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Speaker 1: Welcome one and all to the Hammer Territory Podcast. My

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Speaker 1: name is Jell and Coleman. Hope, wherever you are and

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Speaker 1: wherever you are listening, you are having a great week

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Speaker 1: and you should absolutely be having one of the best

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Speaker 1: weeks you've had in quite a while. We're at the

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Speaker 1: sweet sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. Hey, we've got draft

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Speaker 1: season across the board in many other sports, but none

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Speaker 1: of that compares to the truth that is finally here,

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Speaker 1: whether you consider it a threat or a treat with

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Speaker 1: how this spring is gone for the Braves. Baseball is

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Speaker 1: not only here, it's not only back, but it now

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Speaker 1: counts two nights away from the Braves taking on the

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Speaker 1: Royals in the first game of the season. And here

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Speaker 1: to break it all down with me, one of the

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Speaker 1: best when it comes to breaking down the Braves podcast partner.

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Speaker 1: And you know what, my friend maybe not potentially Sunday,

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Speaker 1: but my friend Steven told Steven it's good to talk

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Speaker 1: with you, sir.

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Speaker 2: What's all buddy.

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Speaker 3: So this is it, man, this is the This is

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Speaker 3: opening week of Major League Baseball. You got you kind

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Speaker 3: of have to say opening week now because we do this,

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Speaker 3: you know, netflix game tonight and then you know, opening

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Speaker 3: day for a bunch of teams is tomorrow, and then

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Speaker 3: the Braves don't open till Friday. So it's a it's

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Speaker 3: a progressive thing, uh for Braves fans this year.

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Speaker 2: But we're here.

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Speaker 3: Spring spring training is over. There are no more spring

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Speaker 3: It is just regular season baseball and then maybe you know,

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Speaker 3: God willing some postseason baseball just for you know, just

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Speaker 3: for some fun. So I'm excited. I'm I'm really excited.

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Speaker 3: I you know, it hasn't been the spring training that

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Speaker 3: everybody wanted. There's been a lot of negative news and

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Speaker 3: we've had to cover every bit of it here, of course,

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Speaker 3: and the roster is not exactly the roster we thought

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Speaker 3: we'd get. We're actually gonna talk about that in our

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Speaker 3: have right opening day gets here, and you just ride

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Speaker 3: with a squad that you have. That's your team, those

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Speaker 3: So yeah, it's good to be on with you.

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Speaker 1: Man, absolutely, And that's the thing, you know, that's the

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Speaker 1: mentality that the players have had. That's what Chrissell talked about.

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Speaker 1: You know multiple times during the spring. They're ready to go,

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Speaker 1: mix it up. And when it comes to the opening

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Speaker 1: We're gonna mix it up a little bit with the

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Speaker 1: opening day roster, some predictions as well as a preview

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Speaker 1: of Game one of the season with some take so

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Speaker 1: hot when you listen to this podcast, you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: Engineered by fasten All. Steven is amazed when it comes

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Speaker 1: to me in my segues. Now I'm using props when

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Speaker 1: it comes to the Braves, we now know were opening

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Speaker 1: day roster. And the truth is it's not the opening

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Speaker 1: thing that does stand out, Stephen is that there are

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so listen, if you if you had given me

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Speaker 2: We're gonna go through it real quick.

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Speaker 3: So obviously, you know, on the pitching side, you've got

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Speaker 3: I'm very annoyed that we didn't see this coming, that

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Speaker 3: This was the most predictable outcome that the Brave is

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Speaker 2: I get it.

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Speaker 3: I get with the names they have available, I get it.

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Speaker 1: So the thing that stands out to me is this

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Speaker 1: This roster, being where it is right now, is probably

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Speaker 1: A couple of things that stand out to me. Number one,

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Speaker 1: the Braves do not face either a offense or a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so let's cover the position player group real quick.

