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Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody?

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Speaker 2: Welcome into another edition of Crushed City Territory Channeler Room,

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Speaker 2: joined as always by Tyler Stafford.

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Speaker 1: Now forty eight hours.

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Speaker 2: Before I get into an airplane and go to West

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Speaker 2: Palm Beach to officially kick off the twenty twenty six

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Speaker 2: Astros season. The Astros pictures and catchers will report on Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: Their first workout is on Wednesday. Wednesday is the first

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Speaker 2: day that reporters will have access to the team's facility.

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Speaker 2: So it's coming. It's coming pretty quick. We had a

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Speaker 2: bunch of scheduling issues this week, just some stuff kept

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Speaker 2: falling through. Tyler's car broke down. So we're coming to

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Speaker 2: you on a Saturday, very randomly, because I doubt anyone

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Speaker 2: is going to want to listen to this on Super

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Speaker 2: Bowl Sunday. They want to watch Bad Bunny and they

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Speaker 2: want to watch maybe Drake May and maybe think what

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Speaker 2: could have been with CJ.

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Speaker 1: Stroud? You see cut his hair? Did you see cut

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Speaker 1: off all his dreadlocks? I mean I did.

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Speaker 2: I'd changed my identity too if I choked away a

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Speaker 2: super Bow. But I'm sure that'll work out for old CJ.

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Speaker 1: Stroud. Tyler, how is How's life?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, car broke down on top of the Fred Hartman Bridge.

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Speaker 3: So if you saw me on the bridge, that's what

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Speaker 3: I was doing. Don't worry. But yes, luckily the thing

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Speaker 3: is worth maybe five hundred dollars. So but I think

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna have to find something else. So if anyone

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Speaker 3: has just an old two thousand and four pilot for

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Speaker 3: two thousand dollars that they want to sell me, I'm

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Speaker 3: very interested and in the market. But no, it's it's

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Speaker 3: been good. Been getting prepped for for for the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: I've been listening to a lot of Bad Bunny to

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Speaker 3: make sure I'm ready. You know, I want to impress

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Speaker 3: everybody there, just my family. But you know, are you

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Speaker 3: making anything? Are you a are you a cook at all?

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Speaker 3: Do you do you make food?

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Speaker 2: Like you do the weird thing? Like I enjoy watching

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Speaker 2: cooking shows. I enjoy watching like food Network. I enjoy

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Speaker 2: like I enjoyed.

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Speaker 3: It with Babbish, I enjoy their YouTube ones.

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I usually just watch YouTube food Network on YouTube, like

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Speaker 2: food Network clips on YouTube. I'm infatuated with like the

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Speaker 2: my problem is, like I live alone and I'm on

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Speaker 2: make sense to cook like these massive portions when like

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Speaker 2: not anyone else here, and like I'm in Houston for

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Speaker 2: like three days before I fly somewhere else, especially in

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Speaker 2: the season.

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Speaker 3: So we're gonna We're gonna get you on an air fryer.

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Speaker 3: I bet, I bet you you'd crush an air fryer

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Speaker 3: I make. I make pretty good wings, but the air

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Speaker 3: fire is too small for quantities. So I actually make

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Speaker 3: a pretty good oven wings that are that are real crispy.

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Speaker 3: So I break that out for the super Bowl every year.

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Speaker 3: So after this, I gotta run a Costco and get

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Speaker 1: Do you have a favorite bad?

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Speaker 3: So you know, I like to listen to it like

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Speaker 3: the names of the songs are. I just have the album.

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Speaker 3: But I've listened to his news album probably ten times

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Speaker 3: and it's great. They all just kind of sound like

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Speaker 3: this to me. They're just kind of nod in your

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Speaker 3: I'm also a huge Saturday Night Live nerd, and he

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Speaker 1: I hope he plays both of them.

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Speaker 2: But t T is awesome. And so it was twenty

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Speaker 2: five eight. Twenty five eight used to be Carlos Korea's

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Speaker 2: he got reacquired, he changed it to a Christian song,

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Speaker 2: not by Bad Bunny, by somebody else that I don't

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Speaker 2: But I approached him in the clubhouse like in the

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Speaker 3: So I would I if I'm guessing he if he

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Speaker 3: I would bet that it is by Forrest Frank. That's

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Speaker 1: I mean, I could google it in the back or

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna look really cool if it is Forest Frank So.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, but Carlos. Carlos made sure to tell me

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Speaker 2: up on my Spanish morning because I had no idea

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Speaker 2: that it was filled with curse words. If you're in

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Speaker 2: if you're in a baseball clubhouse for more than five minutes,

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Speaker 2: you've heard bad Bunny. Bad Bunny is awesome. Hope everyone

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Speaker 2: enjoyed is the halftime show. And if you don't enjoy

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Speaker 2: the halftime show, enjoy the football game because the football

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Speaker 2: game should be fun. And then when it's over, you'll

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Speaker 2: get all the tweets from all the baseball riders.

