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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: World Baseball Classic.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: lot of fun.

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Speaker 3: Ow can I love the interest? One of the best

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Speaker 3: starters in the game, just named one of the best

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Speaker 3: closers in the game, just named to the WBC as well.

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Speaker 3: We'll talk more about that momentarily, but Ken, in this

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Speaker 3: offseason period, there still are a lot of teams that

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Speaker 3: have a lot of work to do.

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

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

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Speaker 2: But these teams are teams that are generally.

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

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

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Speaker 1: maybe all of them for that matter. Let's start with

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: in his prime. And what has happened so far. They've

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: Yankees to be active, they've been on Bellinger, we all

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: main target.

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Speaker 2: He is still out there.

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Speaker 1: There are any number of possibilities for first base. You

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: Alana really take charge this offseason with regard to free agency.

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Speaker 1: They've done some interesting trades, And that's.

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Speaker 3: What I was going to ask you, Ken. There's only

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Speaker 3: two teams right now that sit out there that haven't

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Speaker 3: is interesting, Ken. It's the Colorad Rockies, which I guess

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Speaker 3: that is to be expected just based on history of

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Speaker 3: the franchise, but it's also the Boston Red Sox. They've

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Speaker 3: not done that big free agent signing. Now, they missed

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Speaker 3: out on Bregman, they missed out on Pete Alonzo or

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Speaker 3: not Breagan, excuse me, they missed out on Pete Alonzo

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Speaker 3: and Kyle Schwarber. But are you okay with the fact

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Speaker 1: I'm fine with it now. It all depends, of course, Alana,

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Speaker 1: with all of these teams, where they end up and

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Speaker 1: where are the Red Sox going to end up? We

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Speaker 1: don't know, but we do know this. They saved a

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Speaker 1: lot of money with the Ralphaeld Devers trade last season,

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: They have a lot of work to do.

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Speaker 1: Even though they have signed Jorge Polanka, they have to

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Speaker 1: You've got Senga and MacLean and Sprote. Those guys are

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Speaker 1: You've got David Peterson still, they've talked about possibly trading

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Speaker 1: There are a lot of things going on here, a

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Speaker 1: lot in play. But is this a championship rotation right now?

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Speaker 1: I would suggest that it is not. The San Diego

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Speaker 1: Padres We've talked about them as well. I talked about

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Speaker 1: them at length on our Monday show, Alana. Because they've

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Speaker 1: nine other teams. As Aj Preller always does. They have

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Speaker 1: lost Dylan Ceese, they have lost Robert Suarez, they could

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Speaker 1: They were going to be without you Darvish as well,

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Speaker 1: They're an interesting team. Aj Preller, as we've said many

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

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Speaker 1: the Cubs have taken some steps to improve their bullpen

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Speaker 1: as well, film Aytion, Caleb Thielbar and Hoby Milner three

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Speaker 2: Of course, they are a.

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Speaker 1: Team that has a big hole though as well, and

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Speaker 1: that's Kyle Tucker. And Kyle Tucker is a free agent

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Speaker 2: They've been linked to Bregman.

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Speaker 1: They can do some other things as well, but they

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

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Speaker 1: Ken.

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Speaker 3: Of course, you've discussed the Mets, You've discussed the Padres,

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Speaker 3: You've discussed the Cubs to a certain extent. What about

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Speaker 3: the Arizona Diamondbacks entering the twenty twenty five season, Ken,

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Speaker 3: it was the largest payroll that they have ever had. Ken,

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Speaker 3: Kendrick says, let's go for it. Let's ask I'll ask

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Speaker 3: you this. Do they sign Alex Bregman? Apparently they're in

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Speaker 3: Marte or is Katel Marte and Alex Bregman a tandem deal?

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

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

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

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Speaker 2: He clearly wants to win.

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

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Speaker 2: Have no money. We have no money, We have no money.

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

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

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Speaker 3: what's the pitching call? Who has it?

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Speaker 1: Seattle has it, but I think they're more focused on

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

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

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Speaker 1: I've written about it, a lot.