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Speaker 3: So obviously it's you know, all the normal guys, Austin Riley,

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Speaker 3: But you know, obviously, with the news of Profar and

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Speaker 3: You know, as I was looking through like the league

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Speaker 3: it's certainly a group I was not expecting at the

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Speaker 3: And like you said, this schedule opens up early and

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Speaker 1: And that may be the case because again what maybe

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Speaker 3: We did our bold predictions and that's where we went

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Speaker 1: You're gonna make me make a bold prediction. Austin Riley

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Speaker 1: So, Stephen. We gave our individual predictions when it came

456
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Speaker 1: to the Brave, some positive outlooks from att Olsen, Austin Riley,

457
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Speaker 1: you know, the stars that stand out, some second tier

458
00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,040
Speaker 1: guys maybe not so competent. In of course, Chris Sale

459
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Speaker 1: really think that he could again shine. So let's talk

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Speaker 1: about some team predictions, aspects of this team that we

461
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Speaker 1: feel are most likely to happen, whether it's positive or

462
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Speaker 1: it's negative. Stephen, when it comes to this team, what

463
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Speaker 1: is an aspect of it that you really think will

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Speaker 1: stand out in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so.

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Speaker 3: I think the middle of the order is gonna be

467
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Speaker 3: a monster. I'm not confident in the lineup as a whole.

468
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Speaker 3: But I think Acunya, Olsen, Riley and Baldwin are gonna

469
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Speaker 3: be monsters this year. And that's a bit of a

470
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Speaker 3: bull take with Riley, but not really. I mean, we

471
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Speaker 3: have enough where you know, even if he's the fourth

472
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Speaker 3: best guy in that group. And listen, it's easy to

473
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Speaker 3: say the bullpen, right, the bullpen's probably gonna be the

474
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Speaker 3: best part of the team. But I don't I'm not

475
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Speaker 3: ready to say I don't fully believe that yet. It's

476
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Speaker 3: certainly possible. I think there's a lot of questions after

477
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Speaker 3: you you know, Ronaldo and Suarez, and of course the

478
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Speaker 3: rotation is just full of questions. But the middle of

479
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Speaker 3: the order, like the best four hitters on the team, Acunya, Olson, Riley, Baldwin,

480
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Speaker 3: I feel as good about as anything now that they

481
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 3: have to stay healthier, and a lot of that starts

482
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Speaker 3: with Ronald and Anne Riley, quite honestly, But if you

483
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Speaker 3: promise me health, I am almost positive those four guys

484
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Speaker 3: are going to produce at a decently high level.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: Individually, they could have ups and downs, but I think

487
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Speaker 3: as a collective it's probably the part of the outside

488
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Speaker 3: of Chris Sale. I guess as an individual who I'm

489
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Speaker 3: positive is going to be good as long as he's healthy.

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Speaker 3: As a group, the middle of the order, the best

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Speaker 3: four bats in the lineup I am I feel most

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Speaker 3: confident about, and we'll do you know, at the end

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Speaker 3: of this segment, we're going to do a prediction. Are

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Speaker 3: both of our predictions on what the final record.

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Speaker 2: Is going to be.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, just as a group, I think I feel

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Speaker 3: best about the middle of the order, top top end,

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Speaker 3: middle of the order.

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Speaker 1: So my prediction for the team is that they're going

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Speaker 1: to do something from two perspectives that they've only done

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Speaker 1: three times this center, and that is number one, they're

502
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Speaker 1: going to have at least four guys with double digit

503
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Speaker 1: steals and secondly, they're going to have one hundred plus

504
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Speaker 1: steals as a team. Again going back to the faith

505
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Speaker 1: that I have that they're going to put a lot

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Speaker 1: more emphasis on moving on the base pass. Not necessarily

507
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Speaker 1: because they're one of the speediest teams out there, but

508
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Speaker 1: I do feel that they could certainly be one of

509
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Speaker 1: the smartest base running teams. And don't forget you've got

510
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Speaker 1: Eli White, You've got Jorge Matteo. Eventually you're going to

511
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Speaker 1: have Mauricio Dubon who will be on the bench as well.

512
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Speaker 1: You've got some good base runners who can make a

513
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Speaker 1: difference on the base pass late in games as well.

514
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Speaker 1: So I think this team is going to I don't

515
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Speaker 1: necessarily know if they'll be near the top of the league,

516
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Speaker 1: but I think in terms of past Braves, they're going to.

517
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Speaker 1: One thing that's going to stand out about the twenty

518
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Speaker 1: six team is attacking the base pass. So I think

519
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Speaker 1: for only the fourth time this century, you're going to

520
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Speaker 1: see this Braves team still more than one hundred bases

521
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Speaker 1: plus also have at least four guys with double digit steals,

522
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Speaker 1: and if they have that type of success in the

523
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Speaker 1: regular season, and it helps translate to them winning quite frequently.

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Speaker 1: Being aggressive and smart on the base pass is a

525
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Speaker 1: huge advantage in the postseason, especially when runs come at

526
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Speaker 1: a premium.