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Speaker 3: It's baseball season.

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Speaker 2: It's baseball season, and it will be baseball season because

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Speaker 2: we will be in spring training. Things start up on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Since we have not talked really since the Ashers did

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Speaker 2: their media luncheon on Tuesday, during which they Joe spoted,

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Speaker 2: Dana Brown kind of made their final comments before heading

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Speaker 2: to West Palm Beach. They put out all the promotional items,

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Speaker 2: they put out all the new food they're.

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Speaker 1: Going to have, and.

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Speaker 2: They introduced their new slogan are their mantra or whatever

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Speaker 2: They're gonna hashtag one hundred and fifty times a day

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Speaker 2: throughout the season. I'm kind of sitting this one out

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Speaker 2: because it's not geared to me, like I mean, it

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Speaker 1: For the season.

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Speaker 2: But chase the fight, Tyler, as a noted fan, are

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Speaker 2: you ready to chase the fight?

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Speaker 3: My first reaction is, look, it probably does not come

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Speaker 3: my first thought is that this just sounds like every

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Speaker 3: emo band from like two thousand and six. You had

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Speaker 3: my second thought is we watched this offense last season,

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Speaker 3: and the last thing I want to tell them is

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Speaker 3: to chase things. I would prefer maybe slowly draw a

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Speaker 3: but certainly don't chase the fight. That's not where I

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Speaker 3: want to go with that. But there have been worse

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Speaker 3: hashtag ones. If you were around for hustle Town that

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Speaker 3: But there are worse ones. But yeah, I'm not I'm

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Speaker 3: not jumping out of a seat to chase the fight.

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Speaker 3: But look, you gotta come up with one of these

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Speaker 3: every year. You're you're gonna have. You're gonna have rough

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't like I mean again, I don't care.

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Speaker 2: It's not again, it's not a target to me, Like

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Speaker 2: I'm not their target audience, so it doesn't really matter

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Speaker 2: what I think. I think it's kind of I do

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Speaker 2: think it's a little humorous that somehow like they are

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Speaker 2: now going to be portrayed as these plucky, scrappy underdogs

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Speaker 2: like that, and when they've been to the playoffs e

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Speaker 2: the American League has to a dynasty there in a

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Speaker 2: year's time, they've transformed into the plucky underdogs that are

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Speaker 2: just going to chase the fight and bring their lunch

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Speaker 2: pales to work and you know, grit and heart and

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Speaker 2: all that stuff, and hey, maybe they'll end up making

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Speaker 1: But interesting, interesting diversion.

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Speaker 3: But again, they were second in the league and second

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Speaker 3: so right behind the Rockies. So yes, chasing the fight

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Speaker 3: is not what I want from the Astros this season.

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Speaker 2: Nonetheless, they will chase the fight, and it remains to

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Speaker 2: be seen which members of the Astros will chase the fight.

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Speaker 2: Before we really get into kind of more granular stuff

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Speaker 2: that Joe Aspata and Dana Brown discussed with us on Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: latest on the Astros trade pursuits. What I can tell

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Speaker 2: you in conversations within the last forty eight to seventy

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Speaker 2: they're there appears to be some pretty direct motivation and

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Speaker 2: it appears to be now that that things are gaining

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Speaker 2: some momentum. I have only heard Escoc Paratus being talked

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Speaker 2: He is the guy that I keep hearing is, you know,

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Speaker 2: heard as many as five teams have shown legitimate and

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Speaker 1: There are two that I'll be.

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Speaker 2: Willing to share, but I want to I want to

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Speaker 2: stress that just because I say these two, it doesn't

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Speaker 2: mean that it's going to get done with these two teams.

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Speaker 1: That they've got other teams interested. They could.

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Speaker 2: They've already made one three team deal this winter. Maybe

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Speaker 2: listened to this podcast. So, first of all, thank you

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Speaker 2: you know, talking about East Soak Paradus well in the past.

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Speaker 2: We were just saying that that made a little bit

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Speaker 2: of sense because they went after a Uhennio Suarez. They

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Speaker 1: Still.

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Speaker 2: They have traded with the Astros already this winter, so

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Speaker 2: conversations between Dana Brown and Ben Sherrington have already taken

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Speaker 2: place this winter. Since then, since we've recorded that last pod,

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Speaker 2: since that all came out, and I've done some reporting

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Speaker 2: and I've talked to some people, and I'm willing to

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Speaker 2: say this is this is me saying this as a fact.

