USA

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Speaker 4: is stacked. I love the WBC. For me, the dude

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Speaker 4: of the week is baseball in general, and I love

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Speaker 4: the fact and Sarah Langs did a great job of

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Speaker 4: pointing this out as well. Of course, our sport has

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Speaker 4: no cookie cutter reason for success. You take a look

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Speaker 4: at the graphic and it's like, now you have trey

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Speaker 4: Ya Savage and then Tyler Rogers, who have the most

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Speaker 4: unbelievable release points in the league. Look at this, Trey

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Speaker 4: Is Savage high and of course Tyler Rogers way low.

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Speaker 4: You take a look at the release points, the arm angles,

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Speaker 4: all the things that they're now teammates. Just goes to

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Speaker 4: show you there's no cookie cutter way to have success

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Speaker 4: in this league. Baseball. You are my dude of the week.

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Speaker 4: All right, time now.

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Speaker 3: For the dork of the week.

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Speaker 1: All right, this is kind of a preemptive strike, dro

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Speaker 1: I just named your dude of the week.

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Speaker 7: But here's the deal. You gotta win with this team.

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Speaker 7: You gotta win with this team, or you're going to

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Speaker 7: be the dork of the week. I don't want to

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Speaker 7: name you dork of the week. You've done a great job,

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Speaker 7: as I said, put it together, But now comes crunch time. Now,

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Speaker 7: kind of kidding around.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, there are going to be a lot of other

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Speaker 1: good teams in the tournament, and we know from the

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Speaker 1: last time this tournament was held the difficulty du Rosa

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Speaker 1: and his pitching coaches face because teams put restrictions on

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Speaker 1: pitchers and it is a very difficult.

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Speaker 2: Thing to manage.

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Speaker 1: So I'm kind of kidding around saying Dero could be

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Speaker 1: Dork of the Week.

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Speaker 2: But the challenge lies ahead.

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Speaker 1: And let's face it, the team is the most talented

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Speaker 1: team USA we've ever seen.

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Speaker 2: So it's going to be cool to see this all unfold.

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Speaker 4: Yes, hopefully it's not the major league clubs that ended

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Speaker 4: up being the dork of the week because they don't

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Speaker 4: let certain players play and all of the.

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Speaker 3: My dork of the week and I love him.

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Speaker 4: But Scott Harris at the Detroit Tiger's Kenny was a

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Speaker 4: bunch of word sylad saying a bunch of things without

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Speaker 4: saying anything at all. That the team understands. It's the

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Speaker 4: same names, but it's not the same team, and the

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Speaker 4: team is going to be better either individually or collectively.

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Speaker 4: Go out, spend some money, sign some guys. Those things

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Speaker 4: are so funny though, Like I'm going to tell you

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Speaker 4: a bunch of stuff and not tell you anything all

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Speaker 4: at the same time. All Right, if you're still with us,

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Speaker 4: you are watching us on YouTube. Ken the Phillies are

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Speaker 4: banking on a turnaround from Adolice Garcia. No longer a Ranger,

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Speaker 4: he is now at Citizens Bank Park. How do you

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Speaker 4: see this plane out?

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Speaker 1: This is a really interesting signing and they're banking, as

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Speaker 1: you said, Alana, on him having a bounce back year.

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Speaker 2: He's had two down years in a row. Offensively.

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Speaker 1: Now you put him with Kevin Long think Phillies renowned

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Speaker 1: hitting coach that could help. And he's friends with Edmundo Sosa.

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Speaker 1: He's got some foundation there for success. And he's also

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Speaker 1: a high energy, charismatic, upbeat guy. Who you would think

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Speaker 1: would stand the decent chance of kind of making a comeback,

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Speaker 1: just on who he is and the way he approaches things.

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Speaker 2: But it's a big bet.

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Speaker 1: And you see the story by Charlotte Barnes yesterday in

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Speaker 1: The Athletic about Garcia and about what the Phillies see

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Speaker 1: in him. To me, the bigger gamble and he's a

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Speaker 1: gamble Garcia, But the bigger gamble is playing Justin Crawford

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Speaker 1: or rookie and committing to him in center field without

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Speaker 1: him ever having played a major league game.

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Speaker 2: He's talented, They'll hit him at the bottom of the lineup.

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Speaker 1: He's Carl Crawford's son, by the way, and he's a

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Speaker 1: guy who they expect will do some things. But to me,

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Speaker 1: for a team of that caliber to commit like that

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Speaker 1: to a rookie at a prime defensive position, that is

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Speaker 1: a risk. And it's going to be really interesting to

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Speaker 1: see how this outfield plays out. I believe it was

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Speaker 1: Mike Petriello of MLB dot Com the other day who

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Speaker 1: said this could be one of the worst outfields in

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Speaker 1: the major leagues. Garcia will replace Nick Castianos. We'll see

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Speaker 1: how it all plays out. But the Phillies could use

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Speaker 1: one more right handed hitting outfielder to pair platoon with

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Speaker 1: Brandon Marsh, then I think we'll be looking at something better.

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Speaker 1: But there is a lot of risk in that outfield.

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Speaker 1: That's I remember.

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Speaker 4: I remember when Justin Crawford was running around the Dodgers

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Speaker 4: clubhouse Ken when he was about six or seven years old,

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Speaker 4: when CC came over from Boston and became a Los

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Speaker 4: Angeles Dodger. And now he's going to be a starting

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Speaker 4: outfielder for or x starting player for the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Speaker 4: That just means that I'm old, Ken Rosenthal. We appreciate

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Speaker 4: everybody watching and listening today. Foul Territory is next, Eric Kratz,

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Speaker 4: Jason Kipnis, Scott Braun. They're going to welcome in Robert Murray,

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Speaker 4: Paul Hoyins, and Zach Rosenthal. No relation to our Ken

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Speaker 4: Rosenthal far returns on Monday. Ken is going to be

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Speaker 4: back with you at ten am Eastern. Have a great week, everybody,

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Speaker 4: take care