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Speaker 3: All Right, So I'm gonna rapid fire these I want

528
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Speaker 3: I want your answer. I'll give an answer as well,

529
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Speaker 3: but I want your answer. Who's gonna be the Who's

530
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 3: gonna be the player on the team that has the

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Speaker 3: most surprisingly positive year that you're not maybe expecting to

532
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Speaker 3: have a great year, that you think is gonna have

533
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Speaker 3: a great year the second Michael Harris the second. Okay,

534
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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say Mariso de bond is going to be

535
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Speaker 3: a better hitter. Then probably a lot of people think,

536
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,159
Speaker 3: all right, who's the guy you think is going to

537
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Speaker 3: have a disappointing.

538
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Speaker 1: Year, Dylan Lee.

539
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Speaker 3: Oh, interesting, that's a good one. Not a good one, like,

540
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Speaker 3: we don't want Delie to have a bad year, but

541
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Speaker 3: he did struggle last year in the second half. Specifically,

542
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Speaker 3: I could see, and you've talked about before, how you

543
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Speaker 3: think they're going.

544
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Speaker 2: To go get a lefty reliever. Yeah, that's a good one.

545
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Speaker 3: So I already said Ozzie, it was part of my

546
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:07,680
Speaker 3: original predition. But I think Ozzie's gonna have I think

547
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Speaker 3: I think we're gonna have to have a tough conversation

548
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Speaker 3: about Ozzy as we get to the end of the year.

549
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Speaker 3: All right, so let's go team wide. Let's just start

550
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Speaker 3: the easy one record. What do you think the record's gonna.

551
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Speaker 1: Be eighty six? And what would it be?

552
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Speaker 3: Eighty six and eighty eight?

553
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:26,879
Speaker 4: No?

554
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Speaker 1: Eight? Third wildcard team.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so that is exactly what FanDuel if you If

556
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Speaker 3: people look at Vegas odds or anything over Unders. That's

557
00:27:38,560 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 3: pretty much exactly where FanDuel put the Braves is eighty

558
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,080
Speaker 3: six wins. I think a couple of the other books

559
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 3: put them at like eighty six eighty seven. That's probably

560
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Speaker 3: lower than some people think. It's actually dropped a lot

561
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Speaker 3: since Spring opened. At one point they were in like

562
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:56,200
Speaker 3: the low nineties and all the injuries. So yeah, that's

563
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Speaker 3: about where they have. I'm gonna go, man, I'm gonna

564
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Speaker 3: go eighty five wins. I'm debating between like eighty between

565
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Speaker 3: eighty five and eighty eight somewhere in there. I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: go eighty five. I don't trust this rotation to stay healthy,

567
00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:19,960
Speaker 3: but I do think there's still good enough to be

568
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Speaker 3: a third wild card. So if you look at the

569
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Speaker 3: projections in the standings, you know, Dodgers are obviously one,

570
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Speaker 3: and then it's most places have the Mets in the

571
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Speaker 3: Phillies kind of next Mets, Phillies Cubs is kind of

572
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Speaker 3: the next tier, and the Braves are in that tier

573
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Speaker 3: for a lot of people, and then the next is

574
00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 3: like Braves, Brewers, Padres, right, So that's like the seven

575
00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 3: and they're six teams, so you know, that kind of

576
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,040
Speaker 3: gives you an idea of probably who the Braids are

577
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 3: gonna be competing with, there's always surprise teams. The Reds

578
00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:49,680
Speaker 3: could come out of nowhere, the Diamondbacks comingt of nowhere,

579
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Speaker 3: the Giants could come out of nowhere, not out of nowhere.

580
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 3: Those are decent teams, but that's kind of the level.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm I'm gonna say eighty five. That would

582
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Speaker 3: be like eighty five and what seventy seven something like that,

583
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Speaker 3: So not.

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Speaker 2: A great year, but I do think they'll make I

585
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Speaker 2: do that.

586
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Speaker 3: I do think they'll be in the playoffs, and that's

587
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Speaker 3: probably what matters more than anything. Just give it, get

588
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Speaker 3: a shot, a chance to do something in the postseason.

589
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 3: But if I don't trust this rotation to stay healthy,

590
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Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say eighty five

591
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 3: wins for the Braves this year.

592
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'll even go this far by May fourth.