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Speaker 2: This is me saying this, you know, as reporting stuff here,

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Speaker 2: that the pirates are interested, that the pirates are among

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Speaker 1: Be Esock parades. Now, well they get done. I'm not sure.

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Speaker 2: But it's interesting to look at Tyler because you know,

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Speaker 2: I think we've all kind of sat around and waited

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Speaker 3: Yeah, which which makes sense. So everyone know that Chandler

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Speaker 3: floor is and what they're ceiling, you know, what their

436
00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:27,240
Speaker 3: season would look like. But yeah, I mean the outfield

437
00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,400
Speaker 3: is a mess. But the outfield honestly reminds me of

438
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,480
Speaker 3: the back end of the rotation for the Astros, where

439
00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 3: you don't know for sure who's going to be out there,

440
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:41,000
Speaker 3: but you've got a few people that can do it,

441
00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,800
Speaker 3: and you're just hoping that you only need three, you know,

442
00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:48,520
Speaker 3: every game, so you just try to figure it out

443
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,240
Speaker 3: and see what's gonna happen. But yeah, I mean it

444
00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,760
Speaker 3: of course it makes sense for for Cam to get

445
00:22:55,920 --> 00:23:00,159
Speaker 3: reps in center field to spell Jake Myers or if

446
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,960
Speaker 3: he's not here. I mean, it would be it would

447
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 3: be pretty crazy to me if they moved on from

448
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 3: Myers and then of course, but at the same time,

449
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,520
Speaker 3: if they're going to get an outfielder back in a

450
00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,440
Speaker 3: trade for Parates, then it makes a lot of sense

451
00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,840
Speaker 3: if you're going to have some new left handed hitting

452
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 3: right fielder or left fielder that you got to put

453
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,200
Speaker 3: Cam somewhere. So centerfield makes sense there.

454
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,760
Speaker 1: Now you're starting to get it now.

455
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 2: I think the lines now people are starting to understand

456
00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:33,880
Speaker 2: why this.

457
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 3: Wait a minute, wait a minute, hold.

458
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,879
Speaker 2: On, yeah, I mean I think you can kind of

459
00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 2: forecast what is what is happening here. Dana Brown has

460
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,600
Speaker 2: made no bones about it that they are trying to

461
00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 2: acquire another left handed hitter, and whatever means that is.

462
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 2: It would be foolish, as we have spent the last

463
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 2: two and a half months telling you about this enfield surplus,

464
00:23:57,640 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 2: it would be foolish to go acquire a left handed

465
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,160
Speaker 2: hitting in fielder to add to this already, to add

466
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 2: to this mess that already exists. So, yes, the left

467
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,840
Speaker 2: handed hitter, he is looking for plays any of the

468
00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:13,160
Speaker 2: outfield spots. And I think right now what they are

469
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,439
Speaker 2: trying to do is they are trying to prepare for

470
00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 2: that contingency, for the fact that they're going to spring

471
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:22,280
Speaker 2: training with kind of in pencil how they think the

472
00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,360
Speaker 2: outfield is going to look.

473
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:26,919
Speaker 1: But just with the understanding that you never.

474
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 2: Want to put percentages on things and you don't want

475
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,480
Speaker 2: to ever speak in many absolutes, but they are trying very.

476
00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:34,880
Speaker 1: Hard to add another outfielder to the mix.

477
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,639
Speaker 2: An established outfielder that would take most of, if not

478
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,960
Speaker 2: every day at bats, at one of the three outfield positions.

479
00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,040
Speaker 2: And they don't want to limit themselves, right, They don't

480
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,040
Speaker 2: want to just go into these trade discussions with you know,

481
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 2: the teams that we have talked about, or the teams

482
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 2: that we don't know about and say, oh, we can

483
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,239
Speaker 2: only take a right Oh we can only take a

484
00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,800
Speaker 2: center fielder, or we can only take a guy that

485
00:24:58,320 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 2: plays left.

486
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:00,679
Speaker 1: Field, or we can only take no.

487
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 2: They want to be able to be flexible, and you

488
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 2: know what if the best deal they can get involves

489
00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:07,800
Speaker 2: getting the right fielder we have just discussed how much

490
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 2: they like, will you're a brae?

491
00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:11,480
Speaker 1: You like will your brae?

492
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 2: He's gonna play, especially if you're giving up eastoc Paradis

493
00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 2: for him, and in this you know, hypothetical situation, he's

494
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:21,200
Speaker 2: gonna play every day in right field. And if Cam

495
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,120
Speaker 2: shows the offensive adjustments that the Ashers hope he shows,

496
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 2: his bat needs to be in the lineup. His upside

497
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:30,280
Speaker 2: needs to be in the lineup. And is that in center?

