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Speaker 2: Joining us right now. Fox Sports MLB reporter and columnists

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Speaker 2: cover both New York teams with her right now, Dsha,

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Speaker 2: Happy day after Opening Day, second day of the season

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Speaker 2: in the Al East while we're there. What did you

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Speaker 1: Yeah, happy opening Day today that the day after after

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Speaker 1: I think I liked how Aaron Boone put in. He

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Speaker 6: Hi dsha, Now I get to be on ahead and

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Speaker 6: take my turn. Sorry for that little hiccup. Can we

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you kind of touched on all of

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Speaker 1: And that's how I view even a guy like Sean Mania,

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Speaker 1: If Sega doesn't come through, his projections are all four

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Speaker 2: I'm with you, all right. So let's our guys were

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Speaker 8: Is it you?

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Speaker 3: I said, Bryce Harper?

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Speaker 2: But then I thought you said Raphael, and I did.

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Speaker 3: It looked like Bryce in the top right there, But

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Speaker 1: You had it. It's Rafa. He's my all time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but doesn't it look like Harper with the headband

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Speaker 8: It's it's got a similar vibe.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there you go.

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Speaker 8: Love it?

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Speaker 2: Well, thank you for joining us, Enjoy the first weekend

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Speaker 1: Okay, of course, thanks for having me on.

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Speaker 8: Guys.

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Speaker 2: Here we go. Steve Maleski is back with us covering

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Speaker 2: the Orioles, so all your long you can check out

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Speaker 2: his substack Steve on baseball dot substack dot com. Steve,

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Speaker 2: Happy second day of the season to you. And I'm

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Speaker 2: sure Orioles fans were lit with excitement as they pounded

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Speaker 2: Blue Jays pitching. So good to see you. And what'd

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Speaker 7: I could not have gone much better for the Orioles,

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Speaker 7: that's for sure. And I think what it showed is

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Speaker 7: this is what our lineup could be. And he doesn't

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Speaker 7: mean they're gonna score ten runs or hit six home

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Speaker 7: So I mean it was an exciting start for the Orioles.

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Speaker 7: Last year when they had the second best homer hitting

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Speaker 8: Four eight times. So what a great start, just showing

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Speaker 7: Adlee's improvement in March obviously came through Cedric Mubbins hit

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Speaker 8: He comes out and hits two homers. So a great

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Speaker 3: I want to go to one guy, Adalie Rushman. He

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Speaker 3: looked like a man on a mission yesterday. Incredible outing.

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Speaker 3: He looked like that swing his back. He looks like listen.

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Speaker 3: You know he didn't have the best of yours last year,

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Speaker 3: exciting to see him talk a little bit about, you know,

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Speaker 8: I mean, incredible start for Rutchman.

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Speaker 7: And the thing that he's been doing so well all

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Speaker 7: and I don't know whether he will or not, is

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Speaker 8: But right now, right I mean, who am I to

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Speaker 7: The guy's been raking since the first day showed up

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Speaker 6: Speaking of raking, what is up with Tyler O'Neill on

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Speaker 7: You know, when he did it last year, he set

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Speaker 8: But there's a look at the power he has.

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Speaker 8: He's got that me.

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Speaker 7: for one day, he wasn't in the lineup. He got

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Speaker 7: in the game very late.

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Speaker 4: That's all I was gonna ask you. How's this DH

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Speaker 4: gonna shake out? Because Tyler O'Neil has shown to stay healthy,

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Speaker 4: he's got to get those big muscles off his little.

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Speaker 8: Feet, and he may spend some time there.

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Speaker 7: But I mean, for me, I see it as right now,

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Speaker 7: they got three left the three bats they like O'Nell

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Speaker 7: and two lefties and O'Hearn and Heston and Malnie first base,

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Speaker 7: right field DH, And in a given night, it's hard

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Speaker 7: to get all three in the lineup, you know, because

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Speaker 7: of the only got nine spots and O'Neill in there somewhere,

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Speaker 7: so they'll probably spot O'Neill.

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Speaker 8: You know, they're probably going to hope to get.

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Speaker 7: The one ten, one twenty that the Red Sox got

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Speaker 7: last year, and I mean he still hit thirty some

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Speaker 7: home runs with that, so they want to keep him

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Speaker 7: on the field.

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Speaker 8: Obviously, He's got a pretty good glove too.