593
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Speaker 1: By May fourth, I think that the Braves will played

594
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Speaker 1: thirty two, thirty three, thirty four games, hoping it's thirty

595
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Speaker 1: four or so games. If the Braves have twenty plus

596
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Speaker 1: wins by May fourth, they're making the playoffs.

597
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Speaker 2: Yeah, sait, wait, wait say that again.

598
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Speaker 1: If the Braves have twenty plus wins. Okay, by May fourth,

599
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Speaker 1: they're making the playoffs. If they don't, they're not.

600
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Speaker 2: All right, you're basing that off the softness of the schedule.

601
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Speaker 1: I'm guessing correct. They are going to have to buy

602
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Speaker 1: They're I'm going to have to build themselves a buffer

603
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:05,080
Speaker 1: before that May schedule gets going. Hope I'm wrong, but

604
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 1: they're going to have to build themselves a buffer by

605
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Speaker 1: probably being sixty eight. It's six to eight games above

606
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Speaker 1: five hundred before that May fourth time comes around, in

607
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Speaker 1: which a three week stretch. I believe they play. They

608
00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 1: played the Mariners and the Dodgers back to back. They

609
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Speaker 1: play the Tigers, they play the Phillies again, they play

610
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Speaker 1: the Mets somewhere in there as well.

611
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

612
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Speaker 1: It goes from very manageable to very very dangerous quickly.

613
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Speaker 1: So if the Braids are going to make the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: they need twenty plus wins by May fourth.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: And look, I mean these other teams are dealing with

617
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Speaker 3: stuff too. Like I follow the Mets, guys, I follow

618
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Speaker 3: the Phillies, guys. The Phillies are still have no clue

619
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Speaker 3: what they're gonna get out of Zach Wheeler coming back

620
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Speaker 3: from the thoracic injury. The Mets rotation is, you know,

621
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Speaker 3: obviously they traded for Peralta, but after Peralta, it's not

622
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Speaker 3: like it's a bunch of young kids, and you know,

623
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Speaker 3: Manaia's still there, but it's not like a certainty. And

624
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Speaker 3: even the lineup, you know, after Soto and lin or

625
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 3: you know, I'm not a huge like Louise Robert Guy.

626
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Speaker 3: I don't know, I could see the Mets still having

627
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 3: some problems. So it's not just the Braves. I mean,

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Speaker 3: a lot of teams have uncertainty right now, but the

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Speaker 3: Braves had the worst spring of anybody in terms of

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Speaker 3: their health and who they lost. Nobody lost the talent

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Speaker 3: that the Braves lost in the last six weeks, so

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Speaker 3: that's why their numbers have dropped so much. But they

633
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 3: still got a lot of talent, and they still got

634
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Speaker 3: a lot of stars, and you can you know, I

635
00:31:29,240 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 3: remember the Washington Nationals a couple of years ago. They

636
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Speaker 3: didn't have a ton of depth, but what they had

637
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Speaker 3: was stars, and they had Juan Soto and Rendon and

638
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 3: Trade Turner and Strasbourg and Scherzier and they basically they

639
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 3: had like five superstars and they use that to Wonner

640
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 3: World Series, and like, that's a model that has worked

641
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 3: in the past where you don't necessarily have a ton

642
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Speaker 3: of depth. You just have stars who play like stars

643
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Speaker 3: and that's enough. And like, if Sale can get a

644
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,200
Speaker 3: little bit of help in the rotation and of course

645
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 3: stay healthy, and then Ronald, Austin, Matt and Baldwin all

646
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 3: hit the way they're supposed to hit, that alone can

647
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Speaker 3: take you a long way.

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Speaker 2: It really can't.

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Speaker 3: So you know, it's not hopeless, Bunny Chin, and this

650
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Speaker 3: is still enough talent that could win ninety five games,

651
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:17,640
Speaker 3: but there's also a floor where they could lose seventy

652
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 3: five games if everything falls apart like it did last year.

653
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 3: So that's why eighty five feels responsible to me. But

654
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:25,240
Speaker 3: I'm fine if you're higher than that. I'm fine if

655
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 3: you're lower than that. There's a big range. That's one

656
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:30,160
Speaker 3: thing I'll say about this team is there is as

657
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 3: wider range of outcomes for this team as there's been

658
00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 3: on a Braves team in a long time. They've usually

659
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 3: been a pretty high floor team, and I feel like

660
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,440
Speaker 3: this year it could go. With the injury stuff that's

661
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 3: always kind of lingering out there with a rotation. It

662
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,440
Speaker 3: could go a lot of different ways this year. There's

663
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 3: a wide variety of outcomes for this team.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and again, you know I was looking. So they

665
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 1: do play thirty five games before May fourth, But I'll

666
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: put it into another perspective here. Let's look at the

667
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 1: first six weeks of the season through May seventeenth. Before

668
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 1: April twenty fourth, the Braves play you know, they're gonna

669
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,959
Speaker 1: play several series, and they play the Guardians and the Phillies.