498
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:31,200
Speaker 1: Is that and left?

499
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:35,280
Speaker 2: Like you know, they need to prepare themselves for every contingency.

500
00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 2: They need to prepare themselves to be able to mix

501
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 2: and match the outfield the way they would like to

502
00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 2: keep these guys, you know, in the line to their

503
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 2: bats in the lineup, but also have them versatile enough

504
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,720
Speaker 2: to be able to handle any position. We should have

505
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 2: We should have mentioned this when we were talking about

506
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 2: the trade stuff earlier. But this Dana quote was this

507
00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:59,160
Speaker 2: was just this was this was great stuff from Dana Brown.

508
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:03,399
Speaker 2: He was asked, do you believe that the exact question.

509
00:26:03,440 --> 00:26:05,280
Speaker 2: If you're on YouTube, you can you can read it.

510
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,240
Speaker 2: You think it's likely that both Estoc Paradis and Christian

511
00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 2: Walker on your roster when you get to camp. The

512
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 2: reply from Dana Brown. Right now, both of them are

513
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,160
Speaker 2: still a part of our roster, and we have plans

514
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 2: for both of them to play right now.

515
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,960
Speaker 1: Our plan is for both of them to be there

516
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:24,399
Speaker 1: right now.

517
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, right right now, they are both on the roster. Agreed.

518
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 3: That is a fact.

519
00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 1: That is a fact.

520
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,200
Speaker 2: But yeah, so I think we'll have a lot more

521
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 2: understanding of the outfield picture of kind of where Cam

522
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 2: fits in and why they're doing this center field tests

523
00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:49,679
Speaker 2: with them. Maybe you know, after they either after a

524
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,679
Speaker 2: resolution has had in this trade discussion, whether they trade

525
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 2: Estoc Paradus, whether they trade Christian Walker, whether they keep

526
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,600
Speaker 2: both of them. But you know, certainly, from what Dana said,

527
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,520
Speaker 2: certainly from what I've he did, does not sound like

528
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 2: keeping both of them is an option. So a little

529
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:09,280
Speaker 2: not much else, honestly came out of that came out

530
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,000
Speaker 2: of what happened. Sassar salas Are got a very very

531
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 2: backhanded compliment from Dana Brown about the backup catching job. Essentially,

532
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 2: Dana was asked if they were still Dana was asked

533
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 2: if they were still looking for backup catching, if they

534
00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 2: were if that was still something that they were pursuing,

535
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 2: and essentially he said, yeah, you know, we always talk

536
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,880
Speaker 2: about it, but you know, kind of really made it

537
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 2: sound like we're good with Sassar salas Are, but but

538
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 2: we're still thinking about it. And then he said toward

539
00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,159
Speaker 2: the end of the answer, he goes, you know like

540
00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:42,800
Speaker 2: Saysar salas Are, you know, he's our backup catcher now

541
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,440
Speaker 2: until we can upgrade. And I was like, oh wow,

542
00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:49,639
Speaker 2: that was that was that was very uh, that was

543
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 2: not That was not Dana's most tactful response. So you

544
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,760
Speaker 2: can you can pencil that into that they are they

545
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 2: are searching for backup catching. They're searching for catching depth,

546
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,760
Speaker 2: as we talked about I believe on a pod earlier

547
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:07,919
Speaker 2: this month. You know, they have had interest in Joey

548
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,760
Speaker 2: Bart from the Pirates. That name came up during the

549
00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 2: three team trade that they made with the Rays for

550
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 2: Mike Burrows. Joey Bart's name came up in that. I

551
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:20,879
Speaker 2: don't think that interest has diminished. So again, maybe a

552
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 2: little more fuel to some of the Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh

553
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 2: discussing Paradus with the Astros. You know, that's a name

554
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 2: you could think about. Obviously, they would need more than

555
00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 2: Joey Bart to get easac Paradus, but that could be

556
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 2: a way to improve the backup catching. But it's clear

557
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 2: that they want to improve backup catching.

558
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 1: You know, it's been.

559
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 2: Written, I've written it, We've all, like everyone that covers

560
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,320
Speaker 2: the team has written it that they are kind of

561
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 2: worried about, Saysar Salas are playing too much because really,

562
00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,760
Speaker 2: and I think this is instructive to kind of think about,

563
00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:54,479
Speaker 2: like how the division of playing time is Like Yiner

564
00:28:54,560 --> 00:28:57,719
Speaker 2: Diaz isn't cal Raley, and for a number of reasons, right,

565
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 2: Like obviously, but cal Raley plays every day like cal

566
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 2: Raley is.