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Speaker 7: And I think they got depth in the outfield because

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Speaker 7: Loreano they're going to spot in some against some lefties

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Speaker 7: as they go, and Heston is obviously going to get

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Speaker 7: in there against some righties.

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Speaker 3: So here we go, Orioles coming in hot. They look

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Speaker 3: really good. What are the expectations? Where do you see

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Speaker 3: this team going in the al Least. I'm not talking

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Speaker 3: about playoffs right now. I want to talk about the

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Speaker 3: ale Least because it's going to be a stocked team.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of stock teams in there.

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Speaker 8: And they believe they're as good as any of them.

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Speaker 7: I was at one of their minor league affiliates yesterday

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Speaker 7: and Bouie, Maryland. The Chesapeake Bay Socks are doing some

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Speaker 7: expansion of their state, so I was there for that event.

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Speaker 7: Mike Elias attended, cal Ripken attended, and Elias told us

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Speaker 7: that he is very confident in his team.

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Speaker 8: He knows how good the division is, but right now.

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Speaker 7: He feels the Orioles stack up as well as anyone.

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Speaker 7: He actually was very high on the pitching, even though

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Speaker 7: they've got the grace and injury right now and they

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Speaker 7: didn't sign of course, resigned Corbyn Burns. I mean, he

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Speaker 7: really likes how it's come together to this point and

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Speaker 7: he feels like their experienced bullpen with the return of

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Speaker 7: Felix Bautista, is going to be pretty strong.

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Speaker 8: So he is. You know, you would expect.

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Speaker 7: The general manager of a contending team to be high

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Speaker 7: on his team on opening day, and he is.

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Speaker 6: I want to talk about Charlie Morton for a second,

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Speaker 6: if you could, Steve, what has he meant to this

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Speaker 6: young pitching staff and what do you expect from him

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Speaker 6: as far as workload this season?

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Speaker 7: Going to be fun to see, of course he goes

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Speaker 7: tonight Game two. And to me, when we entered Morton

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Speaker 7: when he just signed with the Orioles, he talked about

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Speaker 7: the resurgence of his career in the second half of

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Speaker 7: his career.

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Speaker 8: Really about six or eight years ago.

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Speaker 7: He's in Houston and Elias was on that staff and

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Speaker 7: they asked him to go for strikeouts and try to

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Speaker 7: get more swing and miss in his pitching, and he

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Speaker 7: made that adjustment.

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Speaker 8: He was a pitch to contact guy who.

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Speaker 7: Never thought about strikeouts much and he started to get

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Speaker 7: more and if you look at how he's ranked since then,

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Speaker 7: it's truly impressive, and so is its terribility at forty one,

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Speaker 7: it's crazy. I mean, he had better numbers the last

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Speaker 7: two years than Grayson and Dean Kramer if you just

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Speaker 7: go by Er and some other stats notes. So I

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Speaker 7: think the expectations are pretty high for him, even though

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Speaker 7: he's forty one. Does he have another season in the sun.

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Speaker 7: Does he have another one hundred and seventy innings in him?

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Speaker 7: If he does, it will be big for the Orioles.

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Speaker 8: And that for him. All starts tonight, Steven.

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Speaker 4: Before I ask my question, I want to confirm you said.

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Speaker 4: Mike Elias, the gym for the Oriols, said he's happy

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Speaker 4: with their pitching staff.

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Speaker 8: He called it the strength of the team. He really

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Speaker 8: likes how it is right now.

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Speaker 7: I think he noted that they're dealing with some injuries

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Speaker 7: and he said, we think they will be on the

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Speaker 7: short term.

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Speaker 8: We're looking forward to getting some guys back.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, he feels like they've got pitching that will be

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Speaker 7: good enough to win this division right now.

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Speaker 4: Steve, don't let michaelas say that Michael Elias was the

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Speaker 4: one who did not go out and push anybody. Michael

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Speaker 4: Elias is the four facing front of the ownership who

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Speaker 4: did not go out and make the push for the

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Speaker 4: guys that were out there. One of them even went

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Speaker 4: to the division. I know Corbyn Burns left, but this

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Speaker 4: pitching staff is not their strength. They scored twelve runs yesterday.

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Speaker 4: Because this team's lineup is so deep it extends in

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Speaker 4: a line down to Norfolk. Their pitching staff is their

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Speaker 4: achilles heel. Right now, I'm not saying they don't have

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Speaker 4: a good I think they have a really good bullpen.