670
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: So I think they play the Diamondbacks as well, but

671
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: I think, you know, only the Phillies and the Guardians

672
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: are the only playoff teams from the guard Yeah, the

673
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:17,880
Speaker 1: Guardians made it. They're the only playoff teams from last

674
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,560
Speaker 1: year that the Braves will be playing. But when we

675
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,479
Speaker 1: get to April twenty fourth, here's the next seven series.

676
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 1: Between April twenty fourth and May seventeenth, the Braves play

677
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: the Phillies, the Tigers, the Rockies. The Tigers and Phillies

678
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: will be at home, Rockies, Mariners, Dodgers will be on

679
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 1: the road. And then they come right back and they

680
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 1: play the Cubs and the Red Sox. So again, that

681
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 1: three week stretch from May seventeenth or from April twenty

682
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,960
Speaker 1: fourth through May seventeenth, that may be the defining stretch

683
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 1: of the season and we're not even a third of

684
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:52,640
Speaker 1: the way through it. You hope to maybe get some

685
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,640
Speaker 1: of your offensive guys back by the end there. But

686
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: that's why it's so important to get off to a

687
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Speaker 1: hot start, because it gets real choppy, real quick in

688
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: in that week four to six of the season. So

689
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: just something to look out for when it comes to

690
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Speaker 1: how the Brave schedule kind of lines up. So we

691
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Speaker 1: talked about individual predictions, We've talked about team predictions, but

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696
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Speaker 1: So Stephen again. Game one, of course, you know baseball

719
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: started tonight. It's Wednesday night. A lot of teams will

720
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: be playing tomorrow, and then more teams will be playing

721
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: on Friday. Kind of weird how the schedule does, but

722
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 1: that's that's how it is. But I feel like one

723
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: of the better opening game matchups is actually going to

724
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 1: take place in Atlanta on Friday night. Chris Sale on

725
00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:01,520
Speaker 1: the mound for the Braves versus Cold Rage of the

726
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,160
Speaker 1: Kansas City Royals. And if you want to talk about

727
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: two pitchers who may not have been in the conversation

728
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 1: for Cy Young last year that could be there this year.

729
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: That would be both Ragions as well as Sell. I

730
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:21,400
Speaker 1: hope I'm saying his last name right now. Reagan's Reagan.

731
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 2: We need another of milk situation. Huh said, we.

732
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 3: Don't need another of milk situation.

733
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Speaker 1: We faced that gallon and a point anyway, We're could

734
00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: AnyWho cole Reagan's versus Chris Sale. The big thing is

735
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,840
Speaker 1: what stands out to me is you've got the battle

736
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: of left handers on the mound. So what line is

737
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,000
Speaker 1: going to stand out as being the better line up

738
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 1: against left handers? And we're real quickly going to see

739
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 1: how the Braves are going to adapt to left handers.

740
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 1: It could be Kyle Farmer as well. You could see

741
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: a bottom of the order of the last four in

742
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,880
Speaker 1: the lineup being some sort of combination of Kyle Farmer,

743
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,200
Speaker 1: Eli White, Michael Harris the second and Ozzie Alby's God

744
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,080
Speaker 1: could get scary quickly. But the point that I'm getting

745
00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 1: at is is that it's going to be a battle

746
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 1: of two very good left handers. The Braves are going

747
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,319
Speaker 1: to have to find success from the top of their rower.

748
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:19,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, right out of the gate, lefty lefty on lefty

749
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 3: matchup opening Day, You're right, Sale vers Reagans is a

750
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 3: is an elite matchup. I haven't looked around the league.

751
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 3: There's all obviously it's opening day. Everybody's still in their ace,

752
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 3: so there's usually some fantastic games like tonight. I think

753
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:35,320
Speaker 3: it was was it Web versus Max Free?

754
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 2: Tonight? Was that the match up?