567
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 1: I'll pull up his baseball reference. Now I should have

568
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:07,080
Speaker 1: had this pulled up.

569
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,800
Speaker 2: But like cal Rawley catches an insane amount like is

570
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 2: behind the plate for an insane amount of time. He

571
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:18,720
Speaker 2: last year, I can get it right. He started one

572
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 2: hundred and nineteen games and appeared in one hundred and

573
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 2: twenty one.

574
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:22,600
Speaker 1: Games at catcher last year.

575
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 2: Cal Rawley's backup doesn't have to do much. It's like

576
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 2: catch once every seven or eight days, like you know,

577
00:29:32,240 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 2: he's going to hit for himself at all times, like

578
00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 2: he's going to DH.

579
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: Like if you're cal Rawley's.

580
00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 2: Backup on the Mariners roster, like you can kind of

581
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 2: just saysar Salazar would fit in that role right, like

582
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 2: he very well liked in the clubhouse, Like would do

583
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 2: very very well in that role where he has to

584
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 2: play occasionally. But it's not one of these he's going

585
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,640
Speaker 2: to have to play, you know, on a maybe every

586
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 2: third or fourth day basis, like cal Rawley's running out

587
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 2: there pretty routine. It's not really the case with Yordas,

588
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,959
Speaker 2: or at least that he's not been treated as such.

589
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 2: And I don't know whether that was because Victor Carrattini

590
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 2: just outperformed his career for the two years he was here.

591
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,560
Speaker 2: They realized that they had that, and they felt more

592
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 2: comfortable playing him more. But nothing Yordas did last year

593
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 2: certainly would validate him playing that volume at catcher, which

594
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:28,959
Speaker 2: is why I think they would like a backup that

595
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 2: they feel comfortable playing a little bit more.

596
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,800
Speaker 1: Than the usual backup catcher.

597
00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 2: And I think right now Ceysar Salazar is probably not there,

598
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 2: which is why you know they are still hunting for

599
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:45,640
Speaker 2: someone that they feel a little more comfortable about throwing

600
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 2: into the throwing into the fire kind of maybe more

601
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 2: than your usual backup catcher.

602
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like you said, the last two seasons,

603
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 3: Yiner has caught one hundred and two games and one

604
00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 3: hundred and thirteen last year, and for the math is

605
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 3: out there, that is less than one hundred and sixty two.

606
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,320
Speaker 3: So you're, you know, unless all of a sudden he's

607
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,320
Speaker 3: going to play one hundred and forty games at catcher,

608
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 3: which I don't think is going to happen. You do

609
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 3: need to have somebody who is not going to embarrass

610
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:22,760
Speaker 3: you out there for forty or fifty games, which is

611
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 3: you know what the Ashes have needed. Like you said,

612
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 3: a lot of that has to do with Victor quarantine

613
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 3: just being very good and trying to get him into

614
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 3: the lineup more. But as we've seen, Jiner can certainly

615
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,280
Speaker 3: go on some cold streaks. And if you don't have

616
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,720
Speaker 3: anybody that can play or I mean, if you just look,

617
00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 3: catching is incredibly demanding if you take a foul ball

618
00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 3: off the foot, you know, you want to be able

619
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 3: to have somebody that you can trust to make starts

620
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 3: for a couple of days in a row if you

621
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 3: need to. They should just steal the Puerto Rican WBC catchers.

622
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 3: It's a it's an astro show over there. It's it's

623
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 3: Maldonado and Christian Vasquez. So, uh, you know, maybe you

624
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 3: can do that, But yeah, I mean they're they're gonna

625
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 3: have to find some backup catcher, and Joey Bart makes

626
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,800
Speaker 3: a lot of sense. A second overall pick good walk rate,

627
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,440
Speaker 3: you know, not it has not performed at the big

628
00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:28,520
Speaker 3: league level the way that obviously the Pirates wanted. But

629
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 3: backup catcher that that's okay.

630
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,000
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, And I mean the Ashers do have a

631
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 2: guy in Carlos Perez that's coming to camp who has

632
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 2: big league time. He has not been He has not

633
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,959
Speaker 2: been in the big league since twenty and twenty three, so,

634
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 2: but he's been, he's been in. He's got professional experience.

635
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 2: He has been a backup catcher in the big leagues

636
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,360
Speaker 2: before you know has you know, eight hundred and fifty

637
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 2: nine career Major league played appearances.

638
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: Is thirty five years old.