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Speaker 4: But with Grayson down already, it's they're already testing their depth,

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Speaker 4: which they didn't have coming into this. So is there

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Speaker 4: any Did he give any explanation of why he thinks that,

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Speaker 4: because I don't see any of the guys on there

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Speaker 4: on their top ten Norfolk you know taxi ride that

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Speaker 4: they have coming from starting pitching.

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Speaker 7: Well here's what And again he didn't go into a

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Speaker 7: detailed explanation of each guy in expectations.

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Speaker 8: But and again maybe he's looking at it optimistically.

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Speaker 7: Uh and but Oriel Fans, I think agree with what

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Speaker 7: you said there that they'll go as far as the

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Speaker 7: pitching will take him.

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Speaker 8: And it could be that the offense, which could be

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Speaker 8: top five in baseball may have to carry that pitching,

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Speaker 8: maybe early in the year, maybe all year. We're going

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Speaker 8: to sing.

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Speaker 7: But they were incredibly impressed by Sigano his march. Kovich

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Speaker 7: had a strong March following up a big September.

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Speaker 8: He looks like a young guy ready to pop.

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Speaker 7: And by that I mean I don't mean, you know,

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Speaker 7: pitch like Grayson Say has pitched the last thirty some starts,

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Speaker 7: but I think he's a young guy.

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Speaker 8: On the come. So they do feel encouraged by that.

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Speaker 7: They look at their bullpen, they see a lot of experience,

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Speaker 7: they see the fact that several of these guys have saves,

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Speaker 7: and they feel that Felix is just about all the

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Speaker 7: way back and they'll be cautious with him.

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Speaker 8: So again, is it an optimistic way to look at it?

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Speaker 7: It probably is, But I would contend I would bet

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Speaker 7: most general managers whose teams look good right now on

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Speaker 7: day one of the season are feeling pretty optimistic about

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Speaker 7: their team. And so there still is the trade deadline

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Speaker 7: where if the Orioles need to make that move, they

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Speaker 7: could try to do it in July.

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Speaker 2: Well, said Steve, I know you cover the Orioles, but

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Speaker 2: can you give us a breakdown of what you saw

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Speaker 2: in nine innings from the Blue Jays. I mean, this

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Speaker 2: team was not good last year. Their front off is

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Speaker 2: on a sizzling hot seat. This is a very good division,

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Speaker 2: right Almost everyone's looking at this division saying there's not

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Speaker 2: a bad team in this division. What did you think

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Speaker 2: of the first day of the Blue Jays.

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Speaker 7: I mean, if you're a Toronto fan, you had to

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Speaker 7: be incredibly disappointed your team gets pummeled on opening Day.

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Speaker 7: I mean Burrios was ten to one with the two

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Speaker 7: nine to five Queer against the Orioles and they finally

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Speaker 7: hit them. They had not hit that guy much over

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Speaker 7: his entire career. So when I Scott watched the Blue

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Speaker 7: Jays the last four years from AFAR, Obviously I don't

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Speaker 7: cover that team every day, so I don't speak as

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Speaker 7: any expert on the Blue Jays, but I just I

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Speaker 7: see them seldom equaling to some of their parts. I've

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Speaker 7: looked at their lineup over the years and said, wow,

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Speaker 7: look at what Toronto's got, and then the season ends

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Speaker 7: in there they don't win as many games. I mean

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Speaker 7: they're coming off a losing record. The Blue Jays, you

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Speaker 7: just feel like should be more formidable than this, and

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Speaker 7: maybe they're going to be. It was a dud for

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Speaker 7: one day, and it'll get a lot better soon, sooner

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Speaker 7: than later. But over the last few years, I've just

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Speaker 7: been surprised that they don't seem to play as well

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Speaker 7: as what their roster looks like they might.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's well said, that's what I've seen as well.

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Speaker 2: And you know you're hoping for a bounce back from

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Speaker 2: someone like Bobahd. It's one game, but he was oh

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Speaker 2: for four really odious. Menace is the only one who

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Speaker 2: did anything and he was in the cleanup spot. Surprisingly. Anyway,

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Speaker 2: great start for Baltimore. You really can't draw it up

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Speaker 2: much better like than that on opening day, Steve, thank

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Speaker 2: you for the time. Good to see you. We'll get

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Speaker 2: you back on tooon.

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Speaker 8: Okay, all right, guys, enjoyed it. Thanks