755
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, and Web did not have a good night, So

756
00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:43,439
Speaker 3: it happens. But yeah, that's gonna be an interesting one,

757
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 3: and most importantly for the Braise because we don't again

758
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,440
Speaker 3: because what Wise did not have his entire team for

759
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 3: most of spring training because of the WBC and injuries.

760
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,879
Speaker 3: I don't have any idea how he's gonna run out

761
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:59,320
Speaker 3: his lineup against a lefty. I think Kyle Farmer is

762
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 3: gonna be the d I think Eli White's gonna be

763
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 3: the left fielder, but I don't know that. I mean,

764
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:08,359
Speaker 3: that's just how if I'm guessing based off what the

765
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,440
Speaker 3: roster looks like, how he's gonna make the lineup.

766
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 2: I have no idea.

767
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 3: Is he gonna You know, early in camp when everybody

768
00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:17,000
Speaker 3: was there, he was batting Baldwin's second a lot.

769
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 2: But is he gonna do that against a lefty? I

770
00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:20,560
Speaker 2: have no idea.

771
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,080
Speaker 3: There was a couple of games I think he put

772
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 3: Ozzy second, which is my least favorite setup.

773
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,399
Speaker 2: But he did it. And I wouldn't be stunned if.

774
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 3: They did that, because traditional at least Ozzi does hit

775
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 3: lefties well, Marie too, Dubon does hit lefties pretty well.

776
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,360
Speaker 3: I actually I wonder if they're gonna use him closer

777
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 3: to the top of the lineup early in the season

778
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:40,919
Speaker 3: until Kim and Murphy get back.

779
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:41,400
Speaker 2: I don't know.

780
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 3: I don't know what they're gonna do, but that is

781
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 3: gonna be fat. That is just gonna be the thing

782
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,440
Speaker 3: I'm most interested in, quite honestly, when we get to Friday,

783
00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 3: is what does the lineup look like? Who's out there?

784
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 3: Where are they hitting against righty's. It's easier because you

785
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 3: got Yastrimsky, you can add to all your main guys,

786
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,880
Speaker 3: and everybody kind of bumps down a spot and it's

787
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 3: but Lefty's is going to be interesting, and yeah, that's

788
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 3: a fantastic matchup. And then obviously we get later into

789
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 3: the series and we know we know a lot less

790
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 3: about what those are gonna look like. But Silvers Reagan's

791
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 3: opening night for the Braves Friday Night, that's gonna be fantastic.

792
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,360
Speaker 1: Well, And and to your point, I know that Batty

793
00:39:19,480 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 1: Nausey's second may not necessarily seem like the best idea,

794
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:30,280
Speaker 1: but that you mentioned Mauricio Debon, some combination of after Akuna, Baldwin,

795
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: Olsen and Riley. You then going to five straight appearances

796
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 1: by some combination of Mauricio Debond, Eli White, Kyle Farmer,

797
00:39:39,960 --> 00:39:43,360
Speaker 1: Michael Harrison the second and Ozzie Albi's that on paper

798
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,839
Speaker 1: does not look intimidating at all. So I think that

799
00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:49,480
Speaker 1: it probably actually from that perspective, does make a bit

800
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: of sense to that Ozzie second. You hope that he

801
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 1: catches lightning in the bottle for that one game, and

802
00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 1: then you could bat Baldwin obviously fifth. And the thing

803
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,080
Speaker 1: about it is this is that it's going to be

804
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 1: a tough game to win, because you know, the Braves

805
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,919
Speaker 1: a couple of things that stand out to me. Number one,

806
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:06,880
Speaker 1: they've got to be able to win these games that

807
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 1: Chris Sell pitches. One of the things that also work

808
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: out last year was as we were struggling now the gate,

809
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,680
Speaker 1: Chris Sel was struggling now the gate as well, so

810
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:16,960
Speaker 1: that those didn't line up either. We've got to win

811
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: these games that Chris Sell pitches. Once again, the Braves

812
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,319
Speaker 1: have to hit left handed pitching. Last year they were

813
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: fifteenth in WRC plus against left handed pitching. The three

814
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 1: years before, from twenty two through twenty four, they were

815
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 1: top five in the majors against left handed pitching in

816
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,640
Speaker 1: each season. So that's got to become once again a

817
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: staple of this lineup, and they're going to have to

818
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: do it early. The Braves need to get offense going early.