639
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 2: Like, they have that insurance policy too, as an NRI

640
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 2: in camp, should they need it, he'll go to I mean,

641
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,719
Speaker 2: I would be stunned if he makes a team out

642
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 2: of camp. Maybe barring if somebody gets injured, maybe he

643
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 2: gets thrust into that role, but he'll be at Triple

644
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 2: A as kind of their their next man up kind

645
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 2: of thing. But so they say, say Star Salazar will

646
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 2: have some competition in spring training. But yeah, they they

647
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,800
Speaker 2: as if Dana didn't tell you enough, they are looking

648
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 2: for an upgrade.

649
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: They would like an upgrade there, but maybe it comes for.

650
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,360
Speaker 3: Currently on the roster. That's that. That was his answer

651
00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 3: for catcher too, like, yeah, technically those are the two

652
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:34,520
Speaker 3: catchers that we have.

653
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,200
Speaker 2: They are they're the only two on the forty man roster,

654
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,040
Speaker 2: the only two catchers they have on the forty man

655
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:44,040
Speaker 2: roster before like before it all gets started, because the

656
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 2: next time we we do one of these, no barring

657
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 2: a trade between now and Wednesday, the next time we

658
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 2: we talk, you know, Wes Palm will the facility will

659
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 2: be open, There'll be pictures and catchers playing catch, and

660
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 2: we'll be in the clubhouse getting to talk to players,

661
00:33:58,360 --> 00:34:01,280
Speaker 2: getting the well, it'll be moving a lot faster, and

662
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 2: we'll be kind of past the what we're looking forward

663
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 2: to and more of like in the day to day grind.

664
00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 2: So you know, before it gets started, Tyler, what are

665
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 2: you looking forward to most in spring training baseball?

666
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:19,319
Speaker 3: Baby, That's what I'm looking forward to. I'm excited to

667
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 3: see that. In general, I'm very excited to see all

668
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 3: of the new pitchers that the Astras have acquired. You know,

669
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 3: spring training games, you're you're only going to see him

670
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 3: for a couple of innings at a time, but that

671
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 3: works out because they have a lot of pitchers that

672
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 3: they need to roll through. I'm excited to see, you know,

673
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 3: some of the guys that were heard at the end

674
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:44,479
Speaker 3: of last year. I'm excited as he hated pitch again,

675
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,359
Speaker 3: I don't want to see him pitch too much, but

676
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 3: I do want to see him throw a ninety seven

677
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:54,320
Speaker 3: mile an hour sinker at some point and just go, Okay,

678
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:59,399
Speaker 3: he's good. Let's let's get to opening day. I am

679
00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 3: also excited to see the return of Jose Altuve, the

680
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 3: second baseman. H So, you know, we we had that

681
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 3: whole storyline to to look at last year, and then yeah,

682
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 3: the outfielders just to figure out what is going to

683
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,320
Speaker 3: happen with with all of that there. But yeah, I

684
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,719
Speaker 3: mean a lot of a lot of pitching stuff is

685
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,479
Speaker 3: gonna be really exciting to watch. I mean, there's there's

686
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 3: like six or seven new guys that you know, you

687
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 3: can you can look for and you haven't seen pitch.

688
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 3: So I'm looking forward to seeing that. What about you

689
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 3: getting Tan out there? What are you going to be doing?

690
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 2: Tan will be nice, Bowlet will be great. Bowlet is

691
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 2: a wonderful establishment that needs to expand its footprint beyond

692
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:46,520
Speaker 2: you know, the South Florida area. It's it's basically like

693
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 2: just health food, Like it's like a health food Chipotle,

694
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,880
Speaker 2: but not as Mexican forward. It's like bowls and great

695
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 2: salads and things like that. So I'm looking forward to Bowlet,

696
00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 2: looking forward to Bagel Boys in Jupiter, great big spot

697
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 2: in Jupiter, looking forward to Sarah's Kitchen and Palm Beach Gardens,

698
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 2: the best breakfast you can get while you're in Florida

699
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 2: for spring train, and looking forward to the Brass Tap.

700
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 2: They have great Uh, they have great burgers, they serve,

701
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 2: they serve pictures of beer with ziplock bags of ice,

702
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 2: and they put the ziploc bag of ice in the

703
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:24,760
Speaker 2: picture of beer and that's how they keep the picture

704
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 2: of beer cold. Highly highly recommend.

705
00:36:28,600 --> 00:36:32,360
Speaker 3: I'm not sure that I want ziplock bags in my drinks,

706
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,200
Speaker 3: but more power to.

707
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 2: You, Brass Ring. I'm sorry I got the I got

708
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 2: the name and it was brass and Brass Ring. Go

709
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 2: get a good name, sure, but Brass Ring, go get

710
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: the The burgers are great, and also get the get

711
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,319
Speaker 2: the ziploc bag of ice on a picture of beer.