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 3: And I think the biggest domino still to fall after

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Speaker 3: it was Schwarber, after it was Pete Alonso, is Alex Bregman.

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Speaker 3: We know Alex Bregman is an Arizona in the offseason.

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Speaker 3: He likes the Arizona lifestyle and the climate. I would

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Speaker 3: imagine how much, if at all, Arizona being where it is,

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Speaker 3: Ken Rosenthal, let's talk a little bit about Moonataka Murakami. Ken,

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

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Speaker 2: He is mostly a DH type.

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Speaker 3: The upside I agree with you. The downside Ken, in

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Speaker 3: All right, we welcome you back to Fair Territory with

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Speaker 3: Ken Rosenthal. Let me ask you this. Ken Armand is

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Speaker 3: amazing and he has a question for you. We always

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Speaker 3: appreciate him participating in these is the Twins reported five

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Speaker 3: hundred million dollar debt paid off now or be paid

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

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Speaker 1: Certainly the investment from these new minority owners is going

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Speaker 1: so that's a fair question. And at the news conference yesterday,

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

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Speaker 2: So they talked about.

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

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Speaker 1: As they talk about spending money this offseason. Believe it

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Speaker 1: they had a switch in the control person as well,

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Speaker 1: a different poll ad will be in charge. But you've

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Speaker 3: Let me ask you this, then, will it change anything?

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Speaker 3: I mean is that only time? You know, time will

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

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Speaker 2: They've got a shot.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so far, both of those central divisions tend to

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Speaker 3: the Cubs. Mike G fifteen says, Ken great notes today

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Speaker 1: Ken, Mike's not alone among Cubs fans, and there's been

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Speaker 1: they've got to address the offense as well, because you

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Speaker 3: All right, I appreciate the questions. As always, guys, you

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Speaker 2: As a fan, you can go to any team you want.

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Speaker 2: You don't have to rove for the team that's're home city.

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Speaker 2: I'm happy to be on you. Guys have been doing

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Speaker 5: moves and the heartstopping moments all year long.

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Speaker 1: Dude, dude, dude.

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Speaker 3: I was love and we can give out some praise. Ken,

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Speaker 3: who is your dude of the week?

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Speaker 1: My dude of the week is our former colleague at

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

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Speaker 1: time in the World Baseball Classic. That would be Mark

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Speaker 1: de Rosa. And the reason he's the Dude of the

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Speaker 1: week is because he has worked really hard to get

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Speaker 1: commitments from a number of superstar players for the team.

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: a number of players after that it was such an

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Speaker 1: exciting tournament.

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Speaker 2: So you've seen.

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Speaker 1: Commitments now from Aaron Judge, from Paul Skins, from Trek Scoogle, and.

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Speaker 2: DeRosa has worked hard to secure them.

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

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Speaker 1: that is my dude of the week.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, the excitement is there, people are interested. Team USA

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Speaker 3: is stacked. I love the WBC. For me, the dude

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Speaker 3: of the week is baseball in general, and I love

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Speaker 3: the fact and Sarah Langs did a great job of

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Speaker 3: pointing this out as well. Of course, our sport has

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Speaker 3: no cookie cutter reason for success. You take a look

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Speaker 3: at the graphic and it's like, now you have trey

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Speaker 3: Ya Savage and then Tyler Rogers, who have the most

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Speaker 3: unbelievable release points in the league. Look at this, Trey

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Speaker 3: is Savage high and of course Tyler Rogers way low.

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Speaker 3: You take a look at the release points, the arm angles,

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Speaker 3: all the things that they're now teammates. Just goes to

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Speaker 3: show you there's no cookie cutter way to have success

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Speaker 3: in this league. Baseball, you are my dude of the week.

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Speaker 3: All right, Time now for the dork of the week.

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Speaker 2: Ahead.

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

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Speaker 2: D RO. I just named your dude of the week.

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Speaker 2: But here's the deal.