819
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 1: Acuna taken Reagan's deep to start the game would be

820
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: absolutely outstanding, but getting going early will really help this

821
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,319
Speaker 1: team because again, if they can get going early, that

822
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: puts their pitchers in a bit more comfortable situation to

823
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: get through the first five innings and then you have

824
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Speaker 1: one of the stronger bullpens in the game, holding leads

825
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,920
Speaker 1: turning to success against left into pitching and getting the

826
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: job done early. That's what's going to have to be

827
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: the key to success for this praise lineup.

828
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:11,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, and just so people know, you know, I think

829
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:14,720
Speaker 3: most people know the royals best position player is Bobby

830
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 3: Witt Junior. I mean he's a he's a perennial MVP

831
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 3: level player, but just kind of running through kind of

832
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,200
Speaker 3: their other you know, mikel Garcia is a really good player.

833
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,719
Speaker 3: He's their third baseman. They actually stop signed Starling Marte

834
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 3: for the outfield, which I actually forgot about, but he's

835
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 3: in there. H Pasquentino, who had a really good WBC

836
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,600
Speaker 3: obviously as their first baseman. Salvador Perez, you know, obviously

837
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:40,880
Speaker 3: he's been their catcher forever. He's older, not as good

838
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,240
Speaker 3: as he used to be. An old friend Drew Waters,

839
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 3: I actually forgot that Drew Waters was on the Uh

840
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 3: was on the Royals. I think he made their opening

841
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 3: day rosh. I didn't double check, but he was on

842
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 3: their team last year and I think he's on the

843
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 3: team again this year. So you know, the Royals are

844
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,879
Speaker 3: not certainly known for their offense. UH, They're gonna win

845
00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 3: through pitching and defense and Bobby Witt being monster. That's

846
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,160
Speaker 3: kind of their formula. They don't spend a lot of money,

847
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,480
Speaker 3: so they need their their homegrown.

848
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:05,879
Speaker 2: Guys to be good.

849
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 3: But it's certainly a series at home that you should

850
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 3: probably win two out of three, right, Like two out

851
00:42:13,520 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 3: of three, you feel okay, you feel good, you sweep,

852
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 3: you feel great. If you lose the series, or obviously

853
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 3: you get swept, that's the disaster. Then it's you know,

854
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 3: it's a season off on the wrong foot, So take

855
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 3: two out of three. Like you said, whin the sales start,

856
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 3: even though it's Reagan's you gotta win the sales start

857
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 3: because you know Ronaldo's gonna pitch Saturday, and we have

858
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,279
Speaker 3: no idea what we're gonna get from Ronaldo. His last

859
00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,120
Speaker 3: start in spring training was not good. He was throwing

860
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:41,400
Speaker 3: eighty seven miles an hour, and they say it's a

861
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:44,319
Speaker 3: mechanical issue. I don't know what to make of all that.

862
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 3: We'll find out on Saturday when he starts pitching again,

863
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Speaker 3: because if he's throwing eighty seven again on Saturday, there's

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Speaker 3: gonna be a lot of red flags and a lot

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00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 3: of questions. And then, honestly, we don't know who's gonna

866
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 3: pitch on Sunday because they have it as a TBD,

867
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Speaker 3: which means the opening series of the year.

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Speaker 2: The Braves have a TBD.

869
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Speaker 3: For their third starter, which tells you everything you need

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00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 3: to know about how spring training went on that side

871
00:43:05,200 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 3: of the ball. So when the Chris Sales started, like

872
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,080
Speaker 3: Sean just said, is maybe the most important part. And

873
00:43:13,320 --> 00:43:17,120
Speaker 3: start one to oh, which is seven games faster than

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00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 3: it took you to win a game last year. Eight

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00:43:18,680 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 3: games faster it took you to win a game last year.

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Speaker 2: Start one to oh.

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Speaker 3: Then you only have to take one of those two

878
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:27,279
Speaker 3: games with starters you don't really know much about or

879
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 3: what they're gonna give you, and at least you're off

880
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 3: on the right foot.

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00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, and if the Braves power doesn't show up in

882
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 1: this game. One other thing to watch out for on

883
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,439
Speaker 1: the negative side of things is rule. The Royals run

884
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:41,359
Speaker 1: like Bobby Witt Junior can run. I don't think they

885
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 1: have fun speed in their lineup, but we do know.