712
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 1: That's what you need on the field.

713
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:53,759
Speaker 2: I'm looking forward to honestly, like this is gonna sound

714
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 2: very weird, like I have kind of a singular focus.

715
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 2: I'm very much looking forward to the whole Tetsumi. Yeah,

716
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 2: ence just everything about because it's so new and it's

717
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 2: something that they have never had to do before. And

718
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,160
Speaker 2: I thought with Josh Miller said on the last time

719
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 2: we talked, Tyler thought him comparing it to a college

720
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 2: guy coming out of the draft, Like, I.

721
00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 1: Thought that was a very interesting way to comp it.

722
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 2: And it certainly is something that that's done in every organization, right,

723
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,960
Speaker 2: Like you get a guy that pitches only on Friday

724
00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 2: nights every week, pitches one once every sixth day, and

725
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 2: then you get him into the big leagues or like

726
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 2: in a professional setting, and it's different, but like you

727
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 2: can do that, like you can bring them along in

728
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 2: like High A and Double A and no one ever

729
00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 2: really sees it, like to do it straight at the

730
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 2: big league level, to have to do something that this

731
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 2: org has never done before and assimilate a guy over

732
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:50,160
Speaker 2: from MPB and just to watch how Emi just kind

733
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 2: of interacts, how his routines, how his methods of doing things.

734
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 2: Maybe it opens some eyes, some ash some eyes, it

735
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 2: opens some people's eyes. He's in the ASTROS system maybe

736
00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 2: or maybe there's stuff that he has questions about that

737
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 2: he wants to maybe alter. Like I'm fascinated to see

738
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 2: the entire Tatsuya Emi experience up close. Just I want

739
00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 2: to see if he's that like peppy and that energetic

740
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:20,319
Speaker 2: and that like much of a charismatic guy you know

741
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 2: day to day as opposed to like when he was

742
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 2: knew he had every camera in the world pointed at him,

743
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 2: and when he knew like he was on camera at

744
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 2: the Rockets game of the Texans game, Like does he

745
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 2: have that personality like all the time or was that

746
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 2: an act?

747
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,960
Speaker 1: Like I don't think it's an act, but it'd be fun.

748
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 2: It'll be fun to just see that whole experience, to

749
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 2: see something new because and the other thing I'm looking

750
00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 2: forward to most and kind of dovetails into EMI, is

751
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,760
Speaker 2: like there's so often this will be my eighth spring

752
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 2: training covering them, and so often you'll go, especially in

753
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 2: the last eight years, and you've been able to just

754
00:38:54,719 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 2: kind of say the opening day.

755
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 1: Roster like without without much like issue.

756
00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:02,799
Speaker 2: Like you've gone in like oh, like they have two

757
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:05,280
Speaker 2: bullpen spots that are open, but those two guys probably

758
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,680
Speaker 2: won't last the first two weeks of the season. It's

759
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 2: basically just like go to West Palm, hope nobody gets hurt,

760
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 2: and then you know exactly who's gonna run out there

761
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 2: on opening day. They have so many new faces, they

762
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 2: have so many new They have coaches that are new,

763
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:21,680
Speaker 2: they have players that are new, they have pitchers that

764
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:24,399
Speaker 2: are new. Like, there's so much newness here. And there's

765
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:27,640
Speaker 2: so much urgency too, given that you know, the GMS

766
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:29,320
Speaker 2: and the last year of his deal, the managers in

767
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:31,680
Speaker 2: the last year of his deal, Like, there's a lot

768
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 2: of urgency, a lot of new faces and just a

769
00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,480
Speaker 2: lot of new insights and eyes around everywhere. That it's

770
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 2: gonna be refreshing because you know, yeah, you probably could

771
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 2: ride out the lineup at this We tried it a

772
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,840
Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago to do an opening day lineup

773
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,920
Speaker 2: and roster projection, and you could probably do it at

774
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 2: this point. But I think there's there's enough room for

775
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:56,000
Speaker 2: enough turnover and enough volatility within this roster in the

776
00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 2: six weeks of spring training that I think it's gonna

777
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 2: be a pretty fascinating stand palm beach.