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Speaker 1: You gotta win with this team. You gotta win with

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Speaker 1: this team or you're going to be the dork of

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Speaker 1: the week. I don't want to name you dork of

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Speaker 1: the week. You've done a great job, as I said,

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Speaker 1: put it together, but now comes crunch time. Now, kind

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Speaker 1: of kidding around. Obviously, there are going to be a

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Speaker 1: lot of other good teams in the tournament, and we

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Speaker 1: know from the last time this tournament was held the

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Speaker 1: difficulty du Rosa and his pitching coaches face because teams

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Speaker 1: put restrictions on pitchers and it is a very difficult

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Speaker 1: thing to manage. So I'm kind of kidding around saying

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Speaker 1: Dero could be Dork of the Week. But the challenge

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Speaker 1: lies ahead, and let's face it, the team is the

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Speaker 1: most talented team USA we've ever seen, so it's going

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Speaker 1: to be cool to see this all unfold.

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Speaker 3: Yes, hopefully it's not the a major league clubs that

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Speaker 3: ended up being the dork of the week because I

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Speaker 3: don't let certain players play and all of the my

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Speaker 3: dork of the week and I love him, but Scott

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Speaker 3: Harris at the Detroit Tiger's Kenny was a bunch of

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Speaker 3: word stylad saying a bunch of things without saying anything

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Speaker 3: at all, that the team understands. It's the same names,

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Speaker 3: but it's not the same team, and the team is

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Speaker 3: going to be better either individually or collectively. Go out,

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Speaker 3: spend some money, sign some guys. Those things are so

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Speaker 3: funny though, Like I'm going to tell you a bunch

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Speaker 3: of stuff and not tell you anything all at the

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Speaker 3: same time. All right, if you're still with us, you

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Speaker 3: are watching us on YouTube. Ken the Phillies are banking

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Speaker 3: on a turnaround from Adolice Garcia. No longer a Ranger,

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Speaker 3: he is now at Citizens Bank Park. How do you

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Speaker 3: see this playing out?

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

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

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Speaker 1: He's had two down years in a row. Offensively. Now

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Speaker 1: you put him with Kevin Long, the Phillies renowned hitting

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Speaker 1: coach that could help, and he's friends with Edmundo Sosa.

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: comeback just on who he is and the way he

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Speaker 1: approaches things.

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Speaker 2: But it's a big bet.

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

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

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

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

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

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Speaker 1: him ever having played a major league game. He's talented,

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Speaker 1: They'll hit him at the bottom of the lineup. He's

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

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Speaker 1: who they expect.

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Speaker 2: Will do some things.

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Speaker 1: But to me, for a team of that caliber to

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

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

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Speaker 1: interesting to see how this outfield plays out. I believe

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Speaker 1: it was Mike Petriello of MLB dot Com the other

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Speaker 1: day who said this could be one of the worst

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Speaker 1: outfields in the major leagues. Garcia will replace Nick Castillanos.

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Speaker 1: We'll see how it all plays out, but the Phillies

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Speaker 1: could use one more right handed hitting outfielder to pair platoon.

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Speaker 1: With Brandon Marsh then I think we'll be looking at

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Speaker 1: something better. But there is a lot of risk in

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Speaker 1: that outfield. That's I remember.

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Speaker 3: I remember when Justin Crawford was running around the Dodgers

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Speaker 3: clubhouse Ken when he was about six or seven years old,

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Speaker 3: when CC came over from Boston and became a Los

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Speaker 3: Angeles Dodger. And now he's going to be a starting

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Speaker 3: outfielder for or starting player for the Philadelphia Phillies. That

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Speaker 3: just means that I'm old, Ken Rosenthal. We appreciate everybody

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Speaker 3: watching and listening today. Foul Territory is next, Eric Kratz,

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Speaker 3: Jason Kitnis, Scott Braun. They're going to welcome in Robert Murray,

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Speaker 3: Paul Hoyins, and Zach Rosenthal. No relation to our Ken

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Speaker 3: Rosenthal Fair returns on Monday. Ken is going to be

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Speaker 3: back with you at ten am Eastern. Have a great week, everybody,

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Speaker 3: take care,