886
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,839
Speaker 1: You go back to Game one of last year. Five

887
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 1: stolen bases in that game between the Padres and the

888
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:50,200
Speaker 1: Braves was a big It was a big reason why

889
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 1: the Padres were able to win. The Braves hopefully won't

890
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,400
Speaker 1: be susceptible, but Chris Sale can be susceptible to the

891
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,279
Speaker 1: stolen base. That is one weakness in Drake Baldwin's game.

892
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 1: So hopefully the Royals won't you know, realize that. Of

893
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 1: course you know they will. But if the Braves ain't

894
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 1: any type of motivation to get this series win, we

895
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:09,359
Speaker 1: don't know who's pitching on Sunday, but what we do

896
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: know is that two of Bryce Elder, Martin Priz As,

897
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:18,640
Speaker 1: Valdo Bido Diddy or for Wintes Jose Sworez. I know

898
00:44:18,680 --> 00:44:20,520
Speaker 1: that not all those guys are on the opening day roster,

899
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,080
Speaker 1: but you never know what's gonna happen between now and

900
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 1: five days from now. My point is two of those

901
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,279
Speaker 1: guys are more than likely going to face the Athletics

902
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: lineup when they come to town right after the Royals. So

903
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,799
Speaker 1: you need to get those wins in this game. But hey,

904
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,480
Speaker 1: just have your offense play to their potential and more

905
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 1: often than not they should be able to hand the

906
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 1: lead to the bullpen, and more often than not that

907
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,919
Speaker 1: should get the job done. But it's great to talk

908
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: a preview, and we're going to be back with you

909
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: on Friday, night talking about the game. I know that

910
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,560
Speaker 1: there's gonna be some other things going on Friday night

911
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:52,520
Speaker 1: as well, so enjoy the heck out of it. Not

912
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: a lot of nights where you get to watch some

913
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 1: playoff basketball plus opening day of Brave Seasons. Steven, anything

914
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Speaker 1: else from you as we wrap up this edition The

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00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:02,000
Speaker 1: Hammer Territory Podcast.

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Speaker 3: Nope, just thank god Spring training is over. For for

917
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,160
Speaker 3: one of how long it was and and two for

918
00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:11,320
Speaker 3: how painful it was for Braise fans. Just happy to

919
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 3: get that crap behind us. The game's count. Next time

920
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 3: you see or hear one of us, we'll be recapping

921
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 3: a regular season game. I think I think some combination

922
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,879
Speaker 3: of us is gonna jump on Friday night. I think

923
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:24,920
Speaker 3: Brad Scott are actually gonna do it. Jump on Friday

924
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,520
Speaker 3: night after the game and talk about the game. So

925
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 3: we'll be here after opening day. But yeah, just I

926
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,839
Speaker 3: cannot wait. I cannot wait for baseball to count again.

927
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 3: I cannot wait for Friday night first game. Chris Sale,

928
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:38,760
Speaker 3: you know, Ronald Junior back fully and healthy.

929
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Speaker 2: It's gonna be a lot of fun.

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00:45:41,200 --> 00:45:43,439
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're either gonna get glad, Brad, or you're gonna

931
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: get Sad Brad on Friday Night, and you're either going

932
00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,520
Speaker 1: to have a very happy Stephen Tolbert or a very

933
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 1: sad Steven Toolber somewhere else on Friday night. As well,

934
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,000
Speaker 1: you're also gonna get a very worried Sean Coleman right

935
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: after the Braves game on Friday night, in case you

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Speaker 1: are not wondering, In case you're wondering what I'm referencing,

937
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,879
Speaker 1: all four hosts his favorite college basketball teams are still

938
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:06,880
Speaker 1: alive in the Sweet sixteen. Hope your brackets in the

939
00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: Hammer Territory bracket Challenge, where the goal is is to

940
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:13,759
Speaker 1: beat Brad that your brackets are doing well, but all

941
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 1: joking aside. Braves baseball is officially back. Hopefully we'll get

942
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: a w in plenty of them in the March and

943
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 1: April calendar before it starts to get really challenging come May.

944
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Speaker 1: Until next time, you can find Stephen tore at b

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Speaker 1: Undersquare Outliers on Twitter, slash x myself, Sean Coleman at

946
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 1: statsac on Twitter slash x. Hammer Territory across all forms

947
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,280
Speaker 1: of social media, part of the Foul Territory family of podcasts.

948
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,799
Speaker 1: Check out Foul Territories coverage. Of opening day as well.

949
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Speaker 1: Until next time go break. We'll talk to you again

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Speaker 1: soon here on The Hammer Territory podcast