778
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I call that astral projection. Trying to figure out

779
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:08,360
Speaker 3: what the you know, like astral projection. We're all aware,

780
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 3: don't worry about it, we'll look it up later. Yeah,

781
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 3: I mean, it's it's as as people who cover the team,

782
00:40:16,200 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 3: it's exciting to have storylines. I mean even last year

783
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 3: we were talking about, like what are we gonna talk about,

784
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 3: and then all of a sudden they decided Al Tuba

785
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:27,000
Speaker 3: plays left field and Cam Smith is a right fielder,

786
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,200
Speaker 3: and he's gonna make the opening day roster. So there's

787
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 3: there's stuff that comes up, and and there's also gonna

788
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:36,120
Speaker 3: be one of the pictures that we've talked about is

789
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 3: gonna go out and throw fifteen innings and strike out

790
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 3: twenty four people, and we're gonna be like, oh, look

791
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,960
Speaker 3: look at this guy. So yeah, I mean, it's it's exciting.

792
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,800
Speaker 3: I can't wait. I can't wait for you to stress

793
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,719
Speaker 3: over who are these random people on backfields and and

794
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 3: try to figure out who they are and names to

795
00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 3: faces and all of that. Who was it last year

796
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 3: that you were saying you were talking to before he

797
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 3: realized who? I can't remember you told.

798
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:05,879
Speaker 1: A story a blue ball.

799
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,720
Speaker 2: Honestly, I think I think it may have been anybody

800
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 2: looked like. But yeah, I mean there's some there's some

801
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 2: days where like and it's it's interesting too because you

802
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,399
Speaker 2: know they'll come up and like, especially like the non

803
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 2: roster guys or like the guys from another org will

804
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 2: like come up to the media and like introduce themselves,

805
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:27,359
Speaker 2: and you don't want to be that if you don't

806
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 2: hear the name, or if you haven't put a face

807
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:30,960
Speaker 2: to a name, like you've got to sit there and

808
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 2: like have a conversation for like five or ten minutes,

809
00:41:32,960 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 2: and you're going through your head like, all right, who

810
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 2: is this guy?

811
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: Like who is he? Like where did he come from?

812
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 1: Where did they get him?

813
00:41:37,640 --> 00:41:40,080
Speaker 2: You're like trying to sneak a look at his name

814
00:41:40,120 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 2: plate at as locker. But sometimes like they'll come up

815
00:41:42,680 --> 00:41:44,279
Speaker 2: to you in the middle of the clubhouse and like

816
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 2: you'll have a five or ten minute conversation and they'll

817
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,880
Speaker 2: have told you their name at some point, and then

818
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 2: you'll be like, I have no idea who that was,

819
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:52,879
Speaker 2: and I have to go look back and yeah, that's

820
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,399
Speaker 2: that is genuinely. That is like the first two weeks

821
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,920
Speaker 2: of camp when they have all like seventy guys and

822
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,239
Speaker 2: the big League clubhouse and it's crowded and you're just

823
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:04,919
Speaker 2: like you're turning around and you've seen face.

824
00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 1: You're seeing faces, you have no idea who they are.

825
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:10,480
Speaker 2: So it's always fun though. It's fun to get to

826
00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:12,560
Speaker 2: know new people. It's fun to see new people and

827
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 2: always fun to have new blood, if you will, new

828
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 2: blood around, so we'll have that in West Palm Beach.

829
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:21,799
Speaker 2: We'll have a lot of new a lot of stuff there.

830
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 2: Once we do get to West Palm Beach. Er once

831
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 2: I get to West Palm Beach, we're going up to

832
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 2: three times a week, so we would be back to

833
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 2: doing these three times a week. Let's hope that the

834
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:34,360
Speaker 2: Astros give us enough stuff to talk about to survive

835
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 2: three times a week, especially in spring training. They did

836
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:40,319
Speaker 2: it for us last year, thankfully, so we're counting on

837
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:43,319
Speaker 2: that again from them. Josh Reddickal obviously be back with

838
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 2: us too, so starting next week, three pods a week

839
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 2: here on Crush City Territory. As always, you can follow

840
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:52,359
Speaker 2: me on x at chandler Underscore Room. You can follow

841
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:55,160
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842
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,360
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843
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,439
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844
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,760
Speaker 2: As I said, we will be boots on the ground

845
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 2: on Monday night in West Palm Beach, but everything doesn't

846
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:12,719
Speaker 2: start till Wednesday, so again barring a trade between we

847
00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:15,800
Speaker 2: recorded this on Saturday afternoon, so barring a trade between

848
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:19,800
Speaker 2: Sunday and Tuesday. You'll hear from us again on Wednesday,

849
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 2: after the first day of pitchers and catchers, when we'll

850
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:24,200
Speaker 2: have talked to a lot of people. We'll have a

851
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 2: lot of stuff to share. But until then, thank you

852
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:29,440
Speaker 2: for listening. Enjoy the Super Bowl, enjoy Bad Bunny, and

853
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:30,720
Speaker 2: get ready for baseball season.

854
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:56,840
Speaker 3: Bye.